Yessenia attended on behalf of the Board.  Thank you to everyone for their patience as we navigated the water leak this week.  Right now the Board is focusing on grants to open a second location.  Hopefully with two locations we would be able to reopen the middle school.  Next board meeting is March 20 at 6:15pm on Zoom.  This is a great way to get involved.  

No school March 24-28 for Spring Break.

Coffee with the Director Friday, March 7 at 8:35am in the gym. 

Cafe con el Director 10 de Marzo, 8:35. 

This month We Empower will be back to lead a discussion about cultural awareness and creation of safe spaces.

Panda Express restaurant night raised $464.42 for the school and included orders from OR, WA, ID, CA, UT.

Si Senor restaurant night was Monday, March 3 and had good participation.

April restaurant night was based on a Facebook poll and more information will be coming soon.

May restaurant night is Mod Pizza, date to be determined.

If you are interested in helping coordinate restaurant night, reach out to Mike Bryan.

Total fundraising efforts to date is $164,557.95

Spring Auction is April 5.  Tickets are on sale now.

Bottle Drop Earth Week is coming up.  This is a bonus period.  Look for more info to come.

Rescheduled for March 21.  This is a free dress day!  Please make sure clothes are still appropriate for school.  Most craft supplies and snacks were already filled, but please check Vicnet to see if there is anything still needed.  Volunteers were transferred to the new date.  If you can't volunteer on the new date, you can drop your spot on Vicnet; please also reach out to your room parent to make sure they get the spot filled.  If you student has cards or items, they can bring them in that day, no food items, and you must have something for everyone in the class.  Log volunteer hours and $10=1 volunteer hour.  

Classified Staff Appreciation Week is this week.  The team will drop  off gifts for them later this week when we're back at school.  

March Stock the Breakroom is rescheduled for March 11 for third, fourth and fifth grade families.  April stock the breakroom will be kinder, first, second grades and collection will be April 8.

Students have their fourth Art Lit project and are learning about Marc Chagall.  They are creating their own imaginary drawings using oil pastels.  We are working with Admin to reschedule all Art Lit sessions that were missed during the school closure.  Look for new volunteer opportunities on Vicnet for this.  We always need volunteers for this and you don't have to be an artist in order to volunteer.  

Friday, March 14, doors open at 6pm and game starts at 6:30pm.  You must sign up via the google form.  Bring your own nut-free snacks and spill-proof water bottles. We're still looking for volunteers so check out Vicnet.  There will be prizes.  

This will be March 13 and 14 during students PE class.  Both days will be free dress days for the entire school.  Each kid will have their own headset with their own choice of music.  See Vicnet for volunteer opportunities, if there are still openings. 

All families are asked to contribute at least 20 hours of volunteer time by the end of the year.  Check Vicnet for upcoming opportunities.  We rely on volunteers to make a lot of things happen for our kids.  Logging volunteer hours is very important because many grants ask for reports of volunteer hours or donations from Annual Family Give.

The uniform donation box is always location in the school lobby if you want to drop off clothing items.  If you would like to look at what is available at uniform exchange, coordinate with the office for a time to come look

Make sure you are checking the Lost and Found.  There are a lot of items.

Next PTO meeting is April 2 at 7:00pm.

No library days for Kinder and first this week due to the closure.  ELA teachers will use that time for additional class work.  Volunteers should have been notified.

Last opportunity to give feedback for the SIA Grant is in person on Monday March 10th @ 5:45-6:45pm! Super important we give community feedback on where we would like to have these funds utilized at our school.

Costume day is coming soon.  This was another prize from the Move-a-thon.  The rest of the prizes are coming up that students earned.