Principal Report – Q3W10 | Heritage Elementary

Week of March 11, 2024

Happy Sunday Hawk Families!

This coming Saturday, March 16th, 2024, the Heritage Staff and Parent Teacher Organization would like to invite you and our community to a Celebration at Life in honor of Peggy Barragan at Heritage Elementary School. Please see the details below. Please use he QR code at the bottom of the image to RSVP your attendance. This will help us to prepare for the afternoon. We hope that you can join us!

We have 1 weeks left in school until we get into Spring Break. I hope that you have an opportunity to get some quality family time over the coming weeks, while we are on break.

Mints… We need mints for testing. If you are willing and able to donate a bag of mints we could use them for our statewide testing coming up.

Please enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sincerely,

DR & JG

Upcoming Dates

02/05-4/12 – ELPAC Testing
03/11 – (Mon) – Girls Basketball Meeting at Lunch (4th-6th Graders). Meet in room 801 at 10:00am
03/11 – (Mon) – LOKO Bean Cafe – 6:30-8:30am. Pre-order by texting (619) 342-5727
03/15 – (Fri) – Last day of 3rd Quarter
3/18-04/01 – 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

Basketball Season

We have a COACH for our Heritage Girls Basketball team! YAY! If your child/student is in the 4th – 6th Grades they are invited to join our informational meeting at 10:00am on Monday, 03/11/24 in room 801. Tryouts are tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 03/12/24 at 2:30pm.

Our District Office is helping us to find a Coach to fill our Heritage Boy’s Basketball team. We will keep you posted as soon as one is found and once we schedule an information session and tryouts. Thank you for your patience!

PTO News

Rock-N-Roll into the Night – Family Dance

Friday, April 05, 2024 at 5:30pm-8:00pm.
$10 per ticket includes 1 entry, dinner and drink.

Annual Chalk Festival

Thursday, April 11
Volunteers needed! Please

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.