NO SCHOOL Wed., May 9 - Garden Grove Unified School District

Cougar News
May 2012
Welcome to Clinton,
where every Cougar
PRRRS with Pride!
2011-12: The Year of the Cougar
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Now that we’re all well-rested from Spring Break, the time
of year we’ve been waiting for is finally here. It’s time for
our students to shine! The California Standards Tests will be
administered in May. See below for our testing schedule.
We know our students have been well prepared to do well
on the CST, and we have every
confidence that this is the year
Clinton earns an API score of
800 or higher! THIS IS THE
YEAR OF THE COUGAR!
Cst testing
Is here
GRADES 2-6
Mon. 5/7 - Thurs. 5/17
The California Standards Test
(CST) is administered to all children
in the state of California
each May. Your child’s daily
attendance is very important!
Please make sure your children
are here every day during
testing, and please schedule all
appointments for after-school.
Testing will begin at 8:15
every morning for students in
grades 2-6. To make sure our
students do their best on the
test, there will be no classroom
disruptions once testing has
begun. Students who arrive
late will have to wait in the
office until 10:00.
To make sure your children do
their best on the test, here are
some easy things you can do:
1. Make sure your child is at
school every day during
testing.
2. Put children to bed early.
3. Encourage children to do
their best, but don’t overstress
the test.
4. Make sure kids have a
healthy breakfast.
5. Help them to arrive at
school on time.
Good bye,
Ms. Brothers
Ms. Brothers knew she wanted to be a
teacher since she was in the 5th grade,
and made her dream a reality. She has
been part of Team Clinton as our RSP
teacher since September 2010, but she’s
been a teacher in Garden Grove since
1989! She also taught at Excelsior,
Zeyen, and Monroe Elementary Schools.
Monday, April 30th was her last day at
Clinton. We thank her for her 28 years
of service, and wish her every happiness!
OPEN HOUSE &
COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR
Thursday, may 24
5:00-6:30 - Pizza Dinner &
Community Resource Fair
6:30-7:30 - Open House - Classrooms Open
Mark your family’s calendar and plan to join us! Look
for more info & pizza dinner pre-order forms soon!
REMINDER
Students are not allowed to bring
any play equipment or toys to
school. So, unless your child has a
special request from the teacher,
please do not allow them to bring
sports equipment (not even soccer
balls) to school.
NO SCHOOL
May 28
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
PENNIES FOR PATIENTS
Thank you all for your
contributions to our
Pennies for Patients
campaign for the Leukemia
and Lymphoma
Society. We donated
more than $2600!.
Thanks for making a
difference in our community,
Cougars!
Wed., May 9 th
THE DAY
OF THE
TEACHER
CST Testing
Attendance Incentive
Help your kids cool off with ICE CREAM
for perfect attendance during CST testing
by making sure they are at school
every day and on time.
Important Dates:
May 1: FIELD TRIP to Cal State
Fullerton (6th Grade)
May 2: SPIRIT DAY: Sports Day
May 3: 3:00 Kid’s Club ASSEMBLY
(Valentine’s Traveling Nature Class)
May 4: Cinco de Mayo Luncheon
May 4: ICE CREAM RAFFLE
May 4: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
May 7-18: CST Testing
May 9: Turn in Cougar Cards for
100s Clubs
May 11: Cougar Cards 100s Clubs
announced at Flag Assembly
May 11: 100 CC Extended Recess
May 11: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
May 17: Pizza Party Raffle Winners
Announced (Lunch on 5/18)
May 18: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
May 23: SPIRIT DAY: College Day
May 24: Open House!
May 25: ASSEMBLY Doig Intermediate
Instrumental Concert (Gr. 4-6)
May 25: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
May 28: NO SCHOOL - Memorial
Day Holiday
June 1: Ice Cream Raffle
June 1: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
June 4: Emergency/Disaster Drill
June 5: Mendenhall used for voting
June 6: Last day to turn in Cougar
Cards
June 6: SPIRIT DAY: Career Day
June 8: Cougar Cards 100s Clubs
announced at Flag Assembly
June 8: 100 CC Extended Recess
June 8: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
June 11: Spring Concert Assemblies
June 11: 6:30 PM Spring Concert
June 12: 8:30 Pastries with the
Principals
June 12: Olympic Prelims (Gr. 4-6)
June 13: 200 CC Extended Electronics
Recess
June 14: BE SAFE Awards
June 14: Tri 3 Principal’s Awards
June 14: Pizza Party Raffle (lunch
on 6/15)
June 15: COUGAR SPIRIT DAY
June 15: Upper Grade Olympics
June 15: 300 CC Lunch with the
Principal
June 15: 400 CC Movie & Popcorn
June 18: Primary Olympics
June 18: Staff vs. Student Softball
Game
June 19: 6th Grade Promotion

SUPER COUGARS GO FOR THE GREEN!
On April 12th, Dr. Mitchell recognized the 381 Clinton Students in 1st through 6th
grades who met their Trimester 2 Goals. We continue to have more students than
ever before meeting their learning goals! It is the YEAR OF THE COUGAR!
First Grade
Yuritzi Aguilera+
Jasmine Alas+
Lesly Apolinar*+
Natalie Azenon*+
Jacob Buck*+
Anthony Cabanas+
Christian Calderon+
Demetrio Calderon*+
Brisa Camacho*+
Elena Cervantes*+
Cindy Chavez*
Ivan Cielo+
Noe Diaz*+
Steven Edwards*
Angel Estrada*
Luis Flores+
Clarissa Garcia*+
Daniel Garcia*+
Alysa Gatica+
Keisi Gomez*+
Alondra Gonzalez+
Ariel Gonzalez+
Heidi Gonzalez+
Jorge Gonzalez+
Mateo Gonzalez+
Alexandra Gutierrez*+
Vanessa Huerta*+
Samantha Ann Huls*+
Maximiliano Ibarra*+
Nathan Juarez*+
Monet Lace*+
Kathy Le*+
Nagely Leanos+
Gael Lemus*
Jose Lopez*+
Anthony Machuca*+
Emely Marmolejo+
Mark Martinez*
Sophia Martinez*+
Adamary Menera*+
Katelyn Montano*+
Tiffany Ngo*+
Michelle Nguyen*+
Stanley Nguyen*+
Estrella Padilla*+
Alexander Pedraza*
Andy Phan+
Anthony Phan*+
Johnny Quach*+
Daniel Ramirez+
Ivan Ramirez*+
Saul Ramirez*+
Carlos Razo+
Alejandro Reyes*+
Ashley Romero*
Karla Saavedra*+
Hunter Salas*
Hunter Salas*
Jasmyn San Nicolas*+
Julius Sanchez*+
Anthony Santana*+
Aylin Suarez*+
Tyler Tolson*+
Jocelyn Velis*+
Sofia Villanueva*+
Kevin Wong*+
Second Grade
Jessie Aguas*+
Mia Ahonen*+
Jennifer Alvarado+
Alondra Arguera*+
Melissa Barajas*+
Erianah Benjamin*+
Moises Camacho*
Naydelin Camacho+
Alexander Carreon*+
Jason Carrillo+
Nadine Castell*
Stacy Cervantes*+
Austen Chagoya+
Antonio Cielo*+
Liliana Cipriano*+
Jennipher Cordova*+
Ashlyn DeGuzman*+
Dariela DelToro*+
Nathan Diaz+
Michael Do*+
Nayeli Dominguez*+
Steven Dominguez+
Jesus Espinoza*+
Flor Farias*+
Angel Flores+
Naidelyn Fregoso*+
Jesus Garcia+
Lee Giron*+
Esteban Gonzalez+
Fernando Guerrero+
Brandon Gutierrez*+
Arianna Guzman*+
Kimberly Hang+
Jesus Hurtado+
Anna Huynh*+
Tracy La*+
Leilani Lace*+
Anh Lam*+
Mai Le*+
Daniel Lopez*+
Ivan Lopez+
Karime Lopez*+
Kendrah Lopez*+
Aaron Ly*+
Ramiro Maldonado+
Edgar Mariscal+
Brooke Martinez*+
Salvador Martinez+
Zaccheus Martinez*+
Maritza Mendoza+
Viviana Mendoza+
Gabriel Miller*+
Miguel Morales*+
Marytza Negrete*+
Jimmy Nguyen*+
Pedro Pena*+
Raymond Pham*+
Larry Phan+
Denny Quach*+
Melissa Ramirez+
Oscar Rangel*+
Emma Requejo*+
Valerie Robles+
Arath Rodriguez*+
Grecia Rodriguez*+
Alexis Romero*+
Yahaira Ruiz*+
Abigail Ruvalcaba*+
Luis Salazar+
Maya Salcedo*+
Alexis Salmeron+
Agustin Sanchez*+
Alyssa Sanchez+
Jacquelyn Su*
Alexandra Tapia+
Evelyn Tereza*
Elise Tran*+
Vincent Tran*+
Jordan Treadwell*
Karime Valadez*+
Nestor Vega*+
Jonathan Velazquez+
Jurithma Velazquez*+
Anette Wence*+
Leslie Zapien+
Edwin Zuniga*
Third Grade
Rosa Adame*+
Eric Angeles+
Dulce Bolanos*+
Jesus Camacho*+
Jasmine Carpio*+
Daniel Castro+
Mariah Cervantes*+
Abraham Curiel*+
Hugo Degante+
Luis Diaz*
Angelica Dominguez*+
Adam Duong*+
Samantha Estrada*+
Lorena De Flores*+
Nathaniel Flores*+
Saira Fuentes*+
Akane Garcia+
Hector Garcia*+
Andy Granados+
Serenity Guerra*+
Vicky Ha*+
Natalia Hernandez+
Victoria Hernandez*
William Hin*+
Tina Huynh*+
Leslie Jaime+
Emmanuel Jaimes*
Valery Jaimes*
Liliana Jimenez*+
Nancy La*+
Joseph Lariz*+
Samantha Lemus*+
Miguel Leyva*+
Kevin Lopez*+
Tiffany Lugo*
Amy Macias*+
Charly Mar*+
Alexis Mayoral*+
Frank Mendoza*+
Alison Nguyen+
Khoi Nguyen*+
Alejandra Nieto+
Christopher Perez*
Priscilla Perez*+
Jeslyn Pham*+
Hung Phan*+
Tessica Phan*+
Trish Thy Phan+
Madison Reynaud*+
Ivonne Sanchez*+
Christian Savedra*
Khoa Trinh+
Christopher Truong*+
Thanks to Mrs. Jackson & Mrs. Prado and all of our parents who went
on our family field trip to UCI on April 25th. We learned a lot about
college life - and we’re dreaming about our bright futures!
Briana Vargas+
Jonathan Velazquez*+
Jazmin Villasana*+
Danny Vo*+
Nathen Wilson+
Fourth Grade
Leslie Alonso+
Marissa Arvizu*+
Melissa Avila*+
Cesar Bailon*+
Abigail Baltazar*
Gabriela Barragan*+
D'Angelo Bond-
Zotea*+
Samuel Camacho*+
Armando Casillas*
Kate Charco*+
Armando Cielo+
Ruben Cielo*+
Amy Dang*+
Angeles Delarosa*+
Jonathan Diaz*+
Stephania Duran*+
Jacob Fabian*+
Julian Fernandez*+
Brian Flores*
Ivan Flores+
Nicholas Flores+
Emily Fuentes*
Siuaki Fukofuka*+
Denisse Gallegos*
Angel Garcia*
Angela Garcia*
Maritza Garcia*+
Brielle Gatica*+
Kevin Giron*+
Ivan Gonzalez*+
Paul Gray*+
Brenda Gutierrez*+
Lisbeth Hernandez*+
Jonathon Lopez*+
Ronne Lopez*+
Tanya Lopez*+
Amy Luu*
Leslie Maldonado+
Kaylee Mejia*+
Rocio Mondragon+
Jeannine Morales*
Ryan Negrete+
James Nguyen*+
Johnson Nguyen*
Julianne Nguyen+
Kelly Nguyen*+
Salma Nixon*+
Jose Pedroza*+
Anayeli Perez+
Mary Pham*+
Tommy Pham*+
Ashley Pina*
Alberto Ponce*+
Madison Requejo+
Alexis Rodriguez*+
Cristian Salinas*+
Angel Sandoval+
David Sandoval*
Kimberly Santos+
Ingrid Serafin*
Antony Tran*+
Melannie Valdez*+
Gustavo Velasco*+
David Vidrio+
Janai Villegas*+
Jacob Vivanco*+
Nancy Vo*+
Joshua Yepez Martinez*+
Fifth Grade
Joshua Acosta*+
Ulysses Aguilera+
Alison Aguirre*+
Omar Alvarez*
Priscilla Amaya*
Andy Arroyo*+
Michelle Arvizu+
Ashley Carlos*+
Emmanuel Castellanos+
Patrisia Chamu*+
Sierra Cituk*
Donovan Cobaxin+
Leslie Cruz+
Mariana Diaz+
Ariel Escamilla+
Sialeia Faauli*+
Adan Garcia*+
Andrew Garcia*
Chazz Garcia*
Karla Garcia*+
Isaac Gonzalez*
Pamela Gordillo*
Angie Hernandez+
Joana Hernandez*+
Christopher Hin*+
Brian Jimenez*+
Briana Jimenez*
Angelina Le*+
Tristie Le*+
Sabrina Luna*+
Jeremiah Madrigal*+
Dianna Magdaleno+
Alberto Martinez*+
Karen Medrano*+
Abel Mendoza*+
Ana Nava*+
Gerardo Navarro+
David Nguyen*+
Leyna Nguyen*+
Nina Nguyen*
Brayan Nunez+
Natalie Ocampo*+
Arlene Oliva+
Alejandro Paredes*+
Briceida Perez*+
Kevin Pham+
Tiffany Phan*+
Oscar Ramirez*
Salvador Rangel*+
Angel Rodriguez*+
Elizabeth Rodriguez*+
Christopher
Santana*+
Amaya Saucedo*
Jose Vega*
Stephanie Vega*
Emily Venegas+
Derrick
Vilaiphanh*+
Kobe Zavala*
Sixth Grade
David Alarcon*
Andrea Alcala*+
Cynthia Antuche+
Pablo Barragan*+
Esmeralda Barrera+
Caitlyn Beltran*+
Rosaura Beltran*+
Dereno Bond-
Zotea*
Sonia Campos*+
Desiree Castell*+
Aracely Contreras*
Brisa Espinoza+
Nicole Flaharty*+
David Galvez*
Adrian Garcia*+
Jesus Garcia+
Hugo Gonzalez*
Viviana Gonzalez*
Guadalupe Hernandez+
Naomi Ibarra*
Anh Lam*+
Betsy Lobos*+
Antonio Lucas+
Congratulations to
Rooms 103, 6, and 1!
They earned a special treat
for their outstanding
lunchtime behavior!
A Clinton
Kindergarteners
Carlos Bailon
Lupita Hernandez
Dona Ibarra-Cruz
Isaac Zamora
1st Graders
Max Ibarra
Lorely Gaytan
Saul Ramirez
Natalie Azenon
Serafin Villalobos
Jason Venegas
Daniel Ramirez
Aylin Suarez
2nd Graders
Arianna Guzman
Shirley Ruiz
Evelyn Tereza
Liliana Cipriano
Tracy La
Ivan Lopez
Grecia Rodriguez
Joseph Simbana
Jason Carillo
Jennifer Alvarado
Cougar
PRRRS
Pride!
With
In April, we were on the prowl
for Cougars displaying RE-
SPONSIBILITY. Congratulations
to each of these students
who were specially selected
by their teachers:
3rd Graders
Amy Macias
William Hin
Danny Vo
Samantha Estrada
Daniel Castro
Lesly Vilchis
4th Graders
Kimberly Santos
Belen Diaz
Lisbeth Hernandez
Jose Enriquez
Brenda Gutierrez
Ronne Lopez
5th Graders
Ashley Carlos
David Duran
Arlene Oliva
Derrick Vilaiphanh
Karla Hernandez
6th Graders
Katia Navarette
Natalie Nguyen
Abraham Negrete
Brisa Espinoza
Joanna Luna
In May, we will be prowling for
RESOURCEFULNESS. Awards
will be announced on Thursday,
June 14th at our Tri 3
Awards Assembly. Go Cougars!!
Angelica Macias*+
Ingrid Maldonado*+
Kimberly Millan*+
Angel Morel*+
Abraham Negrete*+
Natalie Nguyen*+
Briana Ortiz*
Lucille Perez*+
Nicholas Perez*
Cindy Pham*+
Minh Pham*+
William Pham+
Luis Prieto+
Isaac Reyes*+
Sheyla Romero*
Alonzo Rosales+
Miguel Sanchez+
Leslie Serafin*+
Jennifer Sosa*
Carlos Villegas+
Sandra Zavala*+
Marilyn Zizumbo*+
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