I hope your summer is off to a great start but I don't want another day to go by without mentioning some instrumental parents that have given so much of their talent and time this year. First, PTO--- Thank you for the wonderful year! The family events, teacher mini grants, parent meetings, and more, accomplished the mission: support for students!
V.I.P.- Thanks to our V.I.P. parent readers who did an excellent job this year providing additional support to the classroom teacher and our students. We were fortunate to be able to hire Mrs. Seitz to support our K-3 students with reading, but our V.I.P parent readers also played a vital role. Those were just a couple of the formal groups I wanted to mention, however, there are so many thanks due to parents who came in when they could to assist the classroom teacher with copying, small math groups, field trips, art projects, etc.... Thank you!!!
Did you see an extra smile in the office this year? That was Nancy Baker who volunteered every day in the front office or wherever she was needed. Nancy came in with a smile on her face and a song in her heart to do what she could for all of us. A simple thank you doesn't seem enough... but THANK YOU Nancy! Words cannot express how much you did for us! You're the BEST!
School Council will be having a booth at the PTO Ice Cream Social on August 12, 3-5.
Our parents, Lynn Clark and Jeff Gaunt will be in the booth talking with parents and sharing information about the upcoming open parent position. Be sure to stop by the booth!
GENESIS Church that meets on Sundays at Desert Trails has generously given a $2500.00 donation to the school. This donation will go directly to support Study Island for grades 3-6. Thank you GENESIS! I appreciate their partnership and support.
Technology at Desert Trails will rise to a new level next school year but I want to hear from you on what this will look like for our students. Would you like to see your child engage/interact with the Smart table, ipad, itouch, and to record with a flip camera? These are just a few technology tools we will be considering how to implement during the 2010-2011 school year. I will offer meetings throughout the first semester where we will brainstorm the how, who, where, and what, we want our students to be able to do with these awesome tools. As soon as school starts up I will send out our first meeting date. I hope to see you and hear your great ideas!
Incoming First Grade Parents- stay tuned to this eNews as I will communicate through it to keep you in the loop on our class sizes for next year. The district is watching our numbers and will be in contact with me should there be any changes. Please know I am doing all I can to get us the 4th teacher!!
Last but not least.... I wish you a wonderful and safe summer! I thank each one of you for a strong-successful year! I hope to see everyone August 12, 3:00-5:00 at the Ice Cream Social.
