Hello Shark Families and Happy October!

There is a lot happening this month: 4-6th grade dance, Fall Festival, STEM Night, Title 1 Parent Meeting, and our annual Halloween Parade in the park next to us on Halloween. Please make sure to sign the permission slip for the POV/MIA Park usage. It is considered a field trip off campus.

It is cold season again. COVID is still prevalent in our community. However, the regulations for students to return to school is less severe. Student can come back as soon as a fever or major symptoms for 24 hours. You can always check in with the office in the morning of a positive COVID test.

We have had many parents check off that their child/children cannot be pictured on social media. Our site showcases our students in this newsletter and on our Facebook account. No names are used. Please let your teacher know if you meant for us to use your child's face for celebrations but not the district. It will be helpful! We love to show off what we do at Edgewater.

Ms. Henderson

Principal

Edgewater Empowers Global Leaders

Hello Shark Families,

We are starting up Watch D.O.G.S (Dads of Great Students) again this year and are in search of some fathers, uncles, or grandpas who would like to join us to support student achievement. The program provides positive male role models for the students, demonstrating, by their presence, that education is important. Meanwhile, the volunteers provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school safety, reducing bullying and other issues students experience.

Please stop by the office to see how to get involved. If you served as a watch dog in the past two years, and want to continue, you will be contacted to set up some days and times to volunteer. Thanks again.

Oct. 2 - Minimum Day

Oct. 3 - Title 1 Parent Meeting 5:30-6:00 pm

Oct. 3 - Family Community STEM Night 6:00-7:30

Oct. 4 - Recycle Friday

Oct. 4 - Popcorn Friday $1.00 per bag

Oct. 4 - Parent's Night Out Courtesy our PTO

Oct. 9 - Minimum Day

Oct. 9 - MJUSD College and Career Block Fair 4:pm Downtown

Oct. 10 - ELAC Meeting at 1:30 pm

Oct. 11 - Watch DOGS meeting at 8:45 am

Oct. 11 - Sharkie Store Opens online for 4-6th grades

Oct. 11 - Super Ball - 4-6 grades superhero dance 6"00-8:00 pm

Oct. 15 - SSC Meeting via Google Meet 4:00 pm

Oct. 18 - Sharkie Store open for TK-3 grades

Oct. 18 - Fall Festival at 5:00 pm

Oct. 23 - Minimum Day

Oct. 28 - Student of the Month Assembies

Oct. 31 - Edgewater Halloween Parade at the POW MIA Park at 9:00 am

Edgewater parents and guardians are invited to come to campus for an evening of conversation and fun around teaching and learning focusing on student success. We meet monthly on the first Thursday of the month to share ideas and to explore more about Edgewater possibilities and parent learning. Our next night will take place Oct 11th at 6:00 pm.

Hello Families!

We are always focused on student safety here at Edgewater. We ask that you keep two things in mind.

• If you choose to park, please park and walk your student to the front office area.
• Please be extra cautious near the entry and exit driveways because walking and biking students do cross the driveways.

Thank you for being very vigilant of students.

We are so proud of our students. We celebrate them at the end of each month for being Respectful, Responsible, and Safe. Here are our students for the month of September!!

Edgewater Elementary was honored to learn recently that we will be receiving a moon tree from NASA's Artemis 1 mission to return to the moon. In 2022, NASA placed seeds from 5 different species of trees in an unmanned Orion spacecraft, which traveled to the moon and orbited several times before returning back to Earth. Last year NASA took applications from over 1300 educational institutions across the US and our school was one of the 200 organizations that were selected

We are excited to have this tree as part of our campus for our students to enjoy. Our giant sequoia will be a connection to countless life science and STEM activities for all grades and stand as a permanent connection between our school and mankind's next effort to get to the moon. Be on the lookout for pictures of the dedication ceremony for our new tree, and of our 6th grade class caring for and protecting this legacy during the school year.

Our third-grade classes were the first students to take a field trip this year. Mrs. Hartridge was able to capture some wonderful photos of the students as they explored farm animals at the Yube County Fair Grounds.

Ms. Chao had students learning all about apples through exploration and science. They truly enjoyed their apple decorated classroom and the activities of the day!

Our district and site are so grateful for the work our custodians do every day to support our students! We appreciate them so much!

When you see 23 young Sharks working with Mrs. Pelfrey on Drums Alive for hand-eye coordination as well as social emotional learning, it is an amazing class! All students were following the rhythm directions and having the greatest time. The smiles on their faces told all you needed to know.

For students to get GOLD, the grade levels need to reach the following:

K = 25pts, 1st = 45 pts, 2nd = 75 pts, 3rd = 100, pts 4th = 125 pts, 5th = 145 pts, 6th = 155pts.

Please encourage your student to read more and take AR tests to get to the Golden Ball!

We celebrated our student who leveled up or completed their Lexia during our SOM assembly! Congratulations to all of our students for working hard to make great growth this year in ELA!

GRADE LEVEL GOALS BY END OF YEAR

Kinder L5, 1st L9, 2nd L12, 3rd L15, 4th L18, and 5th L21

We are already making progress in student working at or above grade level. Remember, all students can access Lexia from home and all they need it their QR badge to access practicing beyond the school day.

After we completed the STAR test in August and September, we compared it to the data collected at the end of the 2023-24 school year. We found what we expected in the math scores with a slight summer slide. However, we were very pleased to see our students doing better a the onset of this year in Reading when comparing the data. Our students have made growth over the summer break. It could be many reasons, summer school, the pandemic is in the past, or students are getting back into school again. Either way, we are proud of our young Sharks!

This marks the 3rd year Edgewater is collecting behavioral data to support students' social emotional needs, in turn, supporting their academics. August shows to be high in behavior tracking, but with more teachers using the system, it is expected. Over the next few years, it will more accurate data when comparing year over year.

Boomwhackers!

Students in music are learning note reading and how to create songs using Boomwhackers. Boomwhackers are colorful hollow tubes of different lengths that produce a sound when tapped against a surface. These percussion instruments are a fun way for students to learn about melodic direction and how the size of an instrument affects the pitch. We love using them for group music making as well as for reinforcing beat and rhythm!

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Hello,

We are in need of your support for the 2024-25 school year. With the budget cuts experienced this year, our PTO has become more and more vital as part of your child's success. Please join us in our endeavors to sustain a positive climate and culture at Edgewater. Go Sharks!

PTO EVENTS FOR OCTOBER THAT COULD USE SOME VOLUNTEER HELP:

Friday October 4, 11, 18, 25 - Recycling Friday

Friday October 4th - Popcorn Friday

Friday October 4th - Parent’s Night Out

Thursday, October 10th - PTO Meeting

Friday, October 18th - Fall Festival

Here is our contact information:

Email: rhenderson@mjusd.k12.ca.us
Website: https://edgewater.mjusd.com/
Location: 5715 Oakwood Drive, Marysville, CA, USA
Phone: (530) 741-0866