Let's Welcome Fall!

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Let's Welcome Fall!

Fall begins Wednesday, September 22. I love Fall because it brings football season, sweater weather, and two of my favorite holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving!  

Community usually celebrates Halloween with the very popular Parade of Masks (PoM). In 2019, PoM was cancelled due to school closures caused by brushfires in the hills near our school. Once school reopened, we celebrated with an amazing Harvest Festival complete with costumes, booths, and delicious food provided by the Korean PTA Moms.  In 2020, school closures again altered our PoM plans. We had a fun-filled Halloween Car Parade instead. The entire upper yard was decorated from end to end with tombs, ghosts, giant spiders and even a beautiful Dia de Los Muertos altar! Festive Halloween music played as car loads of costumed families drove through the display.  Although both celebrations were great fun and very exciting, I am hoping for a return to the more traditional Parade of Masks this year!   

Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 7th when we turn clocks back and gain one hour of sleep. I could use an extra hour of sleep! As fall settles in, days get shorter, nights get longer, and before we know it, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends and reflecting on the many blessings of the year. Though we're still dealing with the challenges of this pandemic, there is so much for which we can be thankful. I am thankful that we may once again enjoy Thanksgiving with family and friends!

COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Congratulations and thank you to the 2021-22 Council members:

Teachers: Kirsten Griffone, Kathi Sweet, Marie West, Fanahi Williams

Classified Staff: Lalita Lewis, Sarah Lilly

Grade Level Parent Representatives:

Kindergarten: Tist One and PJ Stigers

First Grade: Karen Brophy

Second Grade: Ben Dennis

Third Grade: Olga Friedman

Fourth Grade: Leah Lerner and Tracey Wise

Fifth Grade: Kitt Fife

CFF Representative: TBD

Administration:  Toni Klugh

             Our first virtual Community Council Meeting of 2021-22                  will be Monday, September 20 at 3:30 p.m. 

Click here to view the agenda.

Tuesday, September 21

ABOVE & BEYOND CLUB

Our first Above & Beyond Club will meet on Thursday, September 23 at noon. Above & Beyond club members are selected by their teachers for being exceptional citizens or putting forth extra academic effort. The Above & Beyond Club members will have the opportunity to select a special book, enjoy a picnic-style lunch on the Room 1 yard, have a cool popsicle, and participate in a fun dance party.

 Congratulations to the following Above & Beyond Club Members:

                         COVID COUNT


    UPDATE:    We currently have 2 positive cases in quarantine. All close contacts have been notified. 

Due to our recent outbreak, we are being monitored by the LA County Department of Public Health until we are 14 days free of new epi-linked positive cases (September 22).

School-Wide Virtual Morning Assembly

Friday, September 24 at 8:30 am

This week's morning assembly will be Friday, September 24 at 8:30 a.m.  If you would like to view the live virtual presentation, join us at this link:
Click here for past presentations.

                        Friday, September 24



PROSPECTIVE PARENT TOURS

Do you know any great families who may be interested in joining our Community? 
Let them know about our upcoming virtual Prospective Parent Tours!


SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR KICK-OFF  

DINE & DONATE!!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH 

 SAVE THE DATE!

Get ready for our first Dine & Donate event of the year! Our amazing CMCS parent, Lynda A., hosts several of these events each year and they are always a success because they're so easy! Just order a meal from your favorite restaurant and CMCS gets paid! How easy is that? It's a WIN-WIN!!! 

This first Dine & Donate event is especially wonderful because . . .
  • It's PANDA EXPRESS! Who doesn't love Panda Express?!?!
  • It's NATIONWIDE! Start NOW sharing the news with family and friends across the country. All meals purchased from Panda Express on Sept. 30 using the special code below will help raise $$$ for CMCS! Screen shot the information below and post it on your favorite social media platform, or call them on the phone, send an email or text . . . you even have time to send an old-fashioned handwritten letter! However you choose to do it, 

TELL EVERYONE!

  • It's ALL DAY! You can have a late Panda Express breakfast on the way to work, a quick Panda Express lunch with your work buddies, AND a delicious Panda Express dinner at home with the family. Typical Panda Express hours are 10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • CMCS gets 28% in sales!!!! Imagine the WONDERFUL things we could provide for our students with that!! 🤔 We already started a wish list which includes hand-washing stations for classrooms with no sinks, a large shade covering for the upper yard and more!! 
  • It's CONVENIENT!! You don't even have to leave home for this one! You can order online or by app and have it delivered!!! Of course, pick up is ok, too.
*Just for fun: snap a pic of you and your dining mates enjoying a delicious Panda Express meal on Sept. 30th and email to trk2932@lausd.net.  

Beware: 
Pics may be posted in a future blog, morning assembly, or both!

COMING UP . . .      

  • September 27-October 1 
    • Invitational Parent Conferences
  • Tuesday, September 28
    • Virtual Prospective Parent Tour, 8:30 a.m.
  • Wednesday, September 29
    • CFF Member Meeting, 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, September 30
    • Minimum day dismissal, 12:45 p.m.
    • Tea Time with Toni - Safe School Plan 4:30 p.m.
    • Dine & Donate: Panda Express
  • Friday, October 1
    • on-site COVID testing (tentative)
    • Morning Assembly 
    • 2022-23 Magnet Application Process Opens


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