The Colt Express

Greetings Colt Families,

Last week, while you enjoyed Monday with your babies, our teachers were busy working on their craft in Professional Development. As a unified district, we are working to give our students the best educational experience each and every day!

Safety is one of our top priorities. Last Wednesday, we had a (Practice) Lock Down Drill. We want to make sure we are prepared if we have an emergency on campus or in surrounding areas. In my 16 years as a school site administrator, this was by far the best drill performance. Our amazing students did an excellent job following the lead of our amazing teachers and staff!

Our amazing parent volunteers continued with Arts Attack and STREAM activities throughout the campus! Our 5th graders continued to explore with Ozobots and are loving every minute of this enrichment.

On Friday, Mr. Guzman and his ASB leaders continue giving our students a voice in the type of activities we have on campus. This week it was the Oreo Cookie Challenge at each grade level lunch! Winners received some cool prizes but the most important thing was that everyone had fun!

Also on Friday, we had our first Monthly Awards Ceremony. Students from each class were recognized for the Leader in Me Habit 1, Be Proactive! We celebrated students who were able to identify and prevent potential problems or events from happening instead of reacting to them, which causes more issues. Great job Colts!

We also held our first English Language Advisory Council Meeting on Friday! Mrs. Carcamo Sanchez did an amazing job presenting to our families! She works very hard to support our multilingual families navigate our school systems. CLICK here for her presentation.

Our PTA is planning our Jog-a- thon and are looking for Corporate Sponsors, so if you are interested in helping our PTA reach their goals, check out the flier by scrolling down to our PTA section of the newsletter. The Jog-a-thon is on October 16th, starting at 8:30 until lunch!

Lastly, our amazing students dropped another Edition of The BW Colt News. They will continue to conduct interviews, write their own stories! Also, they will continue to work on public speaking, film, editing, and most importantly, giving the student body a voice! Please CLICK HERE for the latest edition! We hope you enjoy our BW Colt News!

I am thankful to lead such an amazing school and I look forward to greeting you personally before each day of school.

As always, scroll down to our Colt's in Action section of the newsletter for pictures!

Sincerely,

Mr. Dominic Camacho

Principal, Bonsall West Elementary School

DREAM BIG BONSALL WEST AND RIDE WITH PRIDE

For additional information on any of our announcements, please contact JoAnn Carruego.

Bonsall Unified School District is excited about placing a district wide focus on student attendance. Consistent daily attendance allows our teachers greater opportunity to maximize student learning in reading, writing, and math skills. These academic skills are critical for student growth and development.

Our aim is to eliminate unexcused absences in our schools and also to minimize excused absences, as much as possible. Therefore parents will be notified and alerted through the U.S. Mail when their child has unexcused absences at Day 3, Day 6, and Day 9. There are various interventions the school and district will employ in order to support the student and family with unexcused absences. Also, we are hopeful that families will value the alerts that will be sent at Day 5, Day 10, and Day 15 for excused absences. We understand that many of these excused absences are unavoidable due to sickness and other emergency student and family situations, yet it is important that you are reminded of the volume of days that are missed.

Thank you for your understanding and we are grateful that your family has selected Bonsall Unified School District as its educational home!

BUSD, Student Services

Click on the link below to learn about this year's Student Attendance Review Team and how BWE and all of BUSD will be working with families on improving attendance. I will explain how all absences, excused or unexcused impact your child's academics.

SART/SARB Process

• October 14th: Indigenous People's Day - No School

• October 16th: PTA's Jog-a-Thon at BWE 8:30 - Lunch

• October 18th: "Begin with the End in Mind" Awards 8:30 MPR

• October 21st - 25th: Parent Teacher Conferences - Minimum Days - 12:45 PM Dismissal

• October 31st: Hat Parade

We had our first STREAM lab last week. The students looked at coding and had an Ozobot follow a code they created. Thank you to our wonderful STREAM lab and volunteers. The kids had a blast.

CLICK HERE for more photos!

The 1st graders are learning about apples and how to make apple sauce!

Apples, apples, apples!

Our students love the writing process!

Our students are ready to rock these tests!

Drama Class

Homework

7 - PTA Board - Gina Towle

8 – Adina Hendrickson

14 – Krystin Martinelli (RN)

21 – Fabiola (SPED Preschool)

24 - PTA Board - Mason Szuberla

Bonsall Farm Information on upcoming field trips.

School Spirit is very important to us at Bonsall West and we celebrate the following each week:

Thursdays - College shirt day!

Fridays - Bonsall West spirit shirt day!

Lunch with the teacher!

In addition to the monthly awards, we have some amazing scholars who are being recognized by staff for being safe, respectful, responsible and doing their personal best each day. If they are caught exhibiting these traits they are given a raffle ticket for a chance to win a prize! Wow, just for doing the right thing all the time! Those tickets remain in the spinner for the entire month and each Friday the winners are acknowledged at our Patriot Ceremony.

Mr. Guzman does not sleep during Football Season! He kicked off the season for our 3rd - 6th Graders during lunchtime! Teams are striving to become this year's CHAMPION! Good luck to all the teams out there, doing their personal best!

Please visit our CNS website which contains forms and information for parents to request special diets. Free meals again in 2024-25!

https://www.bonsallusd.com/apps/pages/nutrition

* Menu subject to change *

What to expect each regular full day:

• TK school day FIRST Semester - 8:15 AM - 12:30 PM

• K school day - 8:15 AM-2:35 PM

• Grades 1st - 6th school day - 8:15 AM-2:45 PM

• Front gate opens at 7:45 AM

• Back Gate Opens at 7:55 AM

• Running Club & Reading Room begins at 7:55 AM

• Drop Off & Pick Up Remains the Same

If you would like to see what was covered at our first ELAC Meeting, CLICK HERE.

Please click on the link below for additional resources for students of all ages.

Resources

If you have any questions, please reach out to Caroline Carcamo at caroline.carcamo@bonsallusd.com

Please email our PTA President at bonsallwestpta1@gmail.com with any questions.

We cannot do the work we do without you, the parents and guardians. You are an important piece in your child’s academic success and your child’s first teacher. Now, more than ever, we need to work as community partners to support each and every child. One way to continue with support is by joining the PTA on Totem: https://jointotem.com/ca/oceanside/bonsall-west We have been very fortunate to have a strong relationship with our PTA and receive significant financial support for our students.

Hello Bonsall West Friends and Families!

We want to thank everyone who participation in the elections for next year and we are proud to recognize next year's board! Congratulations and thank you for making our school the greatest!

President: Liz Dale

Executive VP: Stacy Serafine

1st VP: Athena Dhawan

2nd VP: Stefanie Holmes

Treasurer: Suzanne Coyne

Secretary: Andrea Cowsert

Historian: Mason Szuberla

Membership: Gina Towle

Parliamentarian: Jennifer Elliott

Communications: Melanie Dudik

Ways and Means Committee: Robyn Graham

Ways and Means Committee: Jenn Hogarth

If you are wondering where the money goes from all of our family supporters then check out the flyer below! Thank you so much for all your ongoing support. We have a wonderful school because of you.

Many thanks,

Bonsall West PTA

PTA Website

**Check out the Parent Resource Guide for any questions you may have about school, bell schedules, pick up/drop off and more!

We encourage parents, guardians, and other members of the community to share their time, knowledge, and abilities with students. Volunteer assistance in schools strengthens the schools' relationships with the community.

If you wish to volunteer please read through the Volunteer Handbook as it defines the procedures to protect the safety of students and adults as well as conform with laws related to tuberculosis testing and criminal record checks as required by law. The forms needed in order to be a volunteer are in the handbook. Please complete the forms and turn them in to your student’s school site office manager for processing. You will also need to obtain a LiveScan request for fingerprinting, please contact the Human Resources Administrative Assistant by

e-mail at meghann.cate@bonsallusd.com or by phone: 760-631-5200 x1013

Drop off/Pick up Procedures:

To ensure a smooth and safe drop off in the mornings, please do not leave your car unattended or wait too long after your children get out of the car to exit. We want everyone to have enough time to get to class on time each day.

Drive thru or park and pick up for all grades will take place at the front side gate near the TK/K playground. You may park or line up while remaining in your car to wait for your child(ren) to be dismissed from school. No student pick up at the main gate. Only students with a walker ID Tag will be allowed to exit the main gate. If you are wanting to pick up at the back gate they must follow the walker requirements.

Walker Requirements:

· Must be in 1st - 6th grade, TK/K can if they are accompanied with older sibling/s.

· A “Walker” permission slip is sent home with children the first week of school each year and must be filled out yearly.

· All registered walkers are required to have a bracelet keychain, distributed by BWE.

· Registered walkers with their bracelet keychain can exit the main gate in front of the school or the back gate.

E-bikes continue to be a concern on campus - All visitors and students are expected to walk your bike or e-bike on campus. Helmets are required so please be sure that those on the bikes are correctly wearing helmets. Parents/Guardians, it is still being witnessed that older students are riding their e-bikes with younger students on them who are not wearing helmets. Safety is extremely important to the entire Bonsall West community. A big thank you to those of you who are walking your bikes and e-bikes on our school campus.

Dogs - Dogs are not permitted on campus at any time, including outside the campus gates.

Thank you for your attention to these important safety reminders!

Districts receiving Title I, Part A funds are required to jointly develop with, agree upon with, and distribute to parents and family members of children participating in Title I, Part A funded programs, a written parent and family engagement policy.

Bonsall Unified School District has jointly developed with, agreed on with, and distributed to, parents and family members of children participating in Title I, Part A funded programs, a written parent and family engagement policy. The policy describes the district’s plan, how families are involved in the joint development of district and school plans, how parents are involved in the annual evaluation of the policy, strategies for supporting effective family engagement, and how families at school not receiving Title I funds are also engaged.

BUSD Bilingual Community Liaison, Leonor Rodriguez

Check out her monthly newsletter below:

The September Newsletter

Contact information: leonor.rodriguez@bonsallusd.com or (760)631-5200 Ext: 1000

Go to our PTA Corner for the Parent Resource Guide for additional resources.

Home Depot - Our Community Garden looks amazing!

The Bonsall Education Foundation wants to remind you that through their Support Our Students program, we raise money for BWE classrooms. All donations go directly to BWE. If you are interested in donating, parents/guardians can use the QR code or go to www.bonsallschools.org. 100% of donations will go back to your school for teachers to use.

At Bonsall West Elementary School we are focusing on the Leader in Me to build lifelong leadership skills.

We want our students to focus on the 7 habits:

1. Feel empowered to be proactive and be in charge of themselves.

2. Set goals and begin with the end in mind,

3. Focus on work first then play with put first things first.

4. Have an abundance mindset and think win-win.

5. Listen to our peers and seek first to understand, then be understood.

6. Work collaboratively and synergize.

7. Have school work/life balance and sharpen the saw.

We have a couple of resources that explains the paradigm shifts and habits that we focus on and will get them to you soon.

All students will attend a BWE expectations assembly this week. We will review schoolwide expectations/rules and answer any questions.

At Bonsall West, everyone is inspired to do their best, be respectful, work hard, think of others and dream big!

At Bonsall West, we will focus on the future by setting goals and collaborating to create a culture of leaders that respectfully serve the community.

Email: info@bonsallusd.com
Website: bw.bonsallusd.com
Location: 5050 El Mirlo Drive, Oceanside, CA, USA
Phone: 760-721-8001