Augusta Ranch Elementary

Home of the Rattlers

February 2015 Mr. Michael Hansen, Principal * Mrs. Amy Mulliken, Dean of Students

Dear Augusta Ranch Families, Can you believe there is less than two weeks until Spring Break? Where has this year gone? Spring Break this year runs from March 9-13 and there is no school that week. Prior to Spring Break, we have our amazing Augusta Ranch Carnival which will take place this Saturday, February 28th from 11am-2pm. Please join us for a great time!

I wanted to let you know about some amazing online resources when it comes to your student’s homework. Speaking from experience, I know as your student gets older and their homework gets more involved, it becomes harder and harder to help them with it. There are some great homework help sites online that give your student a resource to go to. Two sites I really like are www.khanacademy.org

and www.doyourhomeworkarizona.org

. These sites provide videos to teach the academic areas that your student may be struggling in. Students can search for topics and then watch videos to help them better understand those concepts. As your students gets older, these sites will be an amazing resource to help them excel in school.

Finally, I hope you received Superintendent Dr. Kishimoto’s recent emails about the upcoming budget concerns in our district as well as at the state level. I encourage you to get involved and write to your state legislators and tell them how important public schools are to you and the community. The current proposed budget by the governor reduces funding to Arizona public education by $113 million. This is concerning because in the 2012/2013 school year Arizona was already in last place when considering per pupil funding in the country. It is time that we let the Arizona legislature know that we demand more for our children and their future education.

Augusta Ranch is an amazing school because of our students, staff and community. I am very proud of everyone’s hard work and it is great to work in such a supportive community. Thank you to our Augusta Ranch PTSO for all of their hard work and dedication to our school. They have worked so hard putting on recent events such as Bingo Night, the Daddy/Daughter Dance and now the upcoming carnival. If you would like to get involved please contact our PTSO and they will welcome you with open arms. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is something that you need help or support with. I am looking forward to a great rest of the year.

Thanks for all you do.

Mike Hansen

HEALTH OFFICE Tid-bits

Temperatures will soon be rising! We want to remind parents to continue to send water bottles during the cooler months, pur bodies do so much better when it is well hydrated!! Common colds will shorten their stay and headaches will stay away!

Spring is here and so is Allergy Season!! Be sure to wash the days dirt, pollen, and germy germs away at the end of each day!

PLAY Safe and STAY Safe!

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten registration for the 2015-2016 school year is up and running. Enrollment packets can be picked up at the front office. In addition to the enrollment packet, parents/guardians of new students will need to provide the student’s birth certificate, immunization record, proof of residency (i.e. utility bill, or rental/lease agreement) and their driver’s license. If you live with another family, we will provide you with a letter they must have notarized and we will need their utility bill.

Students must be 5 years old prior to September 1, 2015. Children who turn 5 between Sept. 1 summer.

st - Dec. 31 st 2015 will need to go through the Early Screening testing. Information regarding this testing will be available after Spring Break and testing usually takes place during the Please share this information with neighbors, family, and friends of incoming kindergartners to Augusta Ranch!

AZ MERIT TESTING for Grades 3-6 April 13 – April 17

PLEASE DO NOT schedule appointments that would require removing students from class during these dates. Also, it’s very important they are on time to school. They would miss out on very important testing. We CANNOT interrupt class to call students out or allow late students to enter class during testing. Also, visitors WILL NOT be permitted past the front office during testing dates/times.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

2:40pm Release March 18 * March 25 * April 1 April 8 * April 15 * April 22 April 29 * May 6 * May 13

~SCHOOL VISITORS~

You must check in at the front off when visiting campus for any reason!

Office hours are 8:00am-4:00pm. Students are not permitted on campus until 8:30am unless participating in VIK.

For the safety of our students and staff, we are a closed campus and we must know who is on campus at all times. Thank you for your cooperation.

2015 Augusta Ranch Carnival We’re excited for our carnival! The fun begins on Saturday, February 28th from 11am-2pm.

Students have been bringing in items to donate for their class baskets.

Front Office

Beanie Baby Bears

Preschool (Patters & Sponseller)

New born baby items Abel Becchetti Hickerson

Kindergarten

Candyland Hornbeck Playdough Hello Kitty Selles Gift Cards Minecraft Wright Arts & Crafts

1 st Grade

Alvis Cars, Planes & Trains Cichon Cupcakes Davis Frozen Quayle Crayola Wretschko Office Supplies Beauvais Barbie McCormick Fun in the Sun Procaccini Tools Reber Disney Stoll Pampering Taylor Elser Krein Moe Ryan

3

Schafer

rd Grade

Beach

5 th Grade

Movies Baking Family Fun Night In the Kitchen Starbucks

2 nd Grade

Eagleburger AZ Sports Guardado Puzzles Kravitz Super Hero Nikolaus Quick ASU Books

4 th Grade

Brennan Health & Beauty Bruce Legos Larsen Chocolate Riggs Nail Pampering Trillo Bags

6 th Grade

Braun Little Dogs Brown Big Dogs Harrop Sports P. Olson Play Kitchen R. Olson Bears