National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

Arroyo Seco Junior High School “We lead, others follow”

Partnership Middle School

Seco Gram ________________________________________________________________________

From the Principal:

Welcome to a new school year at Arroyo Seco! We opened our doors on August 13th to over 1230

students. Our teachers, counselors, support staff, custodians, and district office personnel worked very hard

during the days prior to ensure a smooth opening day for Seco students.

Challenging and engaging learning experiences were immediately evident as students met their team,

elective and physical education teachers. Every student received an orientation by either Mr. Miller or Dr.

Nicholas, our assistant principals, within the first two days of school. Ms. Dielentheis, Mrs. Ward and our

newest counselor, Mr. Jesse Marshall ensured that all students were properly scheduled. Thank you to all our

parent volunteers who distributed class schedules on the first day.

Our staff spends many hours thinking and working together to develop and continually improve our

curriculum delivery and instruction. We analyze our students’ progress and achievement and constantly look

for ways to maximize learning. We teach critical life skills our students will need in order to be successful in

our knowledge-based society. In order to give our teachers quality time to work together on a weekly basis we

follow a late start schedule on Wednesdays. School starts for students at 8:55am on Wednesdays. Our

minimum days and all other important dates to remember are listed in this publication.

We are looking forward to the continued support and participation in the learning process from our

parents. Our PAC (Parent Advisory Council) will have 5 meetings throughout the year. Our first meeting will

be on September 14th at 12 noon. We encourage all of you to join us for lunch and meet our administrators

and counselors. Our special guest speaker and facilitator will be Dan Williams. Dan is a life coach and mentor

as well as a parent himself. He will collaborate with us around ways we can better help to prepare our students

for success in the future. From establishing boundaries to involving your child in their own goal setting

process will be just some of the topics we’ll explore. Dan’s sense of humor and life experience will certainly

make this a memorable and valuable luncheon for our parents. I invite everyone to attend. A light lunch will be

served. We have an exciting year ahead and invite you to take an active part in our PAC!

Your support and active participation will greatly enhance your child’s experience in Junior High

school. There are many opportunities for you to volunteer at Arroyo Seco. We especially need help during our

one big fundraiser, the Magazine Drive, which occurs very early in the school year. After that, there is PAC,

Eyes and Ears, Team activities and trips and, of course, our evening activities and performances. Our library is

another excellent place to volunteer. It is an active busy place on our campus and we’re short staffed in there

this year due to the recent budget cuts.

Another important way you can support your child’s education is to help them stay organized. You can

help by checking for homework completion and showing them how to get and stay organized. With six classes

and six different assignments, use of the Binder Reminder is imperative. Take advantage of this tool and ask to

see what your child has been assigned and to see the completed work. Get everything ready and packed away

in the backpack the night before to avoid morning madness. Soon your child will be an independent learner.

Thanks for sending us your finest. We are enjoying working with your children. Let’s have an awesome

year!

Rhondi Durand, Principal Issue Number 1 August, September, October, 2015

National Blue Ribbon School of

Excellence

Counselor’s Corner

Welcome Parents to a new school year!

We are here to help your student and you navigate through the ups and downs of junior

high. For many of you, this is the first experience you have had working with a

counselor! We are here to help. Your child's counselor is affiliated with his or her team

assignment:

Mrs. Ward – Extreme, Fusion and Odyssey

Mr. Marshall – Genesis, Revolution and Triumph

Ms. Dielentheis – Aloha, Viper and Special Education

One of the many questions parents have is how our credit system works. Each class your

child takes each quarter is worth 2.5 credits. Students earn credits for grades of A, B, C

or D. Failing grades do not earn credits. Fifteen credits are available each quarter and 60

credits are available each year totaling 120 possible credits. A student is required to earn

107.5 credits by the end of 8th grade to officially promote to high school and participate

in the end of the year activities. Students struggling to earn credits can attend summer

school for 10 credits. Intervention classes may also be available.

Another question frequently asked is how does 8th grade performance affect high school

placement. Eighth grade is a pivotal year and it is extremely important that students do

their best. Students are placed in classes based on classroom performance, grades and

teacher recommendation. Honors classes are available in English, Math and Science.

For English, the majority of students are placed in English 9. Honors English is available

for students earning A’s and completing the letter of intent. Math 8 students will

complete their algebra studies in ninth grade. Students earning A’s in Math 8, will be

placed in Honors Algebra. All other students will be placed in Algebra. Current Algebra

1A/1B students earning A’s will go to Honors Geometry, students earning B’s or C’s go

to Geometry. Repeating Algebra is recommended for those who struggled with the

course. Science placement is based on performance, teacher recommendation and

English and math placements.

We are looking forward to working with you and your child!

Sue Dielentheis Jo Ann Ward Jesse Marshall Aloha Extreme Genesis

Viper Fusion Revolution

Special Ed Odyssey Triumph

2014-2015 School Year PRINCIPAL’S HONOR ROLL 7th

Grade – 4th

Quarter

4.0 GPA

Denzel Abesamis

Christopher

Adomaitis

Ana Luisa Aguila

Alyssa Alcaraz

Autumn Anderson

Christopher

Araklisianos

Rebecca Arnone

Giovanni Ayala

Elizabeth Baca

Emily Bautista

Emily Belcher

Sarah Benitez

Kaela Berretta

Samantha Best

Faith Bolde

Abigail Bolks

Hailey Brewer

Lucas Bunde

Trenton Burke

Ruby Burroughs

Jaimie Camaioni

Brianna Carrillo

Cassidy Charles

Thomas Chau

Brody Chouinard

Abigail Clark

Kylie Colleluori

Maggie Collier

Hope D’Angerio

Cindy Davila

Logan De Shazer

Katherine Denzin

Gwynneth

Desmond

Tabitha Doebler

Cassandra

Eckelman

Sarah Edwards

Petra El-Shammas

Charlize Ellis

Billy English

Cameron Espino

Monique Febles

Alyssa Fisher

Joseph Fitzpatrick

Tate Flack

Nicholas Galvez

Gabriel Garvida

Shelby Gesin

4.0 GPA cont’d.

Miles Glapa-

Grossklag

Melanie Goeres

Kalen Hanamaikai

Brandon Harmon

Cody Harrier

Keaton Hoek

Blake Hollers

Olivia Hurst

Katherine Johnson

Ryan Judge

Justin Khoo

Michael Kleinfeld

Chloe Lambert

Sarah LaPointe

Tyler Lentz

Jacob Liebe

Makenna Long

Alexandra Lopez

Mar Lopez

Kendylan Lupold

Shahd Mahmoud

Abigail Malave

Shaye Maloof

Audrey Marshall

Payton Martinez

Leighton

McCarthy-Igo

Georgia McDow

Libbie McMahan

Jaiden Mertan

Nathan Miller

Christley Miranda

Cassidy Molina

Madalynn Moreno

Alejandro Munoz

Maansi Narain

Taryn Navia

Tyler Nilson

Ethan Nogle

James Norfleet

Claire O’Connell

Jonathan Osburn

Natalie Osorio

Alanna Panganiban

Ellie Pearlman

Francesca Perez

Emily Phan

Mackenzie

Plasschaert

Hunter Potrykus

Maxxyne President

4.0GPA cont’d.

Julia Provost

Samantha Raine

Rick Roberts

Madison Roeschke

Michael Ross

William Ross

Hailey Rutter

Dania Salman

Jillian Salon

Breeana San Lucas

Mikhael Santiago

Grace Seitz

Madison Seyforth

Colin Sigman

Bethany Solorzano

Melissa Stanley

Andrew Sutherland

Lindsey Szabo

Alyssa Tan

Brooke Taylor

Olivia Tesselaar

My Tran

Kaitlyn Tunick

Kaitlyn Urquilla

Marianne Valentine

Anneka Van Aken

Kylie Vermillion

Isabel Watson

Savannah Weber

Lauren Wells

Adam White

David White

Olivia White

Elizabeth Williams

Tobias Yang

Katrina Yim

Michael Yoo

Sophia Zavala

Sofija Zukas

3.83 GPA

Joseph Aceves

Natalia Adomaitis

Tristan Aguirre

Terin Ambat

Dallas Andrews

Rosemary Arrizon

Robert Ayala

Zaid Badawiyeh

Aundrea

Ballesteros

Emily Barbour

3.83 GPA cont’d.

Lucas Bautista

Tyler Cappelletty

Afra Chowdhury

Makenna Ciongoli

Cole Clayton

Charles D’Angerio

Giovanna Deo

Owen Derry

Samuel Deters

Michelle Dibo

Ashley Dredge

Makayla Felix

Anna Ferialdi

Valerie Fernandez

Dionicio Flores

Cory Gilliam

Emily Halverson

Hannah Hertel

Melissa Higgins

Ryan Hollenbach

Emily Hollingshead

Brooke Hougo

Jessica Hovey

Cameron Hubbard

Eric Katsiotis

Jonathan Kleinfeld

Amanda Kubasak

Jay Lam

Lawrence Lam

Brianna Lee

Joshua Lee

Raymond

Marcarian

Rain Martin

Roland Martin

Jacob Mattox

Kyle Mattox

Joey Mondragon

Joshua Morgan

Camron Nale

Ethan Nelson

Joshua Ortega

Shayla Page

Esther Palomino

Jessica Parker

Jarom Paulsen

Andrea Pelayo

Brandon Phillips

Viviana Raker

Chantal Ramirez

Rachel Ramirez

Alyssa Rodin

3.83 GPA cont’d.

Tara Rogel

Nyl Sacan

Dean Sanchez

Tamara Saputra

Kaylee Schmidt

Andrew Sharp

Alyssa Smollin

Laurence Soyangco

Justin Taylor

Arian Timnak

Christian Velez

Rylan Wadkins

Amit Walia

Gracyn Webb

Emily Welch

Cassidy Wells

Zachary Woltman

Madison Zapolsky

3.67 GPA

Andrew

Agbanawag

Jenna Almaraz

Timothy Angelo

Ashley Aronson

Aidan Aschoff

Jonathan Bahr

Alyssa Banda

Jackson Bates

Azariah Beaugard

Spencer Beg

Hailey Bertram

Ysabella Borromeo

Azalea Clavijo

Alyson Cortez

Jonathan Cranz

Cameron Cruz

Christopher

DeLong

Keenan Egan

Emma Enright

Austin Gold

Payton Hirigoyen

Eric Hoxha

Matthew Kaeppeli

Ashley Kang

Makenna Knapp

Devin Kuty

Cole Martin

Travis Mathis

Jason Nakoud

Abbey Negosian

Angela Ortega

Hailee Pittario

Brianna Plunk

3.67 GPA cont’d.

Ian Price

Dylan Reilly

Jocelyn Reyna

Kaytlin Russell

Lauren Sehenuk

John Smith

Jaylen Sussman

Daniel Tan

Hayden Trowbridge

Matthew Valento

Brittney Valliere

Estefania Vargas-

Salgado

Christopher

Verdugo

Mitchell Villa

Kaden Welch

Brookelynn

Wesselhoff

Ian Windler

3.50 GPA

Dominic Barnwell

Anthony Beadnell

Shaina Berdin

Abigail Cannizzaro

Andrew Cantu

Kyla Claud

Pearl Corbett

Micayla del Rio-

Shaw

Dusty Faulconer

Brianna Galvez

Elijah Garcia

Joshua Garcia

Olivia Garcia

Skyler Gastil

Corynn Gearhart

Aidan Graham

Theresa Grijalva

Mauricio Guardado

Khoi Huynh

Jamie Hynes

Jacqueline Ibarra

Zoe Jacobs

Celine Kateb

Jesse Kelley

Rachel Kleinfeld

Isabella Lairson

Cade Lemmond

Coby Lonsinger

Trinity Mason

Ember Miller

Jacob Miller

Brandon Mjelde

3.50 PA cont’d.

Andres Moreno

Daniel Navarrete

Asia Ortiz

Joshua Osbron

Patrick Palominos

Tiffany Park

Alan Penaloza-

Lopez

Daniel Peralta

Kyle Peterson

Michael Planeils

Megan Puettmann

Anissa Rayfield

Mc Kenna Ritter

Luis Rubio

Sofia Rubio

Kristen Shaffer

Daniel Shannon

Brandon Shippy

Aysia Snaer

Amanda Souza

Evan Swailes

Jack Thompson

Caleb Tobon

Blake Tull

Isabella Vergara-

Hernandez

Daniel Villanueva

Jacob Wynn

7th

Grade Students with Perfect Attendance from 3/23/15 through 6/04/15

To qualify for perfect attendance recognition, a student may not have missed any single class

period throughout the entire quarter or semester except for participation in a school activity.

*Students who have perfect attendance throughout both 7th

and 8th

grades are eligible for a

two-year attendance medal at the end of their 8th

grade school year.

Andrew

Agbanawag

*Ana Luisa

Aguila

Jenna Almaraz

Joshua Alvarado

Terin Ambat

*Autumn

Anderson

Dallas Andrews

Rebecca Arnone

*Aidan Aschoff

Robert Ayala

Elizabeth Baca

Aundrea

Ballesteros

Lucas Bautista

*Joshua Bennett

*Samantha Best

Hailey Brewer

*Brady Bryan

Kade Bulanadi

*Lucas Bunde

Dominic Cancino

Brandon Carranza

Isabella Chauncey

*Afra

Chowdhury

Kylie Colleluori

Maggie Collier

Lauren Culver

Cindy Davila

Logan De Shazer

Christopher

DeLong

Giovanna Deo

*Gwynneth

Desmond

Samuel Deters

Michelle Dibo

Christian Duran

Keenan Egan

*Petra El-

Shammas

*Emery Elias

Julianna Espinal

Makayla Felix

Chad Ferguson

*Valerie

Fernandez

*Cody Harrier

Serena Hermann

Jocelyn

Hernandez

*Blake Hollers

*Jessica Hovey

*Cameron

Hubbard

Zoe Jacobs

Marilyn Johnson

*Ashley Kang

Tyler Kebler

Justin Khoo

*Michael

Kleinfeld

Spencer Kouleyan

*Devin Kuty

Jay Lam

*Lawrence Lam

*Eva Langan

Sarah LaPointe

*Rachel Lasky

*Brianna Lee

Joshua Lee

Jacob Liebe

Cameron Lutges

Abigail Malave

*Audrey

Marshall

Rain Martin

Roland Martin

Ember Miller

*Joey

Mondragon

Andres Moreno

Joshua Morgan

*Alejandro

Munoz

Camron Nale

Daniel Navarrete

*Roselynn

Nguyen

Leigh Nilsen

James Norfleet

Vanessa Ogbu

*Angela Ortega

Joshua Ortega

Asia Ortiz

Jonathan Osburn

*Patrick

Palominos

Alanna

Panganiban

Dylan Parks

Andrea Pelayo

Alan Penaloza-

Lopez

*Daniel Peralta

*Brandon

Phillips

Hunter Potrykus

Julia Provost

Samantha Raine

Karissa Ramirez

Leonard Rangel

Adam Riley

Michael Ross

Hannah Rubin

*Kaytlin Russell

Hailey Rutter

*Nyl Sacan

*Dania Salman

Jillian Salon

Dean Sanchez

Miles Sanders

Tamara Saputra

Kyle Simber

Clayton Stewart

*Evan Swailes

Justin Taylor

*Olivia

Tesselaar

Jack Thompson

Arian Timnak

Mitchell Torres

*Hayden

Trowbridge

Kaitlyn Urquilla

Brittney Valliere

Christopher

Verdugo

*Isabella

Vergara-

Hernandez

Kylie Vermillion

Mitchell Villa

Rylan Wadkins

Kaden Welch

David White

Elizabeth

Williams

Cole Wilson

Tobias Yang

*Katrina Yim

Michael Zacky

Sophia Zavala

From the Attendance Office… Now that school is in full swing the Attendance Office would like to remind all our

parents and guardians of a few things that will assist everyone in ensuring that your child

is able to maximize their learning time here at Arroyo Seco.

1) The easiest ways to excuse absences are with a quick phone call to the school or a note

brought to the Attendance Office.

2) If you send a note to school with your child to excuse an absence or authorize an early

dismissal for a doctor/dental appointment please have your child take that note to the

Attendance Office, NOT a team teacher.

3) No parents or guardians should be meeting their child during nutrition, lunch, or

between classes without having first checked in with the Attendance Office and obtaining

a visitor’s pass.

4) After two (2) weeks, “Unverified” absences will become “Unexcused” absences and

may cause your child to be assigned consequences at school. Phoning the Attendance

Office or sending in a note with your child can easily clear these absences.

5) Remember that school starts at 7:45 AM. Please help us ensure that your child gets to

school on time and is ready to learn!

6) Our automated telephone system will call you if your child has missed two (2) or more

classes and has been marked “Unverified”. Please feel free to call the Attendance Office

if you receive a phone call that you believe is an error. We would be more than happy to

assist you clear up any confusion.

If you have any questions concerning your son’s or daughter’s attendance or need

clarification on any of our attendance policies, please call our attendance technician, June

Higgins. She is always happy to assist you!

Health Office Procedures

When a child becomes ill at school, he/she will receive every care and

consideration. A Parent/Guardian will be contacted. With so many students and

little space in the health office we ask for your full cooperation in picking up a

sick child in a reasonable amount of time. We do not have the accommodations for

a child to sit in the health office for an extended period of time, and generally

he/she will need to return to class after approximately 15 minutes. If, however,

a student is deemed quite ill, he/she needs to be picked up as soon as possible. If a

parent/guardian cannot pick up the child, and an emergency contact cannot be

reached, the parent/guardian will need to make arrangements with a relative or

friend, and convey this information to the Health Technician. It is our goal to

maintain the health and safety of every child.

The following guidelines were written as an indicator for a need to send a

student home, or for a student to be kept at home:

Fever: A temperature greater than 100 degrees. Student should be fever free

without medication for 24 hours before return to school.

Upper Respiratory Infection: The student with a cold/cough who show

symptoms of fever, tiredness, irritability, not eating well, or signs of

earache, sore throat, thick, yellowish or green nasal discharge need to be at

home.

Undiagnosed skin conditions that may be contagious.

Diarrhea: Students with watery diarrhea or frequent loose stools.

Nausea/vomiting.

Seizures lasting 3 minutes or longer without intervention and/or are

different than usual.

Communicable Diseases

If a student is suspected of being infected with a communicable disease, (e.g. pink

eye, chickenpox, head lice), a parent/guardian will be notified to pick up their

student from school. If a physician diagnoses your student with a communicable

disease, Arroyo Seco Junior High must be notified immediately.

Medication: Prescribed, and Over the Counter (OTC)

If a student is required to take Prescription Medication or Over the Counter

medications during school hours, a Request for Medication to be Taken at

School form, must be completed by a Physician, and signed by a Parent/Guardian.

Prescribed medication includes over-the-counter and homeopathic medications as

well as vitamins. Only certain prescribed medications may be carried and/or self-

administered by the student. These medications include: auto-injectable

epinephrine, asthma inhalers, and insulin. This form is available on the District

website or from the school Health Office.

The “Request for Medication to be Taken at School” form must accompany the

medication, in its original container, clearly labeled with the student’s full name,

physician’s name and phone number, name of the medication, dosage, schedule,

and date of expiration. Over the Counter medications, such as Tylenol, Advil,

etc., are included in these guidelines as well. It is the Parent/Guardian’s

responsibility to keep track of the dose count and expiration dates, as well as

inform the Health Office Technician of any medication changes. Any student

found with medication at school without the appropriate forms on file in the health

office, will have their medication confiscated, and will be released to a

parent/guardian only.

Physical Education Excuse

All PE Notes MUST be turned into the HEALTH OFFICE as soon as

the student arrives at school. PE notes SHOULD NOT be taken to the PE

teachers/coaches, they MUST be given to the Health Technician.

A parent may write a note excusing a student from PE for one to three

consecutive healing days maximum. If a student is not able to participate

in PE in excess of three consecutive healing days, a note from a physician

is mandatory, showing the duration of time the student cannot participate

in PE. If a student can participate in modified PE, (e.g. walking vs.

running, no upper body, etc.), a note from a physician is mandatory and

must state the duration of the modification.

The use of durable medical equipment for student transport such as

wheelchairs, crutches or scooters, as well as medically necessary cast boots,

braces, etc., during school hours, must be accompanied by a physician’s

note stating the reason and duration of use on school grounds.

Please contact the school Health Office for any questions or concerns you may

have. Thank you for your help in keeping our students healthy!

Congratulations

Teacher of the Year 2015-2016

Please join us in honoring Mr. Jon Nez, Arroyo Seco Math Teacher. Mr. Nez was elected

Teacher of the Year by our staff for doing an outstanding job.

From the Office

Messages and Deliveries As stated in the beginning of the school year packet, and the Arroyo Seco Binder Reminder, the office

cannot handle all the requests we receive to deliver messages to students. Please understand that

instructional time will not be disrupted to deliver messages, lunch money, lunches, fast food orders, PE

clothes, forgotten homework, etc. If it is absolutely necessary for a student to pick up a delivered item or

receive a message, your student will be summonsed during nutrition, lunch or after school. We do not

mean to sound uncaring, but important lessons on responsibility can be learned by the child if the parent

does not deliver these items to school.

Off-Campus Policy Arroyo Seco is a closed campus. This means that students may not leave the campus during the school day

without an off-campus pass issued upon the written request of a parent or guardian. Students are to bring

notes to the Attendance Office (not the teacher) before school, between classes, at nutrition or lunch to

secure off-campus passes. If a note is not sent with the child, a parent or guardian will need to come into

the office with a photo I.D. to sign their child out of school. Also, because of the time frame and the

disruption caused by late arrivals, we do not encourage parents to take students off-campus for lunch.

Visitor Passes All visitors on campus between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm must obtain a visitor’s pass from the

main office. Please do not go directly to a classroom before or after school. Check in at the office first.

The office staff will call the teacher to announce your arrival and to see if they are available. Meetings,

study clubs, and other activities are often planned directly after school.

Conquistadors of the Week

4th

Quarter

2014-2015 School Year

Thomas Westenhofer Grace Seitz

Justin Morsch Madison Seyforth

Kathryn Mularky Tyler Ganim

Katie Armendariz Amanda Reyes

Samantha Mendoza Joshua Lam

Cameron Mudgett Kylie Rasplicka

Lilliawna Shaffer Cameron Salkeld

Ethan Nogle Ruby Burroughs

Cassandra Eckelman Marianne Valentine

Christopher Araklisianos Samantha Best

Welcome to Arroyo Seco's

Back to School Night Thursday, September 3, 2015

(This is a minimum day for students. Students will be dismissed at 11:35 a.m.)

5:30 - 5:55 p.m. English Learner Advisory Council (ELAC) Meeting - Room 802

6:00 - 6:10 p.m. Advanced Band Performance – Outdoor Stage 6:10 - 6:15 p.m. Principal's Welcome - Outdoor Stage 6:20 - 7:45 p.m. Classroom Visitations:

Your child has been asked to fill in their schedule below to assist you in locating their classes. You may also choose to print out their class schedule from Infinite Campus.

Period Time Room Teacher

A 6:20 - 6:30 ___________ _______________________

B 6:35 - 6:45 ___________ _______________________

C 6:50 - 7:00 ___________ _______________________

D 7:05 - 7:15 ___________ _______________________

E 7:20 - 7:30 ___________ _______________________

F 7:35 - 7:45 ___________ _______________________

Dear Parents and Guests,

The staff at Arroyo Seco Jr. High School joins me in extending a warm and sincere welcome to Back-to-

School Night to all our parents and guests. You will have an opportunity to meet teachers, learn about our

Blue Ribbon school, class requirements, goals and objectives, and get an overall picture of the educational

program of which your youngster is a part.

Arroyo Seco's principal, Rhondi Durand, will provide a brief general welcome at 6:10 p.m. Beginning at 6:15

p.m., parents will be able to follow their student's class schedule, consisting of six ten-minute periods

beginning with the "A" period class. Some teams may have a special schedule or meeting place. Please

check with your son or daughter about the locations noted on this flyer in the space provided for his or her

schedule.

Due to the organization of the evening's events, there is not enough time for teachers to meet

personally with parents to discuss individual progress. You may, however, request a teacher or

team conference on the sheets provided in each classroom. Also, please make arrangements for the

care of your children as this event is for the parents.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rhondi Durand Mr. Cliff Miller Mrs. Catherine Nicholas

Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

Arroyo Seco Junior High School

Parent Advisory Council

2015/2016 Membership

The Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is the school-wide parent booster organization that

serves the entire community of students, parents and staff of Arroyo Seco Junior High

School. Our goals are to increase communication, support the learning environment, and

provide an opportunity for all parents to participate in the ASJHS community.

Membership dues are payable at the time of registration or at any meeting. You are your

PAC’s only source of revenue which supports the following programs:

Eighth Grade PAC Scholarship Awards

Scholarships up to $500 are awarded through an application and scoring process.

Student Incentive Programs

PAC Luncheons

Features guest speakers discussing topics that impact you and your child, at school and in

the community.

School and Student Appreciation Programs

Eyes and Ears

This is a program developed to bring parents on campus during nutrition and lunch.

Parents walk the campus during these breaks and simply observe, reporting any unusual

behavior to campus supervisors. Since implementing this program students have

mentioned they feel safer. Simply having more visible adults, acts as a deterrent to

inappropriate behavior. For the parents it can be quite an eye-opening experience,

campus life has changed quite a bit since we were that age.

Every parent is a member of PAC, but we rely on your membership donations, we

suggest a $10.00 donation per family. This year, we already have approximately

$4,000.00 to support the programs listed here. If you didn’t get the chance to donate at

registration, and you are interested in doing so, you can place your donation in an

envelope, label it “PAC” and turn it in to Kathie Loughlin, our ASB secretary.

PAC Parent Advisory Council

Meeting schedule for 2015-2016 PAC:

Monday, September 14 – 12:00 pm – 1:15pm

Monday, November 9 – 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Monday, January 25 – 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Monday, March 28 – 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Nominations for Executive Board)

Monday, May 23 – 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm (Voting for Executive Board, 6

th grade parents invited)

The noon meetings include a light lunch.

Meetings take place in Knutson Hall.

The first meeting will be on Monday, September 14. Our special

guest speaker and facilitator will be Dan Williams. Dan is a life

coach and mentor as well as a parent himself.

Links can be found on the Library

Website:

www.tinyurl.com/secolibrary

DATABASES

Gale- arroyostudent (offsite password)

ProQuest/Culturegrams- arroyostudent1

(both username and password- offsite

login) WorldBook- arroyostudent

(both username and password)

TEXTBOOKS

Prentice Hall-

Username: arroyostudent2015

Password: seco2015

Math- username: WSHidnumber

Password: first and last initial (lowercase)

then 6 digit birthday

OTHER PROGRAMS

Desktop Computers- Username: ID number.year

Password: Super Secret

Infinite Campus- Username: ID number

Password: first and last initial (lowercase)

then 6 digit birthday OR Super Secret

Google-

Username: ID

number@my.hartdistrict.org Password:

Super Secret

ReadNQuiz- Username: ID number

Password: first and last

initial

Reflex Math- Password: birthday (no

slashes, dashes or spaces, full year, no

extra zeros)

Destiny-Username: ID number Password:

6 digit birthday

EBSCO ebooks-

Username & Password: arroyosecojhs

Gale ebooks- arroyostudent

Juno Ed- See information from your

teacher

Follet ebooks- Username: ID number

Password: 6 digit birthday

Naviance- Username: ID number

Password: 6 digit birthday

Students must enroll with the librarian to participate.

More information will be available soon!

Welcome back to school! I’m very excited to be starting

off a new school year at Arroyo Seco with all of you. This

is the beginning of my sixth year here and I must say that

time flies when you’re having fun!

I’ve included some helpful handouts containing

passwords to the useful databases and many other

programs we use at school. There is also information

about apps that may be helpful to you and your child.

Our big Library events that take place throughout the year

are the Box Tops drive, book fair, and textbook returns.

The book fair will take place in March this year, during

the week of Open House. I am also participating in the

Ralph’s Community Contribution Program. It would be

greatly appreciated if you would enroll your Ralph’s card

and designate Arroyo Seco as the beneficiary.

Instructions are on the following pages.

I am going to be running a yearlong program “Read Your

Way Across the USA”. I’m eager to see how many books

our students can read, and hopefully expand their

horizons as they explore different genres and places.

Feel free to contact me at sgoodwin@hartdistrict.org if I

can be of any assistance. Happy reading!

Sarah Goodwin, Teacher Librarian

LIBRARY NEWS

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

Last year we raised $986.90 through Box Tops for

Education. This year’s goal is $1,000! Box Tops are

accepted year round. A competition will take place this

fall between teams to see who can bring in the most Box

Tops and monetary donations.

Support the School Library at no cost to you!

1. Go to www.ralphs.com.

2. Register or sign in.

3. Click on your name in the upper right.

4. Scroll to the bottom to “Community Rewards”.

5. Search for “Arroyo Seco Junior High Library” or organization number 80621.

6. Enroll and that’s it!

All participants MUST RE-enroll after September 1st in order

for us to receive the donations.

Let’s Get “App”y! Infinite Campus

1. Download the Infinite Campus Mobile Portal app.

2. Enter the District Code:

NGLJFF

3. Enter your normal log in information.

SchoolWay

1. Download the SchoolWay app.

2. Launch the app.

a. Existing Account - Tap Sign In. Enter your username and password.

b. Create Account - Tap Register. Enter your information.

c. Do not wish to create an account - Tap Trial View to be taken directly into the SchoolWay app

3. Select your user role, and tap Save. Select your state and your district. Use On/Off buttons to subscribe to push

messages from your district, and any schools you’d like to follow. Tap Save.

How to access SchoolWay in Another Language

1. Tap Slide-Over Menu button in the upper left hand corner.

2. Select Settings under App Settings.

3. Select Languages.

4. Select desired language.

5. Tap OK.

Destiny Library Catalog

1. Download the Destiny Quest app.

2. Enter destiny.hartdistrict.org on the next screen.

3. Enter your username (ID number) and password (6 digit birthday).

Follett Enlight for eBooks

1. Download the Follett Enlight K-12 app.

2. Enter your username (ID number) and password (6 digit birthday).

3. Enter wbb15522.follettshelf.com

4. Check the “Stay logged on” box if this is your personal device.

Gale “Access My Library” Database

1. Dowload Access My Library School Edition (Gale).

2. Select “California”.

3. Scroll down and select “VALENCIA”.

4. Select Arroyo Seco Jr High School

5. Enter the password: arroyostudent.

6. Click “access resources”.

SIRS/Proquest Database

1. Go to m.sirs.com on your device’s web browser.

2. Follow the directions to add the icon to your home page if prompted.

3. Username and Password are: arroyostudent1

Arroyo Seco Jr. High School Important Dates to Remember

2015-2016

Date Event

2015 Aug. 13 First Day of School

Sept. 3 Back to School Night, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Sept. 3 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Sept. 4 Magazine Drive begins

Sept. 7 NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

Sept. 16 Magazine Drive Ends

Sept. 18 1st Progress Report

Sept. 25 Make up Picture Day

Oct. 5-6 NO SCHOOL – FALL BREAK

Oct. 16 Vision Screening

Oct. 16 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Oct. 16 End of 1st Quarter

Oct. 19 2nd

Quarter begins

Oct. 22 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Nov. 11 NO SCHOOL - Veteran’s Day

Nov. 20 2nd

Progress Report

Nov. 25 MINIMUM DAY, start @ 7:45 am, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Nov. 26-27 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec. 7 Hearing Screening

Dec. 7 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Dec. 17 End of 1st Semester

Dec. 17 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Dec. 18 NO SCHOOL - Pupil Free Day

Dec. 21-Jan. 8 NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

2016 Jan. 11 Start Semester 2

Jan. 18 NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Feb. 11 3rd

Progress Report

Feb. 12 NO SCHOOL - Non-student day

Feb. 15 NO SCHOOL - President’s Day/Holiday

Mar. 3 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Mar. 10 Open House, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Mar. 10 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Mar. 18 End of 3rd

Quarter

Mar. 21 4th Quarter begins

Apr. 4-8 NO SCHOOL-Spring Break

Apr. 25 -May 13 State Testing

Apr. 29 4th Progress Report

May 30 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

June 2 End of 2nd

Semester

June 2 MINIMUM DAY, dismissal @ 11:35 am

Updated 8/27/15