Weekly Wildcat

Hello Sundance Families!

We had an incredible week at Sundance! It was such a pleasure to see everyone at our Friday Flag, and we appreciate you honoring our wonderful custodians and newly elected Student Ambassadors with us! We are already looking forward to another wonderful week ahead with a few special visitors at Sundance. I hope to see you at our book fair event on 10/11 at 6pm.

Please continue to keep our students, staff, and families safe before and after school by:

• Consistently using crosswalks
• Reducing your speed in the parking lot
• Avoiding parking in the drop off zone to maintain a smooth traffic flow
• Pull into parking spaces fully, ensuring vehicles are not sticking out into traffic lanes
• Leave our 4-legged friends at home; unfortunately, they are not allowed on our campus

Action Items (New Section!!):

• Monthly Grade Level Highlight: Check out our 3rd grade spotlight video linked here.
• Weekly Wildcat: Check out next week's Mindful Monday edited by our Student Ambassador Media Team!
  

Helpful Information (NEW):

• Counseling Sessions: Our small group sessions are off to a great start! If you are interested in services, please email empark@powayusd.com
• Impact: We finished our first week of impact services (small group support) for grades K-5. Sessions are adjusted every 6 weeks so be on the lookout for permission slips in December for our next round!
• iReady and Lexia: Did you know you can access iReady math (K-5), iReady ELA (2nd-5th) , and Lexia (TK-1st) pathways at home? The pathways are differentiated based on your students performance.

• Chess Club: Chess Club is coming soon! Start brushing up on your chess skills and stay tuned for more information. We hope to begin by the first of November.
• Dot Day Photos: Thanks for stopping by our Dot Day photo booth! Photos are ready for you to download by clicking here.
• Impact Letters: 2nd-5th grade families may have received an impact letter if their child qualified for impact during our first 6-week session. Impact begins on Tuesday, October 3rd.
• Halloween Event Info: Our parade will take place on 10/31 at 8am in front of our school. Please email jgilbert@powayusd.com if your child is not participating in the parade.
• Birthday Celebrations: We are encouraging all families to donate a book to their child's classroom in lieu of cupcakes, candy, donuts, etc. Book stickers will be available in the front office in a few weeks.
• Community Support: Fall is the time of year that we gather our resources to support families in our community. You may place your donations of shelf stable food and snack items in the box outside the office at drop off or pick up. Any gift card donations may be left with the office staff. If your family would benefit from support during the holiday season, please email jgilbert@powayusd.com

• SDCOE Computer2Kids Event: The San Diego County Office of Education and Computers2Kids are hosting an event for families to purchase affordable computers on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at San Marcos Elementary School - 1 Tiger Way, San Marcos CA 92069 (Drive Thru Event). Click this link for details.

• District SPED Informational Meeting: For all families of students receiving special education services, please plan to join us on Thursday, October 5th from 6-7:30 p.m. for our first parent education class. The class will be led by Moira and Joe from Exceptional Family Resource Center and held at the District Office in the Community Room.
  

• Food and Nutrition Updates and Reminders:

  • School breakfast and school lunch are FREE for all enrolled students, every school day. Meals must still be entered into the cafeteria computer by individual student account.

  • Even though meals are free, families are still highly encouraged to complete the application for free and reduced-price meal eligibility. School site funding depends in part on the number of students eligible for free/reduced-price meals. Families that qualify for free/reduced-price meals may qualify for other benefits, as well. The meal application is available online at MySchoolApps.com.

  • Printer-friendly PDF menus are available on the PUSD Food and Nutrition webpage. At the top of the page, click or hover over School Menus + and then Printable PDF Menus.

  Interactive, web-based menus containing nutrient and allergen details are available at MySchoolMenus.com, as well as via links from the F&N webpage.

Go Wildcats!

Raquel Katz

Principal

Sundance Elementary

Next Week:

• 10/9: October Foundation Monthly Meeting at 7 pm in the Sundance Library & Zoom
  
• 10/9-10/13: Book Fair!

• 10/16: Musical Theater Club 1st Meeting in the MPR for 4th & 5th - details below
  
• 10/23-10/27: Red Ribbon Week & Door Decorating
• 10/27: Save the Date: Sundance Halloween Carnival
  
• 10/31: Halloween Parade, 8am (front of the school)

• Music Schedule
• Library Schedule
• PE Schedule
• 2023/2024 Bell Schedule
• Counseling Referral Form linked here. Our counselor will hold group sessions on the following topics: Coping With Anxiety, Friendships, Social Skills, and Self-Control.
  
• Twitter: Sundance is now on Twitter - handle @SundancePUSD
• Instagram: Find us at SundanceElementary