Happy Lunar New Year, Year of the Rabbit

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HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!


2023 is the Year of the Water Rabbit. If you were born in the year of the rabbit (2023, 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, 1939, 1927... ) you are vigilant, witty, quick-witted, and ingenious. Click here to learn more facts about the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year.



HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WITH ART



THE ABOVE & BEYOND CLUB 
January 2023

Congratulations to this awesome group of Above & Beyond members! Each teacher selected two students who have gone "above and beyond" in the classroom in effort, academic achievement, behavior, or character. Above and Beyond members enjoyed a casual lunch, a movie in the auditorium, a delicious popsicle, a free book of their choice, an In & Out coupon, and a Community Magnet car/refrigerator magnet. Nice job!!!



    Grades K-2





    Grades 3-5







CALLING ALL ELIGIBLE PARENT VOLUNTEERS!

Sarah Lilly needs your help in the library!!! Please drop in to assist next week if you can. Remember, you must have a completed parent volunteer application on file and you must check in to the office before proceeding to the library. 






TEATIME with PHYLLIS


Teatime will be hosted by Phyllis this month. Everyone who is interested is invited to join the virtual meeting, but it is especially for our second grade families.



     


TEATIME with TONI  

Join Toni for a hybrid (in-person/virtual) meeting introducing the Black Student Achievement Plan. Learn about our BSAP summer bridging program, teacher professional development series facilitated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie, and community partnership with UCLA's Center X Parent Empowerment Program. This Teatime with Toni will take place on Thursday, February 2, 8:30am, in Room 1 and Zoom. All are welcome!







Families can join in on the Great Kindness Challenge at home. Click here for the Family Checklist. Try to complete as many acts of kindness as you can-- you can continue practicing kindness throughout the year!






 COVID CONFUSION!  

This past week was a confusing one as far as COVID testing procedures are concerned. Here are the COVID policies we have in place:

This school year, we encourage parents to administer a rapid antigen test after each holiday, including three-day weekends. Two rapid antigen tests were sent home for each student to test before returning from the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and to use after February's Presidents Day. Parents only need to upload these results to the dailypass.lausd.net if the results are positive. Then, you would follow COVID protocols.

We have also shifted protocols for close contacts. Close contacts are students or staff who have been within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more of someone with COVID. Close contacts are reported to our district's COVID Community Engagement team. Close contacts are required to test within 3-5 days after exposure and upload the results, positive or negative, to dailypass.lausd.net. If test results are not uploaded to the dailypass.lausd.net by the 6th day, the student will not be admitted to school! 

Since our return from winter break, we've had a few positive COVID cases at Community. We were fortunate that some of these cases were identified before returning from winter break and the students immediately went into quarantine before returning to school. However, some positive cases were not identified until after returning to school. Close contacts of these positive cases were notified during the same week we sent home instructions for testing over the 3-day weekend, hence the confusion.

If it happens that you receive multiple rapid antigen tests from school, please be sure to read the instructions sent home with the tests. Close contact cases take precedence over general school-wide testing after a holiday, so you should then upload the results regardless of whether the result is negative or positive.

It is very important that close contacts, whether on the bus or in the classroom, mask for 10 days following exposure, test within 3-5 days following exposure, and monitor for COVID symptoms. I know we are all SICK of COVID (no pun intended), but we must remain vigilant if we are to keep our school community healthy and safe. We thank you for your patience and cooperation!!



GOAL MET!!

Thank you and congratulations are in order! CMCS surpassed it's $50,000 Read-a-Thon goal this year!! Together, Community students raised $58,000 by reading a ton of books!! That hard work deserves a reward . . . 🤔. . .                                   
I've got it!     
         
How about a night with NO HOMEWORK?! That's right, on Thursday, January 26th, there will be no homework assignments given! 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Use this card to get out of homework free!       Just be sure to read the fine print.



SAVE THE DATE

DINE & DONATE

Where:  Panda Express (all locations NATIONWIDE!)

When: Thursday, January 26th

Hours: ALL DAY- open to close!!

For online orders: apply code 912524 in the Fundraiser Code box during online checkout at www.pandaexpress.com or via app. Select pickup or delivery.

            Get your families and friends involved NATIONWIDE                           by sharing this link: 

https://www.community-fundraiser.com/virtual-fundraiser/events/promotions/2d80ec5e-2012-8c88-52ad-d27694d59a78/en/landing


IMPORTANT TRAFFIC NOTIFICATION


Metro would like to make you aware of upcoming field work that is scheduled in the vicinity of Community Magnet Charter School along Chalon Road starting next Tuesday, January 17th. Field work at this site will be ongoing for approximately 6 weeks. Below is a quick summary of work activities.

What: Geotechnical boring field work to gather information on existing soil and rock conditions in support of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project


Where: 11200-11300 block of northbound Chalon Road


When: Starting Tuesday, January 17, 2023 and continuing for approximately 6 weeks


Work Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4pm


Anticipated Lane Closures: Chalon Road will be reduced to one lane of thru traffic at the 11200-11300 block during this activity. Flaggers will be present to safely allow thru traffic to pass by the work area. Street parking on the 11200-11300 block of Chalon Road will be restricted during work hours.


Questions/Complaints: Contact Metro via email at sepulvedatransit@metro.net or leave a voice message at 213.922.7375.







Friday Morning Assembly       

         

Link:  https://lausd.zoom.us/j/88971868966                                         

Click here to view the Friday Morning Assembly presentations.



1-to-1 Homework Help is Here!

To support students and families, LAUSD is providing on demand homework help with a personal virtual tutor. This support is available to all elementary and span K-8 LAUSD students at no cost to families in multiple languages. We have contracted with Paper to ensure 24/7 instant support for all students and families. Students may log into their schoology account and click on the Paper app. For more information please visit https://paper.co/lausd



 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

 


COMMUNITY CORNER BLOG:   https://communitymagnetcs.blogspot.com/



CMCS WEBSITE:   https://www.communitymagnet.org/




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