Tesoro del Valle Newsletter

DATES TO REMEMBER

 

Message from Mrs. Post….

 

This is an exciting week for our primary children as Thursday marks the 100^th day of school. I know that our Kindergarten teachers are planning some fun activities centered around the 100^th day of school.

 

On Monday you should have received the School Accountability Report Card (SARC) for our school. This is the condensed version and the full version is on the SUSD web site. The SARC shares information particular to Tesoro del Valle and each site has their own SARC. I hope you will find this report informative.

 

The February calendar has a new look this month. It is printed using iCal rather than my usual Zimbra that the district uses. This occurred as the district did some upgrades a few weeks ago and there are many new computer “glitches” in the program. IT dept. found a way to share the calendar with you in a new format. One advantage is that I am able to include more events/activities in each box.

 

Congratulations to Marty Lange, 5^th grader in Mrs. Boron’s class. Mrs. Boron’s class entered the Seasons of Diversity contest sponsored by the city of Santa Clarita. This annual contest promotes the sharing of ideas in the area cultural diversity through writing and art. Thank you to Mrs. Boron for encouraging her students to participate in this contest for the second year.

 

Welcome to our new students who enrolled this week:  Jayden Brown, Janice Ha, Sarah Pascual, Kaia Redfern.

 

Many of you have asked what you can do in light of the budget cuts/crisis in education. I encourage you to write or call both state and federal officials in regards to the cuts that have been made and that are continuing in our state. I am providing names and addresses below. These are all public record and can be found in your daily newspapers.

 

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer

112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510  E-mail: senator@boxer.senate.gov

Comments: (202) 224-3553

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein

331 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

E-Mail: senator@feinstein.senate.gov

Comments: (202) 224-3841

 

Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon

25^th Congressional District 2351 Rayburn House Office Building,  Washington, D.C. 20515

Local office: 26650 The Old Road #203, Santa Clarita, CA 91381-0757

Local office: 661-254-2111 Main office( 202) 225-1956

E-Mail: mckeon.house.gov/contact/

 

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Office of the Governor State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814-4905  E-Mail: governor@governor.ca.gov

Comments: (916) 445-2841

 

CA Sen. George Runner

17^th Senate District State Capitol #2068, Sacramento, CA 95814-4905

Local office: 23920 Valencia Blvd. Suite 250, Santa Clarita, CA, 91355   District office-661-729-6232 or Capitol Office at 916-651-4017

CA Sen. Tony Strickland

19^th Senate District State Capitol #4062

Sacramento, CA, 95814

Main: (916) 651-4019   Local: (805) 494-8808

E-mail: info@tonystrickland.com

 

Assemblyman Cameron Smyth

38^th Assembly District State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814

Local office: 23734 Valencia Blvd. #303, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Main: (916) 319-2038  Local: (661) 286-1565

WEST CREEK PRESENTATION

 

The Saugus Union School District Board of Trustees took action last Tuesday to open West Creek Academy as a focus school for the 2010-2011 school year. With an emphasis on high academic achievement and positive character traits, West Creek will also offer students a unique educational experience that will focus on instrumental music, performing arts, and beginning Korean.  Enrollment is open to all children. If you are interested in having your child attend West Creek starting next school year, you may learn more about the school and its premier programs by attending one of the parent meetings listed below:

 

Tuesday, February 9th at 9:00 am

Skyblue Mesa Elementary School

28040 Hardesty St. Canyon Country, Ca 91351

Tuesday, February 9th at 5:00 pm

Bridgeport Elementary School

23670 Newhall Ranch Rd. Valencia, Ca 91355

Tuesday, February 16th at 6:00 pm

Rosedell Elementary School

27853 Urbandale Ave. Saugus, Ca 91350

 

PTA NEWS

 

OPEN PTA POSITIONS

 

What helps to make Tesoro del Valle Elementary such a great community?

 

Our parent volunteers of course! Our school takes great pride in its tremendous PTA members.  The time has come for several members to vacate their current positions. You can really make a difference by filling one of them! We have positions that will require little of your time, but give the children big rewards.  Several parents on the board work outside the home and find time to give to their child’s school.

The following information will help you answer questions about our opened Executive Board Positions:

 

VP  Fundraising

Time Commitment:  Depending on the week of the fundraising event.

Busiest Times of Year: Around our major fund 

 

raisers and fall gift wrap sale.

Select fundraising opportunities for our school.  Fundraising is a crucial component to our PTA.  It is the way we pay for all of our PTA events from assemblies, to field trips, to Mother/Son and Father/Daughter events, etc.  Oversee all existing PTA fundraising activities by assisting committee chairs with program organization, budgeting and continuity.  Evaluates overall effectiveness of PTA fundraising efforts and makes suggestions to the Board for program improvements.

 

PTA Membership

Time Commitment: Up to 8 hours

Busiest Times of Year: September

For each membership drive, develop letters to announce the start of the membership drive, stamping membership envelopes for distribution, collecting envelopes, recording membership names for printing at later date in bulletin. Collect, count, and deposit money with financial secretary.  Develop bulletin notices to list and thank all paid members. Find vendors to donate rewards for membership.  Good job for parent working daytime hours. 

 

If I can answer any questions please e-mail me at ssandak@earthlink.net  Thank you in advance for your support.

Starr Sandak

 

MC TEACHER NIGHT WAS A SUCCESS!

 

We appreciate you coming out to support Tesoro, we had a wonderful turn out!

 

Mrs. Kirk’s first grade class is the winner of the “Hamburger Party”.  Congratulations!

 

JOG-A-THON 2010

 

Tesoro del Valle PTA will host our 1st Annual Jog-A-Thon on April 28th.  This exciting new adventure will be fun for the kids and help us raise money for our much needed technology fund.  Our computer lab needs new computers, our adored broadcast system for Monday mornings is temperamental and Mrs. Post would love to add more Smart Boards (www.smarttech.com) to our classrooms. 

 

The Jog-a-thon will help raise money to fund this, but I need help.  To begin, I need a committee of 8 enthusiastic and reliable team members.  Committee members will be responsible for student pledges, corporate sponsorships, donations, theme, and field set-up. 

 

I know finding time during our all ready demanding schedules can be a challenge, which is why I am organizing now.   If this is something you can commit to, please let me know immediately at lmaloney1@att.net .  I’d like to have our first committee meeting this Friday.  Your contribution will be invaluable to our school.

 

Thank you!

 

YEARBOOK PRE-SALE

 

Yearbook pre-sale is here!  The pre-sale will run from Tuesday, February 2nd through Friday, February 26th.  Order now to guarantee your copy. The cost is $22.00 per book so order now and don't miss out.

 

SIXTH GRADE PARENTS

 

Please fill out the Rio Norte Pre-Registration Information forms and return them to Tesoro no later than Friday, February 5, 2010. 

 

The Rio Norte Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) is looking for parents who are interested in holding an office or chair position on the Executive Board.  Positions do not require a lot of your time and meetings are monthly.  This is a great opportunity to be "in the loop" with school information.  For more information, please contact Lisa Bomben at mamalisa@ca.rr.com.

 

FOOD DRIVE

 

Food items for February:  Jello and evaporated milk.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Get the Scoop!  Log onto our new PTA website at www.tesorodelvallepta.org. We hope you will visit this website often to find the most current information about our school and PTA events.

Keywords: Tesoro Newsletter