Rachel Carson Elementary

It was a busy week at Carson. We had a 49er Jr. Rush Race, a special Fruit Guys vegetable circus assembly, a family literacy night for our Title I families, and several events including yogurt parfaits for staff appreciation week.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Crazy Socks Day at Carson to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. Do you remember reading Fox in Socks? Come in your craziest or mismatched socks.

It's sports day today at Carson!

Our spelling bee final is about to begin!

Our students are engaged in many exciting activities today.

Even the staff participated in Twin Day today!

San José City Councilmember Johnny Khamis joined us at our Principal's Coffee last Friday.

It's family movie night!

Carson parents work together to come up with ideas about how to improve school climate and foster school spirit at the Principal's Coffee.

Come to our Harvest Festival today between 11am and 6pm. There will be a haunted house, rock wall, bouncy slide, pumpkin patch, games, an auction, food trucks and more!

Hello Carson families, School resumes tomorrow, Monday, as usual. This week we have College Day and our Walk-A-Thon on Friday, and our annual Harvest Festival on Saturday. We are down to our final week before the Harvest Festival and Haunted House and we need your help! If you haven't had a chance already, please consider volunteering for an hour or two to make this year our most successful yet! It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a school community to make PTA... events happen. Please take a moment to contact us to let us know where you'd like to help that day. The Festival schedule is as follows: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Set up games, booths, etc. 11:00 - 6:00 p.m. Harvest Festival 6:00 p.m. Clean up In your reply, please include your name, email, phone number to best reach you, and the hours you'd like to work (for example, Jane Smith, [email protected], 408-XXX-XXXX, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.) You can also follow the links below to sign up directly. Harvest Festival https://m.signupgenius.com/ Haunted House https://m.signupgenius.com/ If you have any questions, please email a PTA representative at [email protected] Thank you so much for your support! Ms. Palmeri

Reminder that SJUSD schools will be closed next week for fall recess. We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday, October 5.