We are so pleased to have you back as students and staff are glad to return! Student absences, teacher shortages, and high Covid rates marked our first week at school, but we will get through this! Thank you so much for your continued support and partnership. Please read the section on All Things Covid-Related to help you with new guidelines, ever-changing protocols, and positive cases.

Due to COVID, there is a substitute shortage, and we would love your help! Please consider signing up to be a substitute if you have the correct qualifications: SRVUSD substitute as you can choose to only work at Alamo.

As we return to routines, please help your child remember to bring homework, lunch (when not having a hot lunch), a water bottle, and their musical instrument (for upper grades). Please avoid being tardy to school by ensuring your child has everything together the night before.

Our Lost and Found cabinet is brimming with unidentified jackets, coats, shirts, and water bottles! Please check it when possible. Label all of your child's belongings with their name.

We are excited that our modular classrooms construction will be completed by January 31! We begin relocating Science and Resource back to their classrooms that week. Our library will reopen for our students soon.

We are always looking for ways to streamline our drop-off procedure. From January 18-21, we will try a trial run of dropping students off in front of the school. Your cooperation is much needed to make this successful. Please see below for details.

Happy 2022!

With gratitude and appreciation,

Principal Salazar

• Have your child ready before entering the lot: backpack ready, mask on, shoes on, say your good-byes.
• Enter the right lane. The left lane is for cars parking.
• Please do not drop off before Cone 5 as it will delay the movement of the line. Please wait until the person on duty directs you to drive forward.
• Do not leave the carpool lane until you pass Cone 1 to avoid collisions.
• Watch out for walkers at the crosswalk near Cone 4.

Your cooperation is much needed to make this successful! Thank you!

Welcome back from break and I hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season! Additionally, I hope you were able to do something fun with your family to help make some great memories. It may take some time for your student to get readjusted to being back in the school routine. When you pick up your child each day from school, here are some questions you can ask to help create a dialog between you both instead of getting one word answers like, “Good,” when you ask how the student’s day was: 10 Questions to Ask Your Student:

1. Tell me about the best part of your day.

2. What was the hardest thing you had to do today?

3. Did any of your classmates do anything funny?

4. Tell me about what you read in class.

5. Who did you play with today? What did you play?

6. Do you think Math (or any subject) is too easy or hard for you?

7. What’s the biggest difference between this year and last year?

8. What rules are different at school than our rules at home? Do you think they’re fair?

9. Who did you sit with at lunch?

10. Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?

-Christina Byers

CHILD TESTS POSITIVE

Email all the following people to keep everyone informed and to expedite helping you and your child:

• YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER/s (critical for a student to receive Independent Study timely)
• Bonnie Brors (bbrors@srvusd.net) and Kelly Bowes (kbowes@srvusd.net), Attendance
• Anju Lashkari (alashkari@srvusd.net), School Nurse
• Monina Salazar (msalazar@srvusd.net), Principal

If you leave a voicemail message on our attendance line, please follow it up with an email.

PROTOCOL FOR POSITIVE TESTS OR COVID SYMPTOMS

COVID symptoms chart.

COVID guidelines for students.

HAVE COVID-RELATED QUESTIONS

Email Bonnie Brors (bbrors@srvusd.net).

Please visit the District Website for more information.

HAVE COVID NEGATIVE RESULT FOR CHILD - RETURN TO SCHOOL

• EMAIL a picture of the results to Bonnie Brors (bbrors@srvusd.net).
• On the test, write the name of your child, date and time of the test.

SCHOOLWORK FOR CHILD ISOLATING OR QUARANTINING

Students will receive an Independent Study Contract:

• If they have tested positive for COVID

• If a student is an unvaccinated close contact and must/will quarantine

• If a student is absent with symptoms and does not return to school by Day 3

When is a contract processed?

• Immediately IF the student has tested positive or if they are quarantining for at least 3 days because of close contact or symptoms

It is in the best interest of their child. The process is in place to be sure that the student stays connected to their learning and school community while they are in quarantine. Additionally, the state has instituted legislation requiring districts to offer a contract. The family can decline the contract.

WHERE TO UPLOAD PROOF OF STUDENT VACCINATION

Use this COVID-19 Documentation Form.

CHILD IS A CLOSE CONTACT

The latest contact tracing protocol is GROUP TRACING. Please see the district's communication from Friday. January 14.

On-site testing will be offered to all close contact students with parent permission. Students without any symptoms who have been identified as “close contacts” through a school exposure will have the opportunity to receive a COVID Antigen (rapid) test at their school location. Testing will occur during the school day, enabling our students to minimize time away from their classes. Students must pre-register and have a signed Universal Consent Form with Global Viral Pass (GVP) in order to participate in COVID testing at their school. https://srvusd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1531973258575/1445668944109/5705297724851026715.pdf

WHERE TO GO FOR TESTING

Visit our District Website for COVID-19 Testing Information

Mrs. Bennett has many duties on campus, but most adults will recognize her from her time in the carpool line calling names and getting students into cars at the end of the day. She is Alamo’s Primary Intervention Specialist, implementing and managing the Rainbow Program objectives, lunchtime recess supervisor and ELPAC Coordinator and Examiner (English Language Proficiency Assessment of California). During lunch and recess, she can be found mediating playground disputes, dismissing students to class, rounding up equipment, tying shoes and making sure all are playing safely. In her role with the Rainbow Program, she interacts with individual and small groups of students for the purpose of improving school adjustment, developing social skills, managing emotions, fostering learning, and successfully participating in school program processes. She wears many hats on campus and we are so fortunate to have her helping our students!

Get ready for another round of Thinkworks in-person, after school enrichment classes! There are a variety of options on all days of the week and tailored to the school calendar (see below for a sneak peek of class descriptions). Classes run from January 18 through April 1. Classes will fill up quickly, so be sure to register on Monday.
https://alamoedfund. schoolauction.net/thinkworks

MONDAYS:

YOGA (K-2): 8 classes designed especially to help kids cultivate a calm mind and improve strength, flexibility, motor skills, and concentration.

SEWING (1st-5th): 9 fun classes where children learn to use a needle and thread and work with patterns to sew their own pieces by hand.

SNAPOLOGY LEGO CLASS (1st-5th): 9 Star Wars themed class designed to develop STEAM skills.

TUESDAYS:

COOKING 'ROUND THE WORLD (K-2): 8 classes where children will prepare recipes and learn about culture, tastes, and celebrations from different countries each week. (Classes run from 2:35 until 4 PM)

MONEY MATTERS (1st-5th): Your child will build financial literacy over 8 classes and learn about budgeting and saving in a fun and engaging class.

CHESS (1st-5th): High quality individual and group instruction and supervised play over 8 classes.

WEDNESDAYS:

YOGA (3rd-5th): 9 classes designed especially to help kids cultivate a calm mind and improve strength, flexibility, motor skills, and concentration.

SPANISH (1st-5th): Children will learn Spanish language and become familiar with cultural elements of Spanish-speaking countries over 10 classes.

CHESS (1st-5th): High quality individual and group instruction and supervised play over 10 classes.

THURSDAYS:

ART WITH MS. FETTIG (1st-5th): Explore using different media and methods to create masterpieces with Ms. Fettig over 8 classes!

CODING: (1st-5th): Learn block-based programming in Scratch over 10 classes.

FRIDAYS:

COOKING 'ROUND THE WORLD (3rd-5th): 9 classes where children will prepare recipes and learn about culture, tastes, and celebrations from different countries each week. (Classes run from 2:35 until 4 PM)

Next Meeting - January 18, 2022, 3:00-4:00, Virtual Meeting Link

Agenda

Board Meetings (Agendas, Minutes, Audio & Video)