Aztec
Artifacts
November 2012
President’s Message
Principal’s Message
I want to start with a big thank you to all parents that
helped out at Fall Festival. Between class booths and
help setting up and cleaning up, all could not have
been done without all of you.
At Arroyo Verde, we strive to ensure that we provide your
child with a high quality instructional program and continue
to maintain fun, family based community programming as
well. This is one of the many reasons we rely so heavily on our
PTA. This month, PTA worked tirelessly to balance our
instructional rigor with amazing events for our families. As
I hope everyone had a great time at Fall Festival. We
had a great turn out this year.
You may have noticed that from Fall Festival we went
right into Red Ribbon Week. I hope the kids all had a
great time and talked to you about the fun things that
they were doing. We have our first Barnes and Noble reward night
coming up on November 8th. There is going to be a
drawing for all students that have met their AR goal.
We will pick 10 names and those students chosen will
be invited to Barnes and Noble and will be given a $10
gift card when they get there. So talk to your student
and see if they have met that goal. We will do this at
the end of each trimester. We will also have our
Barnes and Noble night at the end of November. Last thing is, if you have not had a chance to come by
for Coffee with the Principal you should try and come
out the next one. This is a great way to find out what
is going on at the school and to share any ideas that
you might have for the school.
Thank you again to all! Like I said we could not get
any of the fun things done at school without all of
you.
Kelly Teeter
PTA President
the accountability requirements by the state and federal
government rise, our teachers push themselves and their
students to learn at higher levels. We are so proud of our 227
students who scored Advanced and Proficient on last year’s
California Standards Test, and are thankful that so many
families were able to join us for our first ever CST Awards
Night. Our school boasted twelve perfect scores on last year’s
exam, many of them coming from our 5th grade classrooms.
As a school we celebrated a twenty point gain on the State’s
accountability system, taking our API score to 869. When you
balance these academic achievements with our biggest Fall
Festival attendance ever, Reflections, and an amazing Red
Ribbon Week, it’s easy to understand why so many families
love Arroyo Verde.
With November upon us, it is time for parents and teachers to
come together to talk about student success. Parents and
teachers share a common goal; we all want every child to
learn and do well in school. On our website under Parent
Resources, is a tip sheet for parents & guardians to help make
the most out of your parent teacher conference. Check out
this valuable resource from the Harvard Family Research
Project. Even if you are a parent teacher conference veteran, I
think you will appreciate the simple suggestions offered.
Your conference should be a two-way conversation with a
focus on how well your child is doing at school, and plans on
how to make it even better. We look forward to welcoming
each family to campus so we can work with you to ensure that
your child is college bound!
Rachel Malatesta
Principal
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Aztec Announcements
Arroyo Verde Book Fair
Night at Barnes and Noble
Mark your calendars! Arroyo Verde PTA will be having
its Annual Book Fair Night at Barnes and Noble on
November 28th from 5 to 8 pm. Our PTA receives
15% of all proceeds so please do your holiday book
shopping on this evening and support our school!
Lots of new and fun activities will be planned on that
day, including teacher reading, class performances,
game activities, arts and crafts, cupcake decorating
and classroom competition.
If you have any questions, please contact Christi Price
at [email protected].
Support Arroyo Verde
when you shop at Staples
When you shop at Staples in the Lowe’s shopping
center, please consider donating your rewards points
to Arroyo Verde. Each cashier has a copy of our
rewards scan card and your points turn in to dollars
for the school.
Parent Teacher
Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences will be taking place
November 9th through 16th. Conference times should
be sent home with your student. Please follow up with
your child’s teacher to reserve your time.
Attention Aztecs
Wear Pink day, fall festival, red ribbon week, oh my!
October was full of fun events and Activities!
Aztec Artifacts, November 2012
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Aztec Awards
I’m College Bound
Alec Britton, Heather Burton, Emily Finn, Josh, Gonzalez, Brookelynn Hodgin, Tyler Kimber, Chloe Loya, Rudy
Meracos, Steven Montoya, Emmitt Murphy, Elizabeth Noakes, Emily Ponce, Madison Scovel, Makenna Servello,
Jared Snyder, Nick Tang, Rashad Tyler, Ethan Wilson, Luke Yanes
Character Counts
Kayla Adair, Blake Benfield, Brooke Beyerle, Katelynn Cao, Matthew Carney, Isabella Flores, Makayla Frazer, Elysa
Lebig, Isaac Marchall, Dylan Peirson, Jacob Rembulant, Isaiah Smith, Luke Solano, Khanh Tran, Diego Uribe,
Oriana Vara, Tyson Villavicencio, Chelsea Widjaja, Riley young, Angelia Zavala
Academic Achievement
Maura Abulkheir, Jenna Adair, Alexis Aguilar, Cole Ballinger, James Beebee, Issac Brown, Xavier Carlson, Natalia
Contreras, Jessica Diab, Zakiya Douglas, Matthew Dugan, Lars Edwards, Emily Fuentes, Kayden Fuller, Jesse
Garcia, Anthony Garcia, Rosyvette Garcia Pacheco, Tristen Gerren, Daberi Ghebremedhin, Tony Gherir, Logan
Hampton, Maximus Havens, Lilia Hernandez, Alberto Hernandez, Garrett Hilbig, Kayleena Huie, Skye
Hutchinson, Ibrahim Jarjour, Neolani Jimenez, Briana Kay, William Kay, Aleena Kazmi, Najeya Khateeb, Kate
Ledesma, Caitlin Lewis, Matthew Loney, Cadence Losee, Colin Loveland, Rebecca Malatesta, Arvin Mann, Devin
Martinez, Jonah Martinez, Mikayla Martinez Zavala, Larissa McCormick, Brenna McCormick, Nathan McMahan,
Nina Meracos, Bryce Nakunz, Gisells Nava, Priscilla Naylor, Cameryn Negrete, Nathan Nguyen, Kalea Noda,
Journey Parrott, Enzo Perez, Jaylie Racadio, Noah Racine, Logan Reynolds, Kaden Rolle, Eli Smith, Connor
Starkey, Elijah Steele, Emily Stinson, Joshua Tamba, Logen Tosten, Isabella Tovar, Naomi Villar, Benjamin Wang,
Lauren Willey, Chase Winn, Broc Woolard, Vincent Yanez
Aztec Gold Ice cream with the Principal Winners
Jabari Brown, Julissa Jarjour, Rudy Meracos, Layla Dominguez, Emily Evans, Mia Ramirez, Mariah Anderson, Evan
Hopkins, Savannah Barajas, Brendan Neuscheler, Kennedy Ordonez, Tristen Gerren, Taylor Kohrell, Jacen Davis,
Kira Hooper, Dominick Martinez, Kalea Noda, Jessica Diab, Natalie Marriott, CeCe Robinson, Branden Juarez,
Elizabeth Noakes, Melody Rodriguez, Luke Solano
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