Thank You!

Hope everyone had a joyous and festive Thanksgiving holiday. Just want to say Thank You to all who has given so much of their time and talents to help the students, staff and community of Golden Springs Elementary. Your generous contribution and volunteerism are an integral part of the success of our children and the school. THANK YOU!

PTO Meeting - Nov. 17th @ 6pm

There will be a PTO meeting tomorrow evening at 6pm in the cafeteria. We realize your time is very important. If you can spare an hour, we'd love to see you at the meeting.

Thank you.

Just doing their job!

I realize in the midst of chaos, we tend to think very irrational. I, for one, can personally attest to that. In my haste to get my kids out of Diamond Ranch during the fire, I instructed them to walk out of the gym and intentionally ignore all instructions by the administrators and staff. That was wrong. And worse, my kids witnessed my defiance to authorities which obviously goes against what I teach them.

I am very proud of my oldest daughter who remained calm and collective. She reminded me that she must follow instructions to ensure their safety. As I write this, I couldn't agree with her more. For criticizing the administrators for doing their job, I'm sorry.

As for GSE having to make parents sign out their kids that afternoon, well, they were just doing their job to ensure that they can account for all the students. I know it's normal to question something we don't understand. That's understandable. As a parent, if you don't know your school's emergency procedure, please make it a point to be informed.

As for the firefighters and sheriffs, THANK YOU for your swift actions to ensure the safety of our children, our homes, our school, and our neighborhood.

Election Day!

It's Tuesday, November 3rd, Election Day. Please take the time to vote. You may think that you are only one vote and is not enough to make a difference. Together, that one vote can turn to hundreds, thousands, and maybe even a million votes.

So, go out there and make your voices heard. Take actions. Vote!

Fall Fundraiser Delivery

Items ordered through the Fall Fundraiser will be available for pick up on Tuesday, November 3rd and Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, from 4-7pm.

Due to the cafeteria being used as a polling place on Tuesday, you can pick up your items in Room 15 instead. If you are unable to pick up your order, please call the office to make arrangements.

If you can volunteer to help pass out the orders, please come by Room 15. We'll be greatly for your help. :-)

Thank you for supporting our Fall Fundraiser!

Halloween at GSE

Ghouls, ghosts, Frankenstein, witches, pirates, Sponge Bob, GSE's very own beauty contestants, and everyone in between walked the halls of Golden Springs and around the block for their annual Halloween parade to the tunes of Monster Mash and Michael Jackson's Thriller. Batman (aka Mr. P) stood in front of the office as he high-fived the students walking out. The parents were groovin' as they took loads of pictures of their children. The school was definitely in the spirit of Halloween this year as our dedicated volunteers decorated the school with black and orange streamers and balloons.

I enjoyed seeing the delight of the parents as they see the kids having a great time. Thank you to all the staff and students for participating.

See you all again at the school's next event.

Community Forum a Success!

Well, there you have it...the very first Diamond Bar Community Forum introducing the PUSD School Board candidates! It still amazes me, though, that after all these years that Cluster 4 schools seem to have less or sometimes ignored by the district, that it hasn't had a community forum in which it allowed it's families to be heard. Let's just hope that all 10 candidates present last night heard our cries for equalization of funds; our highly motivated students demand for IB, Fine Arts and more rigorous GATE programs; our plea to be established as school of choice and ultimately a district of choice by modeling our district after highly acclaimed neighboring school districts; and to permit it's community to generously contribute to Cluster 4 schools without the beaurocratic red tape that has been historically encountered in the past.

This is a pivotal moment for the future of our children's education! Though, all I have accomplished was to organize a first of many more forums to come, I hope that I have empowered our community with the opportunity to better decide whom to vote for. We can now vote beyond name recognition on a poster or lawn sign, but, rather vote for a candidate based on their vision for our schools and our children and the ability to make that vision happen.

The success of this forum will be realized with the formation of school board members that will have our unique concerns in their agendas that will ultimately be for the benefit of our children.

My utmost thanks to all that helped me tremendously to make this event possible. You know who you are and what you have done. My sincerest appreciation to our major sponsors: Councilman Steve Tye, Mandarin Taste Restaurant, Red Dragon Karate, and Starbucks. Your generosity certainly helped make this event possible. Thank you!

Now that we are better informed, let's make sure to vote on Tuesday, November 3rd.