Weekly Wildcat

Hello Sundance Families!

We had another great week filled with lots of learning, creativity, and fun! We ended the week with another Xploration session focused on art and PE. Here's a sneak peek of what's in store for our International Dot Day celebration. Dot Day falls on the 15th so send your child in polka dots. Please make sure to stop by our green screens near the front gate. Throughout the week, our Wildcats will engage in art activities, a STEM challenge, and read aloud connected to The Dot by Peter Reynolds. We hope your children will come home next week excited to tell you all about it.

Action Items (New Section!!):

• Pilot Process: The district is piloting two different TK comprehensive curricula and part of the pilot process is to seek parent input. If you are a TK parent who might be interested in coming to a meeting or two over the next month or so to review materials, please email me at rkatz@powayusd.com.
• School Site Council Meeting #1: Join us on 9/13 at 2:45pm via zoom for our first SSC meeting of the year! We will discuss our purpose as a SSC, bylaws, and determine roles of the SSC. Zoom ID: 777-979-0182 PW: SDES2021

Helpful Information (NEW):

• Mindful Monday: Click here to view our Mindful Monday
• School Site: Congratulations to Merrick Rosales and Noelle Martin, our newest School Site Council members.
  

• Closed Campus: This is a friendly reminder that we are a closed campus. All parents must enter through the office door. Please do not enter through the main gates in the morning.
• Kinder Gate: Please make sure that after our TK/K students are dropped off in the morning, you exit the location since it is getting very congested. We also ask that families do not stand near the kinder yard as this is crowding the sidewalk.
• After School Pick Up: Students are expected to be picked up after school within 5 minutes of the bell ringing.
• Parking Lot Reminder: Only cars with handicap placards are allowed to park in those designated spots. Please have your placard displayed when using the spaces.
• Computers2Kids: The San Diego County Office of Education and Computers2Kids are hosting an event for families to purchase affordable computers on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at San Diego County Office of Education (6401 Linda Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111 - enter the drive thru on Via Las Cumbres). See attached flyer for details and here is a link to the information.

Go Wildcats!

Raquel Katz

Principal

Sundance Elementary

Next Week:

• 9/11: September Foundation Monthly Meeting at 7 pm in the Sundance Library & Zoom
  
• 9/13: SSC Zoom Meeting at 2:45pm
• 9/14: Make Up Picture Day
• 9/15: International Dot Day Celebration / Wear Dots!
  

• 9/18: Non Student Day
  
• 9/29: September Parent Coffee Morning
  
• 10/9-10/13: Book Fair!

• Music Schedule
• Library Schedule
• PE Schedule
• 2023/2024 Bell Schedule
• Counseling Referral Form linked here. Our counselor will hold group sessions on the following topics: Coping With Anxiety, Friendships, Social Skills, and Self-Control.
  
• Twitter: Sundance is now on Twitter - handle @SundancePUSD
• Instagram: Find us at SundanceElementary

TONIGHT Join us for the Family Night Out @ Chuck E. Cheese - from 3 - 9 pm
Just show a picture of the flyer below on your phone or mention Sundance and 20% of sales will be donated back to our school. The flyer below has all the details + coupons to make the most of your night out too!

23-24 Twin Trails Education Foundation Board

Check out the flyer below to “meet” your ‘23-24 Foundation Board Members. Thank you to all the parents who volunteer their time, input, expertise and more to help manage the Foundation funding, activities and operations. Plus come meet us in-person at our meeting THIS Monday.

The POWER of TWO - THIS MONDAY, Sept. 11th - PAC & Foundation Parent Meetings

Calling ALL parents! Please join us at the the following Parent Meetings on Monday, Sept. 11th, in the Library or on Zoom.

6-7 pm - Parent Activities Committee (PAC) - focus on school events and programs (We want your TIME)

7-8 pm - Foundation - focus on the business of fundraising for the school’s needs (We want your $)

Plus, don’t forget to complete complete the Volunteer Survey for the 23-24 school year - it’s only 7 questions and will help as we kick off planning for all of the programs and events this year.

TreeRing Yearbooks on Sale!

Did you miss out on getting a yearbook last year? Then, don’t wait any longer to capture your Sundance memories this year. From now until September 30th, you can save an additional 10% off your total purchase. Each yearbook comes with 2 free pages that you can customize, any way you want, and are printed ONLY in your child’s book. See the flyer below for more details on how to purchase your very own Sundance yearbook!

Running Club Starting Soon!

Running Club is a program that allows our students (1st - 5th) to run laps around the school track during their recess times on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We will be kicking off this year’s running club on Friday, 9/22! Please contact Jacki Congdon (jaclyncongdon@gmail.com) if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.