Howling Coyote
Weekly Communication from Sunset Ranch: May 13-May 17
Teacher Appreciation Week
Sunset Ranch was gifted with treats and kind words all week, courtesy of the PTC, Club Rocklin, and families. Thank you so much for spoiling the best and brightest teachers in Rocklin!
FAQs about Full STEAM Ahead
- Our traditions will continue! Fourth grade square dancing, PTC raffle, and Art Docent Art Gallery will all take place during Full STEAM Ahead.
- Classroom doors will be closed, just as they were last year. You will see student art work displayed in windows, and the learning they have done displayed all over campus with in-the-moment experiments, activities, and presentations.
- Coyote Engineering will open its doors and invite families IN to see what our strategic plan has inspired.
- Don't wear green or you will end up invisible in our green screen photo booth. Take this opportunity to have a silly family photo taken.
- The rulers from the first weeks of school will be back up! Take a photo and see how much your student has grown since the start of the year.
- Food will NOT be available.
PBIS Special Event!
Students have two days this upcoming week to redeem their 4 Goldens for this special event. Redeem Tuesday or Thursday at AM recess to get on "the list". Parents, the videos we will be watching will be age and school appropriate.. think cat videos and funniest home videos.
Have you checked out Sora?
Rocklin Unified has invested in the Sora app by OverDrive! It's an app designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading. Sora was created to excite kids about reading and remove distractions to promote a focus on learning.
- Easy to use, one tap to get inside a book
- The largest catalog of ebooks and audiobooks…made even larger by access to your public library through Sora
- Exportable notes, highlights for collaborative learning
- Personalized with book recommendations and learning tools like dyslexic font, enlarged text, Read-Alongs and audiobooks
- Badges and achievements to engage students
- Same experience on all devices
This is FREE and available for ALL students at Sunset Ranch (though we are told there is less variety for grades 2 and under).
To access Sora, follow the link here or visit https://soraapp.com.
- Click on 'Find my School'.
- We are in the Greater Sacramento Schools.
- Click on Rocklin Unified School District.
- Log in with your Google Account.
Thank you to RUSD and our awesome librarians, Mrs. Bigley and Mrs. Lane, for sharing this resource with us!
Thank you!
I just wanted to say thank you to so many of you for reaching out with get-well wishes after having surgery to have my gallbladder removed. I look forward to continued healing and soon, I will be back out on the crosswalk holding up the stop sign, and doing dance parties with classes who win Super Spirit Fri-YAY!
If I missed an email or message from you when I was out and have yet to return it, please accept my apologies. I would appreciate it you reached out again to remind me :)
Best,
Ms. Hopton
LOOKING AHEAD...
Dates to add to your calendar
- Thursday, May 16th - Minimum Day - K 12:10/1st-6th 12:20pm
- Monday, May 20th - Minimum Day - K 12:10/1st-6th 12:20pm
- Monday, May 20th - 2:30pm - Site Council Meeting in the Conference Room
- Tuesday, May 21 - 7:30 am - Volunteer Breakfast in the Library
- Tuesday, May 21st - 2:30pm - Tiles & Treats in the Multi hosted by the PTC
- Monday, May 27th - Memorial Day - No School
- Wednesday, May 29th - 2:30pm - Tiles & Tacos in the Multi hosted by the PTC
- Wednesday, May 29th - 5-7pm - Meet the New Principal in the Multi
- Tuesday, June 4th - Greek Olympics after Kick Ball Game on the Field
- Thursday, June 6th - Last day of school - Minimum Day - K 12:10/1st-6th 12:20pm
Attention 6th Grade Families - There's Been a Time Change for Promotion! It's now 12:30pm.
Click HERE to view Virtual Backpack
Each week, flyers that would have taken money & supplies to print and time to count out & distribute are placed on the VB on the school website. This is where many of our community partners advertise after school clubs, sports, child care and more.
SR Parent Suggestion Form
Use this form to identify issues that could be improved at SR and to give your suggestion for how to improve it. Your input is read by the admin team first, and then may be shared with the appropriate team or department.
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Website: sres.rocklinusd.org
Location: 2500 Bridlewood Drive, Rocklin, CA, USA
Phone: (916) 624-2048
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