May 3, 2017 6532 Turnstone Way, Rocklin CA 95765 Laura Regan, Principal

May 1-5: Staff Appreciation Week . May 3: PSP Meeting 6:30- 7:30pm in room 8. Childcare in room 7. May 11: Minimum Day. 11:40 Dismissal. May 11: Core Knowledge Open House 6:30-8:00pm. May 11: 1st grade field trip to B Street Theater. May 15: Minimum Day. 11:40 Dismissal. May 17: Dance Showcase. 6-8:00pm. Multipurpose room. May 19: 4th grade field trip to Mother Lode River Center. May 23: 2nd grade field trip to Wood Creek Nature Center. May 25: Kinder field trip to Sacramento Children’s Museum. May 25: 1st grade field trip to Roller King. May 25: Family Skate Night. Roller King.

Thank you to our amazing Co-Chairs:

Cindy Simmons and Sabrina Caldwell and their fabulous committee for making Staff

Appreciation week so special!

Teacher Appreciation Doors:

Exceptional Eagles Assembly

Principal for the Day:

Mrs. Boekestein and Mrs. Singleton’s class enjoyed listening to a book read to them by WSCA student, Miss Abby, Principal for the day!

Core Knowledge/ Open House:

Core Knowledge / Open House Night at Rocklin Academy Turnstone Date: Thursday, May 11th Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Class Placement – Student Information Survey As the end of the school year approaches, many students and parents start looking to the next school year. Teachers start planning for the next year, as well. After a year of teaching their students, teachers end up with lots of important knowledge about each child in their care that year, including academic strengths, challenges, and social dynamics. In addition, teachers know their colleagues well, and are able to match students with teachers in a way that best fits the needs of each student and the class. Much care is put into the placement of students into classes for the next grade level, by individual teachers, grade level teams, and administration. Teachers gather information about their new students at the beginning of the school year. However, if you would like to provide further information about your student to inform the process, please stop by the office to complete a Student Information Survey by Friday May 5th. While we appreciate parent feedback about their child(ren), we do not accept requests for specific teachers.

No Travel Independent Study Offered in May Per the Rocklin Academy Parent & Student Handbook, independent study for travel or other unexcused reasons will not be offered during the last month of the school term and the absences with be unexcused. Students with three or more unexcused absences in one school year will be classified as truant per California Ed Code. For more details please reference the Attendance, Chronic Absence and Truancy Policy section of the Parent & Student Handbook.

Western Sierra:

Western Serra is hosting a night for all NEW Western Sierra families, and we invite you attend on Monday, May 22nd from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Western Sierra Gym. This informational meeting on 5/22 will allow Turnstone families to attend Turnstone’s Dance Showcase on 5/17 and WSCA’s information night on 5/22. Turnstone families are also welcome to attend the WSCA informational meeting on 5/17 if they choose.

You are encouraged to bring your student, but their attendance is not mandatory. We will be covering the topics below followed by a Q&A session.

1. How to effectively partner with staff, teachers and parents to enhance the educational experience for your student at Western Sierra; 2. PowerSchool; 3. Technology integration (roll-out of Chromebooks); and 4. Student orientation days in August

We look forward to seeing you!

Chelsea Bowler-Shelton Principal Western Sierra

PSP Thank you! A huge thank you to Iva Calhoun and all the amazing volunteers for all their hard work for the Daddy Daughter Dance!

Dress Code Reminder: As the weather gets warmer, please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for school. If a student’s outfit does not meet the dress code, the office will call home

for a change of clothes. Thank you for helping your child dress for school according to the policy. The dress code policy can be found in the Parent/Student Handbook.

By, Keri Reno Our weather has finally started to warm up with temperatures soaring, this week, into the 90’s. While many of us enjoy basking in the heat your student’s iPad battery does not. According to Apple, “It’s especially important to avoid exposing your device to ambient temperatures higher than 95° F (35° C), which can permanently damage battery capacity.” Next time you need to make a stop, on the way home from picking your student up, perhaps take the iPad with you instead of leaving it in the hot car.

Clothing Donations Needed:

We are looking for boy and girls pants, shorts and underwear in sizes 5-10. We would appreciate any donations so that we are able to provide a change of clothes to students if they require one. Thank you!

Reporting an Absence: If your student will be absent or will be arriving late to school, please notify the school in one of the following ways by 8:30 AM:

Via the FREE App: Search “Rocklin Academy Turnstone” in App Store or Google Play Download the app > click More > Report Absence.

Via Email: TSattendance@rocklinacademy.org Via the Attendance Line: 916-632-6580, option 1

Thank you!

Staff Appreciation Week: Disney!

Alice in Wonderland Bring your teacher and staff K-cups for their Kuerig!

Snow White Bring your teacher and staff a piece of fruit to make

a fruit basket!

Lady and the Tramp Bring your teacher and staff a flower to make a

beautiful bouquet!

Frozen Bring your teacher and staff a thank you note or card thanking them for everything that they do!

Star Wars Bring your teacher and staff a sweet treat!

Also sign up to bring food for each of our

Disney days at: http://signup.com/go/JD7oDN

May 1st through 5th

Rocklin Academy Turnstone • 6532 Turnstone Way • Rocklin, CA 95765 • (916) 632-6580

Save the date!

Dance showcaseMay 17th

Want the best seats in the house?We are looking for 7 volunteers for each show.

First Show: Decker, Johns, Pike, Boekestein/Singleton, Klein, Leatherman, Peters Second Show: Sotka, Payne, Yousef, Ferguson, Smith, Capulong, Main

Each Volunteer will receive three tickets (located in the center in the first three rows) to the show of their choice.

Spots are limited, volunteer quickly to reserve your seats!

http://signup.com/go/UmRCzKB

Please Support our Dance Showcase Sponsors!

Allana Jones •Dede Aguirre

www.jsasphalt.net

Stay Tuned!Rehearsals are underway for the annual Turnstone dance showcase. The performance takes place Wednesday May 17, 2017.

Tickets are free and available online starting

Wednesday May 10th!

The Showcase is funded by the Annual Giving Campaign.

A ticket is required for each person attending (including school aged children.) Infants and toddlers who sit in laps do not need a ticket. Due to space limitations, tickets are limited to three (3) per family per show.

Cindy and Jerry Simmons

Save the Date!

Family Skate Night 5/25/2017

Rollerking in Roseville

More details to follow, be on lookout for Evite.

Talent Show Try-Outs! Tryouts: Wednesday, May 10th, Room 11

Attention all 4th, 5th and 6th grade students! It’s that time of year again…

“Rocklin Academy’s Got Talent” is back!

If you would like to try out you must meet the following criteria: 1. We are encouraging a variety of acts for our show including comedy, dance, magic, musical

instruments and songs. There will be NO KARAOKE allowed, you can sing to background music with NO lyrics.

2. All acts will be limited to 2 minutes…due to time constraints; we cannot allow students to go

longer! You must provide a CD of your music that is cut to meet the time requirements…we do not have time to do editing. Prepared music must be provided at try-outs, it will be collected this day!!

3. Students must be able to attend all dates (NO EXCEPTIONS): • Try-outs: Wednesday, May 10 @ 3:15-4:45 (Parents must attend!) in Room 11 (wait in

courtyard) • Dress Rehearsal: Thursday, June 1st @ 3:15-4:30 in the gym. (Parents must attend!) • Talent Show: Tuesday, June 6th @ 2:00 – 3:10 pm in the gym. (Performers arrive @ 1:30) Students must come to our first meeting on Wednesday, May 10th prepared to TRY-OUT! If you do

not come prepared, you will not be allowed in the show. Parents MUST attend…students will try out and then be dismissed to leave!

4. Parents must sign the permission slip below and return to student’s teacher by Friday, May

5th! Group acts must turn in slips as a packet (stapled together). We look forward to seeing you at Try-outs! Ms. Decker & Mrs. Sotka

Student’s Name: ______________________________________ Teacher: ______________________________

Others in act:______________________________________________________________________________________ Type of act: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Props/music you are using:____________________________________________________________________ Student’s signature: ____________________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Signature:______________________________________________________________________________

Frequently asked questions and answers: Can I be in more than one act? You may only choose to be in one act. The exception to this is 6th grade where they can have one act as well as take part in the grade level performance. If I would like to play the piano, will I have access to the piano at try-outs? A piano will not be available but we will have a keyboard for try-outs. We realize this is not ideal but we take that into consideration. The school piano will be available for dress rehearsal and the show. Can we bring in the music (CD) later? No, all music must be no longer than 2 minutes and cut on an individual CD. Please mark it clearly and have it ready to submit the same day as try-outs. Please take into consideration that when you are editing, please make sure all lyrics are appropriate. Do we need to turn in one form or more for group performances? Please turn in one form for each performer. These forms should be turned in together as a packet and stapled. All members of the group must be accounted for in the packet. Do I need to wear a costume for try-outs? You do not need costumes for try-outs. Please have them ready for dress rehearsal. Do I need to stay for the whole try-outs and dress rehearsal? Plan to be available for the whole try-outs and dress rehearsal.

Possible Talent Show Ideas

Play an instrument Sing a song (no karaoke)

Magic Show Demonstrate sport skills

Perform a stunt- ex. human pyramid Gymnastics routine

Cheerleading Juggling Act Comedian

Dance Performance Skit

Puppet Show Recite a self-written poem