Happy Labor Day!
LABOR DAY
NO SCHOOL - Monday, September 2
Dear Community Families,
What an amazing turn out for Back-to-School Night! This is the earliest and best opportunity for parents to get to know their child's teacher and learn about the curriculum, classroom, and teacher expectations. It's also a time to meet and connect with the parents of your child's classmates. Room parents and Council members are selected and will be a great resource to you if you have any concerns or issues during the school year. Community Council is the decision making body for the school and is comprised of parents, staff, teachers, and administration. I'd like to thank and congratulate the parents who volunteered to join Community Council this year. Here are the parent members and emails of the 24-25 Community Council:
Kindergarten Ben Dennis hideo@rocketmail.com (Reya, Gr. K; Luke, Gr. 2, Ben, Gr, 5)
Grade 1 Emily Blake emilylblake@gmail.com (Jaden)
Grade 2 Howard Chiang lanternhouse8@gmail.com (Bei-Hai)
Grade 3 Sarah Ghavim sarahghavim@gmail.com (Theo)
Mollie Ryan mollieryan14@gmail.com (Elaine)
Grade 4 Kathryn Castro kathryngarciacastro@gmail.com (Camila and Mateo)
Grade 5 Erica Richards ericajasmine627@gmail.com (Karson)
Our first Council meeting will be Tuesday, September 10 at 1:45 in the library.
This week marks the end of the Beginning of Year (BOY) assessments in Reading and Math. Look for assessment results within the next couple of weeks. Once the assessment window is closed, students will be expected to complete 30-45 minutes each of iReady Math (all grades) and Reading (Gr. 3-5 only) per week. Some of these minutes may be completed at home. Please join me at Tea Time with Toni on Friday, September 13th to learn more about iReady.
The Math Kangaroo Informational Meeting has been rescheduled for Friday, September 6 at 8:45 in Room 23. If your child has a special interest, passion, or talent for Math, join us to learn more about this opportunity. Please keep in mind that student participants will be expected to attend Math Kangaroo classes on Mondays and some Saturdays and will be registered to compete in the Math Kangaroo Math Competition in March. Parents will be expected to offer support at home. Please join Howard and me to learn more and look out for Math Kangaroo registration in next Sunday's blog. We will have to limit registration to 120 students, so sign up early.
This weekend, we observe California Admission Day on Friday, August 30 to commemorate California's admission into the Union as the 31st state. This is an annual legal holiday in California. The actual date of admission was September 9, 1850. Of course, we observe Labor Day on Monday, September 2nd to recognize the contributions of laborers and the labor movement in the United States. I'll be working in the garden with my sister, checking out whatever's on Netflix, grilling chicken and turkey burgers in the backyard, drinking sangria (yum!!), and relaxing as much as possible! However you plan to celebrate, I hope you enjoy this 4-day weekend!
Best,
Toni
P.S. Just took a peek at the weather for next week and temps will be in the 90's for most of the week! Unless that changes, we're looking at inside lunch recess all week, except maybe Monday. Please make sure to send your child with water and layered clothing so they're not uncomfortable in the air-conditioned classrooms.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON ATTENDANCE
This school year, our attendance goal is to improve school-wide attendance by ensuring that every student has good attendance. Due to the high number of unexcused absences, we will only accept a maximum of 5 parent notes. After that, the parent will need to provide a medical note in order to excuse an absence.
Does your child have a passion for math or a real knack for numbers?
The CMCS Math Kangaroo Club might be the perfect place for them!
TUESDAY ENRICHMENT REGISTRATION LINK
Click here to read the 2024-2025 Parent/Student Handbook
PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Thank you to all the parents who have already submitted volunteer applications for the 2024-2025 school year. While quite a few applications have been approved, many are stuck in the process because of expired TB clearance. TB clearance must be updated every 4 years, so if your TB clearance was provided in 2020, it's time to update.
Please look out for the parent volunteer training coming soon.
SCHOOL IS COMPULSORY!
Students need to come to school every day. When possible, please schedule your child’s medical appointments outside of school hours. (See the bell schedule for our school hours.) If you must schedule an appointment during school hours, please check in at the main office to pick up/drop off your child.
The following types of absences are excused: illness, doctor’s appointments, funerals, family emergencies, court dates, religious observances, etc. Examples of unexcused absences include: vacations, “we slept in,” “we took a family day,” “we went to Disneyland for her birthday,” "we visited relatives out of state/country," etc. Even if you send in a note to explain the absence, those examples would be designated as unexcused. For more information, please refer to LAUSD’s Attendance Guide.
You may know that LAUSD has an Independent Study program. This program is intended to provide make-up classwork for students who must miss school for legitimate long-term absences (for example, needing to go out of town for a death in the family, quarantine/lengthy stay at home for serious illness, or needing to make a visa appointment in a home country). Independent Study is NOT for “we are taking 2 weeks off and going abroad,” or “we are starting our Winter Break 10 days early.” For Independent Study in excess of 15 days, you must enroll in the online City of Angels program.
REGISTER FOR KIDS 4 COLLEGE FREE AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE
Click here for the application. Return the completed application to the main office.
Save the Dates . . .
Recurring Activities
- Morning Assembly: Fridays
- Student Nest Tutoring Services: Mon., Wed., Thurs.
- Tiny Spotlight Musical Theater: Tuesdays, Thursdays
SEPTEMBER
- September 2
- NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
- September 6
- Math Kangaroo Informational Meeting
- September 10
- Council Meeting
- September 12
- Picture Day
- September 13
- Teatime with Toni: Understanding iReady Assessment Results abd Using My Pathway at Home
- Parent Meeting: Suicide Prevention Awareness Training
- September 16-20
- Six-Week Invitational Parent Conferences
- September 16
- NO Math Kangaroo
- September 17
- Tuesday Enrichment begins
- September 18
- Fifth graders leave for Astro Camp (to return on September 20)
- Minimum Day, 12:50 dismissal
- September 24
- Make-Up Picture Day (only for students who missed Picture Day)
- September 25
- Prospective Parent Tour #1, 8:30am
- After-School Intervention begins
- October 3
- School Closed: Rosh Hashanah
Click here to view the 24-25 School Calendar
VALET RULES
- Arrive at CMCS between 7:30 and 8:00
- Enter through the gate on the EAST side of the school.
- Drive along the left curb. The right curb is a bus lane whether or not the buses have arrived.
- Wait patiently in a single file line along the left curb of the driveway.
- When a valet volunteer or LAUSD staff directs you, turn right at the parking lot and pull up to the Valet Curb. There can be a maximum of 3 cars at the Valet Curb.
- Under no circumstances can you park with your child and walk them through the parking lot. If, especially during these first weeks of school, you want to walk your child to the front gate, you MUST drop your child at the Valet Curb and then park your car. Your child can wait for you near the valet volunteers on the bench by the Valet Curb.
- When you arrive at the Valet Curb, your child should be ready to exit the car from the passenger side of the vehicle. IF a passenger side exit from your vehicle is unavailable, your child must wait until a valet volunteer opens the driver side door and escorts them in front of your car onto the curb.
- Under no circumstances should the driver exit the vehicle.
- Do not pull around cars in the valet line including at the Valet Curb. The line is single file from the east gate entrance through to the west gate exit. Please wait your turn to drop off your child and to exit campus.
- FINALLY, be patient and kind. The valet volunteers and LAUSD staff are there for the safety of your children. Please treat them, the children, and the other drivers with respect.
For the SAFETY of your child and ALL children and parents at CMCS, if you are driving your child to school you MUST follow these valet rules.
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