April Talefeathers
April 1, 2024
Courage- Character Strong
This month, our character trait focus is Courage. Courage means choosing what is helpful, right, and kind - even when it’s hard or scary. Talk to your child about using Courage to choose what is helpful. Being helpful may not sound like it takes much Courage, but at times it can. Being helpful when it is not what your friends are doing takes Courage. It can be scary, but using Courage to choose to do something helpful can impact someone’s life in a big way!
Social Media Supervision
Parents please supervise your child's screen time!
- We are noticing that many Social Media "games" are being "played" at school. I am offering some links to help you as parent / guardian with some resources, conversation starters to help watch for these "games", "jokes", or "videos" that have inappropriate language, racial slurs, demeaning language, and self harm influences.
- Is TikTok Safe for Kids? (benetpositive.org)
- Racism in Social Media | Social Media Victims Law Center
- Talking to children about racism | NSPCC
- Parent's and Educator's Guide to Combatting Hate Speech - ConnectSafely
- A Parents Guide to Social Media - WithAll
Important Dates:
April Dates
Testing for grade levels 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades continue. Please make sure that your children are fully rested, eating a healthy breakfast, bring a snack and some water. If students are late on testing dates, students will not be allowed to test with teacher and peers. Students will need to sit in a safe place while testing is in session and will then need to be pulled out to test with another group with a support staff and other students.
April 1 AASA Writing (3-5)
April 4 AASA ORF (3)
April 8 AASA ELA part 1 (3-5)
April 11 AASA Math part 1 (3-5)
April 15 AASA ELA part 2 (3-5)
April 18 AASA Math part 2 (3-5)
All make up tests will be done on the days in between testing dates. Please make sure you do not schedule vacation or doctors appointments on these days.
Primary Field Day Volunteers!!!
Primary Field Day for PreK-2nd is May 17th in the morning!
It is not too early to start recruiting volunteers for field day. We need many more adults than we did for Rodeo. Parents we need you to run a game outside. Again, all volunteers need to be cleared with the district prior to the event. If you were cleared for Rodeo or a fieldtrip, you are good. If you need to fill out the TUSD Volunteer form, here is the link: VOLUNTEERS 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR (tusd1.org)
For this event, if we do not have enough volunteers we will have to cancel.
Literacy Night
UFLI- Science in Reading
Thank you all for attending our successful event. Mrs. Jauregui did an amazing job with the presentation of UFLI strategies and the stations. The teachers were instrumental in explaining the strategies to the parents and students.
We are grateful for the collaboration and partnership with Tucson Public Library- Murphy Wilmot Library, The Girl Scouts and our parents. I hope you enjoyed the stations, make and take activities, and you continue to play and learn with your child at home.
UFLI- is a huge component of our daily reading block. At this time, students learn the rules of reading, strategies to strengthen their reading skills and play literacy games. We are seeing an overall improvement in reading with these strategies.
Our winners were announced that night:
How to register for Next School Year (24-25)
1. If you are continuing student / parent, use Parentview to register your son / daughter. One application for students attending TUSD schools. How To Register for Next School Year (24-25) (tusd1.org)
2. Follow through all the tabs on Parentview- make sure you update your address, phone numbers, emails, emergency contacts and any food or other known allergies.
3. Upload all necessary documents - if you need help, please reach out to the office- Mrs. Martha or Mrs. Esmeralda.
4. Keep an eye out for an automatic email response. Also, keep an eye out for a welcome back letter from Ms. Almonte, information about school supplies, back to school events, open house, and other ways you can volunteer for next year.