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Summerwind Times Volume , Issue
Upcoming Events
9/3– No school Labor Day
9/3-9/28– PTA Membership Drive
9/4– 7:45 Coffee with the Princi-
pal/ 1:30 Kiwanis @ DO
9/10-9/21– PTA Fall Fundraiser
9/11– 2:15 AAPAC mtg.
9/12– 9-10:30 GATE Parent mtg.
@ PC
9/13– 9-11:00 SSC training @ PC
9/17– 2:15-4:15 Parenting Part-
ners
9/18– 2:15 SSC
9/20– 9:30 DELAC @ PC
9/21– Picture Day/ 9-11:00 Par-
ent Ambassador mtg. / 5:30-7:30
PTA Family Bingo
9/22– 8:15-12:30 Promise At-
tendance Academy by invitation
only
9/24– 2:15-4:15 Parenting Part-
ners
9/25– 10:00 Superintendent's
Advisory Council/ 1:15 ELAC
Palmdale School District
Message from the Principal -Dr. Brandts
Welcome back to school for the 2018/2019 school year! We have had a great start of the year with many changes. The Palmdale School District and Summerwind is using the Remind App as anoth-er way to communicate with families. Many teachers are also using Class Dojo. These are great ways to communicate with each other especially in this day and age when just about everyone communi-cates using their smartphone. Please make sure to sign up for Re-
mind and Class Dojo if your child’s teacher uses it.
We have many new staff members to Summerwind this year. Our Assistant Principal is Mrs. Lisa Aqenenni. Mrs. Aqenenni comes to Summerwind with over 20 years in education. We are lucky to have her as well as our other new to Summerwind teachers as follows: Kindergarten- Mrs. Vento, 1st grade- Mrs. Campos, 2nd grade- Mrs. Anthony, 3rd grade- Mrs. Jacobs, Mr. Angelucci, and Mrs. Clifton,
4th grade- Mrs. Lemaire, and 5th grade- Ms. Salmon.
A few other items I would like to address is our pick-up and drop-off zones. On Friday, we had our back parking lot clear in 15 minutes. I want to thank everyone who has been patient and has helped to make this process run smoother. Remember that our front parking lot is reserved for Kindergarten parents and our back parking lot is
one way only.
Lastly, I want to encourage families to join our PTA. It is $6.00 to join and your membership helps to support family and school events. We have monthly family nights, student incentives, field trips, etc. The PTA is always looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out with a family night, the Summerwind student store, or find out other ways you can help please email [email protected] or [email protected]. We are also looking for volunteers in class-rooms and in the office. You can help in your child’s classroom or make copies for teachers. Please contact our Parent Liaison, Lucy, if you would like more information on volunteering at (661) 947-3863
Again, I want to welcome you to the new school year. Please make sure to sign up for Remind and Class Dojo if your child’s teacher us-es it and thank you for all your support and sending us such wonder-
ful children!
Administration and Office Staff
Principal- Dr. Linda Brandts
Asst. Principal– Ms. Aqeninni
Secretary- Ms. Jones
Bilingual Clerk– Ms. Tolosa
Health Clerk– Tatiana Cuevas, LVN
Parent Liaison– Ms. Espinosa
School Psychologist – Ms. MacNeil
SAVE THE DATE!
May 17, 2018
1:00-2:00 p.m.
ELAC
May 10, 2018
2:15-3:15
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL
May 17, 2018
2:15– 3:15pm
AAPAC May 25, 2018
Hawaiian/Surfer Day
*All dates and times are subject to change*
Assistant Principal’s Corner- by Lisa Aqenneni
Welcome back to school, Summerwind families. I am the new Assistant Principal
and have received a very warm welcome from staff, students and parents. This is
going to be a great year of growth for our students!
This month I will focus will be on our driving and parking habits on campus. As
you all know, we have limited parking and driving access on campus. We all need
to be extra careful of our children and other cars when you are dropping off and
picking up students. Please be patient with the other drivers as they navigate our
driveways and parking lots. This year, our front parking lot is for pick up/drop off
of our kindergarten students only. For all other students, please utilize our valet
drop off area.
In the kindergarten parking lot, please be aware of the crosswalks and red curbs.
These areas must be kept clear so traffic flow can move along in a safe timely
manner. Also, remember be on the lookout for our young students running be-
tween cars. Again, remember to be patient with other drivers and pedestrians
during this time so it will be a safe process for all.
If you pick up or drop off your child in the valet area in the rear northwest back
parking lot, please do not park in any crosswalks or by red curbs. Again, we want
to have a safe timely flow of traffic . Our campus supervisors are there to assist
with the drop off/pick up of your students in a safe manner. Please do not call
your student to run across the line of cars, please walk over to the dismissal gate
to get your student. If you are using our valet area, please again be patient and
watch for our students crossing the flow of traffic.
We are all here for the well being and safety of our students. Working together,
we can help each other to ensure our pick up and drop time times run smoothly
and safely. If you encounter a situation that you feel needs our attention please
feel free to contact the office.
I hope you and your students have had a great start to the new year! I look for-
ward to serving the families of Summerwind this year.
Message from PTA President– STEVEN SOLIS
Hello Summerwind Families, as we start the new 2018-2019 school year we are very excited to introduce our new PTA staff. There will be many changes and we can't wait to tell you all about them soon. I am your new PTA President please feel free to ask me anything at anytime and we hope all the families can join so we can see you all at our meetings as we value your input. Here is the September events we have planned so far. 9/3 - 9/28 is our Membership Drive 9/10- 9/21 is our Fall Fundraiser 9/21 is Bingo Night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Last and not least I'd like to welcome all our new students and thier families to Summerwind. We hope you support our current PTA staff and events. We know volunteering can be hard at times but if we all do a little it can make a huge difference. It's all for our summerwind kids and we hope more parents can volunteer to keep summerwind great.
Free Family Events Around the Antelope Valley
8/4 until 9/26 MOAH Robot Show! Amazing Exhibit! Tuesday - Sunday 11 AM - 6 PM (Extended
Hours Thursday until 8 PM)
9/8 Antelope Valley International Multicultural Festival @ Poncitlan Square 10am-3pm
9/8 MOAH: CEDAR Movie Night: The Iron Giant @ 7pm enjoy a movie with the family, ice cream will be served!
10/13 Kaleidoscope Art and Music Festival @ Palmdale Amphitheater 10am-6pm
10/13 MOAH: CEDAR Movie Night: Hocus Pocus 7pm. Enjoy a movie with the family. Wear your costume for the
costume contest.
10/24 Full Moon Airpark: Joe Davie’s Heritage Airpark @ 8pm (gates at 6pm). Pack a picnic for
the family!
ONGOING:
Thursday Farmers Market on Lancaster Blvd & Ehrlich Avenue
Visit the Prime Desert Woodlands Preserve Saturday-Sunday, Wednesdays 10am-4pm
KINDERGARTEN NEWS Hello Parents, Wow! We made it through the first week of Kindergarten! Thank you for the support as we begin our year with learning the basics of following school rules and classroom procedures. We are also working on name writing, ABC's, counting, writing numbers 0-10, and colors and shapes. Please continue to practice these skills at home with your child along with the proper way to hold a pencil and scissors. If you have not yet signed up for the Remind app, please do so as soon as possible. It is an excellent tool to communicate with your child's teacher and stay up to date with Summerwind's calendar of events. We are all looking forward to a fabulous year of learning watching our "Kinder Garden" grow!
Sincerely, The Kinder & TK Team
First Grade News
Welcome back to school...First Graders!!! We are so happy you are here at Summerwind for your First Grade year. Each month, please look here for more information about what is going on in First Grade. You have an awesome First Grade team of teachers...Mrs. Campos, Mrs. Garcia, Ms. Granger and Mrs. Jones. For the month of September, you will be learning our Routines for Learning in your classroom. Being a good listener is KEY to learning as a first grader. We have started Eureka Math Module 1 Sums and Differences to 10. You can learn more at home about your daily lessons if you go to greatminds.com. We have started our Phonics Mastery lessons for CVC words (fun, bat, hug, etc). Most students do pretty well at this booklet as it is a review of Kinder reading....but it will get harder...so listen, practice and participate, kids! Remem-ber to be consistent with pick up locations for after school as changes can cause problems. So, again...welcome back! It's going to be a GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!!!!
AAPAC News
Hello and welcome to the 2018-2019 school year. We would like to invite you to Summerwind’s first
AAPAC meeting that will be held on Tuesday, September 11 th from 2:15-3:15 in Room 15. At our meeting,
we will discuss and hand out flyers for the upcoming AAPAC Cookout, which is Saturday, October 6 th from
9:00 to 3:30 at Buena Vista Elementary School. We will discuss PSD’s upcoming Unity in the Community
events and plan for Black History Month. We appreciate our AAPAC student group members, Courtney and
Camille Boyd, Jeramiah Mc Caskill, Lily Mae Siple, Janet and Elizabeth Onwuka, Katherine and Adryanne
Ponce, Zoe Gutierrez, Radyance Love-Thomas, Jaliyah Smith and Ja’ Cori Watson, and their families from
last year. We look forward to adding more members to SW’s AAPAC group this school year. We still need
YOU to be a part of what is going on at SW and throughout the PSD. We look forward to seeing you on
September 11th, and remember to bring a friend or parent. As always, childcare and refreshments are provid-
ed.
Third Grade News
Third Grade News
Welcome Back to School from the Third Grade Teaching Team!
We have some new teachers on our team this year. Mrs. Clifton Room 17, Mr. Angelucci Room 19 and Mrs. Jacobs
Room 24. These teachers have relocated in different rooms this year Mrs. Pace Room 18 and Mrs. Perkins Room 25.
This year we are off and working hard on Routines and Reviews in our Language Arts Series, Benchmark Ad-
vance. Here are some of the activities we are working on. We want the students to be…
Active Listeners
Have eyes on the speaker Maintain a quiet body Use appropriate expressions and show interest Be patient while the speaker chooses what to say, give enough wait time Think carefully about what the speaker is saying Students are required to be an Active Listener on our campus, walking in line, at P.E., in the library or cafete-ria and during recess. The students are also learning about reading and writing stations in the classrooms. In the area of math, we
are working on arrays, repeated addition, commutative property of multiplication and distributive proper-
ty. The students are encouraged to memorize their multiplication facts. They should have their 2’s, 5’s, and
10’s memorized, and then begin memorizing their 3’s and 4’s. We are very excited for a great year of learn-
ing!
Second Grade News
Our school year is off to a great start. We are excited about all of the things your child will learn this year. Your child should be reading daily and practicing addition and subtraction facts.
Don’t forget to sign up for Remind to get important school notifica-tions.
4th grade news
Welcome to 4th Grade!
Your child is already busy with their 4th Grade tasks. You can help ensure their success by making sure they are doing their daily homework activities. Please check your child’s binder and planner on a daily basis as well. 4th Graders should be reading from books or magazines at least 20 minutes a day. Our Accelerated Reader Program has already started. Students reaching 20 % of their Semester Point Goal by September 14 will be rewarded. They
also should find time to practice basic Math facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divi-sion. This can be done in many different game type formats and songs. Each child also has a Zearn account to practice their daily Math assignment.
**Please make sure that your child has their own personal earbuds or head-phones at school for use with a Chromebook.**
5TH GRADE NEWS
Dear Parents,
Welcome back! Please make sure your child has their school supplies that were on the list that was posted on Class Dojo or sent home with your child. Homework that is assigned by the teacher is due daily. Please make sure that your child reads EVERY night for a minimum of 20 minutes. Please make sure that you sign up for “Class Dojo” for updates from your child’s teacher and “Remind” for alerts from the Palmdale School District. In-structions to sign up for both have already been sent to you. If you need a pa-per copy, please let your child’s teacher know. Make sure that you check your child’s backpack, binder and planner daily. With your support and involvement, we are looking forward to a wonderful year.
Would your child get a kick out of seeing his/her name on our marquee wishing them a
Happy Birthday? Now it can be done! For $20, we can wish your child a Happy Birthday on the school marque. If you are interested, please come into the office.
Summerwind Motto
We are in training for greatness and success.
Be safe, be respectful, be responsible
And we are a bully-free and hands off
Summerwind Elementary
39360 Summerwind Dr.
Palmdale, CA. 93551
(661) 947-3863
Check us out at:
http://www.palmdalesd.org/Domain/28
Or
https://www.facebook.com/SummerwindThunderbirds/?
ref=aymt_homepage_panel
You can also sign up for electronic flyers on the PSD website
ELAC
September 25
October 30
November 27
TIME: 1:15-2:00
AAPAC
September 11
October 16
November 6
TIME: 2:15-3:15
Coffee with the
Principal
September 4
October 2
November 6
TIME: 7:45-8:45
SSC
September 18
October 23
November 13
TIME: 2:15-3:15
Would your son/daughter get a kick out of seeing his/her name on our school mar-
quee wishing them a Happy Birthday?! Now it can be done! For $20 we can wish your
child a Happy Birthday on our school marquee. If you are interested, please stop by
the office.