A tremendous shout out to our nurse, Mrs. Lashkari, and parents, Mrs. Mallott, Mrs. Brosnan, and Mrs. Warshovsky, for assisting the optometrist in the hearing and vision screenings administered on campus last Friday.

The district school nurses conduct health screenings throughout the school year—these screenings aid in identifying possible barriers to learning. Mrs. Lashkari retests those who do not pass the initial screening. Parents are notified and referred for further follow-up only when a problem is identified. Parents may submit a written request for exemption from any of the above health screenings. By California State Ed Code, the following screenings are conducted (Ed Code §49455, §49456, §49452.5):

• Vision: Grades K or 1, 2, 5, 8 and first year in the California public school system
• Color Vision: Grades K or 1 boys only
• Hearing: Grades K or 1, 2, 5, and 8, and first year in the California public school system

Students who are being assessed for initial and three-year review for special education services and students referred by a teacher or parent will also be tested for vision and hearing.

Indoor lunch last Friday was a success! Thank you to the parents, teachers, and staff for the quick shift when the air quality grew worse right before lunch. For the rest of the year, the office staff will text all families immediately after deciding on indoor lunch in the MPR due to unhealthy air quality or inclement weather. These notifications will be last-minute as we prefer lunch outdoors as much as possible. Parents could contact the office if they wish to pick up their children for lunch.

We wish everyone a wonderful Labor Day Holiday weekend. We pay recognition to American workers and all of their many contributions and successes through the years. Labor Day honors the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers' rights.

Respectfully,

Principal Salazar

2021 Annual Giving Campaign: We are now at 89% of our goal for this fundraising drive--we are almost there! There is still time to contribute to Annual Giving - you can donate online anytime here. See how your donation is used here.

*Corporate Match: Don’t forget to take advantage of any corporate match program offered by your employer. Many require submissions within 30-60 days of donation. We hope to raise an additional $22,500 through corporate matching, but we can’t do it without you! Check here to see if your company matches.

FUNd parties: FUNd party planning is starting and we need your input. Please click here to complete a poll so we can see which fun adult-only or family events you would most like to attend while also supporting our students and school. Thanks for your help!

Box Tops for Education: Scan your receipt and earn $$ for our school. All you need is your phone! Download the Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, then use the app to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase. The app will identify Box Tops products on your receipt and automatically credit your school’s earnings online.

See all “Free Money” retail opportunities here.

• Stay up to date with Ed Fund News by visiting us on Instagram @alamoedfund

• For all Ed Fund news and events: https://aes-srvusd-ca.schoolloop.com/edfund

• NEW E-mail this year: alamo.edfund@srvef.org

We thank you for your continued support of the Ed Fund’s fundraising efforts and programs.

Shout out to Meredith Maffeo for organizing the Emergency Kit fundraiser and delivering all the kits to the school!

Lauren Cymerys
Ed Fund President

Attendance Procedure

If your child is going to be absent, please email AlamoAttendance@srvusd.net , giving your child's name, and the reason for the absence, as soon as you are aware he/she won't be in school. Additionally, if you know your child is going to be late for school, please follow the same procedure. Please copy your child's teacher on these emails.

Student safety is our number one priority. In order to ensure that every student is safely where they are supposed to be at the beginning of each school day, we are implementing a new attendance safety protocol. Our priority is to make contact with families for any absent students within 30 minutes of their arrival time at school.

Within the first thirty minutes of your child’s start time, if your student is not at school, you will receive an automated message alerting you to the fact that your child has been marked absent. If you receive an automated call alerting you that your student is absent and you sent your child to school, please call the school office right away.

Per our school’s regular guidelines and protocols, we ask that you email AlamoAttendance@srvusd.net as soon as possible and provide a brief explanation of why your student will be absent that day, including a list of their symptoms if they are sick, as this helps us with our Covid tracking. Please copy your child’s teacher on the email to Alamo Attendance.

Please keep in mind that if your student is tardy, you may receive a call, because it takes time to update the information in our system from absent to tardy. For some, an automated message may be a change from past practice, but we know you will understand that this is the most effective way to ensure the safety of every student.

We ask for your patience as everyone gets accustomed to this new process. There may be times that you have already called or emailed about your student’s absence, but you may still receive a robocall, as the school office has not had the time to input that information in the system.

We appreciate your support and partnership in keeping our students safe. If you have questions about the new process, please contact your school office.

Tardy Policy

Rationale - Tardiness is unacceptable because:

• Tardiness reduces the instructional time of the student who is late.
• A student's tardiness interrupts the class he or she is coming into, resulting in a loss of instructional quality and time for all students.
• Punctuality is a practice valued by business and society; students should be trained in this practice while in school.

With the above as a rationale, the following is our policy:

1. Tardiness is defined as arriving after 8:00.
2. The student must go to the main office for a tardy pass before going to class.

OFFICE HOURS: 7:30 - 4:00 PM (925) 855-4800

Additional Resources

More information about the importance of sleep can be found here.

PBS Kids for Parents has great articles on returning to school. You can find it here.

Contact Me

Christina Byers

Email: cbyers@srvusd.net

Phone: (925) 855-4819

Board Meetings (Agendas, Minutes, Audio & Video)