Important information for Bus #77
LINDA BUS #77 , WILL BE DOING DOUBLE ROUTE SO SHE WILL BE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE TODAY.
Thank you for your understanding
Hello Families and our Community. We just wanted to make sure that you were invited to see the amazing art by our teachers and students. Some great activities going on to keep you entertained. See you all there Thursday night May 18th at 6pm.
The SJSD Board of Education and district administration would like to express appreciation to all stakeholders who completed our recent stakeholder surveys. All surveys are viewed and all comments are read. There is great power in receiving such a vast amount of data. Much can be learned from the patterns and consistent themes found in the hundreds of surveys received. This is so helpful to future decisions both at the individual staff member level as well as the school/district level. Again, on behalf of the SJSD Board of Education, thank you. Thank you for investing in your local schools. We value your voice and perspective. We hope to hear from you often. Ahxéhee/Thank you
MVHS will combine with TES to offer a Parent Engagement Night with Nathan Brady on Wednesday, May 3rd, at 5;30 pm. Nathan Brady comes to us from Shiprock. He is a Heritage Language teacher by trade and spends much of his time presenting around the Navajo Nation on the traditional ways. We are honored to have him come to speak to our community about the five-fingered being. His knowledge and understanding always bring such an amazing spirit with his message. We started our school year with him speaking to our student body and would like to wrap up the school year by having him speak to our community stakeholders. Dinner will be provided at 5:30 PM. TES's unity club will do a short performance, and Mr. Nathan Brady will share his presentation following their performance. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THIS AMAZING EVENT.
Ya'at'eeh, abini! You don't want to miss out today on the HUGE event at TES! Special Olympics is here with lots of fun sports activities AND FREE EYE EXAMS for the whole family from 8:00 to 2:00! Come get a free pair of glasses and play games and take home cool stuff! TODAY- SATURDAY APRIL 29 8:00-2:00! Ahe'hee! (Kayenta families are already here because they already know this is a great event!)
Dear Parents/Guardians:
We want to hear about your experience with your student’s education. We invite you to participate in completing the Utah School Climate Survey. This survey includes questions about your student’s learning, school safety, and interpersonal relationships, as well as your attitudes about the institutional environment and your personal involvement in school. Your responses will be very helpful in improving student relationships, learning conditions, and the overall school environment.
Beginning today, April 24, 2023, we invite all parents, guardians, and caretakers to complete this survey for our school. The survey is completely anonymous; it contains 33 questions. You can take the survey online by using the following unique school link: SURVEY LINK. Please submit your responses by May 5th.
All your responses are completely anonymous. We have no way to connect you to your answers, and results will only be reported as group responses. There are no right or wrong answers. We just want to know about your personal experiences. Responses are housed securely in an anonymous format with The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for evaluation research purposes. All evaluation research projects are in compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, (343 CFR 99.31 (6)) and human subjects regulations (Protection of Human Subjects 45 CFR 46).
As you respond to each item, think about your own personal experiences as a parent, caregiver, or guardian at your student’s school. Please answer all of the questions. When you have completed the survey, click on the “Next” button at the bottom of the page. You are done! Thank you for your time and opinions.
We hope you will take the time to provide us with this valuable information. Each school’s total survey results will be used to inform and develop appropriate strategies, procedures, and/or programs to enhance our school climate.
The link to complete the survey is
https://sanjuandistrict.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6ES1VyWxH3oeYui
Thank you for your time and participation!
Hi everyone. Here is a special activity for our community coming up on April 25th at our Welcome Center. Please take a moment to read about it and then Register to show your support of this important matter.
Here is a special note from our District Superintendent about the upcoming Stakeholders Surveys. Please take a moment to read this and let your voices be heard.
Dear Stakeholder,
You will be receiving a survey soon from SJSD. The information gathered from this survey is critical to improvement efforts of our school and/or teacher improvement process. Only by using accurate data can a teacher and/or school make the most correct choices when striving to improve. The data gathered from this survey will play a significant role in helping our teachers and schools chart actions steps for improvement. With that said, I want each
stakeholder to know that this survey is completely anonymous. The need of this survey is to gather your opinion based on your experience with our classrooms and schools, not your identity. Therefore, one should feel free to speak openly. Please answer the questions as accurately as you can and candidly tell us what you feel is working well and what needs improvement. Working together, we truly can
foster an environment of growth and improvement that will benefit students not only for the present but for years to come.
Ron Nielson
Superintendent
Hi TES and Community
The Navajo Nation is putting on a special diabetes program here at TES. Take a moment and look at the attached flyer. We hope that you can invest in your health and come join us as this fun even.
Hello our beautiful community and TES family.
This year TES is hosting the Special Olympics. Such a worthy organization that is geared to helping those with special needs. Please take a look AND pencil in the date for this special event. Including the opportunity for FREE Vision Screen and Eye Glasses.
Hello TES and Monument Valley communities. We are proud to host the "Hozho-Claim the Light Within". We hope that you take the time to register and join in on this opportunity to learn more about yourself and how you can make positive changes in your life. As an added incentive, all paid registered attendee will be allowed to bring one (1) guest with them for free. We hope to see you all there.
TES Elementary is proud to host another session of
"Hozho- Claim the Light Within: A Pathway to Blessings” March 23-25 THIS WEEKEND
Individuals looking to make positive change in relationships, health, finances, etc. are invited.
Those who complete the 3-day course will receive a $50 gas card, along with amazing raffles and door prizes throughout.
A Navajo panel of experts (health, foster care, grief and trauma, abuse, business) along with the creators of My Story Matters, will provide resources and tools to help get "unstuck" and claim authorship of the next chapter of your story.
This event is recommended for adults 18-99 years old. Childcare will NOT be available this time. Seating is limited, so register NOW! Preregistration is recommended for meals and snack count, but can be done at the door.
When: Thursday: 6:30-9:00 PM; Friday 4:30-7:30; Saturday 9:00-4:00
Where: TES Cafeteria
NOW is the time to heal and write your new story! Please register with QR code or visit TES office for assistance.
Call Ranee at 435-678-1286 for more information. See you soon!
The TES School Community Council will meet Thursday, March 23 at 3:15 in the conference room for our March meeting. We will be discussing and voting on the 2023-24 Plan of how to spend the Trust Lands Funds. Parents and guardians are welcome to attend and provide input. WE LOVE OUR TES COMMUNITY!!
Ya'at'eeh, TES Families!
Tomorrow some of our upper grade students will be attending the Heritage Language Fair at Montezuma Creek. It starts at 9:30. Students participating need to be at TES before 8:15, as busses will leave at that time. Thank you for your support. We are very proud of our TES students!
TES Community,
This is a special community announcement. Please take this opportunity to have your eyes checked. Please make sure you set up an appointment to help manage your time.
Vision Screening’s at UNHS
Monument Valley Clinic
The Moran Eye Center will be doing vision screening at
the UNHS Medical clinic.
When: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Time: 8:00am-3:00pm
Adults and kids welcome
Eye glasses provided through referral if needed
Appointment is required
Please call Rosina at (435)678-0704 to schedule your
appointment!
We hope to see you there!
Ya'at'eeh, TES Family!
Ahe'hee for attending our CCR/Parent Conference at TES! We hope you enjoyed meeting with your child's wonderful teachers! We love your students and work hard to create a safe and respectful environment where they want to be and learn.
We appreciate all the support from our community to provide sports, eye and dental services, and afterschool programs to your children and families. There is more to come! We appreciate how hard you work to help your children read and write and practice math at home. When we partner with parents/guardians, student scores show it! They are making great progress, as you have seen! We ask that you continue to help your children attend school everyday and come on time. This makes a BIG difference in their learning.
We also ask that you not have students bring chips or drinks to school, as we want to encourage healthy diets for their growing bodies and minds.
We have wonderful videos created by Clayton Long on our website that we hope you will watch with your children to support the cultural heritage learning they receive from our wonderful Mrs. Christine Rock.
Ahe'hee for your wonderful support and teaching your children respect and responsibility. They are our treasured future and we are doing all we can to help them prepare and build confidence in themselves.
We will continue to hold Safe Harbor classes in March to help adults heal and write a new story, because YOUR STORY MATTERS! We hope to record more stories and print another book with your input during the coming months. We respect our families and hope to continue to teach our children to Walk In Beauty, the Hozho Way, as you have so beautifully taught them.
Ahe'hee!
February Calendar of Events
Hello Parents.
Wednesday February 1, 2023 is CCR day (formerly APTT) here at TES. This is an early out day for our students who will be leaving here at 12pm. This is also an opportunity for our parents to meet with our teachers and check in on your students progress. Our teachers look forward to meeting with you and sharing how wonderful your student is in their class. We will be sending information home with your students tomorrow, so please be sure to ask about it. We also want to bring to your attention that we are now (and maybe some already have) looking into home visits. Please think about times that may work for you as your teachers will most likely have some type of schedule that your can sign up on. We love your kiddos and are so thankful of the support that you give them at home.
Parents please be aware that the window to provide input into what fees will be charged in our secondary schools has opened. State Law requires every fee that a parent might be charged in our secondary schools to be approved by the District Board of Education after the public has had two opportunities to provide input. No fees can be charged in elementary schools. Secondary school fees for the upcoming school year must be approved by April 1st of the preceding year. On our January board agenda, one can find the spend plans and Program Sustainability Fee Schedule. (cut and paste link below) Spend plans are intended to let parents know the maximum that could be charged if their child participates in a sport or activity. Give them a look. Contact your local school administrator or school board member if you have questions or would like to provide input. We value your input!
https://go.boarddocs.com/ut/sjsd/Board.nsf/vpublic?open#tab-meetings