Tse'Bii'Nidzisgai Elementary

All students who were enrolled in San Juan School District in May are qualified for summer PEBT benefits without an application. If you can please get this information to your parents via your email/social media networks that would be great. There is no number to call, they MUST send an email for questions to the PEBT@utah.gov email. They do respond quickly. These benefits have been issued onto the current EBT cards or the previous years PEBT cards. If people don't have their card they can do the following: The jobs.utah.gov/covid19/pebt website has instructions on how parents can request a new card at the very bottom of the page. Schools should be referring parents to the website for all their questions unless we have referred the parent to contact the school. If you need to replace your P-EBT card, are having trouble setting up your PIN, or need to update your mailing address: Send an email to PEBT@utah.gov with the following information: Subject Line: PEBT Card Issues Body of the email: Description of your issue Full name for all children Birthdates for all children State Student ID or SSID for each child (this is not required but is most accurate to locate accounts; do not submit your child’s’ school lunch number.) Your full mailing address including any apartment, lot, unit numbers and zip code Your name as it is listed with the school Your contact information -- Anna Fredericks Director of Food Services San Juan School District (435)678-1265 200 North Main, Blanding, UT Fax: (435) 678-1203

Dear Parent(s) and Stakeholders, The San Juan School District Board of Education members are seeking information to help best serve its patrons. As a consequence of the Covid19 Pandemic, it was necessary to suspend the practice of rotating board meeting locations from school to school within the county and hold them in one location (the Boardroom at the District Office in Blanding) and broadcast them virtually to parents and stakeholders. A modern, efficient broadcast system has been purchased and installed in the Board Room in the District Office in Blanding. This system was purchased using ESSER Care funds to help facilitate effective public participation into the virtual board meetings. A rise in participation of patrons resulted. In the past five months, the lowest number of viewers has been 60 with the highest being over a 100. These numbers are substantially higher than participation numbers in meetings prior to the Pandemic. Now with the Pandemic subsiding to some degree, the Board of Education is seeking some input regarding the best way to provide stakeholder access to board meetings in the future. Should board meetings return to a rotation of in-person meetings at schools where broadcasting effectiveness is less than ideal due to many factors, or should board meetings remain in the Board Room in Blanding and be broadcasted virtually to patrons utilizing the modern, effective system? The Board of Education is asking you to provide your input into the decision by completing the attached survey. Thank you so much for your valuable time. Ron Nielson Superintendent of Schools https://sanjuandistrict.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6r4WQRlfoBNHZzM

Ya'ta'eeh, Parents and Families! We are so excited to see you and your children back at TES this year! This week, Aug. 8-12, staff will be at school to help you register your wonderful students from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. You are also welcome to register your students online as well. Please call if you have any questions: 435-678-1286. To register online, COPY and PASTE this link: https://aspire.sjsd.org/Students/Register/Start

Attention SJSD Parents, Students, and Stakeholders, On Monday August 15th, all San Juan School District schools and district office will be closed all day. SJSD staff will be attending a valuable training day to help them be ready to kick off another successful year. The focus of this training day will be to unite our district staff into one strong team and to remind teachers/staff of the critical role they each play in positively shaping the lives of our youth. I appreciate your patience and understanding and apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change. Schools will reopen on Tuesday August 16th, and we look forward to seeing you then. Sincerely, Superintendent Ron Nielson

6th Grade Promotion: Wednesday 5:00 in the TES Gym. Please park on the south side and enter at the Hogan door or the south gym doors. Students need to be here at 4:45 to get ready. Please social distance on the bleachers. Only immediate family will be admitted. Ahe'hee!

Students in 3-5th grades have the opportunity to check out their Chromebooks for the summer to help prepare and get ahead for the next school year. PARENTS need to come to the school tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday before 10:30 or AFTER SCHOOL to sign out for them. These will be monitored to make sure it is for learning purposes and can be turned off if misused. If you are interested, please let Charlene Fowler know in the office and she will help you get it set up. Ahe'hee!

Just a reminder, PRE School Promotion will be a DRIVE THRU by the Hogan at 1:00-2:00. Ahe'hee!

Ya'at'eeh, Parents! We wanted to remind you of our TES Sidewalk Chalk Festival tomorrow, (Tuesday), May 17th from 6:00-7:00 in the courtyard. Please park on the North or South sides of the school and come see the masterpieces your children have created. There will be student musical numbers and fry bread. Ahe'hee

Parents, don't forget to come to our picnic tomorrow. PLEASE CALL AND ORDER A SACK LUNCH BEFORE 9:00AM! Eat with your children outside and participate in fitness activities and even a little water fun if you choose. Your students can't wait to have you join them!

Another THANK YOU to our parents who have served on our 2021-22 School Community Council this year: Misty Romero, Treasha Hunt, Monique Wilson, Shiyonie Jake, Ranee Cly, Crystal Grey, and Ashley Yellowman. We have a gift waiting for you in the office! Here is our minutes from today's SCC Meeting. We hope many parents will join us next year to help us make decisions for TES. We are looking for a PE, STEAM and Behavior Paraprofessional. Please apply at www.sjsd.org Watch for the Family Fitness Picnic 5/13 12-1PM and Family Arts Festival 5/19 5-6PM. Ahe'hee!

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you to our teachers and staff for helping make this year successful. Thank your teacher(s) today!

Hi Parents and our supporting community. Next week we will be opening up for Kindergarten Registration. We have a wonderful program that will help get your kiddos get ready for 1st grade the following year. Come on over and register your Kindergarten aged child for next years fun filled classes.

We are so grateful for our wonderful parents who have served this year on our School Community Council! We meet each month to discuss needs, academic concerns and activities happening at TES. As we wrap up our school year, we wanted to let our parents know we have two events we hope to see you. May 13 is a Family Fitness event from 12:00 to 1:00 where you can come play games with your family and earn prizes. The other is May 19, our Family Arts Festival where we will complete our Rainbow River and have students autograph it, create chalk artwork with their class to show off and have traditional and non traditional music and entertainment. We will have a Fry Bread Bar and summer take-home kits for your students. We hope you will come and celebrate our 2021-22 year end with us. More information will be forthcoming. Ahehee!

Come learn what is happening the last eight weeks of school! We invite you to attend our School Community Council next Tuesday, April 5, at 3:30 PM on Google Meet. meet.google.com/yzu-wpqa-odw We have lot's in store so stay tuned!

Hello everyone. Next week is Spring Break but here is some information about the Halchita Afterschool Program: DURING SPRING BREAK, Halchita Afterschool Program will be in session from Monday thru Thursday from 10am-1pm- we will serve Breakfast. We have 20+ Elementary Students registered and about 11 High Students registered. If they need help, you may encourage them to come to the center. After Spring break when regular school is back in session, we will resume with the 4pm-7pm Hours for registered students. Please encourage students to come to the center for extra help. We also have WIFI with CHOICE WIRELESS now. We also have a computer lab.

Parents, in the March 9th, SJSD board meeting, the SJSD Board of Education will be discussing school fees and spend plans for the 2022-2023 school year. These proposed fees and spend plans must be available at least twice for public input and must be officially approved before April 1st. This is the third opportunity for public input and the last opportunity to be approved before April 1st. These fees are included in the agenda which can be viewed by going to the district website. (www.sjsd.org) Anyone wishing to make a comment regarding the proposed fee schedule, can do so in next Wednesday Board Meeting either in person or virtually. Your input is greatly valued.

Notice: Due to COVID precautions and the Navajo Nation remaining in the 'RED" status, the March SJSD Board Meeting, previously scheduled for March 9th at Monument Valley High School, will be held at the District Office in Blanding Utah, and broadcasted to the public. A link to stream the meeting will be available early next week on the district website . Thank You

Ya'at'eeh TES Community! We appreciate all your participation with our APTT (Academic Parent Teacher Teams) activities! We hope your scholar earned their 3 topping pizza for participating and that YOU earned the Goulding voucher for playing math games with your scholars. Next week at our School Community Council Meeting, we will be discussing our Wellness policy, our Middle of the Year assessment scores, and our calendar of activities for March. We hope you will join us! Mark your calendars for March 9, when the San Juan School Board will meet at Monument Valley High School at 3:00. Parents are welcome to address the Board by registering online before the meeting. We will send instructions in the near future to assist you. Ahehee for all your support!

Hello Cub Fans. Please take a moment and see if you fit this need that we have here at TES. We are serious about our kiddos, so we need serious applicants that really one to be a part of something great. Thank you for you time.

School Community Council will be held today at 3:30. To join: meet.google.com/yzu-wpqa-odw Join by phone ‪(US) +1 475-355-7332‬ PIN: ‪786 125 791‬# See you there!