“Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.” – Anita Krizzan

Dear Carnelian Family,

This is an exciting time at Carnelian.  Families are facing new options for how to continue on and finish this school year, either completing the year in Distance Learning or by choosing an option of a hybrid program that includes students being on campus for all or part of each week.  I realize this is a big decision, and I support you in whichever choice you make.  Either way, I am confident that our Carnelian Team will continue to do whatever it takes to ensure our students continue to learn, grow, and excel.  I appreciate your partnership and flexibility as we take this necessary step toward getting closer to what we want to see with a more traditional school schedule and setting.  

Thank you to those parents who attended our two recent Principal Chats to discuss challenges that we face as parents and educators and to discover ways to best enhance our students’ lives.  If you were unable to attend, I would like to reiterate that my door is always open; please feel free to reach out any time if you have questions or need clarity on issues regarding our school.  I can be reached at 909-484-5010 or through email at cdeegan@alsd.org.  I also encourage you to check out our school website at https://www.alsd.k12.ca.us/carnelian.  For other Carnelian updates, I encourage you to follow me on Twitter at @CARN_Principal. 

Please look for our email regarding our PTA sponsored Read-a-Thon that will occur this month.  We will be encouraging a big push in our reading efforts in March as we celebrate Read Across America, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and work to raise some funds for our outstanding PTA and in turn our amazing students!   I’ll close with a Reading Goal update.  Our school AR Reading Goal is 100,000,000 words.  Our current word count as of today is: 60,030,009 words.  Let’s help our Cardinals reach this goal by encouraging them to read, reading with our children, talking about the books being read, asking questions regarding the text, and taking Accelerated Reader Quizzes.  Keep up the great work!

Thanks so much for partnering with us and supporting us as we do all that we can to enhance the lives of our students.

Mr. Deegan