Wildcat Weekly

Hello Wildcat Families!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our Wildcat Moms! May this special day be filled with love and appreciation!

Thank you to our Wonderful and Amazing PTO and Wildcat Families for all the food last week! We felt appreciated and loved! Thank you so much for taking the time to make sure we felt appreciated! We have the best PTO and Families!

Our 6th grade Wildcats returned from 6th grade camp this week! The pictures are worth a 1000 words as many of them took that first step towards independence and built self confidence through many of the adventures at camp. I will have many pictures to post next week!

• The end of the school year is fast approaching. We still have so many exciting things planned for our Wildcats and Families! Please make sure to check out our upcoming events. Parents, please make sure to check Aeries about grades, especially our 8th grade parents!
• 7th grade parents, the California Heathy Kids Youth Act and Positive Prevention lessons start Monday, 5/13/24.
• 8th-grade parents: The time is almost here for all of us to celebrate our 8th graders with the Raw Hide Ranch Dance, Knotts Field Trip, and Promotion! Please check out the information below for all the dates.

LIBRARY BOOK DUE NOW:

We will be collecting library books and textbooks starting next week. If you could please work with your student to find all textbooks and library books. Library books can be turned in anytime - even before these dates.

Students will come in during their Social Studies period this year.

Monday 5/13 - 8th grade textbooks and library books
Tuesday 5/14 - 7th grade textbooks and library books
Monday 5/20 - 6th grade textbooks and library books
Wednesday 5/29 - 8th grade Chromebooks and chargers

Last weekend Sullivan's Choir and Show Choir performed at Music in the Parks at Knotts Berry Park. The weekend before Sullivan's Guitar classes also performed at Music in the Parks at Knotts. All of our students have worked hard all year and came out strong with awards and many trophies to celebrate!

The show choir and choir teams took Superior Ratings (all 3 teams).

Show choir took Sweepstakes!

Jett Van Alfen took overall accompanist!

Delaney Gould took overall soloist!

Sullivan Middle School Music Program took the Esprit De Corps award this year. We have not won this award since 2000.

Congratulations to our fantastic Show Choir, Choir, and Guitar groups for all the hard work and dedication to your performances. A huge thank you and congratulations to Stacy Pecore for leading these amazing students and all the hours and hard work to make sure these students were performing at their best and for helping them BELIEVE they can do it!

Great job Wildcats!

Our Wildcats were able to give a warm Wildcat welcome to our new Wildcats for next year. Our new incoming 6th and 7th graders came to visit and receive a tour by our amazing ASB students. We will be hosting them again at our New Student Bootcamp on Tuesday, June 11 starting at 1:00 pm!

On Monday, May 13, Sullivan's 7th graders will start our Positive Prevention Curriculum in their science classes. The instruction will be from May 13 until May 24. Positive Prevention is the curriculum Bonsall Unified School District has adopted to meet the California Healthy Youth Act requirements.

Your student will bring home a copy of the information below, and we will send out multiple Aeries notifications.

You may opt your student out of this instruction. If you wish to opt your student out of this instruction, please complete the Google Form with your request that your student be opted out of the instruction no later than Thursday, May 9, 2024. This will allow us enough time to secure a substitute teacher per the number of students who are opting out of the instruction. Your student's name will be on our master list but please make sure to also tell your student you are opting them out of this instruction.

Click here to fill out the OPT OUT SURVEY: https://forms.gle/Fsg74yY15X744WnK9

Students opting out of instruction will be completing an alternative science assignment in a separate classroom setting during this timeframe of May 13 to May 24.

Below is a copy of what was sent home regarding the instruction and the California Healthy Youth Act.

Please call or email with any questions you may have.

Thank you for your attention to this.

Angie James, Principal

Sullivan Middle School

Wildcat Families:

We are looking for feedback to help improve your school experience! We thank you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together to educate the children in our district. Over the next several weeks, we will be asking for students in grades 3-12 to reflect on their school experience and on their own mindsets and approaches to learning via an online questionnaire they will be completing at school. The questionnaire shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes to complete.

The questionnaire will ask students to self-reflect on Student Competency and Well-Being Measures (such as growth mindset and self-efficacy) and on Student Supports and Environment (such as school safety, sense of belonging, and school climate). The questions can be previewed here:

• Students Grades 3-5: English here or in Spanish here.

• Students Grades 6-12: English here or in Spanish here.

We are asking that all of our students participate, as their responses will provide invaluable insights into their experiences and how we can improve and adapt our district to their needs. If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether. The responses to the individual questions will be completely confidential. If you would like your student to opt out of taking this questionnaire, please complete this Google Form by Sunday, May 19th.

In addition, we are asking that our parents/guardians respond to questions about their experiences and perceptions of their child’s school. Your participation is completely confidential and anonymous, which means that no one at your school will ever see your individual responses. Please take your time to give honest and thoughtful answers.

You may use a computer, tablet, or smartphone to access the questions.

Please click the following link and enter the access code for your child's school: The questionnaire will be open from May 21-31st.

• Link to Questions: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/bonsallusd/login

Please use the corresponding ACCESS CODE for the Family Survey

School Name

Access Code

Bonsall Elementary

4289166488

Vivian Banks Charter

3144874030

Sullivan Middle

4796841901

Bonsall High

2663487063

Bonsall West

2064814111

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 760-631-5209

Thank you for your participation and for being a valued member of your school community.

Sincerely,

Angela James

Thank you, parents, for quickly responding to our parking lot safety concerns! I have received some feedback from our Bonsall Elementary parents that it is difficult to get to Sullivan by 3:00. I apologize if this has caused any of our family stress; please know I have secured parking lot coverage until 3:15 to ensure all of our families have time to pick up your student without feeling rushed.

Thank you for the feedback, families; I appreciate it!

If you have an emergency after school and cannot pick up your student by 3:15, please call the office or let your student know, and we can make arrangements after school.

Thank you for your help and communication!

Please contact Ms. Laura to clear or report an absence by calling Sullivan at (760)631-5209 or emailing Mrs. Vera @ laura.vera@bonasallusd.com

TUTORING:

No tutoring for the rest of the school year.

This Week:

• 5/13, Monday: PTO Meeting: 8:30 to 9:30
• 5/14, Wednesday: Math State Testing Starts (CAASPP)
• 5/14, Wednesday: Board Meeting Honoring our Classified Staff!
• 5/17, Friday: Lunch on the Lawn!

Upcoming:

• 5/21, Tuesday: ELA State Testing Starts (CAASPP)
• 5/27, No School: Memorial Day
• 6/4, 6th grade Greek Games at Sullivan
• 6/5, Min Day- School Day ends 12:45
• 6/6, Min Day- School Day ends 12:45
• 6/7, LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, Min Day- School day ends 12:45

STATE TESTING DATES: All students will take the SBAC test in their Math and ELA classes.

8TH grade ONLY: Science CAST Testing

Math Testing:

• May 15 - May 20 ( These dates include any Make-ups)

ELA Testing:

• May 21 - May 28 (These dates include any Make-ups)

8th graders:

• 5/30 Rawhide Ranch Dance from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
• Awards Ceremony for 8th grade ONLY. Starts at 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm in the MPR.
• 6/4 Knotts Field Trip
• PROMOTION: Thursday, 6/6, starting at 10:00 am! Parents can start arriving at 9:15 am.

Hello parents!

We are fast approaching our state testing for the 23-24 school year. The CAASPP ( California Assessment of Student Performance) is important because it is used as an indicator and measurement of ability not just by BUSD but Universities and other colleges. Students will be asked to participate in this assessment every year from grades 3 to 8 and then students will be asked to take the assessment again in 11 grade.

The teachers and students have been working hard all year learning the state standards within each subject area. The students have also been working especially hard these last few weeks of the year. A few teachers have send reminder emails to inform parents about our state testing coming up in the next few weeks.

I have put the dates and subjects that will be testing in the upcoming days. I have also included a link to general information about the CAASPP testing to help answer any general questions you may have. If you have any questions please call the office or send me an email.

Parents we will need your help during these times to make sure the students are:

• Charging their Chromebooks and brining their chargers.
• Good night sleep.
• Please talk with them about keeping their cell phones off and in their backpack or cell phone holder in the classroom, especially during the state testing window.
• Encourage them to do their best!

Thank you always parents for your support!

Here are the dates again:

STATE TESTING DATES: All students will take the SBAC test in their Math and ELA classes.

8TH grade ONLY: Science CAST Testing

• May 7 and May 8 for make-up

Math Testing:

• May 15 - May 20 ( These dates include any Make-ups)

ELA Testing:

• May 21 - May 28 (These dates include any Make-ups)

Thank you parents for making our Lunch on the Lawn a huge success! It was great to see all the smiling faces and parents being able to spend some downtime with their students!

Here are the other dates for Lunch on the Lawn:

LAST LUNCH ON THE LAWN

May 17 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

Parent Liaison: Leonor Rodriguez

Welcome to another school year 2023-2024/Bienvenidos a otro año escolar 2023-2024

Mensaje de la Cordinadora de Enlaces Comunitario

The Bonsall Unified School District and I welcome you back to school for the 2023-2024 school year.

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El distrito escolar unificado de Bonsall y yo les damos la bienvenida de regreso a la escuela para el año escolar 2023-2024.

• Workshops at the district office #4
• BUSD all school's schedule
• Next board meeting
• 2nd. Annual Car Show at BHS
• 2nd. Annual Multicultural Night at SMS
• Breakfast and lunch menu (all schools)
• Safe storage of firearms state memorandum (Spanish included)
• Local library resources
• Local health resources
• Local food pantry resources
• BUSD Hiring website and contact information
• Joining PTA Information
• BEF information
• Transportation information
• Public Health Updates from the County (COVID updates)
• Pictures from our 1st. Bike Parade
• My contact information (all information is in both languages, English and Spanish)

Thank you all for your support. Please continue to send me referrals of parents and students who need support and assistance in any area. Our goal is to assist, support, and guide parents and students to a successful education.

Please access Leonore's newsletter at the following link: https://secure.smore.com/n/j4wh6

We discussed fundraising opportunities and fun events to start planning for our Wildcats and discussed classroom/ teacher needs for this school year.

Please check out our membership information. You can help by donating or signing up for any of our events.

Thank you for your support!

Click here to sign up!

Exciting news!: Students attending school on campus can eat for free during the 23-24 school year!

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM NUTRITION SERVICES.

Contact Ms. James here.

Website: https://sm.bonsallusd.com
Location: 7350 West Lilac Road, Bonsall, CA 92003, USA
Phone: 760-631-5209