Principal

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the 2024-25 school year!  I am Dr. Sondra Knudsen, and I am excited and honored to be the principal of Alex G. Spanos Elementary School. I was born and raised in California and have been with Stockton Unified for over 20 years, and in the education field for over 30 years.  My goal is that all students will leave our care better than they came in: better writers, better readers, better critical thinkers, and better people who are prepared for the next stage in their lives.  To achieve these goals, I look forward to meeting you and working with our entire school community as a team that promotes relationships, trust, and support for our student’s academic and personal growth.  

On behalf of the staff at Spanos School, I am happy to welcome you to this new school year! We anticipate a productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. We look forward to seeing you on the first day of school, Thursday, August 1, 2024.  Start time and dismissal will remain the same for this school year with start time: 8:00 A.M., and dismissal time: 1:55 P.M.

To ensure a safe, positive learning environment for our students, the following procedures are in place:

• Campus gates will be opened for students at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast is served from 7:30 A.M.to 7:50 A.M., and School begins at 8:00 A.M.
• We are a uniform school. Students may wear solid-color pants/skirts/shorts in blue, black, or khaki, and jeans (must fit, no sagging, and no rips, tears, or designs), and shirts must be collared with sleeves and be white, blue, black, grey, burgundy or hunter green collared shirts (as part of the District’s uniform policy).  Sweatpants and pajama bottoms are not permitted.
• Students are not allowed to wear the color red to school (any apparel)
• Students may wear their Spanos Spirit Shirt any day of the week and every Friday is CHARGER DAY so be sure to wear Charger gear! 
• All visitors on campus must check-in at the front office with a government issued ID to receive a visitor’s badge.  Volunteers may register with beamentor.org (ask the office for more information).
• Parents dropping off or picking up students by car, please do not use back parking lot

Your should have received a text or email with the first day of school packet information.  All forms are to be submitted electronically so be sure to check for this message.  

Our Parent Back to School Event is scheduled per grade level.  Please plan to attend. 

A reminder note with more details will be provided on the first day of school.

It is important that your child/children are in attendance, on time, on the first day of school, August 3^rd, 2023.  If not, they will lose their claim to "first-in" status at our site. 

As part of our daily routine, students will line up with their classes on the playground and we will say the flag salute as a school community at 8:00 a.m. The wonderful Spanos staff and I feel privileged to be a part of this school family. We thank you for your support and look forward to meeting you. Welcome Back!

Best Regards,

Dr. Sondra L. Knudsen, Principal