anza trail k-8 school - sahuarita unified school...
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Upcoming
Events:
8/18 & 19-DIBELS
Testing
8/18- Band &
Orchestra instrument
rental night- SIS Gym
5pm
8/22- DKG Info Mtg-
Library, 4pm
8/23- NJHS Wash.
D.C. Trip Family
Info Night - Library,
5:30pm
8/29- PTO Penny
Wars starts
8/29- Coffee Social-
In front of Anza,
7:30am
8/30- 8th Grade
Promotion Dance
Meeting-
Library, 6pm
9/2- Out-of-Dress-
Code Day
The Coyote Connection
Important Numbers for you to know…
Our Physical Address: Our Mailing Address: 15490 S. Rancho Sahuarita Blvd. 350 W. Sahuarita Road
Sahuarita, AZ 85629 Sahuarita, AZ 85629
Main Line: (520) 625-3502 Attendance Clerk: EXT 1776 Cafeteria: EXT 1772 Fax: (520) 398-7121 Registrar: EXT 1705 Health Aide: EXT 1742
PRINCIPAL: ASST PRINCIPAL (K-5): Mrs. Darlene Robinson
ASST PRINCIPAL (K-5): ASST PRINCIPAL (6-8):
Mrs. Shelly Lizardi Mr. Julio Moreno
Anza Trail K-8 School “Reach for the Excellence Within!”
AA WWoorrdd FFrroomm MMrrss.. RRoobbiinnssoonn…… Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year! Our Anza Staff worked
hard over the summer to prepare for another exciting year at Anza Trail!
Our PTO even
refurbished our Library with new paint, furniture, and more books! In
addition, we have been teaching and reinforcing our classroom and
school rules, routines and procedures, while modeling our Coyote Pact, “As a Coyote, I promise to have High standards, Outstanding attitude, act With
respect and Listen to learn at Anza Trail!”
As we start off the year, we want to applaud the positive habits already
established in our first week of school. Regular school attendance, and
arriving to school on time, is critical to the academic success of your
child. Thank you for bringing your child to school each day and on time.
Thank you also for your ongoing patience with drop-off and pick-up
traffic flows during this heavy beginning-of-the-year season.
Moreover, you should have received AzMERIT Math and ELA (Reading
and Writing) scores for your 3rd-8th grade student. Attached to these
scores is a comprehensive score report with detailed information about
how your child performed on each part. Please remember this is only one
measurement of your child’s academic progress. If you have any
questions, please contact me at
625-352 ext. 1701.
Lastly, we, collectively work to build relationships and maintain a
positive, safe learning environment for all to enjoy. It is our
commitment to continue these efforts as we promote a school climate
that parents and community members feel proud to be a part of as we
strive to “Reach for the excellence within!”
Looking forward to seeing you around campus!
Your Partner in Lifelong Learning,
Darlene Robinson
Fabulous First Grade So much is happening in first grade. The
children are all busy learning classroom procedures and routines and all classes have started sending home weekly homework. If you have questions about classroom or homework procedures, please contact your child’s teacher.
We are jumping right into learning! In math we are learning about different kinds of patterns and shapes. Children will need to know defining attributes of shapes such as number of sides and vertices. When you are with your children, ask them to point out shapes they see.
In reading, we are working on saying all the sounds in a word. This is part of phonemic awareness or the ability to manipulate sounds in words. This important skill is the foundation of learning to read. You can support your child in this area by playing words games as you drive in the car. Say a word such as cat and ask your child to say all the sounds in the word (/c/ /a/ /t/) or say a word and ask your child to think of words that rhyme with it.
We are all looking forward to a fabulous year filled with fun and learning in first grade!
Second Grade Sound-off
The second grade teachers would like to welcome all of the students and families back to school! We enjoyed meeting all of you at Meet and Greet and Parent Night. This month we are teaching classroom and school procedures and expectations. Please continue to review these with your child at home to ensure a successful transition back to school. In addition, we will be covering place value to 1000, story elements, proper nouns and pronouns, as well as practicing handwriting and writing in complete sentences. If at any time you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's teacher.
We look forward to partnering with you this year.
Kinder ‘Korner’
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN! This month, your children are working hard to learn rules, expectations, and procedures so they will be ready to learn each day! We are also building our classroom communities and getting to know one another through play. In literacy, we will learn letter names and sounds for the following letters: M, S, A, T, R, as well as a song for each letter! :) We will make lists of words that begin with each letter and go on "letter hunts" in our classrooms. In math, we will explore the numbers 1-5 and match numbers to the correct amount of objects. The Kindergarten team hopes to see you all at our Parent Info Night on Tuesday, August 16th from 5:30-6:00pm.
Third Grade Thoughts
It has been a great
couple of weeks, we are
getting into full swing!
Students are all aware of
our rules and procedures
and are working hard to
follow them. Thank you
so much for sending in
the necessary supplies. Please be sure
to communicate with your child daily
about school. They should be
practicing their spelling words daily as
well as math facts. Students will have
spelling test, reading comprehension
tests, and math formatives on Fridays.
We look forward to a wonderful year of
learning and getting to
know your child!
Fourth Grade Facts
4th graders are off to a
great start! The first week of
school, we spent time getting
to meet new friends and
practicing classroom
procedures. Math this month,
will focus on place value and
problems solving. For
reading, we will be analyzing
character traits, setting,
evidence and themes in
stories. Make sure to ask your
4th grader what they have
learned about our Arizona!
Practicing math facts and
reading at home are crucial
for 4th grade.
Thank you for all the
supplies this school year!
We can't thank you
enough for your support.
Fifth Grade Feedback
Hello 5th Grade Families! We have made it through the start of a new school year! As we continue to enforce routines
and procedures, transition to academic standards, and settle in to a daily schedule, it is a pleasure getting to know your children! If you haven't created an account to monitor your
child's grades, please do so right away! We look forward to the year ahead
and appreciate your support!
5th Grade Teachers
6th Grade RED TEAM
Welcome back! We are off to a great start and have been going over classroom rules and procedures as well as getting to know each other. We hope your child has the best year possible! This month in Social Studies we will be interpreting historical data from graphs, tables and charts and sharpening our geography skills. We will also be looking at Primary and Secondary sources and are starting our studies of Prehistory. In math we have begun setting up our Interactive Notebooks. Students will be using this throughout the year and it is really important that they keep them organized. As the month continues well will begin to learn about Greatest Common Factor (GCF), Least Common Multiple (LCM) and rational and irrational numbers. Thank you for all the supplies you sent in. We teachers, truly, appreciate your help. We really look forward to facilitating a great learning experience for all of your children. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions and concerns.
Here's our contact information: Language Arts: Ms.Navarrete Social Studies: Mrs.Medina Science- Ms.Tanner Math: Mrs.Yslas [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lastly, please make sure you set up a PowerSchool account. This will give you access to your child's grades, tardiness and absences. The front office can assist you with this if needed.
6th Grade GOLD TEAM
Welcome back to school! 6th grade is such a wonderful and fun year. We’re going to be so busy that the year is going to fly by! Please make sure that your child has the supplies that they need in order to be successful. We’d love for them to have everything they need no later than Monday, August 15th. Policies and expectation letters were handed out on the first day. If you have not yet seen one from your child, please ask them for it. An additional copy can be found on Mrs. Eakins’ website (http://eakinsclass.weebly.com). Most general communication will be done by one teacher in order to save time and cut down on repeated emails. Please know that if a teacher does have a question or a concern, they will be contacting you directly though. Also, please feel free to contact any teacher at any time if you have questions or issues. We are so excited about the coming year and are looking forward to getting to know your child. Science: Mrs. Eakins Social Studies: Mrs. Reichenbach Math: Mrs. Taylor Language Arts: Mrs. Dicochea
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- ‘Anza Trail School Event Page’
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Rocketing Red Team for 7th grade! As we blast off on another adventure for the coming year, please make sure you have checked in all letters and syllabi that have been sent home. We have shared information that is important about our content, expectations, tools for success, and the supplies which your students will need to meet their goals. Please contact the first period teacher for all correspondence unless there is specific classroom or content concern. We believe that communication is key to success and the support from home is also necessary for your student’s growth. Our team has web pages for each of set up and those can be accessed via the school site. Please be aware that we communicate all concerns and progress regularly and usually do so via email. We are excited to be a part of your student’s journey and look forward to working with you this year!
Thank you,
Ms. Ann Kurle (ELA) Mr. Zachary Mellen (Math) Mr. Carl Nelson (SS) Mrs .Justine Saavedra(Science)
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Welcome to an exciting year in 7th grade! Students are getting back into the routine nicely and are doing a great job! Just a friendly reminder to all parents that we need all parent/student information sheets turned into your teachers as soon as possible. This information is important in order to keep you up to date on important information happening at Anza Trail as well as how your students are doing in their classes. We thank you for all that you do at home and we look forward to an exciting year ahead!
Thank you,
Mr. Grzywa(SS), Mr. McGee(Math), Ms. Knable(ELA), and Ms. Sandusky(Science)
8th Grade Team
August Newsletter 8th Grade Red and Gold Welcome back to school! For the first week of school, all 8th grade teachers focused on the rules, policies and procedures for their own individual classroom as well as school wide policies that we will enforce. On the second week of school we will begin covering core content. In Ms. Lopez science classes we will be researching possible science fair topics. All Science classes will begin an examination of Science as an inquiry process. We will review the scientific method at that time, followed by representing and analyzing data. In social studies students will be begin their study of World War I. In Math, pre-algebra students will examine and work with rational and irrational number. Algebra students will focus on linear equations and inequalities. I geometry students will look at transformations and how they relate to each other. In language Arts students will examine text structure and will visit the library to begin their quarterly book projects. Parent volunteers; please mark your calendar for August 30th. From 6-7pm we will have the first 8th grade promotion meeting of the year in the library. We will discuss the dates of the events and the process in general to begin planning for this very fun event. Lastly, thank you so much 8th grade parents for all the supplies you sent. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We greatly appreciate the generous donations.
G e t t i n g
Anza Trail is dedicated to providing inclusion and support to all our students with disabilities. Our students receive services in a variety of ways: integration into regular education inclusion classrooms, pull-out to receive specialized instruction and/or therapy, and as part of the language arts/math development classes. Specialists and support staff have the flexibility to work with our students in classrooms, as well as in small group settings in the resource rooms or therapy rooms. We focus on providing supports in the least restrictive environment with the goal of fostering independence and growth!
Who is the special education team? Keila Herrera – Special ED teacher K-2nd
Kristin Howard – Speech Language Pathologist K-4th Erin Thomas – Special ED classroom teacher 3rd-5th
Louis Dachtyl – Speech Language Pathologist 4th- 8th Windy Giddings – Special ED teacher 6th and 7th Dana Ormerod – Occupational Therapist Tracy Baier – Special ED teacher 7th and 8th Justin Palumbo – Physical Therapist
Siomara Enriquez – School Psychologist
A LETTER FROM THE LIBRARY WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!!
Over the summer the Anza library received a makeover, thank you to PTO and volunteers for all your hard work. We also had plenty of books donated during the drive, students you will have a good reason to come and stop by. Remember, if you are coming during class time you will need a pass from your teacher.
See you around the campus! Mrs. Black and Mrs. Lopez
6th, 7th and 8th Grade students begin their Quarter
exploring career paths (high school/college) and the
internal and external components of a typical
desktop computer. Students identify internal
components (CPU, RAM, Motherboard, etc.), explore
external connections (USB ports, HID’s, Ethernet,
etc.) and learn the fundamentals and importance of a
computers Operating System (Windows). Students
practice and explore Operating System Tools,
Keyboarding (touch-typing) and Hard Drive
navigation as well as discuss application to modern
technology (cell phones, touch-pads, etc.). All
students explore the vocabulary and definitions for
high school graduation (course credits, advanced
placement, etc.) as well as investigate terminology
used for developing a plan for college
(Baccalaureate, Major, Scholarships, GPA)
in the 21st Century.
Teacher: Ron Potts
Room: A105
Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! I am very excited to begin another year! For those students who are enrolled in Spanish classes this year, here is an explanation of each level. At the 6th grade level, students will be exposed to traditions and culture found in Spanish speaking countries around the globe. They will learn some vocabulary that is unique to these areas. At the 7th grade level, students will learn basic, functional vocabulary that will provide them with solid foundation for 8th grade Spanish, if they choose to take it. We learn the alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, and other vocabulary that is used on a daily basis. The 8th grade Spanish class at Anza Trail is designed to mirror Walden Grove’s Spanish I class. Students who are currently enrolled in this class will receive high school credit if they maintain an A or a B in the class all semester. Students were selected for this class based on their behavior and performance in 7th grade Spanish. If for any reason you need to contact me, please note that I can be reached at [email protected]. Students are also welcome to use my website at www.mrsdelaossa.weebly.com for assignments and notes. ¡Hasta pronto!
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Welcome back to another exciting year at Anza Trail! We have a busy year planned in the counseling department. At the elementary level I will be teaching social and emotional guidance lessons every other week for the duration of the school year. This quarter elementary lessons will be focused on learning and practicing appropriate behavior in class and on the playground, with an emphasis on students learning to solve their own problems. I will also be meeting with small groups of kindergarten students to ease their transition into the school environment. As always if you have any concerns feel free to contact me! Lindsay Romero K-5 School Counselor
August Game Schedules:
Tryouts begin Aug 15th for all 1st Qtr Sports
Flag Football : Tues, Aug 30 Vs Altar Valley @ Anza, 3:45pm
Volleyball: Tues, Aug 30 Vs Altar Valley @ Anza, 3:45pm
Cross Country: TBA
Welcome back! We’re excited for another great year of reading growth at Anza Trail! All kindergarten through third grade students completed their beginning of the year reading assessments during the week of August 15th. The information we gain from the DIBELS test allows us to identify students in need of reading support. The Reading Lab team is excited to support students in need of reading intervention beginning Tuesday, September 6th. If your student qualifies for Reading Lab support, you will receive a letter the week before Reading Lab services begin. Reading Lab services are provided Monday through Thursday for 30 minutes a day in room C133. Ms. Huber and Mrs. Sparks look forward to building students’ phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills this school year! Reading Reminder: All students benefit from reading or being read to for at least 20 minutes a night. Please ensure that your student is meeting this critical goal each and every night!
ART CLASS Coyote artist are hard at work learning about the art classroom, procedures and the art process. Students will begin working on the elements and principles of art through the exploration of different art making media. The after school Art Club will also be up and running by the first week in September. If you are interested, please stop by the art room for information.
A WORD FROM SAFETY PATROL… We are thrilled that we have a new group of Safety Patrol members that are helping to promote safety on our campus. Please remember some important safety guidelines as you drop off and pick up your child: Follow the designated 15 mph speed limit while on campus. Do not use your cell phone when dropping off students. Be alert for support staff members who are helping to guide traffic. Do not block traffic when dropping off or picking up your child. Use the designated areas for drop off and pick up.
Thank you for helping to make Anza a safe campus.
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grade grade
Bennett Analia Valenzuela Rademacher Balboa
Favorite Subject: Favorite Subject: Reading Math
Favorite Sport: Favorite Sport: Baseball Soccer
Career Goals: Career Goals: Go to college Get into a good college and Get a job that I enjoy
Who Inspires You: Who Inspires You: My parents because they My parents because they inspire me to be a good are hard workers and do so student. much for me. I want to make them proud.
Best Advice to Classmates: Best Advice to Classmates: The more you read, the Focus and study what you more you learn, the are learning so you can get smarter you will be. good grades.
Middle School Teacher
Of the Month
Mrs. Rosy Sotelo
6-8 Counselor
Elementary Teacher
Of the Month
Lindsay Romero
K-5 Counselor
Support Staff Member
Of the Month
Norma Durazo
Principal’s
Secretary