Sunday, September 25, 2011

Islands Night Out/K-12 Recess/Principal for the Day

9/27 This Tuesday, from 4:00-close join your favorite teacher(s) for Desert Trail's PTO Island Night Out! This has always proven to be a fun and successful night for all! So, grab your family and join the D.T. family for dinner!!! 6th grade parents- don't forget our Catalina meeting at 6:30 in the cafeteria!

9/29 & 9/30 are both K-12 Recess Days. NO SCHOOL.

10/4 Principal for the Day~ Principal Nathan P.
According to Principal Nathan's calendar on this special day, he will be joining the Management Team for our monthly meeting, carrying out morning announcements, inaugurating Student Council Speeches, participating in classroom walk-thrus, facilitating cafeteria lunchtime, enjoying a special lunch with Mrs. Lee, and tending to a meeting with Mrs. Hall.
Stay tuned for his report about his day!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Traffic/Desert Ridge/STAR/No School

At the request through School Council, I am pleased to report that the City of Phoenix has done an evaluation of our current pick up/drop off procedures at Desert Trails. The findings/results were very positive, and the procedures in place are safe and efficient. A suggestion to relieve the amount of cars that we do manage on a daily basis, could be to launch a NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING PROGRAM.
The City of Phoenix will come back to Desert Trails to assist in creating a safe walking route, and share ideas on making this program a success. This will take parent volunteers to coordinate and run. If anyone is interested, please contact the office!!!

Desert Ridge will be hosting Paradise Valley Schools this Saturday. Stop in and see all the great things happening in our District!

Star Citizens will be joining Mrs. Lee for lunch at Desert Ridge' Mimi's Cafe this Friday! These STAR students are "caught" making good choices, demonstrating acts of kindness or lots of other excellent qualities we stress at Desert Trails.
September Students are: Kinder-Ava R./1st-Chaz G./2nd-Isyss C./3rd-Manessah H./4th-Jansen M./5th-Noah P./6th-Bryce H. CONGRATULATIONS STARS!

Reminder: Thursday, Sept. 29 & Friday, Sept. 30 are NO SCHOOL K-12 Recess Days! Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

New Parent Rep./Picture Day/PTO

First I would like to thank those who stepped up and offered their time & support to be involved with School Council. Those stellar individuals are: Laurel Lawton, Lisa Howe, Dania Schulman, Tracy Smitherman, and Joann Polk.
Next I would like to thank those of you who voted for the parent representative to serve on School Council. It gives me great satisfaction to know that at Desert Trails ALL parents have the opportunity to serve, vote, and be heard!
Last, but certainly not least I would like to announce our new parent who will serve on the School Council for the 2011-2012/2012-2013 school years. Please celebrate with me, Joann Polk.
As many of you know, Joann has two boys at D.T. and Jo has been instrumental on our wonderful PTO. I am very pleased to welcome Joann, and she is looking forward to being your liaison.

LIFETOUCH will be here Thursday for Picture Day!!

Did you hear that PTO is throwing an Ice Cream party? There are!!! For the classroom who gathers the most parent PTO memberships! We need moms and dads, grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, neighbors too! Let's get the 2011-2012 PTO membership to hit the all time high! We have many events, technology ideas, field trips, guest speakers, playground ideas.... all just waiting for parent support! The D.T. PTO works hard to invest your money into activities that will enrich our student's educational experience. We cannot do the great things we do at D.T. without your support! PTO is counting on you~and the kids want the ice cream!!!