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Hello Golden Hills Families,

We are coming to the end of the second trimester. Report cards will go home on Friday, March 8th., Please take some time to go over your students report card with them. We are so proud of our students' growth!

On March 15th, Golden Hills will have a growth parade at 11:15 am . Families are invited to attend. We will line up and students will parade through with posters they have made of a growth they are proud of. Weather permitting we will have a Family Picnic after the growth Parade. Bring a blanket, chairs and lunch to eat with your student.

The Parent Teacher Group will have a “Fill the Skate” fundraiser at the Growth Parade. Please bring cash donations to fill the skate. We need to raise $2500 to go to Cal Skate. Thank you to the parents who are attending the PTG and School SIte Council Meetings, Golden Hills appreciates your support! The next meeting is April 18th at 3 pm. Please join us, all are welcome!!

Golden Hills Before & After School Clubs in March:

• Student Advisory Club with Mrs. Webb & Mrs. Napoli

• Math Tutoring/ Club with Ms. T

• Before School Math & Community with Mrs. Russell

• STEM Club with Ms. Zarzynski

• Band with Mr Grigorik

• Basketball Club with Mr. Gilbertson

• Soccer Team with Mr. Borquez

• Gold Dust or Bust Play- Fourth Grade only (end of March)

• Girls on the Run with Mrs. Dailey and Ms. Phillips

Thank you to the families who attended our Literacy Chat in February. At this meeting we shared specific information about their students reading and provided resources to support the student at home. We will do one more before the end of the year and include resources and ideas of ways to support your student over the summer!

Mrs. Napoli

You can now buy a T-shirt or Sweater with the Golden Hills log. Visit http://golden-hills.spiritsales.com/

Golden Hills Soccer Team tryouts: Fourth Grade was on 2/28. Fifth grade will be on Monday, March 4 from 3-3:45. The team will be multi- grade and coed. A permission slip needs to be signed to try out.

Our fourth and fifth grade boys basketball teams did amazing this year. They played against older students and they kept a positive attitude and did their best! At the end of season tournament fifth grade placed third and fourth grade placed fourth! Great Job Boys!

"The Jog-A-Thon is coming on March 5th from 1:30 - 2:30!! Students will be jogging for 1 hour around the Golden Hills playground to get as many laps as possible. Please consider sponsoring your student for this event! Sponsor paperwork was sent home last week and the proceeds will go toward field trips and other fun activities. All money is due by Friday, March 8th and the classes that bring in the most money will earn prizes! Thank you for your support!"

February School wide Attendance: 90%, our goal is 95%

Congratulations to Ms. Zarzynski’s class for having the best attendance in February! They won a lego party!

The Attendance Reward for the 2nd Trimester is almost here!

We have a Magician coming to Golden Hills. Every student who met the attendance challenge for the 2nd trimester will attend a 45 minute session.

To be invited to participate

To the Magic Show the requirements are:

Less than 11 absences (excused or unexcused) for the entire school year

OR

Less than 6 (excused or unexcused) absences from 11/27-3/6/24

If you have any questions, please contact the office.

Our Ironman Winners (class with the best attendance) for the month of February:

4th Grade:

1. Dailey 92%

2. Mrs. Langone 90%

5th Grade:

1. Zarzynski 96%

2. Benson 93%

If your child is absent please call the school office to let them know the reason so that your child can possibly be excused. Also, if your child will be absent for 3 or more days you can request independent study. Your child will receive work to do and if the work is completed, your child will receive credit for attendance and will not be counted as absent. If you have questions, please call the school office.

Third Trimester Attendance Challenge is a field trip to the movies:

Students must have less than 17 absences for the entire year or less than 6 absences for the third trimester 3/11/24-6/3/24.

Attendance is very important, if your student is not at school, they cannot learn. Thank you for your support!

In February the school held a Google slideshow Competition. The students designed a slideshow of our TEAM expectations, one presentation from each class to be judged in the finals.

First Place wins a pizza and a lego party for the class, plus hot chocolates & cookies for the winner and friends

Second Place Wins a pizza, hot chocolates and cookies for 4 people

Third Place wins Hot chocolate & cookies for 4

Congratulations to our first place winner Daniel & Ryder , 2nd place winners, Mariana and Mariaelena and third place winners, Morgan and Elena.

These are all posted on our Facebook page!

Shady Creek is a three night, four day environmental camp. Our fourth grade class will be attending next year. In order to attend we must have parent volunteers to stay in the cabins with the students. These parents must be cleared through our district through the volunteer process. We will need to have the parents cleared before the end of this school year to commit to going! The reserved dates for Shady Creek are the week before our October intercession. Please begin the process so we can be sure we have enough parent volunteers.

Our school-wide spelling bee was held on February 22nd in the Golden Hills cafeteria. Congratulations to Samuel and Kaeden! Our winners will represent Golden Hills in a county wide spelling bee on March 28th!

Ms. Rainbow, Golden Hills counselor is returning from maternity leave! We are so happy to have her back!

Golden Hills is working with the Butte County Office of Education in a Stronger Connections Grant. With this grant we will be adding a Wellness Coach. Our wellness coach will assist in our PBIS system, helping to check in with students daily and will be teaching lessons in class. We are so excited to add this new position to our site!

Congratulations to our students who were chosen to receive the Positive Eagle Award for the month of October: Our Positive EAGLE Award is for following TEAM expectations: families receive an email that their student is receiving the award and they are invited to attend. The award winners are called up and given a certificate for following our TEAM expectations. They got pizza for them and a friend and a brag tag. They are VIP and are able to be front in line and get to choose which lunch period and table they sit at.

Avery A.

Lina T.

Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 am, We do not have supervision until 7:45 am.

We have minimum days on Friday’s and school gets out at 1:45.

Students should not bring items from home. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen or broken items.

All students who are on campus must be supervised by an adult. Students should not be on campus after school unless they are in a club, tutoring, a sports team or after school program. Please be on time to pick up your student.

3/ 8 Report Cards Go Home

3/ 5 Jog- A- Thon

3/6 Magician Attendance Reward 8:45 (fourth grade) and 9:45 ( fifth grade).

3/8: Fourth Grade Field Trip to Laxon

3/15: Growth Parade at 11:15 am , Family Picnic

4/1-4/5: Spring Break...No School!

4/18: School Site Council/PTG Meeting at 3pm