Tse'Bii'Nidzisgai Elementary

The TES School Community Council will meet Thursday, March 23 at 3:15 in the conference room for our March meeting. We will be discussing and voting on the 2023-24 Plan of how to spend the Trust Lands Funds. Parents and guardians are welcome to attend and provide input. WE LOVE OUR TES COMMUNITY!!

Ya'at'eeh, TES Families! Tomorrow some of our upper grade students will be attending the Heritage Language Fair at Montezuma Creek. It starts at 9:30. Students participating need to be at TES before 8:15, as busses will leave at that time. Thank you for your support. We are very proud of our TES students!

TES Community, This is a special community announcement. Please take this opportunity to have your eyes checked. Please make sure you set up an appointment to help manage your time. Vision Screening’s at UNHS Monument Valley Clinic The Moran Eye Center will be doing vision screening at the UNHS Medical clinic. When: Saturday, February 25, 2023 Time: 8:00am-3:00pm  Adults and kids welcome  Eye glasses provided through referral if needed  Appointment is required Please call Rosina at (435)678-0704 to schedule your appointment! We hope to see you there!

Ya'at'eeh, TES Family! Ahe'hee for attending our CCR/Parent Conference at TES! We hope you enjoyed meeting with your child's wonderful teachers! We love your students and work hard to create a safe and respectful environment where they want to be and learn. We appreciate all the support from our community to provide sports, eye and dental services, and afterschool programs to your children and families. There is more to come! We appreciate how hard you work to help your children read and write and practice math at home. When we partner with parents/guardians, student scores show it! They are making great progress, as you have seen! We ask that you continue to help your children attend school everyday and come on time. This makes a BIG difference in their learning. We also ask that you not have students bring chips or drinks to school, as we want to encourage healthy diets for their growing bodies and minds. We have wonderful videos created by Clayton Long on our website that we hope you will watch with your children to support the cultural heritage learning they receive from our wonderful Mrs. Christine Rock. Ahe'hee for your wonderful support and teaching your children respect and responsibility. They are our treasured future and we are doing all we can to help them prepare and build confidence in themselves. We will continue to hold Safe Harbor classes in March to help adults heal and write a new story, because YOUR STORY MATTERS! We hope to record more stories and print another book with your input during the coming months. We respect our families and hope to continue to teach our children to Walk In Beauty, the Hozho Way, as you have so beautifully taught them. Ahe'hee!

February Calendar of Events

Hello Parents. Wednesday February 1, 2023 is CCR day (formerly APTT) here at TES. This is an early out day for our students who will be leaving here at 12pm. This is also an opportunity for our parents to meet with our teachers and check in on your students progress. Our teachers look forward to meeting with you and sharing how wonderful your student is in their class. We will be sending information home with your students tomorrow, so please be sure to ask about it. We also want to bring to your attention that we are now (and maybe some already have) looking into home visits. Please think about times that may work for you as your teachers will most likely have some type of schedule that your can sign up on. We love your kiddos and are so thankful of the support that you give them at home.

Parents please be aware that the window to provide input into what fees will be charged in our secondary schools has opened. State Law requires every fee that a parent might be charged in our secondary schools to be approved by the District Board of Education after the public has had two opportunities to provide input. No fees can be charged in elementary schools. Secondary school fees for the upcoming school year must be approved by April 1st of the preceding year. On our January board agenda, one can find the spend plans and Program Sustainability Fee Schedule. (cut and paste link below) Spend plans are intended to let parents know the maximum that could be charged if their child participates in a sport or activity. Give them a look. Contact your local school administrator or school board member if you have questions or would like to provide input. We value your input! https://go.boarddocs.com/ut/sjsd/Board.nsf/vpublic?open#tab-meetings

Attention Parents: Due to poor road conditions, Monument Valley High School and Tsebii'nidzisgai Elementary school will be dismissed at 2PM today, Monday, Jan 23rd. All buses will run early at 2PM and parents should monitor the safe return of their child. Please reach out to the school with any concerns or questions.

NOTICE ***EARLY RELEASE*** January 23, 2023 Due to the current weather conditions and prioritizing student safety, MVHS and TES will be releasing students early at 2:00 P.M. Please Parents Make Sure you are aware that buses will be leaving the Elementary School at 2pm. Please be there to pick up your children at the bus stop. If you are unable to pick your child, please make sure to make arrangements with someone to meet your child at the bus stop.

Hello TES Parents grades 4th to 6th, Please be aware that your students will be bringing home information about a couple of surveys they will be taking. These surveys deal with math and your students experience with it. The form contains all of the information about the surveys, where to locate them on line, and who the data is being collected for. Please take a moment to read it. This data helps us to focus our AmeriCorp Math Mentors on students in need of extra support. If you DO NOT want your student to participate there is a form on the back that needs to be filled out and returned. Please sign and return the back portion ONLY if you DO NOT want to have your student participate.The surveys will be given here at the school in the coming weeks. Thank you for all that you do and allowing us to collect this important math data.

Due to the wet weather, SJSD leaders have determined to have a 2 HOUR Delayed schedule tomorrow. Busses will run 2 hours later than usual. NO AM PRESCHOOL will be held. No breakfast will be served. School will start at 10:00 AM and will end at 3:05, as usual. Ahe'hee!

Hello TES Family. Here is flyer to help you navigate through this holiday season. Stay safe. If you have any questions, please feel free to give our office a call.

Students and teachers are excited to share our Hozho Christmas program with family and friends, Tuesday, December 20, 5:30PM. Please have students arrived by 5:15 so we can start on time. Parents attending JV Basketball game are welcome to come to our practice at 1:00. Ahe'hee for all your support and Ya'at'eeh Keshmish!

Hello everyone. This year is drawing to a close as we come into December. We are so excited about the progress our kiddos are making. We are thankful of the support that we get from our community and families. Here is our next SCC meeting agenda. We hope to see you all there. https://5il.co/1lb58

Ya'at'eeh TES Families! We wanted to remind you to have your student bring their permission slip to participate in the Annual Monument Valley Veterans Marathon scheduled for Friday morning. We have a short assembly, then will ride busses to the Park for races. We will have lunch there. Those who don't bring back permission slips will have activities at the school. School will be dismissed at 1:05 as usual. Ahe'hee for all your support!

TES Elementary is proud to host a community event called "Hozho- Claim the Light Within: A Pathway to Blessings” Individuals and families looking to make positive change in relationships, health, finances, etc. are invited. A Navajo panel of experts (health, foster care, grief and trauma, abuse, business) along with the creators of My Story Matters, will provide resources and tools to help get "unstuck" and claim authorship of the next chapter of your story. This event is recommended for adults 18-99 years old. Childcare will be available upon pre-registration of $5 per child, per day. Seating is limited, so register NOW! Preregistration is a MUST for meals and snack count. All local Veterans are invited to be recognized and celebrated with cake on Friday, 1:00 in the TES Gym. Those who complete the 3-day course will receive a $50 gas card, along with raffles and door prizes throughout. NOW is the time to heal and write your new story! Please register with QR code or visit TES office for assistance. 435-678-1286

TES Elementary is proud to host a community event called "Hozho- Claim the Light Within: A Pathway to Blessings” Individuals and families looking to make positive change in relationships, health, finances, etc. are invited. A Navajo panel of experts (health, foster care, grief and trauma, abuse, business) along with the creators of My Story Matters, will provide resources and tools to help get "unstuck" and claim authorship of the next chapter of your story. This event is recommended for adults 18-99 years old. Childcare will be available upon pre-registration of $5 per child, per day. Seating is limited, so register NOW! Preregistration is a MUST for meals and snack count. All local Veterans are invited to be recognized and celebrated with cake on Friday, 1:00 in the TES Gym. Those who complete the 3-day course will receive a $50 gas card, along with raffles and door prizes throughout. NOW is the time to heal and write your new story! Please register with QR code or visit TES office for assistance.

Many of our students are in need of glasses. If your child is one of them, we found an inexpensive place to purchase frames. https://www.zennioptical.com/p/kids-round-eyeglass-frames/19129?skuId=1912916

Here are our minutes from our School Community Council meeting this afternoon. We appreciate all the parents who came and invite more to join us next month, November 2, We have listed this month's activities discussed and will provide a monthly calendar for parents to access on the TES website and Facebook. We welcome your suggestions and invite you to come volunteer in the school to help with activities or your child's classroom. Ahe'hee!

This is a great way to create strong communication and strengthening your family bond.