Willow Grove

The latest issue of the Grizzly Gazette is here! Click the link below to check it out.

Full Day TK in Poway Unified!

We have some exciting news regarding our district’s TK program! Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, PUSD Transitional Kindergarten will be a full-day program.

The range of age-eligibility will also expand - children who turn four-years-old on or before September 1, 2025, will be age-eligible for TK. (Students who turn five-years-old on or before September 1, 2025 will be age-eligible for Kindergarten). Enrollment for TK for 2025-26 school year opens on April 1, 2025. Please feel free to share this news with your friends and neighbors who have children in this age range.

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Parents of English Learners: Tomorrow, Friday, February 28th, is the last day Poway Unified will be conducting our Family Engagement and Accountability survey to gather input from all families of English Learner students. This survey helps shape the District’s goals and guide priorities for the 2025-2026 school year. Your feedback is extremely helpful as we continue to seek ways to better our English Learner program. Please click HERE to complete the survey.

Our next DELAC meeting is Wednesday, March 12th, at 6pm at the District Office. You are cordially invited to attend this meeting with your DELAC representative. At this meeting, we will be looking at the results of our engagement survey and will engage with one another to gather input from parents along with brainstorming ways to continue to support our English Learner families. Your time is precious and we would gladly appreciate you attending to support the hard work of your parents!

Learning Support Services is pleased to announce that our Middle and High School teams have recommended new instructional materials for adoption. Our Middle Schools are recommending Amplify for English Language Arts in grades 6-8, and our High School team is recommending McGraw Hill’s Economics for economics courses. Both teams conducted thorough reviews to ensure alignment with state standards. ELA materials were evaluated using the CA ELA/ELD Framework and CA Common Core Standards, and the Economics materials were assessed based on the CA History-Social Science Content Standards and Framework. Poway Unified School District invites you to review these materials and provide feedback. The links below will take you to the pages where you can log in, review materials, and provide input (through March 10th).

• Middle School English Language Arts, Amplify

• High School Economics, McGraw Hill

Hi Grizzly Families, this week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Humility. Humility means you do not seek the spotlight. You let your actions speak for themselves.

Humble people have an accurate (not underestimated) sense of their abilities and achievements. They hold the capacity to acknowledge their mistakes and limitations and are open to advice and new ideas. They do not show off their possessions or accomplishments.

Developing humility is associated with positive developmental outcomes in individuals. It allows a person to honestly reflect on their abilities and acknowledge how and where they can improve. Humility opens them up to new ideas, advice, and (consequently) abilities that pride, arrogance, or pretentiousness often block. Therefore, humility makes them desired members of a team.

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” -ERNEST HEMINGWAY

3/3- Foundation Meeting

3/7- End of Trimester 2

3/7- Friday Flag & Spirit Day

3/13- PTA Meeting

3/20- Cultural Night

3/27- Spelling Bee

3/28- Volunteer Breakfast

Parents, we are looking for a Running Club chair to take over next year. If you are interested in chairing or have any questions, please email Farnaz Farahani at farahanifamily444@gmail.com Thank you!

Mark your calendars! Our annual cultural night is coming soon, on March 20th! There will be food, performances, and booths from countries around the world. We are looking forward to a fun event for all and can’t wait to see you there!

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Do you want to get more involved in your child’s education? Consider joining us in the 2025-2026 school year to help raise critical funds for their future! Join us for a fun and fulfilling experience with other Willow Grove parents - Everyone is welcome!

Please contact our WGEF President, Trina Serrano, to learn more about this exciting opportunity trinacserrano@gmail.com

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