Bobcat Tales
October 12, 2023
This week at SLVE
Parent Teacher Conferences Next Week
Parent teacher conferences are next week. Students will be dismissal at 12:00 each day. Students will not eat lunch at school. Bagged lunches will be sent home with students who order lunch during the week. Teachers are looking forward to connecting with parents to discuss student progress, set goals and learn more about each student. It is important to arrive to your conference on time. Conferences are carefully scheduled to allow parents and teachers to have adequate time to spend together. Arriving to your scheduled conference on time helps to make that happen.
Welcome Coach Heather and Coach Gretchen
We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Primary PE coach, Heather Goulter and Upper Grade PE coach, Gretchen Heimsoth. We are so happy to have these enthusiastic and hard working coaches join our SLVE Community!
Bottle Caps and Toilet Paper Rolls Needed for Art Classes
Our art teacher, Nadja, is asking families to collect and send in bottle caps for a future art project.The bottle caps need to be clean, all plastic, all sizes and all colors. Our ceramics teacher, Kelli, is asking families to collect and send in toilet paper rolls for a future ceramic project.
Community Opportunities Website
The "Community Opportunities" website link is provided as a courtesy to parents and students, by the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, to enable you to receive information of current local events and opportunities for adults and/or children.
DINE OUT FOR SLVHS Grad Night FUNDRAISER
Time for some PIZZA! Tonight, Thursday, October 12th, feed yourself and your family and your friends some pizza. Order extra for packed lunches (or breakfast?) the next day. From 4-9 pm Pizza My Heart on Pacific Avenue will donate a whopping 30% of dine in/delivery/take out sales to our SLVHS Grad Night. Good for online and phone orders as well!!! BUT (here is the important part) you HAVE to say it's for the SLVHS Grad Night BEFORE you pay. For online orders use code SLV1012 at check out.
SLVE Parking Reminders
It has been brought to our attention that people who do not have handicapped placards are parking in the handicapped parking spots or in the space between the parking spots (for van access) on campus. It is very important that these parking spots are reserved for drivers who have a DMV issued handicapped placard and who benefit from using them. We thank you for your thoughtful cooperation concerning access to these parking spots.
One more reminder, please be sure to put your student name placard in your dashboard during pick up time. It really does make the pick up process go more smoothly. Thanks for your cooperation!
Bobcat Club News
Bingo Night! Join us next Friday October 20, at 5:30 for a fun, free family night of Bingo! Check out the attached flyer and RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/ypy6hc44
Drive For Schools Raffle Tickets! Raffle stubs and payments are due back to your classroom on Friday, OCTOBER 20! LATE STUBS will not be accepted.
Buy a Yearbook a 23/24 yearbook: They are 10% off through Oct 31st! https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016914162674592
Buy Bobcat Gear. Visit our gear store and buy hats, sweatshirts, t-shirts and more!
Volunteer Opportunities! Sign up today for one of our fun committees! We can't hold fun events without help!
Sign up for our Newsletter - We send out reminders about events, meetings, and information: https://www.slvbobcatclub.com/signup
Attendance~Something to think about....
We know people get sick, people get injured, and there can be family or life responsibilities and other issues that are reasonable and excused. But if your student can attend, they need to be in school. If your student is out for three or more consecutive days, we may request a doctor’s note to continue excusing the absences. Students who miss 3-5 days will receive a Chronic Absence letter. We will then meet with those families to attempt to support the student attending school. On the second Chronic Absence Letter, families may be required to meet at the District Office to put a plan in place for the student’s attendance. On the third Chronic Absence Letter, families may be required to meet with the County Office Student Attendance Review Board for truancy. Our goal is that nobody ever gets that far along with truancy. We are here to help and support, but it does start at home with the expectation that your student will attend school regularly.
Please remember that students who are absent 3 days or more should complete an independent study contract. Lisa Ghilardi, our SLVE Registrar, will work with families to get the paperwork and the missed classwork assignments needed to complete the contract.
Triple P Parenting Classes
Triple P Positive Parenting topical workshop flyers for October 2023 are attached.
Información sobre programas en español disponibles en el sitio web.
Each flyer has its own unique link to register for each class, or go to https://www.first5scc.org/triple-p-classes and register on the website. All of these classes are on Zoom!
Workshops are all free, and grant funded by First Five of Santa Cruz.
Individual sessions are also available for free or sliding scale. If you are interested in a 1:1 session, please contact First Five of Santa Cruz at First 5 Santa Cruz County at (831) 465-2217 or triplep@first5scc.org and they will assign a practitioner that best meets your needs.
Mark your Calendars
October 13th District Holiday
October 16th-20th Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00 pm dismissal
October 20th Drive for Schools Ends
October 25th Picture Retake Day
November 1st Teacher Professional Development Day~no school for students