Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It was so wonderful to see you all at Back to School Night last month! We are off to a great start this school year with your students. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out! We hope to see you this week at our Principal's Coffee Chat.

Every Friday is "Purple Day" (wear purple)!

Tuesday, 9.18: Principal's Coffee Chat, SHPS, 8:40am

Thursday, 9.21: School Site Council Meeting, 3:15pm, Room 7

Wednesday, 9.27: School Picture Day

Thursday, 9.28: ELAC Meeting (in Spanish) on Zoom, 6:30pm

Friday, 9.29: SHHS Homecoming Parade (our students get to watch!)

Tuesday, 10.3: PTG Meeting

Wednesday, 10.4: Walk & Roll to School Day

Thursday, 10.12: Fiesta de Octubre, Lyman Park, 5:30pm

Monday, 10.16: No School (Teacher Work Day)

Saturday, 10.21: St. Helena Harvest Festival

By now you have received information from our District Office regarding our new communication platform. As of next week, we will be switching from Blackboard to Parent Square. You will find this new program user-friendly, and we know it will increase communication between our school and families! Not only will we be able to send you information through this platform, but you can also easily message staff members from your app, text, or from the website.

Once you download the app, it's important to choose your preferences under the notifications tab. I personally like the "text" feature, as I find that I am more likely to read the notification if it comes in as a text message. If you receive a text message from a staff member, you can respond to that same text message from your phone, and the staff member will see your message in their email! We will be doing a Parent Square training at our Coffee Chat this week and can help you in the front office if you need further support.

Our Parent Teacher Conferences will be the week of Monday, 10.30 - Friday, 11.3. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, students will be dismissed at 12:15pm.

On Wednesday, students will be dismissed at 1:30pm (regular Wednesday dismissal time).

Your child's teacher will get in touch with you to schedule your Parent/Teacher conference date/time.