Month: November 2014

Hi Everyone!

I came across this video of a teacher explaining a little more why the way we teach math is much different than they way you may have learned it back in school. Take a look, I think you may appreciate the simple to follow explanation he proposes.

Why is Math Different Now from raj shah on Vimeo.

 

I want to thank all parents for being patient in our implementation of the new traffic procedures. Today had positives and negatives that we hope to learn from.

 

Some of the negatives were:

• Ensuring all students learn the new pick-up area (unfortunately one class forgot to remind the students)
• Things can be a little tight when making the right hand turn into the playground
• Our speed bump is a little high, causing some cars to possibly scrape the underside
• Some kids were picked up outside the pick-up area
• You have to be a bit more patient, but kids will eventually make it to you
• Need more volunteers

Our positives:

• All kids were picked up by 2:58 pm
• Once kids arrived traffic flowed well
• The backup on Santa Cora Ave was all but eliminated (at least today)

So overall, today was a good day! As mentioned there was no backup on Santa Cora (at least not at 2:50 pm) which greatly improves street traffic and improves safety for those students walking home. We hope our procedure will improve even more as we all get used to the new routine, but thank you all for your patience and support.

If you have any suggestions and or comments please let me know.

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend. We’re looking forward to a great week, starting off with Monday Nov. 10 where we’ll celebrate and honor our veterans and military families. Please join us for the following events:

Military Family Picnic
All of our active military & veterans are invited to eat on the lawn in the quad area with their child at their regular lunch time.  This includes spouses of deployed members!   Please bring a blanket, your lunches, and you may want to bring a little shade, it should be a sunny day.  PTA will be providing water bottles & dessert.

“Doors of Honor” Tour
Feel free to walk around the campus with your kid(s) to see all of the decorated doors!

School Holiday
There will be no school on Tuesday Nov. 11 in celebration of Veterans Day.

Traffic
As announced last week, starting Monday we will try a new after school pick-up routine, in hopes of improving traffic congestion. Unfortunately, no volunteers have come forward to help put out traffic cones and keep traffic moving, but there’s still time if you’re interested. If you’re available, stop by around 2:30 pm for more information. Thank you. For a map of the new pick-up location click NEW TRAFFIC ROUTINE.

Military Coffee
On Wednesday Nov 12 at 8:15 am we will host our next Military Coffee. This is a great chance to meet other military families as well as learn about resources you may be interested in taking advantage of.

LCFF
Recently California changed the way it provides funding for public schools. On Monday, Nov. 17 at the CVESD Education Center located at 84 E. J St. members of our District office will host an informational meeting to explain different components of the new plan that you may find interesting. Please click Advisory Comm. Parent Mtg 2014 Flyer for more information. En Español Advisory Comm Parent Mtg 2014 Flyer_ES-MX