Highland Park Pre-school discontinued for 2010-11

Our school enrollment has continued to increase. Due to this increase in students, we have found it necessary to use the preschool classroom as part of our regular education program. We will miss Jeanette Ricci, her assistant Lisa Dunsmore, their great program, and those darling little pre-school children.

Beacon Heights, the closest available pre-school, will hold enrollment Friday, March 12 between 1:00-4:00 p.m. For locations of other tuition-based, pre-school programs, contact Annabelle Valencia, 801-578-8287, at the Salt Lake School District Early Childhood Department. She looks forward to your call and will be most helpful.

Thanks Jeanette Ricci and
Lisa Dunsmore! You are great!

Please help!
Three things we can all do to help keep our school a safe and pleasant place to learn:

1) Remember to sign in at the front office when entering the school as a visitor or volunteer. The sign-in sheets are located just outside of the main office.
2) Be particularly cautious near crosswalks.
3) Please clean up after your dog and encourage others to do the same. Dog waste continues to be found on our school lawns.

By signing in at the office, you are recognized as an authorized visitor or volunteer. At the same time, you can record your volunteer time. This is recorded and reported to the Board of Education, SL School District, and the State PTA. Volunteer hours are used to solidify funding and validate programs.

The crosswalk on Melbourne Avenue is our current focus for safety. There is a city ordinance which prohibits parking a car within 20 feet of a crosswalk. The reasoning behind this is simple. Children especially younger, shorter children cannot be seen by oncoming traffic if cars are parked near a crosswalk. Please do not park your car near a crosswalk even if you are remaining in your vehicle. Do not use the area near the crosswalk as a drop off or pick up zone. Melbourne is a narrow street; please use thoughtful judgment when navigating around cars and children.

The same precautions need to continually be observed at the front of the school. More often than not, our students are excited and distracted when exiting the school; they are not always alert to vehicles and crossing guards, so please keep an eye out. No vehicles should be parked or idling west of the crosswalk to the wheelchair ramp located in front of the school. Thank you for your patience with the buses and our safety patrol.

The field behind Highland Park is not a dog park. During school hours, no one outside of students, teachers, and authorized volunteers should be on our school’s grounds. This includes neighbors playing with their pets. Dog waste can carry disease and is a nuisance.
Please clean up after your pet and encourage others to do the same.

PTA meeting
Next PTA meeting will be Thursday, March 18th at 7 p.m. All are welcome!

Kindergarten Orientation
Don’t forget kindergarten orientation tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Thanks for encouraging us to read!   
Thanks to Kathy Jensen, Reading Tutor Coordinator and Lori Komlos, Librarian, for a fun filled Reading Celebration Week.

Box Top total for January
January’s Box Top total was $208.70. Thanks for sending them in.

Jog-a-Thon funds put to good use!   
Thanks to the fabulous support for our fall Jog-a-Thon, the PTA recently distributed money to teachers who applied for Teacher grants and Field Trip funds.