January 3, 2021
Dear Taft Families,
This is Principal Garcia-Rubio calling with our first Sunday update for 2021. We hope everyone had a restful break.
GRADE LEVEL ASSEMBLIES ARE COMING!
We missed our students and we would like to welcome them back with Grade Level assemblies.
Mrs. Sanchez, our counselor, Mr. Montoro, our Restorative Justice Coordinator, and Dr. Diana Gonzalez, our Military Family Life Counselor, will host our assemblies on Zoom from 8:35 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. The code for these optional assemblies is 885 3832 2810. This meeting we will be focusing on goal setting.
Our grade level assemblies will be held on the following dates:
6th Grade--Tuesday, January 5, 2021
7th Grade--Wednesday, January 6, 2021
8th Grade-Thursday, January 7, 2021
HONOR ROLL CRITERIA
We would like to congratulate the over 200 students who earned a 3.0 grade point average or above during Term 1 of Online Learning. We challenge our students to increase this number for Term 2. To qualify for Honor Roll, a student must have a 3.33 grade point average or above, with no D’s or F’s and no N’s or U’s. We know our Eagle Scholars can do this! A big thank you goes out to our families who encourage our scholars to do their best.
MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY
The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday will be observed on Monday, January 18, 2021. There will be no online classes on that day.
CERTIFICATED STAFF CHANGES
We will begin January 2021 with a few staff changes. Mrs. Jordis Abbott retired after 25 years of service in education. Mr. Leo Ochoa will be the teacher for the remainder of the year. We welcome him warmly to Taft.
Mr. Mike D’Elia also retired this year. Mr. Andrew Nelson will be on our staff for the remainder of the year. Welcome Mr. Nelson to our community!
On behalf of the Taft Team, we look forward to the opportunities that this new year will offer all of us. We are glad you are at Taft.
Thank you and go Eagles!