The end of the year is here! I can’t

believe it. I know I say or think this every year about this time…where did the year go?! It has been my pleasure to serve you as the principal at Carlton Oaks School and in knowing you and your children. We have the best students in the world! In this last newsletter article, I’d like to provide you a couple updates as we close out the year and start the new school year.

1. Students in grades 3 – 8 completed all State testing by May 29. Any testing we do beyond that date will be for students who were unable to complete the tests in May. Parent score reports will be mailed home this year and I would expect these reports sometime toward the end of August. The score reports will look very different than results from the past. Students will receive an overall score as well as achievement levels within English language arts and math standards. Sample score reports can be found at the following web address: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr15/documents/mar15item03a1.pdf 2. Kindergarten Parent Orientation

will be held the day prior to school

beginning on Tuesday, September 1st

from 9-10 a.m. Parents will receive

placement information prior to that

day through a note home.

A M E S S AG E F R O M T H E PRINCIPAL

June 2015

C ARLTON O AKS S CHOOL

Carlton Oaks School 9353 Wethersfield Rd.

Santee, CA 92071 Office: 619-956-4500 24hr Absence Line: 619-956-4599 ex. 8

Principal:

Kristin Baranski

Vice Principal: Tammy Marble

PTA President:

Mireya Doud

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SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Start Time ALL Grades K-8th: 8:30 am End Time K-3rd: 2:20 pm End Time 4th-8th: 2:46

The kindergarten teachers would like the parent orientation to be attended by parents only, if possible. Students would then attend the first day of school, Wed., September 2nd all day, 8:30 – 2:20 p.m. 3. First day of school for the 2015-

2016 school year is Wednesday, September 2nd. We believe, but it hasn’t been confirmed, that class lists will be made available the evening prior by logging onto our website with the school class placement code. This code will be sent home via school messenger to all enrolled Carlton Oaks families a few days prior to the posting.

Have a wonderful summer. I’m sure to see some of you on a soccer field somewhere in the County or at one of the many amazing attractions San Diego has to offer. See you next school year!

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Shelly Kowalsky is this year's Volunteer of the 2014-2015 School Year at Carlton Oaks School. Shelly plays a very active roll at the school by volunteering in the classroom, being a room parent for several classes, serving as a reading tutor through our Everyone a Reader program, being an Arts Attack docent, and sitting on the PTA. This past year,

Shelly spearheaded our used shoes fundraiser, Shoes for Heart, to raise money toward the school's new performance risers. We are so appreciative of her help and support for this necessary equipment! In addition, Shelly is a PTA membership chair, selling the school's spiritwear, and attending ALL PTA events; helping set-up, serving food to families, and staying late to clean up after the events. Like many amazing volunteers of the year before her, you would assume Shelly is on staff…she is visible on campus every day! Thank you Shelly for all your hard work and service. It goes without saying how very much we appreciate all you do! Congratulations!

It’s so hard to believe that yet another fabulous year is

coming to a close. It has been a year of a few new firsts and also some tried and true traditions, but through it all we have grown closer as the Carlton Oaks family. We so value the many people that help to make our school the successful and thriving place that it is. As we enter into these final days of this school year, we have a few more things to look forward to and to plan for. Please be mindful of these upcoming events and also the importance of having your child at school each day so that they can participate fully right up until the last minute. In these final days this school year we look forward to:

Our 2nd annual Night of the Stars talent show will be Mon., June 1st 8:40 am or 9:40 am in the MPR.

On Tues., June 2nd 8th grade students who participated in this year’s Academic Achievement Competition will be honored at a SSD Board meeting 7 pm, District Office (ERC Board Room).

On Thurs., June 4th we will honor our volunteers at the Volunteer Luncheon held in our MPR from 11:25 am- 1:25

Two safety patrol parties will take place this year. The district celebration event will happen at Santee Lakes on Tues. June 9th from 9:30 am–1:30 pm. The 2nd celebration will be site based taking place in our MPR on Fri., June 12th at 12:20 pm.

Jr High drama performances will be in our MPR on Wed., June 10th 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm, and then again on Thurs., June 11th at 1:30 pm. Families are welcome to attend any show time.

Our 8th grade Disneyland trip is on Fri., June 12, our 7th graders Aquatica trip is on Mon., June 15th, and Tues., June 16th is our 6th grade Boardwalk trip from 10:00 am–1:30 pm. Primary field trips will be announced by their classroom teachers.

Jr. Olympics will be held at Santana HS on Sat., June 13 from 7:30 am-12:00 pm. Awards for this event will take place at the SSD Board meeting on Tues., June 16 at 7:00 pm, District Office ERC Room.

Mon., June 15th, 5th grade students will attend Biz Town

8th grade promotion is on Tues., June 16th at 9:00 am in our amphitheater area. Families are welcome to celebrate with their graduate following the ceremony. 8th grade slide show of this year’s highlights will be on Wed., June 17th at 8:45 am in the MPR.

Kindergarten promotion will be on Wed., June 17 at 9:00 am, on the Kindergarten playground.

All students will be dismissed at 1:05 pm, June 17th.

Have a safe & fun Summer! Tammy Marble, VP

Carlton Oaks BOGO Book Fair Final Week June 1-June 4

Make a Splash into Summer Reading!

Visit our NEW Books Only Book Fair! Buy one Book, Get the Second Book Free! Join us daily after school plus during the Music Extravaganza, and the Volunteer

Luncheon. If you can’t make it to the Book Fair, then order online and have your books shipped FREE to our school: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/

carltonoakselementaryschool1. JUNE 1 Thru JUNE 4 2:15-3:15 **JUNE 3 Music Extra. 5:00-7:30 (**closed during performance) JUNE 4 Volunteer Lunch 11:00-1:00

For more information or to volunteer, please contact DeAnna Tritthart at 619-994-8820 or dtritthart@cox.net.

Thank you.

END OF SCHOOL YEAR EVENTS

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On Tuesday, June 16th at 9:00 am our 8th grade students will be celebrating their

promotion ceremony. Because we are expecting a lot of extra traffic on this day,

we are asking those that are able, to walk to

school that day as parking will be at a minimum. We appreciate you trying to ride share, walk, or even arrive to school a little

early to help us keep our parking lot flowing as smoothly as possible. Thank you and

Congratulations to all our 8th graders!

MAHALO: Kristen Baranski Bloomfield Family Gretchen Burroughs Kayla Burroughs Ellen Duty Jodi F. Tracy Fox Mariela Gonzales DJ Don Juan Myrna Knight Shelley Knight Shannon Knight Laura Manning Gretchen Geary May Megan Pate Denise Peters Anne Taylor Donna Waldemar Kilee Waller Sandy Wells Artrena Whitfield Industrial Labels

Teacher appreciation week

was a great success; our

teachers and staff felt loved

and appreciated. Many

thanks to all of you for

your donations and

support with the lunch.

We would also like to thank

Green Leaf Catering and Deli for the delicious food, it was wonderful!

Andrea Eisenbach & Leigh Whitman

Sincerely, Sarah Knight

Carlton Oaks students displayed some amazing art work at our annual Arts Attack Night

of the Arts. Families were also able to view the art during our raining day lunch on the lawn. Thank you to all the docents who volunteered their time to teach art to our students each month, and help set up the art for the show. If you are interested in becoming an Art Docent for the 2015-2016 school

year, please contact DeAnna Tritthart at (619) 994-8820 or dtritthart@cox.net.

Thank you and have a Wonderful Summer!

Thank you, or as they say in Hawaii Mahalo, to all the Dad’s & Daughters who joined us for the 2015 Father Daughter event. I hope you made memories to last a lifetime. Thank you to everyone who supported us with donations, set up and clean up. Without you these events would not be possible. Thank you also to anyone I might have missed. Your support made this a night to remember!

CARLTON OAKS SCHOOL & PTA CALENDAR

JUNE 2015

Santee School District is committed to providing a safe learning environment and secure campus for all of our students. Please help us ensure the safety and security of our students. If you observe or are aware of any behavior or have a concern relating to campus security-please contact the office immediately at (619) 956-4500. Each school also regularly monitors the Anti-Bullying Hotline and incidents can be reported at (619) 258-2237. Reporting links from the principal and other hotlines such as “We Tip” are available under the “Help Keep Our Schools Safe” link on the school’s website at santeesd.net/co.

Sept. 2, 2015 School Begins Sept. 7, 2015 Labor Day Nov. 11, 2015 Veteran’s Day Holiday Nov. 23-27, 2015 Thanksgiving Break Dec. 7-11, 2015 Parent/Tchr conf; modified days 1:05 Dec. 21– Jan. 3 Winter Break Jan. 4, 2016 School Resumes

Jan. 18, 2016 Martin Luther King Day Feb. 8, 2016 Lincoln’s Birthday Feb. 15, 2016 Washington’s Birthday March 21-April 3 Spring Break April 4, 2016 School Resumes May 30, 2016 Memorial Day June 22, 2016 Last Day of School *Modified Day 1:05

*SOM Student of the Month

Assembly Schedule: Jr. High 7-8th Grades 8:35/8:45am

Kinder-3rd Grades 9:15 4th-6th Grades 9:45

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

***PLEASE

SEE LIST OF

ALL EVENTS

ON PAGE 2

1 Talent

Show 8:40 am

& 9:40 am

2 3 Music

Extravaganza

8:45 am &

6 pm

4 Volunteer

Luncheon

11:15-1:30

5 6

7 8 9 Lifecycle

Play 9:00am

10 JR High

Performance

6:30pm

11 JR High

Performance

1:30pm

12*SOM & 8th Grade Disneyland Trip

13 JR

Olympics

Santana HS

14 15 7th

Grade

Aquatica

Trip

16

8th Grade

Promotion

9:00 am

17 Kinder

Promo. 9am &

LAST DAY OF

SCHOOL 1:05

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School

Resumes

Wed., Sept.

2nd 2015

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER

PLEASE NOTE: Absences must be reported within 72 hours in order to be excused. Please call Carlton Oaks School absence line at (619) 956-4599, ex. 8 available 24 hours, 7 days per week.

SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 2015-2016 SCHOOL CALENDAR