2011 MS Newsletter JAN. 2012 - Main Street Elementary School ...

2011 - 2012 SCHOOL YEAR JANUARY ISSUE
MAIN STREET
MESSENGER
3400 NORTH MAIN ST., SOQUEL, CA 95073 | 831-464-5650 | ATTENDANCE LINE 464-5650 EXT. 102
Principal’s Message
As I said, time does pass quickly. Once again,
welcome back; here are a few things that I’d like
you to know about:
Registration/Enrollment
Welcome to 2012! It never ceases to amaze me
how quickly time passes by! Remember this
though, ten years from now, today will be one of
“the good old days,” so make sure you try to enjoy
it. I hope that you and your family had time to relax
and recharge your batteries during the winter
break. I know that I came back to school energized,
and eager to see all our students and staff! We are
well under way now, and everybody is back into
the routine. Shortly, one of the rites of passage for
our fifth graders will begin: science camp! I have
been talking to many of our students about this,
and they are all excited to go and learn in the great
outdoors! This year I will experience this from a
parent’s perspective, as my 5 th grade daughter at
Soquel Elementary will be going at the same time
as our Main Street students. As well as learning
about science, this will be an opportunity for
students from both schools to get to know each
other. This will be helpful, because this time next
year many of these students will be in the same
classes at New Brighton Middle School!
There has been a change to the age requirement for
kindergarten students beginning school in August
2012. In order to be admitted for Kindergarten
in August 2012, students must be five years of
age on or before November 1, 2012.
If your child turns five between November 2
and December 2, 2012 your child may be
enrolled in a program called Transitional
Kindergarten (TK).
If you are interested in your child attending TK, you
should call Janet Lindenbaum (464 5639) at the
District Office, and ask to be placed on the interest
list for the TK program. You need to wait until
2/14/12 to call Ms. Lindenbaum.
The creation of a TK program will be decided when
there is clarification regarding the Governor
Brown’s budget proposal. There is a possibility
that the TK program may be suspended due to the
financial crisis at our state level. Continue on page 3
The Main Street Annual Auction Needs You!
The Auction is just around the corner (March 10). Please help by contributing donations of your time. Contact:
Sarah Johnson 831-­‐331-­‐9547 or sarahdjohnson77@gmail.
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Friends of Main Street News
From Laura Blackmun and Kris Holden, FOMS Co-Chairs
Happy 2012!
*Want the iPad 2 Buy some raffle tickets and help sell them to family and friends.
*Want an adult night out with your friends Attend Main Street's Auction.
There are several more ways we can all support our children's art, music, library, and classrooms...
- Donate your time, even 10 minutes can be a great help.
- Donate a service or help solicit donations from businesses for the Auction.
- Donate what you can, any amount makes a difference.
- Thank you!
We love seeing new faces at the FOMS meetings. We love hearing all of your suggestions, comments and ideas. Can't make the
evening meeting come to our morning meeting in February. Always the 2nd Thursday of each month. There are only 4 more
meetings left.
A reminder: For every hour you volunteer (classroom, at home, auction, FOMS meeting) make sure you fill out a raffle ticket
for your very own parking space for a month. Winning ticket is drawn at the end of each month. Tickets available in office.
Lastly, please remember our state or district doesn't provide us with our Art, Music & Library WE have to provide it. Thank
you!!!
Warmly,
Kris Holden and Laura Blackmun, co-chairpersons
MAIN STREET AUCTION
Would you like to be an auction sponsor
( ) Platinum Sponsor
$400 for an 8-1/2” x 5-1/2” advertisement in the auction brochure. Also a table center piece with your business logo at the
auction.
( ) Gold Sponsor
$300 for an 8-1/2” x 5-1/2” ad
( ) Silver Sponsor
$150 for a 4-1/2” x 2-3/4” ad
( ) Bronze Sponsor
$75 for a business card size ad
Please make checks payable to FOMS. Friends of Main Street Tax ID # 91-1928318
Please contact Lindsey Johnson at lcj_design@yahoo.com or 831.332.8545
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KEY
DATES
JANUARY
2011 - 2012
16 MLK HOLIDAY
FEBRUARY
9 FOMS MEETING
(morning meeting)
13 Lincoln’s Birthday
14 2012 – 2013
Registration Begins
16 Site Council
20 President’s Day
Principal’s Message
Registration for the 2012/13 school year will begin on 2/14/12. If you have a
kindergarten student (or any other grade student) who will be entering Main Street
School for the 2012-­‐2013 school year, the following items are required in order to
complete the registration process:
Proof of immunization
A certified birth certificate
Two original Proofs of residence
Proof of a Health Exam (required prior to 1st Grade and requested at Kindergarten
registration)
With regard to new students and families who may be curious about Main Street
School, parents are welcome to tour the school on Tuesday, February 21st, or
Tuesday, March 13 th , from 8:30 – 9:30 AM. These tours are for parents only, please
make childcare arrangements for your incoming student if you plan to sign up for
one of the tours. To sign up for a tour, please come to the office in advance, or call
464-­‐5650 to register.
MARCH
7, 8 Minimum Days
Conferences
19 & 26 Furlough Days
(no school)
APRIL
2 – 6 Spring Break
9 Furlough Day
(no school)
17 – May 16
STAR Testing Window
28 Memorial Day
SCRIP NEWS
Continued on page 4.
FOMS is looking for a new Scrip Coordinator for 2012/2013 school
year.
*Interested in being on the FOMS board
*Are you good with numbers and reports
*Are you able to give 3-10 hours per month
Want more information Please contact Desiree Carter at
831.345.6422.
Desiree - Main Street Scrip Coordinator
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Principal’s Message
Attendance
Thank you to all the families that are getting your students to class on time each day, and attending school
regularly. As well as helping your student’s achievement by having him/her here each day for instruction, it
greatly helps the financial well being of the district! If you need to be out of school for five days or more, make
arrangements with the school office, and your child’s teacher, for an independent study contract. When a student
has an independent study contract, the district is able to receive attendance revenue for the days covered by the
independent study. A goal for the district is to improve overall student attendance, and every day a student is
present contributes to that goal. With regard to this, it is also helpful if families use student vacation time to go on
vacation. Thank you, again, for your continued attention to this matter.
Computer Lab
The computer lab will be undergoing some changes in the coming weeks, expanding from the present 20-­‐
workstation setup to 32 workstations. Our superintendent, Henry Castaniada was successful in writing a grant,
and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education is providing the funds. We are excited about increasing the capacity
of the computer lab, and are looking at ways of increasing the hours that the lab is available for students. We are
already using it for after school reading intervention, and we’ll be looking at ways of opening it before school as
well.
Reading Intervention
Former Main Street teacher Linda Pearson has begun a reading intervention program here at school. Data from
reading assessments was used to identify which students would benefit from intervention, and K-­‐2 students are
receiving these services during the school day, while students in 3-­‐5 th grade are attending intervention after
school. If your child was identified for intervention you will have received a permission slip that needs to be
returned to the office.
Thank you for your support,
Craig Broadhurst
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Don’t forget to visit the Friends of
Main Street website and stay tuned
on upcoming events.
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