Student Calendar 2011-2012
  • February 11th - PTA Family Dance
  • February 13th - Volunteer Orientation - 6:30 p.m./Foundation Mtg. - 7:00 p.m. - LRC
  • February 17th - Friday Flag & Student Council Spirit Day - Girls in Pearls/Guys in Ties
  • February 20th-24th - District Recess - No school
  • March 9th - PTA Movie Night
  • March 12th - Volunteer Orientation - 6:30 pm/Foundation Mtg. - 7:00 pm - LRC
  • March 16th - Science Fair
  • March 23rd - Foundation Fundraiser - Carmel Mountain Country Club
  • March 23rd - Friday Flag & Student Council Spirit Day - Crazy Dress Day

WHEN SHOULD MY CHILD STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL?

Please take a few minutes at home to carefully check your child’s health before he/she leaves for school each morning. The following are a few suggestions, which may help to guide you:

REASONS FOR KEEPING YOUR CHILD HOME:

~Illness during the night ~Fever is present (100 degrees or greater) ~Complaints of nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, headache, diarrhea prior to leaving for school ~Development of a rash on face and/or body ~Has a severe cold, cough and/or sore throat ~Has inflamed eye(s) with discharge from them Please Remember: An ill child cannot function properly in the classroom. The spread of illness and disease through class or school can be more easily monitored if sick children remain at home during the acute stage of an illness. If the school health tech detects any of the above, your child will be sent home.

People with influenza-like illness are to remain home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100o F [37.8o C]) without the use of fever-reducing medications.

A student’s absence should be reported on the School Absence Hotline by calling: (858)485-4876.

Homework can also be requested on this phone message, please indicate when you will be picking it up.

 

 

Welcome to Highland Ranch
Anita Watson, Principal
Principal's Message

14840 Waverly Downs Way, San Diego CA 92128
Phone: 858-674-4707 Fax: 858-485-7642
ESS: 858 485-7310
Attendance – 858-485-4876
Office Hours:  M-F 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
School Hours:  7:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

THIS WEEK AT THE RANCH

February 6, 2012

  • CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM -   Please continue to send in any crayons you were going to discard to our crayon recycling.  Your child’s classroom has a bag for collecting those unwanted crayons.  Recognition will be given to the class who has collected the most crayons.  They will be weighed and the winner announced on Feb. 17th. 

  • VALENTINE GRAMS - Student Council Valentine Grams will be sold on Wednesdays and Thursdays before and after school this week.  They will be delivered to students on Tuesday, February 14th.  Thank you for your support!

  • YEARBOOK – YEARBOOK NEWS:  Ordering: The Pre-Order Price of $25.00 has been extended until February 14th – Next Tuesday!!!!!  After that the price will increase to $28.00.  You can click on the link on our website which will take you to the Josten's website to purchase.
    Submitting Photos:  The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook.  If you’ve got great photos of school events, we’d like to see them.  Our photographers can’t be everywhere.  Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.  Here is how you can submit photos online:  Enter Login ID 400113121, Password: hres.
    ·       Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload, click on “Image Share”.
    ·       Enter information about the photo by providing student name and teacher name if a classroom picture or event info if a campus activity.
    ·       Click “Save Details”.
    It’s that easy!  Submit your photos today!  The deadline to submit is February 24.  The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content.  We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.

  • PTA – Please support HRES while getting out of the kitchen.  Tonight  from 5:00-8:00 pm have dinner at Chick-Fil-A.  Our school will receive a donation based on the amount of sales brought in from 5:00-8:00 pm. Be sure to take the flyer with you that is attached to this email.  Thank you for your support.
    PTA meeting THURSDAY evening, 7pm- All PTA members are invited.  Chick-Fil-A Flier

  • FAMILY DANCE - The HRES first annual Family Dance is scheduled for This Saturday, Feb. 11th at the Carmel Mountain Country Club from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Ticket can be purchased after school every day this week.  Come join us for a special evening of dancing, snacks, photo ops and plenty of family friendly fun!

  • FOUNDATION – Spell-A-Thon has been very successful so far!  Don't forget to collect your pledge money and turn it in to your teacher by Wednesday!  The class that raises the most money will win an ice cream party and it will be announced at the next Friday Flag.
    Jamba Juice sales every Wednesday!
    Our 2nd annual Silent Auction and Party Gras is March 23!  We are still in need of auction items.  Items or services are welcome!  You can drop items off in the office or email the foundation regarding your donation.  Tickets can be purchased on our website at Highlandrancheducationalfoundation.org

  • SCIENCE FAIR -  This year’s Highland Ranch Science Fair and Exhibition will take place on Friday, March 16th, from 4:30-7:30 in the MPR. Students in all grades are invited to participate and information can be found on the Highland Ranch Science Fair website (highlandranchsciencefair.blogspot.com) 
    Parents and students interested in learning more about how to design a science fair project may want to attend an upcoming workshop, led by HRES parents Shelley Glenn Lee (PTA Science Fair Chairperson and a science educator) and Jeannette Lopatka (past science teacher).  Each workshop will be offered at 2:00pm, and again at 6:30 pm on the scheduled days.  Please RSVP your name and the date and time of the workshop you would like to attend to dacuna@powayusd.com
    WORKSHOPS DATES
    Thursday, February 16: How to choose a project and generate a testable question.
    Thursday, March 1: Perfecting your hypothesis, collecting data, and analyzing results.
    Thursday, March 8: Organizing and communicating data: How to build an effective presentation board.

  • VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION – There will be a Volunteer orientation on Monday, Feb. 13th at 6:30 pm in the school library.

  • FRIDAY FLAG DATES –2/3, 2/17 (wear your Character Counts shirts), 3/9, 3/23, 4/13, 4/27, 5/11 (Tch. Appreciation Week) , 5/25 (In observance of Memorial Day).

  • Other fliers of interest this week:  Grandparent Information, Synthetic Drug Information and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen.