Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

Highlight of the Week
We enjoyed seeing many of you during our Thanksgiving feast!  We all enjoyed hearing how your family is going to celebrate the holiday.  We thank our many volunteers for making this honored tradition possible! 

Final Digger Dash Dollars are In!

We are so excited that our school has created an amazing opportunity for each student to participate in helping Gold Rush Elementary.  This year our goal was to purchase laptops for our school.  With many families help, we collected $28,519.35! The PTO will be giving 100% of your family’s donations to the school.  Thank you all very much for your support of our campaign!

Mark Your Calendar

November 25-29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

December 2 - Students Return to School

Highlights of the Week

Watch Dog Dads

This week we had our first four Watch Dog Dads volunteer at Gold Rush! As you recall, Watch Dog Dads serve as an extra set of eyes and an additional positive role model.  Click here to view a clip from the Today Show that shares the purpose of this national program.  Our Watch Dogs helped in the classroom, library and the playground.  If you are interested in volunteering to be a Watch Dog dad call the school office.  Remember one hour can make a big difference!    

Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we would love you to celebrate the holiday with your Gold Rush family!  Come eat lunch with your child on Friday, November 22^nd, during his/her lunchtime (see the revised lunch schedule below). Please note that the meal that is listed on the DCSD Elementary School Lunch Menu for next Friday will be offered on Wednesday.  We will be serving a Thanksgiving feast for $4.  You can purchase your tickets outside the cafeteria on the day of the event.

Thanksgiving Lunch Schedule

Steckler, Murray-Close & Gray @ 11:05

Hoff & Woolums @ 11:15

Lewis, McMillan & Aldridge @ 11:30

Martino & Rossi @ 11:40

Graham & Enrichment @ 11:55

Dalcerri & Hawk @ 12:05

Fleet, Lautenbach & Rayens @ 12:15

Cieply, Shepperd & Hayes @ 12:30

Nelson & Castro @ 12:40

Holtzer, Fier & Brands @ 12:55

Rude & Kramer @ 1:10

Mark Your Calendar

·      November 21^st  – School Advisory Council Meeting @ 4:30-5:30

·      November 22^nd – School Spirit Day - HAT Day!

·      November 25^th – 29^th – Thanksgiving Break

Highlights of the Week

Book Fair

We were excited to celebrate our fall book fair with Clifford!  Students enjoyed looking at new titles and revisiting their old favorites.  We thank the PTO for making the book fair such a success!

Conferences

We enjoyed meeting with parents this week and sharing our students’ accomplishments during conferences.  We believe conferences are an opportunity to work together to achieve your child’s goals.  We thank the PTO and parents for the delicious dinner that they prepared for staff.  We look forward to our second night of conferences next week!

Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we would love you to celebrate the holiday with your Gold Rush family!  Come eat lunch with your child on Friday, November 22,^nd during his/her lunchtime (see the revised lunch schedule below).  We will be serving a Thanksgiving feast for $4.  You can purchase your tickets outside the cafeteria on the day of the event.

Thanksgiving Lunch Schedule

Steckler, Murray-Close & Gray @ 11:05

Hoff & Woolums @ 11:15

Lewis, McMillan & Aldridge @ 11:30

Martino & Rossi @ 11:40

Graham & Enrichment @ 11:55

Dalcerri & Hawk @ 12:05

Fleet, Lautenbach & Rayens @ 12:15

Cieply, Shepperd & Hayes @ 12:30

Nelson & Castro @ 12:40

Holtzer, Fier & Brands @ 12:55

Rude & Kramer @ 1:10

Safety Reminders

PLEASE…

·      Pull all the way forward during drop off and pick off.

·      Remain in your car during drop off and pick up.

·      Only enter the parking lot from the north entrance.

Mark Your Calendar

·      November 12^th – Conferences

·      November 21^st – School Advisory Meeting @ 4:30-5:30

·      November 25^th – 29^th – Thanksgiving Break

Halloween Festivities

Our students enjoyed dressing up and celebrating Halloween this week!  Students were excited to see the creative costumes throughout the school and create and eat spooky snacks.  We thank our parents for the making our parties possible and cheering on our parade!

Watch Dog Dads

Watch Dog Dads is an opportunity for dads to volunteers at Gold Rush.  Our dads will follow a volunteer schedule, which includes monitoring the building grounds and supporting in the classroom and playground. Learn more about Watch Dog Dads on Tuesday, November 5^th, at 9:30AM. 

Opening Enrollment Window Opened Today
You are now able to open enroll for the 2014-2015 school year! You can access this information by logging onto your parent portal and clicking on the school choice tab.

Upcoming Events

* November 4- 8 – PTO Book Fair

* November 7 & 12 – Parent Teacher Conferences. Click here to schedule your conference. The 
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* November 20 – Thanksgiving Feast
* December 4 - Incoming Kindergarten Registration