Our goal is to eliminate the opportunity gap while creating every student to be a civic and digital citizen who is prepared to be to be college and career ready.

President Vice President Board Clerk Trustee Trustee Marie Berlanga Jodi Massa Josie Perez-Aguilera Jaime Fernandez Javier Galvan

Soledad USD Superintendent's Weekly Report to the Board of Trustees

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The academic year has come to an end. Students and staff are off to a much needed summer vacation. This week was a busy one as students participated in many activities that included field days, promotions, and field trips. Thursday the MSM 8th grade class graduated with much fan fare. This Saturday the Aztec Class of 2016 will graduate at 10:00 a.m. We want to thank staff for all their hard work this year in supporting our students.

Dear Trustees, June 10, 2016

An update on Mr. Jim Notheis: He is making a gradual recovery at Scripps Memorial in Encinitas, CA after a near fatal collision.

For up to date information please follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/soledadsupt

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Educational Services

Elementary Summer School

On June 13, our District Elementary Summer School Program will be starting at Frank Ledesma. We are featuring a very exciting program for our students which include rotating through 3 different classes each day. They will rotate through classes involving:• Go Math Lessons• Technology which will include Coding• Stemscopes Explorations that include

learning about the New Generation Science Standards

There will be 2 classes at each grade level including grades K-6. Our teachers have been engaged in training &

Secondary Summer School

Summer school for Main Street and Soledad High School will also take place from June 13 to July 1. Both programs start at 8:00 and both breakfast and lunch is provided for students.

Main StreetThe focus of Main Street Middle School's program will be on rigorous and enriching project-based learning activities. Students will be released at 12:00 pm after lunch. Main Street Summer School is currently full but names may be placed on our wait list in case space opens.

Soledad High SchoolSummer School is availaable to students who need to complete credit recovery. Rising 11th and 12th graders who have failed any course are highly encourage to attend. If interested come to school on Monday to register. Students will be released at 12:00 pm and are welcome to remain on campus for lunch and/or tutoring.

End of the School Year!

We want to give a huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone who has served on a campus this year.

Together you have carried another generation of scholars closer to their college and career dreams.

Have a wonderful summer!

- Dianne and Antonio

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Special Projects

Denise Estrella Director of Special Projects destrella@soledad.k12.ca.us

Erin Ramirez Coordinator of Special Projects

eramirez@soledad.k12.ca.us

Summer's Here Congratulations to all of our staff and students for completing another successful year! Congratulations to all of our graduates, good luck to you in your future endeavors. Thank you to all of our teachers for your hard work!

The summer is a perfect time to rest, relax, and learn something new. There are plenty of summer resources for students to practice their skills including workbooks, summer school, community programs, public library reading programs, and multiple educational learning sites on the internet. Enjoy your time off and have a terrific summer!

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DISTRICT HIGHLIGHT

Human Capital

School Climate for Success

SPECIAL EDUCATIONInclusion and

Family Benefits-General educators expect to teach

students with a full range of disabilities in

their classrooms for meaningful parts of

their day

-Educators must ensure that all students

are welcome and seen as contributing and

valued members of the general education

classroom and school community

-Feeling positive about themselves and

their children by seeing their children

accepted by others

-Seeing their children successful in the

inclusion setting and belonging to the

community

-Seeing opportunities for their children

to foster school friendships

Sylvia Tinajero, is an Instructional Aide at

Jack Franscioni Elementary School. Sylvia

is shown here attending a training on how

Occupational Therapists assist our students

and how Instructional Aides can use the

techniques Occupational Therapists use in

helping our students to write, and other

fine motor skills that will provide our

children access to the general education

curriculum. Thank you for all you do

Sylvia!

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Business Department

Summer School Seamless Breakfast & Lunch

ProgramReaching more hungry children:

The Seamless Summer Food Program. Ensuring that children have access to

nutritious meals throughout the year is an important policy concern.

The Seamless Summer Food Program is a federal initiative to help school food

authorities reach a larger number of hungry children in low-income areas during the

summer months when many school lunch and school breakfast programs stop

operating. The program is financed by the federal government through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and

Nutrition Service.

Free Breakfast and Lunch to Children 18 years and under at the following locations:

The Fiscal ReportLocal Voters Once Again

Overwhelmingly Support K-14 Bonds

The elections held throughout California on June 7, 2016, not only provided the electorate with a voice in who would

eventually represent them in local, state, and federal offices, but also provided them with another opportunity to support local

k-14 bond and tax measures for the funding of facilities projects and

instructional programs. Continuing the pattern of recent years,

voters overwhelmingly showed their support for k-14 districts by passing 86%

of the General Obligation (GO) Bond measures and 100% of both the Schools Facility Improvement District (SFID) and

parcel tax measures on the ballot. There were a total of 53 local measures on

ballots across California. Of the 44 GO Bond measures, totaling $5.823 billion, 38

of them passed for a total of $5.089 billion. Both of the SFID measures, totaling $358.6 million, passed, as did all seven parcel tax

measures. We congratulate all of the school and community college districts that passed local tax measures. And we thank California voters who, during both

good times and bad, recognize the importance of supporting our children and

their education. -Brianna Garcia & Carmen Thompson

School Services Of California, volume 36 No.12 posted 06/08/16

Frank Ledesma School973 Vista De Soledad

Main Street Middle School 441 Main Street

Soledad High School425 Gabilan Drive

June 13th - June 30th Breakfast 7:15 -8:00 a.m.

Lunch Hour 11:15 - 12:15 p.m.

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Human Resources

Open Positions

• Various K-6 positions at all elementary school sites

• English, Math, Science, Art, Spanish, Social Studies

• Learning Director at MSMS• Family Student Support

Coordinator at various sites

Let the University of Phoenix Pay for your Ed.D!

The University of Phoenix is showing their appreciation for ALL teachers by offering a scholarship opportunity. Only the first 100 eligible applications will be considered for the Educator Appreciation Scholarship. Apply now for the chance to receive full-tuition toward a Doctor of Education degree.

For more information and to apply, please visit phoenix.edu/educatorscholar

Summer School Positions are Open for

SUSD Employees! Please pick up

applications from your school site!

BEYOND POTENTIAL

The person not determined to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life. (Thomas Edison paraphrased

Every teacher possesses the profound privilege of encouraging students to reach, some say, their potential, but I contend to achieve beyond their potential. Potential is the possible or the probable. Yes, we have the privilege of opening a panorama of what is beyond the possible, beyond the probable! Put another way, I have heard expressed (paraphrased),

Why shoot for the stars when galaxies beckon?

At the end of May, I attended graduations of two former SUSD students who aspired beyond their potential: Ms. Erika Arreola, (2013) and Mr. Fabián Alberto (2004). While here, Erika transformed from an English learner who did not know how to say “no” in English (she says) to one who passed the CAHSEE and graduated – all within two years. Having pursued beyond the probable and now graduated Magna cum Laude from Hartnell College, still an English Learner, she will attend CSUMB in the fall as a communications student.

Fabián, a English learner, migrant child who at four years old knelt in the fields beside his mom picking garlic, and a K-12 SUSD student, graduated from UC Davis School of Medicine as Fabián Alberto,

M.D. Though today a general surgeon who already has assisted in surgeries and who will begin his residency in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Alberto as a child had no doctor role model. Yet, when a child, in his soul he knew that he would be a doctor.

Both acknowledge their teachers as integral influences in their achievements, as Fabián says, “being the village.” Let us keep promoting our students beyond their potential to pursue the seeming impossible. Congratulations, to all JK-12 students reaching beyond potential!

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Technology

SUSD EdTech Camp 2016

Teachers and Staff returning next year: Please check your email beginning the first week of August, before PD days begin, for instructions on how to sign up to attend Tech PD sessions on 8/10. We are tentatively scheduled to have four Tech sessions on August

10th:

9:50-10:50am 10:55-11:55am

1:10-2:10pm 2:15-3:15pm

Each session time slot will have the same session topics running concurrently. Seating will be limited and will be on a first come, first serve basis.

Student iPads

Most if not all 12th graders turned in their iPads. That is great news!

iPad App Requests

Elementary teachers, remember that your End of Year Tech memo stated

that you may not get your same iPads back as we are going to consolidate/update/erase all iPads over summer

break in our effort to get as many teachers to 1:1 status. If you would like

certain apps pre-loaded on your classroom iPads, please fill out this

form:

http://goo.gl/forms/FuewXhhRclXxcb822

If you are secondary teacher, remember your students have the

ability to download apps so long as they are free and meet age requirements.

Summer Projects

We will be extremely busy this summer, as usual. Some of our major projects include:

-Installing more WiFi Access Points -Upgrading some network cabling -Preparing new iPad Carts -Inventorying current iPads in elementary sites, updating, erasing and re-distributing -Pushing as many iPads as possible to elementary sites for 1:1 coverage

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MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, FACILITIES & BOND

MAINTENANCE

The Maintenance Crew has been hard at work

preparing for the upcoming graduations that will be held both Thursday &

Saturday. We would like to thank our staff for their

hard work in completing the graduation setups.

TRANSPORTATION NEWS

We sent out: Transportation Safety Plan, Parent Handbook & Reduced Visibility Plan to review for the upcoming school year. Please let me know if you did not

receive it. We are also looking at the possibility of a new field trip program for

the new school year?

Thank you all for your support this past school year!

Main Street Middle School Construction

Phase One is completed on the Main Street Middle

School project. Phase Two is projected to begin in October. This electrical service panel is the last piece of equipment for

Increment One.

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Community http://sp.soledadusd.org/

All participants need to fill out a media release form annually, with parents and guardians completing on

behalf of minors. Please sign up early!

All our classes require payment prior to be added to rosters, so please stop by the pool or contact us for more information! Phone: 831.678.3745 Website: soledad-mission-recreation-district.org

Wishing you a summer filled with creativity and color!