Summer District Newsletter

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL : AUGUST 13

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JOINT COMMUNICATION

FOLLOW US Welcome Back to another exciting year at Salinas City Elementary School District
(SCESD). Many of us have been attending a variety of learning opportunities since the
AND GIVE US A LIKE! last day of school. One message that resonated loud and clear was the importance of
building positive relationships with our students, staff, the larger community and the
@SalinasCitySD families we serve. On June 25, 2018 the United States Supreme Court ruled on the
Janus vs. the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees a case
Summer DISTRICT NEWSLETTER regarding employee groups and their memberships. SCESD Board of Education, your
Superintendent, the Presidents of SETC and CSEA are committed to building a strong
YEAR: 2018 | ISSUE: 18 relationship based on collaboration.

TABLE OF CONTENTS The heart of the relationship between the Salinas City Elementary School District and
our employees groups has a rich history of working together to identify and advance
Announcements ......................... 3 our shared values and goals: supporting all of our students to be successful, meeting
Professional Development ..... 6 their diverse needs and creating conditions in which staff members are valued and
Testing & SIS ............................... 7 supported.
Curriculum & Instruction ....... 8
Summer Maintenance.............. 9 We want to underscore the value of the accomplishments we have made in the district.
Migrant ........................................ 10 Our partnership has allowed us to engage in innovative work. Together we have created
B.E.S.T ........................................... 11 leadership teams who engage staff through meaningful dialogue and decision-mak-
Food Services ............................ 12 ing to meet the needs of their school communities. We have strong schools that meet
Technology & Innovation .... 13 the interests of our Salinas City Elementary School District families and provide our
Family Resource Center ........ 14 employees the opportunity to advance their skills and knowledge. We have placed a
Trip Down Memory Lane.......... 15 high value on Professional Growth focused on improving and deepening professional
Social Media .............................. 28 practice for all practitioners. Additionally, our outstanding programs for new teachers
are recognized in our county as a model for supporting the retention of teachers.

In recent years, we’ve been able to bring additional social-emotional supports to our
schools through the implementation of student support systems. Together we have
restructured positions that resulted in meeting the needs of our students as well as
contributed to increased hours and benefits for many of our employees. None of these
efforts would have been possible without SETC and CSEA being strong partners that
provides leadership through various structures and processes for its members to have
voice as professionals.

We value the partnership between the district and each of our employee groups. Our
collaboration allows us to disagree and challenge each other to find new ways to move
forward and reach the common ground that best serves our students, their families and
staff members in Salinas City Elementary School District.

Thank you for all that you do to support your colleagues, our students, our families,
our community and our profession. Your involvement in the association strengthens
our partnership. Together we are Salinas City Elementary School District and one great
team.

The work of educating and supporting all students is difficult, but more important than
ever. To be successful, it takes all of us engaging in it together.

ON THE COVER StephenKim MarthaMartinez OscarRamos JoeSanchez

Loma Vista Elementary Board President Superintendent President, SETC President, CSEA

students walk down the aisle during
their 6th Grade Promotion

See Promotion photos on Page 34

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SAVE THE DATE

WELCOME

BACK

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 7:30-8:00AM - Breakfast
8:00-8:30AM - Introductions
8:00–10:15am Sherwood HalL
and Welcome
BREAKFASt is voluntary and will begin aT 7:30AM. 8:30-8:50AM - Years of Service
Ceremony will begin at 8:00am.
Staff Recognition
Photos from last year’sWelcome Back Breakfast 8:50-9:30AM - Yearly District

Awards
9:30-10:15AM - Closure

10:45AM - Site Meetings Begin

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SAVE THE DATE

PICTURE DAY

will be held on:

MONDAY, AUGUST 6

7:00–11:00am / 12:00-4:30pm
District Office - Boardroom

Jane Doe
Teacher

HUMAN RESOURCES DR. BEATRIZ CHAIDEZ

FIRST WORKDAY Laurel Wood staff during
NOTIFICATION the 2017-18 School Year.

FOR 10-MONTH CLASSIFIED, BEHAVIOR
INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIES

RE: Reasonable Assurance Letter

This is a revision to the Reasonable Assurance letter
that was sent out in April. The first workday for
10-month Classified employees is August 13th.
First workday for Behavior Intervention Specialists is
August 7th. First workday for School Administrative
Secretaries is August 6th.

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SCESD APPAREL

BUY SCESD
APPAREL

Buy SCESD apparel online at any time! Visit www.salinascityesd.qbstores.com.

It’s that time of the year again! Stock up on your Salinas City apparel for the 2018-19 school year!
Visit www.salinascityesd.qbstores.com for all options and prices. Below, you’ll find a variety of pieces.
Online has more options available.

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ED SERVICES

BY LORI SANDERS

DATA TEAMS:

PLANNING INTENTIONAL

STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION

August 8 & 9, 2018

All Certificated Staff will report to their sites

WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HAVE A
DEEPLY UNDERSTOOD SENSE OF WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE – AND SEE THEIR PART
IN ACHIEVING THAT PURPOSE – COHERENCE
EMERGES AND POWERFUL THINGS HAPPEN.”

-FULLAN AND QUINN 2015

On August 8th & 9th site administrators will work with their staffs to ensure district wide common under-
standings of the purpose and intent of Data Team meetings:

• The purpose of Data Team Meetings is to increase student achievement.
• Intentional Tier 1 instruction will yield greater results than a program or curriculum.
• Common formative assessment is a means to focus on standards, establish agreements on mastery, and identify

the rigor of instruction necessary to meet them.

In grade level teams teachers will have time to plan the first month of instruction and to identify their com-
mon formative assessments.

Wednesday Thursday

August 8th Agenda August 9th Agenda

• Clarify Purpose and Expectations • Grade Level Teams Share out
for Data Team Meetings Language Arts CFAs

• Deepen Understandings of Assessment • Provide feedback on vertical articulation
• Identify Common Formative Assessments of teaching targets and rigor

for Benchmark Unit 1 • Identify Common Formative Assessments
for Eureka Aug. and Sept.
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TESTING & SIS

BY VIRGINIA GARZA-NUÑEZ

THE UPDATE

Every Day Counts:

Common sense tells us that students can’t learn if they are not at school. Research confirms that school attendance
affects student achievement, especially absences not due to illness.

Engagement Strategies for Educators
Adopt an active role in fostering positive, open communication with students and parents.
• Form healthy professional relationships with students.
• Know at least one thing about each student’s interests out of school.
• Talk to students.
• Contact parents to let them know how their children are going at school (via diary entries, phone calls, email).

Actively develop a safe and secure environment for all students
• Encourage all students in the class to take responsibility for each other’s safety.
• Model and develop a culture of trust.
• Model effective timekeeping practices, for example returning work promptly, arriving and finishing classes on time.

Communicate and promote the school’s attendance expectations regarding
the importance of attending school every day and arriving on time
• Talk to students about why it is important to be at school and discuss the school’s attendance policy.
• Talk positively about regular attendance.

ADA (Average Daily Attendance):

The district’s ADA for the 2017/18 was 95.38 % not including Saturday attendance recovery (AARC) and 95.55%
including Saturday attendance recovery (AARC). The State ADA goal is 97%. Please communicate to parents and
students the importance of making everyday count!

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CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

BY RON DILLENDER

TIS’ THE NEW YEAR

Welcome back to a new school year! Every Two other fantastic tools available to all SCESD students
are the Imagine Learning and Imagine Math programs.
year brings a new opportunity to do what all of us are here
to do - make a difference in the life of each individual stu- Imagine Learning and Imagine Math are interactive, adap-
dent. Let’s commit together again to make this year the tive, differentiated programs designed to help students fill
best it can be for each of SCESD’s students. in learning gaps and expand their knowledge. Data shows
that as students log on to devices and use these pro-
We were fortunate this summer to have participated in grams regularly, paired with teachers giving small group
some wonderful staff development opportunities. Teach- instruction based on data received from the programs,
ers and classified staff had multiple opportunities to there is consistent, significant growth. Imagine Learning
choose professional development options that fit them the is not new to the district’s Kinder, First, and Second grade
best. Thank you to all of the Academic Coaches, teach- teachers who have used it to support English and Spanish
ers, presenters, I.T staff, Ed Services staff, administrators, Language learners. Now we have the licenses to access
custodians at Boronda Meadows, Kammann, and Laurel Imagine Learning’s full potential with all of their avail-
Wood, who worked to make the days in June happen. I able resources for all of our students. Much in the same
know there are those who I may have forgotten, but to vein, Imagine Math is designed with the same principles,
each I express heartfelt gratitude for the support you gave focused on meeting the state’s Mathematics standards.
to the staff who benefited from these opportunities. We The district is using a “Trainer of Trainers” model with our
hope to bring these and more opportunities in the future. coaches and others to help train and support with these
tools. Optional Saturday trainings will also be offered.
This year we will continue our Language Arts adoption
with Benchmark Education’s Advance and Adelante. For Let’s make the most of these excellent resources to help
Mathematics we continue to strengthen our use of Eureka our students meet their learning needs!
Math to help each student meet grade level standards.

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BY RICK GEBIN MAINTENANCE UPDATE

STAYING BUSY
DURING SUMMER

New parking lots at El Gabilan

New jungle gym at Natividad New track at LaurelWood

New offices at University Park New playground at El Gabilan New kitchen at LaurelWood

A s the final bell rings to mark the start of A new track was installed at Laurel Wood, along with a
summer for students, our Maintenance De- renovations to their kitchen. Natividad built a new jungle
partment is gearing up for a Summer full of gym for their students, El Gabilan recieved a new play-
ground and parking lots for thier staff and public, Uni-
updates, new and old fixes and big projects. versity Park is getting their Principal and Vice-Principal
offices completed, as well as their new staff/professional
The hardworking team at the maintenance yard, with development room, Roosevelt extended their staff park-
leadership from our Chief Facilities and Construction ing lot, and so much more!
Officer Jerry Stratton and Director of Maintenance Darren
Fort, projects were started and just about completed, Thank you to the team for their continued hard work
throughout the Summer preparing our facilities for a focused on providing our students with the necessary
great first day of the 2018-19 school year. environment and experience they need to succeed.

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MIGRANT BY RICK GEBIN

CROWNED

DURING RODEO WEEK

O ur Migrant Education Program had an excellent Summer
program this year. Not only did our students learn and expand
their knowledge and skills, additionally a big group of students
participated in the California Rodeo’s Annual Kiddie Kapers Parade cele-
brated in downtown South Salinas during Rodeo Week. And, guess what?
Our fantastic students placed FIRST PLACE for their Dance and Drill Team
Division. This is awesome news! Congratulaions!

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B.E.S.T / AFTER SCHOOL

BY KRISTI BURNS

BEST OF SAFETY AND
EDUCATION TIME

FIRST DAY OF B.E.S.T IS MONDAY, AUGUST 13TH

T he first day of B.E.S.T. will be Monday, August
13th. A few schools still have space available for
the 2018-19 school year. Applications are available
in the district office, on the district website and,
beginning August 6th, in the school office at the eleven
schools offering the program. Priority enrollment is given
to foster youth and students who are considered home-
less under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act. All other
students will be accepted on a first come first-served
basis as space is available. Please check out our page
on the district website or contact Kristi Burns, Program
Manager, at 784-2259 if you have any questions about the
program or enrollment. We are looking forward to seeing
the students again and providing a quality program for
them every day after school.

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FOOD SERVICES

BY CARLOS MURTA

TWO SCHOOLS ADDED

FOR FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH

M onterey Park and University Park join the list for FREE breakfast and The following schools
lunch to students under the Community Eligibility Provision for the are currently offering
2018-19 school year. free breakfast and
lunch meals to all
Salinas City Elementary School District announced an amendment to its policy students:
for serving meals to students under the [National School Lunch / School Break-
fast Programs] for the following four years, 2018-2022 school years. The District - Boronda Meadows
received approval to now serve breakfast and lunch at no charge at the following
schools displayed here on the sidebar. - El Gabilan

- Kammann

- Loma Vista

- Los Padres

- Monterey Park

- Natividad

- Roosevelt

- Sherwood

- University Park

SEAMLESS SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM

BREAKS LAST YEAR’S NUMBERS

ood Service had a successful Food Service Department will increase
2018 Seamless Summer Feeding the pricing on adult meals to $2.30 for
Program this summer break, breakfast and $3.85 for lunch for the
feeding over 33,000 meals and sur- 2018-2019 school year. The California
passing last year’s 22,000 meals served. Department of Education dictates these
We are already planning for an amazing minimum prices be met for the Nation-
2019 Summer Feeding Program to feed al School Lunch and School Breakfast
even more kids nutritious breakfasts and Programs.
lunches.

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TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

BY MONIKA MACÍAS

Innovating for 21st Century Teaching and Learning

WE CELEBRATE!

OUR DISTRICT HAS UPGRADED TO A
LARGER CAPACITY INTERNET!

S CESD is at Fiber speed...
14 schools connect to Boron-
da Meadows with Fiber speed
(1 Gb speed EACH).
Boronda Meadows connects
to MCOE and the Internet at
5 Gb speed.

Everything we do, we do for students and staff.

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FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

BY CHERYL CAMANY

United Way & MCOE visits the Family Resource Center to host the Bus Kick Off 2018 and provide backpacks and school supplies to students

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TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK 2018

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CUE ROCK STAR! 2018

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SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK 2018

Teacher Led
Instruction

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SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK 2018

Site-Based PD

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SUMMER SCHOOL ACROSS SCESD

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SUMMER SCHOOL ACROSS SCESD

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SUMMER SCHOOL ACROSS SCESD

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SUMMER NASA ACADEMY

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SUMMER NASA ACADEMY

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ADMINISTRATION RETREAT 2018

Day 1

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ADMINISTRATION RETREAT 2018

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ADMINISTRATION RETREAT 2018

Day 2

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ADMINISTRATION RETREAT 2018

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SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES

FOLLOW OUR SCHOOLS ON INSTAGRAM

BORONDA MEADOWS

@BORONDAMEADOWSELEMENTARY

EL GABILAN KAMMANN LAUREL WOOD LINCOLN

@EG_HAWKS @KAMMANNELEMENTARY @LW_DOLPHINS @LINCOLNLEAPORDSROARR

LOMA VISTA LOS PADRES MISSION PARK

@LOMA_VISTA_SUPERSTARS @LOSPADRESPANTHERS @MIPMUSTANGS

NATIVIDAD ROOSEVELT SHERWOOD

@NATIVIDAD_EAGLES @ROOSEVELT_BEARS @SHERWOODSHARKS

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