All Palermo Schools will be closed February 14, 2019 due to localized flooding. School will resume on Monday, February 25, 2019
Golden HIlls 3 B's :Be RespectfulBe ResponsibleBe SafeFor the past two days all students have been reviewing our rules at Golden Hills. We were outside in the beautiful weather reviewing playground rules. Students rotated through stations to review the rules of all the fun games we have to play at recess: playground, wall ball, basketball, 4- square and the cafeteria. ...
We will be having a District wide School Site Council meeting on February 13th at Golden Hills in room B6. The meeting is scheduled to start at 3:00. We hope to see you there!
Our attendance Ironman winners for the week are:
4th Grade: Dailey, Taylor
5th Grade: Sharp, Zarzynski
We have a Rewards Plus bonus recess on 2/1, this is for all students who have not received a warning slip, referral, warning on playground and/ or suspension. Classroom TEAM ticket winners for the week are: Ms. Smith and Mrs. Corkin's class!
TEAM ticket Dance Pa...
The American Ninja Warriors will be here on Wednesday to motivate our students to be successful in a challenge. Their challenge is to score a 70% or above pass rate in I-Ready learning modules in 11 lessons in Math and 9 lessons in Language Arts. The modules are differientened to each students level so with effort everyone should be successful! Modules can be retaken i...
Welcome 2019! Welcome Back to School! Today at Golden Hills we began our 4th unit in our Social Emotional Learning Curriculum 7 Mindsets. Today's Lesson: The Mindset 100% Accountable teaches us that we not only have unique characteristics, but we also all have unique ideas, and we must not give away the freedom to act and think for ourselves.
Thank you to Butte County of Education for bringing a Welcome Back to School Assembly on Dec. 7th! Tim Taylor, our Butte County Superintendent was there to guide the assembly! We had high school students from Casa Robles and Corning High School to run activities and a drill team performing dances! They brought letters and cards from students from all over the world! T...
We will be offering a Parent Education Night on Wednesday December 12th 5:00-6:30pm at Palermo Middle School in rm 26. The topic will be on adverse childhood experiences (ACE's) what is it? and how can parents be aware of and respond to and address both acute and complex trauma for themselves and their children.
STEAM night was a success at Golden Hills. Thank you to all the families, friends and neighbors who attended the event with our Golden Hills Students! Thank you to the teachers for putting on such a great event for our students!
On October 31st at 9:30 am we will have our annual Halloween parade. (If it is raining this will be cancelled)We are looking forward to a fun costume parade. Please no costumes with blood, gore, or weapons. Masks are ok if visibility is good otherwise they may wear mask on top of their head. Please join us on the blacktop for the parade!
Wednesday, October 24th is our annual STEAM night! It begins at 4:45 pm with a meeting with the principal in the Golden Hills cafeteria! Every student will be given a STEAM passport, when they do an activity they will receive a stamp! If they get enough stamps they will receive a free hot dog dinner! Families can purchase extra hot dog meals for only $1.00!STEAM activi...
The fourth grade visited Book's Family Farm today, October 15th. At the farm they observed animals, fed the farm animals, gathered eggs, learned about milk products, picked pumpkins and more! The students had a great day!
I-Ready WinnersEvery month we have an I-Ready Competition! The top 3 students who have the most minutes in Math and Language Arts each month will win a Slurpee! The learning modules provide students individual instruction to fit their instructional need. They spend 45 minutes in each subject weekly at school. They can also log on at home! This month we had six winne...
Parent Survey! We are applying for a grant that will provide funding for Visual and Performing Arts. We need your input! Please take a minute and fill out this survey! Thank you!https://docs.google.com/forms/...
Our School Site Council Meeting is on October 10 at 3 in the Golden Hills Office. Pursuant to California Education Code (EC) Section 52855 and EC 64001 a schoolsite council (SSC) is to develop, annually review and updates the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). The SSC must recommend the SPSA to the local governing board for approval. Thus the role of the SSC i...
Tuesday, October 9th is fall picture day! Please check out the attached link for more information. https://lifetouch.com/, click on Find your Picture Day, choose School State (CA), choose School City (Oroville), type in school name (Golden Hills).
On Wednesday, September 12th we had our first parent education night at Palermo Middle School. The topic was technology and Social Media. The night was very informative with our guest speaker from Butte County Sheriffs Department. He spoke about tips to keep children safe on the internet. Please click on the link below for a pamphlet with some tips on internet safety!...
Golden Hills is partnering with the SchoolStore.com program again this year. Anyone can participate: there are three ways family, friends and community members can help our school.1. Make a 100% tax-deductible donation to a student's classroom with the purchase of a CaringForClassrooms.org gift card. Teachers use these gift cards to purchase classroom supplies and equi...
On September 25th our fifth graders will be leaving to attend the High Sierra Environmental Camp. They will return to Golden Hills on Friday, September 28th at 2:45. Please plan ahead to have your child picked up, there will not be buses to transport home. Please use the list in the image to pack for your child. They will be sleeping in cabins and will need a sleeping ...
Please join us for our Parent Education Nights. Dinner and Childcare is provided!
This will be Golden Hills second year using I-Ready in our classrooms. I-Ready Diagnostic & Instruction is an online, interactive learning environment designed to assess students and then provide individualized instruction based on each student’s unique needs.Did you know your child can log onto I-Ready at home? Please click the link below to learn more about I-Ready a...
Golden Hills will be using the 7 Mindsets curriculum this year! The 7 Mindsets curriculum is based on a 3-year research effort, concluding that happiness, meaning, and success are predicated on these mindsets. They are packaged into a framework and language that is accessible and engaging for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade.Please click on the link below t...
Would you like to order a Golden Hills T-shirt for your student?Please click on the link to place an order!millersgraffixstore.com/goldenhills
We are pleased to inform you that the Palermo Union School District will be implementing a new option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision for 2018 – 2019 School Year.
What does this mean for you and your children attending the school(s) identified above?
Great news fo...
Important Changes at Golden Hills and Helen Wilcox Parking Lots!We need to inform you of some important changes for this school year.
Pick Up and Drop Off at Golden Hills and Helen Wilcox
Please see the attached map for changes related to the pick up and drop off procedures at Golden Hills. All traffic must enter from the front of Golden Hills off of Autre...
Golden Hills Back to School Night is on August 14th from 4:30- 6 pm. Do not miss the opportunity to come meet your child's teacher and our amazing staff!
The Palermo Preschool & Helen Wilcox Preschool and currently accepting enrollment applications!
The Bike Rodeo was a success! The students had a great time riding around the track.Students received free bike helmets! Thank you to all the volunteers that helped this such a great event!
The Parent Teacher Group is selling Summer Grams daily during the Olympics. Students can purchase a note to send to a friend to wish them a happy summer. The note comes with a pair of sunglasses. They are $1.00 each!
Golden Hills Olympics events are happening daily! The students are having a great time and practicing great sportsmanship!
We are coming to the end of the year and it is time for students to have the opportunity to earn a Principal/ Superintendent Award. The criteria is as follows:
Principal’s Award:To
earn a Principal’s award in fourth or fifth grade a student must achieve a combined average,
in grade level math and language arts, of 80-89% for the 3rd
trimester report card. Superint...
Our students have new ways to use their TEAM tickets! They can play Connect Four, Corn Hole, Checkers, Ring Toss and a Giant Game of Uno!
Ms. Smith's Trucker Buddy, Mario, came to visit today! He invited Officer Lambert to join him to teach her class about Highway Patrol and trucking! The students were able to see the in and outs of the patrol car and the truck! He brought a cake for the class to share to celebrate Ms. Smith's Teacher of the Year award!
Fourth graders in Mrs. Schlanser's class learning about solar energy!Students learn about energy conservation and design a successful passive solar house.
Please click below on the link to read an article on our wonderful fourth grade teacher Ms. Smith!https://www.truckerbuddy.org/i...
Thank you to our wonderful Parent Teacher Group for contacting Oroville Home Depot for the donation of tools to work in our garden! Our PTG has had a raffle, sold Boo and Cupid grams to raise money to benefit our students. Their most recent purchase were disc golf holes for our students! Next up is "Are you Chicken?", a fundraiser during the week of Open House. They a...
Thank you so much to all the parents who volunteered to help at the American Ninja Warrior obstacle course! The students had a great time and we could not of done it without all the great parents!
Preschool enrollment is now open for the summer session and the 2018/2019 school year.Space is limited! Please contact the District Office at 533-4842 for more information.
On Thursday, March 8th Lord's Gym did an assembly for our school to promote the Mud Run! Below is the information about the Mud Run on May 6th! The whole school can win frozen yogurt if we have the most competitors! Let's go Golden Hills!We've created a Lord's Gym Mud Run just for kids! Children ages 4-12 can now take on 20+ obstacles involving running, climbing, crawl...
Brooks Gibbs presented to our school today about the Golden Rule and taught the students about emotional resilience. The students enjoyed his humor and listened to his powerful message about bullying, and being kind.
Our winners for the Golden Hills Spelling Bee are Alex and Sammy. They will represent Golden Hills at the Butte County Spelling Bee on March 28th! Good luck boys!
Golden Hills has a national speaker coming next week to speak to the students. Brooks Gibbs is an award winning social skills educator who teaches students and teachers how to build emotional resilience and to live by the Golden Rule.
In each classroom students were taught a new dance! Students rotated from room to room and learned dances like the Cha- Cha slide, Cupid Shuffle, Old- School Hip Hop etc..
The Kindness Challenge is happening this week: January 22- January 26th! It is our goal to create a culture of kindness at Golden Hills. The students are passing around "Pay It Forward" bracelets. They are doing a random act of kindness for another student, handing them the bracelet to pay the act of kindness forward!
There are also Kindness Spirit Days!
Monday = "D...
Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be Respectful
Ms. Smith's EAGLE time visited presented to all classes about our school rules!
The students made amazing slideshows to present to the classes!
The fifth grade had a very creative Christmas Show. Each class rewrote a popular song to a Christams theme and perfomed for their families! They were great!
The fourth grade put on an amazing Christmas Show at the Nazarene Church. Thank you to the teachers for working before school, at lunch and throughout the day to design this wonderful show!
The American Ninja Warriors visited Golden Hills today and did 2 assemblies! The Ninja Warriors were Maggi Thorne, Jonathan Horton, Kevin Carbone, and Daniel Gil. They spoke to our students about never giving up, trying new things, and always trying their best! The Warriors have challenged our students to improve on behavior and attendance. They will be back in 8 weeks...
Ron's Reptiles brought 17 reptiles to our school for a special assembly for our students who had 100% attendance for our first trimester! No tardies and no absences!
On Friday, November 17th we had 200 parents join us for the Thanksgiving Feast! Thank you to all who attended and our amazing cafeteria staff for making the amazing meal!