Del Cerro Elementary

Fall is here, the weather hascooled down and it’s getting darkearlier! Well, the weather cooleddown for a couple of daysanyway. Hopefully everyone hasgotten back into the schoolroutine!We had a great time at theWelcome Back BBQ. Thanks goto Elizabeth Rodriguez fororganizing this large event. Thankyou to the PTA board for comingin to help setup, serve and cleanup. It was a great success and Ihope everyone enjoyed meetingnew people and seeing oldfriends.Back to School night wasWednesday, September 29th.Hopefully you were able to visityour child’s classroom and meettheir teachers. It’s a great wayto find out how your childspends their day and what theexpectations are for the schoolyear.All your membership, yearbook,and other PTA forms are beingcollected and money counted.We are hoping to have yourreceipts sent home duringconference week. Please keepthese receipts available asthings come up during the yearand you want to know whatyou’ve already paid for.Thank you to all of the parentsand teachers that were able toattend our first PTA meeting ofthe year. This is the longestand most business orientedmeeting of the year. Pleasedon’t let that deter you fromcoming to more meetings!!We cover most business inthe first meeting so that wecan have more informationand guest speakers at all theother meetings. Plus, the restof the meetings are muchshorter because most itemsare covered at the first meeting.We will start havingguest speakers at the nextmeeting, Monday, October18th at 7:00 p.m. in theLibrary. See you there!Julie FretwellPTA PresidentPresident@delcerro.org

The kick off is Friday,October 1st and runs for two (2) weeks. There are greatprizes and class rooms with higher class participations will get more playground balls. There will be daily prizes for those students who  turn in their coupons and students with the highest items sold will be invited to a special Game Truck video party! There’s something for everyone in the catalog:

• Gifts for Mom, Dad, Kids & Pets

• Home

• Gift Wrap

•  Holiday Items

There’s also online ordering available. Just go to: www.kidsarefirst.com where parents can register your child for a sellers code.

Presented by Assemblyman
Jeff Miller.
Please join us at ourFingerprinting booth,where children will befingerprinted and will beable to take the fingerprintingkits home.Saturday,October 2nd, 2010from 10am-1pm at555 The Shops at MissionViejo, Mission Viejo, CANear the children’s playarea within the mall.For more info, please contact
Stefanie Benvenuto at
949-598-7171 or Stefanie.
benvenuto@as.ca.gov
This a free event, open tothe public. Children of allages are welcome.

School is well underway as we move into our second month of instruction. There are lots of planned events in the weeks ahead. We hope all of our parents joined us at Back-To-School-Night. We want to encourage every parent to be an active participant in their child’s education. We want you to know about the events planned by your child’s teacher and the school, to include the activities and instruction that is planned for the school year. Staying informed of the procedures and routines being established will help parents be active partners in their children’s education. Parents are the FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT teachers their children will have as they grow, learn, and mature. Del Cerro’s first PTA meeting of the year was very well attended. We had over 40 parents join us and we are hoping for more next month. Each month we will present information on a program being funded by parents and the PTA. In the next few months we will have a presentation by Art Masters, our Science Specialist, our Librarian, and a review of our Computer Lab and
it’s great software. Del Cerro is very fortunate to have parents who support our programs with their time and their resources and we are mindful of that trust as we work with their children. I am very pleased to report that Del Cerro has exceeded its State Annual Performance Index target for 2010. Our target was a score
of 874 and Del Cerro scored 876. The school is scoring in the upper 10% of all elementary schools across the State and we are very proud of the efforts of our students and staff, who have made this happen. It should also be noted that Del Cerro met it Adequate Yearly Progress expectations, which are established by the “No Child Left Behind” Federal program. Parents are welcome to go to www.cde.ca.gov to get information about Del Cerro and other public schools in the county and state. All performance information begins with STAR testing results from our 2nd through 6th graders, who tested in May of last year. Parents can join the school is celebrating our students’ successes. Del Cerro is a great school and test scores are just one measure of our success, but we don’t want to fail to recognize the achievements of our students.
Please continue to read our monthly newsletter, get answers to any questions by going on our Del Cerro website at www.delcerro.org which is a great resource for parents, or the family portal which gives parents
information on grades and homework assignments. It has been a very smooth beginning and we look forward to a great school year. Be a part of our success!
Larry Callison
Principal

Wednesday, Oct 6, 2010
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
26538-H Moulton Pkwy, Laguna Hills
Corner of La Paz & Moulton Pkwy, Laguna Hills.
Be sure to mention Del Cerro! 15% of your food,
drink and token purchase goes to Del Cerro’s
students!
Bring your friends and family!
Questions? Please contact Lesley

Get ready, get set, go! This year’s Fall
Fundraiser will be Kids R First. We will
have a table displaying their products at Back To
School Night so you can seen first hand what quality
items will be available. Funds will help pay for
Science and Art this year, as well as many other
wonderful programs the PTA coordinates for DC
students. Kick off will be Friday, October 1st! Please
don’t forget to stop by our display table!

Wednesday, Sept 22, 2010 1:10pm
In front of Del Cerro School
$2.00 – 8 oz $4.00 – 16 oz Cash Only
Flavors: Caribbean Passion, Strawberries Wild,
Mango-A-Go-Go, Razzmatazz

Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year! I can’t
believe the summer went by so quickly! My name is
Julie Fretwell and I will be serving as your PTA
President and Yearbook co-chair this year. My
husband John and I have two daughters. Kaela is a
sophomore in college and Stephanie is in 6th grade
here at Del Cerro. This is my fourth year serving on
the PTA.
I am looking forward to another successful year with
the PTA. We are looking to support many programs
this year that include Hands on Science, Art Masters
and Reading Counts in order to enhance our
student’s educational experience. We are also going
to continue our efforts in bringing everyone together
as a community with special Book Fair events, Family
Fun Nights and maybe another carnival since it was
such a huge success last year.
Please join us for our first meeting on Monday,
September 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the Library to find
out what’s in store for Del Cerro this year. If you
have any questions or concerns, please contact me at
president@delcerro.org.
If you would like to help out at the school, let me
know! Together we can find a place for you!
Julie Fretwell

As our school has grown this year; so has the parking
lot congestion. Please be courteous and patient and set
a good example for your children. Do not park in the
staff spaces and please drive slowly and WATCH out for
children. It is vital that students not be in the parking
lot unless accompanied by their parent.
Students must use the sidewalk at all
times. Parents please discuss this
with your student(s). Your child’s
safety is very important to us.  For more detailed information, check out our Parking Lot Safety page