SCG Dispatch
4.15.24
Principal's Message
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April:
4/19 - Last day to share your photos with yearbook team
4/19 - Family Fun Night - Movie Night @ SCG! 5:30- 7:30
4/19 - Last day to buy auction tickets before price increase
4/20 This Saturday Community Garden work at SCG for Earth Day! 9-11 AM
4/23- 4/24- State testing for grades 3-5- Math
4/25 - Student Dance Performance Showcase, 10:30-11:30 a.m. @ SCG- Families welcome!
4/27 - Save the Date for the SCG Spring Auction, 5:30-9 p.m. (buy tickets here)
4/29 - Last day to purchase yearbook
4/30- 5/01- State Testing for only Grade 5-- Science
5/02- SCG Open House 6PM
Greetings SCG Community,
I hope you had a great weekend!
Please be sure to pick up your tickets for our Spring Auction Event at the Monterey Bay Sanctuary here in Santa Cruz. It is going to be a fun and beautiful event. I hope to see you there. Here is the link to buy tickets. It's coming up soon! April 27th.
This week brings us to Spring State Testing. Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking ELA and Math tests this week and next. They will be testing Tuesday and Wednesdays with Make-Ups on Thursday/ Fridays.
Thank you so much parents for making sure kids are getting rest to get up ready and on time for school.
Attendance matters so much. Our state continues to deal post-covid with a drastic hike in chronic-absenteeism. It is vital that our students are with us. Every day truly counts towards their consistent growth. Thank you for caring for them when they are sick, and getting them to us as soon as they are ready : )
Important Dolphin Sonar Snap Shots below the pictures on what is up and coming for school.
In partnership,
Carlo Albano
Student Leadership looks over student survey data
Pages N PJs Event
Snapshots and links
Ocean Guardian- Santa Cruz Gardens has done deep work with the Ocean Guardian Cohort of the NOAA. We are thankful to have been featured in the SC Sentinel and the Monterey Herald about our work with Garbology, food waste, and watershed awareness. We will be a tour site for their conference highlighting strong school programming around the sciences and our garden and outdoor zonal work with students. Student Voice and leadership is our favorite component of the work.
Come to our Earth Day Celebration at SCG and help us tend to our garden spaces around campus! This Saturday 9-11AM!
4 SCG Teachers will be sharing their work around Green Projects that promote environmental awareness and literacy. It is open to the public. Come check out this awesome event right after Earth Day at SCG for a wonderful Saturday!
Green School- SCG is almost certified to be recognized as a Green School by the state, and next would be national as a Green Ribbon school. This focuses on our efforts to reach for Net-Zero waste and to our work in the class and around our beautiful campus toward environmental awareness and eco-literacy. More on our site about all of this on our SAGE Program tab.
State conference and County Office of Education honor Social Emotional Learning work at SCG by our Student Leadership team and SCG Counselor Sue Robinson and Julianne Wolf for working with Student Leadership to analyze student data and actualize next steps of support.
- Our HSC-funded Dance Unit is now 4 weeks in, and has been so fun. Grades TK-3rd- Latin Dance with Spectra Artist, Augusto Alvarez. Grades 4 and 5- Capoeira with Papiba of the local band Sambada Our recital date is April 25th at 10:30AM. Families are welcome.
- Please make sure you are driving slow, mindful, and safe for all of our families walking to school.
- While you're at school, you are welcome to take a walk around our campus before or after school to have your child show you our spaces they spend time learning in throughout the week.
A reminder to use the Stop It app to report any bullying issues anonymously or not. This is one of our district tools from our Anti-Bullying plan.
Join us for a special screening of Screenagers- The Next Chapter
Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience By: SUESD Schools
When: This week! 4/18/24 5:45pm
Where: New Brighton Middle School- PAC. 250 Washburn Ave. Capitola
Details: Free community event, childcare, spanish translation, and panel discussion.
About Screenagers The Next Chapter:
Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help us all flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow Delaney as she finds herself at a loss on how to help her own teens as they struggle with their emotional wellbeing. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.
We witness Delaney as she finds her way from ineffective parenting to much-improved strategies. We follow other personal stories of families from an array of backgrounds with a spectrum of emotional challenges. We also observe approaches in schools that provide strategies relevant beyond the classroom setting. Interwoven into the stories are surprising insights from brain researchers, psychologists, and thought-leaders that reveal evidence-based ways to support mental wellness among our youth. The impact of social media and screen time in general is incorporated in topics brought to our attention in Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER, how it may be impacting our teens' mental health, and what we can do to help support youth in the face of struggles.
Important Items and Links:
The District Academic School Year Calendar
The TK/ Kinder Academic School Calendar
When to drop off and pick up your kids! Our School’s Bell Schedule- Adult blacktop supervision begins at 8:05am for grades 1-5.
Please keep us all safe at drop off and pick up by following the SCG Parking Lot Flow and Rules
Up and Coming from your Home and School Club
Home & School Club News
Family Movie Night on 4/19, 5:30-7:30 PM @ SCG in the MU! We will be showing My Neighbor Totoro with FREE popcorn and pizza for purchase in advance. More info on the flyer here.
Spring auction tickets on sale now! Prices go up after 4/19, so buy your tickets this week! Our annual auction "A Night on the Bay" will take place on April 27, 2024, 5:30-9 p.m. at the National Marine Sanctuary, 35 Pacific Ave. This vital fundraiser supports essential programs at the school like Music, Art, and Life Lab. Tickets are on sale now HERE for $60/person, which includes food, non-alcoholic drinks, live music, a silent auction & a live auction. Alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase. Ticket prices go up to $75/person after April 19th.
SCG Yearbook: Purchase link and last call for photos! The final date to upload your images for use in the yearbook is this Friday 4/19. We are especially looking for more pics of: first day of school, back-to-school night, pages & pjs, and images from families who haven't uploaded any yet. Here is a link for more info about how to upload photos to be shared with the school. The last day to purchase a yearbook and have it arrive before the end of the school year is Monday 4/29. This is also the deadline for custom pages, the two FREE pages that are printed ONLY in your book. Here is the link to purchase the yearbook and more info on creating custom pages. Our school passcode is: 1014702421763121. Email Jamie Paratore at paratorej@gmail.com with any questions.