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Week of January 9-13, 2023

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  12/23/22   Happy Friday Trailblazer families,   These last 3 days have been full of wonderful learning and fun here at Diamond Creek!  This morning the students were greeted by the Diamond Creek Staff Carolers!  We even had Buddy and Papa Elf join in on the festivities!  We kept the music going with our Music Ensemble performance this morning!  Many thanks to Ms. Dow and her wonderful musicians!  It was a very special way to spend our last morning of 2022 together.     TRAILBLAZER MARKET AND TOY DRIVE UPDATE In the last two weeks, the PTC gave $280.00 in “market dollars” to teachers to give out to students who showed kindness and leadership.    The market was able to raise $2,800.00 for the Diamond Creek Toy Drive. Amazing!  We could not have done it without the help of our volunteers.  Amy Kimura Sara Bye Staci Strickland Amanda Konyndyk Amy Wilson Carrie Lowe Desiree Ornelas Erin Garcia  Haylie Stacy Jayme Tesser  Julie Seiler Lauren Evans Lilia Tahmasian Michelle Killin Trisha Hon

Week of December 19-23, 2022

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  Happy Friday Trailblazer families,   It was a fabulous week here at Diamond Creek!  Many classes have been doing daily Kindness activities and spreading cheer to others around the school! These kids are incredible and so thoughtful of others! I loved going into all of the Fifth Grade classes on Thursday to read a Winter story with them!  Third Grade has been busy sharing their Tradition Reports this week as well!  On Wednesday, we enjoyed a yummy lunch put together by our PTC! The staff enjoyed the soups, salads, and sweet treats! (see pictures below in PTC NEWS.) Thank you on behalf of all our DC Staff! We finished the week up with our Village Meeting today with a very funny story called Interrupting Chicken and the students focused on what it looks like to be Disciplined at school.  Thank you to the staff leaders of the Makkiti Village for preparing today’s meeting!     Our first Trailblazer Market has been a huge success and I will update you on how much it helped raise for our

Week of December 12-16, 2022

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  Happy Friday Trailblazer families,   We’ve had another fantastic week at Diamond Creek!  Paint Night was a huge success and it was so fun seeing everyone’s creations!  Many thanks to our PTC for putting on such a wonderful event!      Speaking of events…make sure to read about all of the amazing things lined up in the next week and a half here at Diamond Creek!     WINTER BREAK We will be on Winter Break from 12/22/22 through 1/9/23.  Teachers have a Professional Development day on 1/9/23 and the first day back in the New Year for students will be January 10th. SPIRIT WEEK IS HERE! THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS  Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. We had some fantastic activities happen inside and outside of the classroom this week!   LAST WEEK FOR THE TOY DRIVE!!! Thank you so much to our families who have donated over 280 unwrapped toys so far!  We have set a goal to try to collect 600 toys and gift cards by next Friday, December 16th!  Send your donations in with you

December 5-9, 2022

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  Happy Friday Trailblazer families,   I hope you all had a wonderful Fall Break!  I enjoyed having all of my family under the same roof for a few days!  The house was full of laughter and pie, oh so much pie!     We are now entering into the exciting month of December with so many activities both inside and outside of school.  Our PTC has many wonderful events planned, including Paint Night tonight.  Thank you to our amazing PTC for all of their hard work that goes into our school events!  We appreciate you!   Today we had our Village Rally for Habit #3 Make Priorities Matter organized by our Makkiti Village!  Our essential skill focus was Work first-then play which falls under the D for Disciplined in our Trailblazers LEAD expectations. There was a great Minute to Win It game and we had so much fun saying our Village Chants!  Thank you to the staff in our Makkiti Village for putting together such a fun rally for all!    SPELLING BEE WINNERS! Congratulations to our Diamond Creek Spell

Week of November 28-December 2, 2022

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  Happy Friday Trailblazer families, RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY We started off our week by celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.  Last week the students learned about Ruby’s bravery and on Monday we had a great turnout at the park to walk together to school.  Many thanks to our PTC, the City of Roseville, and AAA for organizing the event!  I’m looking forward to our school participating again next year! FENCE UPDATE Our new fence and gate are up!  Thank you so much for your patience and flexibility throughout the project!   THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS  Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. We had some fantastic activities happen inside and outside of the classroom this week!   TOY DRIVE COMING SOON   PTC NEWS   SAVE THE DATES:    12/2: Paint Night 12/14: Give Back Wednesday-Country Line Dancing 12/15 & 12/16: Trailblazer Market More information will be sent home after Fall Break.    SAFE ROUTES: If your student would like to participate in Safe Routes, me

Week of November 14-18, 2022

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  Happy Friday Trailblazer families,   We are ten days into November and I am mindful of so many things to be thankful for this month, especially the students, staff, and families of Diamond Creek!  As we head into Conference Week next week (see schedule below), we look forward to celebrating the progress our students have made academically, behaviorally, and emotionally this first trimester.  Report cards will be emailed this afternoon.  Here is the link for the RCSD Elementary Parent Guides that was sent by the District a few weeks ago.  I hope that you find this guide helpful as you navigate through your child’s report card.     FENCE UPDATE Here is the latest update on our Fence Project on our Upper Grade Playground from District Maintenance and Facilities. We are currently awaiting our custom gate to be completed and powder-coated.  Once this is complete the final piece of our fence will be put in place.  The extra time for this process was not initially anticipated and I appreci