Attendance: Call 253-5250, Extension 6 Please report absences by 8:45am each morning that your child is absent. Please spell the child’s name beginning with last name, first name, include room number, reason for absence and your relation to the child. EVERY TUESDAY IS EARLY DISMISSAL — ALL Students are dismissed at 2:00pm. Pre-Pay for CUSD Lunches at Titan School Solutions (Titan) You can make payments and view your student’s account balance online by going to https://family.titank12.com/ Homework: Homework may be requested if your child has been absent a minimum of 2 days. Please call before 9:00am to request and pick up the homework after 3:00pm. Supervision begins at 8:15am. Children are not to arrive at school alone before 8:15am. To email Staff: lastname_firstname@cusdk8.org

REGNART REPORTER Principal: Thien Hua Regnart Elementary Superintendent: Dr. Craig Baker 1170 Yorkshire Drive Board of Education: Lori Cunningham Cupertino, CA 95014 Sylvia Leong Phone: 408-253-5250 Jerry Liu Fax: 408-253-2604 Satheesh Madhathil Phyllis Vogel www.cusdk8.org/regnart Volume LVI February 28, 2019 Issue 11

DISTRICT NEWS

For the latest news from the Cupertino Union School District please click on District News or visit the District’s homepage at www.cusdk8.org.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE…

• Principal’s Message • PTA Announcements • Home School Connection • Regnart Preschool • Contribute Yearbook Photos • Regnart Book Fair • Reading Festival • CUSD25

UPCOMING EVENTS March 1 Walk to School Day & Dr. Seuss Day March 2 Open House – Regnart Preschool @ 10:00am, Room 28 March 4-15 Regnart PTA Reading Festival March 11-15 Regnart Book Fair March 13 Family Night at the Book Fair @ 5:00-7:00pm, GLC March 18 No School – Staff Learning Day March 20 Spring Picture Day March 22 Regnart PTA Family Dance @ 6:00-8:00pm, GLC *For up-to-the-minute info, please refer to the Regnart website: www.cusdk8.org/Regnart/

Dear Regnart Families, We had a great turnout for Superintendent Craig Baker’s presentation of “CUSD25 – We’re in it Together!” I want to thank those of you who listened intently and shared your perspectives on how we can move forward as a community of 25 schools to do the best we can for all our students and families. After listening to his presentation, it gave me an opportunity to reflect on how we can continue to provide all the supplemental services and programs that make Regnart a great place for children to thrive and grow. I want you to know that I will work hard with our PTA to ensure we won’t lose any of the things we have worked so hard to build. I understand that this effort will require some trust as we step into the unknown and it reminded me of this compelling quote from the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: “Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” One of those programs which we will continue to support and enjoy is our annual PTA Reading Festival which begins on Monday. The Reading Festival is a celebration of reading. During the next two weeks, students will explore different genres of books and let their curiosity guide them to new learning. I will also visit every classroom to share a book or two. Please help us make it fun by encouraging your child to do the many different fun activities we have planned for each day. A guide to those activities may be found on a flyer attached to this Reporter. Did you know the 10 best ways for improving your reading? Here they are: read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, and read! Finally, there will be a Regnart Preschool Open House on Saturday, March 2nd, from 10:00am-12:00pm. We will have our preschool teachers, the director of our preschools, and myself there to share information regarding our plans to open a Regnart Preschool for the upcoming 2019-20 school year. Feel free to bring a friend, neighbor, or co-worker. You do not need to be a school district resident to take advantage of this program. It is open to the general public and enrolled students will have the option of continuing on at Regnart as general education students. We hope to see you there! Warmest regards,

Thien Hua Regnart Principal

PTA Announcements

The Regnart PTA is here to support your children and your family throughout the school year. You can reach us anytime at regnartPTA@gmail.com or www.regnartpta.org.

● Registration for the 2019 session is now open for several clubs. Flyers are attached; you can also visit our website at https://www.regnartpta.org/programs to learn more!

● Your Yearbook Committee is working hard to bring you the best

edition of the Regnart Yearbook yet! CONTRIBUTE YOUR PICTURES! Send us your photos of Halloween, Fall Festival, a field trip, or classroom activities. Here is how you can submit photos online: Go to the link https://images.schoolannualonline.com/410963674

● The school-wide Reading Festival will be held March 4 - March 15.

Please see our attached flyer for more information on how to get involved or keep your student up to date with our fun activities!

● Spring pictures will be held Wednesday, March 20.

● Join the Regnart Elementary PTA on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/287440771732304/

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Home&SchoolWorking Together for School Success CONNECTIONFebruary 2019

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A parenting mission statement

Can you name the three most impor-tant things to you as a parent? Put-ting them in writing will help to guide your parenting. Fill in the blank in the sentence, “I’m raising a child who ___ ” (“is kind to others,” “works hard in school”).

Find learning treasuresA secondhand store offers more than clothing and household items—you can find learning tools there, too. Help your youngster look for gently used books or board games (check to make sure all the pieces are there). He might also find magnetic letters or numbers, arts and crafts supplies, and small whiteboards or chalkboards.

Practice cursive If your youngster is learning cursive, suggest creative ways to practice. She could make nameplates for family members’ bedroom doors or write greeting cards and thank-you notes in cursive. Idea: Encourage her to use cursive when she takes notes in class. It’s faster because she doesn’t lift her pencil off the paper after each letter.

Worth quoting“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” Richard Wagner

Q: What did the banana say to the apple?

A: Nothing. Bananas can’t talk!

Embrace empathy When Claire notices a

classmate on crutches struggling with his books, she senses his frustration and offers to help. She has empathy—she can understand and share others’ feelings. Build empathy in your child with these ideas.

Read feelingsLearning to identify

other people’s emotions is the first step toward feeling empathetic. Take turns acting out a feeling for family members to guess. For example, open your eyes and mouth wide to show fear. Or slump your shoulders and look down to display sadness. Variation: Draw faces on paper plates, and guess the emotions.

Create an “empathy identity”Notice ways your youngster shows that

she cares how people feel. You might say, “I can tell you feel bad that your brother is sick. It was nice of you to bring him a blanket.” You could also point out others

showing empathy, too—in real life and in books and movies.

Respond appropriatelyWhen someone is having a hard

time (say, a friend’s parents are getting divorced), your child may not know what to say. The good news? Sometimes people just want another person to listen and express empathy. Brainstorm honest responses like “I’m not sure what to say, but I’m glad you told me,” or “I’m sorry this is happening. I’m here if you want to talk.”♥

Let’s collaborate!Knowing how to collaborate with classmates

will help your youngster work well and learn in a group. Try these tips to practice collaboration skills at home.

Balance speaking and listening. During family discussions, give each person a chance to talk. Your child should listen carefully so he can acknowledge what everyone says and build on their ideas. (“I liked what you said about _____. I think _____.”)

Encourage compromise. If your youngster has a disagreement with a sibling or friend, such as whether to play indoors or outdoors, think of it as a learning opportunity. Ask them to think of a way they could both feel satisfied, perhaps by doing a jigsaw puzzle outside at a picnic table. Or they might flip a coin to decide which to do first.♥

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Mix-it-up study methods

Fresh techniques will breathe new life into your child’s study sessions. Share these ways to add variety and help him stay motivated.

Create a muralSuggest that your child hang a

big sheet of paper on a wall. On it, he can write and illustrate facts, con-cepts, and procedures he’s studying. Say his math test includes rounding numbers, he might write the rule (“If a number ends in 5–9, round up”) in big orange letters across the bottom and add examples

in green going sideways up the mural. Let him design a new panel for each subject. He’ll have a handy study tool—and a colorful piece of art.

Play with clue cardsEncourage your young-

ster to make and play a card game with a study partner. He could write each concept on a separate index card and list three clues on the back. For

“electric circuit,” clues might include “path,” “current,” and “conductor.” He can shuffle the cards and stack them clue sides up. Players take turns drawing a card, reading the clues, and saying what’s on the other side. Keep the card if you’re right—the person with the most cards wins.♥

Write a picture bookYour youngster can use her imagina-

tion to retell a familiar story, then pre-serve her version in a homemade book! She’ll practice experimenting with char-acters, setting, and plot as she writes.

First, let your child pick a story and think of ways she could put her own twist on it. She might write a plot based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl) but use herself and her friends for the main characters. Or maybe she’ll pick a story set in another country, such as Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans, and have it take place in the United States.

Next, have your youngster write each sentence or paragraph of her story on a separate sheet of paper and illustrate it. Finally, invite her to read her book aloud to your family.♥

Boost independence Coaxing my daughter,

Grace, through her routine on school mornings was no easy task. I decided that she needed to become more independent—and that our mornings could be more pleasant. So I’ve started having her get ready by herself.

I let Grace pick out an alarm clock and showed her how to set it. Then, on her closet door, we posted a list of her morning tasks, including getting dressed, brushing her teeth, and fixing her hair.

Now when we’re both ready, we meet downstairs for breakfast before we head out the door. Our mornings are much easier, and I think Grace is proud of her newfound independence.♥

Time for a cell phone?Q: My fourth-grader says some of his friends are getting cell phones, and now he wants one. Are cell

phones appropriate at this age?

A: Most kids this age don’t really need a cell phone, since they’re supervised by adults who carry phones. And owning a phone, especially one with internet access, is a big responsibility. To decide when to give your son a phone, first think about your family’s budget. Also, con-sider how well he

follows safety rules and takes care of his belongings. Those are good indicators of how he will behave with a phone.

If you feel he’s ready, you might start with a lower-cost one with limited fea-tures. Then, create guidelines. Perhaps he

may use his phone only to call or text family mem-bers and close friends. Discuss consequences for breaking or losing it. And set times when his phone is off-limits, such as dur-ing family meals, in the hour before bedtime, and after lights-out.♥

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Visit one of our Open House locations!March 2, 2019

10:00 - 12:00 Regnart Elementary School 1:00 - 3:00 Sedgwick Elementary School

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GET INVOLVED WITH THE 2018-19 REGNART YEARBOOK! Yearbook team is ready to start planning 2018-2019 yearbook. Your children will always treasure the memories of their years at Regnart. The Yearbook captures their fun, friends, and good times in a book that they will revisit again and again in the future. To build a great Yearbook, we need your help! How can you participate? 1) YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST (Please see a separate file for

more details)

2) CONTRIBUTE YOUR PICTURES! Send us your photos of Halloween, Fall Festival, a field trip, or classroom activity. Your pictures will help us capture a rich view of life at Regnart.

Here is how you can submit photos online: • Go to the link or scan the QR code https://images.schoolannualonline.com/410963674

• If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username: 410963674 • Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload. You can upload multiple pictures at one time. • Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information. Please write the room number in description if it is to be placed in a class page. • Click "Upload Chosen Images".

Deadline for photo contributions: Sunday, March 10, 2019 (This will be used to start the design of YB. Please continue to submit as you get more photos) 3) DESIGN A YEARBOOK PAGE! Sign up to design a page for your child’s classroom or for a school-wide event. To volunteer to do a page, just add your name to our online document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15s-ZVSadM_4Mk2e4zuDZL9nWT5K4p8EcS1eaAgAsVYo/edit?usp=sharing Thank you in advance! 2018 Yearbook team regnart.yearbook@gmail.com

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Tuesday March 12th 2:00-3:30 After School Shopping Wednesday March 13th 5:00-7:00 Family Night

Thursday and Friday March 14th & 15th

8:00-8:30 Before School Shopping 10:05-10:25 Recess Shopping 12:00-12:45 Lunch Shopping

Reading is DINO-Mite!

Regnart’s Reading Festival One World, Many Stories 

 

March 4 - March 15 

 You can find MAGIC wherever you LOOK 

Sit back & relax , 

All you need is a BOOK ! - Dr. Seuss - 

 

March 4th - March 8th : Fiction  

Monday  Humor 🌟Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday! Wear Red n’ White. Browse and Checkout books from Go Go Biblio! 

Tuesday  Animals 🌟Bring in a stuffed animal to read with. 

Wednesday  Science Fiction 🌟Wear a shirt or hat that we can read! 

Thursday  Adventure 🌟Call a friend/family member and read an article from a magazine. 

Friday  Fantasy/Fairy Tales   🌟Teacher reads aloud to the class!   

March 11th - March 15th : Non Fiction   

Monday  History/Biographies 🌟Read aloud to your family. 

Tuesday  Poetry/Art/Recreation 🌟Share your favorite poem with a family member. 

Wednesday  Social Sciences 🌟Ask a friend/family member about his/her favorite book. 

Thursday  Natural Science 🌟Share a joke or riddle with a friend at recess! 

Friday  Folktales/Stories from around the world 🌟DEAR time and Celebrations!! (Bring in a pillow or a small blanket, and a book as well!) 

 

Dear Parents/Guardians,  Challenge: CUSD has above average schools and below average funding.   CUSD schools rank among the highest in the world. CUSD students attend prestigious universities, work at Silicon Valley’s elite technology companies, and change the world every day.   And yet, CUSD receives  below average  funding per student ‑‑ approximately $5,000 less per student than the national average.  Superintendent Dr. Craig Baker  will present at the  Regnart Flex Lab on Thursday, February 28th at 8:30am  to explain this funding phenomenon. The data can be found  here .   Solution: CUSD25: We’re In It Together!    

  The solution is a uni�ied, district‑wide funding initiative, lead by Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF), to continue to provide extraordinary teachers and staff, as well as teaching supplies, to  bene�it   ALL 25 SCHOOLS  and create an equitable educational experience for all CUSD students.  We invite you to  invest $25 per month per student  to support CUSD25. Please sign up at  cusd25.org , or complete and return the CUSD25 donation form your child will bring home this week. Our goal is to have all families contribute to support our excellent schools. Let’s show everyone what we can do when  We’re In It Together! Our children deserve it!  All of us at CUSD and CEEF want to thank you in advance for your contribution!   Sincerely,  Thien Hua Principal