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School will be closed for Winter Break from Thursday, December 21 - January 8.
Wishing everyone a relaxing and safe break, and we look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday, January 9! |
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| Sign-up for lunch volunteers has been posted to ParentSquare. If you are cleared to volunteer (fingerprinted & TB tested), please sign up for one (or more!) of our available lunch supervision slots. Please sign-in in the office upon arrival. Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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If you are able to help out in the morning, we could really use some extra help with drop off. We continue to have some parents drop students off at the red curb instead of the 2nd parking lot. There are also many cars that do not pull all the way forward in the parking lot before their child exits the car. This creates an unsafe situation and backs up the carline further. It would be ideal to have one parent available in the parking lot to help students get out of cars/keep the line moving and one parent on the sidewalk reminding parents to drop off in the parking lot. We appreciate your support!
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Staff Birthdays in December 12-7: Melanie Montgomery (noon supervisor) 12-8: Linda Van Brocklin (Resource) 12-11: Elaine Kratsas (School Psychologist) 12-11: Elena Baril (SEA2) 12-22: Graciela Porter (SEA1) 12-25: Reema Al-Salhi (TK Aide)
Student Birthdays for the rest of December 12-21: Isaac Digilov (Levy), Jayne Hernandez (Oscamou) 12-22: Liam Driggars (McCall), Alexandra Dumitriu (Young), Jordan Gonzalez-Candelaria (Alencastre), Joshua Mecum (McClane) 12-23: Ivan Fursov (Eddington), Tristan Gaumer (Exner) 12-24: Bashevis Leopold (Merletti) 12-25: Ava Murray (Sanchez) 12-26: Isabella Escobar Gomez (Hutcheson), Angel Valdovinos (Anaman), Mila Young (Licht) 12-27: Cole Zak (Young) 12-28: Elias Bond (Jacobson), Christina Brown (Levy), Camielle Cohen (McClane), Renee Hernandez (Farley), Scott Kinnard (Young), Kaylee Tang (McClane 12-29: Nathan Eggertsen (Littig) 12-30: Makayla Christie (McCall), Lela Furness (Oscamou), Leaa'emaka Siu (LIttig), Melvin Steelman-Spruell (McClane) 12-31: Emily Lopez Padilla (Exner), Xamara Penaloza (Oscamou) |
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| Let's spend the last three school days of 2023 showing off our holiday spirit!
Monday: Holiday SOCKS Tuesday: Holiday HATS Wednesday: Holiday SWEATERS/SHIRTS/SWEATSHIRTS ~or~ PAJAMAS! |
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This week, I will wrap up a school-wide read aloud to address some body boundary issues we continue to have across the grade levels. I am reading Body Boundaries Make Me Stronger by Elizabeth Cole. This book focuses on the idea of personal space and refusing unwanted touch. I felt it necessary to push out a consistent message to all students that touching, exposing, and/or talking about private body parts at school is not allowed. So far, the read aloud has sparked great conversations in the classrooms I've visited.
If you are interested in seeing the book yourself, I am attaching a link to a read aloud on YouTube.
~Mrs. Tosi |
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Author Mimi Murphy will visit Hidden Valley on Monday, December 18 to share her Miles & Freeway! books. You may preorder hard copies for $10 each. *Purchasing books is optional* Please click on the flyer below to enlarge. |
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CARES Updates From Tristan (sieboldt@mdusd.org):
- CARES will be closed over winter break and will resume when school starts back up again.
- Next week we will have normal Program hours (time of dismissal to 6pm).
CARES Sign-Outs continue to be in designated classrooms: C1 TK-1st Grade, B3 1st-2nd Grade/CARES Office B5 2nd-3rd Grade G5 1st-3rd Grade D3 3rd-5th Grade |
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We are looking for members from our community that are interested in spotlighting their careers. Our AVID team would like to collect short videos (less than 5 minutes) that tell what the career is, how it helps the community/society, whether a college degree is required, etc. On the job footage would be great. We will push these videos out to the classrooms to watch. Please email Mrs. Tosi if you are interested ~ tosij@mdusd.org. |
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December 12/21-1/8: Winter Break 12/25: Christmas 12/26: Kwanzaa |
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The California State Library provides free online tutoring for California K-12 students, available through public libraries. Through HelpNow, live real-time homework assistance is available 24 hours a day by laptop, tablet, or phone from qualified tutors using state curriculum and standards.
24/7 assistance is available in English and Spanish for Language Arts and Mathematics. Every day between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm, assistance is available in core K-12 subjects in the following languages: - English
- Spanish
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Vietnamese
- Tagalog
CLICK THIS Link to go to the program website. |
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Click HERE to access the Auction site. |
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| If your child tests positive for Covid, they need to isolate for 5 days. Email or call the attendance line to report your child's illness. (925) 682-8000 ext. 84302 ~or~ hvattendance@mdusd.org Please click the link below for specific information. |
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BELL SCHEDULE - M, T, TH, F TK/K: 8:10-11:40 or 9:55-2:05 Grades 1-3: 8:00-2:20 Grades 4-5: 8:00-2:30
BELL SCHEDULE - Weds.
TK/K: 8:10-11:20 or 9:20-1:10
Grades 1-3: 8:00-1:05
Grades 4-5: 8:00-1:15
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VISITORS Visitors to the campus during school hours MUST sign in at the office and receive a sticker/badge. We have a very large campus, and we need all adults on campus to be easily recognized as having a purpose for being here. Let's all help keep our campus safe and secure.
VOLUNTEERS All volunteers must follow district guidelines before volunteering in your classrooms. Volunteers must be fingerprinted and TB tested. We are keeping a list of approved volunteers for our school in the office. Click HERE to go to MDUSD's Volunteer page. *COVID vaccination status is no longer required.
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| The two parking lots in front of the school are for staff only. Each staff member has a specific space assigned to them. PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN EITHER OF THE FRONT PARKING LOTS. You may park on the street or in the back lot by the park. Please leave the bus lanes in the first parking lot clear. Thank you for your cooperation. |
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Our parent liaison, Cynthia Duarte Bishop is ready and available to help you if you need her. She can be reached by email at duartebishopc@mdusd.org or at (925) 228-9530 ext. 84321. She is here to assist parents with resources and anything else you may need. Cynthia is bilingual, Spanish and English.
Her hours are M-F 8:00 - 11:00 am |
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| The “California Universal Meal'' program continues in the 2023-2024 school year. It has been written into ed. Code and will continue indefinitely. All school districts are required to offer one breakfast and one lunch during the school day to all students at no cost. Your enrolled student is already set up to receive these meals. No action is required.
Click below for this month's menus. |
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Every Child, Every Day! Whatever it takes! Our mission is to build and inspire a community of successful scholars. We will support our diverse community with respect, equitable opportunities and culturally rich experiences.
We are an AVID school! AVID means Advancement Via Individual Determination, otherwise known as moving up through your own hard work. We will continue to teach students strategies for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading (WICOR) in order to help them be college and career ready.
Thursdays are "Wear College Gear" days. If your child has any college gear, have them wear it to class. |
| HVE'S THEME FOR THE YEAR: RIPPLES OF CHANGE
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Jenny Tosi, Principal tosij@mdusd.org 500 Glacier Drive, Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 228-9530 |
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