With rain comes rainbows and our 6th graders reminded of this today. Thank you Mr. Williams for sharing this beautiful sight this morning as we started our day.
This week examples of compassion was demonstrated time and time again by our learners. I'd hear them reminding each other to stay out of puddles or telling each other to walk, but the most heartwarming images was seeing so many students sharing their umbrellas. It was an EPIC sight.
Next week rain remains in our forecast. Please remember to dress your students appropriately since temperatures have dropped. If any family is in need of jackets, please reach out to our Family Liaison, Xochitl Maldonado, xmaldonado@eusd.org. We've received a donation from a local church and happy to provide jackets especially now that the cold season has arrived.
It was a rainy Thursday, but that didn't stop Dr. Ibarra, our superintendent, from visiting our site. He was so impressed by our kindergarten students in art creating self portraits. He questioned, "these are kindergarten drawings? They look like them?" We stopped by Mr. Johnson leading a brass lesson, and we were both so impressed by our students perseverance and show of excellence. In fact, Mr. Johnson mentioned that this Conway beginner brass class is his best of all the schools he serves. Way to be EPIC cougars!
Our students can be seen learning and demonstrating their creative problem-solving skills at the earliest stages of their education, in all types of activities – whether it’s free-play time or math. During his visit, we visited Mrs. Sellier’s Transitional Kindergarten class, where learners were immersed in free play, choosing from a variety of activities around the room. Sharing is essential, and the children experience “not having their way right away,” Sellier said. For example, building with Magna-Tiles was an especially popular activity, and making sure that everyone who wants a turn gets one requires patience and creative problem-solving. Sellier provides direction, so that the students have the chance to solve the problem – a crowded Magna-Tiles group – on their own. “Is somebody ready to leave so Christopher can have a turn?” Sellier asks. And soon, a calm transition was underway!
This month, we will highlighting several examples of our Creative Problem Solvers, one of the six whole-learner outcomes in the EUSD Learner Profile, part of our
. A Creative Problem Solver is an individual who seeks opportunities to creatively design solutions, solve complex problems, and act on novel ideas. This TK is a strong example of how our youngest learners practice problem solving in social interactions
Our learners are preparing for their student led conferences. Please click on the 2nd - 6th
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kindergarten SLC parent letter.
Families, please make sure to sign up for a time. If you can't make it, this is a perfect time to send an aunt, uncle, older sibling, valued family friend. Our goal is to have 100% participation and we can't do this without you.
We are so happy to announce our Teacher of the Year, Steve Palomino. Mr. Palomino is a 4th grade teacher that first came to Conway as a student teacher. He's an Escondido native and resident. This is his eighth year teaching and definitely has emerged as a teacher leader. We are all so happy for Mr. Palomino on this well deserved recognition.