Our scholars' time in class is a significant factor for their success. It is important for our students to arrive on time to school and stay the entire school day. For the month of November our overall daily attendance rate reached 90%; our goal is 97%. We understand that many students were out ill due to colds and other factors. However, it is very important that all parents make a huge effort to ensure students are at school every day and on time. We will continue to hold Student Attendance Review Team meetings to assist parents with student school attendance challenges.

We also want to celebrate students who had perfect attendance for the first trimester. 24 students came to school every day and on time and did not leave early from August 8 to November 2. These scholars earned a pizza lunch with a treat. We will soon celebrate the students who obtained perfect attendance for November, they will receive a bag tag and a treat. Please help your child with attending school every day and on time. Not only will they receive a monthly treat, but also build good habits for the future.

Our doors open at 7:40 am for students to arrive and have breakfast. The first bell rings at 8:05 am for students to line up and at 8:10, the instructional bell rings to begin learning. When our students arrive after 8:10, they miss critical minutes of social and emotional and academic learning. Just imagine arriving to class at 8:13 everyday, that is three missed minutes of learning for 180 days; this ends up being 9 hours of engaged learning lost. Please ensure your student(s) arrives to school between 7:40 am and 8:05 am so they engage in learning 100% of the day.

If your scholar is absent, please call our office at (951) 788-7296 to report his/her absence. For your convenience, we have also added an online form for you to report absences, please go to

Link: https://bit.ly/NEUHighgrove. This form is also available on our website.

In addition, reach out to his/her teacher to learn about what was missed in class and how the student can make up the learning. Many times the student can find all of the assignments in their Google Classroom.

Greetings from the LCAP office! This year’s Fall LCAP Parent Survey window is Nov. 28th through Dec. 9th. We are asking that all RUSD parents participate in this important survey. As you know, LCAP relies on parent feedback to help guide the budget and expenditure planning for each school year. We are grateful for your help with this effort. Click here to enter the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/22-23LCAPParentSurvey

Sincerely,

Linda Christopher

Director for LCAP and Community Engagement

lchristopher@riversideunified.org

¡Saludos desde la oficina del LCAP! El plazo de la encuesta de otoño del LCAP para los padres es del 28 de noviembre hasta el 9 de diciembre. Pedimos que todas los padres de RUSD participen en esta encuesta de suma importancia. Como ustedes saben, el LCAP se basa en las aportaciones de los padres para ayudar a guiar el presupuesto y la planificación de los gastos para cada ciclo escolar. Les agradecemos su apoyo en este esfuerzo. Haga click en el enlace para entrar a la encuesta. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/22-23LCAPParentSurvey

Atentamente,

Linda Christopher

Directora de LCAP y Compromiso Comunitario

lchristopher@riversideunified.org

We have fantastic news regarding volunteering at school. For information on how to volunteer, please visit our district website at this link: https://www.riversideunified.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=580805&pageId=21871458.

The safety and welfare of our students is our highest priority. We continue to strive to provide a safe learning environment for them. In order to maintain a safe environment for our children to study and learn, it is necessary that we practice our Comprehensive Safety Plan throughout the year. The students and staff at Highgrove Elementary will be practicing three primary emergency drills throughout the year. They are Fire, Earthquake, and Lockdown/Lockout. A fire drill and an earthquake drill will be practiced the month of December.

WeTip - SEE SOMETHING, HEAR SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING

RUSD remains committed to keeping our schools safe through our WeTip anonymous form and hotline (844) 951-2990. WeTip allows our RUSD community to easily and confidentially report threats and other concerns that affect our well-being and security.

Parking Lot safety: We expect all of our parents and visitors to abide by traffic rules and common courtesy when dropping off and picking up students. Please park and walk to the gates to pick up your child. There is no parking between the small fence and parking spots. The curb is painted red and there are "No Parking" signs on the fence. The Handicapped parking spots are for those with a visible Handicapped placard. There is also no parking in the white lined areas. We will be asking law enforcement to help us keep everyone safe. Thank you for your cooperation.

For your child's safety and yours, when crossing the drive through lanes, only use the crosswalks. Crossing in the middle of the lane puts you and your child in danger.

December 6: Band Concert at UNI

December 9: Honor Roll In-Person; Invitations will be going home this week.

December 12 - 16: Winter Wonderland Week; more information to come

December 14: HEARTS Music concert

December 15: Pictures with Santa 6pm to 8pm; more information to come

December 16: Reindeer Run with the 100 mile club

December 19 - December 30: Winter Break

January 2: Return to School