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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Families,

It’s Staff Appreciation Week! Time to show the Emerson Staff how grateful we are for everything they do for our students and families. We have the most dedicated, talented and caring staff. We are proud to represent Berkeley and the Elmwood community. This week we celebrate the teachers, instructional coaches, office staff, instructional assistants, after school staff, kitchen staff, custodial staff, special education and specialist staff who make this place so great. It’s the people who make Emerson so special and we are thankful!

Even with the drizzle, the Move-A-Thon was a blast! Big Shout Out to Elise Kneram and Rana Cho for planning and hosting this event for the second year in a row. It was wonderful to see the students having fun and parents enjoying an opportunity to socialize. Special thanks to all the parents who shared delicious home cooked food which represented our richly diverse cultural community, including the delicious Ethiopian coffee, Middle Eastern samosas and Filipino dessert. Even the BBQ grill was fired up! There were also free gifts, including Emerson water bottles and head bands for those who worked up a sweat. The music was energizing and one of the tent areas turned into an impromptu dance area. The Emerson community knows how to have fun—rain or shine!

We are proud of our students who are completing the end of the school year assessments. They were diligent and put in effort, which will allow teachers and parents to learn how students have progressed this school year. Keep an eye out for your child’s Winter Assessment scores, which will be sent home before the end of this trimester. Student’s final Report Cards will come home on the last day of school in their backpacks. In a review of data, we are pleased that Emerson students continue to outperform the district median and have made large gains in literacy and writing. As we move into summer, we encourage you to continue to read to and with your child, as well as take advantage of our local libraries and books on tape. Let’s avoid the summer slide by continuing to read this summer. Stay tuned for the Summer Reading Log which you can use to help record your student’s progress.

Join us in welcoming the 5th Grade students and Teachers back from their SleepAway Camp trip to Camp Arroyo in the Livermore Hills. Thank you for supporting field trips through the Heart of Emerson campaign each fall. Students, staff and chaperone were able to get away to learn about nature in a beautiful and peaceful setting.

Take care,

Jana Holmes

UPCOMING EVENTS AND KEY DATES

Monday, May 8 - Friday, May 12: Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week

Monday, May 15: No School - Malcolm X Holiday

Tuesday, May 23: PTA Association Meeting #3 6pm - Board Election (Zoom; Meeting ID: 838 2821 0937, Passcode: 903518)

Thursday, May 18: Emerson Open House (5:30-7:00pm)

Thursday, May 25: Tech Talk: Gaming and Online Safety (7-8pm)

Friday, May 26: Last day of PTA After-School Classes

Monday, May 29: No School - Memorial Day

Friday, June 2: Last Day of School

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Shout-Outs

PTA UPDATE

Teacher/STAFF Appreciation Week

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is not long enough to express gratitude for our educators. Thank you Emerson community for contributing to Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, with the amazing planning and presentations led by Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell and Carol Wang, and Grade Parents across the school.

The Second Annual Move-a-thon

Despite overnight rain with a 60% chance of more rain in the morning, we forged ahead with the Move-a-thon last weekend! We were rewarded with a great turnout and eventual sunshine. Everyone who showed up won an Emerson water bottle, headband, snacks, and popsicles. It was a close competition between 3rd and 4th Grade, with 4th Grade winning First Place in points. Their Pizza Party awaits! And stay tuned for future karaoke events, because we saw (and heard) at the Move-a-thon that Emerson’s got talent, kids AND adults!

An event like the Move-a-thon requires many volunteers and community members, thank you all! Credit and appreciation for: PTA Board members Elise Kneram, Ariel Clute and Merlin Edwards II; Grade Parents; volunteers Amy Fire, Kaolin Fire, Carol Wang, Eleanor Hollander, Emma Cott, Jennifer Ruskin, Katie Caygill-Knapp, May Mash, Lauren Willis, Robert Lewis, Sara Shnider, Silvia Kim, Nancy Hogan, and Matt Small (Karaoke DJ).

And the food, oh the food!!! We feasted on BBQ links on the grill, international treats and Ethiopian coffee at the Culture Corner in the playground, Halo Halo with homemade ube ice cream, thanks to: Merlin Edwards II, Dagmawi Solomon, Tigist Guada, Bruk Abebe, Etsegenet Dejene, Ejigayehu Goshu, Anila Khan, Dimpal Pariyar, Amjad Khan, Hafsah Khan, Gagan Thind, Jazz Thind, Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell, Vivi Andrijani, Jeff Hipona, Katy Davis, Pall Kunchai, Vanessa Leonardo, Arabelle Malinis, Forrest Bell and Matt Small.

We donated lots of worn sneakers to Gotsneakers.com, and even sold (and gave away!) some vintage Emerson gear. Didn’t get to buy any Emerson merch? You can, ALL YEAR ROUND through our Emerson Merch Store, which custom-prints and direct-ships each order: https://emersonelementary.org/emerson-gear#!/

Tech Talk: Gaming and Online Safety

Thursday May 25 7p - 8p. Presented by Matt Small (Vector Unit) and Kaolin Fire (Meta). For Emerson families only. This will be recorded and resources listed on the Emerson website.

Zoom: https://berkeley-net.zoom.us/j/87672012741?pwd=eXJ4My90bGNtNUpDdC96THQ1Y0xaUT09

TEACHER/STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is coming to a close on Friday! You still have time before the end of the week to show our teachers and staff some love and appreciation with special notes and flowers. We’ll be treating the teachers and staff to a goody bag full of treats and to a delicious luncheon on Friday. A big THANK YOU to all the parents who have generously volunteered their time and resources to help pull together this week’s events. We love our Emerson parent community and couldn’t do it without you! Questions: Carol Wang at carol.wang@gmail.com or Rose Lynn at roselynn.abesamisbell@emersonelementary.org

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