Hello Families! First, I want to thank you all for a wonderful first quarter! Teachers are working hard to help your student work to their highest academic, behavioral, and social emotional potential. First quarter benchmarks showed us what students have learned and what needs to be retaught. The state of Arizona finally released school letter grades and Borman is an "A" rated school again! It was tough keeping this one a secret, but I am so proud and happy for our community to have this distinguished rating. We have to continue to work hard, have students achieve proficiency, and continue to show academic growth. We appreciate your support as always.

November is American Indian Heritage Month, then we have a couple of major holidays with Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving, but being in the Southwest, Dia De Los Muertos is a big one in Tucson. The All Souls Procession on Sunday November 3rd in downtown Tucson is a world famous sight to behold. It's a great family friendly event, but I know Sunday night makes it a bit difficult.

I want to give PTO a HUGE shout out for all their hard work preparing for and putting on the Fall Festival Trunk or Treat, Boo Grams, and Cookie Sales. This is no easy task and these ladies hit it out of the park! We were happy to see so many families attend and having fun. All of these events help pay for other fun events for students and families - especially our End of Year Celebration. We appreciate the support! If you are an Arizona resident, we also alway appreciate your tax credit donations as well.

Please see the special section below about Flag Raising Ceremony and Media Day.

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.

November

American Indian Heritage Month

1st - 2nd - Dia De Los Muertos

5th - Make up Picture Day

5th - Election Day

8th - Veteran's Day Flag Raising Ceremony 0830

8th - Media Day - TUSD media department getting school footage (opt out will be respected)

11th - Veteran's Day - No School

12th - Q2 Site Council Meeting via Zoom

15th - Dominoes Pizza

18th - 22nd - Scholastic Book Fair!

21st - G1 Zamora TG Feast

22nd - G1 Sierra TG Feast

25th - G1 Campbell TG Feast

27th - G1 Carter-Jenkins TG Feast

28th & 29th - Thanksgiving Break - No School

Friday November 8th we will be having our annual Veteran's Day Flag Raising ceremony with the DM Honor Guard and school performances. This will also coincide with a TUSD media day on campus. We are asking that all students wear the following clothing for both: solid tops in red, white, blue, purple(Purple Up month shirts), or Borman shirts. Since footage will be used for a school promotional video and photos, we cannot have any large visible brand names in it. We will also respect families that have opted out of their student being in any school related media. If you want to change that, please let us know. Otherwise we will use an identification system for the media team to later blur students or keep them out of the photography altogether. You are also always welcome to keep your student home that morning.

PTO governing board:

Brittney Thomas - President

Devyn Watkins - VP/Treasurer

Sarah Morales - Secretary

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

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

• Tuesday Nov 5th & Nov 19th Group Supervision

• Thursday Nov 14th Individual Supervision

Hello families, if you haven't already done so, please take the time to complete the Family Engagement Survey. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard and promote change where it is needed.

As we head into the Harvest season, please remember;

"The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for."

Early Learner Drawing - Tuesdays (K-2nd)

Start & End Date: 10/22/2024 - 12/10/2024, 8 weeks

Registration Link

Elementary Drawing & Cartoon - Thursdays (2nd-5th)

Start & End Date: 10/24/2024 - 12/12/2024, 7 weeks

Skip Date: 11/28/2024

Registration Link

Scholarship Application link

We greatly appreciate your support and are looking forward to another fantastic session with your students!

A community member suggested that we include a safe technology use section in our family newsletter. While we do 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.

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.

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

• Campus monitor for before school and at lunch/recess (2.5 hours/day)
• Track Coaches for 4th quarter.

Please remember, 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.

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.

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