Week of January 10-14

Hello Trailblazer Families, 

We hope you had a wonderful holiday break and are staying healthy and safe. It was great having students back with us in classrooms. A message was sent from RCSD this week regarding rapid tests available for students. Please see the message below. The pick up dates and times for Diamond Creek will be January 11th and 12th from 7:30-4:00. We are able to provide one testing kit per Diamond Creek student.

RCSD Message sent on January 4th, 2022:

In an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission in schools as the Omicron variant surges nationwide, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is making at-home COVID-19 testing kits available for free to local families. RCSD has received a supply of antigen tests available for pick up and voluntary use as an added precaution for the community. RCSD has been given enough tests for each student to receive at least one test.

Please note the following: 

• RCSD is providing these tests simply to increase community access to families should you want to test your child. RCSD will not be collecting test results from these free at-home tests. Any and all test results required to be collected by RCSD for isolation, quarantine, or return to school must be medically supervised.
   
• There is no statewide testing mandate for students returning to school. The CDPH says its efforts are merely intended to increase access to tests for K-12 students.
   
• RCSD continues to follow state and county health and safety guidance as it relates to K-12 Schools for COVID-19 masking, testing, and quarantine. As information changes or is updated, RCSD will provide updated communication to our community.  For more information please refer to the current CDPH K-12 Schools in California Guidance.

How to pick up your free COVID-19 testing kit

• Tests will be available at each school site and handed out during set days and times. Your school site will communicate directly with you regarding your specified pick-up times.
   
• Parents interested in having a student testing kit will need to pick up the test during the site pick-up times. Tests will not be distributed to students.

As mentioned, RCSD encourages the community to utilize these tests as an added measure of reassurance and simply to provide you and your family with a little extra peace of mind as we navigate this stage of the pandemic.  Moreover, the steps we take together can help ensure the safest possible learning environment for our students. Thank you.

 

Roseville City School District

Villages

Our next Village Meeting will be happening this week. We will continue to review Habit #4: I am Mindful of Others. Our new essential we will continue to focus on is Greet Visitors and Make Them Feel Welcome.

HERE is our Habit #1 

HERE Is our Habit #2

HERE is our Habit #3 

HERE is our Habit #4

Our students have been practicing their Village chants and we wanted to share these with you as well! HERE are the chants if you'd like to practice at home too! 

Hearing & Vision Screening

The Hearing and Vision Screening van will be here on January 10th for our Diamond Creek students. All students in Kindergarten, 2nd and 5th grade are screened as a state mandate. This year our 3rd grade students are also being screened since they were not tested last year.

Registration (This Registration Information was sent from RCSD on 12/16)

 Registration for our 2022-23 school year will be opening for priority registration beginning on Monday, January 3, 2022, and will close on Friday, January 28, 2022. This registration will be for all new and returning students, including those individuals seeking an inter or intra-district transfer and those wanting to enroll their student(s) into the Roseville Virtual Academy. Please be on the lookout for an email from the district with a link to our online registration process no later than January 2, 2022. 

 

Please note the following schools have been closed to transfers for the 2022-23 school year due to growth, projected growth, and overflow challenges as new homes are occupied.

• Chilton Middle School
• Junction Elementary
• Orchard Ranch Elementary
• Riego Creek Elementary
• Fiddyment Farm Elementary
• Diamond Creek Elementary
• Blue Oaks Elementary

No new intradistrict or interdistrict transfer will be accepted in the schools listed above. Siblings of students currently attending in 2021-22, and will continue to attend one of the above schools during the 2022-23 school year, may request a transfer during the priority window and will be considered on a space-available basis.

FOR CURRENT 5TH GRADE STUDENTS ONLY - Placement of 6th-grade students is based on your address and not the school your student is currently attending. Use the link provided here to be shown your students currently assigned Middle School for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.

As a reminder, all students, even those who are returning back to their same school MUST complete the online registration process. Your attention to this is greatly appreciated and helps RCSD know how to best prepare to meet and accommodate all our students' needs. We hope you have a wonderful Winter Break!

Open Site Council Position - 2021-22 School Year

We are currently taking applications for our Site Council. One of the most important functions in California’s public schools is the organization of a School Site Council.This is a mandated program where parents are elected to represent fellow parents in making decisions with the school staff on school wide topics.Issues such as school safety, parking, use of instructional aides, curricular programs being considered for adoption, and determining how some school improvement activities occur are important topics usually discussed by a Site Council.In a sense, the Council is like a rudder of a ship helping to point out the ship’s direction.

We currently have one opening for a parent candidate.Our bylaws require a 150 word narrative statement stating your reason for wanting to be a member of the School Site Council (SSC). Please email Mrs. Garcia if you are interested in serving on our Site Council.

DC Student News:

One of our student leadership groups help us organize and deliver our Diamond Creek News to students each week. Check out the latest version HERE! (new edition next week)

Upcoming Dates:

1/11 & 1/12 - Rapid Test Pick Up for Diamond Creek students (7:30-4:00)

1/12 - Village Meeting - wear your Village T-shirt or color! 

1/12 - Site Council Meeting 3:30

1/17 - No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 

1/26 - Village Rally - wear your Village T-shirt or color! 

2/14 - No School - Lincoln's Birthday

2/21 - No School - President's Day 

PTC News HERE

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to see daily happenings at Diamond Creek! @rcsdDC