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PES serves our community by preparing all students in a safe and nurturing environment to be critical thinkers, productive citizens and thrivers with admirable character.

California Education Code 48205 defines Excused Absences:

• Student Illness

• Quarantine

• Medical/Dental Appointment

• Funeral of immediate family members. Service in CA: 1 excused day / Service outside CA: 3 excused days

• Upon advance written request by the parent/guardian and the approval of the principal or designee, justifiable personal reasons including, but not limited to:

• Appearance in court

• Observation of a holiday or ceremony of his/her religion

• To spend time with his/her immediate family member who has been called to military duty for deployment or is on leave from or has immediately returned from deployment.

Examples of reasons that are not considered excusable absences:

• Lack of transportation

• Vacation

• Medical appointment for someone other than the student

• Running errands

• Oversleeping/waking up late

Check the calendar below for the 24.25 school year.

Thank you for your support!

• Monday, 11/11 ~ Veterans Day ~ No School

• Tuesday, 11/12 ~ Restaurant Night @ Chipotle

• Wednesday, 11/13 ~ Garden Club

• Wednesday, 11/13 ~ Jamba Juice

• Friday, 11/15 ~ Fun Run (NO RUNNING CLUB)

• Wednesday, 11/20 ~ Clean Up Crew

• Wednesday, 11/20 ~ Everything Disney Day

• Friday, 11/22 ~ Running Club

• November 23-December 1 ~ Thanksgiving Break - No School

There are a lot of items in our lost and found that would like to find their home. We will have these items on display during the flag salute on Wednesday. Please feel free to check in on Wednesday morning and take a look for any items your student may be missing. We will also display them on Friday at the jog-a-thon. We will donate all remaining items during the Thanksgiving break.

The Olympic Fun Run is NEXT WEEK – 11/15! Each class will be representing a country their

teacher chose for the Fun Run. Students should dress in their country’s colors, wear accessories,

and have fun representing their class’s country.

The Fun Run is raising money for field trips, assemblies, and more! This is our biggest fundraiser

of the year, and we need your support! Students are also working hard to earn exciting prizes.

Here’s how you can help:

● Visit our fundraising page to donate or learn more:

https://app.99pledges.com/fund/pantherfunrun2024

● Share the link to your student’s pledge page and encourage friends and family to make a

pledge!

Let's work together to make the Olympic Fun Run and this school year a huge success!

Mobile order instruction click here

The Temecula Valley Unified School District values the many contributions our volunteers make to our school district each year. If you are looking to chaperone a field trip, help your student's teacher with class rotations, or perform other classroom work you need to be an approved volunteer. The following must be completed before you become an approved volunteer and can help in this capacity.

1. Complete the Volunteer Application by filling out the linked forms here (Megan's Law and Parent Code of Conduct): Volunteers
2. Megan's Law Background Check Form: You must have a current Megan's Law Background Check on file with the school site where you are volunteering. You are only required to complete this once. You do not need to complete a form each school year.
3. Volunteer Code of Conduct: You must have a current Code of Conduct form on file at each site where you volunteer. Please use the following links to upload documents to the Raptor Site: English application | Spanish application.
4. Government Issued Photo Identification - Upload to Raptor Site.
5. TB Test: You must have a current TB test on file with the school site. TVUSD offers volunteer TB Test Clinics. Please see below for clinical information. TB Certificate of Completion Upload to Raptor Site.
6. Upload documents #2, #3, #4, and #5 to the Raptor Site.
7. Please contact the site before volunteering to confirm the completion of your Volunteer Application.
8. Please use the following links to upload documents to the Raptor Site: English application | Spanish application

TVUSD offers support for volunteers who are seeking their TB clearance at our district office. This service is ONLY available to individuals who are seeking volunteer opportunities within our school district, TVUSD.

This service is offered in Building 12 at our district office from 10am-3pm on the following dates for the fall semester.

November 6th, 13th, 20th

December 4th, 11th, 18th

• Submission Deadline: The window opened on Monday, October 14, 2024, and will remain open until January 31, 2025.
  
• Continuing Transfers: If your child is already on an approved transfer and will continue to attend the same school during the 2025/2026 school year, there's no need to submit a new transfer request. New requests are only required if you wish to change schools.
• New Transfers: If you would like your child to attend a school other than your school of residence based on your current address, please be sure to submit a transfer request during the Open Enrollment Transfer Window.
• Transitioning to Middle and/or High School: The transition from elementary to middle school and/or from middle school to high school is not based on a previous/current school of attendance; it is solely based on primary residence address. If you plan on having your child attend a middle school or high school other than your school of residence, be sure to submit a transfer request prior to January 31, 2025.
• New to/or not currently attending a TVUSD School: You may submit a transfer request during the Open Enrollment Window for the 2025/2026 school year even if your child is not currently enrolled in a TVUSD school. If your child is new to TVUSD during the 2025/2026 school year, additional eligibility information must be submitted (after the first semester report card).
• Equal Consideration: All timely submissions received during the Open Enrollment Transfer Window will be given equal consideration. Consideration will be based on space availability at the requested school and meeting the District’s transfer eligibility criteria.
• We anticipate notifying parents/guardians of the transfer decision, either by email or by mail, using the addresses provided on the application, no later than May 2025.
  

To submit an Intradistrict Transfer request for the 2025/2026 school year, please click here.

For the months of November and December, students will be learning about the Thriver trait, Integrity, from Michele Borba's book Thrivers.

Integrity and Honesty go hand in hand. This month when students are learning about Integrity, they will not only learn that Integrity means "Doing the Right Thing, Even When No One is Looking" but they will also learn that when you have Integrity you are Honest. We will practice scenarios of what it looks like and feels like when you are honest. At home, you can help your child develop this important Thriver trait by reading stories about Integrity and Honesty. Below you find a few titles of books on this topic that are available to listen to on YouTube. This week, try reading some books about Integrity and Honesty with your child and watch them GROW and THRIVE!

All students are able to receive a free breakfast and hot lunch, please make sure your child knows whether they have brought a lunch or if they need to get one from our cafeteria. Breakfast is served at recess. Click on the link below to view both the breakfast and lunch menus.

When using the loop to pick up or drop off your child by car, PLEASE.....

• Only park in appropriate areas. The pick up loop can be a very busy place, especially on modified days. However, it is important to remember to only park in designated parking spaces. Please do not park along curbs that are painted red or in handicap spots unless you have a handicap placard. If there is not parking available when you arrive, you will need to park on the street and walk to meet your child or join the pick up loop. If you are parked in these areas, you will be asked to move.
• Always use the crosswalks.
• Do not use the parking lot as an additional pick-up line. This blocks access to parking spaces, including handicap spots. If there is not an open parking spot, please pull through and go around again to look for an opening or join the loop pick up line.
• Stay in your car when using the loop. If your child needs assistance entering or exiting the car, please park in the lot and walk them to their gate.
• Move all the way forward as directed by the school staff.
• In the morning, do not wait until your child reaches the gate to pull away. Staying in the loop and watching your child walk in through the gate, slows the flow of traffic. If you would like to watch your child enter the gate, please park your car and walk your child.
• At dismissal, do not stop in the loop and wait for your child to come your direction, instead pull up when there is space to pull forward. Pull all the way forward and continue to move forward with the traffic. Your child will walk down towards you.

Website: https://www.tvusd.k12.ca.us/PES
Location: 42940 Vía Rami, Temecula, CA, USA
Phone: 951-302-5165
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