Ryan Elementary

We are only one week away until this school year is over, can you believe it? I wanted to send one more communication out with some reminders for this last week of events and preparation for next year.

Thank you again to all of our families for your continued support and communication throughout the year. We could not do this without you and appreciate your willingness to work together to give our students the best education and experience possible.

I hope you have an amazing summer!

Justin Durham

Please take a look at our events coming up this quarter!

• May 17 - PTO Fun Friday and 4th grade Music Performance
• May 18 - PTO Splash Bash 6:00-8:30
• May 22 - Kinder Celebration 1:30pm
• May 23 - Last Day of School (Early Dismissal at 11:10am) and 6th grade Clap out at 10:50am
• July 10 - Teacher assignments and welcome letters will be sent out
• July 15 - Meet the Teacher 5:00-6:00
• July 17 - First Day of School

We are still in need for volunteers for the Splash Bash this Saturday night. Please sign up to help out following the link below. Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050949A5A72CABF94-47463719-splash

This year we planned to have stand alone classes for our gifted program in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. However, due to lower enrollment than anticipated we unfortunately will have to combine the 3rd and 4th grade classes for next year into a 3/4 combo class. The teacher we hired for 4th grade has been moved to a position at WGA and Mrs. Cunningham will be the homeroom teacher for the 3/4 combo class next year. But, the class will also have Mrs. Sherwood for ELA instruction as she and Mrs. Cunningham will split the kids for instruction. Mrs. Cunningham will teach Math to both the 3/4 combo class and the 5th graders, as Mrs. Sherwood will teach both classes ELA, and then each teacher will teach their homeroom classes in the areas of Science, Social Studies, and components of writing. The 6th grade class will still be taught by Mrs. Ryle next year. In addition, all three teachers of the gifted program will work with the students on collaborative projects and lessons throughout the year.

We know this is a big shift at the end of the year, but out team has responded well and we are putting a plan into place that we believe will positively impact our students and their education. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mr. Durham.

Just a reminder as this is a new early dismissal time for Ryan Elementary.

All library books are due tomorrow, Friday, May 17th, please return any items that are still at home. Contact Mrs. Heistuman in the library if you have any questions. heistuman.laura@cusd80.com

If you are not signed up yet please sign up! All families should have received a message from the district about ParentSquare, a web and app platform that unifies school to home communications. ParentSquare sends emails and texts and allows you to decide how and when you want to be communicated with and in what language. You may read more about ParentSquare on the CUSD district website. The Choice is Yours - Full Page / ParentSquare in CUSD (cusd80.com). Over the next few weeks, we will begin using ParentSquare to communicate school to home messages. By July 10, the platform will be districtwide meaning everyone will use it. Please take a moment to sign up and try it out as we finish out the year!

Families eligible for busing can register for the 2024-25 school year starting May 6, 2024.

ALL students riding the bus MUST be registered each year.

The process is about the same as this past year, but there will be extra communication. Not only will parent portals have a date & time stamp of when they submitted their request, they will also receive email confirmations acknowledging their submission, approval &/or denial including the reason for denial.

All 2024-25 routes will be completed with eligible students assigned to a bus by July 5, 2024. Bus route details will be updated in their Infinite Campus accounts. Parents are advised to check there for their student's specific bus details after July 8, 2024 if they receive an approval email.

Attached are the 2024-25 Transportation Registration instructions in both English & Spanish, instructions for how to read student bus assignment detail in Infinite Campus for both parents and CUSD staff, and a Transportation Registration FAQ sheet which will also be on our website Transportation FAQ. (The website is a work in progress, but the pertinent items are there.)

Our Royal Rewards program has been going great this year and the kids have been showing the 3 R's all over campus. We will still have our end of the quarter winners at our assembly but we have also been collecting all of the tickets for the entire year and hope to do some extra raffles. If you would like to dontate to the prize pool please feel free to drop something off! This could be something as small as candy bars and toys to electronics or gift cards. Thank you in advance for any donation!

Our school will be supporting CUSD's back to school event by collecting glue sticks, packs of colored pencils, packs of markers (10 pack of markers), large pink erasers, pencils and backpacks. If you would like to help support our community and the event please drop off your items in our front office! Please check out the event flyer below that we are collecting items for.

Kindergarten families, please join us on May 22nd as we celebrate our Kindergarteners on completing their first year of school. We will be recognizing each student, take their picture for you, and will have cookies and lemonade to celebrate. The event starts at 1:30pm and the flyer is attached for more information.

Our 6th Grade Clap Out is scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd from 10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. We hope you can join us in celebrating this milestone for our students.

Please see the attached flier for all the details. We kindly ask for you to join the Clap Out keeping in mind the area reserved for parents (see map on page 2).

Dear Parents:

This letter is to inform you that we will be purchasing new books/materials for our library on May 23rd, 2024. State law mandates that schools notify parents of the opening and closing public review period within seven (7) school days prior to the opening date. Therefore, this notice dated May 16, 2024, provides the opening date of the public review period for newly purchased library books/materials as May 23, 2024 and the closing date as May 23, 2024. (A.R.S. 15-721/15-722)

Queridos Padres:

Esta carta sirve para informarles que estaremos comprando libros y materiales nuevos para nuestra biblioteca el May 23, 2024. La ley estatal exige que las escuelas notifiquen a los padres sobre las fechas de apertura y cierre para el período de revisión pública dentro de siete (7) días escolares antes de la fecha de apertura. Por lo tanto, este aviso, con fecha de May 16, 2024 proporciona la fecha de apertura del período de revisión pública para libros y materiales de la biblioteca recién comprados de May 23, 2024 y la fecha de cierre de _____________________.(A.R.S. 15-721/15-722)

I want to make sure everyone knows who to reach out to when situations arise so please read below of who to contact when you have questions or concerns. If your concern or situation is not listed please always feel free to contact me (the principal) or the front office and we will make sure you get what you need.

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• Discipline or Behavior Concerns - Please contact the Dean, Rebecca Coplan @ 480-224-3210 and coplan.rebecca@cusd80.com or the Principal, Justin Durham @ 480-224-3208 and durham.justin@cusd80.com
• Social and Emotional Needs or Concerns - Please contact your child's teacher and our Counselor, Trudi McClure at 480-224-3206 and mcclure.trudi@cusd80.com
• Attendance - Please contact our Attendance Tech, Karla Juarez @ 480-224-3203 and juarez.karla@cusd80.com
• Health Concerns or Medications - Please contact our Health Assistant, Tammy Tisdale @ 480-224-3202 and tisdale.tammy@cusd80.com
• Academic Concerns - Please contact your child's teacher first and then if needed the Principal, Justin Durham @ 480-224-3208 and durham.justin@cusd80.com
• Concerns with Teacher or Staff - Please contact your child's teacher first and then if needed the Principal, Justin Durham @ 480-224-3208 and durham.justin@cusd80.com
• 504 plans - Please contact our Counselor, Trudi McClure at 480-224-3206 and mcclure.trudi@cusd80.com
• SPED and IEP's - Please contact your child's Special Education Case Manager or our Dean, Rebecca Coplan @ 480-224-3210 and coplan.rebecca@cusd80.com.
• General Concerns or Questions - Please contact our front office @ 480-224-3200

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Location: 4600 Bright Angel Way, Chandler, AZ, USA
Phone: 480-224-3200
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