Principal’s Message

Pleasant Grove Elementary Gazette

May 2018 Welcome to the last month of school! Wow!

As we enter our last few weeks of school, I am looking forward to our end-of-year activities such as the talent show, unity day, AR BBQ/party, and 6th grade promotion. Please mark your calendars so you don’t miss these great events! We are kicking off this last month of school with Staff Apprecia-tion, April 30-May 4. We are blessed to have such a wonderful group of people who make Pleasant Grove a wonderful learning & growing experience for our children. I am so thankful for each and every one of them. A special thank you to Kayleen and Dolly for being the glue that holds PGES to-gether and making it run like a well-oiled machine!

A giant THANK YOU to Rosa Quirarte, Erin Johnson, and Sommer DellaBitta, the “Lassos and Lace” dinner and auction chairs, for the many hours put into making our annual fundraiser not just a success but a fun event for all who attended as well. Another thank you goes to all of you who helped make “Lassos and Lace” an evening to remember.

As the school year comes to a close, so does the tenure of our current PTA board… Kate Nuttall- President, Aron Allee- Vice President, John Lorraine- Treasurer, and Sherri Looper- Secretary. I thank them for the countless hours each of them put into making sure our school is an awesome place for all students, staff, and families. Thank you for your partnership this year! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

What a wonderful year this has been. As we wrap up the 17/18 school year and begin to think about looking ahead to 18/19, it’s bittersweet for the PGES family. It’s time to say HAPPY RETIREMENT to Mrs. Julie Lewis, Mr. Martin Lyons, and Mrs. Deborah Pineau. We THANK YOU for your many years of service to not only PGES but to education. You have improved the lives of hundreds of kids. They will be greatly missed, but we also get to welcome new faces to PGES, Kathleen Eversden (3rd) and Lisa Praxel (4th). These veteran teachers bring many years of experience and fresh ideas to PG. We can’t wait for you to join the Tiger Team!

Lastly, make sure to take time this summer and enjoy every moment with your family. I’m very excit-ed about the years to come! Thank you for sharing your children with me. Yours in education, Deidra Wood Principal

Our Newsletter is published each month and will contain information to assist in keeping you informed of activities and events in which your student may be involved. We will continue to provide information that you may find useful

in providing support to your student on their educational journey. Your insight and input is strongly encouraged.

May

April 23rd—May 4th SBAC Testing (3rd-6th)

May 1st Ocean Adventures Assembly (K-3 @ 8:30, 4-6 @ 9:30)

May 1st 4:00 - Volleyball Game - PG @ Case

May 1st 5:00pm - PTA General Meeting - Staff Lounge

May 2nd 8:15am - Principal Coffee Chat

May 2nd 8:30 - 12:00 - 1st Grade FT to Fog Willow

May 3rd 11:00 - Kinder - Student of the Month

May 3rd 4:00 - Volleyball Game - PG @ CR

May 5th Trigg Track Meet - Cosumnes Oaks High School

May 9th 2:30 - Talent Show Dress Rehearsal

May 10th Talent Show—K-3 @ 8:30, 4-6 @ 9:30

May 10th 1:30 - End of Season - Track BBQ - Quad

May 10th 6-7pm - Talent Show - Parent Night

May 11th 8:30-1:45 - 3rd Grade FT to River Bend

May 14th - May 18th Spring Book Fair

May 15th 8:30—4:00 - GATE FT to Academy of Science

May 16th 8:00-12:30 - Minimum Day Report Card Prep

May 16th 6:00-7:00 - ELAC Awards Night

May 17th AR Field Day & BBQ

May 17th 6-7pm - Open House

May 17th Spring Book Fair Family Night—During Open House

May 18th 8:45 - 1:!5 - 2nd Grade FT to Sac Zoo

May 18th 11:00-1:00 - Picnic with Parents

May 18th 1:00 - PTA Executive Meeting

May 21st Unity Day

May 23rd 8:15 - End of Year Awards Assembly

May 24th 9:00 - 6th Grade Promotion

May 25th 9:00 - 6th Grade Breakfast

May 25th 12:30 - Minimum Day Last Day of School

Calendar of Events

When your child is contagious, please keep him/her home. Otherwise, please try to schedule vacations and trips on non-school days and schedule appointments for after school. Although absences are up (resulting in a loss of $95,520 in funding), our number of tardies and early dismissals are showing great improvement from last year! Keep up the great work, Tigers! Current numbers through April 27th - Tardies – 2329 (Down from 2584 same time frame last year) Early Dismissals – 944 (Down from 1029 same time frame last year) Absences – 2388 (UP from 2283 same time frame last year)

Gearing up for the new year! There is definitely a buzz in the air as we approach the end of the school year. Stu-dents are excited to start summer break, but we’re sure parents are wondering about class lists and student placement for 2018-2019. Please keep these dates and factors in mind… We do not take teacher requests! If you have a specific reasoning to request place-

ment, your request needs to be submitted in writing to Mrs. Wood. These requests will be taken into consideration, but they are NOT guaranteed.

Class lists will be posted on Friday, June 29th.

2018-2019 First Day of School Thursday, August 16, 2018

Students that have received their GOLD status in Accelerated Reader will be invited to attend the end of

year event! The annual celebration will be held on May 17th! Students will rotate in groups through Laser Tag, Game Truck, Just Dance and finally a

BBQ lunch. The cut off on AR points to participate in this activity was April 27th, HOWEVER, students can keep reading and keep accumulating

points towards the 1000 point club and other classroom goals.

Spring Book Fair! May 14th - 18th

Family Night - May 17th (During Open House)

Open House Thursday, May 18, 2017 6:00-7:00pm

Talent Show! PG Students are in the process of practicing songs, rou-tines and talents to share at our annual Talent Show! Try-outs have already taken place! There will be a mandatory dress rehearsal after school on May 9th. Talent’s will be

performed during the school day on May 10th with a parent night that evening at 6:00pm!

6th Grade Parents!!

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Please be aware that students entering 7th grade are required to have a Tdap Booster Shot (whooping cough).

Please bring an updated copy of the shot records to our office once the shot is received.

If the student does not receive the shot before the first day of 7th grade, the student will NOT

be allowed to attend classes!!

Annual Auc t i on a Huge Succe ss!! Thanks to our PTA for the amazing Auction held on April 28th. By final counts had around 185 people in attendance and together we raised over $30,000. It was an amazing night of community fellowship and one we look forward to every year! It would not have happened without the support of our many parent volunteers and community members. Thanks to all of you for helping to make our event such a success. Your donations will help fund the 2018-2019 school year with giving ALL children a chance to participate and succeed.

End of Year Events! UNITY

DAY

May 21st If you are interested in volunteering

for this event, please contact your

students teacher

End of Year

Awards Assembly

Outside Stage

MAY 23rd

8:15am

6th Grade Promotion

MAY 24th 9:00am

6th Grade Breakfast

May 25th 9:00am

Last Day of School - 12:30pm Dismissal All Kinder Attends AM Class - 8:00 - 11:20am

School Accountability Report Cards Available

The current School Accountability Report Card (SARC) is available online at the Elk Grove Unified School District website at http://www.egusd.net/academics/assessments/school-accountability-report-cards/. Both a long detailed format and a short executive summary are posted for parents to learn more about the schools in our community. Each school’s SARC summarizes the school's mission, goals, accomplishments, and high-lights the school’s unique programs. In addition, state law requires that the SARC contain all of the following: demographic data, school safety and climate for learning information, aca-demic data, school completion rates, class sizes, teacher and staff information, curriculum and instruction descriptions, postsecondary preparation information, fiscal and expenditure data. The federal law requires that SARCs contain reports concerning the "adequate yearly pro-gress" of students in achieving state academic achievement standards; Title I Program Im-provement status; graduation rates at the secondary level; and the extent to which "highly qualified" teachers are teaching core academic subjects. A hard copy of these reports can be requested by visiting your child’s school office. Addition-ally, these reports have been translated in Spanish and Hmong at schools with large popula-tions of families who speak these languages. Any questions regarding the SARCs can be an-swered by your child’s principal or by contacting Learning Support Services at 686-7712.

Reporte de Responsabilidad Escolar Disponible El Reporte de Responsabilidad Escolar (SARC), está disponible en la página del Internet del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Elk Grove: http://www.egusd.net/academics/assessments/school-accountability-report-cards/ . Una versión corta y una versión detallada se encuentran dispo-nibles para que los padres se enteren más sobre las escuelas en nuestra comunidad. Cada reporte escolar (SARC), contiene un resumen de la misión, metas, logros y eventos im-portantes de los programas únicos de cada escuela. Además, la ley estatal requiere que cada reporte, SARC, contenga la siguiente información: demografía, seguridad y ambiente de aprendizaje, información académica, taza de culminación escolar, tamaño de clases, informa-ción de maestros y otro personal, descripciones del currículo e instrucción, preparación post-secundaria, información fiscal y del presupuesto. La ley federal requiere que los reportes, SARC, contenga reportes concernientes al “progreso adecuado anual” de los estudiantes sobre el logro de las normas académicas; Estado de Mejo-ramiento Programa Título I; tazas de graduación en la educación secundaria; e información sobre “las calificaciones altas” de los maestros que están enseñando materias del currículo principal. Una copia de estos reportes se puede obtener visitando la oficina escolar de su hijo. Además, estos reportes han sido traducidos en español y vietnamés, y hmong especialmente para es-cuelas con grandes poblaciones estudiantiles que hablan estos lenguajes. Si usted tiene alguna duda, el director de la esuela le puede ayudar. O si usted prefiere se puede comunicar al De-partamento de Servicios de Aprendizaje y Apoyo al 686-7712.

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RESPONSIBILITY

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Blake Albright Izzy Brown

Nicholas Dahdouh Adam Giang Julie Gourkani Brenden Jolie

Zade Long Katie Looper

Joey Madrigal Miley Mask

Yusef Othman Ameera Rana

Devan Sahota Brady Sander

Matthew Shapton Deja Smith

Kyloh Sythanyarutt AJ Villa

Delaney White

Congratulations to our students earning the following AR Awards during the month of April!

Bronze Silver

Platinum

Gold Baylee Ahrens

Adalynn Alley

Benjamin Borlak

Brandon Burden

Leila Dahdouh

Jayden De La Rosa

Cole Hanson

Thomas Jacobson

Shelby Jordan

Danica Mansel

Celso Marquez Deamoray Newsome-Wilson

Ruben Romo

Natalie Underwood

Kylee Vandebrake

Anthony Villa

Katie Wong

Avni Bhullar

Kingston Chandler

Natalie Do

Tyler Eidson

Noah Huff

Deven King

Carla Quirarte

Kai Reilly

Amaya Reyes-Knight

Ella Rockwood

Adam Saelee

Dylan Seavers

Andria Gabriella Shonde

Aiden Sievers

Ryan Thompson

Joey Tran

Giancarlo Acosta-Keon

Lea Caroline

Ben Grau

Lucia Guardino

Joven Kalkat

Haylie Kovalesky

Francheska Laurente

Cody McEntire

Sydney McGee

Luke Alley

Timothy Alley

Jasnoor Boparai

Shillelagh Brodigan

James Bumb

Izaiah Cruz

George Dahdouh

Nicholas Dahdouh

Jayden Dhaliwal

Maya Espinoza

Adam Giang

Hudson Hall

Tanner Mullikin

Ricardo Naveja Ortiz

Kylee Nuttall

Kameron Ruffell

Kayden Stevenson

Kyloh Sythanyarutt

Daniel Tejada Maldonado

Mara Patton

Mateo Pascuzzi

Anna Pohl

Adeena Rana

Anmol Randhawa

Annet Romo

Elias White

Evan Wilson

Ally Zehnder