Hello, Provo City. I am Superintendent Dau from the Provo City School District. Today is Monday, August 31st. I hope all of you had a fantastic weekend and enjoyed some of the great rain that we had, as well as the cooler temperatures. I know I sure did.
A big congratulations to Timpview High School for being named one of the top 10 high schools in the state by U.S. News and World Report. They were actually ranked number 9. We know this results from a concerted effort from the entire Timpview community, from teachers to administrators to counselors, to office staff, to our parents, to our students, to everyone that's a part of this process. It is a collective effort, and it is well deserved. And it is one of the high schools that has a more highly impacted population that is achieving this recognition.
And it's something where other districts are reaching out to try to figure out what it is that Timpview High School is doing and how they are able to do it and build this amazing culture of excellence. So way to go, Timpview T-Birds. Provo City School District was also recognized as one of 10 districts in the state whose students are actually performing at higher levels than what their zip codes and family circumstances might suggest. So they're attributing that to the education system that we are providing for our students. So we just want to commend our teachers and our communities, our families, for being so dedicated.
It really truly is a partnership with our teachers and our students and our parents to provide the great education that we do for our students here in Provo City School District. A big thank you to all of our kindergarten teachers who started school last week with our little kindergartners last Wednesday. It's always a trick. We never know how many of our kindergartners are going to show up. It's hard to track them because they haven't been in school before.
We really appreciate everybody's patience as we try to even out class sizes and make sure that all of our students are taken good care of. I had a great opportunity to visit Canyon Crest kindergarten classes last week. They were preparing for a fire drill, so watching the teachers walk them through all of the protocols and procedures and helping calm their nerves about this new situation that was going to take place, and then watching the entire school do an evacuation drill and just seeing the fantastic job of everyone there in helping to keep our students safe, helping them to feel okay even in a nervous situation. So just great practice, great guidance, just fantastic job, Canyon Crest.
Just reminding all of you parents to please make sure that you update your contact information on PowerSchool. It is really important that we have correct emergency contact information with correct phone numbers, that your addresses and guardian information are correct and up to date. This is how we notify you if there is an emergency. We use emails and phone numbers as our primary way in which we keep you informed of in-the-moment scenarios. Thank you. So please ensure that you have also completed your online registration process. This is where you're providing permission for students to participate in school climate surveys, allowing directory information to be shared, and understanding really important district policies that apply to you and your children.
The month of September is American Founders and Constitution Month. As a former social studies teacher who spent many years teaching AP US History, this gets me pretty excited. So the Freedom Festival is providing some different contests and opportunities for our schools and classrooms to be involved. We also have legislators that are going to be visiting our classrooms throughout our schools, and we know they are as invested as we are in providing awesome opportunities for all of our students. So we look forward to all of these great things in the month of September.
Let's talk about food additives and district policy. You probably have heard some social media buzz about the new legislation that prohibits certain food dyes and different additives. Just want you to be aware that if you as a parent are bringing in these food items, that's fine. There isn't a restriction on what parents provide.
The restrictions are on what teachers provide, on what the school provides, on what donations can be distributed. In the email that we have sent out, we give more specifics about this so that you can preview this and be aware of it and just work with your teacher on this process. We did have a great board meeting last week where one of the main points of discussion was with our Elementary Dual Language Immersion Committee. This committee has met one time so far. It is comprised of parents from every single elementary school across the district, regardless of whether they have a DLI program.
And the purpose of this committee is for the board to receive feedback from all parents at every school about their priorities, about maybe some concerns that they have about the DLI programming and what impact it might have on their students. We've also hired a research group to help us reach out to even more parents, as well as to teachers and different stakeholders in the community. We'll continue to report on this progress. Our goal is to figure out and make sure that we are equitably serving both our DLI and our non-DLI students across the district, just in the most equitable and best way possible. We are so grateful to have had such a great start to the school year.
Thank you for all that you do and the support that you provide to your students. We hope that you are taking the opportunity to read with your kids at least 10 minutes a day, whether that's in the morning or it might be right before dinner or before bedtime, but just making reading a habit as we move forward with our major reading initiatives across the district and across the state, as we want all of our students to see themselves as successful, awesome readers. Have a great week, everybody. Thank you.
