• Have your child make or decorate a picture or card, or if your child can write a note then post it in their Google classroom for their teacher to enjoy. 
• If you would like to purchase a little something you can buy a e-gift card from your teacher's favorite place and send them their teacher email address. Please refer to their favorite lists on our website.  Link at the button below. 
• If you would like to show them some love or school spirit you can make posters to hang in front of the school (weather permitting). A PTA person will come take pictures each night and send emails to the teachers so they can see the creative pictures. The PTA has placed a bag of bag-ties on the fence near the school entrance to help hang your posters.
• The school also thought it would be fun to have students write a message to their teacher and send it to either Mrs. Stilson or Mrs. Klahs through email and they will put together a short video.
  • Mrs. Stilson's email:  dstilson@sssd.k12.ca.us
  • Mrs. Klah's email:  eklahs@sssd.k12.ca.us

The Pinetree PTA wishes you and your family all the best during this time.

Superintendent Updates as of 5/1/2020
Good Evening Sulphur Springs Families,

This is Dr. Catherine Kawaguchi, Superintendent, with your Friday Update, May 1, 2020.

As you may be aware, Governor Gavin Newsom made comments about a possible earlier start to the 2020-21 school year. I want you to know that our anticipated start date for the 2020-21 school year has not changed. We will continue to monitor communications that are coming from Sacramento. We are scheduled to begin school on August 13. Please know that district calendars take a great deal of planning and coordination among our staff. We will come to the best decision based upon maintaining student and staff safety with guidance from Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Public Health Department in determining when and how to return students to school.

As you are aware, our District has continued to take the necessary and challenging stepsneeded to support students and families through a Distance Learning environment. We are finding innovative ways to deliver instruction, and also are looking at grading practices to ensure all learners have the opportunity to succeed, and are not penalized in any way by our current grading policies.

For the End of the Year Report Card, an alternative grading practice is being implemented by our teachers.

• Standards covered will be marked on the report card with an asterisk.

• A detailed explanation in the comments section of the report card will be provided for parents, which summarize standards covered.

• Standards not covered during the last term will be left blank on the report card.

Staff are also finalizing details for families to pick-up their child’s personal items and school supplies left in classrooms. A schedule to pick up your child’s items will be emailed home and posted on our District website for each school on May 6th. Please note that the Distribution of student items will be Thursday May 14th or Friday, May 15th. You will be able to choose either day to go to your child’s school to pick up student items.

Finally, I want to remind families, that when you are picking up the free nutritional food at Canyon Springs and/or Mitchell Community Schools between 12:00PM and 1:00PM, we are asking families to please wear face masks to support in protecting staff and families.

Thank you for all that you are doing to partner with us!

NOTICE FROM THE DISTRICT:

Dear Pinetree Families,

I am calling to inform you that Pinetree’s Principal Ms. Deb Stilson will be moving out of the area at the end of the school year, and therefore will not be returning as principal for the 2020-2021 school year. 

Your child’s education and well-being are our most important priorities. One of our goals is to maintain consistency for the students and staff at Pinetree Community School through this transition as the community welcomes a new principal for the 2020-2021 school year. With this in mind, the selection process to establish a new principal for Pinetree Community School has begun.  We look forward to the completion of the hiring process before the end of the school year, and Ms. Stilson will be available to assist the new Principal to ensure a smooth transition.  

The District is asking for you to complete a survey regarding what you feel are the needs for Pinetree Community School. Please go to Pinetree School’s website where you will find the link.

We thank you for your support as we work through the transition process.

Sincerely,

Dr. Catherine Kawaguchi

Superintendent