University Elementary at La Fiesta
Principal Lunde's Weekly Update
August 31, 2020
Join our community for an All School Back To School Night GoogleMeet on Monday, Sept. 14 at 6:30pm to 7:15pm. Plan to hear about the school year and use the Back To School Night Googleform for questions that need to be addressed by the principal and/or your teacher.
Join Principal Lunde for Coffee Talk First on the first Fridays of the month from 10:30am to 11:15am. Bring your picnic chair, a thermos cup of coffee, and sit outside with Mrs. Lunde to chat. The first one is Friday, Sept. 4.
Spirit Days are every Friday. Show your UELF Pride by wearing our navy and teal colors. Share photos, videos, and witty cheers with Mrs. Lunde. Once a month we will show extra school spirit by having dress up spirit days. Vote for you favorite spirit days on the UELF Spirit Day GoogleForm. Here's a video of the district wide Spirit Day on Aug. 28; UELF begins at minute 10:41.
Supporting Our Students To Be Independent
Thank you to all of the families supporting their students to develop the habits of mind to be engaged and mindful learners. Learners require different support to become independent and collaborative thinkers so here are some strategies to support student agency.
1) Students need a learning environment where they can be independent. Students need a space, this can be a corner of a room with headphones, where students can engage with their class and classwork. We are seeking to see your student's thinking and the student's ideas. Please refrain from overly prompting your kids...it's okay for them to not know something. This guides the educators to know how to support the student and plan next steps.
2) Students work best with a daily routine. Use the schedule provided by the classroom teacher, plus refine the schedule to align with the household schedule. Use tools like a timer for knowing how long to stay on a task and take breaks to talk about the learning or to switch activities. Routines also include bedtimes/wake-up times, food intake, and outside play time.
3) Students need to make sense of learning. Students can take walk-n-talks with their siblings, caregiver, or record their thinking to verbalize their learnings. How are students connecting the school learning to the real world? What questions are being formulated? The more we learn, the more questions we have.
Join the PTA
By being a member of PTA and attending PTA meetings, you provide a voice as to how we build our UELF Community. The more volunteers we have, the larger our community becomes and the better we support our students and the programs in our school that foster inquiry and project-based learning instruction.
School Pictures?
Thank you to all of you who responded to the School Photo Survey. The Fall Photos are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8. This will coincide with a Supply Pick-Up Day as well. Ordering information will be shared in upcoming newsletters.
Fostering the Maker Mindset
During this time of Distance Learning, be sure to provide students with time to create. Students are GREAT at asking questions and making wonderings. At UELF, we value students using their skills to problem-solve. Making is one way to develop the skills needed for problem-solving. Send your stories to Mrs. Lunde.
CRPUSD Technology Support
Garden Inquiry
Girls on the Run
All School Morning Jump & Jive
Monday, Aug 31, 2020, 08:00 AM
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UELF Garden Committee
Monday, Aug 31, 2020, 04:30 PM
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All School Kinesthetic Math
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2020, 03:00 PM
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Arts & Reads
Join on GoogleMeet
Wednesday, Sep 2, 2020, 12:30 PM
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All School Kinesthetic Math
Thursday, Sep 3, 2020, 03:00 PM
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Weekly Family Meeting with Mrs. Lunde
Thursday, Sep 3, 2020, 04:30 PM
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All School Morning Jump & Jive
Friday, Sep 4, 2020, 08:00 AM
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Coffee Talk with Principal Lunde
Friday, Sep 4, 2020, 10:30 AM
University Elementary School at La Fiesta, Liman Way, Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Supplies Pick-Up
Friday, Sep 11, 2020, 07:00 AM
University Elementary School at La Fiesta, Liman Way, Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Back To School Night
Monday, Sep 14, 2020, 06:30 PM
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ALL School Assembly
Friday, Sep 25, 2020, 01:30 PM
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University Elementary School at La Fiesta
Email: christina_lunde@crpusd.org
Website: https://uelf.crpusd.org/
Location: 8511 Liman Way, Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Phone: (707)792-4840
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/University-Elementary-School-at-La-Fiesta-1628724350766801/
Twitter: @UELFSEAWOLVES