Soulsbyville Elementary School

​This is a unique first day of school, and one that is bound to have some bumps and glitches. Remember that we are all in this together! This first week is all about figuring out the problems in order to fix them, so please reach out and let us know how we can help make this work for you. Call or email your child's teacher, the office, or any member of our administration team. Together We Soar!

We are rolling out a new Distance Learning tab on our website. This will be a great shortcut to finding your teachers' Google Classrooms!

Hello Soulsbyville Familes! This week’s update includes three documents: 1) the most recent survey results; https://5il.co/ik27 2) Soulsbyville’s Virtual Attendance flyer (previously referred to as Independent Study); https://5il.co/ik28 3) the tentative reopening plan; https://5il.co/ik26 If you would like to make a request for either the A cohort or the B cohort due to work schedules, high school sibling coordination or child care needs, you will find a request form on our website. Under the Menu tab click on Parent Resources and choose "Group Placement Request Form" Also on our website you can access the Soulsbyville Virtual Attendance (SVA) Enrollment form as well as the requirements for SVA. Click on the Menu tab and choose "Virtual Attendance Program" www.soulsbyvilleschool.com There will be a Board Meeting held through Zoom next Wednesday, July 29th at 4:00 pm to get feedback on the draft reopening plan.

Hello Soulsbyville Family, even though it is Summer we are thinking of you! These are difficult times and we all have our own stories to tell about what those difficulties have been, but hopefully it helps to know we also have our shared story as Falcons, as Soulsbyville Family, where no one of us is as smart as all of us! We are working hard to get our students back on campus and genuinely appreciate your feedback on previous surveys. We know you are waiting anxiously to hear what school will look like when we come back in August. We don’t yet have a definite answer, but there are three possibilities for our reopening: 1) Independent Study for all students - please see the linked flyer for details: https://5il.co/ibj7 2) Soft Start - this could be a later start date or an A/B schedule with Independent Study as an option; or 3) Traditional Start on campus with safeguards and protocols to minimize risk, and with Independent Study as an option. To be transparent we are preparing for all three possibilities, but absolutely hoping for a traditional start. Considering Tuolumne County circumstances have changed since our last survey, we would like to get an update on your thoughts concerning these possibilities. Please follow the survey link https://forms.gle/qZBeo5AGbjMwHGyr6 and respond with one reply per family. Thank you! We would also like you to meet a new member of our Falcon Family: https://5il.co/ibj8

Thank you to the Monsen family for your generous book donation! Our students and staff will enjoy them. Book donations help keep our library up to date and full of new reading choices for our students.

I want to give a BIG shout out to Eli Waters as he received special recognition from Cal Fire, Tuolumne County Garden Club, and US Forestry Service for his artwork. He won 3rd Place in the Smokey the Bear Art Contest!!! Awesome Job Eli!!!

Soulsbyville School: Please enjoy shopping our book fair online and supporting our school. Start your online shopping by using the link below. The book fair will be open from May 4th-May 17th. Books will ship to your home. Make wish lists to send to friends and family. Grandparents and relatives afar can also purchase books for you or themselves from our online fair. Keep on reading! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/soulsbyvilleelementaryschool1

Soulsbyville School: Please use the following link for a short video message from our staff: https://vimeo.com/408976433

Here’s a fun activity to do at home with your children and families. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Soulsbyville Families! Yesterday we held the Read to Succeed contest drawing for grades 1-6. The contest ran February 4th - 28th and was sponsored by the Sonora Lions Club. Students read a book and took an AR test. During this time each child who read a book and passed a test filled out a ticket to be entered into the drawing for a Kindle Fire. Below is the list of winners! Your child’s teacher will be in contact with you. The students will be informed by their teachers to pick up the prizes April 13th-15th from the main office, between 11am-1pm. 1st grade- Sophia Ruiz (Howell) 2nd grade- Trevor Hill (Taylor) 3rd grade- Roslyn Anderson ( Malagon) 4th grade- Nichole Storm ( Baer) 5th grade- Kylie Shepard ( Memmer) 6th grade- Jonathon Korte ( Fulkerson/Hopper) Last draw for all grades together winner , 5th grade- Matthew Wood ( Memmer) Awesome job reading! Here are some statistics from the contest: Total students who participated : 377 Total books read: 2,476 Total books by grade : 1st- 591 2nd- 1,066 3rd- 394 4th- 119 5th- 153 6th- 153

Roslyn was this years, 3rd grade, Read to Succeed winner.

Roslyn was this years, 3rd grade, Read to Succeed winner.

Third grade Falcons have been using their prior knowledge and creative skills to learn about adaptations. Briella’s camouflage collage represents the natural world using an artistic model.

We are in this together even though we are far apart. I “love” these photos from February. We worked in triads, practiced collaborative learning and continued to build our classroom community. #letsallbewell #stayconnected

During this difficult time our Soulsbyville family has stayed united. Continue to stay positive, connected, and creative. Love you all, Ms. Malagon

Under the continued guidance of Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, Soulsbyville will be extending the school closure through May 1st. School is scheduled to resume on Monday, May 4th. Additional work packets will be made available for pick up the week of April 13th. School lunches will continue to be available 11:00-1:00 Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday.

Soulsbyville Family, I love you and care about you! I look forward to being with you again. All my love, Ms. Malagon

I’m “lucky!” I get to be this leprechaun ‘s teacher! In third grade we learn cursive and all about adjectives. His classmates used these adjectives to describe him.

I’m missing these third graders and our adjective lessons.

At this time under the guidance of Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, Soulsbyville will be extending the school closure through Monday, April 13th. School will resume on Tuesday, April 14th. During the extended closure period lunches will continue to be available from 11:00-1:00 for pick up and an update regarding skill building curriculum will be made available after the spring break recess on Monday, March 30th.