   Subscribe to AUSD News.Need Help with Meals and Buying Food with the Closure of Schools?Technology Support for the Summer - PageKindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten InformationA MESSAGE FROM SUPERINTENDENT BUTLERAtascadero Unified School District is giving students more options when it comes to attending school in the upcoming school year.  SLO SUMMER LEARNINGThe San Luis Obispo County Office of Education has developed a guide for parents of elementary aged children called SLO Summer Learning. The guide contains six weekly plans with suggested activities and weblinks to extend learning this summer. Click on the link below to find the PDF's and more information. CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020   FINE ARTS ACADEMY 8TH GRADE PROMOTIONAtascadero Fine Arts Academy's Honor Choir sent the 8th grade class off with a remote performance!  A big shout out to Mrs. Bell and all the volunteers which included a crew of teachers, principals, administration, library technicians, librarians from the public library, retired teachers, and CAPS grant committee members. Thank you for making this a memorable BATTLE!  ATASCADERO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE DONN CLICKARD MEMBER PROFILEOur very own Board Member Mr. Clickard was featured in the Spring 2020 edition of CSBA's publication, read the full interview on pg. 17. The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department is requesting assistance and has asked that you complete the following survey: English version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKL8DQ6 Spanish version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DHY35HP Atascadero School District Families! For those of you who are loving our online learning, check this out!Creston students had a blast participating in bike-to-school day at home!  DISTANCE LEARNING WITH LIBRARIAN NATASHA GARCIANatasha Garcia, Library Technician at Atascadero Middle School, has been hosting "Tea Time with Miss Garcia," a twice weekly drop-in office hour through Google Meet. She and the students not only talk about good books to read, but she presents themed book talks and also enriches the experience with a meet and greet with her horse. AMS students who want to join may email Miss Garcia or check in their Google Classroom for login times and nickname password. THANK YOU CAPSThe AHS LIT (Librarians in Training) Club would like to thank CAPS for their generous donation to their annual Barnes and Nobles Book Buy! Earlier this year, club members collaborated and researched new books to purchase for the AHS Library. Each student was given a portion of the budget to manage and, together, spent an afternoon shopping for books. We also stopped by the Atascadero Public Library for a behind the scenes tour. Thank you, CAPS, for supporting and funding this awesome opportunity! Books will be promoted and added to the library collection when we return to school. STAFF SURPRISE STUDENTS WITH A PARADE!On Tuesday Santa Margarita Elementary School staff did a parade through Santa Margarita, Garden Farms and Eliano and Azor Ln. to say Hi to the students. There were 17 staff in their own cars. They decorated their windows and gave parents a heads up that they were coming and the amazing students were waiting and just as excited to see them as they were to see their students. ATASCADERO HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST WINNERSThe winners of the annual AHS Writing Contest have been announced! There were 79 entries this year in five categories. Submissions are sorted and judged by our Student Editorial Board. Top entries selected by these students move on to an adult panel composed of school board members, district administration, and AHS teachers and staff. Winning entries will be compiled into an eBook, illustrated with artwork from our talented AHS art & photography students. (Publication date to be determined). | Atascadero Unified Superintendent: Tom Butler 5601 West Mall, Atascadero, CA 93422 805-462-4200  Our live, teacher-led online classes are available now and throughout the summer, for Pre-K through 12th grade students. The curriculum is high caliber and has been taught in a live, online format for 5 years already with over 50,000 school-age students. The classes are led by highly-trained teachers with many years’ experience teaching effectively in online classrooms. Skills taught include: Early Elementary: letter recognition, phonemic awareness, sight words, phonics Mid-to-Late Elementary: fluency, phonics, long-word decoding, comprehension, textbook reading, writing Middle and High School: doubling reading speed, comprehension, writing, notetaking, test preparation, textbook strategies. Cuesta College Online Summer Programs PARENT AND YOUTH HELPLINEThe California Parent and Youth Helpline provides support and resource referrals to parent and youth during the current COVID-19 pandemic, 7-days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call or text 1-855-4APARENT (855-427-2736) for services in English, Spanish and other languages. For more information, https://caparentyouthhelpline.org/ AUSD READSIf you have an elementary student, check out AUSD Reads (available on your student's Classlink page). Some of our district library staff and teachers are sharing video read-alouds of some of their favorite books! During distance learning Christy Little's Culinary class made crepes at home. One student that found the flour shelf empty at the grocery stores had to get creative, they ended up making a cardboard crepe! Many schools handed out Chromebooks this week, giving students the ability to engage in home based learning and also getting a chance to see some of their principals, teachers and other amazing staff members. Monterey Road greeted their students and parents with lots of fun noise makers and enthusiasm while Creston had their mascot waving to everyone that came through, all while keeping a safe 6 foot distance. A big THANK YOU to all of AUSD's staff as they keep things moving for our students!   FIRST WEEK OF HOME BASED LEARNINGHope everybody's first week of home based learning went somewhat smoothly, if you have any questions please direct them to your student's teacher or principal.Here is the academic plan for Home Based Learning that began this week (4/1/2020). Please see the attached document for more detailed information of the academic plan. Additionally, we have created a schedule for the distribution of Chromebooks for students in grades 1-6. School principals have sent out each school's schedule. We look forward to embarking on this new endeavour together with you. Click on the flyer below to read more.  CIF SCHOLAR ATHLETE CAEL COOPEREight time Varsity Letterman, Cael Cooper, was awarded the CIF's Scholar Athlete award for this year.“It was honestly a little surprising to me because I was just not expecting it,” Cooper said. “With everything that has been going on with the school shutting down and everything I kind of figured, I would never hear about it again, but it was actually a good surprise when our athletic director Facetimed me and told me the news.” Read the full article in the Atascadero News, linked below. CONGRATULATIONS CAEL! Atascadero News  HOW TO EFFECTIVELY DISINFECT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCESClick on the link below to get some great resources for social and emotional support during this school closure.Social and Emotional Supports Personal Emergency Plan Personal Emergency Plan Spanish General Resources  AUSD NURSING SERVICES INFORMATION LETTERPlease read the attached letter from Nursing Services in regards to viral illness prevention. Versión en Español  CRAZY DAYS AT CRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!Creston's Cougars had a blast participating in event days, such as CRAZY HAT DAY and did so much reading while celebrating Dr. Seuss Week! |
Our Mission, Vision, Core Values, Graduate Profile and District GoalsWelcome to the Atascadero Unified School District, where we are dedicated to students and committed to excellence. One of the unique strengths of AUSD is the talent and teamwork that is exemplified by our students and staff. Through this talent and teamwork we aim to produce the top students in the nation who are college, career, and citizenship ready. In addition to our world class graduate profile, we also set high expectations for our students, staff, and parents through our core values of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.  Thomas Butler, Superintendent |
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