Canyon Crest Parents/Guardians,

Please see the following weekly announcements:

1. PTA MEETING Our PTA will be meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27 at 10:00am in Room 19. This meeting is to review and approve this year’s budget proposal.

If you would like to join via Zoom here is the link:

Join Zoom Meeting https://provo-edu.zoom.us/j/85916127636?pwd=na1qiwOWg7Ql0jjo2LEaOQKlaEHFgq.1

Meeting ID: 859 1612 7636 Passcode: 559414

2. NO SCHOOL NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 There is no school next Monday, September 2 due to Labor Day.

3. AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS After School programs will be starting after Labor Day. Please look for information to be posted on our school website later this week.

4. NO PARKING ON CANYON ROAD DURING PICK-UP Please do not park on Canyon Road during pick-up time. This makes it difficult to see oncoming traffic for those pulling out of the parking lot. This is at the request of our school’s Safety Committee.

5. CROSSING GUARDS NEEDED Provo Police hires the crossing guards along Canyon Road. They are looking for individuals who are willing to staff the crosswalks along Canyon Road. This is a paid position. If you are interested in applying, use the link here: www.provo.org/jobs (search Crossing Guard).

6. SAFE UT SafeUT is a state-sponsored smartphone app that features a crisis chat and tip line to provide real-time crisis intervention and support for students and parents/guardians. You can learn more by going to www.safeut.org or by watching the video at the following link. Our school social worker, Michael Blakey, speaks with 4th – 6th grade classes each year about the SafeUT app. Please let Michael Blakey know if you have any questions ( michaelbl@provo.edu).

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=eAuYs07-eR0

7. HEARING SCREENING Our school’s Hearing Screenings will be on Thursday, September 19. Our district’s team will do hearing screenings for all K-3 students, special education students, and 4-6 students new to the school. Let our school’s speech language pathologist, Joy Smith, know if you have any questions ( joysm@provo.edu).

8. VISION SCREENING From our school nurse: It has been estimated that as much as 80% of learning occurs visually. Currently, vision disorders are the 4th most common childhood disability in the United States with one in four children having an undiagnosed vision problem. Our school is committed to ensuring every student is healthy and ready to learn.

In support of our commitment to promote healthy learners, our school nurse along with trained volunteers will conduct school-wide distance vision screening the morning of Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024. If your child wears glasses or contacts, please have them wear them the day of the screening.

A child’s vision can change as they grow, therefore it is important that students receive regular screenings to identify those that might need to be seen by an eye care professional.

Early detection and treatment of a vision problem is critical to your child’s educational success, health and wellbeing. You will be notified if your student does not pass the vision screening after the rescreening process.

Although school screenings are important, a comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist is the gold standard.

If you do not want your child to participate, complete the opt-out form (access below) and return it to your child’s teacher before Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024. We look forward to ensuring every child is healthy and ready to learn. Please let our school nurse, Necia Bess, know if you have any questions ( nbess@provo.edu).

Opt Out Form Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGlZu_7LPTCx_4abkEiZNzQ3AnMBXLh9/view?usp=sharing or https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3pPUHsGj6TuAtt5ML0ZPD7cdU7_gkhG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114883683355177770675&rtpof=true&sd=true 

9. POWERSCHOOL YEARLY UPDATES If you have not completed your Yearly Update on PowerSchool, please do that as soon as you can. Students will not be able to access their Chromebooks until that is completed. Use the link here to log in: https://grades.provo.edu

10. NEW FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS Please join us in welcoming some new faculty and staff members! See more at the link here: https://canyoncrest.provo.edu/welcome-new-faculty-and-staff-members/

Please reach out to Administrative Assistant Sheliah Saluone at sheliahs@provo.edu for any questions.

Best, Canyon Crest

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Mission: Canyon Crest empowers all students to ignite their potential and demonstrate excellence by activating creativity, maintaining resilience, and exemplifying values of ROAR (respect, ownership, attitude, responsibility).

Vision: Canyon Crest students will have a love of learning; embrace differences and model compassion towards others; and be positive contributors to self, family, local community, and global society.