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September 08, 2009
Skyblue Mesa Newsletter of 9-8-09
SKYBLUE MESA PARENT NEWSLETTER
SKYBLUE MESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A California Distinguished school
28040 Hardesty Street
Canyon Country, California 91351
Phone: (661)298-3260 Fax (661)298-3256; email dbohn@saugus.k12.ca.us
Volume 3 Number 3 September 8, 2009
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From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents, Parenting requires many judgment calls, including numerous decisions related to schoolwork and school projects. Principals and teachers are always stressing how important it is for parents to be involved, but how much is too much? We all want our children to do well in school. But, sometimes, we might want it too much and end up giving them too much assistance. The problem is, while their grades might look stellar, their self-esteem can suffer. Children are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for. So what’s a concerned parent to do? How much help is reasonable? What kinds of suggestions or assistance are acceptable? And what do you do if they don’t understand their homework, even after asking you for guidance? Don’t do it for them. Guidance is great. or paper clips, count the total, and, together, divide them into groups of five, six, or seven. Be encouraging. Expand their brains. Finally, know when to call for help. If your child is consistently having trouble with a specific concept, even after you’ve helped explain it to him or her, it’s time to let the teacher know. Chances are yours isn’t the only child in the class who’s confused. In addition to learning the schoolwork, your child will gain some very important knowledge: that it’s smart to ask for help when you don’t understand something.
Debbie Bohn, Principal Help the Children Skyblue Mesa will continue to collect food this school year for Help the Children, a nonprofit organization here in Santa Clarita. The food collected is used to help needy families in our community. For the month of September, we will collect cereal and oatmeal. Please consider donating these items to help the children. Thank you PTO SPIRIT PACKS Please turn in your PTO Spirit Packs and most importantly your $10 donation. This money is used to help pay for Field Trips and Buses. The students who turn it in by Sept. 14th will receive a Smencil FREE! Extra Spirit Packs are available in the office. Any questions, please contact PTO at: skybluemesa_pto@yahoo.com Sixth Grade T-Shirts are being ordered for the class of 2010! We would like all sixth graders to have a shirt for our sixth grade events this year. Shirts are $12.00 and can be purchased on the Spirit Pack order form by Sept. 14th. If you have a special circumstance, please contact your teacher. Any questions, please contact Sandy Howard at 299-2374. Date to Remember MINIMUM DAY
Spaghetti Dinner/Bingo 6:00pm - Big MPR Friday, September 18 Student Store/During Lunch Monday, September 21 Grades 1 -6/Dismissal 2:00pm
Book Fair Tuesday, September 22 Grades 1 -6/Dismissal 2:00pm
Book Fair PTO Cronic Taco Night Wednesday, September 23 MINIMUM DAY
Book Fair Thursday, September 24 NO SCHOOL Book Fair Friday, September 25 MINIMUM DAY
Monday, September 28 Site Council Meeting/4:00pm Del Escritorio de la Principal Estimados Padres, Los padres deben ejercer buen juicio y tomar muchas decisiones, incluyendo aquellas que traten con los deberes y proyectos escolares. Aunque los directores escolares y maestros siempre enfatizan la importancia de la participación de los padres en la educación de sus niños, ¿cómo se pueden determinar los limites de esa ayuda? Para comenzar, póngase en las siguientes situaciones: Todos queremos que nuestros niños rindan bien académicamente. Pero a veces lo deseamos tanto que les ayudamos demasiado. El problema es que aunque sus notas se vean muy bien, el autoestima de sus niños puede sufrir. Los niños son más inteligentes de lo que nosotros creemos, y saben cuando se merecen una nota. En lugar de ayudarles a lograr el éxito, un exceso de participación por parte de los padres puede resultar en todo lo contrario. Entonces, ¿qué debe hacer un padre preocupado por el rendimiento académico de sus niños? ¿Cuánta ayuda es razonable? ¿Qué tipo de sugerencias o ayuda es aceptable? ¿Qué debe hacer si sus niños no comprenden las tareas, aun después de haberle pedido su ayuda? No hacerles las tareas escolares. Cómo guiarles. cuenten el total y juntos, divídanlos en grupos de cinco, seis o siete. Si su niño esta teniendo problemas en escribir, haga algunas sugerencias en cuanto a frases y juntos conversen acerca de algunas ideas de temas sobre los cuales puede escribir, o pídale a su niño que haga una lista de ideas. Ayude a sus niños para que puedan pensar cómo completar el proceso. Finalmente, sepa cuando pedir ayuda. Si su niño tiene problemas con un concepto de una manera consistente, aun después de que usted se lo haya explicado, debe avisarle al maestro. Es muy posible que no sea el único niño en la clase que este confundido. Además de aprenderse las tareas, su niño aprenderá algo muy importante: es un signo de inteligencia pedir ayuda cuando no se comprende algo. Debbie Bohn, Principal Help the Children Skyblue Mesa will continue to collect food this school year for Help the Children, a nonprofit organization here in Santa Clarita. The food collected is used to help needy families in our community. For the month of September, we will collect cereal and oatmeal. Please consider donating these items to help the children. Thank you PTO SPIRIT PACKS Please turn in your PTO Spirit Packs and most importantly your $10 donation. This money is used to help pay for Field Trips and Buses. The students who turn it in by Sept. 14th will receive a Smencil FREE! Extra Spirit Packs are available in the office. Any questions, please contact PTO at: skybluemesa_pto@yahoo.com Sixth Grade T-Shirts are being ordered for the class of 2010! We would like all sixth graders to have a shirt for our sixth grade events this year. Shirts are $12.00 and can be purchased on the Spirit Pack order form by Sept. 14th. If you have a special circumstance, please contact your teacher. Any questions, please contact Sandy Howard at 299-2374. Fechas para recordar MINIMUM DAY
Spaghetti Dinner/Bingo Grades 1-6/Dismissal/12:26pm All Kindergarten/8:00am-11:20am Friday, September 11 Friday, September 18 Jueves, el 23 Septiembre Thursday, September 24 NO SCHOOL Book Fair Friday, September 25 MINIMUM DAY
Monday, September 28 Site Council Meeting/4:00pm Friday, October 2 Student Store/During Lunch October 5TH – October 9TH NO SCHOOL-FALL BREAK
Sixth Grade T-Shirts
Sixth Grade T-Shirts
Grades 1-6/Dismissal/12:26pm
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
Parent ConferencesDIA MINIMO (CORTO)
Kindergarten siguen el horario Regular
Grades 1-6/Estudiantes salen/12:26pm
Student Store/During Lunch
Monday, September 21
Grades 1 -6/Dismissal 2:00pm
Book Fair
Tuesday, September 22
Grades 1 -6/Dismissal 2:00pm
Book Fair
PTO Cronic Taco Night
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
Grades 1-6/Dismissal/12:26pm
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
Parent ConferencesGrades 1-6/Dismissal/12:26pm
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
All Kindergarten/Regular Schedule
Grades 1-6/Dismissal/12:26pm
All Kindergarten/8:00am-11:20am
Friday, September 11
One great way parents can help their children with school projects is by asking them to go beyond their original ideas.It can be frustrating to try to master new concepts and complete school projects. Give your children encouragement and understanding as they work things through.Help your children understand assignments by talking with them about the concepts. Let’s say your child is having trouble with basic division. Dump out a stack of penniesRule No. 1 is an easy one to remember: Don’t ever do your children’s homework or school projects for them. The assignments were given to them for a reason—they need to learn the concepts, and they can’t do that learning if you do their work.Keywords: SK Newsletter
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