GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

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Dear Golden Hills Families,

March was a great month at Golden Hills.

• We had our second trimester awards assemblies for both grade levels, we love to celebrate our student success!

• Our Golden Hills boy’s basketball teams had great seasons! The fourth grade team made so much growth and we are proud of them! The fifth grade team won the league championships, going undefeated!

• The Growth Parade on March 17th was so much fun celebrating our students' growth!

• STEAM museum on March 9th to celebrate our students' attendance!

• March Madness Attendance Brackets to find out who had the best March attendance: Congratulations to Mrs. Webb's class!

• Lego Parties for attendance, Gold TEAM tickets have been happening all month! Congratulations to Mr. Sharp, Ms. Russell, Ms. Zarzynski and Mrs. Webb’s classes!

• Jog-A-Thon for our monthly school wide physical fitness activity!

• A School -Wide Game Day: Students played games in classrooms/ areas throughout the school to celebrate meeting our PBIS goal (Positive Behavior Interventions Supports)

We are in the third trimester and have so much learning to do before the end of the year. I have been visiting classrooms and discussing the importance of respect and kindness to each other. Please talk to your student about the importance of kindness. Thank you!

Both grade levels have an end of the year contract for fun field trips: Forebay and bowling (fifth grade). These field trips are privileges and students must follow the expectations of the contracts to be able to attend.

The last two months of school we are adding Positive Rewards Recess for all students who do not receive a verbal warning, a pink, slip, referral or suspension. This will be a bonus recess on Friday, April and Friday, May 5th. All playground equipment will be outside and treats for all students! We appreciate our students following the TEAM expectations.

Feather River Parks & Recreation will not be hosting soccer this year for Golden Hills, so we will not be able to have a soccer team. There will be a small track team, more information will be shared soon. Students who are participating in little league should not join track due to time commitments.

Thank you,

Kristi Napoli

Golden Hills will have one more art club after school beginning April 20. The classes will be on Monday and Wednesday from 3-4. Some late busing will be available.

STEAM Club With Ms Zarzynski: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 2:45-3:45

Board Game Club with Mr. Borquez : Monday, Wednesday from 2:45-3:45

The classes will be on Monday and Wednesday from 3-4. Some late busing will be available.

Sign up paperwork will be coming home before break! Spots will be available on a first come, first serve.

We also will have a track team! Mrs. Corkin has volunteered to coach! Sign up paperwork will be available very soon!! Families must be available to transport their student to the track meets!

• April 10-14: Spring Break....No School!
• April 21st: Progress Reports go home
• April 27th: 4th & 5th Grade Field Trip to Palermo Middle School to attend a Play
• April 27th: 5th Grade Field Trip to Palermo School for Orientation
• May 1-5: Staff Appreciation Week
• May 25th: Cal Skate PTG Field Trip
• May 25th: G.H. Open House at 5pm
• May 29th: Memorial Day....No School!
• May 30th: 4th Grade Attendance Reward Field Trip to Feather River Cinemas
• May 31st: 5th Grade Attendance Reward Field Trip to Feather River Cinemas
• June 6th: 5th grade Field Trip to Bowlero, Chico
• June 8th: 4th & 5th Grade Field Trip to Forebay

This last month I did lessons on internet safety and sportsmanship. So many of our 4th and 5th graders are online these days and many have cell phones with access to social media. It’s important for our children to know what to be careful of. If children are on social media I recommend that they not share personal information such as first and last names, address, phone number, name of school, pictures, ext. I also suggest that they set the settings to private and are only friends with people they know in person and always have their parents' approval. There are some things that our children should always report to parents/guardians. We call those red flags for example if someone online asks them to keep a secret, shares something inappropriate with them, asks for any of that personal identifying information. I also tell our students not to download anything without parent/guardian permission.

Coach D and I have been talking with our students about Sportsmanship during PE. We use the acronym SPORT to describe what it means to show good sportsmanship.

Says encouraging things

Puts people up (not down)

Okay with losing

Respects others’ ideas

Thinks about others’ feelings

We watched Kindness 101: Sportsmanship and discussed the acronym. Then we practice having good sportsmanship on the playground. It’s so important!

Leadership students have been focused on learning what it means to be a good leader. We have been working on getting to know each other better and practicing working together. Learning to collaborate, listen, teamwork, are just some of a few of the skills we have been focusing on this last month.

I’m working on starting new 3rd trimester small groups and lunch bunches.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions or concern email: rwalker@palermok8.or (530)532-6000 ext. 2607

Sincerely,

Rainbow Walker

Fourth graders can get into 19 state parks for FREE. The California State Park Adventure Pass helps them do just that. Parents of fourth grade students can sign up for the pass on behalf of their student. For more information, click here Adventure Pass Partner Toolkit (ca.gov). Thank you!

¡Ayúdanos a correr la voz! Los estudiantes de cuarto grado pueden ingresar a 19 parques estatales GRATIS. El

California State Park Adventure

Pass les ayuda a hacer precisamente eso. Los padres de los estudiantes de cuarto grado pueden inscribirse para obtener el pase en nombre de su estudiante.

Para obtener más información: Adventure Pass Partner Toolkit (ca.gov).

¡Gracias!

Due to the nature of our program at Golden Hills, where students may have several teachers in a given day, we don’t take teacher requests. Instead, we value your input on the specific needs your child may have that will assist us in making appropriate placements. Please feel free to pick up a form in the Main Office at Golden Hills between April 5th and May 15th.

We have had A LOT of absences the past 2 weeks, if your student is sick, please be sure to call the office. (530) 532-6000.

Our third trimester attendance challenge has begun:

MOVIE Theater Trip

May 30 & 31st based on attendance!

Challenge:

17 days or less absences for the entire year (excused & unexcused)

or 6 absences from March 15th - to May 29th

We are here to help with attendance. It is very important that your students come to school, if they are not here, they cannot learn.

Summer School

Paperwork will be sent home on Wednesday, April 5th.

Share a Shoutout

Students and Parents – join us in celebrating Golden HIlls staff! Staff Appreciation Week is coming to Golden Hills in May. This year, we will collect notes and messages from students and parents and deliver them to our teachers and staff!

Want to Join In the Fun?

Send us a note about a Golden HIlls teacher or staff member who has positively impacted your student's school. Shoutouts will be delivered to the recipient during our Golden Hills Staff Appreciation Week (May 1-May 5, 2023). Bus drivers, teachers, custodians, office staff, counselors, health staff, after school program, classroom aides, lunch staff ... send as many as you want!

Link for Shout Out: Click Here

Parent Teacher Group

Our PTG is a small group who has met consistently to benefit our students. They have planned a fun field trip for our students to Cal Skate! They need your help!

Let’s show the Golden Hills staff some love! They have been working so hard for all of our students his year, and let’s show them we appreciate them!

For Staff Appreciation Week we want to stock the Staff Room to show appreciation to our staff members. If we all pitch in this makes a light load for all and not a heavy load of work for a few.

We are asking fourth grade families to “Stock the Fridge” with drinks for our staff for the week of May 1-5th. Drinks could be soda, teas, sparkling water, gatorades etc. Help us by donating drinks for the staff. These can be dropped off anytime to the office.

We are asking fifth grade families to “Stock up the Snacks” for our staff members. These snacks could be pretzels, granola bars, protein bars, string cheese etc.. These can be dropped off anytime at the office.

We would like to end the week with a dessert bar. Can you donate a dessert for the staff? If you can, please contact the office and let us know, or bring it on the 5th! We appreciate your support!