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| Upcoming Events this week June 5 - 11 | Saturday (6/5) | Sunday (6/6) | Monday (6/7) | Tuesday (6/8) - Last day of school early release 12 noon | Wednesday (6/9) | Thursday (6/10) | Friday (6/11) |
2010-2011 School Year
Class Postings Tuesday, August 24, 2011 3pm, AB front gates 
First Day of School Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
Adobe Bluffs Elementary
Mark Atkins, Principal
8707 Adobe Bluffs Drive
San Diego, CA 92129
(858) 538-8403 | Adobe Bluffs PTA
Ron Cole, President
Palomar Council,
Ninth District, Inc. CCPTS
Jennifer Good, Aztec News Editor |
| | President's Message As I complete my fourth term as PTA President and I sit down to write my final President’s Message, I have been able to reflect on all of the wonderful experiences I’ve had over the past six years (it seems like only yesterday that my daughter Alexis was a Kindergartener in Mrs. Bollish’s class). I have had the privilege of getting to know scores of your extraordinary kids, our incredible teachers and staff, and countless caring and tireless parents, many of whom I now consider dear friends. And throughout, I’ve come to learn that it truly does take a village to raise a child. Whether it is a parent, the school secretary, a school teacher, a coach, a friend’s parent, a troop leader, or any other adult role model that has an impact on a child, we must all work together to make that impact a positive one and to set the right example for them to follow. I have been very fortunate to witness many instances of this at our amazing school and around our great community!
I’d like to thank our Principal, Mr. Atkins, the teachers, and all of the school staff for their support and dedication to our kids. I’d also like to thank the PTA Board, all of the chairpersons, and all of the many volunteers for their unwavering determination and devotion to our children through PTA and elsewhere. Finally, I’d like to say a special thank you to my wife, Julie Poehnelt. Julie has unconditionally supported my volunteer efforts throughout my term as PTA President and has thanked me many times for doing what I do. Well, without her support, I wouldn’t have the opportunity to do the things I do. Thank you, Julie!!
As we wrap up the end of the 2009-2010 school year, I want to say congratulations to everyone for making it a great year (good luck 5th graders!)! Have a safe, relaxing, fun, and adventurous summer!
Sincerely, Ron Cole PTA President
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Principal's Message Dear Parents, It feels like only yesterday that I was writing the welcome message for the 2009-2010 school year. This year has gone by so quickly! Thank you all for your help this year. Strong parental and community support is the key to having successful programs and students. Adobe Bluffs parents and community members have volunteered for over 10, 300 hours this year. The hours you have spent on campus, assisting in classrooms, on playgrounds, with group projects, and supporting events have helped our students tremendously. For those who could not volunteer at school, thank you for the hours you spent helping your student with homework, encouraging academic and social growth and supporting your child’s school experience. Please continue the good work that has been done this year during summer vacation. Encourage your student to read, write and think. The “Study Island” program is available for students to work on all summer. This is a good way to have them keep their math and reading skills sharp over the break. Allow time for play and unstructured fun as well as organized activity. Talk with your children while traveling from place to place and you will be amazed at what they know and think. With Aztec Pride, Mark Atkins back to top | |
| PTA Program Chair positions NEEDED for the 2010-11 School Year - Adobe Bluffs PTA Needs Your Help! Dear Parents, Volunteers are a HUGE part of the Adobe Bluffs community with over 10,000 hours donated over the 2009-10 school year! That’s amazing and goes to show that volunteerism and community are alive and well at Adobe Bluffs. However, with many 5th grade families leaving Adobe Bluffs in a few days we have some big volunteer gaps to fill for our 2010-11 school year. The Adobe Bluffs PTA needs your help! If you would like to take your volunteer experience a step further please take a look at the Chairperson positions currently available. If you have an interest but are not sure you can fully commit the time, find a friend who has a similar interest in the program to be a co-chair! Unfortunately, if we do not have willing Chairpersons to organize these programs they will be eliminated. Please look through the Open Program Chairs list at the end of this newsletter. If you think you have an interest in taking on a Chairperson position or you would like more information please contact me as soon as possible. Thanks so much for all that you do for Adobe Bluffs Elementary! Sincerely, Krissa Jensen ABES PTA President-elect 2010-11 back to top PUSD Early Registration for 2010-2011 school year – June 1-18, 2010
Beginning Tuesday, June 1st the office will begin accepting the paperwork for Early Registration for the 2010-2011 school year. A flyer was sent home with each student this week giving detailed instructions of the necessary steps of which documents need to be downloaded from the District website. Additionally it will be necessary to come into the office to update your child’s Student Registration Information form with signature required by one parent. The office opens at 7:15 daily so please take care of registering your child at your earliest convenience. back to top
Cub Scout Pack 648 Spring Roundup – 12:30-3pm, Sunday, June 6, 2010
You’re Invited to Pack #648’sAnnual Spring Roundup BBQ & Picnic at Adobe Bluffs Park (near Hampe)
Come early for food, fun, and games! Pack #648 will host all guests!
The “Spring Roundup” is for boys currently in grades K – 3 and their families who are interested in learning more about the Cub Scout program at Adobe Bluffs!
RSVP by Friday, June 4 RSVP to Alan DeWeese, Cubmaster Pack 648 back to top
Order pizza to support AB! – through June 30, 2010 Until June 30th order pizza from Papa John’s online, enter the promo code “ABAZTECS” and Papa John’s will donate $2 from every order directly to our school. Enjoy pizza and give to the school! back to top Student Council
Thank you to all Student Council officers and room representatives for all your work throughout the 2009-2010 school year. Student Council members enjoyed a pizza party at their last meeting of the year. | Student Council officers | Student Council room representatives 2009-2010 | | President Ryan Storgard | room 22 - Sean Medvinsky, Ryan Cassult | Vice-President Jack Vafi | room 21 - Daniel St. John, Rachel Blumenthal | Secretary Arshan Ommid | room 20 - Alexis Cole, Anthony Cabrito-Jones | Treasurer Christian Bury | room 19 - Elizabeth Ronning, Elijah Meza | Spirit Tatum Faurot | room 18 - Clara Smith, Jack Le Favour | Publicity Nicole Garnica | room 17 - Andrew Rueter, Alanna Groesbeck | | room 16 - Ryan Gragg, Kelsie Kaesbauer | | room 15 - Maia Erhard, Jake Gibson | | room 10 - Sarah Mills, Ricky Fok |
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 Thank you for supporting the Scholastic Spring Book Fair
The PTA sponsored BOGO (Buy One Get One) Scholastic Spring Book Fair was a huge success! It allowed the children to get so many more books for summer reading at a great price! I was so happy to see that many of you were able to come out and take advantage of this great opportunity. In addition, the book fair couldn’t have happened without the support of so many volunteer parents and staff…you know who you are! Volunteers helped run the actual book fair, sold goodies on Thursday night, helped set up and clean up… you name it there were always volunteers ready and willing to help. Many of you volunteered above and beyond, so thank you! Have a great summer and enjoy reading! The fall book fair is just around the corner in November! Shari Le Favour Scholastic Book Fair Chair back to top
 Science Day 2010
This year's 6th Annual Science Day was a tremendous success. We had 11 Community Presenters in the afternoon, most of them parents of students here at ABES. I would like to thank them and the volunteers that helped me behind the scenes to make it a smooth day. Special thanks to Lisa Erickson and Papa Johns Pizza for providing pizza for lunch. This is a day anticipated by students and staff alike and I so appreciate everyone's help in making it a reality.
Stephanie Gragg Science Day Chair back to top
 AB PTA Book Exchange - save your books and quarters for next year
There were literary treasures to be found at the Spring Book Exchange for those who searched among the more than 25 boxes of books. Treasures like a complete set of The Chronicles of Narnia, series books like Magic Tree House, Harry Potter, Diary of the Wimpy Kid and Junie B. Jones, dozens of picture books, and even books for parents’ beach reading were found by lucky readers.
Everybody at Adobe Bluffs benefitted from the book exchange. Books sold for a quarter each earned our AB PTA $117. AB teachers and Mrs. Lingner, chose books to add to their libraries. Any left over books were offered to The Polinsky Children’s Center and the local library. back to top
AB Educational Foundation
Thank You! The AB Educational Foundation thanks all donors, volunteers and sponsors for everything that you contributed this school year. Your donations and Run2Play contributions enabled the AB Foundation to pay the salary for the PE teacher, Impact Teacher and Computer Resource Aide. Money donated to the AB Foundation was also used to purchase shade trees for the playground area, purchase technology for use in the classrooms, and maintain the running track. Thank you for supporting the AB Educational Foundation.
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2010-2011 Open Program Chairs · AB College Games: (co-chair with Nicole Sanseverino) This will be Nicole’s last year as an ABES parent. Co-chair with Nicole and learn from the best so you can take over for the 2011-12 school year!
· Art Show: Always a wonderful display of art created by our talented kids. Note: this program has traditionally been tied to AB Open House. As PUSD has cut Open House for the entire District we are currently looking to tie this event to another program. · Back to School Breakfast: PTA’s way to welcome the teachers and staff back to school after their summer vacation. Chairing involves organizing a Continental Breakfast in the Staff Lounge the day before school starts. · Ballroom: Open Tuesday and Thursday at lunchtime. You would be responsible for organizing volunteers to distribute playground supplies to students during lunch break. · Character Counts: Organize activities for Character Counts Week! and reward those students who demonstrate good character throughout the year. Go to the Character Counts! website for more information. · Communications Board: Monthly update of school activities on the communications board (small marquee near MPR) · Community Concerns: Organize Adopt-A-Family for the holidays; Spring Food Drive. This Chair position could be split into the two events. · Conservation/Environment: This committee works all year with the school to review current practices and discuss areas where we can improve conservation, and/or other related environmentally friendly practices. · Dad’s Lunch and/or Dad’s Committee: Organize an event(s) which gives dad’s an opportunity to participate in the Adobe Bluffs community. · Family Fun Events: Organize movie nights or other fun events which build ABES community spirit. · Good Search: A search engine powered by Yahoo! Select Adobe Bluffs as your charity and AB will earn hassle free money · Hospitality: Coordinate refreshments for various PTA functions. · Music Enrichment: Under development. If you have a music background and have ideas for sharing your passion with AB students we would like to hear from you. · Performing Arts: Organize volunteers to help with making programs and set up for events. · Class Posting Party: When class lists are posted the afternoon before school begins; help welcome students and their families back with Otter Pops. · Red Ribbon Days: Organize activities to promote Red Ribbon Days which is a national program to prevent drug use in children. (Oct 2010) · Room J Coordinator: Room J is the activity center of the school which contains copiers and supplies used by teachers and volunteers. You would be responsible for training and organizing volunteers. · Scholastic Book Fair: (co-chair with Shari Le Favour) Shari is an old pro at running the book fair but this will be her last year! Co-chair and learn how to run this event which kids, parents and teachers love and also earns money to support other ABES programs. · Spirit Wear: Coordinate the sale of Adobe Bluffs Aztec shirts (and other Spirit Gear if desired) to promote school spirit. · Summer Book Club: Students meet on campus during the summer to discuss books that all have read and do a little craft project. (Needed for Summer 2011) · Traffic Circle: Organize volunteers to open doors for children as they are being dropped off each morning in the traffic circle. · Variety Show: Organize students and backstage volunteers for our annual variety show. · Welcome Back Picnic: Promote and organize this simple yet fun event fun family event which generally happens the Friday evening just after school begins in August. back to top back to AB PTA homepage
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