Diamond Creek School Blog

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  We had an exciting week at Diamond Creek kicking off with the Solar Eclipse on Monday.  Thank you for all of your support at home reenforcing student safety and responsibility throughout this day. It was an amazing experience for our students.  I enjoyed walking through the classrooms to listen to a variety of lessons about the solar eclipse.  Watching the students view the eclipse and hearing  them be amazed was priceless.  Thank you for your support! Thank you to all of our families who came to our Back to School Night on Thursday. We hope you received some helpful information for the upcoming school year from your teacher and from Mrs. Garcia.  If you have any further questions, please never hesitate to ask us! Thank you to our PTC for providing food trucks for our evening, they were a real hit! Upcoming Dates: 8/21-9/8 iReady Testing for our 2nd through 5th grade students 8/30 - Boudin Dine & Donat...

What's Coming Up This Week? August 21-25 Welcome to the 2017-18 school year and to our Diamond Creek school blog! This blog will be updated and included in a messenger to parents every Friday.  Please read our blog for important information and upcoming dates. Our staff have been hard at work this week preparing for an awesome first day of school for your child.  We hope you enjoyed meeting your child's teacher at TK/K orientation or at the ice cream social.  Thank you to our PTC for providing ice cream for our families.  The first two days of school were a true success! As I walked through the classrooms, students were smiling, laughing and enjoying their time with friends and their teachers.  Thank you for helping us kick off a great school year!  We hope your child felt like a rock star on the first day and was excited to come back for Day #2! This week make sure to join us for our Back to School Night on August 24th (times listed below) to hear all...

What's Coming Up This Week? June 12-13 We had a great field day today! The weather was perfect, not rainy and not too hot.  The students were laughing, racing and having a great time playing at each station. Thank you to all of our parents who made this day happen for our students. We appreciate all of the volunteers that helped organize and put this event together. THANK YOU! This week is a short week as we end the 2016-17 school year.  A reminder that both Monday and Tuesday are minimum days and students will be dismissed at 2:05. I also wanted to take this time to thank you for all of your support this school year.  I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to lead this school and community.  The students, staff, and families are so caring and welcoming here at Diamond Creek.  Thank you for welcoming me into your community!  Have a wonderful summer! I also wanted to let you know that next year when you receive mail from me I will be "Angela Garc...

What's Coming Up This Week? June 5-9 This week some of our 4th and 5th grade students performed some amazing acts in our 2016-17 DC Talent Show! I was completely amazed by some of the dancing, singing, and comedy acts that came on stage.  Hats Off to all of our brave students for showing so much courage to perform their talents for their peers.  Thank you to Mr. Carlos for planning the entire show for our students! Our 5th graders had an exciting week with their trip to Berkeley where they visited the Lawrence Hall of Science.  Students came back excited and sharing all about the brains they saw! Students in grades 2-5 will continue iReady testing this week which is a diagnostic we use four times throughout the year to measure student progress. We use this data in our PLCs to plan intervention. The spring data will help us measure progress and also give us some valuable information as we head into the Fall. Our staff will continue the "Staff Dress Code" this week b...

What's Coming Up This Week? May 29-June 2 This week our choir students performed an amazing concert on Tuesday night for a packed MPR! I am absolutely amazed at the musicality and stage presence of our young singers.  If someone was just listening, you would think they were Middle School students for sure! Hats off to Mrs. Dahl for all of her work with our students in the mornings before school and a huge thank you to all of our students and parents for getting up early to rehearse. We finished our CAASPP testing this week.  Our students in grades 2-5 began iReady testing this week which is a diagnostic we use four times throughout the year to measure student progress. We use this data in our PLCs to plan intervention.  The spring data will help us measure progress and also give us some valuable information as we head into the Fall. A huge thank you to all of our 2nd grade families and grandparents who came to grandparents day on Friday.  I loved listening to th...

What's Coming Up This Week? May 22-26 Congratulations to our Girls on the Run team who competed in their 5k last weekend! The whole morning was a success.  The girls were 100% supportive of each other, cheering each other on and running together. It was a delight to see all of our girls running with a friend or family member throughout the race.  We are excited to bring Girls on the Run back to Diamond Creek next year. A few of my highlights this week involved some 3 on 2 basketball games at recess.  Mr. Carlos and I were challenged to play three 4th grade students and then three 5th grade students in basketball.  Some tough competition throughout those games, but smiles, high fives and lots of fun definitely made it a highlight for me.  You'll have to ask your students who won each game or look for it in the next student news! Our 4th grade Gold Rush plays were amazing as well! Hats off to all of our 4th grade students and teachers.  Many hours of pra...

What's Coming Up This Week? May 15-19 Thank you to all of our families who came out for Open House and the Art Show last night. It was a great evening with music, art and smiling students! It was a joy to celebrate all of our students and teachers and their hard work this year.  Thank you to Mr. Carlos and his band for providing some great entertainment! We also had a successful spring fundraiser last weekend and raised over $13,000 for our students and teachers and Diamond Creek. A huge thank you to our Spring fundraiser committee that helped put this amazing evening together for our families. Thank you for all of your support! We are excited for the many opportunities our students will have at Diamond Creek with your help. Good Luck to our Girls on the Run team this weekend! They will all run in a 5K to conclude the 3 month program they have completed.  We had one Girls on the Run team this year and it was a huge success! Our girls not only had the opportunity to run to...