Clifford Newsletter
2.18.22
Principal's Message
We have had a fun and eventful week here at Clifford. Today, we toured campus and admired all of the beautiful classroom doors that were decorated to celebrate Black History Month. On Wednesday and Thursday this week we had Robert Price visit us from National Urban Alliance who has been working with our Clifford staff since last year online, but he got to visit us in person and teach interactive lessons with students. Monday was Valentine's Day and the students enjoyed celebrating kindness and friendship in fun ways during the school day. As we enter into President's Week, we hope that you are able to rest and rejuvenate. Our students in 1st-8th grade were sent home with a Covid test today, complimentary from the district. You are invited to test your child on 2/27 or 2/28 before your child returns to school. You can report any positive results on this Google form. Enjoy a fantastic week off!
Jude
Looking Ahead...
- February 18th- Minimum Day- Thursday Schedule
- February 18th- Door Decorating Contest Winners Announced!
February 21st-25st- President's Week No School for Students
- March 1st at 7pm Disability /Inclusion AwarenessCommittee (link to follow soon)
March 8- End of Trimester 2
- March 14th 8:30-9 Principal Chat |Link|
Mar 22- Clifford Vision Screening TK/K, 2nd, 5th, 8th
Our Dolphin Promise
To teach students, not subjects or textbooks
To make learning joyful
To be proactive rather than reactive
To teach in ways that respond to our students' needs
To meet students where they are
To keep in mind that learning is a process that takes time and commitment
To keep relationships at the core of how we work together
To help each student feel valued, seen, and heard
To create an atmosphere that welcomes every student to belong
To dream big, have perseverance and grit
To challenge all students to learn at high levels
To inspire and motivate students
To include academic challenges so that all students can explore their potential
To love, protect, and care for our community
To be proud of who we are no matter what adversity we face
To be dependable and reliable
To be an upstander
To be Dolphin proud
Dolpin Award Winners TK-5
TK Winner
- Ms. Lauren- Emerson Barrera Suriano - Dolphin Empathy
Kindergarten Winners
- Ms. Mairani: Kayla Jara Padilla- Dolphin Eager
- Mrs. Wilkerson: Noelle O’Connor Hugon- Dolphin Respect
- Mrs. Sterger: Cooper Pilek- Dolphin Respect
- Mr. Goity: Ella Dunning-Dolphin Character
1st Grade Winners
- Ms. Smith -Charlotte Boehle- Dolphin Dreamer
- Mrs. Keithley-Teddy Grady - Dolphin Eager
- Mr. Reilly-Brendan Reilly- Dolphin Respect
- Mr. Chun Hoon- Mateo Maldonado- Dolphin Respect
2nd Grade Winners
- Ms. Collins- Naomi Freborg- Dolphin Respect
- Ms. Fowle- Cristian Baltazar- Dolphin Dreamer
- Ms. Bewley- Aya Sagabaen- Dolphin Respect
3rd Grade Winners
- Mrs. Overbey- Otis Norcott- Dolphin Respect
- Mrs. Costa- Ruby Torres- Dolphin Dreamer
4th Grade Winners
- Ms. Eaton- Mikayla Fe Stewart- Dolphin Respect
- Ms. Cody- Frida Avina Vazquez- Dolphin Dreamer
5th Grade Winners
- Mrs. Zak- Jonah DuMee- Dolphin Character
- Ms. Curtis- Mayra Rodriguez Couch- Dolphin Dreamer
- Ms. Davis- Jose Figueroa- Dolphin Respect
Black History Month Door Decoration Contest Pictures & Winners!
Our winners are
K-2
1st Place: Mrs. Sterger's Class
2nd Place: Ms. Smith's Class
3rd Place: Ms. Fowle's Class
3-5
1st Place (tie): Mrs.Overbey & Mrs. Costa
2nd Place: Mrs. Zak's Class
3rd Place: Ms. Davis's class
6-8
1st Place: Mrs. Lennen's Class
2nd Place: Mrs. Tanti's Class
3rd Place: Ms. Gardella's Class
Pictures of our decorated classroom doors! Celebrating Black History Month!
Mrs.Zak 2nd Place Winners
Mrs. Overbey 1st Place Winner (tie)
Ms. Gardella's 6-8 3rd Place Winner
Mrs. Lennen's 6th Grade 1st Place Winner
7/8 Mrs. Tanti 2nd Place Winner
Ms. Fowle 2nd Place Winner
Our Time with NUA on 2/16 & 2/17 A Visit from Mr. Price!
Earn Money for Clifford When you Shop on Amazon!
Earn money for Clifford School when you make purchases on Amazon! Make your Amazon purchases through smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2975493. Amazon will donate a portion of what you spend to Clifford School when you designate Clifford School Parents Club as the recipient of the donations you generate.
Helpful Links
- Covid testing in our community
- RCSD Covid Testing for Students & Staff
- Roadmap to Learning Safely
- RCSD Peachjar Fliers
- School Lunch Menu
- Clifford is an NUA school. Learn more about NUA here
- Parent Education Series Free Resources and Links:
The Parent Venture: https://www.parentventure.org/
Video Library (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/ParentEducationSeries
The Parent Education Newsletter (Register): http://bit.ly/ParentEdNewsletter
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/parenteducation
Reporting Student Illness/Absences
Parents/Guardians can now use this Google form to report their child(ren) absent. Please follow this link to the form and bookmark it for easy reference!
Covid Testing
As you may already know, we have a team from BayPLS who is at Clifford on Mondays and Thursdays to provide weekly Covid testing to registered students. Please be aware that we only have this team for a short period of time on each of these days, so in order to get all of our students tested once per week, we break up which grade levels get tested on each of the days. Please note that if you sign up your child to be tested, they will be tested once during the week. The email to sign up for testing should go out on Fridays from the district. Please try to have your child signed up for testing before Monday morning. We work diligently every week to make sure everyone gets tested once, so please be mindful if you sign them up for testing more often than that, they will still be tested one time during the week. Please let Tiffany Parrish (tparrish@rcsdk8.net) know if you have any questions.
Clifford
Jude Noyes-Principal
Tiffany Parrish- Assistant Principal
We ARE the most incredible school in the Inner-Planetary Galactic Solar System...
Email: jnoyes@rcsdk8.net
Phone: 650-482-2402