Chadbourne Newsletter

Here is a message from our Principal:


Dear Pioneer Families,


As November arrives, it marks the beginning of many delightful occasions for family and friends to get together.  It is also a time to count our blessings and be grateful for what we have and the relationships that keep us balanced. 


   With this month also comes Parent Conferences at which time report cards will be distributed and discussed and many will enjoy a week's rest for Thanksgiving.  Lots of information will be discussed in a relatively short period of time.  Be sure you come away from the conference with a clear idea of your child’s progress – their strengths and the areas to work on.  Chadbourne provides a rigorous academic program at every grade level based on California State Standards. 


   Parents – teachers – and students all play an important role in academic success.  Follow your child’s progress during the year by reviewing their homework each night and looking over the assignments and papers that they bring home in the Tuesday Folder.   Keep in touch with the teacher when you have questions and concerns.  


   Thanks again to the many parent volunteers who are now helping to keep our lunch area and playground safer, helping in our classrooms, accompanying our students on field trips, taking on leadership roles for events to make school fun, supporting us financially, and on and on.  We as a school need the support and time from our community to help make Chadbourne a safe and fun learning environment. 


   During this time of thanks and giving let’s try and remember to be thankful for what we have and not focus on what we don't have.  Paying things forward is easy to do, as it can be as small as playing a game with a student who seems alone, buying someone a cup of coffee or buying a homeless person a meal.  Small things to some people are HUGE. 


Sincerely,

 

Mrs. Kimberley Pedrotti

 

Principal

kpedrotti@fusdk12.net


Kids Against Hunger

Parent volunteer sign up:  Need your help to recruit 30 parent volunteers.  Volunteers must arrive 8:15 a.m. and stay until the end 11:15 am. 

Fundraiser Flyer: also attached a pdf copy.

PayPal Donation Link: Donations can be made via PayPal, Check or cash but the easiest way donate is via the Chadbourn KAH campaign PayPal link. All donations received via PayPal will receive a tax receipt roughly 1 week after the packing event.


Videos:

2020 event : 20,736 meals packed

2022 event : 23,760 meals packed


Kids Against Hunger Fremont

www.KAHfremont.org  www.facebook.com/KAHfremont

Kids Against Hunger Fremont is a non-profit humanitarian organization run entirely by unpaid volunteers.  Our mission is threefold: 

1) Plant the seed of compassion by teaching students about the importance of kindness and compassion

2) Love through action by bringing meal-packing events into the schools and supporting students in packing thousands of meals 

3) Feed the hungry by distributing packaged meals via partnerships with humanitarian organizations 

Our meals are supporting our local community, Haiti school feeding program, Ukraine refugees and more. Since our inception, KAH Fremont has enabled Fremont students and volunteers to pack over 700,000 meals to support those most in need in our community and around the world. Our goal is to deliver compassion education and enable all 35,000 students in Fremont to pack 1,000,000 meals.

Smart Devices on Campus

If your student is coming to school with a smart device they need a Usage Agreement filed with the office. Please inquire via email ealexander@fusdk12.net. Thank you. 

Dress Code

Lost and Found

Please check the lost and found frequently as it is starting  to get full once it is full we will be donating the items.

Parent Behavior

Please be a good,positive example to our students. Lets make the next generation the best they can be. Please make sure when you are visiting to mind all laws and be courteous to all staff members and neighbors.  Please also show students how to safely use sidewalks and crosswalks, walking bikes on sidewalks and on campus, avoiding walking through all staff parking areas between cars. Also exhibit courtesy when parking,  avoiding blocking any crosswalks, neighbor driveways and garbage cans. Please be kind and courteous to all. Also please be patient while picking up and dropping off students.

What's Happening at Chadbourne:

Important Dates:



Volunteer Sign up / Civicore Information

If you have any questions please see below first then email Miss Liz Alexander at ealexander@fusdk12.net regarding your question. 

Here is the link to complete CIVICORE. To volunteer in the classroom you will have to apply through CIVICORE at least 2 days before coming on campus for processing. On the CIVICORE site, to volunteer in the class, select "On Campus with Supervision" and provide scan of driver's license or legal ID. For Driver / Chaperones for field trips, at least 7 days before the date of the field trip, you will be applying for "Driver Chaperone and provide current valid driver's license and automobile insurance Declarations Page showing coverage amounts and expiration dates (not insurance card, as it does not contain all required information) with your submission.  If your insurance expiration ends before the date of the field trip, you will need to talk to your insurance provider in order to obtain an updated Declarations page in time.


Please select the type of volunteering you will be doing.

Please attach your current Drivers License. 

Please attach your insurance Declarations page that shows the required information.

Please attach the FUSD Declaration page fully filled out. It can be found here. 

What's Happening at the District:

Important Updates:

Superintendents Newsletter 

Office Business and Visitor Policy:

Chadbourne is a secure closed campus. Parents may park on the city street, avoiding all staff parking lots, with the exception of the proper use of the Disabled parking space for those clearly displaying a Disabled Placard, and available on a first come first served basis. Parent then bid good day to their students at the flagpole area, then students walk themselves to the playground. Grades 4-6 and drop them close to the flagpole area. Parents may not go on campus without an appointment. From the flagpole area, students may walk themselves to the playground until their class lineup time. Grades 4-6 have first morning recess from 8:05 until 8:15, with a line-up warning bell at 8:12. Grades 1-3 may go to first recess starting at 8:15, then line up at 8:30. Anyone (other than staff and students) must check into the main office before going on campus. If pre-authorized, parents sign into the office, get a Volunteer badge, and stay with the classroom teacher until they sign back out. All visitors / volunteers must be cleared through FUSD Civicore and be pre-approved by the teacher and principal before entering campus.

When possible our office staff prefers to support parents and families via email or phone. Please be sure your children have all of their belongings (glasses, jacket, backpack, lunch, water bottle, etc.) upon school arrival.   If you are needing to drop something on emergency basis for your students, you may bring it to the school office. A notice will be placed in the teachers mailbox. For birthdays, please make sure you have the teachers pre-approval prior to dropping anything off to the office, as we cannot disturb class time unnecessarily.

Chadbourne Bell Schedule

Here you will find the Bell Schedule 2023/2024 Bell Schedule 

All Wednesdays are minimum days: 1st - 3rd 8:30 - 1:15 and 4th - 5th 8:15 - 1:15

Special Early Release / Minimum days: 

Grades 1 - 5:  1:15: 11/14, 11/16, 11/17, 5/30, 5/31

Kindergarten:  11:50:  8/17 - 9/8, 11/14, 11/16 and 11/17, 5/30, 5/31

As we approach the winter season it is important to remember that daily attendance remains important. Please do not schedule trips outside of the window of days off (November 18 - November 26 and December 23 - January 7). Even a few missed days can lead to confusion when returning to class as well as lost social time with friends. 

Also remember, Public Health guidelines call for students to stay home from school only when they have a fever, diarrhea, or are vomiting. For guidance as to when to keep your child home, please see Health Guidance for Going to School.

https://www.attendanceworks.org/resources/messaging/holiday-messaging/

Attendance

If you plan to take time off school during the year, please come by our school office to see how the absence could impact your student and their enrollment. To find out vacation days provided during the school year, the FUSD Instructional Calendar is available on the FUSD site. In order to accurately record your students' attendance, law obligates parents to report the reason for all absences daily to the Chadbourne Attendance Office. The Chadbourne Attendance Voicemail is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week by dialing 510.656.5242 and quickly pressing option #7 to leave a voicemail before 9:00 am. This is the preferred centralized method of reporting all attendance information, as emails could be missed or go to our JUNK/SPAM folder and we want to make sure we do not miss your information. Positive COVID results should all be reported to the school for tracking purposes.


Please keep your student home and call to report their absence if you suspect or know they have a positive COVID result or any contagious conditions such as: possible pink eye, unknown skin rash, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive runny nose, sore throat, persistent cough, lice. Students should stay home until symptoms are resolved and they are able to go without medication at least 24 hours before returning to school. If absences are 3 days or more, a doctor’s note is requested on the 3rd day, so if symptoms persist, we recommend discussing with your medical provider.


If your student is sent home or reported with a positive COVID result, fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, those symptoms must be resolved without medication at least a full 24 hours without medication before returning to school. If symptoms persist when they return, they could be sent back home for more recovery time


Whether or not absences are considered excused is determined by FUSD policy. When you know you will be taking time off ahead of time, as an alternative to calling the Attendance Voicemail, you can come by the office to complete an "Advance Absence Notification Form" to report the absences to the school office. The form only acts as an alternative form of reporting absences, but does not make the absences excused. Teachers are not responsible for reporting absences to the Attendance Office for parents.


If we do not hear from you by 3:30 the same day as the absence, then we will not know whether or not the student is ill. They will not be able to return to class / back on campus until we receive that information. To check your student back into school a parent should come with the student to the school office to get their clearance when they are ready to come back on campus. If you forget to report either of those methods mentioned above, you will receive the automated attendance call. This is your reminder to report to the Attendance Line voicemail. Attendance voicemail messages are picked up regularly throughout the day between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 


Attendance is reconciled by the end of every school day. If you do not call to report your students attendance information before 3:30 the same school day, then the attendance will be marked as "Unexcused - Called /  left messages / email, no reply with reason", counting as a Truancy, so reporting full information properly is key for Attendance accuracy. 


IMPORTANT NOTE: When we do not have the reason for the absence by the end of the school day the date of the absence, the teacher will receive a notification letting them know the student should be cleared by the office before returning to their class. If this happens, then the student should be brought to the school office by parents to obtain the reason for the absence in order to be cleared to return to class. 


If you have reported to the Attendance Voicemail, but still receive the automated call or Chadbourne Attendance emails, then it is possible that:


* -  Reports of "allergies", "cold" or "not feeling well" were missing specific symptoms. Stomach issues please clarify whether nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, vomiting, gas, etc. "Tired" is the same as "Fatigue". Students must be feeling better 24 hours without any medication without any fever / vomiting / diarrhea before returning to school. 

* - The voicemail message left had reason for absence missing,

* -  "Family emergency" or "personal reason" unspecified / not clarified (only certain specific reasons qualify for Personal Excused absence), 

* - for an appointment, type of appointment was not mentioned (for medical / dental appointments, please see Medical Excuse / Visit Verification below),

* - message could not be heard (broken signal / static) on call. Please call back before 3:30 the same day to confirm your students information was properly recorded.


If your students’ absence is Unexcused according to FUSD Attendance Policy, you will automatically receive the automated calls / text messages and automatically generated Truancy letters.    


MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS: If your child is absent or tardy due to a medical / dental reason or went to a doctor / dentist appointment, you can bring the printout of your student's Absence Excuse / Visit Verification letter to be documented. Please make sure any doctor / dental excuse note includes the Medical Provider's name, student's full name and clear full dates of care, with specified end and/or re-evaluation date. Reminder: We can not accept documentation with open ended dates, appointment reminders or the treatment paperwork.


Thank you in advance for your assistance. 


Breakfast, Lunch, and Water Bottles

School lunch and breakfast are currently free to all. Lunch / breakfast menus are available on the FUSD website under Resources / Child Nutrition. Most days offer both vegetarian and meat options, with days showing only one option being a vegetarian option. Breakfast will be available for students on school days from 7:45-8:20 AM in the multi-use room. Students must arrive at school early enough to finish their breakfast and still make it to class on time. If they are late due to breakfast, the tardy will be Unexcused. 

Lunches are ordered in the morning when attendance is taken. Hopefully, students remember their lunches and water bottles daily. Please remember that, for safety, NO GLASS CONTAINERS may be brought to school. Please let your student know that if they notice that they have forgotten their lunch, they are suggested to order school lunch in class to make sure there are enough lunches for all. All classes will eat their lunches in the outdoor eating area except on rainy days.  Students should bring a pre-filled labeled water bottle to school daily. Students may refill water bottles at our refilling station as needed.

If in an emergency a parent must bring lunch for their student, then parents may leave the lunch / water bottle on the lunch carts outside the multi-purpose room with the students full name and room number before 11:00 AM for the student to pick up at lunch time. Parents may not wait outside the lunch room to talk to the student, just drop of the lunch / water bottle on the cart and go. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation!