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Click here  February 25, 2024 IN THIS ISSUEPrincipal’s Message: Wrapping Up 2nd Trimester, Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, 5th Grade Author Visit, 4th Grade Missions Presentations, Field Trips, Community Service Drive, SCSD Intent to Return Form, Weekly Menu PTA: Stampede & Soar Registration, Help with Day of Service for Earth Day, Measure H, Willy Wonka KIDS Tech Crew DEIB: Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Plus SCEF, District, and Community news IMPORTANT DATESWed 2/28: Arroyo-Central Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, meet 8:10 a.m. at Brittan and CedarThu 2/29: Mix It Up at Lunch DayFri 3/1: 5th Grade Author Visit (order by 2/26)Tue 3/5: Primary Election DayFri 3/8: End of 2nd trimesterWed 3/20: PTA meeting in library, 8:45 a.m.Tue-Thu 3/26-3/28: ROPES presentationsTue 4/2: Arroyo Band and Orchestra ConcertWed 4/3: 4th Grade Instrument Selection NightMon-Fri 3/8-3/12: Spring Break, no schoolSun 4/21: Stampede & SoarPrincipal’s MessageDear Arroyo families, I hope you had a wonderful week off and enjoyed some extra family time. The period between our February break and Spring Break is fairly short but will be very busy as we wrap up the second trimester and head into the third. Classes will be completing benchmark assessments in reading, writing, and math, as well as finishing other classroom lessons and projects. Please make every effort to ensure that your child is not missing school during this time unless they are sick. March 8 is the last day of the second trimester. We expect report cards to be sent home around March 20. 4th Graders will rotate to their 3rd round of the Exploratory Wheel on March 11.  We have some exciting events happening this week! Join us Wednesday morning for our Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. We’ll meet at the Burton Park baseball bleachers on the corner of Brittan and Cedar at 8:10 a.m. and will begin walking to Arroyo by 8:20. Students will have the opportunity to make signs on Monday and Tuesday to carry with them and are encouraged to bring them on the walk. Ruby Bridges bracelets, buttons, and stickers will be handed out. First come, first served. Parents are encouraged to join us! See below for more details.  On Thursday, Arroyo will have a special Mix It Up at Lunch Day, planned by some of our Eagle Council student leaders. Mix It Up at Lunch Day is an international campaign that encourages students to identify, question, and cross social boundaries. Instead of eating lunch with their usual friend groups on Thursday, students will be assigned a group based on their birthday. Each group will have a leader from Eagle Council and a list of questions to help start conversations as a means of helping students form new connections.  On Friday, 4th and 5th Graders will enjoy special guest presenters. Our 5th Graders will hear from fantasy author Misa Sugiura. It’s not too late to order signed copies of Sugiura’s books (last day is tomorrow, Feb. 26). 4th Graders will rotate through a presentation that brings California Missions alive with a mixture of genuine artifacts, interactive storytelling, and edgy humor. The students will handle Spanish Colonial artifacts, and will learn about the Spanish settling of Alta California and why missions were built from 1769 to 1833. Through a combination of humorous play-acting and stories, they will learn about mission daily life and the lives of native inhabitants of Spanish California. 5th Graders will have a similar experience later this spring about the American Revolution. These presentations are made possible by your donations to SCEF. Please watch your email over the next few days for information about field trips for all Arroyo students toward the end of March. Our 4th Graders will be visiting the Cantor Museum and Anderson Collection on the Stanford campus. 5th Graders will be visiting the Exploratorium. Both groups will travel by school bus and will need parent chaperones to help supervise students. Field trip permission slips are a part of the registration information you completed last spring, but all families will need to complete a Google form acknowledging the trip that will include chaperone sign-ups and lunch options. Those forms will be linked in the email coming soon. Eagle Council is hosting our final community service drive of the year with Samaritan House, and they have decided to make it a grade-level competition to see whether 4th or 5th Graders bring in more donations. We’ll be collecting breakfast items (cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix, coffee, tea, cocoa, creamer, etc). Donations can be dropped off in the blue bins in the office, and be sure to put them in the bin labeled with the right grade level. Donations will be accepted through Monday, March 11. We will also have a collection bin in the office for new or gently used shoes in support of a ROPES project from some Arroyo alumni. Finally, if you haven’t done so, please complete the annual Intent to Return form regarding your child’s enrollment for the next school year that was sent to all families on Feb. 12. Your timely completion of this form will assist SCSD in having the most accurate numbers for returning students for next year, which is directly tied to the SCSD budget and will allow District staff to plan more effectively. Please fill out one form for each child by March 1, 2024. If your plans change at any time and you are not planning to return next year, please notify your school office as soon as possible. Thank you for your assistance with this important process. Warmly, Breakfast and Lunch This WeekPlease take time to review the menu for next week with your child. If they do not see a breakfast and/or lunch option that they will eat, then please plan to help them pack their own lunch from home (or a hearty snack on Wednesday), and please send your child with a snack for morning recess regardless.   PTA News Register for Stampede & Soar!It’s time to register your student to join the Arroyo Eagles and Central Mustangs as they Stampede & Soar through the City of Good Living! This year’s Stampede & Soar Color Run is on Sunday, April 21, 9-11 a.m. Register your student no later than March 26. Registration includes your student’s T-shirt, which will get doused in color by their favorite teachers throughout the run! Afterward there will be games, music, and treats on campus. The cost is $8 per student. Don’t miss out on the fun — register today!   Help with Day of Service for Earth DayIn honor of Earth Day (April 22) and San Carlos Day of Service (April 21), we’d like to clean up our school campus and make a few improvements immediately following Stampede & Soar on Sunday, April 21. We are looking for a volunteer from both Central and Arroyo to partner with the principals to organize the projects and day of volunteers. If you are interested, please email Trinity Murphy.  More Glow Party AppreciationA special thank you to Myri Gejman (of Fun and Confetti event planning and styling) and Gabriel Gejman for their help with the big balloon decorations and “GLOW” sign at the Glow Party. Their extra efforts with helped transform Mustang Hall into a glow-in-the-dark wonderland.  SCSD Classroom Repair MeasureMarch 5 is election day. The PTA encourages all San Carlos residents to learn about Measure H, which directly affects San Carlos School District schools. Read more online.  Tech Crew Spots OpenWilly Wonka KIDS — a San Carlos Children’s Theater musical for all 4th and 5th Graders in the school district — is coming, and we still have a few openings for Tech Crew. These participants will learn all technical aspects of running a theater production and will be a key part of the team making the musical happen! Dates: April 13-20. Ages 10 to 17. Learn more and register here! BECOME A MEMBER, VOLUNTEER, AND CONNECT!    San Carlos Education Foundation News Get Your SF Giants Tickets NowSpecial SCEF pricing: $10 per ticket! Use this special link (and promo code SCEF). Tickets are available only on the Giants ticket site.
Grab your tickets and cheer on the San Francisco Giants in beautiful Oracle Park. New manager, new players, new season!  More SCEF Events Coming Soon!
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