Dear Sunrise Drive Families,
February is a busy month. Over 250 students entered the
Science Fair, which caused a need for additional judges to be secured to
evaluate the work of our young scientist. Every class experienced rich presentations
by local scientists on Science Inquiry Day. Some of the most popular topics
included the solar system, physics exhibitions, animal observations, and
huboobs. The Spring Chinese
Festival was successful with students enjoying cultural activities and
presentations by the Sunrise Drive Chorus and K-3 Chinese Immersion students.
The students created four dragons to celebrate the New Year. The book fair was also highly
successful with $1193 in donations of educational materials going into the
classrooms!
It is time to wear your boots and hat! Please plan to join
us on February 24 for our Rodeo Lunch.
Students will treat us to dancing that they have learned in Physical
Education. Please join us at the following times:
o Kindergarten
from 11:30-12:00
o First
Grade from 11:40-12:20
o Second
Grade from 11:20-12:00
o Third
Grade from 12:00-12:40
o Fourth
Grade from 12:20-1:00
o Fifth
Grade from 12:10-12:50
Please remember, there will be no school for Rodeo Break on
Thursday, February 25 and Friday, February 26.
We thank you for taking special care in our parking lot
during pick up and drop off. It is
critical that all parents and visitors use the Visitor lot. Please refrain from
entering the staff lot. This lot
was designed for buses and vans to enter and exit at arrival and dismissal with
no other moving vehicles in the area.
When maneuvering through the Visitors Lot please attend to the stop
signs and yield to the buses moving in and out of the area. Student safety is the
most important part of our work. Please be our SAFE partners and use caution
when traveling on campus.
I thank each of you for your patience, as the technical
issues related to online registration are resolved. You will be notified once
registration becomes available. When it is available, please complete the
process as soon as possible. The
student enrollment defines the number of teachers assigned to Sunrise Drive.
Variance in enrollment later in the spring or summer may result in larger than
desired class size. Early
enrollment provides an accurate student count for each grade level with teacher
assignments matching the need. As
you move through the open enrollment process, please contact us if you need
assistance.
Mathathon is happening now! The FFO Mathathon is a
fund-raiser that supports our students’ learning. The money raised will fund field trips,
artists-in-residence, grade level and school grants, and Sunrise Drive events.
The FFO has financially supported the following grants and events this year:
o Classroom
books
o Garden
Supplies and Campus Clean-up
o Numerous
field trips
o Five
teachers attendance at The Arizona Reading Association Conference
o Principal’s
Breakfast
o Kindergarten
Playground supplies
o Spiders
and Cider
o Spring
Chinese Festival
o Love
of Reading
o Science
Night and Science Fair & Inquiry Day
o Spring
Musical and Choir
o Sunrise
Drive Spelling Bee
Student packets are due on March 1. The Mathathon test will
be administered on March 8. The Sunrise Drive learning community thanks Debbie
Claggett for organizing the Mathathon to support our students. Please consider volunteering to support this fundraising effort.
Sunrise Drive documented the nationwide recognition of Digital Learning Day on February 17, 2016. Click here to see how our students have deepened their learning with the use of technological tools.
We look forward to seeing you at the Rodeo Lunch. We wish you a wonderful Rodeo Break!
We look forward to seeing you at the Rodeo Lunch. We wish you a wonderful Rodeo Break!
Sincerely,
Andrea Davidson
Principal
