Dear Families,
I hope this finds you well and you enjoyed your Fall Break. I'm looking forward to October and hopefully some cooler weather. You may have noticed a storage unit on the playground and some new conduit on the back of our building. We are switching our slide key entry system to an ID Badge entry system. This will provide greater security for our building, especially on the weekends. All schools in PVUSD will eventually be going to this system. We will have crews working off and on from 4:00 pm until 2:00 am during the week. They hope to have to change over completed in 10 weeks. This should cause no disruption to our learning environment. Please let me know if you have any questions and concerns.
I've had some concerns raised recently regarding our pick-up procedures in the afternoon. The designated car pick-up area for students, First through Sixth grade, is behind the school. The "Sonoran Park" parking lot is not a designated pick-up area for First through Sixth grade. If you are meeting your child in this parking lot, please park in a designated slot. Thanks! Also, please remember that students are not allowed to come to a waiting vehicle in the front of the school. Our number one priority is keeping our students safe while they are in our care.
Our Fall Festival packets should have arrived home yesterday. I hope you will consider joining us for this fabulous event. Our PTO Fall Festival Team is hard at working making this an incredible evening for our kiddos! If you are new to the school or have never attended, it is a wonderful night! Please see our PTO website for more details!
As you recall, our Third through Sixth Graders participated in AZ Merit Testing last spring. The Arizona Department of Education has told us that student results will be provided to the schools the week of October 20th. Our plan is to distribute student results during our Conference Week, October 26-29th. Please look for more information in the coming weeks regarding the results of AZ Merit Testing.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
Lora Herbein, Principal
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015
Dear Families,
I hope your children have settled into their classrooms and are having a fabulous start to the school year. As I walk through classrooms, our students are happy, engaged and learning. Check out a few of our classrooms.
We have formed a wonderful relationship with the Boys and Girls Club - Thunderbirds Branch. The director, Paola Gale, is the Community Member on our School Council and very involved in the Pinnacle Peak Community. She provides a staff member, David Debruin, at least twice a month to come over during our lunch period to play organized games with our students. The students love it when David joins us on the playground.
Last year we installed a "Buddy Bench". The purpose of the "Buddy Bench" is to create an environment that fosters new friendships. Students that would like to make a new friend sit on the bench and other students know that children on the bench would like to make a new friend. We have just started training students on the use of this bench and we hope this will blossom into a way for our children to expand their friendship to others at Pinnacle Peak.
One final note on the playground. For safety reasons, students must wear closed-toe shoes or sandals with an attached back on the new playground equipment, including the obstacle course, the climbing walls, and the spinning equipment. Students that wear sandals without a back may still play on the swings and the slide area.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
Lora Herbein, Principal
Dear Families,
I hope your children have settled into their classrooms and are having a fabulous start to the school year. As I walk through classrooms, our students are happy, engaged and learning. Check out a few of our classrooms.
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| Miss Orr's Fourth Graders |
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| Mrs. Okraski's Third Graders |
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| Dr. Stickford's 6th Grade Music Class |
I wanted to let you know about a few playground updates.
Last year we installed a "Buddy Bench". The purpose of the "Buddy Bench" is to create an environment that fosters new friendships. Students that would like to make a new friend sit on the bench and other students know that children on the bench would like to make a new friend. We have just started training students on the use of this bench and we hope this will blossom into a way for our children to expand their friendship to others at Pinnacle Peak.
One final note on the playground. For safety reasons, students must wear closed-toe shoes or sandals with an attached back on the new playground equipment, including the obstacle course, the climbing walls, and the spinning equipment. Students that wear sandals without a back may still play on the swings and the slide area.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
Lora Herbein, Principal
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