Celebrating October!

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Happy October!

October is one of the longest months with no school breaks, so Halloween comes as a welcome end-of-the month celebration with its tricks, treats, crazy costumes, and all out fun! While this Halloween will be candy-free for me (gotta lose these COVID pounds), I'm looking forward to the events planned for this month. I'm excited for the Hispanic Heritage Month presentations our 4th and 2nd graders have prepared, I can't wait to be entertained by the award-winning Jose-Luis Orozco, and I am thrilled that our families will celebrate Halloween together with the Parade of Masks Car Parades.

Yes! Let's get this October started!

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations

This month, we celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Hispanic Americans. Be sure to join us for the Monday Morning Messages on October 5th and 12th as our 4th and 2nd grade students proudly honor Hispanic Americans and the contributions they've made to our society.  

Make sure you don't miss a very special presentation by bilingual educator, award-winning recording artist and children's author, Jose-Luis Orozco! This year, he celebrates 50 years promoting Latin American culture through his music, stories, and performances. Jose-Luis Orozco's half-hour presentation begins at 10:30 a.m.. Here is the link to join the webinar: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/95997126238 .


Virtual Book Fair

Our Virtual Book Fair kicks off tomorrow, Monday, October 5th and continues through Wednesday, October 14th.

All purchases will earn up to 40% back in rewards to help our school!


Click this link to start your shopping 
Books ship for free to CMCS and may be picked up during the October 29-30 distribution days, so kids will have their books just in time for the November 2nd   Read-a-Thon Kick Off!


 Book Cover Photo Contest  
Shop Teacher Wish Lists
Share Link with family and friends  



Parade of Masks Car Parades

Message from CFF:

CMCS is planning Halloween car parades on the upper yard for our October distribution days with sweet treats for our students!  Over the next couple weeks, we'll be sharing details and asking for donations/loans of the following items to help decorate the upper yard:

  • Giant spiders   
  • Tombstones (the bigger the better)
  • Skeletons (2D is probably best - for hanging in our spooky tunnel)   
  • Crows
  • Scarecrow
  • Pumpkins (a donation from a grocery store or farmers' market or plastic, felt, poster board, papier-mâché, plastic, etc.)
  • Hay bales
  • Black cats, owls, bats
  • Día de los Muertos themed items
You can start gathering items now! We'll have more details soon about how to get us your items and what else is needed!

*Please no items that require electricity! CMCS is in a fire hazard zone and we want to ensure the safety of all involved. Families will be expected to stay in their car at all times. Please do not bring anything else/other treats to distribute as only items from the school will be distributed at the event.



Student Attendance and Engagement

After concerns last spring of low student attendance and engagement, LAUSD made a concerted effort to increase attendance and engagement of all students. LAUSD now tracks student engagement through Schoology and attendance through MISIS.

Here is the engagement and attendance data for CMCS for the week of September 21st:

      Schoology Login rate:        82%- a 0.9% increase from the previous week
      Zoom Login rate:             56%- a 12% increase from the previous week

Please contact the office or speak to your teacher if your child is having trouble logging in to Zoom through Schoology. 

      Student Attendance rate:     99%- a 0.2% increase from the previous week
      Teacher Attendance Submittal rate:     100% (as usual)

Congratulations to our hardworking students and parents for the extraordinary attendance rate and to our meticulous teachers and office staff (Edith) for the unbeatable attendance submittal rate!

CMCS ROCKS!!

VIRTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT

Participating Schools:

Emerson Community Charter 
Girls Academic Leadership Academy 
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies Laurel Academy of Cinematic Arts Magnet Mark Twain Middle School 
Millikan Affiliated Charter & Performing Arts  Palms Middle School
Paul Revere Charter Middle School
Thomas Starr King Middle School
Walter Reed Middle School
Webster Middle School

Here is the Zoom link to attend: 
Meeting ID: 595 779 7490     
Passcode: 5Vf7N2


Updates on Maria and Martha

Martha and Maria are now both recovering at home. We are hoping to have Maria back with us in the coming weeks!

I'll see you in the morning!

Best,
Toni



Comments

  1. Laura LyntonOctober 5, 2020 at 10:50 AM

    My girls don't usually get to their Zooms through Schoology, they go directly to Zoom because Margot's meeting ID is saved there - are they causing an underreporting of attendance by doing it this way?

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