Greetings All Star Families,

Thank you All Star Parents for joining us this past week for Parent-Teacher Conferences! The teachers enjoyed meeting with you and we look forward to continuing the home-school partnership.

The Country Springs PFA invites you to Movie Night, next Friday, September 26th @ 5pm in the HOF! See flyer attached to this communication for more information!

The Country Springs FALL FESTIVAL is coming on October 24th from 5pm - 7pm! Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Prop 28 Classes and Debate start next week! If you sign-up for Robotics (2nd/3rd only) we will have three sessions. If you did not receive a permission slip for this week, you will automatically be placed in another session. Remember - ALL participants must have a permission slip to attend both before-school and after-school classes.

The PFA Read-a-thon continues through this Sunday, 9/21/25! Please submit any final donations or pledges by Sunday at 5pm. Please see the information below.

Parents, please remember to bring your identification if you are coming on the Country Springs campus to volunteer in the class. We have a new system called Visitor Aware, and all parents must show ID in the office to be allowed on campus. Safety of students and staff is a priority at Country Springs.

Here are some upcoming events at the ballpark:

9/20 - Saturday School #1 @ 8:15 - 12:30

9/22 - 9/26 - 6th Grade - Police Academy Week

9/29 - 10/3 - Scholastic Book Fair

10/1 - Pastries with Papa @ 7am - 7:45am

10/6 - 10/10 - Police Academy Week (6th Grade)

10/8 - MVP Ceremony @ 8am & 9am

10/8 - Family Dine Out - Chipotle

10/14 - PFA Meeting @ 8:15am

10/16 - Great California Shake Out @ 10:16am

10/16 - School Site Council #1

10/16 - 5th Grade Evening Performance @ 5pm

10/18 - Saturday School #2 @ 8:15am

10/24 - End of Trimester 1

10/24 - Fall Festival @ 5pm -7pm

Please mark your calendars for all these important events!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hyland

Parents of GATE Students,

Please join us for a GATE Parent Meeting on Thursday, 9/25/25 @ 2:45pm in the Hall of Fame. We have the current President of the California Association for the Gifted (CAG), Krista Landgraf, coming to share information that will help your GATE student excel.

All parents interested in GATE may attend.

Fall Fundraiser extended until Sunday, 9/21/25 @ 5pm!

Thank you again for all your support during the past 2 weeks! We are still short of our goal and we are hoping we can get some last minute donations/pledges to help raise these funds. Your donations go directly to support classrooms, educational materials, educational field trips, and so much more!

Help us reach our Fall Fundraising goal!

This Saturday, 9/20/25, is our first SATURDAY SCHOOL @ 8:15am - 12:30pm. If you had an absence between 8/4/25 - 9/19/25 you are invited to attend. This is an opportunity to clear you absence. This year we are allowing ONE (1) absence to count towards your attendance award if you attend Saturday School. This is not per trimester, rather one time per year. All students must have a permission slip signed by a parent or a guardian. (There are four additional Saturday Schools scheduled for the year on 10/18/25, 12/6/25, 1/24/26, and 3/21/26.)

Get ready for the Scholastic Book Fair! This is a great opportunity for you to help build your child's home library with new books that they will love and help raise funds for our Country Springs PFA!

The easiest way to let your child shop the Fair independently is by creating an eWallet. It's easy to set up and easy for others to add funds.

Here are the details about the Book Fair:

Country Springs "Press Box"

9/29/25 - 10/03/25

Your child will visit during their class time slot on campus

For full details, and to create an eWallet, visit our school's Book Fair homepage:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/countryspringses

We look forward to seeing you at the Country Springs BOOK FAIR soon!

Attention all All Star Dads!

Please SAVE THE DATE for Pastries with Papa on Wednesday, October 1st at 7:00am - 7:45am in the Hall of Fame.

More information has been sent out, please send your RSVPs.

The Country Springs PFA is having a Thinknlocal Fundraiser from 9/1/25 - 12/31/25. This is a great way to support our school by shopping and dining locally. Please download the app, dine and shop and upload your receipts. It's that easy! There are multiple flyer attached to this communication that explain the process. Thank you for supporting on Country Springs PFA!

We made it to September! Woohoo! Fall and cooler weather here we come! What a month of easing back into the school year, teaching our All Stars our school-wide expectations, handing out Trading Cards for good behavior and choices, Healthy Minds Lessons in classrooms and seeing the growth of our amazing All Stars. Teaching and talking to your All Star students on ways to manage their emotions at the beginning of the school year can help your students learn (or re-learn) the skills they will need to adjust to the school year and navigate the challenges that the upcoming months may bring. Something fun that we talked about in our Healthy Minds Lessons was the importance of how the adults in our lives can help us and make sure that we have Healthy Minds. Incorporate a conversation with your All Star to see what fun activity you all can do as a family that makes them smile. In September, I will be hosting our first Social Emotional Lunchtime Activity with the students! This year, I will continue to focus on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), positive self talk, building positive relationships, friendship skills, social skills and the importance of conversation skills.

Please be sure to follow our pick up and drop off expectations to keep our All Stars safe! We appreciate your patience in waiting to drop off and pick up your child; please be courteous to one another and the staff out on duty. All drivers must remain in their cars.

For safety reasons, please use cross-walks and sidewalks only. Do not cross the driveways.