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Parsons Junior High School, 750 Hartnell Avenue, Redding, CA 96002 Website: parsons.eesd.net

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November

7 Art Field Trip to Turtle Bay 10 No School—Staff Development Day

11 No School—Veteran’s Day

15 Academic Help Center—9am—Noon

17-21 Conference Week - (Minimum Days)

17-21 Boys Basketball Tryouts-Times TBA

20 School Site Council Mtg—3:00pm

24-28 No School—Thanksgiving Recess

December 1 Minimum Day—Dismissal @ 1:36pm

5 Dance—5:30-7:30pm

6 Band performing in Rdg Xmas Parade

12-13 Girls Tiger Basketball Tournament

15-19 Candy Grams on Sale

16 Band Winter Concert—6:00pm—Gym

17 Vocal Winter Concert—6:00pm -Gym

19 Minimum Day—Dismissal @ 1:36pm

19 Band Spaghetti Dinner Drive Thru

Dec. 22-Jan 5—No School—Winter Recess

Principal’s Corner 1

Assistant Principal’s Corner 2

Curriculum Corner 3

Enjoying Adolescence 4

Family Characteristics 5

NEU/College & Career 6

R.O.A.R. Awards 7

Student Council Scoop 8

Get Caught Up in WEB 9

Library Corner 10

Campus Safety News 11

Parsons Athletics 12

Nov. Calendar & Menu 13-14

School Site Council 15

Love & Logic Parent Class 16

Shelle Peterson, Principal

Phone: 224-4190 Fax: 224-4191 PRINCIPAL’S CORNER

The Link: November Issue

Parsons Parent Newsletter

Happy Harvest!

Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

November is a time to celebrate student accomplishments made throughout 1st

quarter while also noting areas students may need to ‘pick up the pace’ in order to

improve results for 2nd quarter. We look forward to meeting with all of our families

to share how each student is progressing. Throughout the month of November

parent-student-teacher conferences will be held. Dates/times depend upon a

student’s grade-level, the mode of the conference (traditional or student-led), and

parental availability. Although our school calendar includes a full week of

minimum days (November 17-21) for this purpose, our goal to schedule times that

will allow full participation of all of our families which may include a time outside

of November 17-21. Lastly, please look for the 1st Quarter Report Cards to come

home in the mail during the week of November 3.

Academic Help Center – NEW OPPORTUNITY!

As a school that strives to enhance a COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE, we are

pleased to offer an Academic Help Center for our students. It will be open on

selected Saturdays throughout the 2014-2015 school year and is available to all

Parsons students who desire additional support in achieving academic success.

Tutoring is available on core curricular topics. Students may also receive support

in other areas of academic achievement as well. This may include helping students

learn effective organizational skills or test prep techniques. Students are invited to

attend on a drop-in basis between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. The Help

Center is located in the library. In order to ensure student safety, parents/guardians

need to sign their students in and out of the program. The Academic Help Center

will be open on the following Saturdays during the 2014-2015 school year:

November 15, December 6 and 13, January 17 and 31, February 7 and 28,

March 14 and 28, April 18 and 25, and May 2. Mark you calendars!

After-school Intervention

Students observed to be performing below grade level in the areas of math and/or

language arts (reading) may be eligible to receive intervention support. These extra

services are specifically targeted to the needs of the individual students. If a

student is eligible, the parent will be notified of such services and informed as to

the type and length of support offered. Services will include direct teacher support

as well as our adopted intervention program, i-Ready. i-Ready is an interactive,

adaptive and computer-based tool used to identify student needs in math and

reading. Ongoing progress monitoring allows the teacher to determine student

progress towards identified targets. This data will be used to make decisions about

their needs, and whether to continue or discontinue with these services.

Continue on next page . . .

Inside This Issue . . .



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Assistant Principal’s Corner Mrs. Heather Armelino & Ms. Rochelle Angley

Guiding Social Media Use

Although there are many ways to approach guiding adolescents in technology use, staying

involved as parents is the best way to help them navigate this important part of their life. Social

media fulfills an important adolescent need to stay connected with friends as they move down

the path toward independence and adulthood. However, teens can be especially sensitive to,

and stressed by, the seemingly unending social world online. What can you do to help as parents?

1.) Establish an agreement with your child about expectations and responsibilities, including how

much use is acceptable in a day. Some parents have teens turn in their phones for the night or

leave them to charge in the kitchen. It is important to “unplug” and take a break from

technology. Set a good example by putting your own devices away, too.

2.)Avoid placing computers in a bedroom so they don’t interfere with sleep or make it more

challenging to monitor usage.

3.)Talk about the risks of posting personal information and pictures.

4.) Use content filtering on your home computer (ex., CyberPatrol), and/or learn how to use

parental controls on devices.

5.)Stay up to date. Talk to your student and find out about what social media accounts they

have. Take the time to look at them regularly.

Check out more @ parentingsquad.com/top-10-tech-safety-tips-for-parents-of-tweens-and-teens

Principal’s Corner continued . . .

i-Ready Diagnostic & Instruction

Good news! We now have a online and interactive tool that is designed to assess students skill sets and knowledge

for the purpose of creating an individualized instructional program for them. The areas of focus are reading and

math. Students of all abilities will make great gains using this tool as it is specific to each student’s needs as they

work to achieve mastery of concepts. The teacher’s role includes supporting the learning alongside the students,

monitoring their growth, re-teaching concepts, and using the performance data to create learning groups within the

classroom setting as needed. I-Ready can also be practiced at home! More information about this program and

how it is being used to support learning will be shared in parent-teacher-student conferences.

Best wishes for a restful an enjoyable holiday season,

Shelle Peterson, Principal



“Don’t give up!” “Don’t give up!” This is one small phrase we can use with our young adults to help them build resiliency, an area we have been learning more about, and discussing as a staff. Resiliency is the ability to ‘bounce back’ from difficult experiences, and to adapt well in the face of adversity, tragedy, or other sources of stress. Resilient adults and young adults have skills in common, all of which can be taught and strengthened regardless of age. Adults and children who are resilient tend to demonstrate the following characteristics: Sociability: Form healthy relationships Optimism: View self and the future positively Flexibility: Accept that change is a part of living Self-confidence: Move toward goals, base decisions/choices on confidence in their own abilities Competence: Are ‘good’ at something and are aware of their own skills Insightfulness: Understand people and situations Perseverance: Continue despite difficulty, they don’t give up Perspective: Try to see difficult situations in perspective. Views crisis as challenges to be faced, rather than insurmountable obstacles Self-control: Manage strong feelings and impulses. Parents, family members, and school staff are all in influential positions to work with young adults in helping them to build resiliency. Some of the ways that we can do that include:

Model and communicate the attitude that crises are challenges to be faced, not insurmountable obstacles, “Don’t give up!”;

Teach problem solving strategies;

Model and teach empathy (helping them to see a situation through another person’s eyes);

Promote strong adult-child relationships characterized by positive communication and encouragement at home and at school (feed the heart);

Interact warmly, minimizing criticism (focus on the positive, while managing areas of concern);

Promote sharing of responsibility (service to others);

Teach relationship building skills such as effective verbal and non-verbal communication and strategies for handling conflict and miscommunication;

Initiate conversations about emotions, offering healthy suggestions for expressing emotions (giving permission to feel the emotion, while understanding the importance of expressing it in a healthy way).

Helping the young adults in our lives develop resiliency skills will enable them to better manage any current crisis or stress they are experiencing at home and/or at school. Additionally, developing these skills will better prepare them to handle any crisis or stress they may face in the future.



No Excuses University

Career and College Readiness Corner

Just a reminder, we have College t-shirts for sale in our main office for only

$10.00. College shirts include Chico State, Sac State, Cal State, Sonoma State,

Humboldt State, Santa Clara, UC Davis and Oregon. Friday’s are our College

T-shirts Days so if your child does not have a college shirt to wear on Fridays,

send them to our main office with $10.00 and we’ll help them pick out a shirt!

COLLEGE T-SHIRTS



Parsons held our first R.O.A.R. Assembly on Friday, October 17. During a

R.O.A.R. assembly, anyone can be recognized for qualities that the R.O.A.R.

award represents: Respect, Outstanding Citizenship, Academic Excellence or

Responsibility. R.O.A.R. award recipients can be students, teachers, parents,

members of the community . . . or anyone that someone would like to recognize.

At the October 17 assembly, nominees were presented with a R.O.A.R. award in

front of the entire Parsons student body. Congratulations to all our R.O.A.R. award recipients who are

listed below! Last names are not included to protect the privacy of the recipients since our newsletter is

published online.

October 17, 2014

Parsons R.O.A.R. Recipients (Respect, Outstanding Citizenship, Academic Excellence, Responsibility)

Presenting the Award Category Award Recipients

Angelica M.V. Parent Lupita M. B.

Alicia S. Parents Eric & Kacie M.

Jayce A. Parents (2) Terica C. & Ryan R.

WEB Staff Allison R.

Mr. Huntze Student Charis B.

Ms. Beltran Student Yesenia R.

Mr. Barone Community Caleb L.

Ms. Lenski Student Isaac D.

7th Grade Team Student Andrew S.

7th Grade PLC Student Katlynn S.

7th Grade Team Student Gabby M.

Vevoda, Hartigan, Hayden Student Roberto C.

Carter, Hartigan, Manly Student Earnest W.

7th Grade Team Student Remy H.

8th Grade Team Student Logan T.

8th Grade Team Student Hannah E.

8th Grade Team Student Noah S.

8th Grade Team Student Luis V.

8th Grade Team Student David T.



Student Council Scoop

Student Council had a busy month in October! We put on a week-long spirit week

which honored everyday heroes. Also during spirit week, we sold and delivered candy

grams, had fun lunchtime activities and ended the week with a rally. Congratulations to

Kim for leading our school in this fun filled event. She led the students in spirit yells,

exciting games, and introduced the fall sports teams! Student Council also held an ice

cream fundraiser to help support Rylee, a student from Lassen View School who is

battling a rare disease that attacks the brain and central nervous system. We raised $250

for Rylee!!!

This month, student council will

also be doing a coin drive. The

money raised will go towards

Rylee and her family as well.

On Friday, November 14th, and

Friday, November 21st we will

be out at lunch collecting as

much change as possible for

Rylee, so save your coins and

bring them to school to help

support Rylee!

The Friday after we return from our Thanksgiving Recess, we will have our second

school dance. Mark your calendars for Friday, December 5th. Students had a blast at

the first dance, so you won’t want to miss the second one! We are looking forward to

another great time!!! Stay tuned for additional details!

Finally, congratulations to our student council elected officers: President - Kim R.(8th

);

Vice President - Caitlin B.(7th); Secretary -Kara R.(7

th) & Treasurer - Mickayla F.(8

th).



Book Fair If your child missed out on purchasing a book during our Book Fair,

it’s not too late! Books can be ordered online through November 14

at our Book Fair website (below). The “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The

Long Haul” would make a great Christmas gift for your son or

daughter and it is still available online. Winter break is coming and

there is nothing more cozy than curling up on the couch with a good

book during the winter holidays so be sure and order by Nov. 14!

Books will be sent to Parsons & we will call you when they come in.

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/parsonsjuniorhighschool

Overdue Books/Fines

We have quite a few overdue books in the library. If your student has

a book that is overdue, please remind them to come to the library to

renew it. They do not need to have the book with them to renew it.

We also have quite a few students with library fines. Please remind

your child to get their fines paid. Students will not be eligible to

receive a Tiger card if they have a library fine.

Library Hours: 8:00am—2:00pm

Library Corner ~ Terri Hudson, Library Specialist

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/parsonsjuniorhighschool



YEARBOOKS on sale now!

2014-15 presale yearbooks can be purchase in our main office for $25.00. Yearbooks

are a precious memory that your family will be able to enjoy for many years to come

so be sure and purchase yours now for a great pre-sale price of $25.00! Also if you

didn’t get a chance to purchase a yearbook last year, we do have 2013-14

yearbooks for sale in the office for $15.00. You may pay with cash, check or money

order. Please make checks payable to Parsons Junior High.

Parents, please note that all entrance/exit points to our campus

with the exception of the main office will now be locked at

3:00pm daily. All students who haven't been picked up by

3:00pm will be directed to the main office for safety and

supervision purposes. Thank you for your support.

School Recesses &

Upcoming Minimum Days

Students have a week off school for

Thanksgiving Recess, November 24-28.

Winter Recess is Monday, December 22

through Monday, January 5, 2015.. Also

just a reminder, students have a week of

minimum days for Parent Conference

Week, November 17-21 and they will

have 2 minimum days in December,

Monday, Dec. 1st and Friday, Dec. 19th.

Students are released at 1:36pm on

minimum days.

CAMPUS SAFETY NEWS

PARSONS T-SHIRTS/SWEATSHIRTS FOR SALE

A great Christmas gift for a Parsons student!

Parsons t-shirts can be purchased in our main office for $12 and we also have sweatshirts on

sale for $25.00. These shirts would make a great Christmas gift for any Parsons student.

Mondays are school t-shirt days so stop by our office anytime between 7:30am and 4:00pm to

purchase a school shirt for your Parsons student!



Athletics

Go Tigers!

GIRLS BASKETBALL

8th Grade: Congrats to our 8th grade girls basketball team on a great start to their season. The girls have been

working hard at practice and it is showing in the games. The Lady Tigers are giving it their all and defeating many

teams along the way. Coach Matthews is really looking forward to an outstanding season. Come out and support

your Lady Tigers at the next home basketball game! GO TIGERS!!! Coach, Jason Matthews

7th Grade: I would like to give a shout out to the 7th grade girls basketball team. They have been working really

hard at practice! So far the Lady Tigers have taken 1st place in the West Cottonwood Tournament and

are undefeated in games. Great job girls! Keep up the hard work. Coach, Trina Franks and Asst. Coach Ali Franks

6th Grade: Our 6th grade girls are working very hard at improving their fundamental skills. Every player is

showing improvement as our season progresses. We are looking forward to each game as we continue to develop

our skills. Coach, Dave Hill

VOLLEYBALL

The “A” Lady Tigers had a great season! We made it to the Gold Bracket at the Foothill Tournament and won 2nd

place at the Sequoia Tournament. We had many very close exciting games. When we did lose, it was never by more

than 6 points. A couple of highlights: Jaden Matthews served 14 consecutive serves in one game and Gen Chao

served 11 consecutive serves in one game. This team was fun to coach and fun to watch! Coach, Terri Hudson

The “B” Lady Tigers also had an amazing season! We won the Foothill Tournament and took 2nd place in the

Sequoia tournament. The girls had a very successful season. They were an amazing group of girls! -Coach Burgess

Sports schedules can be viewed on our web at parsons.eesd.net

BOYS BASKETBALL TRYOUTS Boys Basketball tryouts will be held the week of Nov.17-21. We have minimum days all week this week &

tryouts will be held after school—Times will be announced in the daily bulletin. Boys will need a permission slip,

signed by a parent/guardian in order to participate in tryouts. Permission slips are available in the school office.

WRESTLING

Our wrestling season has begun and it will continue through February. Wrestling is open to all students who have a

signed permission slip—there are no “try outs”. Wrestling meets Monday through Thursdays from 3:00-5:00pm.

Coach, John Miller



PARSONS CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

2

Daylight

Savings

(turn clocks

back 1 hour)

3

Athletic Grade

Checks

Report Cards

mailed

Indian Ed

Tutoring

2:45-4:00pm

School Site

Council Meeting

3:00pm

4

Club Life

2:50-4:30pm

Tutoring

2:45-3:45pm

M&M’s Parent

Booster’s Mtg

6:30pm

Room 509

Band Parent

Mtg – 7pm

Room 501

5

8th Grade Student-

Led Conferences

3:30-6:00pm

Room 704

6th

/7th

Grade

Tutoring

2:45-3:45pm

(no 8th

grade)

EESD Board

Mtg – 6:15pm

6

FNL 3:00-4:30pm

Room 703

Tutoring

2:45-3:45pm

7

Tiger Den

Open

Art Field Trip

to Turtle Bay

Museum

8:15-11:50am

Tiger Ticket

Drawings

8

9

10

NO

SCHOOL

(Teacher

Work Day)

11

NO

SCHOOL

(Veteran’s

Day)

12

NO TUTORING

13

Club Life during

both lunches

FNL 3:00-4:30pm

Room 703

7th Grade Student-

Led Conferences

3:30-6:00pm

NO TUTORING

14

15

Academic

Help Center

9am-Noon

In Library

16

17

NO TUTORING

Indian Ed

Tutoring

1:45-4:00pm

18

NO

TUTORING

NO Club Life

19

NO TUTORING

20

NO FNL or

TUTORING

Site Council

Mtg - 3:00pm

Library

Love & Logic

Parenting Class

(See flyer in Link)

21

NO

TUTORING

Tiger Den

Open

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 29

CONFERENCE WEEK – Minimum Days All Week – Nov. 17-21

BOOK FAIR in the LIBRARY – November 3-6

THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO SCHOOL – November 24-28

Boys Basketball Tryouts – November 17-20 – Times TBA



November 24-28 Thanksgiving Recess



SEEKING PARENTS FOR PARSONS SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL

2014-2015

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Parsons Junior High currently has openings on the School Site Council for parent

representatives for the 2014-2015 school year. Site Council is one way you can be-

come involved in your child’s school. The Site Council meets 4-6 times a year, 3:00-

4:00 on selected days/dates. If you are interested in serving on our School Site

Council, please return this form to our school office by Wednesday, November 19.

Our next SSC meeting will be Thursday, November 20, from 3-4pm in the library.

What is the School Site Council?

The School Site Council (SSC) is a group of parents, teachers, staff and community

members who meet to develop and adopt the Single Plan for Student Achieve-

ment (SPSA), including a budget aligned to the actions. Other activities include

reviewing and adopting the Safe Schools Plan annually.

Who can participate as a Site Council member?

Yes! I am interested in serving on the Parsons School Site Council for 2014-2015.

Your Name (PRINT): __________________________________________________________

Your Son/Daughter’s Name: __________________________________________________

Home Phone:____________________________ Cell Phone: _______________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Please return this form to our school office by Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

Eligible participants include parents of Parsons students and community members.

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