Greetings Connect K8 Families,

We hope you enjoyed the rainy weather at the start of this week! We sure did :)

We are looking forward to gathering as a community at our "Let's Gather!" Fall Festival on Wednesday, and hope that you will join us! We'd also like to invite you and your family to contribute to our community Ofrenda as part of the celebration and acknowledgement of Dia de los Muertos. We owe a huge thank you to Core 3 student Julian and his mom, Kahiry, for setting up the below Ofrenda for our community!

To those who celebrate, we wish you a wonderful Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, and Diwali! We also recognize that there may be an influx of candy and treats in many homes this weekend--please help our students have a successful day at school by not packing candy in lunchboxes. Thank You!

Take Good Care,

Kaitlin and Tami

We continue to see unsafe choices being made in our morning drop off routines. Please review the below information, and use the drop off route correctly to ensure everyone's safety. Please also only cross the street using designated cross walks.

Please RSVP HERE tp sign up to attend and participate in our Fall Festival! Below are some invitations for participation at this incredible event hosted by our Core 3 families!

1. A plant swap table: Our Core 5 students are generously gifting their plants they've grown during project time. Feel free to bring a plant to swap or take one home to continue growing!

2. A giving table: We will provide space for families to donate socks in coordination with our Kindness Campaign Socktober event, as well as baby gifts, diapers, and grocery gift cards (Albertsons, Ralphs, Food for Less, Grub Hub) for Melvin Johnson's family 

3. A Nourishing table: Food is one of the best parts of gathering! Feel free to sign up to bring a baked good (either homemade or storebought is fine) to share with our community. Please keep in mind that all food should be prepared in individual portions as a COVID precaution. We also encourage families to bring their own re-usable plates/napkins/cultery. We will have some extra plates available. 

4. Dia de los Muertos Community Ofrenda: Feel free to contribute an offering to our community Ofrenda to honor a loved one who has passed (memories of pets are welcome, too!). An offering can be anything from a copy of a photograph, a note to your loved one, a drawing, etc. We hope to have the Ofrenda available for students to contribute and observe throughout the week.

For the rest of October and throughout November, we will be collecting new packages of socks to donate to the Downtown Women's Shelter! See THIS flyer for more info! You can drop off socks to our front office, as well as bring them to our Fall Festival, where we will have a Giving Table available for all donations!

Don't forget that all families can take advantage of free breakfast and lunch on campus! Find weekly menus HERE

Live art ZOOM Art with Mr. Mason. Every Wednesday 2-3pm starting Sept. 1st.

https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NTQ5ODk5MTQzNzZa

Remember new art videos are uploaded twice a week on Tuesday & Friday.

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One of our amazing teachers, Julia Rivera, will be offering a read aloud from 2:30-3:00 every weekday, M-F!! She will be reading some of her favorite picture books, that are enjoyable for students TK-8^th grade. Feel free to join her at her zoom link for this wonderful way to end a school day!

Checkout her tentative schedule of read a louds here!

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Beast Academy Online (available for grades 2-5)

∞ Check out the Beast Academy Online Resources in the Curriculum Champions HUB located in The Parent Center Google Classroom

I have two students in grades 3 and 5, and this is my fourth year as a Connect parent. I love talking about curriculum and instruction and would love to connect with you about Beast Academy! My email address is haubnerjulie@gmail.com