Golden Hills Newsletter

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Golden Hills Families,

Save- the date: Golden Hills STEAM night is October 26 from 5-6pm. At the STEAM night all classrooms will be open for families to visit to participate in different fun hands-on activities! Each activity students will get a stamp on a passport, when they have filled out the passport students earn a free hot dog, chips and a cookie! Hot Dog meals can be purchased

Red Ribbon Week is October 23-October 31st. The 2023 Red Ribbon Campaign Theme, "Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free.™

Red Ribbon Spirit Week:

Monday, October 23: Hats off to Being Drug Free” wear a hat or crazy hat to kick off Red Red Ribbon Week!

Tuesday, October 24: “Red-y to be Drug Free” Wear Red

Wednesday, October 25: “Peace Out to Drugs” Wear peace signs and or tie/dye.

Thursday, October 26: “Team-up Against Drugs” Wear Favorite sports team logo

Friday, October 27: I’m too Bright for Drugs!” wear neon and/or bright colors

Monday: October 30: Our School Chooses to Be Drug Free Show your school spirit, wear school colors!

Tuesday, October 31st: “Say Boo to Drugs” Dress in your Halloween costume

Golden Hills Halloween Parade will immediately follow Helen Wilcox, it usually begins around 9 am on the black top. Families are welcome to join!

Did you know that I-Ready and Reflex both practice multiplication facts? Both of these programs can be accessed on technology at home. It is so important that our students know their math facts. Students can use flash cards to practice, the Dollar Store has math flash cards. When you are driving in the car, quiz your student on multiplication facts.

Students are working towards being Math Math Masters and 144 members. To be a Math Master students master math facts up to 10’s, to be 144 Member students master their multiplication facts up to 12’s. Students will receive a certificate at our weekly Monday Morning Meeting to celebrate their success!

Thank you for your support, please reach out if we can support you or your student in any way,

Mrs. Napoli

Golden Hills Principal

knapoli@palermok8.org

Thank you to the families who have joined us at our Parent Teacher Group/ School Site Council Meeting :

Dana Brannon

Angela Ponce

Megan Horton

Tyffani Freeland

Erica Ott

Marina Saavedra

Erica Ott

Michelle Leonard

Golden Hills appreciates you!

· The Golden Hills Parent Teacher Group has set a fundraising goal of $2,500 to send our whole school to Cal Skate at the end of the school year!

How can you help?

· Purchase a PTG Bundle pack with a minimum $20 donation! Purchase now and be done for the year! This includes:

o Red Ribbon Week Prize

o 5 Spirit Sticks throughout the year

o 2 Candy Cane Grams in December

o 2 Cupid Grams in February

o 2 Summer Grams in June

· Purchase the same fun items individually throughout the year

· Just a straight cash donation

**Bundles will be on sale until October 26th**

Our Positive EAGLE Award is for following TEAM expectations: families receive an email that their student is receiving the award and they are invited to attend. The award winners are called up and given a certificate for following our TEAM expectations. They will wear a VIP pass for the day. They will get donuts, wear the VIP pass to be front in line and get to choose which lunch period and table they sit at.

One of our school’s main focuses this year is literacy. Literacy is a building block skill that will support students with fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Every student participates in a SOAR (Student Opportunities for Achievement in Reading) class, this is a school wide reading intervention/enrichment block.

Students were given a reading screener at the beginning of the year and based on those results your student is currently placed in a SOAR class that focuses on an area of need. If you are interested in learning specific strategies on how to help your child with this please come to our Literacy Chat on October 19th at 8:30 am. We will meet in the Golden Hills STEAM room.

Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Students can still fall behind if they miss just 1 or 2 days every few weeks.

Class October Attendance Challenge:

The class with the best attendance for the month of October wins Mrs. Napoli for an hour of Halloween Science on October 30th!

If your child is absent please call the school office to let them know the reason so that your child can possibly be excused.

Also, if your child will be absent for 3 or more days you can request independent study. Your child will receive work to do and if the work is completed, your child will receive credit for attendance and will not be counted as absent. If you have questions, please call the school office.

We have a Laser Show on November 17 for students who have missed less than 6 days of school will be able to attend.

November 17th-December 20th: All students who have 95% during this time frame will get to attend an Ice Cream Social!

Attendance is very important, if your student is not at school, they cannot learn. Thank you for your support!

The September Ironman Winners are:

4th Grade:

1st Place: Mrs. Dailey

2nd Place: Mrs. Langone

5th Grade:

1st Place: Mr. Benson

2nd Place: Ms. Zarzynski

Mr. Benson was the school wide winner, his class won a LEGO party! His class had over 98% daily attendance!

September School wide Attendance: 96%

Our goal is 95%!We met our goal!

Mr. Sharp

Mr. Benson

Mr. Younger

Mr. Ott

Mr. Lahn

Mr. Wells

Mr. Thao

Mrs. Guiterrez

Mrs. Thao

Ms. Carrillo

Mrs. Tucker

Mrs. Escue

Mrs. Cervantes Lopez

Mrs. Houghton

Fifth Grade: Remmy B., Aiden V., Sophia S. Melissa M., Arianna C., Avery C., Emersyn., Jala M., Ximena S., Esteban S., Fabian., Irlanda M.

Go Golden Hills!

Bradley P., Michael S., Bailee W., Sabrina B., Jonathan A., Laura K., Caleb G., Jace P., Dominic M., Landon K., Axel C., Etta M., Oren M., Aiden G., Dominick K., Bradley G., Levi M., Colton E., Evelyn B., Monica M.

The class is from 3- 4 on the following dates in Room B3 ( M and W)

Levi L., Cyprus C., Giovanni G.

Kinzlee O., Arianna C., Ruby S., Kendra G., Ryder T., Gabriella M., Aniaya D., Kenji C., Arai L., Daniel F.

October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27

November 2,3, 30

December: 13

Art in STEAM room (T and Th) with Mrs. Langford

Isaiah B., Jimmah Y., Sergio P., Elena G., Kinzlee O., Arianna C., Olivia O., Kayley R., Giovanni G., Morgan G., Bradley G., Pierson S., Kenji C., Athena R., Landon K., Levi M., Arai L., Aniayah D., Caden H.

On behalf of the California PBIS Coalition, we are pleased to recognize Golden Hills Elementary School of the Palermo Union School District for successful PBIS implementation at the Platinum level. Your school is a recipient within the California PBIS Coalition’s System of Recognition, reflecting excellence in the implementation of the core features of PBIS.

2023: Platinum

2022: Gold Award

2021: Platinum Award

2019: SIlver Award

What is a PBIS award? Golden Hills received the awards for creating a school environment where all students succeed. We have a foundation of being proactive to provide support to prevent behaviors that disrupt the classroom/ playground. Using data to design and provide interventions for students who need the extra support to prevent problem behaviors.

Every Monday students have an opportunity to win our PBIS TEAM ticket raffle for them and a friend for ice cream sandwiches or hot chocolate. Students earn the TEAM tickets for following the TEAM expectations. Congratulations to the following students:

Aria D., Kyah F.

Golden Hills students homework will to be complete work not completed in class AND to read! We want every students to read 20-30 minutes a night. We also suggest students practice math facts, knowing their multiplication facts makes students much more successful in math!

Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 am, We do not have supervision until 7:45 am.

We have minimum days on Friday’s and school gets out at 1:45.

All students who are on campus must be supervised by an adult. Students should not be on campus after school unless they are in a club, tutoring, a sports team or after school program.

Thank you!

Thank you for your support in the Reading for Education! We have raised $1200 so far! The fundraisers pay for fun field trips and fun activities on campus! We appreciate you supporting us!

• Oct. 11: Laxon Field Trip: fourth Grade
• Oct 12th: Picture Day
• Oct 12th: Funny Videos 7 Popcorn at 2pm and 2:20pm if we meet referral goal
• Oct 13th: Rewards Plus Recess: Fourth grade at 1:25
• Oct 18th: Cross Country Ribbons Meet
• Oct 19th: Family Literacy Chat, families are invited to attend a meeting to learn more about SOAR at 8:30am
• Oct 23rd: "Hats off to Being Drug Free" wear a hat or crazy hat to kick off Red Ribbon Week!
• Oct 24th: "Red-y to be Drug Free" Wear Red
• Oct 25th: 4th Grade Field Trip to Book Family Farm, Durham
• Oct 25th: "Peace Out to Drugs" Wear peace signs and or tie/dye
• Oct 26th: "Team-up Against Drugs" Wear Favorite sports team logo
• Oct 26th: GH Picture make up Day and Spooky STEAM Night from 5-6pm
• Oct 27th: "Im to Bright for Drugs!" wear neon and/or bright colors
• Oct 30th: "Our School Chooses to Be Drug Free" Show your school spirit, wear school colors!
• Oct 31st: "Say Boo to Drugs: Dress in your Halloween costume AND Halloween Parade around 9am.
• Nov. 8th: Fifth Grade field trip to Laxon Auditorium
• Nov. 17th Lasershow (attendance)
• Nov. 20-24 : Intercession....No School!