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