Families,

I know that 2020 brought many challenging times for each of us and for our community. It also taught us many things, from new technology skills to revealing (yet again) our profound resiliency. It has also been a year of great accomplishment and a demonstration of our love for our school community, each other, and the desire to thrive in the face of adversity. As we move into 2021, let us take the lessons we have learned and continue to persevere and support one another.

We hope you all had an enjoyable break these past two weeks. I am grateful for the time I have been able to spend with my husband and two kids. As a parent, you know that your child will only be this age for a small amount of time. Some of the activities that we have enjoyed together over break are; Lots of outside exploring and walks, nerf gun wars in our house, building with Legos, reading, watching movies together (we turned out living room into a movie theater and even made our own tickets one day), and even playing video games together (one of my new favorite games to play with my oldest Jordan is Rocket League).

Our staff started working on an updated vision for Steele Lane. I would like to hear from you as well. Please consider attending a Zoom meeting this Friday (Link will be sent out Thursday afternoon and a reminder Friday morning), Come and Chat with the Principal - Ven y Conversa Con la Directora. Lizbeth will also be available for translation. Another opportunity to stay connected is through our ELAC meetings. Our next meeting is on January 19th at 1 pm, Lizbeth will be available to translate and the link for the meeting will be sent out the day before and the morning of.

In reflecting on 2020 I am most grateful for the health and well-being of my family at home and at school as well as being the Principal of Steele Lane. Thank you for all you do for your students at home during these challenging times. It is much appreciated and noticed.

With a grateful heart,

Principal Williams

As adults, we typically think about New Year’s resolutions as goals for ourselves, common ones that come to mind are fitness or health-related. This year I am rethinking how I am creating my own resolutions for myself, my family, and kids. Resolutions setting can be a great opportunity to model our own goal setting with our kids and practice these skills together.

For kids, it is a great idea to think about New Year’s resolutions in a few ways:

• behaviors you want to become habits
• new opportunities for teamwork as a family
• a fun opportunity to see what your child wants do with the new year
• how they can participate more efficiently with their academics

Please have your student completely sign out and shut down their Chromebook at least once a week. This will allow the Chromebook to successfully update and resolve common issues that may be occurring.

Some of the teachers may reach out to you to pick-up materials. Please park in the yellow loading area in front of the school and walk in the gate. Use hand sanitizer upon entry. One of our yard duty or office staff will be inside the main hallway to retrieve and place your materials on a table for you to gather. We are making this change for pick up to minimalize contacts and help stop the spread of COVID 19. If there is not a staff member at the door please call the mainline at 707 890-3945 so we can support you. You can come to pick up materials during office hours between 8 and 2:30 pm. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding with the update.

Nominate a special public school or public charter school teacher in your life with the form below. Each month we’ll review the submissions and choose one teacher to honor, based on the number of individual nominations they receive as well as the quality of teaching described in the nominations (details about amazing teaching strategies, stories about how the teacher went above and beyond, etc.) The lucky teacher will receive a plaque in recognition of this award and $500 school supply gift card!

All you need to do is tell us who you think is the Teacher of the Month, right here...

Dutch Bros Santa Rosa did a drive thought fundraiser for us earlier in the year. All of the prizes for Scholars of the Week and the Scholars of the Month have been purchased with that money! Thank You Dutch Bros!