Carrillo Community Update

Happy Sunday Carrillo Families!

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. It was so wonderful to welcome all our returning and new students back to campus last week. Students spent time learning the routines and procedures in their classes and getting to know their new classmates. Classes revisited the Carrillo Commitment to our PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) expectations as they moved about the building. These three values (Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Kind) are the foundation for how we work and grow together at Carrillo. This week students will have a brief assembly, where we review these expectations, what they look like around the school, as well as what happens if we live by these values, or when we make mistakes and do not.

This week, you can expect students to begin much more content in the classes as they continue to build relationships with their new teachers and classmates. Thank you for your help in ensuring that your student is here on time each day. Again, we have set a goal of 95% attendance. With that, we will be recognizing students with perfect and exemplary attendance quarterly. At Carrillo, perfect attendance means no absences and no tardies. Exemplary attendance (per quarter) means no more than 1 absence and no more than 1 tardy. Because our theme this year is "Growing Together" we will also be recognizing students quarterly for academic achievement as well as exceptional growth. We know that all students have strengths and we want our students to recognize their and help them nurture new ones.

Thank you again for an amazing first week! Let's make a stellar second week as well!

COMING SOON

• Tuesday, August 20th
• Open House and Annual Title I Meeting from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
• Wednesday, August 21st
• Teacher Professional Day - No Classes
• Monday, September 2nd
• Labor Day - No Classes
• Wednesday, September 18 - Friday, September 20
• 1/2 days for Parent Teacher Conferences

Carrillo has today and tomorrow to get enough votes to win $5,000 from General Dentistry for Kids. Thank you for voting today and tomorrow and for encouraging your friends and families to support Carrillo as well! Simply click the picture to be taken to the voting page.

There was a slight delay with our Extended Day applications and they did not go our Friday as planned. I have attached the application to this week's update. We will have copies available in the office (between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm) and they will go home this week. Please feel free to open the attachment (in your browser) and complete the form. You can email a copy to our office manager Kenia Alvaado-Martinez to ensure safe arrival. Students must have BOTH a registration form and payment in order to be placed in an after-school class. You may pay in the front office (between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm) or online using the link in the registration form. If you pay online, please send Ms. Alvarado-Martinez a screen shot of your completed payment page.

As a reminder, fees are $125 per student/per quarter. If you have multiple students, the fees for each other sibling is $75/per quarter.

Did your student create some artwork this summer? Do they want to share it with the Carrillo Community? If so, please bring it in at the beginning of the school year for our first annual What I Did Last Summer Art Exhibit. Work can be of any material – drawing, painting, sculpture, craft, or the like. Bring your child’s art to school from August 1-9, 2024, and you are in! Don’t forget to include a fancy label explaining something about the work on display. Carrillo Looks forward to your creations. Let's start the year off by stuffing our gallery with creativity!

Thank you to Adrian at Big Frog! This year, when you purchase Cougar spirit gear, $5 will come back to the school to support students. The store has this year's "Growing Together" shirts for students and parents, as well as our classic shirts and some designs from previous years. Check out the store online.

Welcome back to another exciting school year! I am thrilled to be your child's MTSS facilitator. Some of you may know me, as this is my eleventh year at Carrillo, for those of you who don’t, my name is Barbara De Lorenzo. I started at Carrillo as a fifth-grade teacher and for the past three years as MTSS facilitator, I have been committed to supporting all student academic and social-emotional growth.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is a framework designed to provide all students with the support they need to succeed. Our goal is to identify and address student needs early on, preventing academic, behavioral, and attendance challenges from escalating.

Throughout the year, I will work closely with teachers, students, and families to monitor student progress and provide targeted interventions when necessary. This may include:

• Screening and assessing students' academic and social-emotional skills
• Collaborating with teachers to develop and implement effective instructional strategies
• Providing small group and individual support to students
• Communicating regularly with parents and guardians about student progress

I believe in the power of partnership between home and school. Your involvement in your child's education is crucial to their success. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or would like to learn more about MTSS.

I look forward to a wonderful year of supporting your child's learning and growth!

Sincerely,

Barbara De Lorenzo - MTSS Facilitator

Carrillo K-5 Communication and Creative Arts Magnet School

Parents volunteers are welcome on campus. Speak with our office manager (Kenia Alvarado-Martinez) or our Magnet Coordinator (Rebecca Stroup) to learn how you can volunteer! We also encourage families to attend PTO meetings to learn about other ways to support our Carrillo Cougars. We encourage all parents to register as volunteers on the TUSD website (https://jobs.tusd1.org/volunteer) as the process takes a few weeks. We ask non-parental volunteers to contact the office before registering as a volunteer so we can explain the process and coordinate volunteer opportunities.

Parents, we are asking for your help with social media. As a reminder, most social media user agreements state that users must be 13 or older to have an account. Please take a moment to discuss the reasons for the age limits with your students.

Most social media sites do not allow attacks or abuse based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability or disease. Please encourage students to be socially conscious and report any accounts that violate those policies directly to the social media platform before blocking the account.

Attendance at school is directly correlated to student achievement, so it is extremely important they are in school every single day to be successful. Research shows that missing more than 8 days of school can cause significant gaps in a student’s education. Please try to schedule appointments or family outings around the school schedule and during school holidays. To help track attendance goals, we've created a "Path to Success" attendance tracker you can use at home to help us make our 95% goal. You can download it by opening the attachment on your computer.

Parents, you can now immediately report an absence from school using ParentVue. This reduces the calls in our attendance office and allows you to directly enter the reason students are absent. To self-report simply follow the steps below.

1. Log into ParentVue from App or Computer
2. Click the "Attendance" tab on the left column on the computer or on the App as soon as you log in the blue "report absence" with a small bell icon is there.
3. On the top right corner of the page it will have a blue link that says "Report Absence" click on this
4. Use the calendar to select dates and the drop-down for the reason for the absence.
5. You may also add notes or upload a doctor's note and hit "save".

Of course, you may still give Ms. Diane Quiroz a ring at (520) 225-1200 if you prefer. Thank you for reporting all absences!

Did you know that all TUSD elementary magnet students are eligible for transportation if they live more 1.5 miles from the school?

For more information, visit Transportation's website to see if your student qualifies for FREE transportation and to begin routing. We strongly encourage families to consider this option for this school year. It's a great way to help your student develop independence and responsibility.

Due to some budget changes, the earliest students can be dropped off is 7:35 am at 17th Street. The office does not open until 8:00 and while Ms. Bittel is usually on campus well before 8:00, she is often in meetings or other parts of the building and unable to hear the doorbell. From 7:35 - 8:00 the only safe drop off is 17th Street. Thank you for helping us to keep all our cougars safe in the morning.

Parent Pickup will continue to be at 17th street. Thank you for remaining in your car. We’ll be using radios and a loudspeaker to call for students this year in hopes of speeding up the process. Please note that the city has redefined some fire lanes that must be kept open along Samaniego with bright red paint. Thank you for not parking or stopping in those spaces. Thank you also for keeping the neighborhood driveways and mailboxes open as a courtesy to our neighbors. Thank you for your help!

We know that the 17th Street area can get a bit congested at pickup. To help alleviate the situation, the City of Tucson has installed new signs to direct traffic and changed the direction of Samaniego Street. The City of Tucson is requesting that families picking up on 17th Street exit the neighborhood using the following route.

• Travel west on 17th Street
• Turn south on 11th Avenue
• Turn west to access the frontage road or turn east to return to Main Avenue and 22nd Street.

Our neighbors kindly ask that you leave the driveways and corners open when you park so they can enter and exit their homes safely. If you do wait in your car along Samaniego, thank you for waiting at the bottom of the hill on the east side of the street so the roadway is clear for all vehicles and families crossing the street.

We are also asking families to arrive no earlier than 2:35 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and no earlier than 1:35 on Wednesdays. Parents of intermediate students, if you plan to arrive at 2:50 or 1:50, that will give the primary students time to load up and reduce your wait time.

Thank you also for being patient, driving slowly, and watching the road carefully. The streets behind Carrillo are narrow and we want to avoid any accidents. Our neighbors kindly request that everyone drive like they live in the neighborhood, and many of our cougars do. Thank you for helping us keep our Cougars and our community safe.

If your child is walking/riding home, thank you for ensuring the office has a note giving permission at the beginning of every school year. Thank you for making any pickup arrangements with your student prior to your student coming to school.

Congratulations to the new PTO Board for the 2024-25 school year. Please check this section of the update regular meeting dates as well as other opportunities to support Carrillo.

• President - Aaron Valencia
• VP - open (Yvette Rodriguez will serve as interim until August)
• Secretary - Margaret Zuniga
• Treasurer - Angelina Celix

Please email PTO if you have any questions.

Thank you to everyone who supported our "BoxTops for Education" fundraiser this year! As of Sunday, August 4th, Carrillo had already earned $32.60! Be sure to check out the Bonus offers, for ways to earn extra box tops.

This year we hope to have more families involved so that we can see even more rewards come back to the school to benefit the students directly. Please encourage friends and family members to download the app from the Box Tops website, select "Carrillo K-5 Magnet School" as their school, and scan their grocery receipts weekly.

LEADERBOARD

1st Place - 1st Grade

2nd Place - 2nd Grade

3rd Place - 4th Grade

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Mission Statement

Carrillo K-5 Communication and Creative Arts Magnet School engages children's minds, bodies, and senses using multiple modes of learning, thought, and self-expression.

Vision Statement

At Carrillo K-5 Communication and Creative Arts Magnet School, students become 21st Century leaders in a diverse world, through the development of a strong academic core, communication skills and creative arts abilities.