PTO Needs You - Fri 4:30 PM // ¡PTO Los Necesitan - Viernes 4:30

What: Sacajawea Parent Teacher Organization
When: Friday, Sept. 29th
Time: 4:30 pm
Where:  Sacajawea Library

Who: Any parents who want to volunteer in small ways or big ways.

Why:  

• Parents are important partners in helping our students succeed.  
• Learn how you can be involved in making decisions, and volunteering for events.
• Our PTO funds enrichment activities, such as arts, field trips, assemblies across our school.

Other Details: Childcare and translators will be available.


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Que: Organización de Padres y Maestros de Sacajawea

Cuándo: 29 de septiembre

Hora: 4:30 pm

Donde: Biblioteca de Sacajawea

Quien: Cualquier mamá o papá que les gustaría ser voluntario en una manera pequeña o grande.

Porque:

• Los padres son socios importantes en ayudar a nuestros estudiantes ser exitosos. Aprenda cómo ser parte de las decisiones que tomamos y cómo ser voluntario para eventos.
• Nuestro PTO financia actividades de enriquecimiento, como los artes, excursiones, y asambleas en nuestra escuela.

Otros Detalles: Habrá cuidado de niños y interpretes.

Fun Run!

Here is information on The Canyon County Classic for those interested in this event.

Learning About Weather!

Mrs. Saunders' class is learning about Weather.  They practiced being weather watchers by going outside.  They looked at the sky and the ground.  They even noticed such factors as the wind and what other people were wearing to help them determine what the weather was like that day.  The students then drew what they saw.  First grade is full of learning!

Two Fun Events at Indian Creek Festival

The Indian Creek Festival will be held this Saturday, September 16, 2017, in downtown Caldwell.  Here are two of the many events that will be held during it.

Dress Up Day Tomorrow vs Picture Day (I'm Sorry)

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Parents -

I want to apologize for a scheduling mistake I made.  I realized today that I scheduled a spirit dress-up day on school picture day.  Tomorrow is "Favorite Book Character Dress-up Day" and it is also school picture day.  While school pics as a Dr. Seuss character or as Harry Potter might be hilarious for Facebook, they might not be what you are hoping to hang on your living room wall or on your fridge.

So, if you aren't buying pictures and don't mind what they look like, send them as Junie B Jones or another book character.  If you really want great pics for your family, then ask them not to dress up.  If they are really disappointed about missing out on their character, they could come as their character on Wednesday instead of dressing like a teacher or principal.

If pictures turn out badly, retakes are on November 9th.

Please accept my apology if this causes any conflict between you and your kids.

I'm sorry.
Mr. Webster

Compassion Caldwell

Free dental clinic and medical screenings

Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
Canyon Springs High School, 516 N 11th St Caldwell, ID 83605
8:00 am to 3:00 pm

Compassion Caldwell is a one day medical, dental and social service event open to all member of our community regardless of income. If you need a dentist, doctor, or a person familiar with resources available in our area, please visit!

Dental appointments are first come-first serve. Sign-ups for dental appointments begin at 6:00 am.
There will be shuttle service to the event from Sacajawea Elementary.
http://www.compassioncaldwell.org/

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Clínica dental y exámenes médicos gratuitos 

Sábado, 23 de septiembre, 2017

Canyon Springs High School, 516 N 11th St Caldwell, ID 83605

A las 8:00 am a 3:00 pm

Compasión Caldwell es un evento de servicio médico, dental y social. Evento abierto a todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad sin importar sus ingresos. Si necesita un dentista, médico o una persona familiarizada con los recursos disponibles en nuestra área, por favor visite!

Citas dentales son primero llegado, primero servido. Inscripciones para citas dentales comienzan a las 6:00 am. 

Habrá servicio de transporte al evento desde Sacajawea Elementary. . 

http://www.compassioncaldwell.org/

Homecoming Dress-Up Themes Next Week ~ Tema de vestir para la semana de Homecoming

Next week is Homecoming at Caldwell High School. Sacajawea will participate in dress-up theme days to celebrate this special school spirit week. These dress up days are optional. We want to kids to be able to have a little fun with it, but we don’t want the dress up themes to distract us from our real jobs, learning.

• Monday 9/11 - Rainbow Day (Wear as many colors as you can) - Collared shirt not required, if dressed for rainbow theme.
• Tuesday 9/12 - Favorite Book Character Day - Dress up like a character from a book. - Collared shirt not required, if dressed for the theme.
• Wednesday 9/13 - Dress like a teacher or principal - Collared shirt not required, if dressed for the theme.
• Thursday 9/14 - Cowboy/Western Day - May vary from the dress code, if dressed for the theme (Collars or colors may vary. Example: Plaid would be okay).
• Friday 9/15 - Blue, Gold, and White day (Collars optional, if in school colors or with school spirit shirt. As always, you may also wear a college shirt on Friday).

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La semana que viene es la semana de Homecoming en la secundaria de Caldwell. Sacajawea va participar en los días de vestir de acuerdo al tema para celebrar esta semana especial para demostrar nuestro entusiasmo para nuestras escuelas. Estos días con tema de vestir son opcional. Queremos que los niños se puedan divertir con esto, pero no queremos que los temas nos distraigan de nuestro trabajo real, aprender.

• Lunes 9/11 - Dia de Arco Iris (ponte de todos los colores) - Camisa con cuello no requerida, si se visten del tema de arco iris.
• Martes 9/12 - Dia de Personaje favorito de un libro - Vestir como un personaje de un libro. Camisa con cuello no requerida, si se visten de acuerdo al tema del dia.
• Miércoles 9/13 - Dia de vestir como una maestra o director - Camisa con cuello no requerida, si se visten de acuerdo al tema del dia.
• Jueves 9/14 - Dia de vestir como vaquero - Puede variar del código de vestimenta, si se visten de acuerdo al tema del dia (collares o colores pueden variar. Por ejemplo: camisa de cuadritos estaría bien).
• Viernes 9/15 - Dia de Azul, Amarillo, y Blanco (collares opcional, si en colores de la escuela o camisa de la escuela. Como siempre, se pueden poner una camisa de algún colegio o universidad el Viernes.

Coming Soon – Parent Teacher Conferences!

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held the week of September 18th-22nd.  Each teacher will be sending home notes with the available times.  Please respond right away so we can make an appointment that works for your family.  We look forward to meeting with each student's parents and guardians!

Please check with your child’s teacher with questions.

Ugh, Poor Air Quality Again

We really don't like to keep kids in for indoor recess.  We believe it is important to get out and play.  However, the air quality has been pretty bad recently, with smoke from a variety of forest fires trapped in the Treasure Valley.  We typically stay inside for indoor recess when the air quality is at level red (Unhealthy).  It is looking like today will probably be at level red all or most of the day.  

We will go back outside if the current air quality improves to yellow or orange.  If your child has respiratory problems please let our nurse know if you want them to be kept inside, even when the air improves to level orange.

Here are the sites we use to monitor air quality.

• http://airnow.gov - This gives a general overview for the whole region.  
• http://airquality.deq.idaho.gov/ - I'm pretty geeky, so I like to look at the current raw data from the closest measuring stations.  The closest one to us is in Nampa. 

Just a geeky note: The yellow and green dot on this map come from stations that measure different air quality data.  The bad ones right now are small particulates.  Those stations just don't measure small particulates.  The yellow and green dots make it look like the air is better there.  It isn't.  They just aren't measuring the most important thing right now.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Teaching About the Solar Eclipse!

Having a solar eclipse in our area became quite a unique teachable moment!  Students did several activities in class activities to learn about solar eclipses.  Some of them included:

• Watching videos explaining what occurs during a solar eclipse 
• Building models of the moon orbiting the earth and the earth revolving around the sun
• Testing how the moon’s shadow could fall on the earth with a flashlight (the sun), a ball of clay (the moon), and an orange (for the earth)
• Studying and testing that shadows move based on the position of the sun in our sky
• Mimicking and drawing the stages of contact during an eclipse using Oreo cookies 

Many students watched the solar eclipse with their families.  When talking about it in class the next day, one girl said, “It looked like the moon took a bite out of the sun!”  Another boy said, “It was the best day of my life!”
Our staff would like to thank Donor’s Choose for donating the glasses so families could look at the eclipse safely.