Dear Parents, I want to thank everyone that participated in the kick off assembly for Family Heritage Month. Ask your child/ren what they thought of our guest dancers. I also want to thank our PTSA for hanging the various national flags throughout the building. A family fact sheet is coming home today as part of our Heritage Month activities. I hope you take a moment to sit down with your child and share some special stories from your family lineage. We are hoping to have the .5 (half day) reading position filled next week so we can begin our reading program. Teachers are finishing up trimester grades (the first trimester ends tomorrow) by giving district Standards Assessments and evalutating other classroom assignments, and then preparing report cards. The new Standards Based System is a major change in the entire grading/report card process. Teachers are working very long hours putting together conference material for parents and students. I want to thank all of our staff for their extra efforts. If you haven't signed up for a conference with your child's teacher please do so as soon as possible. The weather has changed and there are a lot of coats in our lost and found. Please remind your child to check for missing items. If you have the opportunity to come by the school, please check for unclaimed coats, jackets or backpacks. There will be a Veteran's Day Assembly on Wednesday, November 10th. Activities will begin at 9:45. Sincerely, Barry S. Dorsey Principal Upcoming Events November 8th and 9th Highly Capable Testing November 10th Veteran's Day Assembly November 11th Veteran's Day - No School *November 15th - 23rd Conferences Begin - 2 hour 10 minute Early Dismissal *November 24th One Hour Early Dismissal November 25th - 26th Thanksgiving Holiday Break - No school December 1st Pacific Science Center Van here * Parents of Kindergartners should have received information regarding their schedule change for the conference period.