December at CMCS: A Season of Celebration & Community
Dear CMCS Community,
I hope you all enjoyed a joyful and restful Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends. As we return to school, I’m excited for the next three weeks ahead. This is always such a special time at Community—busy, joyful, and full of celebration.
Our students and staff will be hard at work preparing for our upcoming Holiday Program, and classrooms will be buzzing with winter activities and learning. As we approach the end of the first semester, we are grateful for the dedication, cooperation, and school spirit that make our community so strong.
Thank you for your continued partnership and support. I look forward to a wonderful few weeks together as we finish the semester and celebrate the season as one CMCS family.
Best,
Toni
WELCOME TO OUR NEW CAFETERIA MANAGER!
We’re also excited to welcome Elva back to campus—we missed you, Elva!
ROOM 14 STEAM PROJECTS
Dear Community Families,
Thank you for your generous support of the CMCS Pledge Drive!
Together, we are making great progress toward our 2025-2026 Annual Giving Pledge goal of $280,000, plus corporate matching goal of $20,000. Currently, we are at $263,000 of $300,000 total!!
Haven’t Pledged Yet? We aim for 100% participation and encourage every family to contribute. If you haven't participated, you can make your pledge in FreshSchools!
- Morning Assembly: Fridays
- Tuesday Enrichment: Tuesdays
- Tiny Spotlight Musical Theater: Tuesday & Thursday casts
- Student Nest Tutoring Services: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
- After-School Intervention: Wednesdays & Thursdays
- Math Kangaroo: Mondays
Save the Dates . . .
- December 10
- 5th Grade field trip to Columbia Memorial Space Center
- December 11
- Last day of Fall Intervention
- December 15-19
- Holiday Bazaar
- December 16
- Community Council Meeting
- 2nd Grade field trip to Tree People
- December 18
- Winter Program, 8:30 and 1:00
- Safety Drills
- December 19
- Last Day of Fall Semester
- Minimum Day, 12:50 dismissal
- December 22-January 9
- WINTER BREAK
- January 12
- Second Semester begins
- January 15
- Safety Drills
- January 16
- Pajama Day & Read-a-Thon Kickoff
- January 19
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- NO SCHOOL
- January 23
- TeaTime with Toni
- January 26
- Math Kangaroo resumes
- January 27
- Community Council Meeting
- January 29
- Above & Beyond Club
IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT CHANGES TO YOUR DAILY TRANSPORTATION PLAN
As you know, we have several after-school activities at Community. There's Kids 4 College camp, musical theater, math kangaroo, Tuesday enrichment, intervention, and tutoring. Later in the year, we'll also have late field trips. Getting students to their buses after dismissal has become a challenge. Late notifications of last minute changes in transportation plans exacerbate the problem. In order to help us get your students off smoothly at the end of the day, we ask that you please call the main office before 12:00 pm to notify us of any changes to your transportation plans. Since Kathryn does not always get to her email in time, I encourage you not to email her with these changes. In order to get the message into the bus book and out to classes before dismissal, it is very important that you notify the office in a timely manner. Every day, buses sit and wait as we try to get last minute messages to students. Too many times, we've had to stop the bus and get a child off or have the bus return to school to pick up a child because of late communication. The students have a long enough ride and the late notifications add more time to the commute.
Please always call before 12pm.
- 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.
REGISTER FOR KIDS 4 COLLEGE FREE AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE
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.
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