Wildcat Weekly 10/7-10/11
Pomerado Families,
It's a great time to order a 2024-2025 Yearbook because you get 10% off until October 31st.
Why buy a yearbook?
- Our 4th and 5th graders are yearbook photographers this year
- Students will pick the yearbook theme and help design the pages
- There will be a student-designed cover
- It is a keepsake of all the amazing memories your child will make at Pomerado this year
- You can add custom pages for your child
Order your Yearbook here:
https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015670913993093
SCHOOL PASS CODE: 1015670913993093
You should have received communication regarding College shirts that students wear on Fridays.
If you have not already submitted your order and/or donation; please use the link below or you can bring in cash or check (made out to Pomerado Elementary School). Please list your child's teacher's name in the comments.
PAWs created a unique PayPal link specifically for College shirts, and you can access it here
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=E7HBWE9P7H3HN
There is also an option to sponsor for an additional child if you are able to.
Thank you for your support!
Every day that students are present at school is important to their academic success and social-emotional wellbeing. It is very important that students arrive at school on time, and attend school every day unless they are sick, or are attending to a family emergency.
What happens when my child needs to miss school?
Parents should notify the school for all student absences. To report an absence for your child, please call the attendance hotline (858-679-2604) or email pmesattendance@powayusd.com
Only Parents and legal guardians may call the hotline and/or excuse an absence. The hotline and email are available 24 hours. We verify all absences every day, if at the end of the day we do not hear from you your student will be marked truant until you notify us of the reason for their absence. Once we hear from you then the truant code will be corrected to reflect the reason for the absence.
During the month of September, we had a schoolwide focus on Respect. One way to think about Respect is “seeing value in all people and things & treating them with care.” Across grade levels, students will be developing skills like perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and leadership. This month, our schoolwide focus will be on Responsibility. One way to define responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.” Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Across grade levels students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal-setting. Please check out our monthly trait family newsletter attached below and help us reinforce our monthly traits at home. Thank you!
While in-person shopping at our Fall Literati Book Fair isn't until October 21-25, our online fair has already begun! Now is a great time to take a sneak peek at some of the titles we might see at our school book fair, or better yet, start your shopping early and grab some amazing online exclusives like boxed sets of favorite series (a great holiday gift idea!) and titles that won't be available at our in-person fair, including the ever-popular Dog Man and Babysitters Club. All profits from online and in-person book fair purchases directly benefit our school library and help us continue to grow a robust and diverse collection for our Wildcats to enjoy.
Please click here to check out our online Literati Book Fair
Feel free to share this link with friends and family who might also be interested in shopping our fair!
Stay tuned for more information coming home soon in your student's backpack. We would also love volunteers to help during the week of 10/21. Check the link below to see what time your child's class will be shopping. Thank you in advance.
Celebrate your child's birthday with a book donation to our school library! If you would like to participate in our Birthday Book Club, please click here for more information. When your child participates in our Birthday Book Club, a special Birthday Book Club book plate with their name will be placed in the book they have donated.
Of course, our library is ALWAYS happy to receive books from our Amazon Wish List, even if it's not in honor of a birthday!
Save the Date for our Fall Family Night on Friday, October 25th
Pomerado's annual Fall Family Night is right around the corner. The night will be filled with games, crafts, music and tasty treats. PAWs needs many helping hands to make it a great event. Please sign-up at the link below if you can volunteer before, during or after the festival.
New Clubs Starting Soon
Pomerado's Garden Club will be starting next week. We had more than 70 students interested this time around. Flyers will be distributed this week to students who were accepted for the Fall. There will also be the opportunity for students to take part in Garden Club in the Spring. Please reach out to club organizer, Theresa Edwards for more information at theresaschell@gmail.com.
Pomerado's running club will be starting up in November. More information will be sent home soon. Tiffany Sherbondy is leading the club. Here is her email if you have immediate questions.
EliteShowStables@protonmail.com.
Easy Fundraising Through Ralph's and Box Tops
There are two easy ways to help raise money for our school. If you shop at Ralph's, you can create a digital account and every time you shop, you will be contributing to the school.
Ralph's Community Contribution Program - Ralph
Also, Box Tops has gone digital! It's super easy to get the app and link it to Pomerado. Then just upload any receipts and Pomerado gets the kickback.
Get the App - Box Tops for Education (boxtops4education.com)
Have a great week,
Your 2024/2025 PAWs team