It has been an absolute honor to serve as your school principal for the school year 2023-2024 and I look forward to a wonderful 2024-2025 school year. This is one of my favorite pictures because it shows the innocence and kindness in every child that walks through our doors. We teach them, we love them, we guide them and we empower them to DREAM BIG, every single day. Thank you for choosing our school as your school of choice and I CANNOT WAIT to see them next school year!

💫 Welcome to May

This month we celebrate:

🏫 National Principals Day

💜 Military Appreciation Month
🧠 Mental Health Awareness Month

🐶 National Pet Month

🚲 National Bike Month

🌹Mother's Day

👂Better Hearing and Speech Month

I love writing this monthly newsletter to share all the wonderful activities we have for our Red Hawks and families. Thank you for your trust and dedication to our school.

We are only a few weeks away from the End of the School Year and I am incredibly thankful for all your support and dedication to our school and community. There are 20 instructional days from now until the end of the school year. I also would like to take this time to thank our Red Hawks PTO Board. These wonderful ladies work so hard to make things possible for our kids. They volunteer their precious time to help our school and community. I am forever grateful. Thank you to all of you who donated an hour, two or many hours to support our school. Every one is welcomed and we appreciate any time you can come and help. Parents are always welcomed!

A reminder that the last day of school for students is Wednesday May 29th.

Thank you to all of you who have completed the 2024-2025 registration process. We are so excited to see many of our families back next school year. We will continue to excel and create amazing instructional days for our students. If you registered and uploaded all your documents, your child will receive a free dress bracelet on Friday May 3rd. They will wear the bracelet every day next week. Thank you for your support in ensuring we have our classes set for next school year. We are also very excited to see students return to Reyes ES from our neighboring district as their dual language program systems and processes have changed. Canutillo ISD remains committed to a true dual language program based on research and practice. It will be such an exciting school year! As you may remember, the United States Department of Education visited our campus last school year due to our exemplar model and the systems we have in place.

PK/K Signing Day

We invite all our current PK students to attend Signing Day on May 15th. This event is open to current PK and incoming PK and Kinder students. The event is from 4-5 pm. All registration process must be completed. Additionally, any incoming PK and Kinder students must attend the PK/K sessions being offered May 8th (see flyers below). This is our second year organizing this event and we absolutely love it.

May is National-Speech-Language-Hearing Month (NSLHM)! This month is intended to raise awareness for communication disorders. We invite you to like our Facebook page “Canutillo ISD Special Education” so you can see all of the great things we will be posting this month. We will be covering different topics all month long.

MAY 2024

The purpose of the blue bin in the front of the school is to work with the community in a clothing and shoe donation program. These collections serve many purposes; we serve those who come from the Opportunity Center, Rescue Mission, the homeless families at schools, and low-income families. They also give a 10 cent per pound donation of clothing collected to the school. They have been a partner in education with the school districts and work with the needs of each individual schools. The main source of the clothes donated come from the surrounding community. Additionally, they will donate the uniforms back to our school.

Students must keep their cell phones, Apple Watches and any other phone watch turned off and in their backpacks from 7:45 am to 3:15 pm. In case of an emergency, students will be allowed to make phone calls from the office. Please read district policy below which can be found in the Student Handbook pg. 54.

Additionally the Parent Compact 23-24 is below with additional information-pg. 3

Dear Parents,

From all of us RedHawks PTO, we want to thank you for all your continuous support; we couldn’t do it without it! All your valuable support directly benefits our teachers and most importantly, our students, and that is our goal. We also want to thank our RedHawks volunteers for doing such an amazing job helping around school and helping our teachers; they are doing an awesome job! We would like to remind you that it is never too late to join our RedHawks PTO, and/or become a volunteer! Sincerely, RedHawks PTO

Estimados padres de familia, De parte de todos nosotros, Red Hawks PTO, queremos agradecerles por todo su inmenso apoyo; ¡No podríamos hacerlo sin él! Todo su valioso apoyo beneficia directamente a nuestros maestros y sobre todo, a nuestros estudiantes. También queremos aprovechar y agradecer a nuestros voluntarios por realizar un trabajo increíble ayudando en la escuela y ayudando a nuestros maestros; ¡Gracias por su tiempo y dedicación! ¡Nos gustaría recordarles que nunca es demasiado tarde para unirse a nuestro Red Hawks PTO o convertirse en voluntario! ¡Que sigamos haciendo grandes cosas juntos! Sinceramente Red Hawks PTO

Follow the Red Hawks PTO - Home Facebook page for updates and upcoming meetings.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Parents will be allowed into the building from 7:30-8:00 am on July 31st only. Please exit the building by 8 am. Breakfast will be served in the classroom only the first day of school, after that it will be in the cafeteria.

First Day of School is Monday July 31

Last Day of School is Friday May 29

Daily Schedule

7:30 First Bell-Entrance for all students.

Announcements will begin promptly at 7:45 am

7:15-7:40 am Breakfast in the cafeteria. All students eating breakfast must enter through the cafeteria double doors. Everyone else will use the station opening at 7:30 am.

7:45 am Tardy Bell

7:45 am Instruction begins

10:30-12:45 Lunch block (every grade has a different recess and lunch time)

3:15 Dismissal in front of the school. Your teacher will specify the exact location.

If your child is eating breakfast please drop off in the lower level at 7:15 am and let them know to walk to the cafeteria. We are a closed campus for breakfast and lunch.

Station 1 is for PK-2

7:30-7:44 upper level courtyard next to the front office (white gates). All students PK-2 will enter here. You may drop off at the loop behind the flag mural.

Station 2 is for 3rd-5th

7:30-7:44 lower level drop-off loop on Via Canutillo. Entrance will be the double doors next to the amphitheater. All 3rd-5th grade students will enter here. You will drive towards the lower-level drop-off loop through Via Canutillo and exit using the same gate.

A reminder that the upper-level parking lot is not a drop-off. Please be respectful and do not use that as a drop-off. We have students and parents walking and dropping off students at this location and it only causes more traffic and safety concerns.

Station 3: Front office. Daycare and school bus only.

DISMISSAL

During open house, the teacher will notify you of the specific dismissal pick-up locations but dismissal for everyone is in the upper level (in front of the school).

SAFETY

Safety will continue to be our top priority. We work very closely with the Canutillo ISD Police under guidance from TEA and local authorities to ensure we continue to train all stakeholders and following safety protocols.

• Please ensure you are part of the official call out system and Parent Portal for the campus/district. All parents are responsible for signing up for it. Please see our campus receptionist to do so.
• All visitors MUST have their ID to show at the door prior to entry into the building.
• If you need to come to the office, please bring your ID and use the Ring door bell and we will ask you to show us your ID at that time before we let you in. If you need to speak to Administration and/or teachers, please call to set up an appointment.
• Monthly emergency drills will be conducted and will be listed in the monthly calendar.
  
• All campus employees will be trained on our safety protocols prior to the first day of school.
  
• All campus doors are locked and access to building with staff badge only. All substitutes, parents and other district employees will enter through the front office.
  
• All volunteers and PTO must check in the front office, bring their ID and sign-in using the volunteer binder. All volunteers must have a task for the day and not interrupt classroom instruction. Volunteer badge may be revoked at any time by the campus administration if protocols are not followed.
• Police officer on duty at our school but also supports other schools during the day - Officer Adrian Salcido.
  
• Below are our Drill Handouts for Parents. Speaking to your child before the school year starts regarding the drills we have in school is beneficial. Safety begins with all of us.

Canutillo ISD has adopted the CDC’s Respiratory Virus Guidance to address attendance

students that become infected with COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, including flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

The student should stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms may include but are not limited to chest discomfort, chills, cough, diarrhea, fatigue (tiredness), fever or feeling feverish, headache, muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, and wheezing.

When can a person return back to school?

 You can go back to your normal activities when both are true for at least 24 hours:

o Your symptoms are getting better overall, and

o You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

 When you go back to your normal activities, take added precautions over the next 5 days:

o Hand hygiene – wash or sanitize your hands often

o Cover your cough or sneeze

o Wear a mask

o Keep your physical distance from others

o Test for respiratory viruses (COVID-19, RSV, or the flu) in order to provide useful information to help you make prevention or treatment choices

Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you

are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how

long you were sick or how sick you were. If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until both are true for at least 24 hours:

 Your symptoms are improving overall, and

 You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precautions for the next 5 days.

If you never had symptoms but tested positive for COVID-19‎, you may be contagious. For the next 5 days, take added precautions. Please note:

 For absences lasting more than 3 days, a doctor’s note is required before returning to work.

 It is the responsibility of the employee to enter their own illness related absences into

TEAMS as (sick leave self).

 As a reminder there is no work from home at any time during an employee illness.

For more information, please visit https://www.canutillo-isd.org/health_information. Stay healthy and safe!

Email: jmcarrillo@canutillo-isd.org
Website: res-canutillo-isd.org
Location: 7440 Northern Pass Drive, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 915-877-1301
Facebook: facebook.com/RESRedHawks
Twitter: @JessMCarrillo