We had a great week at AHES with students and staff! U.S. News identified Anaheim Hills Elementary School as a U.S. News Best Elementary School! You can find more information below.

Parents, please help us keep arrival and dismissal safe for our students and staff. Please stay in your cars during drop-off and arrival. We have staff available to assist students during arrival and dismissal. Our parking lot crosswalks are closed during arrival and dismissal to ensure safety. Parents, please do not park and walk across the parking lot with your child. For our walking families, please use the designated walking locations for drop-off and pick-up. Thank you for your help!

Also, please help us continue a positive relationship with the condo association next door to our school. We have received reports that our families are blocking the condo's gate exit and entrance. Please remember that the condo circle or property is not to be used for the drop-off or pick-up of students. Please help us in following this practice to keep all safe. Thank you!

Please see below for this week's updates. Have a great weekend!

Best,

Mrs. Van Wilgen Moore

Principal

U.S News recently published their first-ever rankings of public elementary schools, and the news is good for Anaheim Hills Elementary: our school placed among the top 30% of elementary schools in the state of California, making it a U.S. News Best Elementary School.

Here’s a look at what they published about our school, including its new ranking(s): https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/badge-eligible-school-234768.

We are excited to receive another accolade for the work that our staff, students, and community do each day at AHES!

If your child participates in this optional spirit day, please ensure the following:

• No costume/Halloween masks on campus
• No weapons (fake or real)
• No toys
• We have little students on campus, so please keep costumes appropriate for all ages: No blood, gore, or violence
• Per COVID-19 guidelines, face masks/coverings need to be worn while indoors even during spirit/costume days

Thank you for keeping this a safe and enjoyable experience for all!

Parents, please help us keep arrival and dismissal safe for our students and staff.

1. Stay in your cars during drop-off and arrival.
2. Parking lot crosswalks are closed during arrival and dismissal to ensure safety.
3. Do not park and walk across the parking lot with your child.
4. Walking families, please use the designated walking locations for drop-off and pick-up.
5. The condo circle or property is not to be used for the drop-off or pick-up of students.
6. Please arrive at the time of your eldest child's dismissal or circle through the line again if doing multiple pick-ups.

Thank you for helping us to keep students, staff, and parents safe!

You can find the agenda here.

Zoom link:

https://ucr.zoom.us/j/98106177275

Meeting ID: 981 0617 7275

Please see the information below.

Students, are you interested in speaking to our AHES students, staff, and district leadership about what makes our school Anaheim Hills Elementary School special, at an upcoming schoolwide National Blue Ribbon School celebration? If so, fill out this form, attach your speech following the directions below, and turn it in to your teacher no later than October 29th. One speaker from 4th-6th and 1st-3rd will be chosen to speak at our upcoming celebration.

You can find more information here.

OUSD is now allowing a very limited number of parents onto campuses to do work for parent organizations. Volunteers are not allowed in the classroom or with students yet. Parent volunteers must complete the HR paperwork before coming onto campus.

OUSD will look at the success of these volunteers and then assess adding more volunteers for classroom/student help for trimester 2. OUSD wants us to limit the number of volunteers on campus to no more than five at this time.

Vaccinations are required to start the process and be cleared as a volunteer to comply with CDPH guidance for volunteers.

For our PTA executive board/chairs/volunteers who are in need of campus access for copies or organizing things for a PTA related purpose in the campus workroom, please complete the proper form below:

Volunteer Forms Over 5 hours per week

Volunteer Forms Under 5 hours per week

Once a PTA volunteer is approved, please email AnaheimHillsPrincipal@orangeusd.org to get your essential PTA volunteer visit to the workroom approved and scheduled on our volunteer calendar.

Thank you!

You can find the survey at this link: https://ocde.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2tPTKGxbhB58YC?Survey=Parent

Voluntary, cost-free COVID-19 testing is available four times per week to all interested students. This type of surveillance testing program is recommended by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

EVENT DATES/TIMES: Every Monday and Thursday, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

EVENT LOCATIONS:

• Canyon High School
• El Modena High
• Orange High School
• Villa Park High School
• OUSD District Office

ONLINE REGISTRATION: https://hipaa.jotform.com/LivingFit/OUSDAug26Students