Please click HERE for the COVID-19 Prevention Plan for Alamosa Park Elementary School.
Vision: Nurturing student leaders who explore, discover and connect to their world through Leadership, Engineering, the Arts, Design Thinking, and Science. Alamosa Park LEADS the way!
Mission: Provide a learning environment that cultivates leaders by engaging the heart and mind of every student and developing a spirit of empathy, creativity, perseverance, and collaboration.
2020-21 Olympic School Theme: Going for the Gold - Inspiring champion Leaders, Engineers, Artists, Designers, and Scientists.
ALAMOSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2020-21 DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION (DLI) PROGRAM
IN- PERSON RETURN TO SCHOOL – WEDNESDAY, 09/09/20
09/04/20
Dear Alamosa Park DLI Families,
On Thursday, 08/27/20, the VUSD School Board approved a plan to allow certain groups of Classic-enrolled students on campus for in-person learning before the anticipated return for all Classic-enrolled students, which is currently estimated to be 10/20/20. The VUSD School Board has approved the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at Grapevine and Alamosa Park Elementary schools to begin whole class, in-person instruction for the entire school day, five days a week. As a result, Alamosa Park students who have enrolled in the DLI Classic Model will start in-person learning on Wednesday, 09/09/20.
The DLI Kindergarten students are enrolled in Mrs. Gloria Contreras’s class (Room K-2) and the DLI Grade 1 students are enrolled in Mrs. Mary Morales-Anistro’s class (Room 2). Students who are enrolled in either of these DLI classes will be following a full-day in-person schedule:
· DLI Kindergarten (Mrs. Contreras):
o Mondays: 8:00 a.m. -12:50 p.m. & Tuesday - Friday: 8:00-2:06 p.m.
· DLI Grade 1 (Mrs. Morales-Anistro):
o Mondays: 8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. & Tuesday - Friday: 8:00-2:16 p.m.
Both Kindergarten-DLI and Grade 1-DLI classrooms will have posters and other visuals posted on the walls in Spanish and English in order to support student learning. While students will be required to wear a face covering on campus at all times, it is permissible for students to remove their face covering while eating, drinking, or participating in fitness activities while distanced by six feet. Students will not be allowed to be in the vicinity of any playground apparatus. Social distancing will be enforced when practicable, and students will have plenty of opportunities to wash their hands throughout the school day. Our school nurse will be demonstrating lessons on hand washing with students and I will personally review all of our school safety and health measures with students.
In preparation for a positive and successful school year, it is critical that students and their parents become familiar with the health and safety routines during this time when health and safety are so important. Our school district installed a new outdoor hand washing station in the kindergarten playground area today. Our Plant Lead Supervisor, Mr. Henry, and Night Custodian, Mrs. Ayala, will regularly monitor all soap / hand sanitizer dispensers and hand towels and refill as needed. Daily disinfecting will be completed at least once every day for all classroom spaces with high touch surfaces disinfected several times throughout the school day.
Alamosa Park Daily Procedures:
ARRIVAL
- DLI Kindergarten and DLI Grade 1 students will enter campus through the Primary Gate at the front of the school, on the right-hand side of the front office. Supervision will be provided by Principal Ruggles or other staff members.
- Gate will be open by 7:35 a.m. every morning.
- During morning student drop off, parents and families will remain inside vehicles as much as practicable.
- Parents and families who park their vehicle to walk their students or walk from home to / from front gate areas will remain at least six feet from other parents and families and wear face coverings.
- Staff will supervise the fence gate and cage areas to ensure safe transitions and provide direction to students walking to and from front gate areas, including distancing and use of face coverings.
- Parents are not allowed to enter our campus at this time with their students for safety reasons. Students must wear face covering upon arrival. Face coverings will be available for students who do not bring one to school. Hand sanitizing stations will be available upon arrival.
- Support staff will be available for our families to facilitate a smooth transition into our campus. Parents must observe the mandatory safety and health ordinances while on school grounds.
- All Kindergarten (K) students will enter and exit school through the Primary Gate, attach their backpack to hooks located by the classroom, and remain seated on distanced locations organized by class inside of the TK / K playground. Staff will supervise TK / K students in this location.
- All students in Grades 1 will enter school through the Primary Gate, walk to their classroom to place their backpack on hooks located outside their classroom and walk to the playground area where they may sit in distanced, supervised locations, which are the lunch tables and playground areas.
BREAKFAST (7:35 - 7:55 a.m.) - The DLI student breakfast time will change when all Classic-enrolled students return to in-person learning
- Our Alamosa Park WaveCrest Cafe will serve breakfast for students. Child Nutritional Services is offering free breakfast to all of our students through 12/31/20. Safety protocols will be in place.
- Hand wash stations and sanitizer will be available and done frequently throughout the day.
CLASSROOM
- Students will be seated in separate desks while wearing their face coverings.
- Social distancing when practicable.
- Teachers will wear a face covering and a face shield while teaching.
- If they remove their face covering for some needed parts of the instructional day, they will have their face shield on and will be required to sustain six feet of distance from the students.
- Frequent hand washing breaks will take place throughout the school day.
- The teacher will minimize areas of sharing and areas that may lead to congestion. Any play stations will be sanitized before another group participates in the play station.
- Students will use their own classroom supplies and store these supplies in their school-provided personal classroom container.
RECESS (10:00 - 10:15 a.m.) - The DLI student recess time will change when all Classic-enrolled students return to in-person learning
- Students will wash or sanitize their hands before eating their snack and after recess prior to entering the classroom.
- Student participation in play during recess time will be limited to playing with students from their own classroom as much as practicable.
- Students will use their own classroom-assigned balls and playground equipment.
- Students may remove their face covering to eat their snack in the designated eating area.
LUNCH (12:00 - 12:45 p.m.) - The DLI student lunch time will change when all Classic-enrolled students return to in-person learning
- Child Nutritional Services is offering free lunch to all of our students through 12/31/20.
- Students will wash or sanitize their hands before eating lunch and after lunch recess prior to entering the classroom.
- Students will sit in designated eating areas while seated in sustained distancing protocols.
- Students may remove face covering to eat lunch.
DISMISSAL
- Grade K: Dismissal period for Grade K will begin at 12:50 p.m. on Mondays and 2:06 p.m. on Tuesdays - Fridays. Grade K students will line-up in distanced areas inside of the Primary Gate location. Parents will be in distanced locations just outside of the Primary Gate Area. Teachers and staff will assist students and parents connecting with each other for safe egress and transition.
- Grade 1: Dismissal period for Grade 1 will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Mondays and 2:16 p.m. on Tuesdays - Fridays. Grade 1 students will line up, following distance protocols. Teachers will lead and supervise students to the Primary Gate and cage area in the parking lot. Students will be supervised by Principal Ruggles or another staff member and remain in six-feet distance in the supervised fenced cage area until students are safely picked-up by their parents or guardians. Teachers and staff will assist students and parents connecting with each other for safe egress and transition.
- Parents must follow safety and health guidelines (face covering, social distancing) at all times.
- If students are picked-up by parents in their vehicle, staff members will ensure safe transition of students to parents in vehicle.
Alamosa Park DLI Instruction
As a result of feedback I have received from our DLI parents, we are committed to providing students with the 90/10 DLI model in which 90% of instruction is provided to students in Spanish and 10% in English. Now that we are providing instruction in-person, the Alamosa Park DLI teachers (Mrs. Gloria Contreras - Kindergarten and Mrs. Mary Morales-Anistro - 1st Grade) will begin the 2020-21 school year and the DLI program with the following format:
- Teaching and learning in Spanish will be 90% of instruction dedicated to learning Spanish and 10% in English.
- Students are provided with repetition of Spanish oral language, vocabulary, and written language that will evolve as student readiness is developed. Teachers will move at a pace of Spanish language acquisition that meets student needs.
- Students will learn Benchmark Advance / Adelante Language Arts curriculum in Spanish, with language support and scaffolding (audio and visual support) in English.
- History / Social Science and Science standards are embedded in the Benchmark Advance / Adelante curriculum.
- Students will learn Eureka math curriculum in Spanish and English, with an emphasis on the development of math vocabulary in Spanish.
- Students will learn during music and library time in English.
- Note: Should health and safety orders shift to unfavorable health measures that require Alamosa Park to revert to off campus virtual learning, our virtual DLI model would reflect a 50 / 50 DLI model, with 50% of instruction in Spanish and 50% in English.
I am committed to providing a healthy and safe learning environment to all students and staff and providing a high quality education for each student. I am honored to be your principal and feel most fortunate to provide in-person learning for our DLI students at this unique time.
Please contact me for any questions by phone (760) 940-0700 x49001 or by email at kyleruggles@vistausd.org. I will get back to you promptly.
Also, please feel free to visit the VUSD webpage or the Alamosa Park webpage for additional information.
We are looking forward to the arrival of our DLI students and seeing you at Alamosa Park on Wednesday, 09/09/20, with school starting at 8:00 a.m.; dismissal at 2:06 p.m. for DLI-Kindergarten students and dismissal at 2:16 p.m. for DLI-Grade 1 students.
I am looking forward to a fantastic 2020-21 school year! Go Hawks!
Sincerely,
Kyle Ruggles, Ed.D.
Principal, Alamosa Park Elementary School
(760) 940-0700 x49001
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For more information related to school reopening plans,
- Please click HERE for the school reopening page,
- HERE for Learning Models,
- HERE for Elementary School Instructional Information,
- HERE for VUSD School Reopening – Frequently Asked Questions,
- HERE for the Sample Elementary School teaching and learning schedule.
Please note that while this schedule does not illustrate the specific time for each portion of the instructional day, it does show the daily time frame for each portion for the day, including live (synchronous) learning, and recorded or independent learning (asynchronous) learning. After the school year begins, your child’s teacher will be communicating times for learning on our new learning Management System, Canvas.
What is CANVAS?
Alamosa Park teachers will be using a new learning management system (LMS) called Canvas. The goals of the system are to include more clearly established conditions for student learning, to improve outcomes for student learning, and to increase student-teacher-parent engagement. Another strength of this robust LMS is that assignments are listed in precise order; as students finish the first assignment, they click “next” for the following assignment. All learning is linked in one place. Canvas replaces Google Classroom as the online interface for students that we used in the spring. Students will access Canvas through Cloud Connect. We are looking forward to students, staff, and parents using Canvas for student learning.
Canvas tutorial for parents
Canvas tutorial for students
VUSD Device Cost Replacement Coverage
VUSD offers a device cost replacement coverage that is optional for parents / guardians to purchase for their child’s device. The plan will protect the device against ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, THEFT, FIRE, FLOOD, NATURAL DISASTERS, POWER SURGE and VANDALISM. This plan will provide full replacement cost coverage and will protect the item on and off school grounds for a cost of $20. Device Cost Replacement Plan is valid for the 2020-21 school year. All parents wanting to purchase the device coverage will need to access the VUSD online Web Store. Thank you for considering cost replacement coverage for your child’s school-issued device.
VUSD Web Store link: https://vusd.myschoolcentral.com
VUSD - Directions to Register and Pay by Credit Card - ENGLISH.pdf
VUSD - Directions to Register and Pay by Credit Card_SPANISH.pdf
Health Order Information (SD County and California Public Health Officials & CDC)
The community of Vista, including our Alamosa Park, bases many decisions on guidelines established by San Diego County and California public health officials. These agencies have issued orders to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus disease, or COVID-19.
Information and updates from San Diego County health officials change frequently so please consult their website for the latest information.
The federal government's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted guidance and recommendations on how to protect yourself and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Please HERE to access the information.
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Recent Community Updates from VUSD Superintendent, Dr. Matt Doyle:
09/18/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
Due to recent developments in the health and safety guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, we have created a Community Update to keep you fully informed. Please click on the link below for details.
Community Update
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09/08/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
Welcome back to school! We are excited to launch our new school year this week. Today’s Community Update will highlight our latest Vista Works for You video with a message for every board member and me. We have also included a series of contact information for parents to use as they work with their students to get connected to technology, the internet, and the new learning management system called Canvas. Please join us in making this school year great for all students.
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09/01/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
We have put together another great Community Update. Please click on the link below for details. Please stay safe.
Click this link for the Community Update.
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08/25/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
Please find attached to this email the next Community Update. We are launching the Vista Institute for Parents website today. Please stay safe.
Click this link for the Community Update.
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08/18/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
Please find attached to this email the next Community Update. We have included in this edition a link to our latest Vista Works for You video highlighting Instructional Programs. Please stay safe.
Click this link for the Community Update
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08/12/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
Please find attached to this email the next Community Update. We have included in this edition a link to our latest Vista Works for You video highlighting Health and Safety Programs. Please stay safe. Click this link for the Community Update.
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07/28/20
Esteemed Parents,
We continue to make progress developing and implementing a school reopening plan that addresses our dual obligation to protect the health and safety of students and staff and provide a high quality, engaging education for all students.
Please find below the latest Community Update. This update includes detailed next steps related to the decisions the school board made during the board meeting last week. We anticipate starting the registration process for Vista Classic or Vista Virtual on Thursday, July 30, 2020.
Community Update Link
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07/20/20
Esteemed Parents and Staff,
We have completed another Community Update to share the latest information we received from Governor Newsom last Friday, July 17, 2020. The Governor's latest order will cause all schools in San Diego County to shift to a virtual learning model until the county is removed from the COVID-19 state monitoring list. Please review the details outlined in the Community Update below.
Please stay safe.
Link to Community Update
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06/15/20
Esteemed Community Members, Students and Staff,
We will continue to provide periodic Community Updates during the summer weeks. They may be more spread out as we gather information to share. We will also keep all Community Updates posted on the Vista web page for quick reference. Please enjoy your summer and stay safe.
Click here for the Community Update
Sincerely,
Dr. Matt Doyle
Superintendent of Schools
Vista Unified School District
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Fall 2020 Instructional Design web page: Please click HERE
Health & Safety Community Updates: Please click HERE
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Dual Language Program (90 / 10 Model)
Alamosa Park (AP) Elementary School is proud to offer 90 / 10 Dual Language (DL) Program option for students in Kindergarten and Grade 1 starting the 2020-21 school year. Based on feedback from AP families during fall and winter DL Parent Community Forums, AP has selected the one-way 90 / 10 DL model, with 90% of the instructional time dedicated to Spanish language development and 10% to English. These classes will be self-contained with the teacher providing the instruction to the same students for all instructional minutes. If your child will be in Kindergarten or Grade 1 during 2020-21 school year, and you are interested in your child being in the DL Program at Alamosa Park, please visit our front office for a DL interest survey form. If you have any questions about DL, please contact Principal Ruggles at (760) 940-0700 x49001 or kyleruggles@vistausd.org.
CAASPP 2019 – Academic Achievement at Alamosa Park
Since the October 2019 public release of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) scores for spring 2019, we have been able to generate a report that demonstrates how well Alamosa Park students are performing in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math as determined by the CAASPP.
Alamosa Park is proud of the exemplary record of student achievement. During April and May every year, students in grades 3, 4 & 5 take the CAASPP, which measures student performance of CA State Standards. Students in grades TK, K, 1, and 2 do not take the CAASPP. The 2019 CAASPP shows that our students are performing among the top schools in VUSD. The chart below illustrates CAASPP average results for ELA and Math for students from Alamosa Park, VUSD Elementary School Average, and VUSD Similar Schools.
CAASPP 2019 - English Language Arts (ELA)
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Exceeded or Met Standard
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Exceeded Standard
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Met Standard
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Nearly Met Standard
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Did Not Meet Standard
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Nearly Met or Not Met Standard
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Alamosa Park
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65.7%
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35.8%
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29.9%
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18.9%
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15.4%
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34.3%
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VUSD All Elementary Schools
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49.4%
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23.5%
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25.9%
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22%
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28.6%
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50.6%
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VUSD Similar Schools
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65.6%
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35.2%
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30.4%
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17.5%
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16.9%
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34.4%
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CAASPP 2019 - Mathematics
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Exceeded or Met Standard
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Exceeded Standard
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Met Standard
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Nearly Met Standard
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Did Not Meet Standard
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Nearly Met or Not Met Standard
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Alamosa Park
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57.7%
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25.4%
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32.3%
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26.9%
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15.4%
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42.3%
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VUSD All Elementary Schools
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41.5%
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17.0%
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24.5%
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28%
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30.4%
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58.4%
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VUSD Similar Schools
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59.8%
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28.8%
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31.0%
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24.8%
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15.4%
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40.2%
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Summary:
- 65.7% of Alamosa Park students that were assessed “met” or “exceeded standards in ELA
- 57.7% of Alamosa Park students that were assessed “met” or “exceeded standards in ELA
- The percentage of students who met or exceeded standard in ELA is .1% higher than those results at VUSD Similar Schools
- The percentage of students who met or exceeded standard in math is 2.1% lower than those results at VUSD Similar Schools
- When compared to all VUSD schools, Alamosa Park students are performing higher in ELA and math.
As a result of this increase in student learning and consistent high learning expectations, Alamosa Park met the requirements to receive “Honor Roll School” status by Educational Results Partnership for the past four years.
Please click HERE to access the California Department of Education website for the California dashboard that highlights a variety of metrics for each school in California and click HERE for the Alamosa Park school dashboard.
Parking Lot Safety
I would like to thank our community for continuing to practice safety during every student drop-off and pick-up time period. Please continue to drive slowly, proceed with caution, and our faculty will assist students entering vehicles safely. I would like to remind parents to not leave your car unattended unless you parking in a parking space. If you are picking up your child at the Alamosa Park parking lot, do not park in the center of lot since this area is a thoroughfare for vehicles entering and exiting the lot. The solar panel carport construction is now completed. I greatly appreciate the patience and support from everyone.
WAVE – Pact Wednesdays
In an effort to promote student interest and engagement in college after high school, all VUSD schools participate in WAVE – pact Wednesdays. On “We are Vista Everyday” (WAVE) – pact Wednesdays, we encourage all students, faculty, and parent volunteers to wear college gear. Thank you for considering to participate in wearing college gear every Wednesday.
Go Hawks!
Kyle Ruggles, Ed.D.
Principal, Alamosa Park Elementary School
(760) 940-0700
kyleruggles@vistausd.org
First, I would like to say thank you to our families for attending Alamosa Park Parent-Teacher Conferences. It is such a valuable time for everyone, working together, in support of our students and their progress. Thank you for taking this important time to work with your child’s teacher.
First, I would like to say thank you to our families for attending Alamosa Park Parent-Teacher Conferences. It is such a valuable time for everyone, working together, in support of our students and their progress. Thank you for taking this important time to work with your child’s teacher.