Wildcat Weekly 4/21-4/25

Hi Wildcats!

We hope you had a restful and enjoyable spring break! We are so excited to see our Wildcats back at school tomorrow!

Mrs. Julie Goldberg

Proud Principal of Pomerado Elementary School

Our Wildcats will come back from Spring Break to an amazing surprise! On Monday, April 21, each student will have the opportunity to visit a giant book giveaway event and choose THREE brand new books to keep!

This exciting event is being organized for us by San Diego Oasis and made possible thanks to a generous grant from ASML San Diego. Among other services, Oasis partners retirees with students to tutor onsite and work with individual Wildcats on reading and writing skills. We are so thankful for our wonderful Oasis volunteers and thrilled about the event they are planning!

Students will have a wide variety of popular fiction and non-fiction books to choose from. Be sure to ask your Wildcat about their new books after school on Monday!

"School Library Month" is the American Library Association's annual celebration of school libraries. It's a time we recognize the essential role that strong school libraries play in transforming learning. School libraries provide a welcoming space where students can explore new ideas, develop literacy skills, and foster a lifelong love of reading. We are so thankful for our own beautiful school library here at Pomerado!

Did you know that in PUSD, school libraries do not receive district funds to purchase new books? All of our book-buying dollars come from our bi-annual Book Fairs and occasionally, grants from the community. So while our wish list is ever growing, our new book purchases are often limited. If you would like to support our Pomerado school library this month, or anytime, please check out our Amazon wish list! We update the list quite frequently with titles we'd love to add to our collection to be enjoyed by our Wildcats and we appreciate donations! Please click here to access the list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2M4DN8QBFZPVZ?ref_=wl_share

We know weekly class library visits are something many of our Wildcats look forward to! Thank you for supporting our school library and your child's reading adventures!

With the end of year approaching, many of our grades will be attending Field Trips.

• Level 1 – Level I volunteers are allowed to work with students under the supervision of staff, e.g. classroom volunteers. Level I volunteers are not allowed to be left alone with students.
• Level 2 – For volunteers who will work in isolation with students, e.g., Safety Patrol Coordinator, Garden Club, Field Trip Chaperones. Level II volunteers will have significant unsupervised contact with students.

If you would like to be a field trip chaperone, you need to be cleared as a Level 2 volunteer. The first step is Level I below.

Steps to be a Level I Volunteer:

1. Complete the following forms
   1. Level I Application (Megan’s Law)
      1. English: Megan's Law Level I (pdf)
      2. Spanish: Ley de Megan – Nivel 1 (pdf)
   2. Volunteer Code of Conduct
      1. ​​English: Volunteer Code of Conduct (pdf)
      2. Spanish: Código de Conducta del Voluntario (pdf)
   3. Volunteer Code of Confidentiality
      1. English: Volunteer Code of Confidentiality (pdf)
      2. Spanish: CODIGO DE PRIVACIDAD DE LOS VOLUNTARIOS
   4. Proof of identification/driver’s license [proof of identification/driver’s license to be shown at school site]
   5. TB Clearance: Applicants will turn in completed forms plus proof of a TB clearance to the school site where they plan to volunteer. TB Testing requirements can be found in the section below titled “TB Testing”. TB tests must be kept current to continue volunteering.

Our next School Site Council (SSC) meeting will be held on Thursday, 4/24, at 3:15pm in the Conference Room at Pomerado with the option to attend virtually.

Click here to review the agenda and access the Zoom link for the meeting. These meetings are open to the public.

We hope everyone had a great spring break!

Looking Ahead

Save the date for Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week, May 5-9. Please email

pomeradopaws@gmail.com if you would like to help spread some cheer to our fantastic team at Pomerado!

Yearbook Deadlines

Buy your child's yearbook before the deadline on 4/28 to receive free shipping. Tomorrow, 4/21, is the last day to upload photos that may possibly be used in the yearbook! Here is the link.

Tree Ring School Photo Folders

Display My Art Fundraiser: April 25-May 16

Help raise money for art supplies for our Wildcats! Shop at this link DESIGN YOUR OWN CUSTOM PRODUCTS – displaymyart between April 25th through May 16th and a portion of every sale will go towards enhancing our students' creativity and learning. Plus, you'll enjoy free shipping on all orders!

PAWs Website

Stay up-to-date with the PAWs team and events by visiting our website.

https://pomeradopaws.weebly.com/

Have a great week,

PAWs

• Friday, April 25- 4th Grade "Walk Through California" presentations
• Monday, April 28- State Testing Begins for Grades 3rd-5th
• Friday, May 2- Friday Flag followed by Principal Coffee

https://www.powayusd.com/PUSDPOES

jgoldberg@powayusd.com

Office Number: (858) 748-1320

Lorena Leonard (Office Manager) lleonard@powayusd.com

ESS: (858) 679-8946

Marcella Clark (ESS Supervisor) maclark@powayusd.com

Attendance Hotline

(858) 679-2604

Attendance Email

PMESattendance@powayusd.com

A students absence should be reported within 24 hours. When calling or emailing; please state your name, relationship to student, student name, teacher, and reason for absence.