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3-2-1-BLAST OFF!!!  Our Online Fair is launching THIS Monday, October 24th!  We're blasting off and celebrating books and reading with our Fall Scholastic Book Fair!  Make sure to visit our Fair BOTH online and also at school starting October 31st.

Students will visit the fair with their class during school.  They can fill out "wish lists" to take home.  Students may also bring money to purchase books, but make sure to include enough for sales tax!  If writing a check, all checks must be made payable to "Adobe Bluffs PTA."  

Parents are welcome at the fair anytime.  Feel free to visit with your child before or after school, or come on your own after drop off or before pick up time.  You must sign-in at the Office and wear a "Visitor" sticker if you come to the Fair during school hours.  

Please note that students visiting the Fair before school must come with a parent and/or money to purchase specific books.  It will be too busy to have lots of students filling out "wish lists" before school. Student "wish lists" can be completed during their class visit when it is less hectic.

Also, don't forget to visit our Library Open House on November 3rd.  Please come by to say "hi" to our Librarian, Susan Linger, and "check out" the grand re-opening of our expanded library. Click here to visit our AB library's website

Thank you for supporting literacy at our school!  When you purchase great books for your child to read or a book from a Teacher's Wish List, all proceeds go directly to our library for more books!

Adobe Bluffs Elementary School is hosting its 2nd Annual "Ability Awareness in Action Celebration". During this celebration, Adobe Bluffs students will hear from community members who experience disability. Guest presenters will include persons with varying disabilities including autism, short stature, quadriplegia, physical impairments, and intellectual challenges. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about wheel chairs and assistive technology use. Students will rotate through stations and listen to these guest presenters share their experiences in a positive manner. These stations will focus on the fundamentals of Ability Awareness: Respectful Language, Attitudes and Assumptions, Assistive Technology, Accessibility, and Disability History.

This event is part of a week long awareness program that includes:

·      Esther Hilleli, a k-2 special education teacher speakings to each classroom about treating people with fairness and respect

·      school wide educational posters that focusing on Ability Awareness fundamentals 

·      Daily morning announcements

·      an essay contest, poster contest and

·      the creation of an Ability Tree.

During this celebration, Adobe Bluffs will also be launching its respectful language campaign. Bullying negatively affects the atmosphere of every school and disrupts the learning environment for all students. It takes all of our Adobe Bluff community to create an inviting school where every student feels included and safe. With the help of administrators, teachers, school staff, parents, and students, Adobe Bluffs hopes to prevent bullying at school. Therefore, once a month, the students and staff of Adobe Bluffs will wear specially made T-shirts to support the promotion of respectful language for everyday speech and promote acceptance and inclusion of all people.

Abobe Bluffs would like to thank our program sponsors: the Zorn family, Manqueros family, Rumman family, Hanger family, Sherwinter family, Siry Auto Group, Black Mountain Round Table Pizza, Carmel Mountain Islands Restaurant, Carmel Mountain Claim Jumpers, Carmel Mountain Pat & Oscars, Always an Adventure Charters, Julie's Silk Screening, and Dr. George Zorn, Jr. of Hillcrest Surgical.

Ability Awareness in Action Celebration coordinator: Esther Hilleli, M.A.

ASD Kindergarten-Second Grade Teacher at Adobe Bluffs Elementary School

(858) 538-8403 Ext. 3111 or ehilleli@powayusd.com

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AB Educational Foundation Rubio’s Night

11am- 9pm (close), Saturday, October 29, 2011

3 locations:

It's Rubio's Time Again!  Who has time to cook with Halloween festivities packed into the Oct. 29th weekend?  Instead, order in or take out from Rubio's anytime Saturday.  Be sure to bring your flier so that A.B. can receive 20% of the proceeds.  You can use your flier at any of the three locations listed below.  Special thanks to Rubio's for their continued support.

Find Fliers:  In red folders on the week of the event or click here for a flyer. 

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4th Annual Moser Orthodontics Halloween Candy Buy Back – November 1-2, 2011

Dr. Noel Moser is offering schools a way to raise money and at the same time save the students from excess sugar by giving participating schools cash for candy.

Dr. Moser will pay a dollar for each pound of candy surrendered and donate the proceeds to Adobe Bluffs Elementary. 

If you have leftover candy or your child would like to donate their candy it may be dropped off Tuesday and Wednesday, November 1^st and 2^nd in the collection box located in the Office. 

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In addition, at this meeting we will be electing the Nominating Committee.  This important group will be responsible for finding qualified candidates for the 2012-13 PTA Board.  For more information about PTA Board Member job descriptions visit the AB PTA website or the CA PTA website.  If you are interested in serving on the Nominating Committee or would like more information on PTA Board positions, please feel free to contact me.        

I hope you can make it! 

Krissa Jensen, PTA President 2011-2012

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Ahh... the joys of parenting!

Have you ever wondered how to:

q       have cooperation without nagging?

q       find alternatives to punishment?

q       help your child have a positive self-image?

Join Laurie Wong, our wildly popular “Active Parenting of Teens” presenter on a journey to a happier home with...

How to Talk

So Kids Will Listen

and

Listen So Kids Will Talk

Each series of four sessions will be limited to 25 people.

All sessions are from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Park Village - November 9, 16, 30, and Dec. 7

Pomerado - February 1, 8, 15, and 29

Morning Creek - April 12, 19, 26, and May 3

Prior registration is required as classes do fill. Click here for a registration form. UPLOAD PDF   The cost is $39/ individual and $69/couple plus $15/How to Talk So Kids Will Listen book. Checks should be made to PUSD. Sorry, no refunds. Call for more information: 858-668-4084

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2011-2012 GATE Testing Information

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) involves services for students whose cognitive needs may require modified classroom curriculum and instruction to accommodate their learning differences and ensure their achievement. Parents may request GATE testing for students in grades 2-7. 

2011– 2012 GATE Testing Information

To request GATE testing for your child, complete a GATE Parent Questionnaire/Test Consent form online through the PUSD GATE webpage.

NOTE: Requests for GATE Testing will only be taken during the request submission window dates.

If you have questions, please contact your child’s school office.

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Health Corner

Parents: First Grade Physicals must be completed and handed into the Health Office by early December.

If you are not sure if your child has had their physical, please call Karen Serafin in the office to check the status of your child. If you need financial assistance please call Family Health Services @ 1-800-675-2229 . 

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AB First Annual Art Fair – Wednesday, December 7

Coming Wednesday December 7 from 2:05 -6:00 Adobe Bluffs PTA will be having its First Annual Art Fair.  During the months of October and November our Arts Attack classroom docents will be teaching some special art projects with all the classes. These projects will be framed for the Art Fair and available to purchase, perfect for holiday giving.  From each frame sold, $3 will go directly to AB PTA. 

Please make sure to mark your calendars for this fun event; your child will love to see their very own artwork in these beautiful frames.

DarleneHart and Jennifer Wright Arts Attack Chairs and Art Fair Chairs

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A Healthy Tip to Grow on…  

Happy to announce the raffle winners from the Aztec Picnic…  Congratulations to Sunny K., Matthew R., Audrey H., Lauren M., and Kyler K.!  Enjoy fun workouts with your new jump rope.

Looking for strategies that will help your child take more responsibility for their actions and make better choices at home?  Learn more about building healthy habits and visit the Bigg Education blog.

fresh & easy Shop for Schools is now in Session!

Did you know Adobe Bluffs can earn $1 for every $20 fresh & easy receipt collected now through December 31?  The more receipts you turn in the more money Adobe Bluffs earns!  So if you happen to shop at fresh & easy please turn in your receipts to your teacher or drop them in the fresh & easy drop box in the office and help Adobe Bluffs earn.  Last year, Arizona, California and Nevada schools raised over $1.3 million.  It’s time to grab our share of that, Aztecs!

Click here to learn more about the fresh and easy Shop for Schools program.

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Adobe Bluffs Library Adopt-A-Shelf Volunteers

For the past several years, 5^th grade students have had the opportunity to volunteer in the Adobe Bluffs library by participating in the Adopt A Shelf program.  These volunteers are responsible, self directed 5^th grades who are willing to donate one recess a week to help in the library.  Their responsibilities include shelf reading (putting an entire shelf in its proper order), gathering and reshelving books for their shelf, cleaning and maintaining their shelves to help them look appealing, and finding damaged books and putting them in the “Book Hospital”.  In addition to their own shelves, these students may also help out in unassigned areas of the library that have not yet been adopted!  Thank you to all the Fifth Graders who have volunteered to be an Adopt A Shelf Volunteer this year.

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The Flu Season Is Soon Upon Us

For businesses and schools the Flu Season takes a tremendous toll.  It is important to take whatever steps necessary to protect ourselves and our students from the Flu Virus.

We all know the symptoms characterized by fever, headache, fatigue, chills, cough, sore throat, and aching muscles; vomiting and diarrhea may occur but are not as common. The Flu Virus is spread from person-to-person by airborne droplets most likely during the first 1-3 days from when the symptoms first appear.  However, sometimes people can be contagious even before their symptoms appear.  There are several generally accepted ways to decrease the chances of exposure and catching the Flu.

Tips for Students

Ü   Encourage parents and students to take flu symptoms seriously.  If students are experiencing flu symptoms, they should be kept at home.

Ü   Encourage students to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.  A little “reminder” and perhaps instruction on how to “catch your cold in your elbow” would be timely. Have students immediately and properly dispose of each soiled tissue.

Ü   Instruct students not to share items that may be contaminated with saliva such as beverage containers. 

Ü   Encourage students to also wash their hands regularly with soap and water.