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Good Afternoon South Lake Families, It is bittersweet that I share this message from Assistant Principal Kette… “I want to share with you my news of a new role I will be transitioning into in July of this year. I have been fortunate to be appointed Coordinator of Alternative Education in IUSD. The hard part is leaving this amazing Shark community, students and parents alike. Thank you for an amazing 8 years, as South Lake is truly the best and most welcoming community in Irvine. I am grateful that you trusted me to guide your students in their educational and emotional growth to help them become the best they can be. Our students are kind, inquisitive, and engaging. The support from you is what makes this community so very special. I will always cherish my time here and will always consider myself a Shark at heart…thank you!” We congratulate Mr. Kette on this tremendous opportunity and know that he will make us proud in his new role and positively impact so many more students across the district. It goes without saying that we will miss him and appreciate the incredible impact he has made during his time at South Lake with students, staff and families in our community. He truly believes in all students, their potential and goes to all lengths to support, encourage, intervene, and guide students to meet their full potential. Mr. Kette has been a steadfast leader and source of support and guidance for our faculty over the past 8 years at South Lake. He will always be part of our Shark community and this is not a farewell, but a good luck and best wishes on this next adventure of his! This will be my last newsletter for this school year. I want to thank all our families for their support of our community and know we love being with your kids every day. They bring sunshine, joy, humor, creativity, curiosity, energy, and so much more to our classrooms. We wish our promoting 8th graders the very best of luck for high school and look forward to welcoming our 7th graders back in August as the leaders of our school! 7th grade families please save the date for Shark Week, we have some fun planned for soon to be 8th graders on Friday, August 18th. You will be receiving more information about this over summer. Should you need any supports or resources over summer, Mrs. Craik, Mental Health Specialist, has a really helpful Parent Resource Guide for you to reference. In addition, we have two recorded presentations from Vibha Arora, MS, MFT, for you to watch and learn from. They are on the topics of The Importance of Boundaries at https://youtu.be/Ds3JMwaPNmc and Managing Social Media at https://youtu.be/DO_KHqkjop4. A reminder that all remaining books and 8th grade Chromebooks & chargers must be returned by students to the Library by this Wednesday during school hours. All library fines can be paid via MySchoolBucks (directions linked here) or with cash in the front office (exact change only). Thank you! We are looking forward to fun last week of school next week including our annual Staff/Student Softball Game, Carnival, 7th grade Homeroom Field Day Competition, Knott’s and Promotion. We will be distributing Yearbooks on Tuesday through Homeroom. If you plan to purchase a yearbook, we are only accepting cash and the cost is $65. We hope you enjoy your Memorial Day weekend and please take a moment to honor and mourn the brave military personnel who serve and sacrificed for our country day in and day out. It's been a wonderful year…go Sharks! Belinda Averill Principal |
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