Woodside Cougar News
Diana Serobyan, 3rd Grade
Ramses Lujan, 8th Grade
Marianne Williams, Principal
Woodside K-8 School
San Juan Unified School District
8248 Villa Oak Drive, Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Office Phone: 971-5216
Cafeteria Phone: 728-3219
email: marianne.williams@sanjuan.edu
March 14, 2016
Dates to Remember:
March 16-17
See’s Candy Delivery
March 17 – 5:00-7:00pm
6th-8th Grade Dance
March 18- 9:30am
Academic Awards for
Middle School Students
March 21-25
Spring Break
NO SCHOOL
March 28-April 1
Spirit Week
March 29 – 6:30pm
Board of Education
Meeting – District Office
March 31 – 8:00am
Principal’s Cougar Chat
March 31st
Report Card Surveys Due
2015-2016
Academic Goals:
Common Core State Standards
Critical Literacy
Strategic Planning Year Three
Student Safety Corner:
Woodside is committed to keeping
our students safe. Although
students who eat breakfast are
201H in the cafeteria at 7:20 a.m.
allowed
there is no student supervision on
our school grounds prior to 7:45.
Thank you for your cooperation by
ensuring that your child does not
arrive at school prior to 7:45 unless
he/she is eating breakfast.
Principal’s Message:
Dear Parents/Guardians:
I truly believe that you can never show gratitude or say, “Thank you!” enough. First,
I’d like to thank all our parents who attended parent conferences last week. Your involvement
in your student’s education is important to their success. If you were not able to attend the
scheduled conference, or if one was not scheduled and you’d like to meet with your child’s
teacher, please contact them directly to schedule a meeting time.
I also sincerely appreciate the efforts of our PTO who has worked diligently this year
and in years past to raise extra funds to help support our school. I also want to thank all of our
parents and students who participate in our fundraising efforts. A BIG shout-out again to our
Fifth grade parents, who under the leadership of April Meneghetti, have been working very
hard to help raise funds for next year’s Westminster Woods Field trip. Our Mountain Mike’s
Pizza Night was a huge success. Our second restaurant night will be held at Buffalo Wild
Wings on Sunrise on March 16th. If you don’t have a flyer, please mention Woodside K-8
school when you place your order.
I also want to take this time to give families plenty of lead time by announcing the
dates of our upcoming Smarter Balance (Common Core) assessments for all 3rd through 8th
grade students. This year, the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) window is April 13th –
May 15th. For those of you not familiar with the SBAC, this is the Common Core State
Standards on-line assessment. Additionally, all 5th and 8th grade students will be taking the
STAR Science test during this time. As we get closer to the testing window, we will send home
a more detailed schedule which will include specific days that your child will be testing. I
strongly encourage parents to schedule appointments and family outings around those test
dates. School attendance is vital especially as we head closer to the testing window when
teachers have a dual role of teaching Common Core Standards based lessons, and preparing
students for the test. The best way to ensure that your child is well prepared is to ensure that
your child attends school daily, completes homework assignments, and maintains a reasonable
bed time.
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at
school.
Best Regards, Marianne Williams, Principal ☼
PTO CORNER
Happy March! Spring is upon us, Leprechauns will soon be out, Spring Break
to follow! What a fun & busy month.
PTO is working on some fundraisers: See’s Candies Orders and Popcornopoli
pick up the week of March 14th. We are planning this year’s Jog-A-Thon and proceeds
equipment! Paperwork will be coming home shortly with a Jog-A-Thon date and volun
information. Jog-A-Thon is one of our biggest fundraisers and we cannot make it happ
Our next PTO meeting will be Wednesday, April 13 at 6:30 in the Library/Med
discussing our last Kid’s Night Out of the school year, Teacher Appreciation Week, and
the 2016/17 school year. If you are interested in volunteering for the PTO Board we en
meeting and see what we’re all about. We’d love to meet with you if you have any que
Did you know that PTO has a FACEBOOK page? We’d like to get the word ou
fundraisers and general information. We currently have 86 ‘likes’ and we need more to
communication. Please ‘like’ us and invite your other Woodside Community family an
at https://www.facebook.com/Woodside-K-8-PTO-197985580340544/?ref=hl. Thank y
Have a fabulous March!
Wendy SJoberg, PTO President
wcsfirecracker@comcast.net
Submit Pictures for the Yearbook
Parents can submit pictures for the yearbook until March 16th
Email pictures from field trips, classroom activities, assemblies,
etc. to our yearbook coordinator, Jamie Souza at
jamiemariesouza1978@gmail.com. Yearbooks are on sale for
$23 until April 3rd.
Woodside Needs Parent Email Addresses!
Parents, please call the office at 971-5216 and provide your
email address to staff if you do not have a current email
address on file. Parent portal access for checking student
grades/assignments, important announcements and reminders
all require an email address and if we don’t have yours on file,
you will miss out on important news. Over 270 Woodside
parents have not provided current email addresses to us.
Westminster Woods Fundraisers
Support our next 6th grade trip to Westminster Woods by
purchasing food at some great restaurants! Woodside will
receive 20% of all proceeds to benefit the Westminster Woods
trip in October 2016. The upcoming restaurant nights are:
March 16th from 3-9 pm: at Buffalo Wild Wings on Sunrise
and Greenback
March 23rd from 3-9 pm: at Pinkberry on Sunrise at
Birdcage
March 30th from 3-9 pm: at Round Table Pizza at
Greenback and Sunrise by Sprouts
You can also support the Westminster
Woods field trip here: Click here to support
Westminster Woods 6th grade trip by April
Meneghetti
March: CAASPP School Testing Dates
Next month, students will be taking the end-of-year state
CAASPP assessment. Districtwide, all students in grades 3-8
and 11 take the ELA and math assessments, and students in
grades 5, 8, & 10 will take the science assessment. These
assessments in English-language arts (ELA), math and
science are an important part of California’s plan for highquality teaching and learning. These tests are one
measurement to assess your student’s progress. They provide
important information to schools, teachers, and parents about
how students are doing academically against California’s
challenging learning goals. Woodside will be administering the
test between April 11 and May 9. It is important that your
student(s) attend school consistently on these dates.
Additionally, you can help your child prepare by encouraging
him/her to take the ELA/math practice test at
www.sanjuan.edu/testing. If you have any questions about
CAASPP, contact our school’s CAASPP Site Coordinator,
Nicole Schichtel.
Project Wisdom Character Focus:
March “Perseverance and Determination”
Report Card Survey:
K-5 2nd Trimester report cards had a Common Core State
Standards Report Card Survey attached to them. Please
return these surveys to the office no later than March 31st.
March’s Cougar Chat/Parent Coffee: March 31st
March’s Cougar Chat is March 31st at 8:00 am in the
Library/Media Center. The topics are: “Helping Your
Child with Reading and Math” and “Understanding
CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance
and Progress).” Upcoming Cougar Chats: April 28th and
May 26th
Important notice regarding student data
A recent lawsuit against the California Department
of Education (CDE) is impacting all school districts across the
state, including San Juan Unified. CDE is currently engaged in
litigation with two nonprofit associations comprised of parents
and guardians of children with disabilities. The plaintiffs in that
litigation have requested numerous documents, as well as
student data collected and stored by CDE, which may include
personally identifiable student information. To comply with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), CDE has
been ordered, among other things, to inform parents and
students of the disclosure of such information. For more
information regarding the release of this data visit
www.cde.ca.gov/morganhillcase. Please note that this release
applies to all students, not just those with disabilities. The
Notice and Objection form allows parents to object, by April 1,
2016, to the disclosure of personally identifiable information
related to their children. See the above website for more
information.
TUMBLEBOOK EBOOKS
Under Quick Links on the Woodside Website
(www.sanjuan.edu/Woodside), click on the link for
“Tumblebook Reading Library” for access to e-books for
FREE! Books for grade levels Kinder-5th are online. Some
books are in the audio book format and some are in chapter
book format. This is a wonderful free resource that is available
to Woodside Families!
Cougar Store Information
The Cougar Store is OPEN on Fridays after school. 1st/2nd grade early
readers may purchase items at 1:40pm. Other students may purchase
items at 2:25pm. Kindergarten will have shopping in their own
classrooms with Cougar Store items due to scheduling. Students are to
earn their own Cougar Cash, keep their own Cougar Cash, and
purchase their own items! Students may NOT share Cougar Cash!
Items purchased may NOT be returned. Students need to arrange their
shopping time with their parents. The Cougar Store is accepting
DONATIONS. Ideas: $5-$10 Jamba Juice, Starbucks, Taco Bell, and
McDonald’s gift cards. New or slightly used items such as jewelry,
books, toys, skateboards, bikes, etc. Please NO candy or clothing!
Also, a BIG thank you to Linda Maxsom for ALL her time and donations
in making our Cougar Store such a huge success! Your support is
greatly appreciated!
Ms. Kallis….Cougar Store Manager