Our Principal

August 4, 2024

Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year

Dear Don Julian students, parents, and families,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the start of the 2024-25 school year. I hope that your summer was great, restful and you are ready for the start of the new school year! As your principal, I look forward to working with all students, families and staff to make this a great 2024-2025 school year. The first day of school is Monday,

August 12th and classes will begin at 7:55 am. Back to School Night is Thursday, August 15th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.

 

The week of August 5-9 the front office will be open from 7:30 am – 3:30 pm (closed from 12 – 1 pm for lunch) to answer any questions and assist with online enrollment. We need to have every parent complete the online registration process for this school year. We currently have 84% of all enrollments complete. Let’s get to 100%! On Friday, August 9th we will have our PTA Business Day from 12 – 2 pm & our 1st Ice Cream Social from 12-1 pm. Class rosters will also be posted. Unfortunately, no class changes will be made at this time.

 

This year we would like to welcome our new staff member to our DJ family! Taking over for Mrs. Bravo, will be our

new middle school RSP teacher, Mr. Otilio Viramontes. Welcome Mr. Viramontes! We also have a brand-new Early

Literacy Teacher on Special Assignment, moving over from kindergarten into her new role, Ms. Carin Sakuma. Moving from 3rd grade to kindergarten, will be Ms. Magdalena Jara.

 

As a reminder Bassett USD and Don Julian School has a uniform dress code policy. All students are expected to be

in school uniform everyday on campus. The only exceptions are Monday’s and Friday’s if students are wearing their

DJ or college shirts. Please make sure, students adhere to this policy. Thank you for your help!

 

Be on the lookout for our weekly newsletter The Lion’s Weekly!, that will be sent out and Sunday evenings . We look

forward to working together to give our students the best opportunities to succeed in the classroom, on campus

and in the community. If you have any questions, contact our office at 626-931-2900 or visit our website at

bassettusd.org.

Thank you for your continued support. It’s a Great Day to Be a Lion!

 

Sincerely,

Jim Arellanes

Principal