Important Announcement:
We will be having an early dismissal tomorrow, Thursday, November 13, at 1:30pm, in order for the teachers to evaluate benchmark data and use it to plan instruction. Please note that the after school program will available until 4:30pm tomorrow. The normal 1:30pm bus routes will operate this day. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school office.
Our Small Schools Annual Dance will be held on Friday, December 5, from 10:00am-1:00pm. The theme for the dance will also be a "Winter Wonderland." We will have a DJ, photo booth ($5), and snack bar. We look forward to hosting the dance and know the students will have fun!
Important Announcement:
As our students finish their NWEA Benchmark testing this week, we will be having an early dismissal on Thursday, November 13, at 1:30pm, in order for the teachers to evaluate the data and use it to plan instruction. Please note that the after school program will available until 4:30pm that day. The normal 1:30pm bus routes will operate this day. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school office.
We are having an Elk Hills Family Night at the Condors Game on Friday, November 7. If you would like purchase tickets at a discounted price, please scan the QR code on the attached post! This is a fundraiser so feel free to share this post with friends and family!
We will start our 2nd benchmark testing of the school year this week. Please see the post to best help your student. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing our students' progress!
Please go to the following link to sign up: https://forms.gle/qDqqJ87N77Vkpj5i7
The form will close once 20 poeple have signed up.
If you have any questions please contact Cassandra McGowan at camcgowan@elkhills.org or call 661-550-1249
NEW PUMPKIN ALERT: Scooby-Doo, created by Ms. Betty Negrete for the Resource Room!
Tickets are only $1.00!
Don't forget about the Trunk or Treat on 10/31/25! Trunk set-up begins at 8:30AM with Trunk or Treat beginning about 9:15AM! Join us after the Trunk or Treat for a costume contest, Storybook Pumpkin Opportunity Drawing ($1.00 per ticket), Student Council popcorn sales ($2.00 per bag and .25 per extra flavor), 8th grade root beer/orange float sales ($2.00)! Please see all fliers below for more details. Please note that Friday is a minimum day and there will be NO after school program available.
Community Bingo Night is Thursday, 10/30/25, from 5:00 PM-6:30 PM in the Elk Hills cafeteria! This a free event open to all! We hope to see you there!
Elk Hills will be hosting a movie night Tuesday October 28, at 5:00pm for our students and their families! Join us as we watch The Addams Family! Admission is free! A limited number of snack boxes will be available for purchase at the event: $5 cash. We hope to see you there!
Don't forget about the Trunk or Treat on 10/31/25! Trunk set-up begins at 8:30AM with Trunk or Treat beginning about 9:15AM! Join us after the Trunk or Treat for a costume contest, Storybook Pumpkin Opportunity Drawing ($1.00 per ticket), and Student Council popcorn sales ($2.00 per bag and .25 per extra flavor)! Please see all fliers below for more details.
Weeks 9 and 10 gave some reprieve to the insanely busy schedule here at Elk Hills, but we still stayed very busy!
Cycle two of Walk to Learn math and ELA intervention groups continued and will run through this Friday, October 24. Walk to Learn cycles run for three weeks, then we take one week for assessing and regrouping. Students who test out of intervention groups work independently during Walk to Learn. They can work on class assignments, get caught up on homework, read silently, or use one of the many learning apps available to them to enhance their academic skills! We will begin assessing and regrouping students next week.
On October 8th, we held our second Mentorship Meet-Up where we spent time connecting with our mentees while we wrote letters to Veterans or colored pictures for them. These letters and beautifully colored pictures were then given to the Taft branch of the Kern County Library where the staff will pass them out to local Veterans. We even had some students craft some extremely kind letters to our own Veteran, Mr. Medina. Our mentees have now spent an hour of time with their menters, by the end of the school year we will have spent about five hours of time connecting with our mentees! Did you know that children who have a mentor are much more likely to graduate from high school and have aspirations of attending college?
We had our first Career Community Speaker of the year on October 9th. Krystal Barboza with Hall Ambulance came and spoke to the TK-1st grade students about what it takes to become an EMT or 911 Dispatcher and the importance of reading and math in relation to that career path! The students were full of wonder and excitement and for their participation they received their very own EMT sticker, color page, and very cool tour of an ambulance! Thank you to Krystal Barboza and Hall Ambulance for inspiring young minds!
October 10th brought the end of our Volleyball season with the COED Small Schools League Volleyball Tournament which was held at Maricopa Unified School District. Thank you to all the students who participated and all the families who attended to support our Elk gang! This date also marked the end of the first quarter.
The week of October 13-17 marked Parent Teacher Conference week. I saw a lot of families on campus for these conferences. Thank you for showing up for not only your students but for our staff as well! Showing up for even the smallest of events on campus shows your student that you are interested in what’s happening with them at school and that you value their education. If you’re showing up they will want to show up too!
Elk Hills participated in the Oildorado parade on October 18th, thank you to all the staff and students who came to represent Elk Hills!
We have noticed a significant increase in absences, particularly on Mondays and Fridays, which are two of the most important learning days of the week. Mondays are generally when new concepts are introduced and the foundation for the week is laid. Fridays are when assessments on those concepts are held. It takes three days to make up for the learning loss of missing one day of school. If your student does have to miss school, please be sure to call the office to excuse the absence and provide any doctors notes to Mrs. Shara within 24 hours. Our attendance goal is 97% attendance daily.
The next two months are sure to keep us all busy! Please be sure you are regularly checking your students’ backpacks for fliers, certificates, paperwork, and other important information that may be sent home!
Upcoming Events:
10/20-10/24: Walk to Learn Reassessment and Regrouping
10/21: Virtual PTO Meeting @ 6PM (Zoom link will be posted in Parent Square)
10/23: TK-1st to Cherry Acres Pumpkin Patch
10/23: 6th-8th to USC
10/24: 2nd, 5th, 8th 100% for 20 Pizza Party @ 1:30PM
10/27-10/31: Red Ribbon Week: Life is a Puzzle, Solve it Drug Free!
Dress Up Days:
10/27: Let’s Get Red-y to be Drug Free- wear red
10/28: Kick the Drugs Away- represent your favorite sports team or sport
10/29: Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free- dress like your favorite movie/cartoon character
10/30: Leave Drugs and Bullying in the Past- dress from decades past
10/31: Don’t Get Tricked, Stay Drug Free- wear your school-appropriate costumes
10/28: Elk Hills Family Movie Night: The Addams Family @ 5PM
10/27-11/14: Walk to Learn Cycle 3
10/30: Community Bingo Night @ 5PM
10/31: Trunk or Treat @ 9AM (trunk set-up begins at 8:30AM, this is a minimum day!)
11/3-11/7: Winter Benchmark Assessment
11/10: Make-up Picture Day
11/11: Veterans Day- NO SCHOOL
11/14: Small Schools League Soccer Tournament (Details coming soon!)
11/20: Community Bingo Night @ 5PM
11/24-11/28: Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL
