18 | February | 2024 | Heritage Elementary

Quarter 3 Week 7 – Week of February 19

Happy Sunday Hawk Families!

We still need your help with our Annual YMCA Campaign. We are hoping to continue to raise funds to support our YMCA families. The money raised during this campaign go to help our local families with scholarships to attend our before and after-school YMCA and DASH programs. Please click on this link or the image below and donate $5, $10, or whatever you can! Help our Heritage Families get the resources they need to support their families. Thank you!

Upcoming Dates

02/05-4/12 – ELPAC Testing

02/16 & 02/19 – (Friday & Monday) No School – President’s Day Holiday

03/07-14 – Parent Conference Week

03/15 – (Fri) – Last day of 3rd Quarter

03/18-04/01 – Spring Break and Cesar Chavez Holiday – No School

04/02 -(Tue) – School Resumes for ALL Students, 1st Day of 4th Quarter – Minimum Day – dismissal @ 12:45pm

PTO News

Attention Parents/Guardians!

Rock-N-Roll into the Night Family Dance on Friday, March 01, 2024 at 5:30pm-8:00pm. $10 per ticket includes 1 entry, dinner and drink. COME JOIN US!

Since the PTO Yearbook Committee is shorthanded 🤷‍♀️ this year, WE REALLY NEED🙏YOUR HELP WITH PHOTOS 📷…

We need at least 8 photos 😀(from different events) from your classroom to fill the classroom page. Please e-mail them at original size (no need to reduce them) to the following email address:

Heritagehawksyb@gmail.com

Thank you!!

English Language Learners (ELL)

ELPAC – English Language Proficiency Assessment for California

Testing window – February 05-April 12

Tips for Parents:

Develop Language at home through family activities such as baking cookies or building a puzzle
Utilize ELPAC Online Practice Tests: https://www.elpac.org/resources/practicetests /#practice-training-tests
Understand what is on the ELPAC – Domain Information Sheet: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/elpacdomaininfo.asp
Before Testing –
- Retell stories they Read
- Make Listening Games
- Play games and talk about sequence
After Testing –
- Talk about their feelings and celebrate their efforts
- Discuss what was easy and challenging
- Remind them that you LOVE them for just who they are

ATTENDANCE & CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM

Please make sure that your children/students are coming to school and are on time. We’ve had an increase in tardies and absences, which can have a negative impact on their learning and on families who are on Zone Transfers. CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM is when a student is absent for 10% or more of the school year. It impacts students ability to form strong relationships with peers, impacts students ability to perform well academically, and can create poor habits that are hard to break. CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM is created by both excused and unexcused absences. Please communicate with the office if your family expects to take time off (3 days or more) from school so that we can support you with an Independent Contract while you are away. By doing this your student(s) will not be marked absent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Please see see below for when to call in sick and when to keep your student at home.