Dear Simpson Seahawk Family,

This is our last week of school before we begin Winter Break! This Friday, December 13 will be a minimum day and our last day before Winter Break. We will have three weeks off to enjoy the holiday season. The first day back for students will be on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Check out some highlights from our Tree Lighting and the Rialto City Holiday Parade. Our Simpson community came together! I want to thank our Simpson Teachers and Staff who helped make our Tree Lighting possible - we have an amazing school! I also want to thank our PTA for their dedication to help bring all of us together and strengthen our school community!

I want to remind everyone that we are still completing our iReady Diagnostic #2 in Reading and Mathematics. The testing window will close on December 13, the last day before we go on Winter Break. Please be sure to know when your students are testing so that you can encourage and motivate them. We will use the iReady Data from this diagnostic to measure our students progress and make instructional decisions.

We will have a parent workshop on Thursday, December 12 at 9:00 a.m. The focus of the workshop will be social emotional wellness and will be provided by Southcoast counselors. We hope to see many of our parents attend this parent workshop in order to help support our students at home.

We will not have a Seahawk Rally on Friday, December 13, 2024 due to our in house activities and a minimum day. Our next Seahawk Rally will be on Friday, January 10, 2025, after Winter Break.

We ask that our students continue to read and practice math fact fluency over the winter break. Please review these new amazing resources provided by San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools:

Cradle to Career Roadmap This link provides information & resources for families.

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/ This link provides free ebooks online in English & Spanish.

We continue to focus on Literacy, Numeracy, and preparing our students to be Future Ready. Please be sure your students are reading every night and completing their Accelerated Reader goals, iReady goals in reading & math, and their Math Basecamp goals as well. We are preparing our students to be on grade level in reading and math. You can support us by checking on their goals to see if they are meeting them. See below for more information about Math Basecamp, iReady, and Accelerated Reader.

Please remember that I have an open door policy. I can be reached via email, Parent Square, or phone call. We are partners in your scholar's education!

Let’s remember to Dive Into Discovery!

Respectfully,

Mrs. Ramona Rodriguez

(909) 820-7954

rrodrigu3@rialtousd.org

Follow me on:

Twitter: @RamonaR1971

Instagram: principal_rodriguez

Our school shined at the Rialto City Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 7, 2024 ! We saw many of our Simpson families on the parade route and they looked so proud to see their school marching. Our Simpson Seahawk Cheerleaders did a great job! Thank you Ms. Munoz (Simpson TK Instructional Aide) and Mrs. Trujillo (PTA President) for helping with our cheer team! They looked great and had a great experience performing! Our Simpson PTA also stole the show with our PTA School Float with The Nightmare Before Christmas Theme! We had Sandy Claws, Sally and Oogie Boogie as special guests! It was a great night for our school community!

Please click on the link to access ParentVue so that you can access the Simpson Parent Student Handbook for the 24-25 school year.

Link to access Parent Vue

Google Meet Link for Dual Language Immersion Meetings:

https://meet.google.com/gvy-xosr-vfp

Link to the Rialto USD Multilingual Services Website with Information on the Dual Language Immersion Program including meeting dates, times and links to join the meeting.

Multilingual Services Website: Click Here for More Information on the Dual Language Program In Rialto USD.

Dear Simpson Families,

Below you will also see the Rialto USD Cell Phone and Dress Code Policies. It is important that our students follow these guidelines while they are at school. Please call Mrs. Rodriguez or I, if you have any questions regarding these policies. Please be sure to login to Parent Vue in order to access, review and download our Simpson Student & Parent Handbook for the 24-25 school year.

Stay Hydrated: It's going to be a fantastic year, and we want our students to stay refreshed. Please send them to school with a water bottle labeled with their name and room number. Hydrated minds are happy minds!

Lost & Found: Please remember to label all of your students items with their names & room number such as sweaters and jackets, lunchbags, water bottles. This will help get items back to their owners.

In Service,

Ms. Natasha Harris

Assistant Principal

Simpson Elementary School

Please be careful when pulling out of the drop off lane. Please do not drop off students in the left lane that is only to be used for driving thru. That lane is only for cars that have dropped off students in the morning or picked up students in the afternoon. If you do use that left lane, please be aware of the cross walk and cars that may also be entering into that lane. Our afterschool dismissal has become a faster process, but we need to be safe and still use caution when moving into the left drive thru lane. Thank you to our Safety Team of Simpson Parents, Safe Routes, and Rialto USD Safety Officer Ramirez for helping us make these changes.

Please check out our school website! Kinder Teacher Mrs. Barragan-Carlos has continued to update it and make it a useful tool for our families! Please refer to it when you want to see what is happening at Simpson! The calendar is still being updated!

Click on the link below to learn more about Legends of Learning - Math Base Camp. This program supports our efforts for students to learn their math facts. Research tells us that students who know their math facts by memory have more success with higher level mathematics.

Parents, you can help your students learn their math facts!

Simpson Seahawks must land their helicopter by completing their yellow circle everyday! Login into their Math Basecamp and check to see that they are completing this goal!

Lost & found items will be taken out in the Lost and Found blue rolling cart at dismissal. The Lost & Found cart will be at the dismissal area in front of the school every Friday. We will also share pictures of lost items on Friday morning via Parent Square.

The Lost and Found cart will be stationed in front of the cafeteria on a daily basis. Please remind your student to check when they lose an item.

Please put your student's name on all of their items: lunchpails, water bottles, jackets, sweaters, etc. Include their first & last name, room number. This will help us get any lost items back to their owner and lower the amount of lost articles. At the end of the month, we will donate any unclaimed items from the Lost & Found.

On October 16, 2024 at the ELAC meeting, we will be visiting three classrooms starting at 9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. ELAC Parents will be able to see classrooms in K-2nd grade and observe a Dual Language Immersion classroom and two Structured English Immersion classes in 1st and 2nd grade. Please join us!