Linda Vista ES Weekly Update #19

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The School Site Council (SSC) is preparing to determine how funds will be allocated during the 2023-2024 school year. It is important to get your input for these important decisions that will impact our learners. Please complete survey linked here to determine our school priorities by Monday, February 13th.

Congratulations to the following students who - after enormous hard-work and perseverance - went from a classification of English learner to a Fluent English Proficient learner.

• Rieven Rimorin 5th grade (Ms. Alota-Smith)
  
• Tam Nguyen 5th grade (Ms.Alota-Smith)
  
• Mariajose Arellano Puentes 5th grade (Ms.Alota-Smith)
  
• Giovanni Ramirez Serapio 5th grade (Mr.Garcia)
  
• Allison Lopez 5th grade (Mr.Garcia)
  
• Miguel Alva 5th grade (Mr.Garcia)
  
• Ryan Hoang 4th grade (Mr.Cacho)
  
• Kendra Hernandez Pastrana 2nd grade (Robles)
  
• Ethan Sabri 1st grade (Richardson)

We want to thank all of our families who are exhibiting enormous caution when dropping-off and picking-up our students.

As a safety reminder, please refrain from double-parking when dropping-off and picking-up your child. Double-parking is prohibited by the City of San Diego and has the potential to be extremely dangerous for not only surrounding cars, but students as well.

Additionally, please continue to not park in our neighbors driveways and instead please continue to allot additional time to find parking on our surrounding streets.

Lastly, please do not let children out of your car and have them run across the street. They should always cross at a crosswalk.

In observance of Presidents Day there will be no school on Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th. School will resume on Tuesday, February 21st.

• Effective January 28th COVID testing will shift from weekly site testing to an all home test kit model.
• The Ed Center testing facility will close effective Monday, Jan. 30.
• Home test kits will also be available at the Ed Center front desk M-F 8am - 4pm
• Students and staff that test positive are still encouraged to utilize this self-reporting tool.
• The COVID-19 Dashboard will still be available for families to check the case-rates at our school.
• District contact tracing and case management for students and staff will continue until further notice
• All positive home test results should be reported to our school Health Technician @ rinchaurreguicordova@sandi.net and the self reporting tool .The district contact tracing team will report those positive results to the County Department of Public Health.

San Diego Unified School District's Family Engagement office is holding virtual Parents as Partners Workshops that will focus on How to Help Support Your Child's Reading and Writing . Interpretation will be available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali and Tagalog. English Flyer and Spanish Flyer.

Supporting Your Child's Reading from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• March 1, 2023
• May 3, 2023

Supporting Your Chid's Writing from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• March 8, 2023
• May 10, 2023

Zoom Meeting Link: https://sandiegounified.zoom.us/j/81033825809

Meeting ID: 810 3382 5809

This newsletter shares important information and events from our district's Food and Nutrition Services Department.

Linda Vista offers a no-cost breakfast to our students at 8:30 every day in our cafeteria. Please encourage your student(s) to stop if they need to.

Last year our School Site Council funded a five day-a-week Counselor. This monthly newsletter is part of a series that Mrs. Nauton will share with families keeping you abreast of what is happening in the Counseling Department this year.

• January's Newsletetter - ENG & ESP
• November's Newsletter - ENG & ESP
• October's Newsletter - ENG & ESP
• September's Newsletter - ENG & ESP

Please continue to select healthy snacks for your child when sending them to school! We appreciate this so much as it helps our students stay alert and ready to learn through the school day.

Here are some additional resources for healthy snack ideas in both English and Spanish.

Here, too is a link to our Wellness Policy in English and Spanish that shares that we will not be using food

• Multiple high schools have experienced high illness rates due to probable Influenza. So far COVID tests have been negative.

• Typical signs and symptoms include cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever, and other upper respiratory infection symptoms.

• Below are recommendations to help prevent the spread

• Get a flu shot

• Stay home if you are sick

• Wash hands frequently

• Cover cough and sneeze

• Rule out COVID - Take a COVID test!

• Avoid close contact with ill persons

• Masks can prevent many respiratory infections aside from COVID, like flu

We are looking for volunteers in every arena here at Linda Vista and would love for you to join! Please click on this link for more information and to sign up.

As we work towards cutting-down on paper copies, San Diego Unified has provided their Facts for Parents online. Here are the versions of this booklet in a variety of languages.

• English
• Spanish
• Tagalog

• Vietnamese
• Somali

Families, please bookmark this calendar as a reference for the 2022-2023 academic year. It shares what national holidays and District observed breaks we adhere to at Linda Vista.

Recently, the Board of Education passed the instructional calendars for '23-'24 and '24-'25.

You'll note that for the '23-'24 academic year the first day of school is Monday, August 21st and for the '24-'25 the first day of school is Monday, August 12th.

This academic year teachers we will continue to utilize ClassDojo as a means of communication. Here's a link that will connect you with your child's teacher.

In addition to Wednesday's being our minimum day this year, the following days will also be modified for our students in UTK through 5th grade this academic year.

• Thursday, October 13th - Early Intervention Conferences
• Friday, October 14th - Early Intervention Conferences
• Monday, November 14th through Friday, November 18th - Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Friday, December 16th - Cluster Collaboration Day
• Thursday, March 23rd & Friday, March 24th - Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Wednesday, June 14th - Last Day of School

Early Intervention Conferences

• Wednesday 10/12 - already a modified day, but set-aside for Early Intervention Conferences
• Thursday 10/13
• Friday 10/14

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Monday, 11/14 through Friday, 11/18

Cluster Collaborative Day

• Friday, December 16

Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Wednesday, 03/22 - already a modified day, but set-aside for Spring Conferences
• Thursday, 03/23
• Friday, 03/24

Last Day of School

• Wednesday, 06/14