A M E S S AG E F R O M T H E PRINCIPAL

Tierra Del Sol Council September 2014

C ARLTON O AKS S CHOOL

Ninth District PTA

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Carlton Oaks School

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Red Hawk Alerts!

Vol. 2

Carlton Oaks School 9353 Wethersfield Rd.

Santee, CA 92071 Office: 619-956-4500

Absence Line: 619-956-4599

Principal: Kristin Baranski Vice Principal: Tammy Marble PTA President:

Mireya Doud

PTA NEWSLETTER

SEE BACK PAGE

FOR CALENDAR

OF EVENTS!

Editor, Marci Dunn

Again this school year, I will be providing

you updates on our school and district’s transition to common core state standards and the 1:1 digital learning initiative through the PTA newsletter. These updates will also be placed on the school website under my principal message. This month, all our teachers, grades K – 8, are highlighting key digital literacy and citizenship lessons at each grade level. By the end of the month, every student at Oaks and throughout the District will have received five lessons on this topic. All grade levels have different lessons and they build on each other as the students get older. In Kindergarten, as an example, students learn about going online and the rules to remain safe while going online. In grade 1, this builds to how to choose websites that are appropriate for their age group. All lessons were developed by Common Sense Media. You can find all lessons at commonsenseme-dia.org under the education/digital citizen-ship. As students in grades 3 – 5 complete these lessons, important paperwork will be going home with students related to the 1:1 iPad program approved by the Santee School District Board of Education this summer. After our K – 6 Back to School Night, we’ll be holding a grade 3 – 5 parent meeting to help parents understand the iPad program, instructional expectations, and device security. Parents unable to attend an evening meeting will be able to watch a webcast with the same information shared. In order for students in each classroom to receive iPads, all the paperwork must be

completed and returned to the class-room teacher. We expect to have iPads in the hands of all students in grades 3 – 5 by the end of Trimester 1 (around Thanksgiv-ing time). All students in Ms Venolia’s 2/3 combination classroom and Ms Najar’s class will be receiving iPads as well. As mentioned in the August 2014 newsletter, our teachers will be provided many hours of professional development this trimester. Teachers will be attending grade level sessions at the District office on implementing common core math standards; Dream Box, the computer adaptive mathe-matics program for student school and home use; SchoolNet, the District’s new instructional manage-ment suite through our student information system; teachers in grades 3 – 5 will receive additional instruction on the digital learning expectations using the iPads. In addi-tion to this training, we have a group of teachers also involved in the District’s K – 5 math materials pilot. Any purchase of new materials this school year will be implemented in 2015-2016. Thank you all again for a wonderful start to another great year at Carlton Oaks School. We have many new families joining us this year and you have all been a very welcome addition to our school family.

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Arts Attack is a

program geared

toward keeping art

in the classrooms

and we are looking

for Art Docents

for the 2014-15

school year. Each

c l a s s , f r o m

Kindergarten to 8th grade, will need an Art Docent

to volunteer their time to teach the students art

once a month. The lessons, supplies and how to

teach each lesson are provided. I am excited to

announce that Arts Attack now has an art room on

campus where all the art will be done. In February, the Santee School Foundation will

have an Art Show and Auction to raise money to

support the Arts Attack program for our district.

Then in May, our school will put on “The Night of

the Arts”, which display’s a piece of art from each

student and class from work they have done

throughout the year. If you are interested in volunteering as an Art

Docent, please contact your student’s teacher or

DeAnna Tritthart at (619) 994-8820 or

dtritthart@cox.net. We would love to have

parents, grandparents, family or friends. Thank

you and we look forward to a great year of Art!

A few years back, Student of the Month (SOM) was held in the outdoor amphitheater and will be returning there again this year. The day of the week has changed as well. SOM will now be on the last Friday of the month.

Times are as follows: Jr. High 7th-8th at 8:45am, K-3rd at 9:15am, and 4th - 6th at 9:45am. On the months that Honor Roll is also celebrated, Jr. High will start at 8:35am. Our SOM AND Honor Roll assembly to honor our students from the end of last year, will be held this month on Friday, Sept. 26. If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

SOCAL PAINT WORKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

CAR SHOW SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 2014

CAR REGISTRATION BEGINS 8:00 AM

CAR SHOW FROM 10:00-2:00 PM

SoCal Paint Works has generously agreed to donate the proceeds from their 10th annual car show to Carlton Oaks PTA. We are in need of volunteers to assist with registra-tion the morning of Sept 20th and people to help monitor the campus and crowd. This year, in lieu of having a Fall Carnival, Carlton Oaks PTA will be hosting the SoCal Auto Show. This is a chance to raise money for our school and offer fundraising opportunities to our Junior High and 6th grade campers while minimizing the impact upon our classrooms and teachers at the beginning of the school year.

Here’s what we have in store for you: Silent Auction: Disneyland & Legoland tickets, and a

host of other great prizes along with Principal For A Day,

Breakfast With A Teacher, 8th Grade Promotion Parking,

Parking Spot for the year. Park all year long in your very

own labeled parking spot!!

Family Fun: Photo Booth, Face Painting, Balloon Artist,

Caricatures, Snow-Cones, Popcorn

Free Raffle: Enter to win a NEW Bike Helmet

Food Trucks

School Bike Registration

Back to School Safety: Presented by the San Diego

County Sheriff’s Department

Questions, ideas, want to help? Please contact Maggie Perine at maggie.perine@gmail.com OR

Heather Bloomfield at hbloomsd@cox.net.

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In the packet distributed at the beginning of this

school year, there was an application for, and

information regarding, free/reduced price meals.

If you already completed and submitted the

application, please disregard this notice. If you

did not, did you know that completing the packet

creates no obligation for your child(ren) to

participate in the meal program? However, if you

do qualify, your child(ren) can receive a

delicious, high quality meal for breakfast and/or

lunch at little to no cost to you. All information you

provide in this application remains confidential in

accordance with the strict privacy policies of the

US Department of Agriculture. Additional packets

are available in the school office.

Show your School Spirit every Friday with NEW Carlton Oaks Redhawks Spirit Wear!

Many new and exciting options to choose from this year. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

ONE

Choose your favorite: STYLE, COLOR, SIZE, & DESIGN

TWO

Return envelope with payment to the office.

THREE The Sports Hut will then create your

personal, custom spirit wear. Expect delivery in approximately 3-4 weeks.

All orders must be placed by Sept. 26, 2014 so don’t delay! Extra forms are available in

the school office. Limited sizes are still available from previous years. These will be

available for purchase on K-6th Back to School Night. If you have any questions,

please contact Shelly Kowalsky at (619) 507-1732 or mkowalsky@cox.net.

E x p e r i e n c e t h e

awesome ride of educa-

tion with the Carlton Oaks

PTA. Every membership

makes a difference! COP-

TA cannot provide the pro-

grams, activities, and

teacher support without

the help of students,

p a re n t s an d ev en

extended family and

friends. Membership does

not require volunteering,

just a once a year due of

$5.00 per child and $8.00 per adult. Thank you to all

the families that have already joined! If you missed the form in your child’s back to school

folder, there are more available in the office. Please

fill it out and turn it in to your child’s teacher. Remember, even if you don’t want to join, return the

form with the parent and child’s names so that your

teacher can get a 100% forms returned to receive

book fair credits for their classroom. Any questions please contact COPTA Membership

Chair, Shelly Kowalsky (619) 507-1732 or

mkowalsky@cox.net. Thank you!

PLEASE NOTE: All incoming 7th graders,

our current 6th graders, need to

have the Tdap immunization before

school begins in August 2015.

Getting a jump start on this

requirement is always a good idea.

CARLTON OAKS SCHOOL & PTA CALENDAR

September 2014

PLEASE NOTE: Absences must be reported within 72 hours in order to be excused. Please call Carlton Oaks School absence line at (619) 956-4599 available 24 hours, 7 days per week.

SCHOOL SCHEDULE:

School Start Time ALL Grades K-8th : 8:30 am

School End Time K-3rd: 2:20 pm

School End Time 4th-8th: 2:46 pm

*SOM Student of the Month Assembly Schedule:

Jr. High 7-8th Grades 8:35/8:45am Kinder-3rd Grades 9:15

4th-6th Grades 9:45 **Honor Roll 7-8th begins at 8:35

Sept. 1, 2014 Labor Day

Nov.10, 2014 Professional Day No School

Nov. 11, 2014 Veteran’s Day Holiday

Nov. 24-28 , 2014 Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 8-12, 2014 Parent/Tchr conf; modified days 1:05

Dec. 22– Jan. 2 Winter Break

Jan. 16, 2015 Professional Day No School

Jan. 19, 2015 Martin Luther King Day

Feb. 9, 2015 Lincoln’s Birthday

Feb. 16, 2015 Washington’s Birthday

March 30-April 10 Spring Break

May 25, 2015 Memorial Day

June 17, 2015 Last Day of School

*Modified Day 1:05

SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 2014-2015 SCHOOL SCHEDULE CALENDAR

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

LABOR DAY

2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 JR High

Back to

School Nite

6-7:30 pm

16 17 18 19 Fall

Fundraiser

Kickoff

20 PTA

CAR SHOW

10-2 PM

21 22 K-6th

Back to

School Nite

6-7:30 pm

23 24 25 26

*SOM & **Honor Roll

27

28 29 30 *SOM: Student of the month assembly will be held in the outside amphitheatre instead of the Multi-Purpose Room. Hope to see you there!