April:

4/3 6th Grade Camp & Celebration Meeting 6PM. Mrs. Field's room.

4/7 TK - K Field Trip to Community Helper Day

4/14 -18 Spring Book Fair

4/17 Egg Drop 1:30PM

4/21 Holiday- No School

4/24 Improvement Parade 1:50PM

4/29 Awa Odori Assembly

TBA: State Testing Opens

May:

5/21 Enterprise Starship Assembly 11:15AM

5/22: Open House & Art Show 5:30-6:30pm

5/23 Snow Day

5/26 Memorial Day

5/29:Talent Show 8:30AM & 1:15PM

5/30 Field Day

TBA: Staff Appreciation

June:

6/5 6th Grade Clap it Out Parade 8:30am

6/5 6th Celebration & Dance 5:00pm

6/6 Report Card

6/6 Last Day

TBA: June Chaos (obstacle course, kickball, principal challenge etc)

TBA: Level Up (kids do an activity with the next year teachers, see classrooms etc)

The Fall River JUSD mobile app has launched!!! It is available in the App Store! When you download, you can click on ALL of the schools you would like updates from! It’s a work in progress, but please download!!! Check it out!!!!

Lexia Certificates:

Aubrey, Delilah, David M, Neveah O, JulieAnn, Kylee, Milo, Abel, Mason M,
Justiah, Leia, Kyra, Killian, Simeon, Harlow, Isac, Peyton, Tallullah, Lillian, Maddox, Danielle and Nico.

K- Tallullah 18 units, Guin, Peyton, Bentley 15 units

1- Killian 41 units, Delilah 27 units

2-Simeon 65 units, Zayden 27 units

3-Connor 100 units, Lillian 53 units

4-Seraphina 41 units, Justiah 53 units, Chloe 36 units

5-Melody 24 units, Robynn 17 units

6-Nathan 33 units, Madison 42 units

There are no limits on learning at Burney Elementary School!

Last Week’s IXL Leaderboard~

1st Place~ Avery 241 proficient skills

2nd~ Emily 184

3rd~ Natalie R 179

4th~ Aurelia ~ 148

5th~ Ethan 139

6th~ Austyn 131

7th~ JulieAnn 109

8th~ Kaitlyn 107

9th~ Lyle 105

10th~ Madelyn 104

🔥Coming in hot🔥

Josiah Almont Jazmin 102

JJ & Konnor 101

Sometimes, families need some extra support with the challenges they're facing. When that happens, we want to connect students and families with resources at the earliest possible opportunity.

More information on the grant: https://www.shastacoe.org/community/community-connect

Support/ Assistance~ please contact our Community Connector ~ Amber Estes.

Call the school to be transferred or email aestes@shastacoe.org

GREAT RESOURCE~ Free Coaching for Families!

Check out this short video~

https://youtu.be/VCKVqeSj5IQ?si=u8wWaThDCau2ayWg

Along with our amazing teachers and staff at Burney Elementary School, parents play an important role within the school community. A great way to contribute to this community is to become involved with the RFC. The RFC works to build strong relationships among parents, teachers and the school administration in support of students. When you join the RFC you become part of a network of parents and teachers working to enhance our children’s educational experience at Burney Elementary.

What do we do?

• Plan events
• Plan fundraisers
• Have voice on school plans and programs

Why Join the RFC?

• Benefit your child: Research has proven that children perform better when their parents are involved both at home and at school.
• Advocate for change: RFC participation can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at BES.
• Stay connected: RFC events are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, build connections and discuss issues that are on your mind.

There’s no better way to know what’s happening in your school and be a part of making our school a better place for our kids to thrive and learn. Although welcomed and suggested, joining the RFC does not require any volunteer time on your part.

The purpose of the Native American Parent Committee is to assure parent participation in providing programs and services for Native American students. The Parent Committee will also be instrumental in providing parents who have Native American students with information and opportunities to effectively express their views concerning all aspects of education that affect their children.

WHY ATTEND:

1. Learn about our current BES Native Education program

2. Planning Field Trips, Special Programs, Assemblies for Native students

3. Planning Family Movie Night to show “Gather” https://gather.film

4. Overview of school initiatives and events

5. Open forum to discuss parent concerns and suggestions.

The safety of your child and all children in our schools as well as the safety of the school staff and support personnel is very important to us. In order to maintain a safe environment for our children to study and learn, it is necessary that we practice our emergency and crisis response plans by having drills designed to exercise our procedures.

The students and staff of our school will be practicing emergency drills throughout the year. They are “FIRE DRILLS”; “EARTHQUAKE DRILLS”; “LOCKDOWN DRILLS”; “SHELTER-IN-PLACE DRILLS”, and “EVACUATION DRILLS”. Each type of drill is explained below.

FIRE DRILLS

The school will conduct a “fire drill” each month that school is in session. This is a Fire Code requirement as well as a requirement for all California public schools. We want each student to understand and be aware of the importance of this drill and not be afraid when the fire alarm is sounded. By practicing they will know what to do and how to do it.

EARTHQUAKE DRILLS

The school will conduct regular earthquake drills. Students will be taught to “Drop,” “Cover,” and “Hold On.” They will also be taught how to keep themselves safe if outside the building during an earthquake.

LOCKDOWN DRILLS

The school will conduct “Lockdown Drills” periodically throughout each school year. This type of drill will secure the school building and safely shelter all students, staff and visitors inside the building. The purpose of this drill is to keep the students safe from any danger outside or inside the building. During a “lockdown drill” all of the perimeter doors to the school building will be locked and will remain locked until the danger or issue outside or inside the building is removed. To enable everyone to remain safe, no one will be allowed to enter the building during our drill.

SOFT LOCKDOWN/SHELTER-IN-PLACE DRILLS

The “Soft Lockdown/Shelter-in-Place” drill will be conducted each school year. The purpose of this drill is to be prepared to move to a safe location within our building in case of severe weather or as a precaution if there is a danger in the neighborhood.

EVACUATION DRILLS

During an “Evacuation Drill”, students will be safely escorted along a designated evacuation route to one of our pre-determined evacuation sites. At the conclusion of the drill, all students will be escorted back to the school.

In the event of an actual Emergency :

-In the event of an actual emergency evacuation, you will receive notification where to pick up your child as soon as possible.

-We will notify parents by phone call, text, email and the BES Facebook page.

-Please make sure that your contact information is current at all times so that you can be reached without delay in the event of an emergency.

-Do not call the school offices (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency)

-Do not contact students or staff members via cell phone or social media (as they will be busy with the drill or actual emergency)

-Avoid personal social media posts. Correct information will be disseminated through our automated system as soon as possible.

How to Pick Up Your Child in the Event of a Real Emergency:

1. Instructions for picking up children will be made available through the texts, phone calls, emails and BES Facebook.

2. In most cases, the school will be locked during and immediately following a crisis. No one, other than emergency personnel, will be allowed to enter until it is determined that conditions are safe.

3. When it is safe to release students, there will be a reunion plan. Parents/Guardians need to be prepared to check in at the reunion site with identification.

4. Students will not be released to anyone other than their parents (or an individual listed on the child’s emergency card).

We will be discussing our Safety procedures and plan at the upcoming School Site Council meeting on Wednesday, October 18th at 3:15pm and 10/18 at the Raider Family Commitree 5:30pm. Parents, Grandparents and Guardians are welcome to join us.

If you have any questions regarding any of these Safety Drills or other safety concerns, please contact your school office, or Principal Aderman.

We are very excited when parents, grandparents and community members want to volunteer and help in our school and classrooms. We think student safety is very important and have procedures in place to provide a safe learning environment for our students.

If you are interested in volunteering your time, please, stop by our BES Office to fill out an application.

FRJUSD School Board policy requires all regular classroom volunteers become “cleared” volunteers by submitting an application, a current TB test, and be fingerprinted. *Fingerprinting fees are paid for by FRJUSD.

FRJUSD schools utilize this texting tool. If you did not receive the "alert" inviting you to join, you can join this way!

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