Monday, January 25, 2010

Parent~Teacher Conference Week

Parents, please be sure to fill out the Parent Survey during your conference this week!!!
Our wonderful School Council would like your input and feedback on certain issues.
You will find a survey box for each grade level outside in the hallway.
School Council will review all of the input and report back to you results!!!
THANK YOU for sharing with us your thoughts.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Activated link!

The link is now ready to go! Thank you for your patience. Click and you will be able to read the letter from Dr. Lee. I also will now be able to share with you some other great links that I have been wanting to share (smart board, articles, etc...)

Parent~Teacher Conferences: Monday, Jan. 25 we will begin our conferences! Teachers are anxious to share with you the progress your child(ren) have made during the second and into the third quarters. I have enjoyed being in classrooms this week watching several classrooms preparing for Student-Led Portfolio conferencing.

D.I.B.E.L.S. testing is wrapping up! I have had the pleasure of once again assisting our team with this gathering of student data. I completed the testing for second graders and was truly impressed with the level of reading these students are performing at. Excellent job from both school & home!!! Keep reading!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

LInk not activated!

The link to Dr. Lee's letter did not activate for you to click on.
I will try to get that taken care of tonight.
Thank you for your patience. In the meantime, you can go to PVUSD website and Dr. Lee's letter is posted there for your access.

Thank you!

Message for parents from Dr. Lee

Message from Paradise Valley Unified School District, Superintendent, Dr. James Lee

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Happy New Year!

2010 Greetings!
We have come back to school in full swing with our DIBELS assessment. I have been working with our high achieving Second Graders and WOW! they are reading up a storm! While on the subject of reading I would like to take this chance to let you know how very fortunate we are to be able to hire additional reading support. As you know we currently have Mrs. Bier every afternoon, however, starting Tuesday Mrs. Judy Seitz, will be joining our Desert Trails team. She will be the new K-3 Reading Specialist at D.T. on Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Thursday 9:00-3:00 working with our K-3 students in reading support. Judy is a veteran teachers with over 30 years of experience. Her last position in the district was the Reading Specialist at Copper Canyon. Judy is an outstanding educator who will serve our students well. I am very excited to have her join us!

Kindergarten parents just a note of thanks for attending our Kinder meeting this past week. I appreciate your support for the direction we are taking in creating a new Kindergarten class. My promise to you is to make the transition as seamless as possible with my first priority to your child. I will be emailing you as soon as I have information and again, thank you for your support.


Parent~Teacher Conferences are right around the corner but be looking for a new twist. In the hallway, one per grade level, you will find a parent survey. Would you please take a few minutes to complete the survey and place in the grade level box? School Council and I would be very appreciative of the input you offer. PTO has also submitted a couple of questions for their consideration. Your suggestions, ideas, praises and comments are all welcome! We are always striving to improve and your input will assist us in moving forward.
Thank you very much!

Up~Coming Events
1/11 School Council 7:45 a.m.
1/11 PTO Annual Meeting 7:00 p.m.
1/12 Half day-out at 12:30
1/14 Governing Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
1/15 STAR lunch with Mrs. Lee 11:30 a.m.
1/18 MLK No School
1/19 Catalina Chaperone meeting 6:00 p.m.
1/20 UPC 8:30 a.m.
1/22 District Spelling Bee
1/25-1/28 Parent Teacher Conferences
1/26 Coffee with the Principal canceled due to conferences
1/28 & 1/29 Half Days-out at 12:30