Friday, December 18, 2009

Happy Holidays and Thank yous!

As our 2009-2010 first semester has come to a close as of today, I couldn't miss this chance to wish all of our wonderful Desert Trails' families a safe, restful, and fun-filled Winter Break!
My heartfelt thanks for all of the goodies and treats delivered to our Office all week long; and please know the high sugar content kept us in good shape for the busy week!! Especially a warm thanks to the Babcock, Francis, Godwin, Piper, Hurley, Ceccarelli, Malvick, Priester, Garcia, Rounds, Mora and Piper families for the huge trays full of homemade cookies! We all feel appreciated and loved. Our hope is to reflect that appreciation and love back to your children each and every day. We have a wonderful school, full of excellent, dedicated teachers...but as I have said before we couldn't do what we do without you. Thank you for your support and sending us your beautiful children each and every day. Happy~Happy Holidays!!! See you January 4, 2010.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

* CONGRATULATIONS *

!CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SPELLING BEE PARTICIPANTS!

Our 2009-2010 Spelling Bee Participants: Madi B.~Grace B.~Tayler C.~Ryan F.~Braedon H.~Marissa M.~Liam M.~Mady M.~ Matheo M.~Caliegh O. Alternates: Scott C.~Brian G.~Rebekkah L.~Zoe M.~Abby S.

Our 2009-2010 Spelling Bee Winner~ Matheo M. and our Runner Up~ Liam M.

District Spelling Bee will be held in January!!!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Dec. 8, 2009

School Council Parking Lot Blitz...
Thanks to the members of the Desert Trails' School Council as they came to school and shared Tax Credit flyers/information with parents. This was new information for some parents, and a good reminder for others! Our Tax Credit goes to our before and after school enrichment classes, field trip scholarships and much more for our students at Desert Trails.
The January survey is right around the corner. If you have a question you would like the School Council to consider for the survey please email one of our representatives: Parent~Lynn Clark-lynnfclark@cox.net/ Parent~Jeff Gaunt-jeff.gaunt@us.henkel.com/ Teacher~Sue Kinsler-skinsler@pvschoolsnet/ Teacher~Pam Sisserson-psisserson@pvschools.net/ Community~Dina Brown-Armandina.Brown@nau.edu/ Classified~Kim Hall-khall@pvschools.net/
We will need your question before our next School Council meeting-Dec.14th. Thank you!

Mollen Follow-up...
A Follow-up clinic will be held on Dec. 18, 2009. Both the seasonal flu shot and the H1N1 vaccine will be available. The purpose of this Follow up clinic is to provide those students who are 9 years or younger, an opportunity to receive the H1N1 booster vaccine. Registration is available on line at www.flushotusa.com/schools
School clinic hours are 9:00-2:00 Call Mollen clinic for more information at 480.214.2000

Report Cards and a different time-line...
The Paradise Valley Unifed School District reporting system is going away and as of 2010 we will be up and running with a new program, Infinite Campus. Due to this transition all district elementary teachers have been asked to enter their grades into our current system no later than Dec. 18th. This effort will make sure grades are transferred, safe, and ready to go for the report card issue date, January 22. Teachers will be communicating all comments, progress, and student goals with parents at our Parent~Teacher conferences -Jan. 25-28.
Infinite Campus offers a wonderful Parent Portal that you will find to be a supportive resource to keeping in-step with your child's academic progress. More information will follow as soon as the system is up and running.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Dec. 1, 2009

Hola Amigo! After school Spanish classes arrive at Desert Trails! Be watching for the flyer coming home tomorrow and sign your child up! This is another great TAX CREDIT class offered to our Desert Trails' students!

Speaking of TAX CREDIT... this Friday our School Council members will be doing a "parking lot blitz" trying to get the word out about how important your TAX CREDIT is to the students at Desert Trails. Currently the classes we have are: GenYes/Tutoring Club/Homework Club/Sports Club/ Science Club/Spanish Club/ and some other great ones are in the works!! It's a WIN-WIN!!

December Events:
12/3- Gov. Board Meeting 7 p.m.
12/4-Parking Lot Blitz 3 p.m.
12/5-Choir performance PV Mall 4 p.m.
12/11-STAR Citizen lunch with Mrs. Lee
12/11-Spelling Bee 1:30 p.m.
12/14-School Council meeting 7:45 a.m.
12/14-Band concert at Sunset Canyon 6:30 p.m.
12/15-Coffee with the Principal ~ Topic AIMS 8:30 a.m.
12/15-Chorus concert at Desert Trails 6:30 p.m.
12/17-Gov. Board Meeting 7 p.m.
12/18-Mollen Clinic "booster" 9-2