Tracy Learning Center
Charter Chatter Weekly Newsletter
www.tracylc.net
Volume 13 / Issue 2
A message from the Director...
This week I thought I would take the opportunity to explain
why our schools have the names they have.
Primary
Primary Charter was given this
name because we viewed it as the first and most important building block for
all future learning. It is of primary
importance that students learn good student habits and learn how to be an
excited and dedicated learner.
Discovery
Discovery Charter was
given the name because we recognized that this was the time that students are
very busy discovering themselves. It is
a rocky and emotional time when students are leaving childhood and are starting
to want to do things on their own. They
are wondering who they are, what they will be and what they value. We felt it was important that the staff was
available to help these students transition from childhood to adolescence well.
As the years progressed,
we realized that our fifth and sixth graders were in the early phase of
discovery and transition and needed a different approach than our older
students in grades seven and eight and therefore we made two discovery parts: middle
school and PHSA (pre high school academy.)
Millennium High School
We gave Millennium this
name because we felt it was the ‘golden age of learning”. We wanted it to be a
time when students gained a clear sense of direction beyond high school by giving
them a chance to observe and learn about the world, the workplace, and life
through experiences and academics. We
designed a high school that provides opportunities for community service,
career education, and a work internship along with chances to attend college
classes before actually graduating from high school. In addition we wanted to provide for the arts
and athletics. Finally, we wanted to
provide a great academic education. We
believe we are providing a golden opportunity.
Students who take advantage of a Tracy
Learning Center Education should have a firm foundation, a great understanding
of themselves and a clear direction with the skills needed to pursue desired
life goals.
Have you heard the news today...?
Visitors
All visitors coming on the school grounds must be signed in
and signed out at the office and must wear a school lanyard (new) during
his/her visit.
Lunch (other
items) Drop Off
DCS, PHSA and MHS students who have had items dropped off in
the office will not be called. These calls are very distracting to the learning
environment so please be sure and communicate to your child if you are dropping
off his/her lunch, class items or lunch money. Students may come to the office
at lunch time to pick their items up. The office will not be responsible for
any items not picked up.
Parent Cabinet
Meeting
Our next meeting is Thurs. August 22, 2013 at 4:15 in P6
We still have many openings available and look forward to
seeing new parents at this meeting.
We are dividing up groups who will be responsible for specific
jobs and will have small group meetings
less frequently. Some of these groups are Appreciation, Safety, Political
Action, Campus Beautification and Fund Raising etc. We are very excited and
appreciative about this new attempt at getting parents more involved in areas
they are interested in.
Picture Days
MHS Picture Day is Wed. Aug. 21, 2013. Order forms will go
home on August 16th. Students without a first period must pick up
his/her picture packet in the office.
PCS, DCS/PHSA Picture Day is Wed. Aug. 28, 2013
Order forms will be coming home soon.
Chili Cook
Off - Oct. 5, 2013
“Summer break was fun but I really glad to be back (to school). My teacher's are awesome and we have a lot of fun while we learn.” – PHSA Student
What's Cookin'?
PCS/DCS Lunch Menu
Week Aug. 19 – 23
Mon. – Pizza
Tues. – Beef Tacos
Wed – Beef Lasagne
Thurs. – Chicken Quesadilla
PCS - A Great Green Week!
Sapphire
We have had a fantastic week in the Sapphire pod. We all
talked and learned more about the SWO’s (school wide objectives); ask your
child how they can earn a bracelet.
Students have been busy practicing for the auditions for the
unity cheer. We should have a new cheer next week. Parents, as always, are
welcome at our unity.
The K-1 class is very excited about learning all about
hermit crabs, their classroom pets, and next week they get to name them. The
students were also very happy about spending the money that they earned
throughout the week at the student store.
We are extremely proud of those students that know the value of a penny,
nickel, dime and quarter. Great Job!
The 2-3 graders also started their Science unit on habitats
and animals this week; the students seem to get such enjoyment out of learning
Science. We will be learning about different classifications of animals and
their habitats. We have also started our
Language Arts and Math centers. Our classroom is full of beautiful butterflies;
ask your student what that means.
Fourth grade has started reading the novel The Secret
School. Ask your students what has
happened in the book so far!
All students have started Math assessments and fourth grade
has already started multiplication. In
Social Studies the fourth grade has also started working on latitude and
longitude and where California is located in relation to the rest of the
world. They need tennis balls (it does
not need to bounce and does not need to be clean) to be used as a globe. Please send in as soon as possible.
The year has started out well for the Sapphire team and we
are hoping that all students can earn their way to sapphire this year.
Primary Gold
Students have been working on creating a cheer for Primary
Gold. Auditions will be held Wednesday August 21st right after
Unity.
Primary Gold has started a Leadership Committee. This group
will be run by primary students. We will be selecting a student from each
classroom to join this group for the year. They will attend monthly meetings to
discuss ideas they have for the school.
We’d like to thank the Su family for their donation to P.E.
Did you know we have an afterschool program called Study
Club? This is a great program run by Primary Gold teachers where students can
complete homework and get extra practice with other subjects.
Reminders
August 28, 2013- PCS Picture Day
September 2- Holiday
Primary Music
All students in
grades K - 4 are learning or reviewing musical notation and symbols. They are having fun learning about beat and
rhythm. They already know several songs
and games. Ask your child to sing you a
song!
Primary Art
In Art this week, the K/1s continued to practice their
scissor skills. They also learned how to
participate in the art activity centers.
The 2/3s completed their group Line Designs and made mini drawings of
curved and angled lines. They also made
beautiful drawings of a Saguaro Cactus.
The 4th Grade Multicultural Art classes have made their first “trip” to
Mexico where they learned about the Huichol Indians and their Nearikas (yarn
paintings). The students are creating their own designs to finish in brightly
colored yarns.
DCS is The Best!
5th/6th
It was wonderful meeting the families of the DCS students on
Wednesday’s Back to School Night! We appreciated the opportunity to show you
our expectations and plans for the school year.
Agendas:
Grades will be
entered into student agendas today for each core subject. We hope that this
will help us build stronger communication about student progress. Thank you in
advance for taking the time to look at the grades as they are entered.
Yearbook:
Yearbook order
forms are now available and will be accepted until March 28th.
Picture Day:
Picture day is
Wednesday, August 28th. Look
for a picture order form that should be going home with your child!
Attention!!!
Errors were made in
the calendar that was distributed at Back to School Night. Please note the
corrections.
Monday, September 2, 2013- No School (Labor Day)
Wednesday, October
30, 2013- DCS Dance *Correction
Monday, November 11, 2013- No School (Veterans Day)
November 18-22, 2013- Parent Conferences
November 25-29, 2013- No School (Break)
Tuesday, December 17,
2013- Academy of Sciences field trip
December 23- January 3, 2014- No School (Break)
Monday, January 20, 2014- No School (Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day)
Wednesday, February 12, 2014- DCS Dance
Monday, February 17, 2014- No School (President’s Day)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014- Poetry Fest
March 24-28, 2014- Parent Conferences
March 31-April 4,
2014- Science Camp
April 14-April 25, 2014- No School (Break) *Correction
Monday, May 26, 2014- No School (Memorial Day)
Wednesday, June 11, 2014- DCS Dance
June 16-June 20, 2014 (SWO Interviews)
Friday, June 27, 2014 Last day of school
When I say 'PS' you say 'HA'. PHSA, Go Tigers!
7th/8th
I would like to thank all the PHSA parents and students who
attended back to school night. We had an
amazing turnout and the teachers really enjoyed the opportunity to speak with
you. All the teachers look forward to an exciting year ahead of
us.
Part one of the SWO project has been assigned. We have upload all the handouts to the PHSA
webpage (under 'additional links'). If
your student needs another copy, they can print a new one. Also, please watch the PHSA calenders for
assignments and tests. This is the best
way to stay in the loop. It’s been an exciting week and a half back at the Pre
High School Academy filled with lots of valuable information!
1) Teachers are still in need of tissue boxes, sanitizing
wipes, and hand sanitizer for the classrooms
2) 3 Way Contracts are due back to students’ homeroom
teachers
3) Emergency contact forms are due back
4) Please make sure students have all of the needed supplies
from their supply lists
5) Back to School Night is Thursday, August 15 from
6:00-7:30 (specific schedules were sent home with students)
6) Preparations are beginning to made for the fall
homecoming parade; If you have a flatbed trailer which can be used to construct
the float on from September 26-27, please contact Mr. Mitri at
smitri@tracylc.net. Also, if you would like to assist in any way, please
contact Mr. Mitri.
7) The school website has been updated and is up and
running! You can access all kinds of valuable information from teacher
contacts, student grades, homework assignments, and calendar events!
MHS: Falcon Pride!!!
While your students may be in high school now it is still vitally important that the lines of communication stay open between parents and teachers. Please visit AERIES at least once a week to monitor your student’s progress and feel free to call or email teachers with any questions or concerns you may have. You can visit the teacher’s websites at www.tracylc.net, which has recently been updated, to find out the best way to contact them. Although our web address is the same the link is not. If you previously bookmarked the TLC website, delete it and update your bookmark with the new link.
We have had many inquiries from parents as to how to access
their student’s grades. Since we have a
new and revised website, please make sure to delete the previous link to Aeries
if you saved it in your favorites. You
need to go directly to our new Millennium Home Page at www.tracylc.net click on “Grade Book” and you will be able to
log in as usual. For parents of 9th
grade students, your student was sent home today with specific instructions and
codes. Counselors visited the Life Skills classes to do a demonstration on how
to use Aeries gradebook.
Upcoming Events
Rally August,
16th
Club Rush August,
21st
Spirit Wear
There are currently $5 spirit wear shirts on sale! You can
view them by clicking on our unity link below.
If you are interested in purchasing spirit wear, please contact Mrs.
Kneiss at askneiss@tracylc.net.
Community Service
We recently updated the community service page on our new website of
upcoming events for the months of September and October. We should be getting
in more events as the months go on so please stop by the counseling office or
keep checking the website. If students or parents are unsure of how to get to
the Community Service page please go to our website at www.tracylc.net. Then click on the link that shows
Millennium High School. After you click
on Millennium go to the pull down bar and scroll to Counseling. There you will
see in Counseling drop down is the Community Service page.
Here is one of the upcoming events:
Eagal Lakes Great American Hero Mud Run
The Mud Run will take place at Eagal Lakes in Tracy, Saturday, August 24th
from 7am-1pm. Students will be helping with set up, assisting in the mud pits,
and clean up. For more questions or if you are interested in signing up please
come see the Counselors in the Counseling office.
Classes start the
week of August 19th. Students
who registered for a Delta college class that was not previously approved on
their College Early Start form must complete a change of course form with the
Counseling Office. For textbook ordering information, please visit www.deltacollege.edu
Save the Date!!!
September 11th and 12th – 3:00pm – 5:30pm
SAT/PSAT Prep
classes through the ZAPS Learning Company will be back by popular demand.
Signups are now
available at www.zaps.com - Cost is $99 for the two day
preparation workshop which includes test prep materials.
Senior Info
Coming soon!
Senior information packets with important information regarding graduation,
senior portraits, dates and deadlines will be mailed the last week of
August. Information will also be
available on our website at www.tracylc.net in the Senior Scoop section of the Counseling/Guidance webpage
Counseling News
Counselors are
excited to start this new school wide App called Remind 101. Remind 101 is a
safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents.
We have a different code for each grade level. Counselors will be using this
app for updates on community service events, senior email blasts, meetings, and
much more!
How to sign up:
Please send a text
message to 747-233-4120 and enter the code for your grade level in the message
box.
Remember each grade level has their own code.
Remember each grade level has their own code.
Seniors- @07fd0
Juniors-@cb9
Sophomores-@82d7d
Freshmen- @fab05
