Dear Tiffany Families,
I hope this email finds you well. We are down to five days before we go on Winter Break and our final day of Quarter 2 will be this Friday. Winter Break will be from Monday, December 18th through Tuesday, January 9th. The office will be closed during Winter Break – all messages will be returned when we reopen on January 9th. Students will return Wednesday, January 10th and it will be a Minimum Day for TK-6th. Preschool will follow their regular schedule.
TK-6th Grade Students will be coming home on Friday with report cards to show their growth this year. Please be on the lookout for those documents in your child’s backpack on Friday.
Here is the information for the week:
Spirit Week
Winter Gift Shop Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Would you like to volunteer? Please click here to sign up!
Full House Friday UPDATE
The first Friday of December had great attendance here at Tiffany!! In fact, we were #3 in the entire district at over 95% attendance rate! I challenged the students this past week to improve this percentage so that we could be #1 on Friday (12/8/23). I do not have the update yet, but I hope to have those numbers on Monday!
I would also like to share that Tiffany had the largest increase in attendance from the final Friday before Thanksgiving Break compared to the first Friday in December – the growth was 9.34%!!! That’s incredible!! Let’s keep it up, Tigers!
YMCA Winter Camp
Parking Lot Safety – Safety Patrol Starts Wednesday
I know that I include this in the weekly message each week, but it continues to be incredibly important that we all follow the expectations. Please also be mindful of how we treat one another when we are frustrated – our students are watching our example, so thank you, in advance, for your support.
For your review, here are the traffic and parking lot expectations:
- Red Curbs – “as required under California Vehicle Code Section 21458(a)(1), a curb painted red shall indicate no stopping, standing, or parking whether the vehicle is attended or unattended.”
- The left lane in the parking lot is for traffic to move through. Parking/stopping in the left lane blocks cars from being able to exit. Students should not exit or enter vehicles that are in the left lane.
- Use crosswalks for crossing the street and parking lot. When dropping students off, please be sure that they exit the vehicle on the right so that they get out directly onto the sidewalk closest to the school building.
- Follow traffic patterns and do not double park along parking spaces.
Safety Patrol will start this Wednesday! Please be mindful that they are students trying to do their part in keeping their fellow students safe. Thank you, in advance, for supporting our student leaders! I would also like to thank Ms. Brauer, Ms. Bertrand and our two parent volunteers, Mrs. Farrer and Mr. Baker, for making Safety Patrol possible again.
If you would like to volunteer in our parking lot, please let me know at crystal.sutton@cvesd.org.
Everyday Counts – Attendance Reminders
Just a reminder that our gates open for breakfast and the track at 8:10am – we encourage our families to take advantage of this opportunity, as you beat the parking lot rush! School starts promptly at 8:45am and students should be in line by 8:40am.
If a student is sick with a fever, bowel issues, vomiting, COVID, flu, etc., they should not attend school. Also keep in mind that students who have a 100+ degree temperature may not come to school and can return after they have been fever free for 24 hours without medication.
Again, here are tips for attendance to know what is excused and what is not:
- Please call the office to report any absences and the reason for the absence.
- Excused Absences: illness, doctor appointments for the student, military engagements (ex. ceremony, return from deployment), death of an immediate family member, etc.
- Unexcused Absences: appointments for other family members, out of town, vacations, etc.
- Independent Study: If you know ahead that your child might need to miss school (ex. family reunion), please contact your child’s teacher and our office to set up an independent study contract. Independent Study contracts are available for 3 or more days, but not more than 14 cumulative days in a school year. Independent Study Contracts should be requested at least one week in advance.
- Tardy: Students are considered tardy if they are not in class by 8:45am.
- COVID absences are cleared with a POSITIVE test result. Current guidelines require positive individuals to stay home for 5 days and mask through Day 10 on campus.
Here’s to a great final week of Q2!
Take Care,
Dr. Sutton