Welcome Back!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
- Upload your student COVID test results to dailypass.lausd.net before school tomorrow.
- Complete the 2022-23 School Experience Survey: Click here
- Intervention resumes for the next 2 weeks: November 30, December 1, 7, and 8.
2022 READ-A-THON: A THANKSGIVING UPDATE!
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BOOK FAIR!!
Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair was a HUGE success thanks to all of you!!! With your purchases we raised over $9,000 for Sarah Lilly to buy more books for our library shelves.
It was so nice to welcome parents back on campus to shop the fair and help. We couldn’t have done it without our volunteers, we appreciate the following people for donating their time during our fair.
Emma Bates, Alexander Binder, Jennifer Brooke, Sherry Burch, Robin Dennis, Jen Eldridge, Mandy Fabian, Marc Finkelstein, Tracey Wise Finkelstein, Kendra Garcia, Seira Greenwood, Noa Goren Zahavi, Misung Ham, Kate Harrington, Diane Hirsch Garcia, Andrea Hughson, Erin Kost-Gentile, Lisa Lew, Jade Montoya, Kamille Maslon, Kim Murtaugh, Kirsten O’Hare, Courtenay Raia, Neema Rotolo, Erica Richards, Mollie Ryan, Jennifer Sanders and Jackie Vestal.
Special shout-out to Kendra Garcia and Mollie Ryan for arriving to school early every morning of our fair to help our enthusiastic customers!
Look forward to seeing you at our Spring Fair, March 6th-10th!
- The good news is that 92% of parents feel that their children are safe on school grounds and 91% feel that students are clearly informed of the consequences of breaking school rules.
- The not so good news is that 73% of parents believe that complaints of bullying are taken seriously at Community and 74% believe that discipline is fair at Community.
- Many US schools, Community among them, saw an increase in discipline referrals and complaints of bullying after the pandemic. Read more about it in this article released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
- Many students behaviors stemmed from trauma experienced during the pandemic and/or the lack of opportunities to build and strengthen social skills during the pandemic. Students needed tools and strategies to help them express their feelings, to work/play cooperatively with others, and to adjust to a full day of structured learning. Fortunately, we were able to partner with West Valley Counseling Center (WVCC) to provide students with much needed mental health support and counseling services. We have continued to work with WVCC this year and still have a long waiting list of students whose parents have requested these services.
- Phyllis, our Magnet Coordinator, handles discipline for our students and uses Restorative Justice practices and strategies. She artfully uses a combination of mediation, conferencing, and community circles to help students solve conflicts, big and small. This approach helps students understand their roles in conflicts, use empathy to see opposing points of view, and work together to determine appropriate solutions.
- We view parents as our partners at Community and get them involved with behavior concerns when necessary.
- At Community, we take complaints of bullying very seriously and adhere to the LAUSD Bullying and Hazing policy as we carefully follow through with these complaints.
THE CMCS HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE
December 12-December 16th
To raise money for culmination, the 5th grade class will be running a Holiday Boutique in the library where students can pick out holiday gifts for their family and have them wrapped right on campus. We'll have it open on the day of the Winter performances for adults to shop as well. Please fill out the proper paperwork if you'd like to volunteer (we need you!) and help us by donating shopping bags and gift wrap items (scissors, tape, bows, wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue, gift tags, and lots of scotch tape!) Bring all items to Kathryn's office by December 12th. And if anyone has a cash register we could borrow, please let us know! Thank you!
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Thank you to all of the parents who have applied to be a parent volunteer! So far, we have 37 parents approved to be volunteers and 134 pending applications. If your application is still pending, please be sure you have . . .
- Completed an on-line application
- Completed and turned in a Parent Volunteer Commitment form
- Submitted a copy of TB test results (must be dated within the last 4 yrs)
- Uploaded your COVID vaccinations to dailypass.lausd.net
- If you plan to work one-on-one with students or chaperone an overnight field trip, you will also need to be fingerprinted through LAUSD.
Link: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/88971868966
We are still hoping to find two wonderful people to run our after-school program through Beyond the Bell. If you know anyone who may be interested, please have them call our office or email me at trk2932@lausd.net. We count on our parents for a lot, and we're here again asking for your support in this. I have exhausted all of my options. AND, we also still need TAs!
1-to-1 Homework Help is Here!
LAUSD/SCHOOL POLICY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT SCHOOL
CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND OTHER MOBILE DEVICES It is the policy of LA Unified to prohibit the use of cellular phones or any electronic mobile device by students on campus during normal school hours. Students are permitted to possess cellular phones, or other electronic mobile devices such as cameras, electronic games, radios, MP3 players, computing devices, tablets, etc. on campus, provided that any such device shall remain turned off and stored in a locker, backpack, purse, pocket, or other places where it is not visible during normal school hours. Students are permitted to use cellular phones or other electronic mobile devices on campus, before and after school or during school activities that occur outside of school hours. For LA Unified, state, and national assessments, students are prohibited to access any unauthorized electronic devices at any time during the entire testing session. Students must comply any time a request is made by school personnel to cease the use of a cellular phone and/or other electronic mobile device even before or after school. Schools may adopt more stringent cellular phone policies through the School Site Council. Cellular phone use on the school bus is for emergency purposes only; driver authorization is required. For more information, you may call Transportation Services at (800) 522-8737. LA Unified is not responsible for lost or stolen cellular phones or other electronic mobile devices.
If a student is found using and/or displaying a cell phone, it will be taken away to be returned to a parent upon request.
You may find this information in the Parent-Student Handbook (page 6) which is posted on our school website under the Resources tab. A hard copy of the handbook should have been sent home by the teacher. If not, please let me know. Also, please let me know if you have any questions regarding this LAUSD policy at trk2932@laud.net.
IMPORTANT CMCS LINKS
For your convenience, this list of the important school links has been added to the website under the "From the Principal" tab.
FRIDAY MORNING ASSEMBLY (webinar):
Link: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/88971868966
Meeting ID: 889 7186 8966
TEATIME WITH TONI:
Link: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/85702647699?pwd=UUwzOHgwbFlJaDlXMm1ZMldpNm1KZz09
Meeting ID: 857 0264 7699
Passcode: 852391
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