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To fear is one thing.  To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. 

~ Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayOctober Fire Drill, 2:45 p.m.Leads Meeting, 3:45-5

On Campus: Fecerro, FosterOut: Tabachnick, 8-2:30, Bay Area Principal Meeting, BMA

On Campus – Tatiana Hearing and Vision Screening in the Library, 8:30-12

On Campus: GallagherMINIMUM DAY: Teacher Planning and/or Report Card TimeAspire Hoops, Gym, 5:00

NO TOWN HALLBuddy Reading, 10:45 – 11:10Halloween Parade, 12:30NO STAFF MEETINGReport Cards due to Vega for translating commentsBMA Volleyball, our Gym, 1-4 p.m.Catechism

Upcoming Dates

November 1 – Report Cards emailed to Tabachnick for office printingNovember 2 – All-Aspire Afterschool Program Directors Visit to Monarch’s Afterschool ProgramNovember 3 – Vision Screening in the LibraryNovember 5 – Report Cards Go Home, Last Day of Trimester 1November 10 – “Family Night” (AKA Saturday School) #2, 5:30-7:30 (Afterschool Program ends at 5 that day)

Admin News & Needs

Halloween Parade Details– o At 11:30, parents can begin signing in to the office and arriving at classrooms

to help students with their costumes. When they are finished helping, parents can head outside.

o At approximately noon, Jill will begin the parade upstairs with Santa Cruz, traveling down the hall, through the main building, collecting students, teachers, parading over to the H building to pick up the students, and parading out onto the yard. Team We Rock will put a copy of the Parade Route in your boxes sometime this week.

o Unlike the past, students will not walk through a spiral on the yard. They will follow the route on the map you’ll receive, ending up at their Town Hall spots when they get outside.

o Rain contingency plan – we will parade into the Gym and line up in indoor Town Hall spots (Indoor Town Hall Map will also be placed in your box sometime next week.)

o Once on the yard, Ms. Roth, CAL, and Mr. K will lead the school in various musical and dance entertainment.

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o Encourage your students to sing enthusiastically and dance joyfully!o Words to “The Ghost of John” in case you want to practice in your own rooms:

Have you seen the Ghost of John?All white bones with the skin all gone.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOWouldn’t it be chilly with no skin on…No skin on … no skin on?

“Saturday School” update: an email will come out from Steph today or in the very near future talking about our Math Madness plan! Thanks to Steph and Team We Rock for letting me sit in on your team meeting this week.

Report Cards timeline:

o 10/29 – If you would like Mina to translate your comments, email them to her by this day. If you want me to proofread the comments you wrote in Spanish, email them to me by this day.

o 11/1 – If you want the office to print your report cards for you, email them to me by this day.

o If you do not submit your report cards to the office by 11/1, you will be responsible for printing them yourself.

o Please remember that all staff are expected to be on campus during this time.

Hearing and Vision Screenings will take place in the library, from 8:30 to 12 p.m., Wednesday,, October 27th and November 3rd.

Magnificent Monarchs

Stephanie: Thanks for graciously watching my kids after school so I could make it to a dentist appointment on time!!  SMILES from Natasha

To Manuela for always preparing snacks for afterschool and being patient with me when I give her class lists last minute. ~ Lisa

To Rachel R.--Your smile in your classroom reminds me to smile in mine.  Kaaren

To Jill and Gwen--Thanks for being patient and understanding.  Kaaren

To Lisa for the organization, leadership, and standards of instructional and administrative excellence you bring to our students in the Afterschool Program, and to all afterschool instructors for making learning meaningful and exciting for

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students at the end of their very long days. It is exciting that all of Aspire will be coming to observe how our program runs at Monarch!

To Steph, Paul and Keisa for their efforts planning, organizing and preparing for our Halloween Parade!

Thank you Rachel, Nyere, Anel and Jill for supporting me with a particular tough week.  It is so amazing to work with you all and feel supported through even the most challenging situations. ~ Ryan

 To Rachel & Ryan for pushing ROPES to a super new level! ~ Siobhan

To Nyere for doing little favors for me all week to make my job and life easier :) ~Siobhan

To Kaaren, Ryan, and Anel for creating an amazing, clear, culturally competent IEP meeting where the family of a struggling student came away feeling proud, content, and with a clearer sense of their son’s progress, needs, and resources. I was proud to work with you. ~ Jill

Simple Pleasures…

When asked for the reason that she would like to play the drums (CELDT test speaking question,) Kiara from 2nd grade told me, "Because drumming brings your happiness out." Ms. Wendy S.

When asked why she was late to school that day, a second grade student answered, “Because I was stuck in the bathroom.” (Don’t we all?) Angelica

Jesus Hernandez has a fake bloody foot in his backpack.  He pulled it out in line one morning and I was speechless. ~ Siobhan

Principal’s Notes

Across the country this coming week, we celebrate the creepy, crawly, sneaky, and spooky, and for many in our Monarch community and beyond, the Day of the Dead, to boot! Why not take the opportunity to stare fear in the face while we’re celebrating it? Katherine Paterson’s quote this week encourages us that a state of fear can lead to healthy growth. What fears are grabbing your tail? What can you… a teammate…your lead… your principal do to help you not get swung around?