SHOUT OUTS!
SHOUT OUTS!
Dear Community Families,
This week, I’d like to give a special shout-out to our impressive Student Council officers—Peace O., Skyler S., Leo S., Duke Z., Ella P., and Ella S.H. Last week, these outstanding leaders facilitated our Behavior Expectations Fairs, reminding students how to be safe, responsible, respectful, trustworthy, and kind in shared spaces such as the restrooms, playground, valet area, bus, cafeteria, and auditorium.
I encourage you to ask your student what they learned from the assemblies. I’ll also be meeting with the Student Council officers this week to discuss free seating at lunch—an idea sparked by student leadership and advocacy. What a fantastic group of student leaders!
I’d also like to send a heartfelt shout-out to our amazing Attendance Counselor and to celebrate an exciting achievement for our school community. We are thrilled to share that our school has exceeded district expectations and goals for attendance! Our current chronic absenteeism rate is just 7.7%, placing us in the top ten schools for lowest chronic absenteeism in Region West. Even more impressive, our excellent attendance rate is 69.2%, ranking us among the top 15 Region West schools for excellent attendance.
This success truly reflects a team effort. Thank you to our families for ensuring students arrive at school on time each day, and to our dedicated teachers and TAs for creating classrooms where students feel safe, engaged, and excited to learn.
A very special shout-out goes to Claudia Morales, our outstanding Attendance Counselor. Claudia’s dedication to supporting both attendance and social-emotional learning has made a tremendous difference. She consistently goes above and beyond—providing counseling services, building strong relationships, and ensuring every student feels seen and supported.
Congratulations to our entire school community! Let’s keep this positive momentum going strong.
As a reminder, if your child is ill, please keep them home. We are currently experiencing a high rate of
Important Announcements for the Week
Attendance and MOY Interim Assessments Attendance over the next few weeks is especially important as students participate in the Mid-Year (MOY) Interim Assessments in Math and Reading. These assessments help determine how each student will be supported in achieving academic success through small group instruction, participation in the CATCH program, and after-school tutoring and intervention opportunities. They also play a key role in identifying students for gifted and talented programs.
Math Kangaroo Resumes Math Kangaroo resumes this Monday, January 26. Students will enjoy snack/supper from 2:30–2:45 p.m., then dive into Math Kangaroo sessions until 4:30 p.m. We’re gearing up for the National Math Kangaroo Competition on Thursday, March 19—just a few short weeks away!
Community Council Meeting. Our monthly Council meeting meets this Tuesday, January 27, at 2:45. We will share our final budget and discuss school flexibilities. If you have concerns to bring before the Council, please contact your grade level Council representative to share your concern or request a 2-minute Public Comment.
Best,
Toni
MULTILINGUALISM AWARDS
SAVE THE DATE!!
- 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 . . .
- February 2
- 5th Grade Physical Fitness testing window opens
- Math Kangaroo
- 4th Grade field trip to VT Ranch
- Student Nest tutoring begins
- February 3
- Tuesday Enrichment begins
- February 4
- 4th grade arts field trip
- February 9
- Math Kangaroo
- February 11
- 5th grade arts field trip
- February 16
- NO SCHOOL- Presidents Day
- February 18
- after-school intervention begins
- February 19
- Safety Drills
- February 23
- Math Kangaroo
- Rm. 13 field trip
- February 24
- Community Council meeting
- Kindergarten and 5th grade Black History Month presentations (8:30 and 1:00)
- February 27
- Tea Time with Toni
- Black History Month assemblies: Celebrating Black History in the Big Easy
- March 2
- Math Kangaroo
- March 5
- Above & Beyond Club (tentative)
- 3rd grade field trip (tentative)
- March 6
- Book Fair Preview
- March 9-13
- Parent Conference Week
- Book Fair
- March 10
- Grandparents Day!
- March 11-12
- Minimum Days - 12:50 dismissals
- No tutoring
- No late buses
REGISTER FOR KIDS 4 COLLEGE FREE AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE
- 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.
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.
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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