Happy February, the month of giving hugs and love to those who surround us.  Celebrate life, each other and enjoy what each day brings!

Our instructional practice continues to be reflected upon and refined to meet the needs of our students.  Each of the grade levels work together to establish instructional plans to support individual student performance.  Our focus remains on the core subject areas: Literacy, Math and Science.  Social Studies and the Arts are integrated into these core subject areas.  Our professional obligation is to teach to the State Standards; therefore our planning is around creating lessons in support of the standards and student academic growth.  As a staff we also acknowledge the importance of developing lifelong character skills and a passion for wanting to learn.  As you all know we continue to work on our Lifeskills everyday.  The P.A.W.S. (Positive Attitudes Will Succeed) Club is a success, with the children writing about character standards and if needed, revisiting their character pledges they made with their classes.

Sandburg is such a special place for learning and caring about each other.  Be watching for announcements for upcoming events such as: Dad’s Club, Principal’s Budget Chat, ASB Valentine events, and Beautification Projects. 

We are always looking for people who are interested in writing grants for the school.  We are especially looking for grants in support of technology.  Our greatest needs are new computers (laptops and PCs) . . . our computers are old and in need of repair.  The school does not have the funding to support twenty first century materials (How sad is that?) therefore we need our community to help write grants.  There is money out there for schools to receive; we just need all of you to help us find it.

Tardies  . . . we are having excessive tardies daily.  School begins promptly at 7:45, it’s very important you make sure your child arrives on time.  We have a new campaign going at the school called: Be on Time, Every Minute Counts!  Please, please, please help us give your children the best chance to learn by getting them to school on time.

After school pick-up is also an issue for some families.  Picking your child up from school on time is important as well.  It is a safety issue . . . we do not allow the children to stay out in front of the school more than 15 minutes after school gets out.  If you are late for pick-up please call the office.  Also, any child who is not picked up on time will be waiting in the school office and will not be released until the person who picks him/her up comes into the office to sign out in our late pick-up log.

Area 2 Parent Forum is a special informal chat with Superintendent Carl Cohn, Area 2 Superintendent Chelsea Smith and Area Superintendent Nellie Myers for parents and guardians only.  The event will be on Tuesday, February 20, from 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm at Wangenheim Middle School (9230 Gold Coast Drive) in the auditorium.  Childcare and translation services will be provided.  Please see our website for more details.

For more information about your child’s school and upcoming events remember to check our beautiful website at www.sandi.net/sandburg. 

Stay safe, happy and healthy!