Dear Canyon View Families,
On behalf of the Canyon View
staff, I want to welcome each and every one of our new and returning families
to the 2017-2018 school year! The first
seven days of school have been an absolute success, and over the next few weeks
we should be settled into our new routines and schedules. As we begin the school year, we want to relay
to our families how important relationship building is at Canyon View, and our
staff is committed to building meaningful and lasting relationships with each
and every one of our children and parents.
At Canyon View, and
throughout CFSD, we are committed to continually improving our instructional
practices in order to meet every child’s academic, social and emotional needs,
while preparing them for college and career pathways. This year, we will be
implementing the action steps that are associated with our Year Three School
Improvement Plan (SIP). Throughout the
first semester, you will learn more about the details of our Year Three plan,
and how we’ll be supporting our students in the areas of literacy, academic
mindsets, transfer, Deep Learning Proficiencies (DLP), and communication. Please stay tuned!
As we continue to work on
establishing our routines, below are a few important reminders regarding important
events, dates/forms, and safety procedures:
Morning Drop Off:
·Please do not drop off student before 7:40 a.m. as
supervision does not begin until this time.
• Morning
drop-off line is west of the crosswalk.
The first four cars are allowed to have their children unload. If you are further down the line, please wait
patiently until you are in the first four drop-off spaces to allow your child to
unload. We have several adults available
each morning to assist children from their cars. Kiss and dismiss!
• Please
do not drop your child off at the crosswalk in the parking lot and have him/her
cross by him/herself. This is not safe,
but it also makes the cars that have driven through the line wait as students
cross the crosswalk.
· Students should not be dropped off in the neighborhood
south of Canyon View (unless they are a resident). The increased traffic in the neighborhood can
create an unsafe situation for our children.
Courtyard
Pick Up and Drop Off:
• If you are dropping off or picking up your child in
the courtyard, please park either in the in the Canyon View or Esperero Canyon
Middle School parking lot and walk to the courtyard. All security gates will be opened in the
morning at 7:30 a.m. and five minutes before the afternoon dismissal time.
Dismissal:
· When students are dismissed, parents who wish to
pick-up their child in the pick-up lane are expected to stay in the right lane
and patiently wait until they reach one of our four loading spaces along the
sidewalk. Over the past week, we have
increased our efficiency in loading students into their cars, and we have
reduced the pick-up time by 10 minutes.
· Due to safety concerns, students will not be allowed
to walk into the parking lot without an adult.
The parking lot is filled with moving vehicles and we do not want any
child to be in this environment.
· Students should not be picked up in the neighborhood
south of Canyon View (unless they are a resident). The increased traffic in the neighborhood can
create an unsafe situation for our children.
Attendance:
§ If your child will be absent from school, it’s
important for parents to call the attendance line at 209-7700 or 209-7701 to
report their child’s absence. Ensuring
accurate daily attendance is an important responsibility for us each day and
your assistance is greatly appreciated.
§ If a child will be leaving early for an appointment,
please note that we will keep the child in their classroom until their parent
arrives to pick them up and sign them out of school. Upon parent arrival, our security clerk, Mrs.
Rose, will call into the classroom and notify the teacher that the child is
leaving and the child will be sent down to the security office.
Open Enrollment Bus Ridership:
The
2017-2018 Open Enrollment Bus Application period closes on Friday, August 25. The bus information
and application are available on the district website: www.cfsd16.org/ under the Parents
tab. A separate application must be submitted for each student. All
requests received by August 25 will be given equal consideration. If the
capacity of our buses is insufficient to accommodate all requests submitted
during the application period, then a random selection process will be used to
accept riders. Families will be notified by email in mid-September regarding
their application status. Requests received after August 25th will
be considered in the order that they are received and status notification will
be provided in a timely manner.
Required Forms:
· The three signed beginning-of-the-year
forms are due on Friday, August 25. The
forms that require signatures include:
- Student
Verification
- Home-School
Compact
- Student Discipline Conduct
Policy Agreement
· The
signature forms can be found on the first few pages of the Student Handbook
found on the Canyon View website under the Parents
tab: http://cves.cfsd16.org/.
· The CFSD Student Health and Emergency
Contact Information form is a required document that ensures that we have the
most accurate information concerning your child’s health and their emergency
contact information. We are requesting
that these forms be submitted by Friday,
August 25. This form was sent home
with students on the first day of school.
If you require an additional copy of the form, please contact the front
office and we’ll be sure to send one home with your child.
Curriculum Night:
August 29: Kindergarten-Fifth
Grades and Specialists
· Session 1: 6 p.m. in classrooms, 6:45 p.m. in the MPR to learn
about the special area classes and how to log into, and navigate, the ParentVUE
web portal.
· Session 2: 7 p.m. in classrooms, 7:45 p.m. in the MPR to learn
about the special area classes and how to log into, and navigate, the ParentVUE
web portal.
We want to invite all parents
to attend our Curriculum Night on Tuesday,
August 29. Again, we have combined
all six grade levels, and specialists, to cut down on the number of
presentations/evenings you may need to attend.
Curriculum Nights are for parents to come to school to hear specific
information pertaining to your child’s classroom. This is an evening for you to fully
understand what your child’s day is like at school and what you can expect
regarding the curriculum. The schedule
for Curriculum Night is as follows:
The evening will be separated
into two sessions (Session 1 & Session 2). Which session parents choose to
attend depends entirely on their needs and time constraints. Parents in Session 1 should report to their
child’s classroom from 6-6:45 p.m. After
meeting with their child’s classroom teacher(s), Session 1 parents can either
attend the next grade level presentation for their other child(ren) which will
start at 7 p.m. or they can choose to visit with the specialist teachers in the
MPR to learn about our special area programs.
If parents need to attend a Session 2 grade level presentation, they
will still have the opportunity to attend a special areas session in the MPR at
8 p.m., or they can come early between 6-7 p.m.
Additionally, parents who
visit the MPR will be given the opportunity to log into their ParentVUE
accounts and they will be given hands-on support from our Curriculum Technology
Integrator (CTI), Lynn Pence, to learn more about how to navigate the ParentVUE
web portal to access their child’s academic information.
Since we are again hosting
one K-5 Curriculum Night this year, we expect that the Canyon View parking lot
will be full. To help ease the parking
congestion, parents are encouraged to take advantage of the Esperero Canyon
Middle School parking lot just north of Canyon View, and there are additional
parking spaces available west of the Canyon View Care building which is located
on the far west side of the CV parking lot.
Please do not park in the neighborhood south of Canyon View as this will
create unneeded traffic congestion in the residential neighborhood. Thank you for your support!
Curriculum Night is a
wonderful evening for teachers to interact with parents and begin that critical
home-school partnership. We hope you
will all plan to attend your child’s evening! If you are unable to attend,
please contact your child’s teacher so that she/he may send home any pertinent
information. It is important for our
teachers to have a strong working relationship with the families of our
students.
Sincerely,
Rob Henikman
Principal
