Buccaneer News
March 1st- March 5th
Appreciation
Happy Sunday Buccaneers,
We just had the first progress report for this semester come out last Friday. We want to congratulate all of our students who are taking charge of their education and earning good marks. Keep up the good work! We also want to thank our parents who joined us at Friday's progress report meeting. We are here to serve and help you in any way we can.
We are happy to announce that SOM staff is in the process of getting vaccinations! Saturday, February 27th, was the first day vaccinations were available for staff that work in schools in the fourth quartile of the California Healthy Places Index. According to Supervisor Nora Vargas, the Border View YMCA is now open for vaccinations to those who work in child care, restaurants, food handling, and agriculture. No appointments needed.
It is March! The word of the month is APPRECIATION! We have so many people, organizations , and activities that we celebrate in March: Women's Her Story, Music Appreciation , Read Across America, National Nutrition Month, Red Cross, and we honor and recognize our Classified Staff.
On behalf of our administration, we want to thank our classified staff for everything they do for our community. Classified Employee Appreciation Week is celebrated every year during the first full week of March. Please join us in expressing appreciation to our custodians, gardener, cafeteria staff, administrative assistants, library technician, campus assistants, instructional assistants, and IT technician who serve our students and keep our schools running. Thank you for everything you do!!!
We will have three weeks of Spirit Celebrations. On Tuesday we celebrate Read Across America Day. Our ASB students have planned very fun activities for us to engage in our March celebrations. All of these activities help us stay connected to our school community. We hope you can join us and please send our ASB a picture of you participating in a Spirit Activity.
Our ELPAC testing will begin this week. We have over 300 students taking the test. Most of the administration will take place through English classes. I have included videos with information about the importance of this test in case you need a refresher. Most of our students will be taking the test through their ELD and AVID Excel classes with a few exceptions. We wish our students the best!
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, students will be meeting with the the administration, counselors, and resource teachers to review Personal Education Plans through physical education classes. Grades will be reviewed, important events coming up, and students will get a presentation around class selection for next school year.
We have three weeks to go before Spring Break! We can do this. Let us help each other make these next three weeks a success! Let us finish strong!
May we have a wonderful week!
Julissa
Read Across America
Read Across America Day, also known as Dr Seuss Day, is a yearly observance in the USA inaugurated by the NEA (National Education Association). It is held on the school day that is nearest to 2 March, Dr Seuss birthday.
Continue reading here: https://nationaltoday.com/national-read-across-america-day/
Women's Her Story Month
Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. The Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women planned and executed a “Women’s History Week” celebration in 1978. The organizers selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International Women’s Day. The movement spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations the following year.
Continue reading here: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/
March is music appreciation month
This March, music educators and music students will be celebrating music education in their schools and communities with concerts and classroom activities that show how "The Sound of My Heart," the theme of the 2021 NAfME observance of Music In Our Schools Month®. The impact of music education on the lives of students is evident in its social-emotional effect on young people and how they interact with the world around them.
Continue reading https://www.prweb.com/releases/march_2021_marks_the_36th_annual_nafme_music_in_our_schools_month/prweb17755533.htm
March is National Nutrition Month
National Nutrition Month® is an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. During the month of March, everyone is invited to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits.
Continue reading here: https://www.eatright.org/food/resources/national-nutrition-month
Red Cross Month
Throughout the month of March, we honor people like you who make the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross possible — the individuals across the country who turn compassion into action, helping others in times of crisis. Our Red Cross Month celebration has been an annual tradition since 1943, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first Red Cross Month proclamation.
continue reading here: https://www.redcross.org/about-us/red-cross-month.html
National PI Day is celebrated on March 14th
Pi Day is on March 14, and any day that combines fun, education, and pie is a day worth celebrating! Pi, also known by the Greek letter “π,” is a constant value used in math that represents the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is just about 3.14….15…9265359… (and so on). Not only that, but the fourteenth of March is also Albert Einstein’s birthday, so all together it’s nothing short of a mathematician’s delight.
- March: Women's History and Music in our Schools Month
- March 1st - March 19th: ELPAC Testing
- March 1st - March 2nd: Personal Educations Plan Presentations through PE classes
- March 2nd: Read Across America
- March 11th - Virtual Open house for our incoming 7th grade and new 8th grade students
- March 14th: PI Day
- March 14th: Daylight Savings Time
- March 15th: On-line Registration opens
- March 19th: STEAM Challenge
- March 19th: Last Day of third quarter
- March 22nd - April 2nd: Spring Break
March 1st
- Word of the month: Appreciation
- Women's History Month
- Music Appreciation Month
- Schedule: advisory-1-3-5
- ELPAC Testing: English classes
- PEP presentation: PE classes
- Dr. Aguirre visits @ 9:00 am
- Science Tutoring (3:30 pm - 4:30 PM)
- HYPE Virtual After School Program (2:30 pm - 5:30pm) https://bit.ly/southwestmiddlehype
March 2nd
- Word of the month: Appreciation
- Women's History Month
- Music Appreciation Month
- Read Across America Day
- Schedule: Advisory-2-4-6
- ELPAC Testing through English classes
- Food Distribution @ 11:00 am
- Ms. Gracias @ Cabinet Meeting @ 1:00 am
- Math Tutoring (3:30 pm - 4:30 PM)
- HYPE Virtual After School Program (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm) https://bit.ly/southwestmiddlehype
March 3rd
- Word of the month: Appreciation
- Women's History Month
- Music Appreciation Month
- ELPAC Testing
- Schedule: Advisory-1-3-5
- Middle School Principal Meeting @ 9:00 am
- Covid-19 meeting @ 11:00 am
- Social Science Tutoring (3:30 pm - 4:30 PM)
- HYPE Virtual After School Program (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm) https://bit.ly/southwestmiddlehype
March 4th
- Word of the month: Appreciation
- Women's History Month
- Music Appreciation Month
- Schedule: Advisory-2-4-6
- Black Minds Matter Meeting during lunch
- ELD, AVID, English Tutoring (3:30 pm - 4:30 PM)
- HYPE Virtual After School Program (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm) https://bit.ly/southwestmiddlehype
March 5th
- Word of the month: Appreciation
- Women's History Month
- Music Appreciation Month
- Ms. Gracias is out on a personal day
- Schedule: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
- Course-Alike/Department PLC
- HYPE Virtual After School Program (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm) https://bit.ly/southwestmiddlehype