Sunset Lane Sunday Message

Dear Seahawk Families,

Happy three-day weekend! We hope you are enjoying some extra time with loved ones as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, reminding us all of the importance of his legacy. We look forward to welcoming students back to school on Tuesday, when we will kick off our partnership with APEX. For the next two weeks, we’re thrilled to welcome APEX programming to our campus for our biggest fundraiser of the year. We are so grateful for their wisdom and guidance in teaching our students valuable lessons about leadership, citizenship, and teamwork while helping raise funds to support our school. Thank you for your continued support and participation! Let's make it another great week Seahawks!

With warm regards,

Dr. Tracy Gyurina

• No school - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• PE day to make up for the Monday holiday
• APEX fundraising begins!
• Performance Academy Parent Information Night @ 5:00 p.m.

• TK/K SHINE assembly @ 8:30 a.m.
• Incoming TK (25-26 school year) program orientation and school tour @ 2:30 p.m. in room 104

• 5th-6th grade band/orchestra - Please be sure your child/children bring their instruments

Friendly reminder that this is your last chance to purchase a yearbook. We have received several questions about purchasing a yearbook. The deadline has passed. However, for a limited time we are able to request additional yearbooks. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook for the 2024 - 2025 school year, PTA will open up sales for a brief period of time, now through January 23rd. Please scan the QR code on the attached flyer to make your purchase OR visit: https://checkout.square.site/buy/5EEZOGIUKZHLTQZ5Y6KL3UPV

This will be the LAST opportunity for you to buy a Yearbook! Don't Miss Out!

One of our biggest fundraisers of the year is here and we need your help! Please come out to volunteer at our annual Apex Fun Run! Help cheer our students on during their run on Friday, January 31st. Volunteers will mark laps, pass out water to the runners, or spray water on the runners. Please review the available slots here and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

PTA is hosting a Movie Night in our Sunset Lane MPR at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 31st. Join your friends for some fun watching Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl! Admission is free! All minors must be accompanied by an adult. Light refreshments will be available for purchase.

Between January 13 – February 14, 2025, the District will be offering an open enrollment/transfer request option to all students entering the TK through 8th grades in the 2025/26 school year. Open enrollment is a procedure to provide your student with the opportunity to apply for admission to the District school of choice. Students residing within the Fullerton School District’s attendance boundaries may apply for enrollment in any District school. You do not need to apply if you wish for your student to attend the school of residence. To be considered for an open enrollment transfer request, applications must be submitted online during the designated open enrollment window (January 13 – February 14, 2025). Applications can be obtained, completed, and submitted online via the Fullerton School District website. All online applications must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2025. It is the parent/guardian’s responsibility to submit the application to the student’s school of residence. Please note that there are no exceptions!

• January 21st-January 31st: APEX program
• January 28th: Prospective New Student School Tour for the 25-26 school year @ 3:30 p.m.
• January 29th: ELAC meeting @ 8:45 a.m., Incoming Kindergarten Open House for the 25-26 school year @ 2:30 p.m., Dining for Dollars at The Bowery,
• January 31st: APEX Fun Run (jog-a-thon) and PTA Movie Night @ 5:00 p.m.

Please share with anyone you know that might be interested in joining our Seahawk family next school year!

Be sure to check out the attached flyer for information on upcoming parent information meetings for 6th graders heading to junior high next school year.

Do you have a preschool-age student and need a full-day option? Fullerton School District’s Tuition-Based Sunset Lane Full-Day Preschool Program has openings for enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year. See this flyer from our Preschool Office.

1. Always use crosswalks to cross the street and/or the staff parking lot. Even if accompanied by an adult, please do not cross the staff parking lot anywhere other than the crosswalks.
2. Please do not walk in the middle of the staff parking lot. Use the crosswalks and sidewalk to leave campus. Since no one should be parking in the parking spots, there is no reason for you to be walking in the parking lot.
3. Do not enter the staff parking lot unless you have a handicap placard or are an after school program that is picking up multiple students. Only park in the marked handicap spots or the parking lot loading zone if this applies to you. Even if you are dropping off your child/children for a before school activity, you should not be entering the staff parking lot.
4. Remain in your vehicle at all times if you are in the loading zone and pull up as space becomes available. If you need to exit your vehicle, you must park across the street to do so.
5. At the TK/K side gate, please drop your child/children off and promptly leave the area. This is a very small pick-up and drop-off location and we cannot have parents crowding around and blocking access to the gate and/or the sidewalk, making it unsafe for others to pass by.
6. The side gate by room 208 and 210 is for bus loading and unloading only. No students should be entering or exiting campus from this location unless they are in Ms. Jahn's or Ms. Boyle's classroom.

Be sure to visit FSD's Internet Safety website to learn about all of the ways you can protect your child/children and keep them safe while using technology.

• Kindergarten-5th grade: During the month of January and February, your child will begin Unit 3 in the Second Step curriculum. Unit 3 focuses on Empathy & Kindness: Children learn how to recognize kindness and act kindly, have empathy for others and take others’ perspectives, and recognize kind acts and empathy as important elements of building and maintaining relationships.

Second Step Middle School is a research-based social-emotional learning program designed to improve students’ social-emotional skills, such as emotion management, impulse control, problem solving, and empathy. Second Step skills and concepts are designed to help students both in and out of school.

• 6th grade: During the month of January and February, your child will begin Unit 3 in the Second Step curriculum. Unit 3 focuses on Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions: Students learn how to recognize strong emotions and unhelpful thoughts, and apply strategies to manage their emotions and reduce stress.
  

The HUB Family Resource Center:

Food Pantry:

Sunset Lane Education Foundation needs you! Our Direct Giving campaign is the single most powerful way you can enrich your child’s education. Please help by making your contributions today! Flyers and envelopes were sent home at Back to School Night inside Wednesday folders, but additional copies are available in the front office. Donations can also be made online by visiting:

www.sunsetlanefoundation.org/direct-giving

Interested in celebrating your child’s birthday in a fun and exciting way while also raising money to support Sunset Lane? Announce your child’s birthday on our school marquee and do just that. Please sign up today! www.sunsetlanefoundation.org/birthday-marquee

Each farm box is filled with the season's best selection of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables. With each box you send and receive, 10% comes back to Sunset Lane.

The Sunset Lane Student Store will be open the last Wednesday of every month before school.

Don't forget to follow all of our Instagram pages to always be in the know with what is happening at school and with PTA and Foundation!

Principal - tracy_gyurina@myfsd.org

Assistant Principal - carolyn_kim@myfsd.org

Office Manager - jin_vicky_won@myfsd.org

Office Assistant - jeannette_kaufman@myfsd.org

Health Assistant - stephanie_arce@myfsd.org

Phone Number - (714)447-7750

Website - https://www.fullertonsd.org/sunset

Instagram - @sunset_lane_seahawks

Twitter - @Sunset_Lane_FSD

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