Hello Families! I hope you all had a nice beginning to 2025, and welcome to all of our new families to Borman. If you're leaving soon for a PCS, we wish you the best of luck and prosperity. We are thankful you choose Borman as your partner in education.

K-5 teachers have been getting some much needed planning time for their teams the last few weeks. K-2 planned for third quarter and how to best prepare students for the next grade level. 3-5 is focused on getting kids ready for the next grade level and the Arizona Academic Standards Assessment or AASA. The 6-8 middle school is also always working on giving kids opportunities to learn and grow beyond their Core instruction (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies). Our kids in 3-8 all did an excellent job of showing growth and proficiency last year, and we are planning for a repeat performance. Please help us with motivating students to continue to do their best each day.

You will also see an increase in school events for third and fourth quarter. We're doing recognitions, assemblies, fundraisers, school and family events, and just fun things for kids. Making school fun and including parents in this is a priority!

If you're new to Tucson, most school districts honor the great Tucson tradition of Rodeo Week - The Annual Fiesta De Los Vaqueros (February 15th - 23rd). We will have school on Presidents' Day, but take Thursday and Friday off for the parade and rodeo events. The Rodeo parade is on February 20th and starts at 0900. It is the largest non-mechanised parade in the world, so if you like cowboy culture, horses, and local culture, it is a wonderful event to take your family to.

Repeat note: We have a new attendance kiosk for middle school students. They can use their IDs to scan in their tardy arrival. Parents walking their students in can still use the paper sign-in as well.

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.

February

Black History Month

Love of Reading Month

4th - Kids Heart Challenge Kick-off and assemblies for students

7th - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Children's Museum

11th - Third Quarter Site Council Meeting via Zoom (Parentlink will be sent for Zoom link)

12th - Grade 3-5 Valentine's Dance 2:15 - 3:15

12th - MS Valentine's Dance 3:45 - 5:15 (after 3-5 dance same day)

13th - 14th Parent Teacher Conferences (Early Release Day, K-5 - 11:30, 6-8 - 12:15)

14th - Valentines Day

17th - President's Day (Washington's Birthday) School in session, Not a day off!

20th -21st - Rodeo Days (No School)

24th - Conor McGill from KVOA News read aloud to second grade.

26th - Kinder Round-Up @ 1:45 in the cafeteria and classrooms

27th - Fine Arts Concerts at Palo Verde High School. (6th grade - 6:00 PM, 7/8th grade - 7:00 PM)

27th - Black History Month Brain Bowl (Coach Oppelt)

28th - Flag Raising Ceremony 8:30 - 9:00 (Families welcome to attend)

28th - Advanced Orchestra Field Trip

March

7th - Grading Day - NO SCHOOL

10th - 14th Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

26th - Teacher PD Day - NO SCHOOL

Please remember school office hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 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. You can report absences via ParentLink - this is a much more efficient process for us to record absences and more convenient for you to work around office hours. Please see the link below.

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.

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Hello Borman Families,

Are you ready for some football – Go Eagles Go!!!

The Heart Challenge kicks off and February 4, 2025. Don’t forget to register your child at heart.org/schools to start earning their wrist buddies. Several students have earned a couple of wrist buddies and are moving up to complete Finn’s mission.

Kinder open house is on Tuesday February 4, 2025, if you are in search of a kinder class please stop by for a tour. We will have our official Kinder Kick-off event later in the month - TBA.

On Friday February 7, 2025 Borman will be observing National Smile day, please remind your students to smile and encourage their peers to smile on Feb, 7th.

Please remind your student to acknowledge Mr. Curran the school counselor in their own special way Feb. 3-7, he has a tremendous impact in helping students thrive and achieve healthy mental health.

MFLC-Military Family Life Counselor -Vanessa Aldecoa Work cell #520-310-0060

• Issues addressed by MFLC: School adjustment, deployment & separation, reunion adjustment, sibling & parent-child communication, behavioral concerns, grief & loss

• Weekly PEACE/Deployment Groups with each grade level

• Focus is on how I feel my feelings and how does this affect our behavior and emotions

• 1st Thursday of each month, DM MFLC Mtg

We 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.

Looking for a part time job? We have a couple of positions open:

• Regular Education TA (upcoming)
• Boy's Track Coach for 4th quarter.

The Health Office would like to thank PTO for the generous donation of feminine hygiene products for our students.

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.

PTO needs your help! Borman PTO works really hard to raise money for student centered and schoolwide events. One of our biggest events of the year is the End of Year Field Day and celebration, which planning and preparation starts during the third quarter. We also turn to them to help fund classroom events, and school and admin incentives and awards given to students. They can always use more volunteers and help including being a chair on the board of directors. Please see the section below on contacting them.

PTO governing board:

Brittney Thomas - President

Stephanie Lugo - VP

Devyn Watkins - Treasurer

Sarah Morales - Secretary

Celia Giles - Parent Representative

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

We can always use tax credit donations if you're an Arizona resident! Arizona Law allows Public School Tax Credits donations made during 2024, or donations made from January 1, 2025, through April 15, 2025, to be claimed on the 2024 Arizona Income Tax return. If you have additional questions with regards to claiming of tax credits, please consult with your tax professional or go to the Arizona Department of Revenue https://azdor.gov/tax-credits

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