KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

AND

OPEN ENROLLMENT

JANUARY 12th - FEBRUARY 10TH

Registration Hours:  9:00am-11:00am

For more information on Kindergarten registration,

please click here or call 423-3802.

To enter your request of Open Enrollment online,

click here. 

A Note from the Principal

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!

As we welcome the new year, most of us think of things that we might do differently or change a habit for the upcoming year to better ourselves.  We can all start the new year with a healthy mind and body by taking care of ourselves and taking part in some good habits for the upcoming year.  “Initiative” (moving into action) is January’s megaskill.  Take the initiative to help your child develop some good healthy habits to help them be focused and successful in school.

• Have your child do his/her homework before or immediately after dinner (not in the morning before school)

• Make sure your child gets enough sleep (10 hours minimum is the recommended time for children ages 6-12 yrs of age)

• Make sure your child is appropriately dressed for the cold winter days (sweater or coat with your child’s name marked inside in case it gets lost)

• Have your child eat a healthy breakfast at home or drop off your child early enough to purchase a breakfast in the cafeteria (7:45am-8:00am) Children should arrive no later than 8am to eat breakfast in the cafeteria. 

• Help your child be prepared when coming to school (homework, lunch or lunch money, signed papers, etc. in his/her backpack)   REMINDER: Classroom instruction cannot be interrupted to give messages to your child or your child’s teacher unless there is a family emergency.

• Arrive on time to school.  Be sure you are leaving early enough to get your child to school before the bell rings 8:10 or earlier.  Children may proceed to the blacktop area to line up for class when the 8:00am bell rings.  (If children arrive late, they miss out on important information the teacher shares with the class in the first couple minutes of instruction.)

• Pick your child up on time.  Make sure they know who will be picking them up after school.

• If there is a concern you have regarding your child and would like to talk with your child’s teacher, you may arrange a time to speak with your child’s teacher by calling or emailing him/her to set up an appointment.

- Tricia Ringel, Principal

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION AND OPEN ENROLLMENT JANUARY 12th THROUGH FEBRUARY 10TH

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Kindergarten Registration for the upcoming school year will take place January 12 through February 10, 2012.

To register your child for Kindergarten the following documents are required:

1.  Birth Certificate  (must be 5 years old by November 1st, 2012)

2.  Immunization Records (as current, as is age appropriate)

3.  Proof of Residency ***(see below)

For more information please click here or call 423-3802

OPEN ENROLLMENT

For parents with a student(s) already attendinga school in Santa Clara Unified desiring to attend a school within the district, other than your home school, January 12 – February 10, 2012  is the time to enter your request of Open Enrollment online here. *

*Please note you must obtain a Permanent Student number for your child before initiating this on-line process.  You may request this ID number from the office.

Important!:  If you have a child attending the 5th grade this school year and desire a middle school other than Cabrillo Middle School for the 2012/2013 schoolyear, you must apply for Open Enrollment if you wish your child to attend Peterson, Peterson +, or Buchser Middle School.  Please read additional flyer sent home today for all 5th grade parents.

CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY:  SCUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION POSTPONES OPENING

Due to an unexpected population drop and unused capacity in neighboring schools, Central Park Elementary will not be opening in 2012.  Since efforts to update the former Mariposa school site are already underway and there is an increasing demand for spots in SCUSD’s Millikin Basics+ program, the Millikin Basics + program will still open at the former Mariposa site in Fall 2012.  A process will start soon to find a lessee for the site.  Leasing the Millikin site and the postponement of opening Central Park Elementary, combined with expanding the Millikin Basics + program and fully utilizing the neighboring elementary school sites, will save Santa Clara Unified School District nearly $1Million Dollars from its general fund.  This savings will be critical as SCUSD strives to maintain academic programs even as it endures increasing budget cuts from the state budget fallout.  For more information regarding this change, please contact SCUSD at (408) 423-2005. 

Luego de un análisis a fondo, la Junta Directiva de Educación del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Santa Clara/SCUSD, ha aplazado la apertura de la Escuela Primaria Central Park

Debido a la inesperada reducción de población y a la inusual capacidad en las escuelas de nuestros vecindarios, la Escuela Primaria Central Parkno se inaugurará en el 2012.  Gracias a todos los esfuerzos que se llevaron a cabo para actualizar la Escuela Mariposa, este proyecto ya se encuentra avanzado y ya que existe una gran demanda por cupos en el programa Millikin Basics+del SCUSD, el programa MillikinBasics+se inaugurará en el otoño del 2012 en el recinto escolar conocido anteriormente como Escuela Mariposa.  Pronto empezará el proceso para buscar un arrendatario para el recinto escolar Millikin.  El arrendamiento del recinto escolar Millikin y el aplazamiento de la apertura de la Escuela Primaria Central Park, combinado con la expansión del programa Millikin Basics+y con la utilización total de las escuelas primarias en nuestros vecindarios, el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Santa Clara ahorrará cerca de $1 millón de dólares de los fondos generales.  Este ahorro será crítico ya que el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Santa Clara lucha por mantener programas académicos aún cuando sufre por el aumento de recortes de presupuesto como consecuencia del presupuesto estatal.  Para más información con respecto a este cambio, por favor comuníquese al Distrito Escolar Unificado de Santa Clara al (408) 423-2005. 

FLYERS IN OFFICE

P.A.L. Youth Bowling and BMX Racing  / P.A.L Wrestling (for 4th-8th graders)  /  Youth Tennis League / AYSO Soccer / Homestead Little League Sign Ups / Triton Museum of Art KidStudio and TeenStudio/ Sunnyvale Lakewood Pony Baseball /  Sunnyvale Girls Softball League (ages 5-16) / Healthy Families Medi-Cal For Children Information / Cell Phone Use Agreement

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

January 10TH, Tuesday	SSC Meeting @ 5:30pm
	PTA Meeting @ 6:30pm (Staff room)
January 12th – February 10th	Kindergarten Registration
	Open Enrollment
January 16th, Monday	NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Day
January 24th, Tuesday	Dining for $ @ Armadillo Willy’s Restaurant
January 27th, Friday	Megaskill Assembly @ 8:15am
January 31st, Tuesday	Family Drawing Night
	ELAC Meeting @ 5:30pm