EUSD UPDATES

Dear EUSD Families and Staff,

I want to personally thank all of you for making this year such a special one for our students. I am in awe of all that has been accomplished. As we prepare for our 6th graders to walk across the stage next week, their successes are to be celebrated by all of us. As a district community, we have prioritized supporting children in EUSD in so many ways. Our collective efforts have been realized as these 6th graders are leaving our district with high academic skills that have prepared them for middle school as empowered learners. As global citizens, they take with them incredible interpersonal and problem-solving skills from having been a part of our TRAC program for most of their school careers. They take with them memories of the many community events that connected them and their families to school because of the efforts of our volunteers, PTA, and EEF. They also take with them tremendous examples of adaptability and flexibility as they were just second graders when the pandemic hit and they became instant innovative thinkers. Most of all, I am confident they take with them a feeling that they were loved by our EUSD team! Congratulations to our Class of 2024!

As we look to the 2024/2025 school year, we are excited to welcome 3 new principals to EUSD! After an extensive hiring process, we are thrilled to make the following announcements:

Mariel Laughlin has been selected as the permanent Principal of Ocean Knoll Elementary. She has most recently been the Interim Principal there, but has also been a Teacher, a Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) and an International Baccalaureate Coordinator in EUSD.

Heidi Galassi has been selected as the Principal of La Costa Heights Elementary. Dr. Galassi comes to Encinitas USD from Northern California with a wealth of educational experience! She has been a teacher, an Instructional Coach, and a principal at both the elementary and middle school levels.

Arlene Oyagi has been selected as the Principal of Flora Vista Elementary. She has been a teacher leader in EUSD for the last 24 years. She has had a wide variety of leadership and professional development opportunities in EUSD which have prepared her well for this position.

We know these three individuals will continue to build on the great work that has already been established at these three schools. We are happy to welcome them into their new positions.

As we look toward next Wednesday, I hope you all have a safe and joyful summer break.

Warmly,

Andrée Grey, Ed.D.
Superintendent

Learner Profile in Action by Dr. Amy Illingworth

As we begin to wrap up this school year, as teachers finish report cards for the end of the year, it's a great time to look back and see how far we have come implementing the new EUSD Learner Profile. We see evidence of the 6 competencies in classrooms, staff meetings, bulletins, and presentations all over the district.

We saw a significant (over 40%!) increase in student-led conferences this spring.
We hear students sharing their voices, empowered to say and do more, in projects, presentations, and new ideas.
We had a resounding agreement that the Learner Profile needs to be a part of the new report card.
We hear more staff, students, and families using this common language.
The PEC and Capri TEDx talks we witnessed this year were living examples of all 6 competencies in action.

We look forward to continuing this momentum in the 2024/2025 school year.

EUSD BRIGHT SPOTS!
EUSD values Joy, Belonging, Integrity, Service and Innovation

At Capri Elementary, we are standing up for good! Our amazing TRAC teacher, Lauren Campbell, teamed up with our talented art teacher, Tina Gough, to provide a fun Gala prize experience that impacted the whole school. The Gala auction winners created an incredible mural in the style of Keith Haring. This mural tells the story of a character who is being bullied and then receives support from an Upstander! It features our four main Upstander strategies. Our fifth graders completed the project by making commitments on how they will respond to bullying. This mural serves as a reminder of the importance of stopping bullying in our community and how we can do it.

SUMMER TIPS AND IDEAS

Summer is here and it's time to explore! Check out these offers that allow free day-use entry to participating California State Parks -- the Adventure Pass Program for fourth-grade students and the Library Parks Pass program for any library card holder.

Here are some links to additional reading and library resources.

https://www.sdcoe.net/administrative-services/communications/whats-happening/post/~board/communications-whats-happening/post/free-opportunities-for-visiting-california-state-parks

https://sites.google.com/eusd.net/school-libraries/librarian-picks

MATH 24 ~ EUSD CHAMPIONSHIP

As you know we had our Math 24 tournament this past Tuesday evening. It was so wonderful seeing this program come back! LCH's MPR was packed with eager students in grades 3-6 from Capri, LCH, OPE, OK, ME, and PDL ready to demonstrate their math skills as they competed in the Math 24 tournament.

We would like to recognize our amazing Math 24 committee and site reps, Sweta Iyer, Kammy Singhal, Amber Izzard, Amy Langevin, Sally Carpenter, Sanjana Bryant, Lynn Thornton, Surya Reddy, and Val Wallace as well as, the top 10 student winners in each grade. CONGRATULATIONS to LA COSTA HEIGHTS for taking home the 2024 Math 24 trophy!!