Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

I am not sure where you are today with the thoughts and feelings about not returning to school this year.  For me, the emotions are still up and down, but this is starting to sink in.  I just re-watched these videos and found it comforting and fun. 

Staff singing the Tularcitos Song: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Tularcitos+Song/0_8kligaji

Staff doing the Bobcat Manta: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Bobcat+Mantra/0_n3u89y9z

 

Sorry for the length of this email, but there is a lot of info to get out there about what is happening after Spring Break.

 

In this email

• Next Steps for after Spring Break
• Local Monterey Family Starts Cooking YouTube Channel
• Information from the Specialists
• Message from our PTO

 

Repeat in this Email

• 3^rd grade service project moving online
• Staff Videos online

 

Next Steps for After Spring Break

This week the staff has been in a lot of discussion about what learning will look like between Spring Break and the end of the year.  As we have met, our first priority has been to share best practices around connecting with and supporting students at home.  Many teachers have started using, or are about to start using Zoom or Google Meets to conduct class meetings and offer virtual check-ins with students, or have made themselves available by phone if the internet does not allow a virtual connection to take place.  After Spring Break our goal is to hold weekly class meetings so that students can connect with their teacher and each other, and to make sure teachers are available for one-on-one or small group virtual meetings or phone calls throughout the week to support the learning taking place at home.  Many people have asked about conducting virtual whole class instruction. For numerous reasons (connectivity and equity being the two biggest) this is not something we are moving forward with.  We believe and have found it best practice to keep the academic learning asynchronous by providing materials for students to complete on a schedule that works best for their family and home, and then provide the individual or small group support throughout the week.  The one exception to this is the class meetings through Zoom, but we are keeping these because of the value in the connecting and they are not academic in nature.

 

In providing work for students during this time we have tried to keep the following ideas in mind: 1) recognize and honor the fact that all families are unique in their situations, 2) prioritize relationships and the social-emotional needs of our students (a teacher put it, “care over content”), 3) keep communication and work simple and focus on key concepts, and 4) focus on the basics of mathematics, reading, and writing using both paper materials and online resources.  Most of the feedback we have gotten thus far is that the work has been an appropriate amount given all families are dealing with.  So we are going to keep providing about the same amount of work after break as we have up to this point.  For those students who are desiring more work, teachers will have additional options available on their websites.  Our specialists will continue to provide weekly lessons on their websites for each grade level to keep learning going in Science, Spanish, Music, Art, PE, Library, Garden, and Computers.  And our support staff will continue to work with teachers and individual students to assist them in their learning each week. 

 

In order to provide students with materials to assist in their learning for the remainder of the year, we will hold another “packet pick-up” after Spring Break on Monday, 4/20, and Tuesday, 4/21 from 8:00-4:00 in Bobcat Hall.  In discussion with teachers some grade levels already gave out all of their workbooks and textbooks in the first “packet pickup” so there are no other materials to distribute, while other grade levels whose materials are more consumable are needing to distribute more materials.  Therefore, here is the plan for each grade level:

• Kinder: No pick-up. All materials have been distributed
• 1^st : new packets will be available
• 2^nd : new packets will be available
• 3^rd : new packets will be available
• 4^th No pick-up. All materials have been distributed
• 5^th : materials are being distributed on an individual basis – please see communication from your teacher

Please know we are taking every precaution we can to ensure everyone’s safety and health during this packet pickup time.  Our classrooms remained closed for three weeks after we exited school so any potential virus would die. Our custodial crew then did a deep cleaning of each room with sanitizing products.  Teachers had to follow a protocol to enter classrooms and put together work.  And we are putting together the packets by this coming Wednesday and then are leaving them in Bobcat Hall over Spring Break so that if there is any virus on them, it will die by the time you pick them up after break.  Also, when you come pick up your materials, we will have hand sanitizer stationed at the door, only allow a certain number of people in Bobcat Hall at a time, and have signs posted to help guarantee social distancing (similar to what stores are currently doing)

 

Because we will need to collect back all of the textbooks and books that have been distributed and get you some end of year materials including yearbooks, we will have to do one more drop-off/pick-up time at the end of the school year. Because of that we are asking that you continue to hold on to the work materials you have done thus far to turn in at the end of the year.

 

I know that some of you are finding you need another computer device in the home to manage the workflow for students.  Other are finding that their internet connection isn’t what you want it to be.  If you need a Chromebook for your child to work on, or it you are having internet connectivity issues, please help complete the following form.  We will be doing a Chromebook pickup the Monday and Tuesday we do packet pickups, but need to know in advance if you need one.  We will only pass them out to those people who signup ahead of time.  Our district is also trying to work with internet service providers to try to ensure the best internet possible for our families.

https://forms.gle/6PdFDmyQ9Mo6KFZe7

 

As a reminder, I want to encourage you to keep relationships and joy the priority in your home during this time.  Of course, we want students to learn all they can, but not at the cost of your relationship with your child or peace in the home.  When school starts up again we will all have to adjust to any loss of instruction in an actual school setting, so if you have to sacrifice an assignment here and there for the sake of the sanity of your home, please feel free to do so.  And again, please always know that we are here to support you and that if you have any questions at any time about what your child is learning, or if your child needs help or has questions, your teacher is just an email away.  We are trying to provide just enough work, direction, and reach-out to families so that you and your students know what is expected and feel supported, but also not too much as to overwhelm you.  It is a hard balance to find, especially because every family’s need is different.  One thing teachers have all experienced is that remote/distance learning actually takes a lot more time than teaching in the classroom.  In the classroom, you can easily connect with students and can quickly tell how all of your students are doing throughout a lesson.  Working remotely, connecting and providing feedback to students is much harder and more time consuming.  So your continued patience and understanding as we figure out how to best educate our students during this time is greatly appreciated.

 

I know there are a number of other questions about the end of the year and how that will all work.  Our focus right now is to make sure we have everything set and established for what needs to be done to support student learning.  After we get back from Spring Break we will begin to tackle the end of year issues as well as making sure we are set up for the start of next year. 

 

Local Monterey Family Started a Kids Cooking YouTube Channel – from the student

This is directly from the student who started this and I wanted to pass it along just for fun -

Everyone that I've shared this with has said that having fun cooking activities could really help kids. I'm writing to schools to let them know that if they want they can share these videos. My goal is to help as many kids as possible so hope you think this is a good idea. Here is the link to the cooking projects we've made so far: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKtlXiCxQUSirsAnlick-Jw . In the notes under each video is the recipe. We plan to do a new one every couple days until we get to go back to school.

 

Information from some Specialist

I want to make sure everyone knows that our specialists are posting activities for students to do at home as well.  Here is a message from some of them. Also know that all teacher’s websites can be found on the “Classrooms” webpage on the Tularcitos website:

https://www.carmelunified.org/site/Default.aspx?PageType=1&SiteID=140&ChannelID=143&DirectoryType=6

 

From Ms Amy for Counseling

Dear Families,

I hope you are well. I enjoyed seeing many of your students for Mindful Monday this last week and connecting with Parents during our Parent Chat with Miss Suzie and myself. It looks like we are in this for the long haul and the more time we spend together as families, the more all of us are working on kindness and patience with each other.  There is a lot of sharing, waiting, & taking turns going on and an unbelievable amount of dishes.  Did I mention our dishwasher stopped working last week?!  It is at times like these that we need reminders of how we can all be kind to one another.  Creating a Kindness Poster is one of the activities from the Counselor Activity Calendar.  If your student hasn't had a chance to create a kindness poster for your house, this week might be a nice time to create one.  I asked my 6 year old niece for a little virtual help to get folks started - her poster and her video are here to give you just one idea of what a Kindness Poster might look like.  Some students will be sharing their posters during our Mindful Monday's with Ms. Amy next week and your student can too.

Mindful Mondays - Students can join me live in a zoom hangout on Monday for a mindfulness exercise and check in about school and life.

K & 1st can join at 10am and go to https://zoom.us/j/341625057

2nd & 3rd can join at 1pm and go to https://zoom.us/j/210914680

4th & 5th can join at 2:30pm and go to https://zoom.us/j/737892457

For parents Miss. Suzie and I have set up a weekly Parent Chat on Wednesdays at 10am for anyone who would like to connect and share ideas.  Please follow this zoom link to join!

As always, please feel free to reach out via email at abullas@carmelunified.org and I am happy to set up a time for you &/or your student to connect with me individually.  Please take good care of yourselves,

 

From Mrs Wheat for Library

April is poetry month. The following websites are places to explore and share poetry. Students may copy a favorite poem and make an illustration. Enjoy reading poetry, Mrs. Curtice and Mrs. Wheat

The Poetry Foundation has a variety of poems.

http://www.poetryfoundation/learn/children

The Academy of American Poetry is organized by subject. I recommend this site for our older students as some topics will need some background knowledge

http://poet.org/poems-kids

 

From Mrs. Kremer for Music

Dear Amazing Tular Families!  I miss making music with your wonderful children so much!  I am keeping myself busy updating music activities each week for your children.  Please visit my website weekly and click on “Click here to access Mrs. Kremer's music class webpage.”. Once you click there, click on your child's grade level in the upper right corner of the page and you can complete the lesson that is at the top of the page for the current week.  I am continuing to add content each week so every student should have the opportunity to make music at least once a week, just like we would at school.  If you have missed a lesson, don't worry, everything is dated and I move the older lessons to the bottom of the page so all you need to do is scroll down until you see the week you are looking for.  The one exception to this is 3rd grade where I have put up all the recorder music.  The sheet music is there for each song along with a video of me playing  and a link to the accompaniment track so the children can keep learning their songs. Also for 4th and 5th grade instrumental students, your music is up and this week I have added videos of me playing each of the songs.  Finally, if you play an instrument, have your parents be on the lookout for an invitation to SmartMusic coming soon.  This is an online resource which will allow the students to keep practicing at home while I track your progress remotely.   More info on that will be included in the email. 

 

From Mr. A for PE

Hello Bobcat Families, I am hoping to have a little April Challenge to stay connected with everyone through this school closure. On my page there will be a new exercise video each day. Watch the video and join me on the workout! In the video, there will be a secret word that I will tell you so that you can put it on the exercise log. Lets see if you can fill up the whole calendar with the secret words! Here is the link. https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5435

 

From Mrs. DeRenzo for Science

Don't forget to check the science website for your weekly lessons and some fun activities to do outside, scavenger hunts and building a solar cooker are just a few of the things you can find on Mrs. DeRenzo's website!  Have fun and stay curious!

There is also going to be a special live science show done by Mystery Doug next Tuesday, April 7th. He's a science educator our kids love. I'd love for you to help your child watch this. All you need to do is open this website link:https://mysteryscience.com/live

The show will be about 20 minutes long and will start at: 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET

 

Message for our PTO

We are still at work to support our community through our Facebook page.  Thank you to everyone who has followed along with the posts and posted your participation.  We would encourage you to like and follow “Tularcitos Elementary PTO.”  We are trying to post themes of the day and have Tular families post pictures of what is happening at their house to keep our community connected. 

 

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Staff videos online

We are still posting new videos on our website, so check it every couple of days.  I am trying to make sure to have a new one up every Monday as that is when I normally do the announcements for the students. 

https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5483

 

3^rd Grade Service Project moving online

At this time of year our 3^rd graders normally do a service project of collecting food for the Monterey County Food Bank.  We do this project in spring because the food bank is normally low on food during this time.  I know that the food bank is in high need of donations right now.  While we cannot collect food for them, we do want to encourage our families, if you are able, to donate money to them.  Here is the link to their website where you can donate. 

https://foodbankformontereycounty.org/

 

Hope you have enjoyed the sunshine lately and that you enjoy the coming rain.

Missing you all!

Go Bobcats!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

Hopefully, you have already read Dr. Dill Varga’s latest email about the extension of school closures in Monterey County.  It saddens me to think that we won’t see everyone until May 4 at the earliest.  I hope that your family is continuing to do well and that you are finding your family’s rhythm.  I know that my family is just now starting to get our stride.  For those of us who are still getting our feet under us, know you are not alone.  We are all at different points in this journey.  I want to encourage you to keep at it and reach out to me if you need help.  (There is an encouraging article for you below as well)

 

This week teachers have been trying to reach out to families to see what support you need at home.  In doing so, we have, on average for different classes, heard back from about 50-75% of students and families.  We would love to hear back from you.  We are missing you. In our original planning we prepped the materials for being out through Spring break just in case.  So the work you got in your packets is meant to get you through that time.  You will, however need to keep checking your emails and the teachers’ websites for updated directions of what to do each week.  Over the coming weeks we will continue to reach out to students and families to provide you support at home (we are experimenting with a few different options including email, phone, and video-conferences as we have to be flexible for our teachers’ and families’ various needs), and figure out what learning will look like after spring break.  More information will be coming about that in the future.

 

Please also know that if you have any questions at any time about what your child is learning, or if your child needs help or has questions, your teacher is just an email away.  Please feel free to email your teachers anytime.  We are trying to provide just enough direction and reach-out to families so that you and your students know what is expected and feel supported, but also not too much as to overwhelm you.  It is a hard balance to find, especially because every family’s need is different.  Also, as you come across resources, please feel free to share them with your child’s teacher (and me), as well as give feedback to us on what is working well or not working as well.  We want to make sure we are doing the best we can to support you.  Continue to check your teachers’ websites and the specialist websites for the most up-to-date activities.  We continue to thank you for your patience as we work together to figure all of this out.

 

In this email

• Article: “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief”
• Article: “Parents”: It’s OK If You’re Barely Getting By Right Now”
• Technology Needs at Home
• Staff Videos online
• Information from the Specialists
• 3^rd grade service project moving online
• Meal Delivery
• Message from our PTO

 

Repeat in this Email

• Put on your own oxygen mask first

 

Great article: “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief”

I saw this article and two people have already shared it with me and I wanted to pass it along.  It was helpful in putting language to the array of feelings we are experiencing right now. I hope it provides some comfort and help.

https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR35_lZ8_xajIcqad-GfMTT6_Hcp_ytepXFah30uvVNMHnbri4RB6GmVPC4

 

Another great article I mentioned in the intro – “Parents: It’s OK If You’re Barely Getting By Right Now”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parents-remote-learning-covid-19_n_5e738298c5b63c3b648bb8dd?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA333Wfl3qz0HzNgl5k1zwyToLFHmdCfgfOr1Ebp2vua_lN_Tj0cAWeP3aNFvtL5Qv1GKBLtbl7Jg4G7NOfj-S4YoLCC8rxEEiOkkoQuYPuPL2bi_dCmOnBTOnIVTXk4OlR5639FBvhLVzbrfEEmdQS8EkLcixw2ZS2i4d4noSJr

 

Technology Needs at Home

Please make sure to let your child’s teacher know if you are having trouble with technology related to what we are providing at home, or if your child is in need of a Chromebook.  Our district IT is trying to provide support to our students’ tech needs at home, but we are routing those needs through the classroom teacher at this point in time.  This may change in the near future so that you, as the parent, can put in a trouble ticket directly.

 

Staff videos online

We are still posting new videos on our website, so check it every couple of days.  I am trying to make sure to have a new one up every Monday as that is when I normally do the announcements for the students. 

https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5483

 

Information from some Specialist

I want to make sure everyone knows that our specialists are posting activities for students to do at home as well.  Here are some examples form the Library and Spanish.

From the Library

We recommend to read and explore these websites.

1. The Monterey County Free Libraries have wonderful on-line resources. Activities for preschool-high school.  Tumblebooks, activities and games. Older students can read E-books and E-magazines.  They recently updated their website. Students/Parents do need a public library card.

Here is their web address: emcfl.org or

https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/departments-i-z/library  

2. We have been learning about space in the library this year. There are read alouds from the International Space station.  Here are some sites to explore.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/story_time_from_space 

Or  https://storytimefromspace.com/library/

3. If you have a favorite story you would like to listen to try this website:

https://storytimefromspace.com/library/  

Mrs. Curtice and I hope that you continue reading your books at home or stories on-line. Please keep a reading log (on any paper) so we can share when we are together at school. 

See you soon, Mrs. Wheat and Mrs. Curtice.

From Senora Colon

Please take time to visit my website. Here are some videos I have done and posted.

Episode 1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M_1OIDNrPJG7QOBiaO3rt-YmDtxdEE-s/view?usp=sharing

Episode 2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOusYE8Kn8wDpOn-jIXOJs_YmxKnsEoW/view?usp=sharing

 

3^rd Grade Service Project moving online

At this time of year our 3^rd graders normally do a service project of collecting food for the Monterey County Food Bank.  We do this project in spring because the food bank is normally low on food during this time.  I know that the food bank is in high need of donations right now.  While we cannot collect food for them, we do want to encourage our families, if you are able, to donate money to them.  Here is the link to their website where you can donate. 

https://foodbankformontereycounty.org/

 

Meal Deliveries

The School Lunch Program will provide free meals to any child 18 or younger during school closure.  Beginning Monday, March 23rd, CUSD will provide free breakfast and lunch grab-and-go meals to individuals under the age of 18 twice a week.  Meals will be delivered on Mondays with meals for two days, and again on Wednesday with meals for 3 days. 

Meals will be distributed from a district van, and may be picked up by families at these locations: 

• Carmel Middle School Cafeteria parking lot: 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
• Big Sur River Inn parking lot: 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
• Big Sur near Ventana entrance. Look for the district van parked at pull out area off Highway 1:
• 1:15 - 1:45 p.m.
• Tularcitos Elementary School Bus loading zone: 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Cachagua Community Center parking Lot: 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Changes to locations or delivery times will be posted on the CUSD web site.  Please check the website for the most current information.

 

Message for our PTO

Our PTO is working to figure out how to support our community right now using their Facebook Page.  We would encourage you to like and follow “Tularcitos Elementary PTO.”  We are trying to post themes of the day and have Tular families post pictures of what is happening at their house to keep our community connected.  If you have other ideas, please email them to either me, or Heaven.

 

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Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First

As they tell you in an airplane safety presentation, you need to make sure to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.  Right now it can be easy to put everything into your children at home.  And while that is understandable and somewhat necessary in these circumstance, I want to make sure we all remember that, in order to fully care for our children, we also have to care for ourselves

Tending to your own stress

I know that right now a lot of us adults have our own stress levels rising.  Please make sure that you are staying aware of your own stress and doing what you need to manage that stress in a healthy way.  Here is a great resource for not only talking with kids, but also staying emotionally healthy as adults.

https://childmind.org/

Prioritizing your Relationship with your Spouse or Significant Other

In addition to making sure you stay emotionally healthy, for those of you who are married or have a significant other, we need to make sure that we continue to invest in those relationships as well.  I want to encourage you to invest in those relationships with ideas like: making sure to take time every day to be face to face uninterrupted from the kids; going on walks just the two of you; fixing dinner together; or even giving kids dinner early and then setting them in front of the TV while the two of you have dinner together (and you know if I am saying to put them in front of the TV for anything it must be important!).  I’m sure you can come up with more creative ideas (or search for them online), but I want to make sure to encourage all of us to keep investing in these relationships at a time where we can easily get distracted from it because this will benefit your children as well.

 

 

Hope you enjoy your weekend.  Miss all of you!

Go Bobcats!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

I miss seeing all of you!  As things in our world are changing daily, our teachers and district are hard at work trying to make sure that we are providing you with the best resources that we can find to support learning at home.  Additionally, although no plans for the closure have changed, we are already in discussions about how we can best continue to support our students’ learning and help them progress if we have to be in “School Away from School” past April 8.  Please know that if you have any questions about what your child is learning, or if your child needs help or has questions, your teacher is just an email away.  Please feel free to email your teachers anytime.  Also, as you come across resources, please feel free to share them with your child’s teacher (and me), as well as give feedback to us on what is working well or not working as well.  We want to make sure we are doing the best we can to support our students and families.  Continue to check your teachers’ websites and the specialists' websites for the most up-to-date activities.  We also thank you for your patience as we work together to figure all of this out.

 

In this email

• Put on your own oxygen mask first
• Resources to assist with students who struggle to focus
• 3^rd grade service project moving online
• Tips for talking with your children about the current state of affairs
• CUSD home technology survey
• Meal Delivery
• Message from our PTO

 

Repeat in this Email

• Staff Videos online

 

Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First

As they tell you in an airplane safety presentation, you need to make sure to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.  Right now it can be easy to put everything into your children at home.  And while that is understandable and somewhat necessary in these circumstances, I want to make sure we all remember that, in order to fully care for our children, we also have to care for ourselves

Tending to your own stress

I know that right now a lot of us adults have our own stress levels rising.  Please make sure that you are staying aware of your own stress and doing what you need to manage that stress in a healthy way.  Here is a great resource for not only talking with kids, but also staying emotionally healthy as adults.

https://childmind.org/

Prioritizing your Relationship with your Spouse or Significant Other

In addition to making sure you stay emotionally healthy, for those of you who are married or have a significant other, we need to make sure that we continue to invest in those relationships as well.  I want to encourage you to invest in those relationships with ideas like: making sure to take time every day to be face to face uninterrupted from the kids; going on walks just the two of you; fixing dinner together; or even giving kids dinner early and then setting them in front of the TV while the two of you have dinner together (and you know if I am saying to put them in front of the TV for anything it must be important!).  I’m sure you can come up with more creative ideas (or search for them online), but I want to make sure to encourage all of us to keep investing in these relationships at a time where we can easily get distracted from it because this will benefit your children as well.

 

Resource to assist with students who struggle to focus

Attached is a great resource that was shared with me by a local Speech and Language Pathologist, and parent at Tular.  It has some very practical strategies for helping your children get work done at home, especially if your child has trouble focusing. 

 

3^rd Grade Service Project moving online

At this time of year our 3^rd graders normally do a service project of collecting food for the Monterey County Food Bank.  We do this project in spring because the food bank is normally low on food during this time.  The last I heard, they had only a two week supply of food, which in this time of need, will not be enough for our community.  While we cannot collect food for them, we do want to encourage our families, if you are able, to donate money to them.  Here is the link to their website where you can donate. 

https://foodbankformontereycounty.org/

 

Tips for talking with your children about the current state of affairs

As part of our support, Dr. Susan Swick, Physician in Chief, Ohana, has put together some tips for parents to help navigate this transition with their children.

www.montagehealth.org/swick-tips

 

CUSD Home Technology Survey

Now that we are at the end of the first week of school closure, we want to check in to see how the technology is working for staff, students and your families. Please take a few minutes this weekend to provide your feedback so we can better serve your needs. We are particularly interested in any problems you are experiencing. (If you are not having any problems, this survey is optional.) Please also know that you can email your teacher if you ever experience tech problems with the learning programs at home.  They will then help you with what they can, or forward the problem to a district IT person who will reach out to you to help.

Please use this link: https://forms.gle/TEPHhhkKEavhbx8XA to complete the survey

 

Meal Deliveries

The School Lunch Program will provide free meals to any child 18 or younger during school closure.  Beginning Monday, March 23rd, CUSD will provide free breakfast and lunch grab-and-go meals to individuals under the age of 18 twice a week.  Meals will be delivered on Mondays with meals for two days, and again on Wednesday with meals for 3 days. 

Meals will be distributed from a district van, and may be picked up by families at these locations: 

• Carmel Middle School Cafeteria parking lot: 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
• Big Sur River Inn parking lot: 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
• Big Sur near Ventana entrance. Look for the district van parked at pull out area off Highway 1:
• 1:15 - 1:45 p.m.
• Tularcitos Elementary School Bus loading zone: 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Cachagua Community Center parking Lot: 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Changes to locations or delivery times will be posted on the CUSD web site.  Please check the website for the most current information.

 

Message for our PTO

Our PTO is working to figure out how to support our community right now using their Facebook Page.  There are some bugs we are working out, but we would encourage you to join the page, “Tularcitos Elementary PTO.”  We are trying to post themes of the day and have Tular families reply with pictures of what is happening at their house to keep our community connected.  If you have other ideas, please email them to either me, or Heaven.

 

Repeat in this email

Staff videos online

To help with our students doing School Away from School (at home with you), I will be posting videos of myself giving announcements or reading books a few times a week on our website.  I have also posted videos of a few teachers reading stories as well.  Here is the link to the page where they will all be posted.  I’ll title the videos with the dates so you know which is the newest.  The first one to watch tomorrow morning (or anytime) with your children is posted. 

https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5483

 

 

Stay well, and keep up the great work.

Go Bobcats!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families,

 

To help with our students doing School away from School (at home with you), I will be posting videos of myself giving announcements or reading books a few times a week on our website.  I have also posted videos of a few teachers reading stories as well.  Here is the link to the page where they will all be posted.  I’ll title the videos with the dates so you know which is the newest.  The first one to watch tomorrow morning (or anytime) with your children is posted. 

https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5483

 

Please remember to check your teacher’s websites as directions for each week will be posted there. They will also be emailed to you by the teachers each Friday.  Please also remember to check the Pullout/Specials Teachers’ websites on a weekly basis for activities.

 

In talking with many of you it sounds like most people are getting a good routine and schedule going for the time at home.  Here is a link to a good sample if you need one.  It is on Ms. Amy’s webpage with some other good resources.

https://www.carmelunified.org/Page/5405

 

We are also looking at starting something fun on our PTO Facebook page with a theme of the day to keep our community connected and so people can see what other families are up to.  You can find them on Facebook under "Tularcitos Elementary PTO"

 

You check the front page of our website for the most current information.

 

We are looking forward to seeing you back when we start up again. Stay well.

Go Bobcats!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families,

 

As you all know, our lives are changing day by day.  In the midst of this, I hope that things are going well for you at home.  Here is where we are today.

 

Last Friday and today teachers have been working at school to create a schedule and packet of classwork for students to complete during the closure. As you know, it is not feasible to recreate in the packets a learning experience that is on par with the high quality education program students benefit from in their daily experience with us. Our goal in planning and designing the packets, therefore, is to have students "maintain" their current academic standing until school resumes and assist you with activities students can do at home.  While some may view these packets as optional, we are highly recommending that you make it a priority as a family to complete this work while school is closed.  This will greatly assist us in picking up right where we left off when we return. (For students who receive additional academic assistance at school we also included additional materials to continue growth in those areas as well.) We will need to collect all student work from families when we return to school, so please make sure to keep the work students complete at home.  In the event that the closure lasts longer than the current projected time, teachers placed enough work into the packet additional weeks if need be.  Please know that directions of what to do will be posted on the teachers’ websites and will be emailed out from the classroom teacher each Friday if we are out additional weeks.

 

Our expectation is that the resulting work will be approximately one hour a day for K-2^nd students, and 90 minutes for 3^rd -5^th  students. The work may include hardcover books/texts, consumable texts, worksheets and on-line resources that can be accessed through Classlink and the teachers’ websites.  Directions of how to access student’s online accounts with passwords will be provided in the packets for your reference.

 

The packets will be available for pickup in Bobcat Hall from 3:00-5:00 pm today, Monday 3/16, and tomorrow, Tuesday 3/17, from 8:00-5:00.  They will be in a bag labeled with your child’s name on a table in Bobcat Hall.  To assist students who do not have a device at home to work on, we are checking out Chromebooks to those families.  If you require a Chromebook, it can be picked up from Bobcat Hall when you pick up your child’s packet. Any packets not picked up by Tuesday at 5:00 will be transported to the CMS gym and will be available for pickup when they offer food distribution to families in need (that communication will be sent out separately).

 

In addition to the work from the classroom teachers, the Specialists (Spanish, Library, Music, PE, Science) will also have activities posted on their websites for student and families to do.  Directions of what to do for Specials will be posted under the announcements on the Tular website as well as sent in a weekly email each Friday.

 

Setting Up a Daily Routine

While you are at home, I would encourage families to establish a daily routine for getting school work done.  Students thrive under routine and establishing this could really help your family.  In this routine I would recommend including: a consistent bed and wakeup time where your child gets the roughly 10 hours of sleep they need, two different “school work” times throughout the day rather than one, a reading time, and play times where they go outside or you play games together as a family.  Additionally, I would highly recommend that you set limits on how much screen time your child will get each day so that it does not consume the time. Here is a link to my screen use suggestions for your reference with some alterations for the time we are in:

https://www.carmelunified.org/domain/192

To complement the work teachers will be providing and to help you at home, Khan Academy has been putting together some great resources for parents.  (see the “Daily Schedules for…” under the “Parents” heading)

https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/611770255064350720/remote-learning-with-khan-academy-during-school

 

Not Your Normal Vacation

Please remember this time should not be treated like a “snow day,” as the following article puts it, or like a typical break.  We need to following the advice of the medical professionals and be socially distancing ourselves during this time.  Please read the following article for advice on how to go about your daily lives to make sure we are being socially responsible and limiting the spread of coronavirus.

https://medium.com/@ariadnelabs/social-distancing-this-is-not-a-snow-day-ac21d7fa78b4

Additionally, here is an article to get us thinking out of the box on how to go about our lives in the midst of social distancing (although this is now a couple of days old).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/us/what-to-do-this-weekend-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

 

Talking to Your Child about Coronavirus

Here is also a link to an informative article about talking to your child about coronavirus for your reference

https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/

 

What is happening with Upcoming Events?

It is too early to tell for sure, but here is the current thinking for the events schedule between now and Spring Break.

• After School Enrichment – postponed – a decision about what will happen will be made after we return
• Tues, Mar 24 @ 7:00: District Band Festival – TBD
• Sun, Mar 29 @ 4:00: Spring Fling Fundraiser at Gardner’s Ranch – being rescheduled – more info coming
• Tues, Mar 31 @ 10:40: Trustworthy Character Counts Assembly by 1^st Grade – being rescheduled
• Wed, Apr 1 @ 7:00: District Orchestra Festival – TBD
• Fri, Apr 3 @ 3:00: Popsicles with Peterson – being rescheduled
• Wed, Apr 8 @ 6:00 pm: PTO Meeting – TBD
• Fri, Apr 10 before school: Pancake Breakfast provided by Tular Dads – TBD
• Fri, Apr 10: Spirit Day: Beach Attire - TBD
• Apr 13-17: Spring Break

 

You may contact me or your teachers directly through email during the closure.  Please know that no one, including teachers, are allowed on site starting Wednesday, 3/18.  

 

We wish you the very best during the closure. Please share with your children that we will miss them and look forward to their return. Stay well, safe, and please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you need assistance.  As no one can predict what will happen over the coming days and weeks, please check your email and/or the district website for current communications and to know what to expect for school.  I still plan on sending out a Friday email to keep you updated on what is going on for school.  On the Tularcitos website under announcements we have also posted some fun videos for the students, and parents, to enjoy.  I’d encourage you to check them out.  While this is a difficult time, other than all of us staying healthy and safe, one of my hopes in this is that we will be able to recapture the importance of family time and slowing down.  Our lives are often so full of activities and distractions we lose focus on what is important. I am hoping that this forced break from what has become our fast-paced normal will help us redefine and refocus on what our lives should be like and be about. 

 

We are looking forward to seeing you back when we start up again.

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

 

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

In this email

• PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser – Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds
• Yearbooks
• Zero Waste Week
• DELAC Meeting
• Lunch for Teachers
• Talking to your child about the coronavirus
• Kindergarten and TK Registration for Next Year
• T-Rex Registration Open for Next Year
• Message from our PTO

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• Parent-Teacher Conference Week
• Movie Night Tonight
• Pennies for Patients

Upcoming events

 

Don’t Miss This

• Tonight: Movie Night @ 6:00
• Remember to spring your clocks ahead this Saturday night
• Mar 9-13: Parent Teacher Conference Week. Minimum days each day

 

Get your tickets now! Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds – A Tularcitos Spring Fundraiser

Live Auction Highlights!

• 7 days at Corazon del Rio Private Residence in Costa Rica: Sleeps 14 (5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms) http://corazondelrio.weebly.com
• A Birthday Party with Mr. A facilitating kids games with custom cake design by Sweet Reba’s!
• A Moroccan Themed Private Dinner Party for 8 at The Buttercup Farm hosted by Lisa & Doug Steiny

Silent Auction Highlights!

• 3 liter French Rose Wine from Miraval Estate and many other wines
• AT&T Pro-Am Tickets, golf outings
• Restaurants gift certificates, Wine, Summer Camps & more

Raffle Prizes – Tickets are $10 each or 5 for $50 – Choice of one item below:

• One night stay at Carmel Valley Ranch with gift certificates for Golf for two and spa for two.
• 4 Tickets - SF Giants baseball game with parking
• 4 Tickets to the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Grand Tasting

$95/ticket Includes:

-      Family Style Gourmet Meal Catered by the Meatery

-      Two drink tickets

-      Desserts from Paris Bakery

-      Complimentary babysitting with dinner and a movie

-      Live music with Alex Lucero

https://cowboysdenimdiamonds.brownpapertickets.com/?fbclid=IwAR3XtjHdaU1CDx-qCgWwdOUvt1ZOyEShklHC56y923bGoApaqNZuFPiKeno

If you can donate an item or know of businesses that would be willing to donate, please contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net 

 

Yearbooks

Online Yearbook sales have closed. We purchased few extra copies for parents that missed buying a yearbook online. The copies are first come first serve. If you need to purchase a yearbook, write a check for $20 payable to Tular PTO, and drop at the school office. Please include student name and grade/teacher and phone number where we can contact you.

 

Zero Waste Week - April 20-26, 2020

Tularcitos students are inviting everyone in the community to "Go Green and Think Blue" by joining them in the first annual Students for Zero Waste Week campaign, happening April 20th-24th. During this campaign, students will focus on reducing land-based waste in order to protect the health of local marine environments. These young leaders are raising awareness of how single-use plastic and other types of litter affect the health of local watersheds, national marine sanctuaries, and the ocean.

We will be finishing off the week with a recycling audit on campus, to see how much single use plastic waste we can reduce in one week, in the hope that we make a lasting improvement for our environment.  The grand finale for the week happens Sunday, April 26th, when all Tularcitos Bobcat families are invited to join Ms. Stasio and Mrs. O’Bryan for a beach clean-up day with Surfrider at Del Monte Beach in Monterey.

 

As we prepare for Zero Waste Week, all interested parents are invited to join us. We will need support to get local stores, the post office, library, etc to display student created ZWW posters around the community. Parents may also help students make posters and an “up-cycled” single use plastic trash sculpture at our “Green Team” meetings happening every Wednesday at lunchtime in room 20 or the science lab.  If interested, please contact Erin O’Bryan or Kim DeRenzo at eobryan@carmelunified.org  kderenzo@carmelunified.org for more information.

 

District English Language Advisory Council (DELAC) Meeting

On Wednesday, March 18, there will be a District English Language Advisory Council (DELAC) meeting at Tular at 3pm.  The DELAC advises district officials on English learner programs and services.  Please come to the meeting to learn more information about English Learners in Carmel Unified School District.

 

Lunch for Teachers

Conference week is coming soon! This is a very busy week for all of the hardworking teachers and staff so our PTO is hosting a staff luncheon on Monday, March 9^th, with dishes from the families.  The PTO will also sponsor a luncheon on Wednesday, March 11^th, with soups and salads that will be catered.  Any contributions would be wonderful for the luncheon on Monday, March 9th! This is a great way to show our appreciation for all of the support they show our children.  Thanks! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090945AEAF2BAAF94-tularcitos

You can drop off your food items in the office in the morning on Monday.

 

Talking to your child about coronavirus

Here are a couple of resources for talking with your child about the coronavirus if you are looking for something. 

From the National Association of School Psychologists 

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/health-crisis-resources/talking-to-children-about-covid-19-(coronavirus)-a-parent-resource

Comic Strip from NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

 

Kindergarten and TK Registration Packets for Next Year are Available

If you have a child that will be attending TK or Kindergarten next year please come to the school office and pick up a registration packet ASAP.  If you have any friends or neighbours with children that will be attending next year please spread the word.  On-line registration for returning students will be sent out via email in July. If you have any questions please call the school office.

 

Message from our PTO

Thank you to everyone who attended our PTO meeting on Wednesday.  Our next meeting will be Wed, April 8, at 6:00 in the evening.  We are beginning to discuss PTO Board and lead positions for next year.  If you are interested in taking on more of a role within our PTO please reach out to Heaven Tempalski (PTO President) at htempalski@gmail.com or Mr. Peterson.

 

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Parent-Teacher Conference Week

Please make sure you have signed up for and that you attend your parent teacher conference during the week of Mar 9-13.  These conferences are extremely important in your child’s education and provide you the opportunity to know more about how your child is doing in school and how you can better partner with your child’s teacher for their success.  If you have any questions about the conference, please contact your child’s teacher.

 

Movie Night Tonight

The PTO Tular Dads will be hosting a family movie night in Bobcat Hall on Friday, March 6.  Doors will open at 6:00 and the movie will start at 6:30. We will be watching Abominable.  This is a free event with concessions for sale.  Put on your pajamas, grab some blankets and come watch a movie together.

 

T-Rex Registration for Next Year Open

Registration for T-Rex for next year will open on Monday, March 2nd.  The packets will be available for pickup at T-Rex or Carmelo.  Spots are first come-first served and ALL packets must be turned into the Carmelo office only.  All families must re-register every year, so get those packets turned in if you want a spot next year.  Spots fill up quickly so don’t wait.

 

Student Council Raising Money for Pennies for Patients

This Monday, March 2, Student Council will be kicking off our Pennies for Patients fundraiser to help raise money for pediatric leukemia and lymphoma cancer research.  Our fundraiser will run for three weeks from March 2-March 20. Our Student Council goal is to raise $1,000.  We are encouraging students to bring in their spare change to place in their class's donation bag. Adults can also donate online through our school's donation page. https://events.lls.org/pages/svmb/Tularcitos-Elementary-School-2020  Thank you, in advance, for your support with this fundraiser!  

 

Upcoming events

Fri, Mar 6 @ 6:00: Movie Night in Bobcat Hall (Abominable)

Mar 9-13: Parent Teacher Conference Week.  Minimum Days all week.  Students released at 12:30

Tues, Mar 24 @ 7:00: District Band Festival

Sun, Mar 29 @ 4:00: Spring Fling Fundraiser at Gardner’s Ranch

Tues, Mar 31 @ 10:40: Trustworthy Character Counts Assembly by 1^st Grade

Wed, Apr 1 @ 7:00: District Orchestra Festival

Fri, Apr 3 @ 3:00: Popsicles with Peterson

Wed, Apr 8 @ 6:00 pm: PTO Meeting

Fri, Apr 10 before school: Pancake Breakfast provided by Tular Dads

Fri, Apr 10: Spirit Day: Beach Attire

Apr 13-17: Spring Break

 

 

Enjoy the weekend!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

In this email

• Parent-Teacher Conference Week
• Lunch for Teachers
• Kindergarten and TK Registration for Next Year
• T-Rex Registration Open for Next Year
• Reading and No Screens Week
• Movie Night Coming
• Flu Season and Coronavirus
• Pennies for Patients
• PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser
• Message from our PTO

Repeat in this Email

• Yearbook Business Sponsors Needed

Upcoming events

 

Don’t Miss This

• Fri, March 6 is a minimum day for teacher professional development
• Mar 9-13: Parent Teacher Conference Week. Minimum days each day

 

Parent-Teacher Conference Week

Please make sure you have signed up for and that you attend your parent teacher conference during the week of Mar 9-13.  These conferences are extremely important in your child’s education and provide you the opportunity to know more about how your child is doing in school and how you can better partner with your child’s teacher for their success.  If you have any questions about the conference, please contact your child’s teacher.

 

Lunch for Teachers

Conference week is coming soon! This is a very busy week for all of the hardworking teachers and staff so our PTO is hosting a staff luncheon on Monday, March 9^th, with dishes from the families.  The PTO will also sponsor a luncheon on Wednesday, March 11^th, with soups and salads that will be catered.  Any contributions would be wonderful for the luncheon on Monday, March 9th! This is a great way to show our appreciation for all of the support they show our children.  Thanks! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090945AEAF2BAAF94-tularcitos

 

Kindergarten and TK Registration Packets for Next Year are Available

If you have a child that will be attending TK or Kindergarten next year please come to the school office and pick up a registration packet ASAP.  If you have any friends or neighbours with children that will be attending next year please spread the word.  On-line registration for returning students will be sent out via email in July. If you have any questions please call the school office.

 

T-Rex Registration for Next Year Open

Registration for T-Rex for next year will open on Monday, March 2nd.  The packets will be available for pickup at T-Rex or Carmelo.  Spots are first come-first served and ALL packets must be turned into the Carmelo office only.  All families must re-register every year, so get those packets turned in if you want a spot next year.  Spots fill up quickly so don’t wait.

 

Reading and No Screens Week

We have had a fun Reading week with two great community Reading Nights this week.  The first in Cachagua on Tuesday and the second at Tularcitos last night.  Thank you to Senora Colon and Mrs. Proctor for making the night in Cachagua a great success.  Thank you Katie Reneker for organizing such a fun week and all of the people who read at both the Cachagua and Tularcitos nights.  Thank you also to the Bubba Pickens Band for playing last night, Youth in Action for a great book sale and raising money for the Read to Me Project, and to Fire on Wheels Pizza for providing a yummy dinner.  In addition to the reading nights, I hope everyone enjoyed the week without screens.  If you did not remember to turn in your participation forms today, please remember to turn them in Monday.  I have attached extra forms if you lost yours.   

 

Movie Night Next Friday

The PTO Tular Dads will be hosting a family movie night in Bobcat Hall on Friday, March 6.  Doors will open at 6:00 and the movie will start at 6:30. We will be watching Abominable.  This is a free event with concessions for sale.  Put on your pajamas, grab some blankets and come watch a movie together.

 

Flu Season and Coronavirus

The District Office recently sent --via Blackboard and PeachJar-- a letter from the Superintendent regarding Cold/Flu Season and the recent Coronavirus epidemic.  As we all know the situation is changing frequently and I wanted to let you know that our district is taking steps to stay as on top of things as much as possible.  We are in communication with the Monterey County Health Department and district staff has a meeting Monday to discuss and plan for how we will handle the Coronavirus in CUSD.  At the school level we are encouraging students to wash their hands, disinfecting surfaces on a nightly basis, and making sure to send students home who show any symptoms of being sick.  We would ask that everyone in our community to make sure to follow our regular guidelines of staying home when you are experiencing symptoms of being sick (attached to this email) and to make sure we are all washing our hands on a frequent basis.  Let’s all do our part to keep ourselves and our community healthy.  If you want more information on the Coronavirus you can go to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, cdc.gov

 

Student Council Raising Money for Pennies for Patients

This Monday, March 2, Student Council will be kicking off our Pennies for Patients fundraiser to help raise money for pediatric leukemia and lymphoma cancer research.  Our fundraiser will run for three weeks from March 2-March 20. Our Student Council goal is to raise $1,000.  We are encouraging students to bring in their spare change to place in their class's donation bag. Adults can also donate online through our school's donation page. https://events.lls.org/pages/svmb/Tularcitos-Elementary-School-2020  Thank you, in advance, for your support with this fundraiser!  

 

PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser

Head on over to the link to purchase your tickets for Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds before they sell out.  https://cowboysdenimdiamonds.brownpapertickets.com

Attached is a flier with more details.  Please save the date for our biggest fundraiser event of the year! Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds, on Sunday, March 29th, 2020, at 4:00 at the stunning Gardner’s Ranch.  Childcare will be available in Bobcat Hall by donation for those attending.  We are kicking things up a notch this year so mark your calendars now.  In addition to a fabulous dinner there will be great silent and live auction items.  If you can donate an item or know of businesses that would be willing to donate, please contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net 

 

Message from our PTO

We are also in full swing planning the Spring Fling and are making this event even larger this year, and therefore be needing more help.  If you are interested in helping out in any way please come to our meeting or contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   Our next meeting will be Wed, March 4, at 8:45 in Bobcat Hall.  We are beginning to discuss PTO Board and lead positions for next year.  If you are interested in taking on more of a role within our PTO please reach out to Heaven Tempalski (PTO President) at htempalski@gmail.com or Mr. Peterson.

 

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Yearbook Deadlines

We are still in need of sponsors who would like to advertise their business in the yearbook.  Please contact Sawsan at sawsan93940@yahoo.com to advertise in the yearbook and help keep our yearbook prices down for our students.

 

Upcoming events

Fri, Feb 28: Crazy Day Spirit Day – wear something crazy

Tues, Mar 3 @ 7:00: District Choral Festival at Sunset Center

Wed, Mar 4 @ 8:45 in Bobcat Hall: PTO Meeting

Fri, Mar 6: Minimum Day for Teacher professional development: Students released at 12:30

Fri, Mar 6 @ 6:00: Movie Night in Bobcat Hall (Abominable)

Mar 9-13: Parent Teacher Conference Week.  Minimum Days all week.  Students released at 12:30

 

 

Have a fun weekend!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

In this email

• Caring Assembly
• Flu Season and Coronavirus Communication
• Talent Show
• PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser
• Yearbook Business Sponsors Needed
• Reading Week/No Screens Week Coming
• Message from our PTO

Repeat in this Email

• New Science Textbook Public Review

Upcoming events

 

Don’t Miss This

• February Break is Feb 17-21

 

Caring Assembly

Thank you 2^nd graders for not only a wonderful assembly today, but for our entire week of caring.  Each day the 2^nd graders challenged us to be more caring to one another by giving smiles, saying hello, doing random acts of kindness.  Thank you for helping us be better people.

 

Flu Season and Coronavirus Communication

The District Office recently sent --via Blackboard and PeachJar-- a letter from the Superintendent regarding Cold/Flu Season and the recent Coronavirus epidemic. Also included was a document of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). A copy can be found on the district website.   

 

Talent Show

We had a fun talent show last Friday night.  Thank you to all of the participants for your wonderful performances.  Thank you also to Ana and Michael Lykken and Beth Henshaw for all of your help in making this Talent Show possible and a great success.

 

PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser

Head on over to the link to purchase your tickets for Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds before they sell out.  https://cowboysdenimdiamonds.brownpapertickets.com

Please save the date for our biggest fundraiser event of the year! Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds, evening of Sunday, March 29th, 2020, is being held at the stunning Gardners Ranch.  We are kicking things up a notch this year so mark your calendars now.  We are looking for some great silent and live auction items.  If you can donate an item or know of businesses that would be willing to donate, please contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   More information was sent home about donating with students this week.

 

Yearbook Deadlines

Sponsors:

We are still in need of sponsors who would like to advertise their business in the yearbook.  Please contact Sawsan at sawsan93940@yahoo.com to advertise in the yearbook and help keep our yearbook prices down for our students.

 

Reading Week/No Screens Week Coming

Reading week and No Screens week will be the week we return from break.  More info will be coming home when we return from break.  Mark your calendars now, however, for Reading Night.  The Cachagua Reading Night will be Tuesday, Feb 25, at 6:00, and Tular’s Reading Night will be Thurs, Feb 27 at 5:15.  At the Tular night dinner will be available to purchase with a book fair and other activities starting at 5:15 and reading will start at 6:30.

 

 

Message from our PTO

We are also in full swing planning the Spring Fling and are making this event even larger this year, and therefore be needing more help.  If you are interested in helping out in any way please come to our meeting or contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   Our next meeting will be Wed, March 4, at 8:45 in Bobcat Hall. 

 

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New Science Textbook Public Review

In order to select a new state adopted instructional materials program for Science at the elementary level the CUSD K-5 NGSS Science Adoption Committee engaged in a review process to select the best materials for the district. The Science Adoption Committee has completed their review of materials and is excited to recommend the following for adoption: STEMScopes (grades K-5) published by Accelerate Learning. Copies of student materials are available for review at the District Curriculum & Instruction Office through March 1st. The Board will consider the adoption of the new materials at the March 11, 2020 Board meeting. The newly adopted materials will then be implemented districtwide in the 2020-2021 school year.

 

Upcoming events

Feb 17-21: No School for February Break

Feb 24-28: Reading and No Screens Week

Change: Tues, Feb 25 @ 6:00: Reading Night at Cachagua Children’s Center

Thurs, Feb 27 @ 5:15: Reading Night at Tularcitos

Fri, Feb 28: Crazy Day Spirit Day – wear something crazy

Fri, Mar 6 @ 6:00: Movie Night in Bobcat Hall (movie TBD)

 

 

Enjoy your break!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

 

In this email

• New Science Textbook Public Review
• Talent Show
• PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser
• Reading Week/No Screens Week Coming
• Message from our PTO

Repeat in this Email

Upcoming events

 

Don’t Miss This

• Tonight, Fri, Feb 7 @ 6:00: Tular Talent Show. Dinner available for purchase at 5:00 (see below for details)
• February Break is Feb 17-21

 

New Science Textbook Public Review

In order to select a new state adopted instructional materials program for Science at the elementary level the CUSD K-5 NGSS Science Adoption Committee engaged in a review process to select the best materials for the district. The Science Adoption Committee has completed their review of materials and is excited to recommend the following for adoption: STEMScopes (grades K-5) published by Accelerate Learning. Copies of student materials are available for review at the District Curriculum & Instruction Office through March 1st. The Board will consider the adoption of the new materials at the March 11, 2020 Board meeting. The newly adopted materials will then be implemented districtwide in the 2020-2021 school year.

 

Talent Show

The big show is tonight from 6:00-8:00.  The show is open for all Tular students and families to come watch and support the performers.  Dinner will also be available to purchase from the DeWeese family’s Fire on Wheels Organic Pizza Oven starting at 5:00.  So come make it a fun night out with the entire family.

 

PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser

Head on over to the link to purchase your tickets for Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds before they sell out.  https://cowboysdenimdiamonds.brownpapertickets.com

Please save the date for our biggest fundraiser event of the year! Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds, evening of Sunday, March 29th, 2020, is being held at the stunning Gardners Ranch.  We are kicking things up a notch this year so mark your calendars now.  We are looking for some great silent and live auction items.  If you can donate an item or know of businesses that would be willing to donate, please contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   More information was sent home about donating with students this week.

 

Yearbook Deadlines

5^th grade memory pages

The online entry for 5th grade ads is being extended until next Friday, Feb 14^th, so give some extra time for those families who were unable to get your entries done.  We are hoping that all 5^th graders will have an add in the yearbook.  Please go to www.jostens.com  to complete your 5^th grade add.

 

Sponsors:

We are currently seeking sponsors who would like to advertise their business in the yearbook.  Please contact Sawsan at sawsan93940@yahoo.com to advertise in the yearbook and help keep our yearbook prices down for our students.

 

Reading Week/No Screens Week Coming

Reading week and No Screens week will be the week we return from break.  More info will be coming home when we return from break.  Mark your calendars now, however, for Reading Night.  The Cachagua Reading Night will be Tuesday, Feb 25, at 6:00, and Tular’s Reading Night will be Thurs, Feb 27 at 5:15.  At the Tular night dinner will be available to purchase with a book fair and other activities starting at 5:15 and reading will start at 6:30.

 

 

Message from our PTO

Thank you to everyone who came to our meeting Wednesday. CUSD’s Chief Academic Officer, Blaise DiGirolamo presented on CUSD’s and Tularcitos’ dashboard.  We are also in full swing planning the Spring Fling and are making this event even larger this year, and therefore be needing more help.  If you are interested in helping out in any way please come to our meeting or contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   Our next meeting will be Wed, March 4, at 8:45 in Bobcat Hall. 

 

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Upcoming events

Fri, Feb 7 @ 6:00: Tular Talent Show.  Dinner available for purchase at 5:00

Wed, Feb 12 @ 5:30: Board of Education Meeting at Tularcitos (Bobcat Hall)

Fri, Feb 14 @ 1:15: Caring Character Assembly by 2^nd grade – wear Red

Feb 17-21: No School for February Break

Feb 24-28: Reading and No Screens Week

Change: Tues, Feb 25 @ 6:00: Reading Night at Cachagua Children’s Center

Thurs, Feb 27 @ 5:15: Reading Night at Tularcitos

Fri, Feb 28: Crazy Day Spirit Day – wear something crazy

 

 

Enjoy the nice weekend!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons

Good Afternoon Bobcat Families. 

If you did not get a Friday email last week, we found out there were problems in the email system we use and as a result it did not go out to everyone.  Hopefully, everything is now fixed and you are getting this email.  

In this email

• Last Day for Feedback on CUSD’s LCAP Process
• Talent Show
• PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser
• Winter Music Concert
• Spelling Bee
• Message from our PTO

Repeat in this Email

Upcoming events

 

Don’t Miss This

• Fri, Feb 7 @6:00: Tular Talent Show. Dinner available for purchase at 5:00 (see below for details)

 

Last Day for Feedback on CUSD’s LCAP Process

Each year, CUSD's Curriculum + Instruction Department presents updated information regarding the CA Dashboard and solicits input for additional updates to the District's Goals & Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). Your feedback is very important and valuable to our goal setting process. The LCAP survey is brief and will only take a few minutes to fill out. We welcome your input. To find out more information regarding the CA Dashboard & access the presentation please click the following link: CUSD CA Dashboard Website. The LCAP goals, actions, services, and outcomes are all closely aligned with our District Goals. The LCAP Stakeholder Input Survey will be open until March 1, 2020.   

 

Talent Show

Our tryouts were this week and we have a lot of great acts lined up for our talent show this year.  Dress rehearsals will take place Monday, Feb 3, after school.  The big show will be Friday, Feb 7, from 7:00-8:00.  The show is open for all Tular students and families to come watch and support the performers.  Dinner will also be available to purchase from the DeWeese family’s Fire on Wheels Organic Pizza Oven starting at 5:00.  So come make it a fun night out with the whole family.

 

PTO Spring Fling Fundraiser

Head on over to the link to purchase your tickets for Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds before they sell out.  https://cowboysdenimdiamonds.brownpapertickets.com

Please save the date for our biggest fundraiser event of the year! Cowboys, Denim & Diamonds, evening of Sunday, March 29th, 2020, is being held at the stunning Gardners Ranch.  We are kicking things up a notch this year so mark your calendars now.  We are looking for some great silent and live auction items.  If you can donate an item or know of businesses that would be willing to donate, please contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   More information was sent home about donating with students this week.

 

Winter Music Concert

I want to thank Mrs. Kremer and our 4^th and 5^th-grade music students for a wonderful concert last night.  It was great to see how much you have grown in your musical ability and what you are able to do.   Thank you, parents, for all of your support for our music program and for helping your children at home with their practicing.  Without the practicing, the students won’t make the progress they need to make to enjoy and be successful with their instrument.

 

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to all of the students who made it to the final round of our spelling bee.  In the end, Ben came in first, Evan second, Louis third, and Elise fourth.  Well done you four! 

 

Message from our PTO

Our next meeting will be Wed, Feb 5, at 8:45 in Bobcat Hall.  CUSD’s Chief Academic Officer, Blaise DiGirolamo will be at this meeting to discuss our district’s goals and get feedback.  We are also in full swing planning the Spring Fling and are making this event even larger this year, and therefore be needing more help.  If you are interested in helping out in any way please come to our meeting or contact Lisa Marsh at lisabellemarsh@hotmail.com or Lisa Bianchi at lisa_bianchi@sbcglobal.net   

 

Repeat in this email

 

 

Upcoming events

Mon, Feb 3 @ 3:15 in Bobcat Hall: Talent Show Dress Rehearsal

Fri, Feb 7 @ 6:00: Tular Talent Show.  Dinner available for purchase at 5:00

Wed, Feb 12 @ 5:00: Board of Education Meeting at Tularcitos (Bobcat Hall)

Fri, Feb 14 @ 1:15: Caring Character Assembly by 2^nd grade – wear Red

Feb 17-21: No School for February Break

Feb 24-28: Reading and No Screens Week

Change: Tues, Feb 25 @ 5:30: Reading Night at Cachagua Children’s Center

Thurs, Feb 27 @ 6:00: Reading Night at Tularcitos

Fri, Feb 28: Crazy Day Spirit Day – wear something crazy

 

 

Have a great weekend!

Ryan Peterson

Proud Principal, Tularcitos Elementary School

Nurturing Hearts, Expanding Minds, Inspiring Actions, Broadening Horizons.