To help keep families more in the loop, I am switching to a weekly email with relevant announcements. Look for the email on Monday or Tuesday afternoon.
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Welcome back to a new year!
All kinder through 5th grade classrooms are asking for financial contributions to supplies in order to save money for families, add ease, and allow students to walk in the door ready for learning on the first day. This means that your child should not bring any supplies to school on the first day/in the first week other than a backpack and water bottle. I will share more information in the first few days of school for what I expect students to bring from home each day. I have copied the announcement from the SES website below, including the links to pay the sliding scale donation. Please select your child's grade level, as there is not a specific link for our blend. K-5 School Supply Lists August 8, 2019 Kindergarten-5th Grade Sunnyside Families, It's that time of year again! Instead of families supply shopping, we like to use a purchasing system that saves you time and money and helps maintain equity for all students. We ask families to make a $40.00-$50.00 contribution (depending on grade) to a supply budget. Your donation will buy your child all the classroom supplies they will need for the entire school year.Our hope is to reduce the cost to our families by buying in bulk and to reduce waste by allowing teachers to purchase only the supplies they need as the classroom needs them. The following list will direct you to a School Pay link where you can make your contribution. The contributions are available in a sliding scale option. Kindergarten Supply Contribution 1st/ 2nd Grade Supply Contribution 3rd Grade Supply Contribution 4th Grade Supply Contribution 5th Grade Supply Contribution For more information on School Pay please visit the PPS School Pay site.
Here are our newsletters from throughout the year as PDFs.
June 6th, 2019 May 2nd, 2019 April 12th, 2019 March 8th, 2019 December 13th, 2018 November 29th, 2018 November 6th, 2018 November 2nd, 2018 October 25th, 2018 October 11th, 2018 October 4th, 2018 September 27th, 2018 September 20th, 2018 Welcome to a new school year! Below you will find our school supply list for Fall 2018. Please have your student bring their supplies on the first or second day of school (August 27th/28th), so that they can help prepare our classroom community for learning together with their peers.
Hi Families,
I am copying Amy's important email about our new families of color affinity group below. To the SES Community, I hope the break was replenishing for our community--I’m very excited to see your children today! I wanted to take a moment to share an update about our Parents Talk Racial Equity (PTRE) group. For the remainder of this year, SES parents are invited to attend parent equity meetings at other schools, while here, at Sunnyside, we will be offering a monthly affinity space meeting for parents and staff of color (see details below). As many of you know, my most deeply held belief, personally and professionally, is that schools can change the world if we commit to love, community and anti-racist, revolutionary, education. This belief, literally, gets me out of bed in the morning, inspires me, pushes me, and will continue to be the driving force in my life as long as I’m on the planet. I am eternally grateful for the thought partners I’ve found at Sunnyside in regard to this work, many of them parents who have participated in our PTRE group over the last several years. A dedicated group of parent volunteers have led the PTRE sessions, using their time on weekends and evenings to build trust with each other and plan these incredibly important monthly sessions for parents. In working closely with them, we have decided to change the PTRE format for the remainder of the year here at Sunnyside. This is an excerpt from an email they sent before the break, one that went to the PTRE listserve: “We strive to be intentional in our process, and we must address how to create a sustainable commitment to this work through the capacity of parent volunteers. Additionally we will be assessing the needs of our SES community while collaborating with other PPS school sites and their parent equity groups, who are also prioritizing and operationalizing their commitments to racial equity at the parent level. In the meantime you are invited to join in these conversations taking place in other schools throughout the district. Alameda: https://www.pps.net/Page/11472 Mt Tabor: Courageous Conversations About Race, co-sponsored by Glencoe Elementary School PTA “A community event of engagement, truth, discomfort, and non-closure via conversations about race” November 30, 2017 (this was the first meeting, upcoming meetings below) January 25, 2018 February 22, 2018 All conversations are held at Glencoe Elementary School Cafeteria. Pizza dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by conversation from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Childcare provided; please note in RSVP.” Affinity Groups for parents, staff and students of color at Sunnyside: SES is committed to creating an inclusive learning environment that values diversity. To this end, we are establishing affinity groups for families, students, and staff of color. An "Affinity Group" intends to connect people of color to support each other, share perspectives, and inform and impact school-wide policy, practices, and decisions. The first of these meetings will be Thursday, January 11, 6:30-8:30 pm with childcare and dinner provided. If you are a staff member, parent or student of color and would like to attend, please RSVP to our assistant principal, Shannon McClure, using the following link. Because I don’t identify as a person of color I will not be attending these meetings. Shannon will be the main point of contact for folks: Thank you all and Happy 2018! Amy Hi Families,
I had a wonderful time meeting with you all for conferences. Here is some handy info. for ya!
Warmly, Leo Dear Team, I hope you are doing well. Here are some announcements for this week.
Leo Hi Families,
I hope you are having a great week. I sure am happy to see rain again, though I am looking forward to a more subtle transition into fall next week. I am looking forward to hosting you in our classroom community for back to school night. Remember, it is this upcoming Monday, September 25th from 6:30-8:00pm. All families will meet in the auditorium from 6:30-7:00pm, then you will have from 7-8:00pm to spend time with me in the classroom. Here is the rough agenda for our classroom time: 7:00-7:10 introductions 7:10-7:30 Leo intro and classroom info. 7:30-7:50 Family project time 7:50 lingering questions Can you please bring a 4x6 photograph that includes your child and your family to back to school night? We will use it for our family project. Please do not tell students about this, as I am hoping to show them the project as a surprise from you all. Multi-home families will have the opportunity to each create their own project piece. Here are a few other reminders:
As always, let me know if you have any questions and send them my way. Warmly, Leo |
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