Unbelievably, we have reached the final stretch of this school year, which once again, will be a busy one, but with so much to celebrate.There are so many great things to be proud of thanks to our partnership and commitment. Personally, it has been an honor and a privilege to work alongside our amazing teachers, staff and families, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing teachers as Teacher Appreciation Week approaches. Day after day, they worked very hard at providing the best learning experience possible for all of our students.

Teacher Appreciation Week is during the week of May 8th - 12th. I encourage you and your student to send a note of appreciation to any teacher who has made a positive impact this year. These positive notes mean a lot to our staff. Thank you to our wonderful PTA/PTO for organizing a special week to recognize and celebrate our staff and teachers.

On the same note, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank and honor two outstanding Pioneer staff members who will be retiring at the end of the school year. Rochelle Loughry and Lupe Cruz have been two of our amazing staff members who have called Pioneer their home for 30 years. Their dedication and commitment to our school community, to bilingual education and most importantly to our students is remarkable. We wish them well in this new adventure!

Thank you, Pioneer families for allowing me to work for you and with you on behalf of our Pioneer Eagles. Pioneer is an amazing and increrdible school, and it has been a gift to serve your Little Eagles.

Here we GROW and GLOW!

Sincerely,

Ms. Anabel

Principal/Directora

We appreciate your lifetime of service and countless contributions to the students in our school community in Lafayette. We are extremely grateful for all your love and commitment to our school. It is a great honor for our school to celebrate such dedicated and outstanding individuals.

We wish you the best in this new chapter and please know that you will always be part of our school, Pioneer.

EBP Staff, Students & Families

May 1st: Principal's Day

May 4th: 2nd grade Newman Gates Center Field trip

May 5th: PK-5th Field Day Celebration Sign up to help

May 5th: School Lunch Hero Day

May 5th: 1st grade Mother's Day Celebration 2:00 PM (Cafeteria)

May 8th: Spirit Week

May 9th: 5th Grade Students visit Angevine Middle School

May 10th: Kinder Mother's Day Celebration 2:00 PM (classrooms)

May 12th: Pioneer Mile

May 19th: PK Continuation

May 22nd: 5th Grade Coal Creek Bowling Center Field trip

May 24th: Kinder Continuation

May 25th: 5th Grade Continuation

May 25th: Last day of School

Creating balanced classes each year is a collaborative process that the Pioneer teachers and staff begin working on during the spring and continue to work on until August. Teachers and staff consider academic strengths and needs, gender, social-emotional concerns, language, and peer dynamics as they work to create balanced classes. To ensure that the process is fair and conducted with integrity, Pioneer does not consider requests for a specific teacher. Every Pioneer teacher is highly qualified and will do the best job possible with your child. As the most important adult in your student's life, we realize that you have valuable input to share before teachers create the class lists. Please complete this form to provide your information by 4:00 PM on Friday, May 12, 2023.

The school year is rapidly approaching its end. Therefore, our last week of checkout from the Pioneer Library is the week of May 1-5, with the last day being Friday, May 5th. All books are due by Friday, May 12-overdue notices will automatically go out on that day. If a book is indeed lost, please either order a copy from somewhere like Amazon, send in the amount on the notice, or contact David (david.smith@bvsd.org).

As each class gets all of their books turned in they will be invited to choose a free book to keep to kick off summer reading.

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BVSD School Age Care – SAC has been very popular at Pioneer this year, and there are waitlists for all days of the week. To add your child(ren) to the waitlist, please email bvsd.childcare@bvsd.org.

Registration for November and December Adventure Camps are open. Pioneer staff will join other SAC staff at Ryan Elementary for Adventure Camps. To learn more, look here.