Dear Tiffany Families,
I hope this email finds you well. Thank you for a GREAT first week of 2024! It was so awesome to have all of our students, staff and families back on campus. We are looking forward to a wonderful second half of the year. Here is the information for this week:
No School Monday, January 15th in Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
CVESD will be closed on Monday, January 15th in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School will resume on Tuesday, January 16th and it will be a regular day.
School Site Council – Tuesday, January 16th at 3:30pm
Our next SSC meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 16th at 3:30pm. Below are the minutes from the previous meeting as well as the agenda for the upcoming meeting. As always, our meetings are held both in person and online (link in agenda). All are welcome.
TK/K Town Hall for 2024/2025 on January 31st at 4pm
CVESD will be hosting a virtual Town Hall for incoming TK/K families for the 2024/205 school year on Wednesday, January 31st at 4pm. Please click HERE to view the information. This session will answer all of your questions related to registration. Please mark your calendars to attend!
AGE Parent Preview Nights -4th, 5th and 6th Grade Parents!
Our district has adopted new Adolescent Growth Education (AGE) curriculum and will begin implementation this school year. CVESD will be holding three parent preview nights (virtually) for parents to know what the materials will cover. Please click HERE to view the dates per grade level. Links to attend are on the flyer.
Un Programa De Bienestar Para Madres y Hijas
Estamos reclutando a madres e hijas (de edad 8-11) hispanohablantes para participar en un programa de 12 semanas que promueve la salud y la actividad fisica. Hablamos de temas importantes como fijar metas, comer saludable, y mejorar la comunicacion familiar. Cada semana hacemos ejercicio juntas! 5:30pm-7:30pm los martes en Tiffany Elementary School comienza este enero/febrero. Para inscribirse: bit.ly/ConmigoTiffany.
Tiffany Elementary-Conmigo Flyer REVISED
LEAD After School Program Information
In case you missed it, at the end of Quarter 2, we shared information about our LEAD Program that is starting off this week. Please CLICK HERE for the details!
Full House Fridays
Full House Fridays will continue into January. While we want every day to be a full house, Fridays tend to be lighter in attendance. Let’s continue to boost our attendance here at Tiffany!
Yearbook Photos Wanted
Parking Lot Safety Reminder
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.
If you would like to volunteer in our parking lot, please let me know at crystal.sutton@cvesd.org.
New COVID Guidelines
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and SDCOE have updated the COVID-19 guidance as of this week. Email covtest4@cvesd.org with questions.
Recommendations for people who test positive: The updated guidance will allow individuals to follow a more symptom-based approach as they usually do for other illnesses. Individuals who develop symptoms and test positive must stay home for 24 hours from the onset of symptoms. A child or staff member with COVID-19 can now return to school or a childcare setting if their symptoms are mild and improving and they have had no fever for 24 hours. They are no longer required to stay home for 5 days. If the student or staff member with COVID-19 never developed symptoms, they may continue to attend school or a childcare setting.
Students and staff must follow the masking guidance below:
Student masking indoors is strongly recommended through day 10 after testing positive.
Staff masking indoors is REQUIRED through day 10 after testing positive per CAL/OSHA.
Symptom onset is day zero. If there are no symptoms, day zero is the test collection date. Individuals who have symptoms and test positive must stay home for at least 24 hours from the onset of symptoms. The potential infectious period is 2 days before the date of symptoms began or the positive test date (if no symptoms) through Day 10. (Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date).
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.
Here’s to a great week!
Take Care,
Dr. Sutton