Principal - Chino, Kathleen Holt

• Continuing to monitor attendance; occurring on a weekly basis. 
• Second Saturday school is scheduled for January 24th, allowing for attendance recovery.
• ELOP Session 2 finishes this week; Session 3 begins January 26th.  
• Third round of instructional walkthroughs is this week, visiting teachers' classrooms during math lessons and looking for school-wide trends in math. 
• Instructional Partners visit scheduled this week, will analyze data from instructional rounds and trends, also assist administration on coaching teachers.
• Second math night is January 21st, focusing on promoting math confidence in our students.
• Kicking off GiveThx school-wide initiative during in-service day, promoting positive behavior and gratitude. Will begin for all students in a few weeks. 
• Teacher interviews are being held for a vacancy in a sixth grade classroom.
   

Principal - Fontana, Cyndi Valenta

• Teachers welcomed students back from break and maintained consistent instructional routines.
• FUSD completed flooring installation in two classrooms over the break.  No updates regarding approval of playgrounds and shade covering, FUSD is waiting for DSA approval. Additional flooring to be installed in several classrooms. We continue to work closely with FUSD to ensure open items are completed.  
• Held a second Saturday session to support attendance recovery. Shout-out to staff who dedicate their Saturday to engaging lessons, high-quality learning opportunities, and efforts that directly support our attendance goals and student access to instruction.
• Key priorities are family engagement and academic confidence. Hosting a second math workshop focusing on equipping families with strategies to support learning at home.
• Round 3 of math instructional walkthroughs begin this week with Instructional Partners. Teachers who expressed interest have been invited to join as peer observers during the walkthrough.
• Welcome to our newest staff member, Mr. S. Alonso, third grade teacher.
  We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Ms. D. Dawkins for her commitment and support during the transition. 
• Looking forward to upcoming non-student days at the end of the month when we welcome our Chino teachers to collaborate on campus. 
• Kicked off GiveThx program; students kick off in a couple weeks.

PACK - Fontana, update provided by WolfPACK, S. Arroyo

• Family Fun Night fundraiser held at My New York Pizza, January 27th.
• First on-campus Family Fun Night, February. 
• Special Someone dance for students to bring their loved ones.  
• BMX assembly.  
• Working on the Annual Spring Festival, March 13th.
• Planning fundraiser at the Ontario Reign Toyota Arena, April. 

PACK - Chino, update provided by K. Holt

• Middle school dance, January 23rd.
• Music technology assembly, January 28th.
• Next PACK meeting will be held on Wednesday

CEO, S. Cognetta

• Open enrollment for 2026-2027 completed for both schools at the end of December, with a total of 411 applications; eligible for lottery are 156 in Chino and 64 in Fontana. Both schools will hold lotteries; Fontana February 4th and Chino February 5th.  The plan for the upcoming school year is for Chino to maintain the 960 enrollment and grow in Fontana to about 400 students. A huge thank you to H. Jimenez and C. Birchler who oversee that process and have worked tremendously to streamline it, making it clear for families and for us to be able to prepare and hold the lotteries back-to-back. 
• Funder, Charter School Growth Fund extended an invitation to a convening on CEO Excellence. Dr. Cognetta, Dr. Moreno, and Dr. Lazo will attend at the end of February. Focused on strengthening the executive leadership, succession planning, and long-term organizational sustainability. 
• Effort underway for an Artificial Intelligence Task Force convening for the first time in November. A follow-up meeting will be held next week to work on the policy for AI use at our schools. One of our teachers, Mr. Gancz, was invited to present at an Education Technology conference in Florida due to leading the way on AI automation. Mr. Gancz has been piloting several AI projects, one being the short-term independent study process.
• Enrollment, Chino 959 and Fontana 360.
• Intra-organizational repayment from Fontana to Chino continues per our resolutions.
• New Schools Venture Fund grant, applied jointly for Chino and Fontana. Thank you to Mr. G. Santiago, Fontana Teacher, who helped lead the way on the application. 
• Strong Workforce Program, for both schools, was not awarded in Round 8.  We have been working with the community college regional consortium to revise our application for Round 8B. Grant would strengthen our middle school, and into elementary, opportunities for strong workforce exposure and development.
• Facilities: updates provided by site administrators.
• Staffing: updates provided by site administrators. By bringing on Mr. S. Alonzo Fontana is fully staffed.  Interviews are being held in Chino for the 6th grade vacancy.

J. Shipes, 5th Grade Chino Teacher

J. Crowder, 5th Grade Chino Substitute Teacher

Students, M. Madan and J. Jimenez, S. Pulido and C. Padilla
 

Recent projects, performance-based learning.

1. Owl pellets - reconstruction. Students had to take the pieces and put them back together.
   Discussed prey found in owl pellets, such as a shrew. Bones that were found like the pelvis, skull, clavicles, backbones, and humerus.
   Thank you to Mrs. H for bringing in the owl pellets this year, and introducing something new. She's been a nice addition to our program with fresh ideas and complement to what we were already doing.
2. Atoms - students learned basics of atoms; subatomic particles, protons, neutrons, electrons, nucleus, and then the basics of positive or negative or neutral.
   Models consisted of a styrofoam ball and pipe cleaners.
   Discussed atoms, protons, atomic numbers, neutrons, the atomic mass, and electrons.

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Discussion regarding ELOP plans and ACES; application renewal in Fontana and first time applying in Chino. Proposed revisions to the current fiscal years ELOP plans. Expanding current plan; the goal is to fully fund without going beyond ELOP.   The opportunity to apply would strengthen what we can do, expand the programs, offer more tutoring, and also increase the budget.

S. Cognetta

Thanks for in-depth look at our finances and policies.  Thank you to the student celebrations. To J. Shipes and S. Hameister, who brought a lot of tremendous ideas and a strong vision for what that program can offer.  Shout out to the 5th grade team who has done an exceptional job of collaborating with our enrichment programs. 

J. Kaakuahiwi

Enjoyed the student presentations.  Really glad to see the students doing projects and learning. Looking forward to planning on renewal, and helping out.

S. Bhojani

Lots of fun things are happening. Our PACKs are doing a wonderful job of re-engaging our families. Kudos to our staff, great presentation from our students.

M. Jones

Thank you to the students who presented, I'm always impressed. Thank you to the Central Office for ASA shirts. Excited about the new semester.

S. Odo

Thank you so much to S. Hameister for bringing projects like this on to campus.  It’s a hands-on experience, the most important thing is it opens their eyes.  Also to the PACK,  both Fontana and Chino, excited about all the things the students are going to experience.

M. Casas

I'd like to thank the teachers; the inspiration and goals that inspire and motivate. Students, especially to get them to touch a pallet.  It is neat to see that at such an early stage, and see the outcome of potential scientists.

T. Stevens

Great job to our teachers and our students for the presentations today. Exciting to see students doing the dissections. Great job to the staff, exciting that we are almost halfway through the school year.