Hello Families! I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend and Down-Day. Welcome to our new families and students that have arrived after the first week of school, and welcome to Tucson! August flew right by and went very smoothly. This was one of the best openings of the school year I have seen, so thank you all for your cooperation and communication! Teachers and students are well into routines, procedures, assessments, and curriculum! We are now already half-way through the first quarter and Parent teacher conferences will be coming up in 2.5 weeks. MS students will have mid-term grades posted as well.

For fall conferences, you're student's teacher will be reaching out to you to schedule. Teachers will schedule a conference with all families. For students in grades K-3, they will also be sharing with you some literacy data on your student and how that affects their Arizona Move On When Reading status. I sent all K-3 families an email, with the attached entry letter, explaining that state law a few weeks ago.

We have begun the process to become the first Purple Star School in Tucson, which will involve some updates to our school website, and meeting other school requirements for student and family support. Many of which we have in place already.

Please remind your student to be: Responsible, Respectful, Safe, and Kind!

Thank you,

Mr. Huss - Principal

*This is a live document and may change as additional information and dates are added.

September

2nd - Labor Day

8th - International Literacy Day

10th - Fall Picture Day

11th - 9/11 Remembrance Day - We will never forget

13th - Dominoes Pizza lunch

15th - Hispanic Heritage Month thru October 15th.

17th - Site Council Meeting 2:45

18th - 20th Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Dismissal - THREE HOURS earlier)

• Elementary will release at 11:30
• MS will release at 12:15

25th - Coffee with the Principal 0800-0830

25th - Family Engagement Meeting (parents welcome) 1430-1530

October

2nd - Bus Evacuation Drills (TUSD mandated student training)

2nd - National Custodian Day

4th - Grading Day - No School

5th - World Teacher's Day

6th - National Instructional Coach's Day

6th - 12th - Fire Prevention Week

7th - 11th - Fall Break - No School

14th - Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day

16th - MS Choir @ Sahuaro HS: 1730

23rd - Teacher Professional Development Day - No school for students

23-31st - Red Ribbon/Drug Awareness Week

28th - National First Responders Day

24th - 8th Grade Field Trip- Construction Career Day (all day)

25th - Dominoes Pizza for lunch

September PTO meeting TBA

PTO governing board:

Brittney Thomas - President

Devyn Watkins - VP/Treasurer

Sarah Morales - Secretary

PTO is still looking for more board members and volunteers. Please email our PTO for questions or interest!

Early Learner Drawing - Tuesdays (K-2nd)

Start & End Date: 10/22/2024 - 12/10/2024, 8 weeks

Registration Link

Elementary Drawing & Cartoon - Thursdays (2nd-5th)

Start & End Date: 10/24/2024 - 12/12/2024, 7 weeks

Skip Date: 11/28/2024

Registration Link

Scholarship Application link

We greatly appreciate your support and are looking forward to another fantastic session with your students!

• October 24th - Lights on After School
• Nov. 16th - Color Run

A community member suggested that we include a safe technology use section in our family newsletter. While we do teach safe technology practices with our middle school students in technology class(since students take their school laptops home and typically have more access to personal technology), we also want to offer some resources for families with students of any age. For now, I will just share a link to Common Sense Media parent resources. In the future I may share more specific ideas.

Please make sure all health records are up to date. If your child requires medication on site, please come to the health office and drop it off. Children are not allowed to be in possession of medicines or self-administer.

Please remember, school starts at 8:20. Please do not drop your students off before 7:45 as we have no campus monitors on site until that time. Students that are dropped off before this are unsupervised and we cannot be responsible for something that might happen.

On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, school ends at 2:30 for K-5 and 3:15 for 6-8. On Wednesday, school ends one hour earlier for teacher PD and planning. Please pick your students up promptly as our monitors leave soon after school ends each day.

Please be patient when dropping off or picking up your student/s in the round-about. Pull forward as far as you can and have your child exit or enter the vehicle as quickly as possible. If you are stuck in traffic along Lightning Drive, please do not drive down the opposite lane to go around. The jam usually moves along in a few minutes. Also, please do not park in the staff parking lot unless you have business in the front office. There is plenty of parking in the dirt outside of the staff lot and across the street.

Would you like to volunteer on campus or help a teacher? You can help with student supervision, work in classrooms, and help with events. Please let us know if you're interested, fill out the volunteer form and we will let you know how you can help

What can volunteers help do?

• Supporting teachers and staff with non-instructional tasks
• Providing more time for teachers to work with students
• Enriching the curriculum and learning opportunities for students
• Providing one-on-one attention to students who need extra help
• Promoting a school-home-community partnership

Email Principal Huss
Borman School Website
Location: 6630 East Lightning Drive, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 520.584.4600