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Principal's Message - June 2010Dear Arlington Families, Friends, and Super Stars! Open House I cannot believe that there are only three weeks of school left in the 2009-2010 school year! As usual, the campus is bustling with learning, activities, and fun. The staff and myself were so pleased with our turn out on Open House Night! I hope all of you had as wonderful of a time as I did looking at all the student work showcased for the event and eating the delicious ice cream! Yum! End of Year Reminders As we begin to close for the school year, we ask families to ensure that all library books are returned, textbooks find there way back to school, and lunch balances are paid in full. If students are in good standing in all of these areas yearbooks will be passed out, report cards distributed, and our summer with start with no worries! I thank you in advance for your cooperation regarding these matters. Class Configurations Besides collecting books and homework for the end of the year, the office and staff are starting to plan for classroom configurations, student placement, and teaching assignments for next school year. It is the philosophy of Arlington Elementary and the Torrance Unified School District, along with federal and state laws and guidelines that public school classrooms are to be heterogeneously grouped. This means each class should have an even distribution of achievement levels, an equitably balance of boys and girls, as well as students learning English as a second language, students with special needs, and students of various ethnicities. Thus, requests for specific teachers are not considered. Class Sizes, Start Date and Times Speaking of class configuration, it is important to remember our class sizes are increasing next fall due to the financial crisis of the State. For the 2010 – 2011 school year kindergarten through grade three will have a 30:1 ratio and 4th and 5th grade with a ration of 34:1. Also, our first day of school has changed to September 8th with start and end times remaining the same, K, 4, and 5 will begin school at 8:50 a.m. 1st – 3rd grade will begin at 8:59. All grades, with the exception of kindergarten will end at 3:12 p.m. Kindergarten will end at 1:59. Please continue to visit the TUSD website www.tusd.org throughout the summer for more information on budget concerns. Are you moving? If you do not anticipate returning to Arlington next school year, please let your classroom teacher know soon so we can accurately plan for classroom configurations. I hope that you are as pleased as I am with your child’s progress this school year. It has been a pleasure working as Arlington’s principal. I hope that your child feels a special connection to our school and our Super Star community. Have a great rest of the school year, and I will see you in September! Sincerely,
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