Parent Newsletter | 2026 - 2027
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Principal's Message Dear Dolphin Families,
Fall is here! We have so much happening in October and November to celebrate. Our students are truly growing and thriving.
The best way to help us this month is to take the Youth Truth Survey. Why? We read what you say. We respond and take actions based on family voice. Some programs Del Rey Woods uses now because of past surveys are our small group reading and reading buddies, after school clubs, our family nights, our Shout Out Board, our circle times in class every day and our Unity Day coming up this Wednesday, October 21. ytsurvey.org/mpusdfamily26
Youth Truth Raffle Winners! Every family member who does the Youth Truth Survey is entered into a raffle.Our first raffle will be Monday! Do the survey before then!
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Around Campus
Thank You to Parents on Campus! Shout out to our parent volunteers who are coaching soccer and basketball! Thank you so much to Jeremy's dad Miguel Blanco Maritnez, Saeko and Nova's mom Serena Smith and Lysanne's dad Mario Garcia Hernandez for coming every Wednesday to help run our Soccer Clinics! Thank you to Angelo's mom Monica Morales for help coaching basketball!
Welcome Miss Lopez! Our new Second Grade Teacher Ms Lopez had her first week on campus and we love having her! She is an alumni of Del Rey Woods, and watching her work with the kids is pure joy. They are so happy to be settled in with such an amazing teach! See a short welcome video from our Wednesday assembly attached.
Mr Johny: We have a new custodian on campus through November, Mr Johny! If you see him please say hello. He is already one of the team and a joy to work with.
Latino Heritage Was So Fun: Thank you to our staff and families who found so many ways to celebrate Latino Culture! We ended with Ms Scott's class and class alumni singing us the ABCs in Spanish at our Dolphin Assembly! See them perform in the attached video!
Clubs and After School Sports: We currently have kids in Capoeira, Student Leadership, Math in Motion, Engineering, Mexican Indigenous Dance, Soccer Clinics, Basketball, Volleyball Clinics, Anime, and African Drumming. Art will begin Wednesday, October 21 at 1:00 with Ms Moore
Clubs with space:
- Capoeira, Tuesdays at 2:30 and 3:30
- Indigenous Mexican Dance, Mondays 2:30 and 3:30
- Hands on Engineering, grades 2-5 Tuesdays 2:30-3:45
- Math in Motion, grades TK-1, Wednesdays 1:00-2:30
- Art, all grades, Wednesdays, 1:00 and 2:00
How to Sign up? Sign ups began at open house. Then we had sign ups in front of the school. Please email, call or text Ms Gwynne to sign up if you haven't already: gcropsey@mpusd.net or 8313129452 and thank you! Safety on Campus: With safety as a top priority, please note that all after school sport and club participants must wear a "club" lanyard. Every student checks in with their coach or leader, and checks out. Also, we will now have all students in all sports clinics and teams attend a parent meeting, please be on the lookout for in person and zoom meeting options.
GET YOUR DEL REY WOODS SWAG! Create your own custom Del Rey Woods wear. We have a Spiritwear store where you can customize your swag. www.delreywoods.spiritweardirect.com
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Each Day Counts|
Assemblies Celebrating Our Students and Our Attendance: Wednesday was our monthly assembly. Congratulations to our 193 kids with PERFECT ATTENDANCE in September! Also congratulations to the 6 student with most improved attendance who won In and Out Burger! Our kids who were given Dolphin Cards for respect, safety and responsibility were honored as well. See our attached photos!
Classes with the Best Attendance and Least amount of tardies get to play the timbales!
| Attendance in October started strong. We dropped off after returning from fall break. Let's see if we can recover our strength and pop back up to 96%. We can do it Dolphins! If you know you are going to be absent, contact Ms. Gabby for up to 15 day of independent study per year! |
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Upcoming Events
Cafecito and ELAC: October 19, 8:00 AM, Room B1. Come enjoy coffee, donuts, bagels and help us hear about your thoughts for the school!
SSC/CSAC:Our next meeting is October 20 please come share ideas. 5:00 PM on Zoom. See SSC/CSAC Post.
Wednesday, October 21: Unity Day Pumpkin Patch: Unity Day is a day to celebrate treating each other with respect and adhere to anti- bullying. At Del Rey Woods we will have a Unity Day Pumpkin Patch! Our school has anti-bullying awareness workshops in their classroom circle time this month and Unity Day is our day to wear orange, and get a pumpkin to remember kindness, unity and respect. Learn more about Unity Day here.
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Parents and guardians are invited! Come have hot cider, coffee, donuts and bagels and join us at your kids' time! Check in with the office, and join us. We will have cider, coffee, donuts and bagels for family members in room B-1 as well as a chance to complete the Youth Truth survey.
- Grades K and TK: 11:00-11:20
- Grades 3 and 4: 11:20-11:45
- Grades 5 and 6: 11:50-12:10 (note time change)
- Grades 1 and 2: 12:25-12:45
- Students and families should wear orange on Wednesday if they can!
Friday, October 30, 8:15-8:45: Costume Parade: Students may dress up in their character costumes, and we will have a parade on the upper field at 8:10. After dropping off your student, you can park then check in at the upper gate on Plumas. It will be open for parents with sign in tables. starting at 8:05. This is a really fun event!
Friday, October 30, 2:30-3:30: Trunk or Treat: This is a huge hit with the kids. Can you join us? Parents, teachers and family members come park on our black top between 1:30-2:00. We decorate our cars and the kids come trick or treat at the cars after school!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Your presence is your present we love having you here. Additional supports we need:
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We need candy! Every year we accept candy donations for our trunk or treat. Please bring candy to the front office now through October 29. Please avoid any candy with nuts or peanuts (Reeses, Snickers, Almond Joy etc)
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October 21 we need a few early morning volunteers to help unload pumpkins can you join us? Write to Ms Gwynne gcropsey@mpusd.net or call (831)312-9452.
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Trunk or Treat: We need you! Can you drive up October 30 at 1:30 to be a trunk or treat car? We can help provide candy. Please dign up on the Post for Trunk or Treat.
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