Hello Blue Oaks Families!
Please take a moment to read all the bear-tastic events that happened last week and the ones that are coming up! You don’t want to miss any! We have the bookfair, pancake breakfast and 5th grade Cooley Middle School information. Don’t forget about your yearbook- use this link to purchase Blue Oaks ES (1).pdf. Skate night is also happening Monday 17th at 6:00-8:00.
A huge shout out and thank you to Boy Scout Troop 828 and Austin for painting a sensory path for our students to use! They absolutely love it!
Please be on the lookout for an email from our PTC with details for staff appreciation week and also, information about the Pancake Breakfast went out last week. In case you missed it, here it is :)
Hello Blue Oaks families ,
In a little over two weeks, on Sunday 4/30/23 from 9 AM - 11 AM the Blue Oaks PTC will be hosting the 13th Annual Pancake Breakfast.
The event should be really fun - from our celebrity pancake flippers (Blue Oaks teachers and staff) flipping delicious pancakes with toppings, music, bucket band performance and last but not least - auction of various themed gift baskets!
We are hereby asking for your assistance with signing up for volunteer shifts leading up to and day of the event.
Below are the links to both buy tickets as well as to choose a volunteer shift.Ticket sales close on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 5 PM, so we may have enough time to get our final count and purchase the appropriate amount of food for the event.
We have to be honest and share that it has been difficult for the PTC to get parent volunteer sign ups this year. To this effect, if we are unsuccessful in filling all the volunteer shifts by 4/21/23, we may need to cancel the event.
Please get your tickets today, and choose one of the fun shifts either before, during or after the event.
Thank you
Edina Bajraktarevic and Vanessa Moyo
Pancake Breakfast Committee Co- Chairs
Link to Purchase tickets:
https://blueoaks-pancake-breakfast.cheddarup.com
Link to Sign up for Volunteering Shifts:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4AAEA628A4F58-pancake1
5th Graders attending Cooley Middle School next year...Elective Selections - coming soon! Monday, April 17, 2023 - parents look for an email from Cooley Middle School. Read the email with your family, and make your elective selection by Friday, April 21, 2023. Please make sure you have completed your returning student registration by this date also. Got questions? Contact Karen Franta - Registrar at kfranta@rcsdk8.org. Thank you!
We have an amazing opportunity and are offering free parenting classes through KidsFirst. Please see the flier here and RSVP. They will begin on April 18th and end June 7th (date is wrong on the flier). This will be held either in the library or MPR- depending on the responses.
Book Fair News!
Get ready! The Scholastic Book Fair is coming our way (YAY!). Choosing their own books empowers kids and inspires them to become Bolder, Prouder, and Stronger Readers. AND—as always—every book they buy earns rewards for our school.
Here’s what you need to know about the Fair, which will take place from 04/17/2023 - 04/21/2023
in the library.
This year, say goodbye to cash and hello to eWallet—your child’s digital payment account. Before the Fair, set up eWallet for worry-free, cash-free purchases. Anyone can contribute! Share each child’s eWallet so friends and family can add funds and give your kids more books to enjoy.
If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Online Book Fair. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also benefit our school.
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/boelem
The library will be open at lunch time and afterschool from 2:00-2:30 and 12:50-1:30 (Wednesday) . Here’s the link to the volunteer sign up sheet: Book fair volunteers and here is the link for the online site: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/boelem
The countdown to more Bookjoy is on! Catch you at the Fair!
Wanted:
Meal Duty Supervisors
Are you interested in being a part of Blue Oaks and have time to spend caring for our students? Consider being a meal duty supervisor. We currently have an opening for 1 hour (11:35-12:35). You will have the opportunity to keep our students safe, teach and reinforce them by being respectful and responsible. Our bears love meeting new adults and can’t wait to build relationships. If you are interested, please apply on edjoin and email me ncumbra@rcsdk8.org.
Here is a link to the job description
PTC Calendar of Events
Apr 17 Skate Night #4 @ Roller King
Apr 30 Blue Oaks Pancake Breakfast & Auction
May 1-5 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week
May 11 PTC General Meeting
May 22 Final Skate Night @ Roller King
May 29 No School (Memorial Day)
June 5 Minimum Day
June 6 Last Day of School/Minimum Day
Blue Oaks PTC is a fundraising and activity oriented non-profit organization. Our mission is to work toward bettering the educational and social experiences of our children, support the school staff, and connect Blue Oaks families through organizing fun events and activities. We are so excited for this school year and would love for you to join us! Click HERE to join.
Thank you PTC for the water filling stations!
5 New cement picnic tables have been delivered! They replaced our old wood tables.
Attendance is vital for every child every day as lifelong habits are established in the early school years and contribute to student success throughout their school career and beyond. The best way to keep up with your student's curriculum pacing is to ensure they are in class daily and engaging with peers and their teachers.
When students are absent, they miss participating in discovery, student discourse, and the friendships made inside and outside the classroom through play and collaborative learning. Knowledge and understanding are more than being able to complete a worksheet; it is connecting new knowledge with concepts known previously to construct new meaning and sharing explanations of what is learned. Our teachers want to celebrate students and peers attending school in person and gaining knowledge.
Please be reminded that our upcoming vacation days for the remainder of the year are the following and please try and schedule appointments on non-school days and after school.
Monday, May 29, 2023 - Non-School Day/Holiday
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Last Day of School (Summer Break: June 7, 2023 - August 9, 2023)
Parents/guardians looking to take their student(s) out on short-term independent study for personal family business (not quarantined) must complete the online form. Paper forms will no longer be available at the office. As a reminder, students may use short-term independent study when they will be gone for a planned absence of a minimum of three (3) days and a maximum of 14 days. If a student takes multiple independent studies, they are limited to a combined total of 14 days each school year. Parents requesting short-term independent study will still need to make their request with at least 5-days’ notice before taking your student(s) out of school to ensure proper notification to their teacher(s) and providing of schoolwork. Thank you.
RCSD understands that when you send your child to school, you are entrusting us to keep them safe, and RCSD remains committed to ensuring the safety of our students, staff, and visitors. The RCSD Board of Education has recently authorized $2 million to outfit our schools with a six-foot perimeter fence and equip every classroom with classroom-safe locking doors and operable blinds. Be on the lookout throughout the year for these safety updates.
Once school is in session, every site will continue to practice regular lock-down and emergency drills throughout the year to ensure students and staff are comfortable knowing what to do in an emergency.
In addition to physical safety updates on our school sites, RCSD wants to remind parents/guardians about gun safety measures to take at home. The Roseville Police Department has provided the following gun safety guidance to ensure that guns stay safely out of children's hands.
Blue Oaks Comprehensive Safety Plan 22-23
Interested in being a WATCHDOG, but didn’t make the meeting? That is OK! Here is the link to sign up! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a45afa92da5fa7-watch
Don’t forget to have your TB test up-to- date, fingerprints done and fill out the volunteer category II application.
I encourage you to review the presentation so you can be prepared for your big day! The presentation has the schedule and bear necessities. Did you know you will also get your own bear hugs to pass out and smelly stickers?
Social and Emotional Learning
Second Step is our evidence-based social emotional curriculum that all our classes use on a daily basis to help teach empathy and problem-solving skills in a holistic integrated way. For the next few weeks, all our students will be focusing on Problem Solving. Please check in with your student and be sure to ask them what they are learning and help them role play and practice. The more practice they get, the better they will be. Here is a video that you can watch and review
Office Referral Data
August - 54 office referrals
September- 64 minor office referrals. 40% of those were for defiance, insubordination, and non-compliance in the classroom.
October- 74 office referrals. 33% of those were for defiance, insubordination, and non-compliance in the classroom.
November: 87 office referrals. Classroom is the highest location with defiance, insubordination and non- compliance being the highest for office referrals.
December: 61 office referrals.
January: 79 Office Referrals. Minor defiance in the classroom remains the main cause of office referrals.
February: 116 office referrals. 22 were due to physical aggression
March: 162 referrals. 37 were due to physical aggression
April:
May:
Additional Resources
RCSD Website
Blue Oaks Website
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS/AGENCIES/RESOURCES
CareSOLACE - provides a free expedited coordination service for students' and families' mental health and wellness support.
RCSD Enrichment Resources - a variety of online essential skills resources (math, English, typing, etc.) for your student to practice throughout the year.
RCSD Sora - free access to thousands of online books through the Placer County library.
tutor.com/rcsd All RCSD students in grades 4-8 have access to tutor.com. Tutor.com is an online tutoring service. Students can get a tutor 24/7 in Math, Science, Social Studies, English, and Foreign Languages. Tutoring sessions take place in their easy-to-use online classroom, which runs in your web browser. Students can navigate to tutor.com/rcsd and log in using their student ID and birthdate (in the form of mm/dd/yyyy).
Tutor.com Information 2022-2023
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