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California PBIS initiated the first statewide effort in 2015 to implement a recognition system that acknowledges schools for implementing PBIS with fidelity to the national framework. Schools apply to be recognized as Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum PBIS schools.

According to the California PBIS website, our "dedication and commitment to the students, families, and communities...is a major contributing factor to the excellence in education in the state of California."

Forest Hill's PBIS system involves our three behavior expectations - Be Responsible, Be Respectful, and Be Safe. We have our Falcon Wing tickets, monthly Falcon Fest assemblies with our Falcon of the Month recognition system and raffle drawings (VIP table and cafeteria front of the line pass winners), and this year's new Feather in Your Cap student recognition phone calls. At the beginning of the year, students are taught behavior expectations which are then reviewed throughout the year.  All of these things working together is what helped us get recognized! 

At home, ask your student when they have gotten a Falcon Wing and why. They should be able to share the reason and if it was because they were responsible, respectful, and/or safe.

Our annual student Halloween parade is on Friday morning! Forest Hill families are welcome to join us.

Halloween is always a fun and exciting time at an elementary school campus. Please help us to make sure it is fun for everyone by following the expectations below.

• Students should come to school dressed in their costumes.

• Students must change out of their costumes at morning recess. Please make sure your child can change independently (TK parents may stay to help their children). The easiest way to do this is to wear regular clothes under your costume. Pack a bag to hold the costume once it is off so it doesn't get misplaced or damaged.

• Masks may be worn ONLY during the parade and ONLY if it doesn't limit the child’s ability to walk safely.

• No weapons of any kind.

• No gory, bloody costumes.

• Adults may be in costume, but may not wear masks or face paint.

Family members are invited to join us for our Halloween parade. The parade begins at 8:30 am. Please follow drop off expectations as you would on any other day. We will then reopen the gates at 8:30 am. Adults will stand behind the students during the parade. Please model the behavior we expect to see in our students: no pushing, do not step into spaces that are vacated when students get up to join the parade, do not hold up the parade for pictures. Pictures before arriving to school or after the parade are best.

If your student will not participate in the parade, please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible. An alternative activitiy will be provided for him/her.

The final touches are going in and our TK students are loving the view! Forest Hill families are cordially invited to join us on Friday, August 22, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. for the ribbon cutting of our multipurpose room and TK/K playgrounds. During this event, we will tour the space, unveil the artwork from local artist, Sonya Paz, that will be displayed in the room, and participate in a scratch cooking tasting from our Child Nutrition Services.  We hope you are able to join us.

Wow!  That was fast!  Construction crews demoed the old kinder play yard as part of Measure T, phase 2, at Forest Hill (thank you, voters!).  New play equipment, shade sails, and turf on an expanded footprint aims to be completed by first day of school, August 20, 2025.  To make that finish date, the entire campus is a closed and is a full-on construction zone, fenced with heavy equipment moving about and crews in action.  Front office reopens on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.  First day of school is Wednesday, August 20, 2025.