Principal's Newsletter
Dear Nixon Families,
I write this final newsletter to you filled with gratitude and pride for all that we have accomplished together this year. It was possible, in part, because of what was in place at the onset of the pandemic. We are part of a school ...
Superintendent Austin included the important news in his Friday update that Ms. Amy Sheward will be the new principal of Lucille Nixon Elementary effective July 1, 2021, pending approval of the PAUSD Board at Tuesday’s Board Meeting. I know you have been waiting ...
Dear Nixon Hybrid Families,
This newsletter is specifically for our hybrid families in order to review plans for next week. Our in-person groups of students will expand to include all of our kinder through ...
Dear Nixon Families,
Get ready…many of us are about to flex again! In his update to the community last Friday, Superintendent Austin explained that the Center for Disease Control had changed their guidance ...
Dear Nixon Families,
We’re closing in on the one year anniversary of the day last spring when we were told to close the schools to protect everyone’s health as the Covid-19 pandemic gathered momentum. We’ve used up ...
Dear Nixon Families,
In recent weeks, as I have watched the reduction in local Covid-19 cases and the increasing access to vaccinations, my bucket of hope for the eventual end of this pandemic has been refilling. PAUSD is responding ...
Dear Nixon Families,
Do you find yourself wondering, “What next?” It has been quite a month and it is only two weeks in! We have increasing numbers of individuals in our Nixon community who have tested positive for Covid (four since the ...
Dear Nixon Families,
In these last couple weeks, hope and optimism have been restored that science is indeed going to win in this battle with Covid-19, and it won’t be so long before we are offered the opportunity to line up and get vaccinated. In ...
Dear Nixon Families,
The holiday season is beginning and we are all trying to figure out how to make it both safe and joyful for our families. I love to cook when I have time, so I’ll be making Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, and my husband and ...
Dear Nixon Families,
Kindergarten teacher Jody Harrier invited me to look in on her students who were busily creating with paper, markers, crayons, scissors and glue. They were so engaged that they didn’t even want to stop to go outside ...
Dear Nixon Families,
I want to begin with appreciation for our classroom aides. In our always evolving circumstances, these staff members have been flexible, thoughtful and creative in helping us figure out ways to support our students. They ...
Dear Nixon Families,
It has been wonderful to greet arriving children each school day since October 12. I look forward to the time when all of our students will be able to return to learning in our classrooms. I have noticed how willing the children ...
Dear Nixon Families,
We welcomed back kindergartners and first graders to four of our classrooms this week to join our Learning Center students on campus, and it has been as successful as we might have hoped! Some students ...
Dear Nixon Families,
The final push is underway to get kindergartners and first graders whose families have chosen the hybrid option into classrooms for part of each week. I have received a number of emails and messages from families of 2nd and ...
Dear Nixon Families,
I read an article this past week titled, “Your Surge Capacity is Depleted - It’s why You Feel Awful” by Tara Haelle (science journalist and public speaker). Our ability to respond to crisis situations (surge capacity) can ...
Dear Nixon Families,
That little bit of rain yesterday seemed to have cleaned the air, at least for awhile. What a relief to not worry about the air we are breathing! Across these months of lockdown and school closure, I’ve had moments of ...
Dear Nixon Families,
What a week it has been! We entered the seventh month of battling a worldwide pandemic, continued to support our children doing elementary school on their computer screens, sought relief in an unprecedented heat wave, and now the fires across ...
Dear Nixon Families,
I hope you and all of your loved ones are doing well. In our third week of this very special school year, I am seeing creativity and problem solving, active listening, effort and perseverance, organization and resourcefulness from the ...
Dear Nixon Families,
Just a quick note to everyone this week. The Book Fairies are at work! Students can expect to receive a bag of books (along with other school supplies at some grade levels) sometime this week end. The bags will be delivered ...