Krystal School

English Learner Parent Advisory Committee Join us for an ELAC meeting! October 31, 2022 at 9:30 am Krystal School

Krystal's Trunk or Treat is tonight! Come anytime between 4:30-6:30. We will have candy, food trucks and raffle baskets! This event is open to Krystal families only, please remember to bring your Trunk or Treat pass. The entrance to the event will be through the large gate on the east side of the kinder playground. -Today: Krystal Spirit Day, let's see the new Krystal spirit wear! (no costumes during the school day) -Next Week: Red Ribbon Week! Check the calendar on our website for details about each spirit day. -Mon 10/31: Halloween Spirit Day, wear orange and black, no costumes please.

Brightly-colored fentanyl (referred to as rainbow fentanyl) has been identified as a new trend according to the United States (U.S.) Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Rainbow fentanyl can be found in many forms, including pills, powder, and blocks that can resemble sidewalk chalk or candy. Any pill (regardless of its color, shape, or size) that does not come from a health care provider or pharmacist can contain fentanyl and can be deadly. For more information you can visit the DEA website here: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans

Attention Krystal Families! Our school needs help getting funding. If your child brings home a green survey form this week, please complete it and return it to Krystal by Monday, October 24th. It can help fund field trips, our school wide free breakfast/lunch program, supplies and more! It's fast and completely confidential. If you prefer, the form may be filled out by visiting lunches.hesperiausd.org (click the orange "Titan" logo). Thank you for your support!

Krystal Spirit Wear is here! We are excited to start wearing our new spirit wear designed by our very own Krystal Comet, Allison! Spirit wear orders will come home next week and a new order form will be sent home soon for anyone that would like to order any items.

Red Ribbon Week: Celebrate Life! Live Drug Free! October 24th-October 28th Let's celebrate life and living drug free with these fun spirit days! Monday 10/24: A celebration of life! Wear your favorite RED clothing! Tuesday 10/25: Peace out to drugs! Wear tie dye clothing. Wednesday 10/26: Wacky Wednesday! Wear mismatched clothing. Thursday 10/27: Say cheers! Wear your Mickey ears! (or anything Disney) Friday 10/28: Fancy Friday! Dress to impress to conclude our celebration of life week! Students that are participating in these spirit days may wear jeans, please continue to follow the district's dress code.

**Krystal Raffle Baskets** Purchase your raffle basket tickets before or after school all week (Tue-Fri)! Tickets will also be available at our Trunk or Treat event on Friday, 10/21. Families may purchase tickets and view baskets in our library (door is near the kindergarten playground). Please remember to use the side crosswalk during arrival and dismissal when coming to view the raffle baskets.

We are looking for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to join Krystal’s VEX IQ Robotics team! View the flier linked below for information on how to TRY OUT for the team. All interested students will need to submit a short video and attend a 1 day camp. https://bityl.co/EvYG

Our Trunk or Treat is coming and we need LOADS of candy! We are accepting donations of bags of individually wrapped candy. Candy can be turned in to your child's teacher or the Krystal office. Please send candy by October 19th. Thank you! *Save the date: Trunk or Treat, October 21st, 4:30-6:30pm*

School Site Council Please take a moment to fill out this ballot for Krystal's School Site Council. Voting needs to be submitted by Friday, September 29th. Thank you! https://forms.gle/zzXBZfRNx6tkXRdr6

Spirit Wear Blowout Sale! We're selling all of our old spirit wear, get it while you can! After school (9/27-9/30) until 4:30 near the front lobby. If you ordered the new spirit wear, it will be coming soon!

Minimum Days Krystal Tk-6th grade students will dismiss at 1:20 on Tuesday, September 27th- Friday, September 30th to allow for parent conferences. Please contact your child's teacher if you have not yet scheduled a conference.

Did you know that for the 2022-2023 school year, ALL enrolled students will receive FREE Breakfast and Lunch? However an Income Form is still needed, it helps Krystal receive the full educational funding it deserves! All information is kept confidential and is not shared. The information will NOT be used to determine your child's eligibility since meals will be free to all students regardless of income. Please take a minute to fill out the form if you have not done so. If you prefer a paper copy please let the front office know. Thanks for your help! Titan Income Form (Due by Oct 24th): https://bityl.co/EbUK

VOTE NOW! Thanks to all of you, Krystal School has been nominated once again for Best Public Elementary School in the Desert. You can vote DAILY until Friday, September 30th! Get your votes in! https://bityl.co/Ebh1

Attention Krystal 4th, 5th and 6th Grade Students! We are excited to start our K-Kids Club. K-Kids is a student-led service club. Members of Krystal’s K-Kids Club will work together on service projects for the school and our community. Through these service projects, students will develop leadership potential, foster the development of strong moral character, and build loyalty to our school and community. If you are interested in joining, please view the flier linked below: https://bityl.co/ETnk

Hesperia Days Parade Saturday, September 17 @ 9:00am Lots of exciting stuff happening at the Hesperia Days Parade for our Krystal students! Our Drill Team will be marching in the parade and one of our Krystal Comets won 1st PLACE in the Advance Disposal Art Contest and their artwork will be revealed during the parade. We hope to see you there, be sure to wear your Krystal spirit wear!

*Urgent Dismissal Change* Starting tomorrow (Tue. 9/13), Students who are dismissed as WALKERS will have a different procedure than they have been used to this year. From now on, Walkers will exit the school through the brown gate near the bus circle on Farmdale Street. Students will be escorted to the corner of Farmdale and Krystal by a proctor and supervised by teachers along the route. (If your student has been a walker in the past, this will be familiar as it is the way Walkers have dismissed in the past) It is very important to recognize that parents now need to wait for their children in the dirt lot at the corner crosswalk or in the dirt lot behind the school. Please support our process and the safety of all students by waiting in these designated areas and NOT in the bus circle, school parking lot, or along the sidewalks. If you would like to change your student to be "walk-up" or "drive-up" for dismissal, please fill out the dismissal change form linked below. Dismissal Change Form: https://bityl.co/ELMx

Join Krystal's Parent Teacher Club! This is the last week of our PTC membership drive. Your $5 membership supports our students and our school. Let's fill our Minion board with bananas! Be sure to join us for our first PTC meeting on September 14th at 9:30am in the cafeteria.

Krystal's School Site Council https://bityl.co/EHLw School Site Council is a committee that oversees the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and expenditures. We are currently in need of two more members. If you would like to be a member of Krystal's Site Council or nominate someone, please add your name or theirs in the blank sections below for voting purposes. Please have your nominations in by September 16, 2022. This committee meets at least once every quarter in the morning.

Attention Krystal Families! Are you interested in schoolwide volunteer opportunities? Join the Remind group @2223pv (https://www.remind.com/join) to be in the loop of upcoming opportunities! ¡Atención familias de Krystal! ¿Están interesados en oportunidades de voluntariado en la escuela? ¡Únase al grupo de Remid @2223pv (https://www.remind.com/join) para estar al tanto de las próximas oportunidades!