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Dear Handy Families,

We've had a great start to the 2022/2023 school year! It's been wonderful to see all of our returning students and welcome our new families. The teachers, staff and I have been working hard to prepare for a very productive, joyful year of learning. Our school focus this year will be on all academic areas with an extra emphasis on AVID, math concepts and procedures, English Language Development, and restorative practices. Also, we will be rolling out more after school enrichment opportunities this year. Stay tuned!

I hope to see all of our families at Back to School Night on August 30! Your partnership is important to your child's success. I am honored that you trust our school with your child's education.

Follow Handy Elementary school on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for weekly happenings at Handy! Please scroll down to see a complete list of August and September events.

I encourage every Handy scholar to give their best effort each and every day because: Learning today makes a brighter tomorrow!

With gratitude,

Erika A. Krohn, Principal

As a reminder, Handy Elementary School, a public school, provides a free and appropriate education to our students. Public schools may solicit and accept donations from parents or the community, as long as it is voluntary and contributing is not a requirement for participating in an educational activity. Field trip fees are considered donations. No children are excluded due to financial hardship. If we experienced a large decrease in these donations, future field trips and activities would be eliminated.

In compliance with the requirements of the Every Students Succeeds Act, Handy Elementary School would like to inform you that you all Handy teachers have met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels in which the teacher provides instruction. At this time, no Handy teachers are teaching under an emergency credential. Handy instructional aides have met district qualifications and receive on-going training.

Educational research shows that at schools where students wear school uniforms, there are decreases in discipline, gang involvement and bullying, and increases in safety, ease of going to school, confidence and self esteem. Our Hornets look sharp and scholarly in school uniform. On Wednesdays, all students are encouraged to wear an AVID or college t-shirt with uniform bottoms. On Fridays, students may wear a Handy spirit shirt along with jeans with no rips or holes. Jeans are for Fridays only!

If you need assistance with school uniforms, please fill out a School Bell application in our front office to receive free uniforms.

For complete details on our school uniform, please click on the link:

https://www.orangeusd.org/handy-elementary-school/about/uniform-policy

Orange Unified School District proudly offers Paper Education for all 4th-12th graders.

Paper is a secure, online tutoring service that provides students with unlimited, 24/7 academic support. Whether they’re stuck on homework, studying for a test, or need someone to read and make suggestions to their essays, there will always be experts available online to assist students in over 200 subjects and more than 4 languages.

Paper tutors have been specially trained to conduct expert, academic support in a secure, chat-based platform. With a commitment to helping students learn, they’ll never give students answers, but rather interact with them in an encouraging tone to lead them forward.

This is a free service that we’re providing, so students are encouraged to use it as much as they need, whenever they need. Our teachers also have accounts and will be able to review all student activity to see what they’re working on and provide more targeted instruction as needed.

If you’d like to learn more about Paper you can sign up for a Paper hosted Parent Info Session, available in both English and Spanish. Or if you’d like to speak to a member of the Paper team directly, you can reach them at parents@paper.co.

To see Paper and the help it offers firsthand, we encourage you to login with your students. To get started, simply visit Paper’s student login page, type your school’s name, and log in via Clever using your school credentials

We’re thrilled to offer our students the unlimited, 24/7 support that Paper provides and we can’t wait to see what we’re able to accomplish together.

Orange Unified Public School Foundation (OUPSF) is a group of parents, educators, and community leaders whose mission is to mobilize the community to provide equitable opportunities for all of our students to learn creatively, think innovatively, and collaborate effectively. They are dedicated to bolstering Orange Unified School District as one of the top school districts in Orange County by augmenting the resources that enrich OUSD students’ school experience and equip them to succeed in their education, career, and life. Please see the video message from OUPSF President Frank Tucker who reviews the OUPSF’s goals. For more information, please visit https://www.oupsf.org/ or visit their table at your school’s Back to School Night.

• August 30-Back to School Night, 5:00 P.M.-Grades 1-3, 5:50 P.M.-Grades TK, K, and 4-6
• September Core Value-Responsibility
• September 2-Schoolwide Talking Circles
• September 5-Labor Day Holiday, No School
• September 6-Picture Day (wear school uniform for fall pictures)
• September 6-PTA Board Meeting, 8:30 A.M.
• September 6-5th and 6th grade VAPA begins
• September 9-Spirit Assembly-3rd grade performs, 8:15 A.M.
• September 15-English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meeting, 8:30 A.M.
• September 15-GRIP Team visits 5th grade
• September 29-School Site Council Meeting, 2:45 P.M.

2016 Title I Academic Achievement Award, 2016 Gold Ribbon School

Website: https://www.orangeusd.org/handy-elementary-school
Location: 860 N. Handy St. Orange, California 92867
Phone: (714) 997-6183
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Handyelementary/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Twitter: @handyelementary