Here is the latest update from Principal Gretchen!
Here are older Tuesday Telegraphs if you need to catch up.
Hello Home Link!!!
We are in the home stretch. Testing is off to a super start! Thank you for bringing in your eager testers each day and helping us with pick up.
Day 3 and I feel we have a good system down. As always, you are welcome to wait in the Family Room for your child to complete their test. Please just be sure they check out with a staff member who has the check out sheet.
A few reminders are here in this email, but there are several items in the attachments so please click to open them. The second and third attachment include important information for students interested in playing sports at the high school during the 2025-26 school year.
THANK YOU to all our families that brought Sweet Treats for our Sweet Staff during Staff Appreciation Week! You warmed our hearts with your kindness.
End of the Year Fair - Volunteers Needed!! Please click HERE to sign up. We couldn't do the fair without your help!
Kindergarten and 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony May 29th at 7:00 at the High School Theater
If you would like your students to participate in the Kindergarten and 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony please sign up on the link below:
Kinder/8th Grad RSVP
All 8th graders please arrive at 6:00 for rehearsal. Kindergarteners arrive at 6:30.
Look at what is happening at Home Link:
Summer Projects
We are so excited to share some upcoming improvements to our Clayton campus.
First - the kitchen is undergoing a major overhaul. This has been a longtime coming and we are excited to see the final results by the end of the summer. Our kitchen classes at Clayton are in for a treat next school year!
Next - we know storage is in short supply around Clayton. We have brainstormed many ideas over the past two years. Well this summer, a new and improved Conex storage container will be brought in to help store many of the items we need for our weekly classes including gym mats and archery targets. Part of this project will include some work to the existing ground to give staff improved access to that area. We are excited to see this when it is completed.
And at the Deer Park campus, the Family Room restroom should be completed by this fall.
The district will also be making improvements to our bell systems and cameras to help improve safety and security.
Thank you to our facilities department for partnering with Home Link to make these much needed improvements!
Reminder
Just a quick reminder - when picking up students at Deer Park, please be sure to pull into a parking space so traffic and/or driveways are not blocked. Thank you for your help with this.
Scholarship Opportunity:
If you know students who enjoy explaining big ideas and thinking creatively, I want to share an opportunity that might be perfect for them.
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a global competition for students between the ages of 13 and 18. The Challenge invites them to create a short video—no longer than two minutes—that clearly and creatively explains a concept in life sciences, physics, or mathematics.
The winning student earns a $250,000 college scholarship. The teacher that inspired them gets a $50,000 award, and the student’s school receives a $100,000 high-tech science lab. They will also be honored at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony.
Submissions are due by September 15, 2025.
Visit the Breakthrough Junior Challenge website to learn more and to enter.
