Have you seen the beautiful flowers blooming in our flower beds around campus?  It’s clear that spring has sprung!  What a fabulous time of year . . .

I apologize for having to reschedule the Budget Meeting for the community on March 19, I was called away to a family emergency.  We have rescheduled this meeting for Tuesday, April 24 at 6:30pm.  We will have the same format as was originally planned, with daycare being provided.  We hope to get a great turnout as there is much to discuss about all the wonderful things happening here at Sandburg.

Parents we need your help in preparing your children for the upcoming state mandated tests.  The California Standards Tests (CST) are scheduled to take place the first two weeks of May.  During these two weeks the campus will be considered a “quiet zone” as we need to ensure the children are provided with the best testing environment.  There are many ways you can support your children during this time.  Please make sure they get plenty of rest, a minimum of 8 hours, and eat a healthy breakfast every day.  According to nutritional research, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.   As a service to all the children at Sandburg, K-5, the district is providing free full breakfasts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the first week of May (May 1, 2 and 3) and the following Tuesday, May 8.  It’s important your children understand the significance of these tests . . . please encourage them to give their personal best every day as well as every day they take the tests. There is also research that supports the brain power and body movement connection to learning.  Ms. Matthews and I will be offering warm up exercises every day before the tests as a way to get the children mentally and physically prepared for the tests.  More information will be coming your way as we get closer to testing time.

Our “call out” feature to our phone system continues to be tested and re-tested.  The goal is to have it call all the Sandburg homes with messages from me regarding upcoming events and gentle reminders.  We are experiencing some difficulties and look forward to the day it works the way it is intended.  We appreciate your understanding and patience while the system gets worked out.  We also plan to use this system in case there is ever an emergency at the school and we need to get an urgent message to you.  Having said that, we have over 300 families that the system will need to call, therefore it will take time for the calls to reach all the homes.  Please make sure we have the most updated phone number information on file in the office.

Did you see our 5^th graders and Marines on KUSI with Rod Luck on March 23? Mr. Luck highlighted our 11-year partnership with our Miramar military base (previously US Navy and now MCAS). We had a great time and the children looked fabulous on T.V. – check out the pictures on the web page.

There have been a few schedule changes since the Special Events Tiger Folder was sent home in the fall.  The Multi-Cultural Fair was rescheduled to April 12 – a fabulous Sandburg event, the Jog-A-Thon has been rescheduled to Friday, April 27 – we hope we have your support in this important fundraiser and 50’s Day has been rescheduled for Friday, June 8 – a community event that requires everyone to come dressed up in 50’s clothes and ready to dance.  Our Beautification Day on Saturday, April 21 is going to be quite an event.  There will be lots of action that day as well as food and media coverage.  I hope you all plan to attend at some point in the day – the campus continues to look cheery and bright, thanks to parents and friends of Sandburg!

Enjoy this beautiful San Diego weather and remember to log onto our website at www.sandi.net/sandburg to see the latest updates.  Stay safe, happy and healthy!