El Semanario Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages (310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: GIVING TO EDISON AND TO SMMEF NOVEMBER 17-21, 2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS Thanks to all our Edison families who have made a direct donation to the Edison PTA and to the Santa Monica Malibu Education Foundation to support the SMMUSD new Vision for Student Success (VSS) program. With VSS mainly providing supplemental and enrichment staffing during the school day and professional development for teachers, and our PTA providing stuff (like Kid Biz, supplies, field trips and assemblies), it’s a great partnership! The VSS program makes sure that each school in our district gets supplemental resources and to do so the Education Foundation needs to raise about $4 million each year. Even if it’s not the way you traditionally contribute financial support to Edison, I’d like to encourage you to make a direct donation to SMMEF in whatever amount you can manage – before the end of the calendar year. The Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. has pledged to match our gifts, dollar for dollar up to $100,000. So $5.00 becomes $10.00, $25.00 becomes $50.00, etc. Even more than the size of the donation, it’s important to show business and community donors that the parents at each school are lending their support. Right now only 37 Edison families have made individual donations. We know that a direct donation is not the way that all our families support the school. But nearly all of us participate in some way in the different PTA fundraisers (Jogathon, Fall Festival, Blue Dog, food sales, spirit wear, etc.). So our PTA decided that one of the important ways we can contribute to SMMEF is by giving 20% of the profits from our PTA fundraising to SMMEF. For example, we just had a very successful Blue Dog sale and are preparing a check for $2,222.00 for SMMEF. And with the Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Matching grant, our contribution will actually net $4,444.00 for SMMEF! When we figure out the profits from Fall Festival, another check will be headed to SMMEF from the Edison community – also doubled with the matching grant! What we’d like to work on now is to increase the number of Edison families who have contributed directly to SMMEF – and donating during the matching grant period is the perfect way to do this. Won’t you consider putting a check (made out to SMMEF) or a few dollars in an envelope with your name on it and dropping it in the SMMEF box in the front office during the month of November? Please consider an amount that is meaningful to you. The exact amount of your gift is not reported publicly. But please let us know your name (even if you do not want your name listed publicly) so that we can accurately reflect the number of families who are supporting SMMEF. Consider that supporting SMMEF supports all our bilingual instructional assistants, our literacy coach, our theater program, our K-2 choral music program, many of our technology programs, and a host of other great things for Edison kids. It’s a great return on your investment and every dollar makes a difference! Remember: Our Campus Opens at 7:45 a.m. -- Please do not drop off children before that time. To increase safety in the mornings, beginning in December, the front gate to campus will not open until 7:45 am. Morning child care remains open at 7:00 am and parents with children in child care can enter through the code-operated pedestrian gate on Virginia Avenue. ELAC Input for Site Plan –Site Council Members Lisa Proft and Pilar Guzman will be presenting on the Site Plan at the ELAC Meeting on November 12 and soliciting parent input on school improvement plans and priorities. Looking for Donations of Board Games and DVDs – Do you have some gently used board games or G-rated children’s movies that you no longer need and could donate to Edison? On rainy days and days that are just too hot to play outside, we like to offer indoor recreational activities for the children and our stash of games and movies is running low. We’d appreciate any donations of games and movies appropriate for the 5-11-year-old crowd! Fall Festival/Día de los Muertos Celebration THANK YOU to our amazing parent (and grandparent!) volunteers and our Edison staff for producing such a great Fall Festival/ Día de los Muertos celebration! You are amazing and you created a wonderful cultural and community event for our families and the community! Kindergarten Orientations for 2015-2016 are now underway! If you have a younger child who will be five years old before September 1, 2015, please return the pink form that went home last week by November 15 to hold a space. All others interested in Kindergarten next year, should call the office to book at tour (310) 828-0335, ext. 61-349. Site Council Ballots are included with this Wednesday’s packet. Please return completed ballots to the office by November 18. If you’re e-mailing, please send to [email protected]. November 18 – Turn in Site Council Ballots November 19 – PTA Association Meeting 8:30 a.m. November 27 & 28 – Thanksgiving Holiday NO SCHOOL
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El Semanario
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: GIVING TO EDISON AND TO SMMEF
N O V E M B E R 1 7 - 2 1 , 2 0 1 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thanks to all our Edison families who have made a direct donation to the Edison PTA and to the Santa Monica Malibu Education Foundation to support the SMMUSD new Vision for Student Success (VSS) program. With VSS mainly providing supplemental and enrichment staffing during the school day and professional development for teachers, and our PTA providing stuff (like Kid Biz, supplies, field trips and assemblies), it’s a great partnership! The VSS program makes sure that each school in our district gets supplemental resources and to do so the Education Foundation needs to raise about $4 million each year.
Even if it’s not the way you traditionally contribute financial support to Edison, I’d like to encourage you to make a direct donation to SMMEF in whatever amount you can manage – before the end of the calendar year. The Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. has pledged to match our gifts, dollar for dollar up to $100,000. So $5.00 becomes $10.00, $25.00 becomes $50.00, etc. Even more than the size of the donation, it’s important to show business and community donors that the parents at each school are lending their support. Right now only 37 Edison families have made individual donations.
We know that a direct donation is not the way that all our families support the school. But nearly all of us participate in some way in the different PTA fundraisers (Jogathon, Fall Festival, Blue Dog, food sales, spirit wear, etc.). So our PTA decided that one of the important ways we can contribute to SMMEF is by giving 20% of the profits from our PTA fundraising to SMMEF. For example, we just had a very successful Blue Dog sale and are preparing a check for $2,222.00 for SMMEF. And with the Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Matching grant, our contribution will actually net $4,444.00 for SMMEF! When we figure out the profits from Fall Festival, another check will be headed to SMMEF from the Edison community – also doubled with the matching grant!
What we’d like to work on now is to increase the number of Edison families who have contributed directly to SMMEF – and donating during the matching grant period is the perfect way to do this. Won’t you consider putting a check (made out to SMMEF) or a few dollars in an envelope with your name on it and dropping it in the SMMEF box in the front office during the month of November? Please consider an amount that is meaningful to you. The exact amount of your gift is not reported publicly. But please let us know your name (even if you do not want your name listed publicly) so that we can accurately reflect the number of families who are supporting SMMEF. Consider that supporting SMMEF supports all our bilingual instructional assistants, our literacy coach, our theater program, our K-2 choral music program, many of our technology programs, and a host of other great things for Edison kids. It’s a great return on your investment and every dollar makes a difference!
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
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ANUNCIOS
Gracias a todas nuestras familias de Edison quienes hicieron donaciones directas a la PTA de Edison y a la Fundación de Educación de Santa Mónica y Malibú para apoyar el programa nuevo de Visión para Éxito Estudiantil (VSS) de SMMUSD. ¡Con VSS principalmente proveyendo personal suplementar y de enriquecimiento durante el día escolar y desarrollo profesional para los maestros, y nuestra PTA proveyendo cosas (cómo Kid Biz, materiales, paseos y asambleas), es una gran asociación! El programa de VSS se asegura de que cada escuela en nuestro distrito reciba recursos suplementares y para hacerlo la Fundación de Educación necesita recaudar $4 millones cada año. Aunque no sea la manera en la cual ustedes tradicionalmente contribuyen apoyo financiero a Edison, me gustaría animarlos a hacer una donación directa a SMMEF en cualquier cantidad que ustedes puedan – antes del fin del año calendario. La Corporación de Dun y Bradstreet Credibility ha prometido igualar nuestros regalos, dólar por dólar hasta $100,000. Así es que $5.00 se convierte en $10.00, $25.00 se convierte en $50.00, etc. Aún más de la cantidad de la donación, es importante mostrarles a los donantes de negocios y de la comunidad que los padres en cada escuela están prestando su apoyo. Ahora solamente 37 familias de Edison han hecho donaciones individuales. Sabemos que donación directa no es la única manera en la cual nuestras familias apoyan a la escuela. Pero casí todos participamos en algún tipo de recaudación de fondos de la PTA (caminata, Festival de Otoño, Perro Azul, ventas de comida, ropa de espíritu, etc.). Entonces nuestra PTA decidió que una de las maneras importantes en las cuales podemos contribuir a SMMEF es al dar 20% de las ganancias de nuestras recaudaciones de fondos de la PTA a SMMEF. Por ejemplo, acabamos de tener una venta muy exitosa de Perro Azul y estamos preparando un cheque de $2,222.00 para SMMEF. ¡Y con la beca Dun y Bradstreet Credibility Corp., nuestra contribución es actualmente $4,444.00 para SMMEF! ¡Cuando averigüemos las ganancias del Festival de Otoño, otro cheque irá hacia SMMEF de parte de la comunidad de Edison – también lo doble con la beca igualadora! En lo que nos gustaría trabajar ahora es aumentar la cantidad de familias de Edison quienes han contribuido directamente a SMMEF – y donando durante el periodo de la beca igualadora es la manera perfecta de hacer esto. ¿Consideraría poner un cheque (a nombre de SMMEF) por unos cuantos dólares en un sobre con su nombre y dejarlo en la caja de SMMEF en la oficina principal durante el mes de noviembre? Por favor consideren una cantidad significante para ustedes. La cantidad exacta de su donación no es reportada públicamente. Pero denos su nombre (aunque no quiera que esté en una lista pública) para que podamos reflejar correctamente la cantidad de familias quienes apoyan a SMMEF. Consideren que apoyando a SMMEF apoya a todos nuestros asistentes bilingües de instrucción, nuestro entrenador de alfabetismo, nuestro programa de teatro, nuestro programa de música coral, muchos de nuestros programas de tecnología, y gran cantidad de cosas buenas para los niños de Edison. ¡Es un gran reembolso en su inversión y cada dólar hace una diferencia!
Acuérdense: Nuestra Escuela Abre a las 7:45 a.m. – Por favor no dejen a sus hijos antes de ese tiempo. Para aumentar la seguridad en las mañanas, empezando en diciembre, el portón enfrente de la escuela no se abrirá hasta las 7:45 am. El cuidado de niños en las mañanas sigue abriendo a las 7:00 am y los padres con niños en el cuidado de niños pueden entrar por el portón de peatones operado por código en la Virginia Avenue.
Opiniones de ELAC para el Plan Escolar– Los
miembros del Concilio Escolar Lisa Proft y Pilar Guzman estarán presentando el Plan escolar en la reunión de ELAC el 12 de noviembre y solicitarán opiniones de los padres sobre los planes de mejoramiento y prioridades.
Buscando Donaciones de Juegos de Mesa y
DVDs – ¿Tienen algunos juegos de mesa gentilmente usados o películas de niños clasificadas G que ustedes ya no necesitan y los puedan donar a Edison? En días de lluvia y días que simplemente son muy calientes para jugar afuera, nos gusta ofrecer actividades recreacionales adentro para los niños y nuestra selección de películas se está acabando. ¡Agradecemos cualquier donación de juegos y películas adecuados para una muchedumbre de 5 – 11 años!
Festival de Otoño/Celebración del Día de los
Muertos - ¡GRACIAS a nuestros padres (y abuelos) voluntarios sorprendentes y a nuestro personal de Edison por producir un Festival de Otoño/ Celebración del Día de los Muertos tan bueno! ¡Ustedes son sorprendentes y crearon un evento cultural y de comunidad maravilloso para nuestras familias y comunidad!
¡Orientaciones de Kindergarten– para el
2015-2016 ya están en marcha!. Si ustedes tienen un hijo/a joven que cumplirá cinco años antes del 1 de septiembre, 2015, por favor entreguen la hoja rosa que se les mandó a sus hogares la semana pasada a más tardar el 15 de noviembre para apartar un espacio. Todos los demás interesados en Kindergarten para el año que viene, deben llamar a la oficina para apuntarse para una orientación al (310) 828-0335, extensión 61-349.
Boletas del Concilio Escolar– están incluidas
con este paquete del miércoles. Por favor entreguen las boletas completas a la oficina a más tardar el 18 de noviembre. Si van a entregarlas por correo electrónico, por favor mándenlas a [email protected].
DEL ESCRITORIO DE LA DIRECTORA:
DANDO A EDISON Y A SMMEF
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Are you up to the Challenge?Take the Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Matching Gift Challenge!
From now through December 31st, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. and its EdAhead initiative will match, dollar for dollar up to $100,000, your
donation to the Education Foundation in support of the Vision for Student Success programs. Every gift, no matter the size, will double the impact at your child’s school and every school in our District – $50 becomes $100 and $700 becomes $1,400!
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., headquartered in Malibu, is the leading provider of credit building and credibility solutions for businesses, and is a proud supporter of the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation.
Take the Matching Gift Challenge today!Matching funds are only available until December 31.
Make your gift online at www.smmef.org/donate or mail your donation to:Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation1645 16th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90404
A partir de ahora hasta el 31 de diciembre, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. y su iniciativa Ed Ahead igualarán,
dólar por dólar,
a la Fundación de Educación, hasta $100.000, para la Visión para el Éxito Estudiantil. Cada regalo, sin importar el tamaño, duplicará el impacto en la escuela de su hijo y todas las escuelas del distrito – $50 se convierte en $100 y $700 se convierte en $1.400.
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., basada en Malibú, es el proveedor líder de solucionespara la construcción y la credibilidad de crédito para las empresas y son orgullosopartidarios de la Fundación de Educación.
¡Tome el Desafío Hoy de Donación Igualada (Matching Gift)! Fondos de igualar sólo están disponibles al 31 de diciembre.
Haga su donación en línea en www.smmef.org/donate o enviar su donación a:Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation1645 16th StreetSanta Monica, CA 90404
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Monday 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Little Ninjas $115 4501.418
Tuesday 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Lego Engineering $160 ($8 materials fee)
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Wednesday Early Dismissal 1:50 - 2:50 PM
Ballet Folklorico Kindergarten - 5th
$ 145 4501.401
Wednesday Early Dismissal 1:50—2:50 PM
Yoga Buddies Kindergarten - 5th
$145 4501.407
Thursday 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Musical Theatre “The Princess and the Frog”
$145 4501.414
Thursday 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Academic Chess $115 4501.411
Friday 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Ceramics $160 ($15 materials fee)
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1st-5th Grade Classes *8 Week Classes
CLASSES BEGIN THE WEEK OF MONDAY, JANUARY 12 LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
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Class Descriptions
Academic Chess (K)- taught by Academic Chess Check mate! Please come and join this fun class, where your children will learn the fundamentals of chess. A differ-ent lesson will take place each week, followed by chess play. Chess is a life-long skill, which benefits a child’s mental discipline and much more.
Academic Chess (1st-5th)- taught by Academic Chess This class is designed for all levels of play, from beginner to advanced. Each week a different fun and dynamic lesson will be taught, according to the class level. On the last day, a mini-tournament will take place, where trophies will be awarded.
Ballet Folklorico- taught by So Fly Kids Have fun learning the many Folklorico dances of Mexico while learning about it's culture! Children are taught the dance steps, Mexican footwork (Zapateado), and will learn about the proper costumes and accessories to wear with the various dances. This is a stimulating, informative and valuable class for any child wanting to learn traditional dance from the Mexican culture.
Ceramics– taught by Creative Fire In this session of Ceramics, students will press a Leaf Platter, fabricate a custom Lidded Box, design a Desk Organizer, and envision a Creation of their Imagination. Food will look great, keepsakes will be stored; desks will be organized, and imaginations will climb to new heights. Don’t miss out on this one! Material fee: $25 payable to Creative Fire. The material fee covers clay and glaze used during class.
Lego Engineering- taught by Playsmart Education Kids love to build & play with machines and structures that send their imaginations soaring! Lego Engineering is a new, project-based program that teaches students the principles of engineering, architecture and science by building with Lego! Students build exciting projects (e.g., motorized machines, such as mini robots, tanks and cable cars; and structures, such as bridges and towers) that promote problem-solving skills, creativity, basic math concepts, self-reliance and self-confidence. Material Fee: $8 payable to PlaySmart Education. Material fee covers the replacement cost of batteries, DC motors, lead wires and other Lego components.
Little Dragons (K)- taught by Karate 4 Kids USA This program was developed with young children in mind. We focus on coordination, self-control, balance, strength, stamina and discipline in a safe, non-competitive environment. This high energy class is taught to motivate young-sters, while building a strong foundation for respect and discipline through Martial Arts. Traditional uniform and white belt are provided.
Little Ninjas (1st –5th)– taught by Karate 4 Kids USA These classes will focus on developing coordination and basic technique, such as kicks/strikes/blocks, self-control, balance, flexibility, strength, and stamina in a safe, supportive, and non-competitive environment. This high energy class teaches respect and discipline. We start with the traditional Karate uniform and white belt. Children will test for a new belt at the end of the session.
Musical Theatre "The Princess and the Frog " - taught by Theatre 31 A fun and non-competitive production class in which each child is given an opportunity to sing, dance, and act in a short presentation of "The Princess and the Frog". In an exciting curriculum focusing on techniques of musical thea-ter, children will strengthen their skills of collaboration and concentration while also building self-esteem, courage, confidence, and compassion for one another.
YogaBuddies – taught by YogaBuddies YogaBuddies objective to all our classes is to teach yoga in a fun and meaningful way that allows students to increase awareness of the physical, mental, emotional and social elements around them. Students will learn up to 30 poses each session, 8 breathing techniques, and 8 character building words.
MATERIAL FEES are due on the first day of class and are to be made payable directly to the contractor.
These fees are separate from the registration fee and financial assistance does not apply to material fees.
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