Wildcat Weekly 1/22-26
Proud Principal of Pomerado Elementary School
Hi Wildcats!
We have such a fun week ahead at Pomerado! We will be participating in the Great Kindness Challenge with kindness activities planned each day. We are also excited for Pomerado's first Career Day event which will provide an opportunity for students to learn about many different careers in our community.
Career Day on January 24, helicopter landing at school as part of the event
Our amazing PAWs team has organized Pomerado’s first Career Day which will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
As part of this event, we have partnered with the Rady Children’s Hospital Medical Transport team to land a medical helicopter on the field at school. Students will have the opportunity to safely see the helicopter up close and learn about medical careers from the Rady’s team. The Rady’s helicopter will land at school around 10:00 am and will take off from school around 11:30 am. We are grateful to Dr. Raveen Raviendran, one of our 5th grade Wildcat parents, for bringing this opportunity to our school.
We also have many Wildcat parents who have volunteered to talk about their cool careers with our students which include an architect, scientist, stormwater consultant, NBC news anchor, horse trainer, comic book artist, first responders, and more. Each class will have scheduled time in the MPR to explore many exciting careers as well as scheduled time on the field to safely see the Rady’s helicopter and learn about medical careers.
As this is a super exciting school event, there will be media on campus from PUSD, Rady’s, and local news stations. These media teams will video the event and capture the smiles of our students as they learn about careers in our community. Your child may or may not be in the footage filmed by the media during Career Day. Please email me at jgoldberg@powayusd.com if you prefer that your child not be included in the coverage of this school event.
We are so excited about this awesome Career Day event for our Wildcats! Thank you PAWs and all of our Wildcats parents who worked so hard to put on our first Career Day!
For safety reasons, Career Day is only for students. This event is not open to the public.
Great Kindness Challenge- Jan. 22-26
Across the country, school communities will be participating in the national Great Kindness Challenge this week. Our Student Council team has planned many kindness activities at Pomerado. To learn more about the Great Kindness Challenge, watch the 2024 GKC Kickoff Video.
Continuing Student Family Survey
It is hard to believe it but our district has already begun planning for the 2024-2025 school year! In an effort to help us provide the most accurate information about the number of students who will be returning next year, please complete THIS SURVEY no later than January 28, 2024. This will provide us with the number of returning students as well as those who will be leaving Pomerado Elementary and will ensure that your child(ren) is enrolled correctly in the 2024-2025 school year. Please submit one form per student.
Families do not need to complete the form for current 5th-grade students because they will be automatically enrolled in 6th-grade at their school of residence. This is NOT continuing student registration. Continuing student registration will take place March 1st-31st and is for ALL students enrolled in PUSD for the 2024-2025 school year. Visit PUSD Continuing Student Registration for more information.
2024-25 Student Enrollment 🏫
Here are some important dates to mark on your calendars for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year:
Transfer Requests - beginning on February 1st at 8 am, we will accept transfer requests for students who live in the Poway Unified boundaries and would like to attend a different Poway school. This includes incoming siblings of current students, as well as students who have not yet enrolled. Transfer requests can be made on the Poway Unified website by clicking THIS link. The transfer window closes on March 31st at 5 pm.
Continuing Student Registration - from March 1st - March 31st, all parents whose current students will continue in Poway Unified for the ‘24-’25 school year need to complete online continuing registration. Look for more information coming soon.
New Student Enrollment - beginning on April 1st at 8:00 am, new student enrollment opens on the Poway Unified website. We are excited to welcome our new students!
More details can be found on the Poway Unified website at www.powayusd.com.
PAWs (Parents And Wildcats) 🐾
Talent Show
We are looking for volunteers to help produce an in-person talent show at PMES! If you have any experience in production, theater, stage shows, talent shows, etc. we need your help and expertise. If we do not have the resources to put on an in-person production, we will plan to put together a video talent show. Please email SUZETTETMLAM@GMAIL.COM if you're interested.
New School Logo Shirts and Sweatshirts
We have new school logo shirts and sweatshirts for sale! Look for order forms coming home in your student's backpack.
Have a great week,
Your PAWs Team
January Menus
Save The Date 🗓️
Upcoming Events
- Monday-Friday, January 22-26- Great Kindness Challenge
- Wednesday, January 24th- Career Day
- Monday, January 29th- Professional Growth Day - NO SCHOOL