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Augusta Ranch Elementary
Home of the Rattlers
April, 2015
Mr. Mike Hansen, Principal
Mrs. Amy Mulliken, Dean of Students
To the Augusta Ranch community,
Augusta Ranch takes great pride in being part of the community around us. We
continually aim to support and nurture those who are in need in the community. We
believe it sends a strong message to the students of Augusta Ranch about giving back
to the community and supporting people when they fall on tough times. Our students
have great character at Augusta Ranch and we continually look for ways to reinforce
characters traits like citizenship, caring, and fairness. Therefore, we are having two
events for students and parents alike to get involved and give back to the community we
live in.
Starting on Monday March 30th we are beginning a shoe drive. There will be a donation
box at Augusta Ranch until the end of the school year. We have many parents at
Augusta Ranch that are highly involved in fostering children. One of these families has
come up with the idea of collecting 17,000 pairs of new shoes. Foster children are
continually lacking shoes that fit and that are in good condition. This would collect
enough shoes so that each of the 17,000 foster kids in Arizona gets a new pair. So if
you would like your family to get involved, please drop off a pair of new shoes of any
price level at Augusta Ranch.
A website has been created to give more information about the shoe drive:
www.fosteringrights.org Another event we are having on April 7th is our Annual Augusta
Ranch clothing drive. This is a completely separate event from the ongoing shoe drive.
The clothing drive is a one day only event and Augusta Ranch families can drop off and
donate any clothing they can part with. Augusta Ranch gets an additional benefit from
the clothing drive because the amount of donated clothing is weighed and the company
donates money back to Augusta Ranch.
I hope you take the opportunity to get involved in these events and help support the
Augusta Ranch community. Thanks for your continued support and if you need anything
from us please do not hesitate to ask.
Thanks,
Mike Hansen
AZ Merit: April 13-April 17
Make-ups on Monday, April 20
AIMS Science (4
th
grade only)
April 16
No make-ups for AIMS Science
PLEASE do not schedule appointments
that would require removing students
from class. They would miss out on very
important testing.
We will not 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 times.
LIBRARY
NEWS
Congratulations to all of our
2014-2015 Battle of the Books
participants!
1st Place team:
Erin Allen, Isabela Burkhead and
Madelyn Fell.
These girls will be representing Augusta
Ranch at the district battle on
Wednesday, April 22nd.
2nd place team:
La’Aaron Love, Adrian Ruybalid and
Matthew McDowell.
3rd place team:
Lyla Schafer, Pete Selles and Brianna Miller.
GREAT JOB to everyone who participated!
Important
Cafeteria News
Parents and Guardians:
Beginning Monday April 20, 2015 there will be no
more owing lunch money. Each student must have
enough money on their account for a Breakfast or a
Lunch for that day or they will receive a sack lunch/
breakfast. Lunch consists of a cheese sandwich,
fruit, milk and/or juice. Breakfast will be cereal,
fruit, milk and/or juice. As we come near the end of
the school year please help keep all accounts
updated.
If you have any questions please don’t
hesitate to call.
Thanks,
Karri Romney
Augusta Ranch Cafeteria Manager
480-635-2011 ext. 4
2015 – 2016 Registration
When registering your students for school,
please bring the following documents:
 Birth Certificate
 Immunization Records
 Proof of Residency
(Utility bill, rental/lease agreement)
 Driver’s License
 Custody/Legal documents
(if applicable)
Coming Events…
April 3, Spring Holiday
April 9, 1st grade Musical
April 13-17, AZ Merit Testing
April 20-24, Spring Book Fair
April 21st & 22, Spring Pictures
April 28, Band/Strings Concert
April 29, Chorus Concert
school policy
To request homework for an absent child, please leave a voicemail or an
email for your student’s teacher early in the morning to allow them time to
gather the items. You will be able to pick it up in the afternoon at the front
desk unless you have made other arrangements with the teacher directly.
Phone calls will ONLY be made to the classroom for shoes or lunches
that are dropped off. The office staff will not interrupt class for homework
or instruments being dropped off.
We are a large school and unfortunately, cannot remember everyone’s
faces. If you are picking someone up, please be prepared with your ID just
in case you are asked for it.
If you are signing a student out early, we will not call them out of class
until someone is here to sign them out. If someone other than the
parent/guardian will be picking them up, please make sure that his/her name
is already on the yellow emergency card.
Throughout the school year, we have countless “lost” jackets, sweaters,
lunch boxes, hats, etc. We will show them several times on morning
announcements. After that time, we will offer them to students who are in
need of the above-mentioned items. To avoid this, please remember to put
your child’s name on ALL of their belongings.
While on campus, students are NOT permitted to have energy drink,
coffee or glass containers. They may not have it in their lunch, on the
playground or throughout the day.
Transportation change calls will be put through to the classroom AFTER
3:15pm, AFTER 2:00pm on early release Wednesdays. Parents calling
before this time will be asked to call back at the above-mentioned time.
If you have had a change in your
contact information such as your home
address, telephone numbers, or email
address; please contact Ms. Kipp or
Mrs. Esterly in the front office. That’s
also a perfect time to double check the
information on your yellow emergency
card in the health office as well.
How are
your
students
Getting
home
If you need to reach your student about a
change in afternoon transportation
arrangements, please call our office after
3:15pm on regular schools days. We will put
your call directly into the classroom. You
may also send a note to his/her teacher,
email the teacher, or leave them a voice mail
with the information.
If your student(s) WILL NOT be returning
for the 2015-2016, please be sure to let
Ms. Kipp or Mrs. Esterly know.
Also, if your 6th grader WILL NOT be
attending a Gilbert district Jr. High School,
we also need to know that. Thank you.
For the safety of our students, staff &
parents:
Whether you are picking up students in the
North Loop or the South Loop, please DO
NOT exit your vehicle. We ask that you not
be distracted by your cell phone as well.
House Bill 2476
(seclusion/confinement)
Dear Parents,
As some of you may be aware, the State Legislature passed
legislation regarding procedures a district must follow when
using seclusion/confinement. Governor Brewer signed
HB2476 in April 2013, to be in effect for the 2013-2014 school
year.
This legislation requires school districts’ policies to include a
process for prior written parental notification and consent
before seclusion/confinement is used. Seclusion is the
solitary confinement of a student alone in any space from
which the student is physically prevented from leaving. These
policies must also provide for an exemption to prior written
parental consent if a school principal or teacher determines
that a student poses imminent physical harm to self or others.
Please know that it has always been the district’s philosophy
that seclusion/confinement be used only if there is a threat of
imminent physical harm to self or others. For further
information, see GPS Governing Board Policy GBEB.
Visit the Augusta Ranch Elementary
PTSO webpage:
http://www.augustaranchptso.com/
Dear School Nurse:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act seeks to provide healthcare coverage for all
individuals in the US. All individuals must enroll in health insurance by March 31, 2014.
While many families will have more affordable choices for health insurance, Arizona
pediatricians are concerned that some children may not be able to receive healthcare insurance
for a number of reasons. First, some employer-provided health insurances will only include the
employee, and not that employee’s family. Secondly, many of low and middle income families
will not qualify for federal tax credit subsidies to help offset the cost of monthly premiums. And
lastly, 14,000 Arizona children lost their KidsCareII health insurance because the program has
been “frozen” and new enrollment has stopped.
The new online health insurance marketplace is where families can “shop” for health insurance
plans that fit their needs. However, finding health insurance on the marketplace can be a
confusing process, and some families are just not aware of the crucial importance of obtaining
healthcare coverage. Luckily, there are certified navigators/ assistors who are trained to help
families apply for health insurance on the marketplace.
The AzAAP Access to Care Committee understands the critical role school nurses play in our
community. You are in a unique position to communicate with many families who are facing
difficulty accessing health insurance by March 31, 2014. As you interact with families, please
urge them to:
1. Sign up for health insurance by March 31, 2014
2. Connect families to a certified navigator/ assistor by asking them to call 1-800-318-2596
The Access to Care Committee has created bilingual posters which have information on how to
help families enroll in health insurance. In addition we will be providing you with a list of terms
with easy to understand definitions to help parents understand the language of the current
healthcare enrollment process.
We hope that this will be helpful to many of the children that you come in to contact with! We
are all in this to help the kids!
Elizabeth Homans McKenna, MD
Healing Hearts Pediatrics, PLC
(480)821-1400
www.healthcare.gov/marketplace