Parent Memo April 17, 2023

St. Helena Primary School

707-967-2772

Principal's Message

Dear Parents,

It was so great to see you all at our Open House/Spring Concert! I was pleased to see so many of our families come together to see their child's classrooms as well as listen to the music performances. Great news, our music teacher, Mr. Binder, now has risers! This means that when we have a school performance, you will be able to see your children much easier! We are approaching the end of the school year! It is hard to believe it is almost over. We still have some fun family events before our last day of school! Make sure to check out all of the dates and fliers below!

School Website

This Week

The dance class scheduled to start today has been postponed. We hope to be able to start it on Thursday, 4.25. We'll be getting info out to parents who signed their children up.

Wednesday, 4.19: ELAC meeting at Stonebridge Apartments (community room), 6pm

Friday, 4.21: ELAC at SHPS, 6pm (see flier below)

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Bike Rodeo!

Upcoming Events/Breaks

4.25: Bike Rodeo!

4.27: DÍa del Niño (Day of the Child) Celebration, 5:30-7:00 pm, SHES

4.27 Kinder Field Trip to Children's Museum of Sonoma

4.28 Tie Dye/Dot Day

5.23: 1st Grade Field Day

5.24: 2nd Grade Field Day

5.25: Tk/K Field Day

6.6: 2nd grade Farewell Arch & Luau

6.8: Last day of school!

Day of the Child Celebration!

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Donations of gently used elastic waist pants or shorts needed!

We need gently used boys and girls elastic waisted pants or shorts for those unfortunate accidents. Sizes 3T-12. No tops are needed at this time.

Thank you!

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Food Collection

We are working with the SHHS Interact Club to collect non-perishable food items from 3/13-4/30. The SHHS Interact Club is working with the St. Helena Food Pantry to help get food to many of our families in St. Helena. We appreciate all donations! You can send items with your child or drop them off in the bin on site!

Angel News has gone electronic!

New - Parent Computer Workspace at SHPS!

Parents, we have created a corner in our office for parents to come and use a computer for personal or school (child) use. We know that in order to access many programs for your children, you need to sign up online. You are welcome to use our new parent space to access the internet! We have a desk, computer, and supplies for you! You also have the opportunity to print things if necessary. If you need assistance signing your child up for a program, we can help you.
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TK/Kindergarten Registration

Starting February 13th, we will be accepting application packets for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Kindergarten for the 23.24 school year. You can access the pre-registration packet on our school website or come into the office for a paper packet.

We ask that all registration packets be returned by April 28th.

Children turning five between September 2, 2023 - April 2, 2024, are eligible for TK.

Any child turning five on or before September 1, 2023, is eligible for Kindergarten. We also invite you to attend a Parent Information Night on Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm in the Barn. We'll also be holding Campus Tours on Friday, February 24th at 3:15pm and on Tuesday, March 21st at 4pm. Please call the office to register for a tour, 967-2772.

Current COVID Protocol

For your convenience, Covid tests will go home with your student on 3/29. Testing before returning from Spring Break on Tuesday, April 11 is not required. Please see the flyer below for when to test your student.

Preschool for All

Collecting Toys for Día del Niño

If your house is anything like mine, you could probably collect 10-15 small toys that your children would never know were gone! We are collecting used, resuable small toys for our Day of the Chlid celebration in April. Lego sets, small stuffies, Happy Meal type toys, pencils, erasers, you name it! If your child once liked it, then others will too. Let's celebrate Earth Day as well as Day of the Child by rounding up small trinkets that can be passed on! Please send in your bag of goodies to your child's teacher or, if you'd like to be a little more sleuth, drop them off in the school office!

St. Helena Public Library Events!

English as a Second Language Classes for Adults