What's Happening for the Week of May 4,
2008
Noteworthy Information for
May, 2008
May Birthstone: Emerald
May Flower: Lily
of the Valley
Noteworthy Dates for May,
2008
May 4:
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5:
Cinco de Mayo
May 6:
National Teacher’s Day
May 11:
Mother’s Day
May 14:
California’s Day of the Teacher
May 17:
Armed Forces Day
May 18-24:
Classified School Employee Week
May 19:
Victoria Day (Canada)
May 26:
Memorial Day, Observed
May 30:
Memorial Day, Traditional
District and School
Activities:
Congratulations to the
Employees of the Spring Term:
Classified
Confidential/Management:
·
Nancy Hopple, Special
Education
Classified Employees:
·
Kathy LeDoux, Food Services
9-12
·
Laurie Haugland, Williams
Middle School 6-8
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Alicia Jara, Villalovoz
Elementary K-5
Certificated Employees:
·
Sally Hutsell, Tracy High
School 9-12
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Nellie Baretta, Monte Vista
Middle School 6-8
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Sandra Perez, South/West Park
School K-5
Monday, May 5, 2008:
Early Release Monday for all
school sites.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
9-12 TTIP 4A.
Grades 9-12, Group A. A
focused look at Student Motivation;
Reviewing Classroom Management; Reflection
and Goal Setting. Training will be held at
the DT&TC Building B, Staff Development
Training Room from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Staff
Development Director, Janice Bussey at
830-3232, extension 1551.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
Special
Board Meeting
of the Tracy Unified School District Board
of Education at 7:00 p.m. at Freiler
Elementary School in the Multipurpose Room
located at 2421 W. Lowell Ave. This Special
Board Meeting will review and adopt Budget
Reductions that will impact Tracy Unified
School District. For more information,
contact the Superintendent’s Office at
830-3201.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008:
9-12 TTIP 4B.
Grades 9-12, Group B. A
focused look at Student Motivation;
Reviewing Classroom Management; Reflection
and Goal Setting. Training will be held at
the DT&TC Building B, Staff Development
Training Room from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Staff
Development Director, Janice Bussey at
830-3232, extension 1551.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
BTSA Leadership Meeting.
Program stakeholders, including
representatives from District’s Human
Resources, Tracy Teacher Induction Program,
Support Providers, Administrators, and Tracy
Educators Association will look at the
Closure Conference as part of the clear
Credentialing process in TUSD. Training will
be held at the DT&TC Building B, Staff
Development Training Room from 3:30 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. For more information, please
contact BTSA Coordinator, Tricia Hand at
830-3232, extension 1552.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
District English Language
Learners Advisory Committee meeting will be
at 6:00 p.m. at the District Education
Center, in the General Conference Room,
located at 1875 W. Lowell Ave. Agenda will
include revision and vote for approval of
the District Master Plan of Services for
English Language Learners document. For
more information, please contact ELD
Coordinator, Mercy Silveira at 803-3200,
extension 1504.
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Tracy High teacher Michael
Wrenn
is organizing a travel study trip to Europe
in June 2009. This 15-day trip to Spain,
Southern France and Italy is open to any
Tracy area students in Grades 9-12. For more
information, call Mr. Wrenn at (209)
830-3360, extension 2163. Email:
mwrenn@tusd.net.
Countdown to Kindergarten
Program:
During Countdown to
Kindergarten PARENTS will learn:
How to register a child for
kindergarten
About Tracy Unified schools
and programs
What kindergarten readiness
skills are
Helpful hints and ideas to
use in the next few months to help prepare
your child for kindergarten
During Countdown to
Kindergarten CHILDREN will:
Spend time in a kindergarten
classroom with a kindergarten teacher
Meet some future classmates
For more information on the
Countdown to Kindergarten Program, please
contact Brandi Harrold, School Readiness
Program Specialist at (209) 830-3275 ext.
1507, or (209) 836-5236.
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2008 Schedule
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Location |
Room |
Day |
Date |
Time |
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KES |
Multipurpose
Room |
Thursday |
May 15 |
7:00 p.m. –
8:30 p.m. |
|
MES |
Multipurpose
Room |
Wednesday |
May 21 |
3:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m. |
|
JES |
Multipurpose
Room |
Tuesday |
May 27 |
5:30 p.m. -
7:00 p.m. |
|
VES |
Multipurpose
Room |
Wednesday |
May 28 |
6:30 p.m. -
8:00 p.m. |
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Summer School Schedule for
2008
If you have questions, please
call the Summer School message line at
830-3200, extension 1052, please leave a
message and your call will be returned. This
line is checked regularly. The deadline for
applications was Friday, May 2nd
for all grade levels.
Dates/Schedule and Location:
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K-3
Dates: June 9th
– July 3rd, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m.
Location: Villalovoz
Elementary School
1550 Cypress Dr.
Principal:
Tammy Christensen
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4-8
Dates: June 9th
– July 3rd, 2008
Time: 8:15 a.m. to
1:15 p.m.
Location: Williams
Middle School
1600 Tennis Lane
Principal: Troy Brown
Assistant Principal:
Wende Thompson
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9-12
Regular Schedule
Dates: June 9th
– July 11th, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Location: West High
School
1775 W. Lowell Ave.
Principal: Rashmi
Ahuja
Assistant Principal:
Lula Abusalih |
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Summer School for 9th
Grade YRE PE Session
Dates: June 26 - July
18, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Location: West High
School, 1775 W. Lowell Ave
Principal: Rashmi
Ahuja, Assistant Principal: Lula
Abusalih |
Summer School Institute for
GATE Students
Summer School Dates are
Monday, June 9 through Friday, June 20, 2008,
beginning at 8:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. at
South/West Park School. The Camp invention
program is a two week summer day program
that fosters creativity, teamwork and
science literary through hands on fun for
students entering grades second through
sixth grade. For more information, please
contact GATE Coordinator, Linda Pepperman at
830-3200, extension 1450.
Schools:
Bohn Elementary School:
Monday, May 5 through Friday,
May 9, 2008:
“Teacher and Classified
Appreciation Week”
Monday: Bring
a single flower for your classroom teacher
Tuesday:
Something sweet would be a treat
Wednesday: A
drawing, note, or card will be nice
Thursday: A
piece of fruit is a healthy idea
Friday: A
small token, gift i.e., a pencil, pen, tape,
dry erase marker
or
any other item your teacher uses often
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
Great Valley Museum
presentation for Kindergarten students
beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008:
Students in fifth-grade will
visit the San Francisco Exploratorium. They
will leave school at 8:45 a.m. and should
return to school by 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
Students in Mrs. Stutz’s
third-grade class will visit Lammersville
School. They will leave school at 8:30 a.m.
and will return by 1:00 p.m.
Friday, May 9, 2008:
ELAC will be presenting “Dia
de los Madres” (Day of the Mother)
Celebration from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The
celebration will include game booths,
pińatas for the kids, entertainment and
several raffles for 2 baskets that value up
to $250.00 each. Tickets for food and games
can be pre-ordered or bought in the school
office for $1.00 each. For more
information, please call the school office
at 830-3300.
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Pioneer Simulation for
students in third-grade. Students may
attend an after-school sewing class to
help make a part of their costume. The
boys will be making vests and the girls
will make an apron or a bonnet. For
more information please contact Teacher,
Yolanda Serna at 830-3300.
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Bohn School has launched
a major Fundraising project to raise
money for two new play structures for
our playground. Students are designing
tiles and so far the school has raised
$1,500.00. Bohn’s goal is to raise
$15,000.00 for the kindergarten
structure and close to $50,000.00 for
the upper grade structure. For more
information, please call Teacher Lisa
Mullen at 830-3300.
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Central Elementary School:
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Yearbooks on sale now -
Order your yearbook now - on sale for
$18.00. Make checks payable to Central
PTA.
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General Mills box tops.
This year’s goal is $1000.00.
Central School is at $715.30, please
keep turning in your box tops. Our last
collection for the box tops will be in
May.
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Campbell Soup labels.
This year’s goal is to earn enough
points to purchase a PA system for the
school which is greatly needed. To date
we have collected 10,000 points towards
our goal, we need 3,000 more points,
please turn in your labels, help us
reach our goal.
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Help us recycle – This is
a yearlong project, please help to
promote a cleaner environment: empty ink
cartridges and old cell phones.
Delta Island School:
Friday, May 9, 2008:
“Mother’s Day Tea.” Students
will present their mother or guardian with
gifts and songs along with punch and cookies
at 1:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria.
Freiler School:
Freiler STARS - NOR CAL
Competition Results. This event took place
on Saturday, April 26th in
Merced, CA. These students were coached by
Maralee Thorburn, green track Science
Teacher. Congratulations students and Ms.
Thorburn!
|
Student’s Name |
Place Earned |
Topic |
|
Christine Capili &
Chelsea Fowler |
5th place |
Bio Process Lab |
|
Chelsea Fowler & DJ
Villasenor |
3rd place |
Write it, Do it |
|
Arashpreet Gill &
Brett Fowler |
4th place |
Food Chemistry |
|
Clayton Garcia &
Upinderpreet Gill |
5th place |
Meteorology |
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Pallavi Battar &
Cameron Schnupp |
5th place |
Trajectory |
|
Arashpreet Gill &
Marion Kenton |
4th place |
Oceanography |
|
Mariah Kenton &
Arashpreet Gill |
4th place |
Reach for the Stars
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Friday, May 9, 2008:
Progress Report for students
on yellow and blue tracks will be hand
carried home.
Chess Tournament in the
Multipurpose Room from 5:00 p.m. to 9:15
p.m.
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Students in fifth and
sixth-grade will be selling chocolate candy
to support the Science Camp Program.
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Empty toner cartridges
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Box Tops for education
Kelly School:
Tuesday, May 6 through
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
STAR testing for students on
yellow and blue tracks.
Friday, May 9, 2008:
Progress Reports will be hand
carried home for students on yellow and blue
tracks.
McKinley School:
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
Fourth and fifth-grade
students will perform a musical for students
in kindergarten, first, fourth and
fifth-grades in the Multipurpose Room at
8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008:
Honor Roll/Principal’s Honor
Roll Fieldtrip. Students who have
maintained Honor Roll and Principal Honor
Roll all year are invited to attend a
special fieldtrip at the end of the year to
a Stockton Ports baseball game.
McKinley Parent Teacher
Connection meeting at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
Fourth and fifth grade
students will perform a musical for students
in second, third, fourth and fifth-grades in
the Multipurpose Room at 8:45 a.m.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Flag presentation to all
fifth-grade students at 11:00 a.m.
McKinley celebrates Earth Day
with our “Go Green Campaign”!
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Read aloud!
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Try to go the whole day
without using paper!
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McKinley’s pledge:
students will have the opportunity to
sign the banner on their way into the
Multipurpose Room for lunch, pledging to
do their part to help the environment.
North School:
Monday, May 5, 2008:
“Texas Roadhouse Drive-Thru
Dinner” North School Fundraiser. Dinner
will be delivered between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00
p.m.; you must have pre-ordered your
dinner. This fundraiser will help North
School with school activities. Thank you
for your support!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
Peace Sign Assemblies for
students in grades third through sixth.
Continues through Wednesday,
May 7, 2008:
Student Recognition –
students with Perfect Attendance or who were
on the Honor Roll for two trimesters are
going to the Stockton Ports baseball game.
For more information, please call the
school office at 830-3350.
Students on yellow track will
be collecting Canned Food to donate to Tracy
Interfaith Ministries.
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Students in Ms. Hobson’s
Yearbook class will be working on the
2007/2008 Yearbook.
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Students in Mr. Medina’s
Lion TV Class will be working on “Lions
News” a bi-weekly television show.
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Box tops for Spirit Club.
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Recycle paper; please
take to Ms. Smolensky’s Science room.
Poet-Christian School:
Results for Whiz Kids:
|
Student’s Name |
Place Earned |
Topic |
|
Marlon Bowen |
1st place |
Speech |
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Katie Buckingham |
3rd place |
Speech |
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Hector Landin |
1st place |
Writing |
|
Lauren Martinho |
1st place |
Spelling |
|
Lauren Martinho |
2nd place |
Writing |
|
Jabril Muhammad
|
3rd place |
Spelling |
Congratulations to all
students. These students were coached by
Mr. Sheehan and Mrs. Irwin!
Monday, May 5 through Friday,
May 9, 2008:
“Teacher Appreciation Week”
sponsored by PTSA.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
PC Buck Lunch with Principal,
Mr. Maslyar
Student of the Month
Assemblies.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
Open House from 7:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. All parents are encouraged to
attend.
Friday, May 9, 2008:
Lunch with Principal, Mr.
Maslyar.
PC Buck Redemption Day.
South/West Park Elementary:
Monday, May 5, 2008:
Students in fifth-grade from
Mrs. Flores’ class will be visiting Astoira
Gardens as part of Community Service
Project. Students will leave school at
10:15 a.m. and should return by 11:15 a.m.
Students in Mrs. Flores’s
class will also be working on Mother’s Day
and Cinco de Mayo projects. For more
information, please contact Teacher, Bea
Flores at 830-3328.
Monday, May 5, through
Friday, May 16, 2008:
Students in fifth-grade GATE
class will be creating their own businesses
through the business simulation called
BizWorld. The students will be writing their
own business profiles, have specific job
titles, working with sales projections,
marketing, and writing up requests for loans
from our guest Venture Capitalist. This is
a two week simulation that takes our
students through math, writing, management,
team work, creativity, and sales. For more
information, please contact Teacher, Ann
Jayne at 830-3328.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
Washington Mutual Savings
Program. Between 8:00 a.m. and 8:45 a.m.,
students may bring their money to deposit to
their savings account. Or open an account
for the first time. This is held in the
West Park Library.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008:
Incoming GATE students “Open
House” from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the
West Park Library.
“Open House” from 6:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m. West Park and South School
first through fifth grade students will
participate in the first ever “Inside Out
Musical Performance.” This performance will
be at the playground at 6:00 p.m.
Student Author Fair will be
in both Libraries.
Classroom Visitations will be
between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2008:
Fifth-grade students in GATE
will perform the musical play “13 Colonies”
for parents and other classes. The “13
Colonies” play is a fun, lighthearted look
at about 60 years of American History during
the time our colonists were forming our
nation. Performances will be held at 9:00
a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and again at
2:10 p.m. For more information, please
contact Teacher, Ann Jayne at 830-3328.
Friday, May 9, 2008:
Spirit Day! Wear your school
spirit or school colors.
Students in pre-school and
kindergarten will be performing their Annual
“Spring Festival Extravaganza.” They will
perform at 8:45 a.m. and at 9:45 a.m.
Fifth grade students in GATE
will perform the musical play “13 Colonies”
for parents and other classes. The “13
Colonies” play is a fun, lighthearted look
at about 60 years of American History during
the time our colonists were forming our
nation. Performances will be held at 9:00
a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and again at
2:10 p.m. For more information, please
contact Teacher, Ann Jayne at 830-3328.
Penny Collection for
Afghanistan:
Inspired by the book Three
Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David
Oliver Relin. Pennies for Peace educates
American children about the world beyond
their experience. One penny at a time, they
can make a positive impact on a global
scale. The pennies will be counted and
rolled and put into check form and mailed to
the organization. The money will go towards
supplies and the building of schools in
remote places in Afghanistan. For more
information, please contact Teacher, Dee
Lynch at 830-3328.
Books of Hope
is a service-learning program where U.S.
schools sponsor a school abroad and create
books to help meet the students' educational
needs. South/West Park Elementary Student
Council grades three through five has
decided to take on another exciting
challenge. Classes will begin putting books
together in late March. They are
voluntarily making books for students
learning English in Uganda. For more
information, please contact Teacher, Julie
Escobedo at 830-3328.
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