School Starts Monday, August 15, 2022

Dear Walgrove Families, 

We look forward to welcoming you to campus Monday, August 15 at 8:05am! 

Here are some handy tidbits of info to know now:

DROP OFF/PICK UP:

You may drop your kiddo off at any of the four gates, but preferably the gate closest to class:
> Appleton Gate for Grades 4-5
> Walgrove Gate for Grades 2-3
> Morningside Gate for Grades TK-1 and Alt Curriculum
> Maplewood Gate for Families with Multiple Grades

UPDATE: New Gates as of 08/18/2022

> Appleton Gate for Grades 4-5 (though any kiddo can enter any gate)
> Walgrove Gate for Grades 2-3 (though any kiddo can enter any gate)
> Morningside Gate for Grades TK-1 and Alt Curriculum (though any kiddo can enter any gate)
> Dolphin Gate on Morningside for Grades TK-1 and Alt Curriculum (though any kiddo...)

Daily drop-off is 7:30-8:05am. Students will be supervised in the Quad until 8:05.

Daily pick-up is at the same gate from 2:30-2:45. STAR/Beyond the Bell pick up is via the gate nearest the Auditorium.

SCHOOL STARTS: 

School starts at 8:05am. (Gates will close at 8:05. Anyone who enters after 8:05 must enter through the office and get a tardy slip.)

School ends at 2:30 (except on Tuesdays, when it ends at 1:35).

AFTER SCHOOL:

STAR/Beyond the Bell extends until 6pm for those who have applied. For those who have not yet, you may apply here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uQl8NRShtlRogoWgIXMfVJ9okt_yDWlQ/view

Strings by the Sea (violin) and Angel City Youth Chorale (choir) are free after-school programs for students who are in STAR/Beyond the Bell and students who are not. More info on these two programs once school is in session. Musical Theater, which is another after-school program, starts after Winter Break. (Theater class is during the school day, weekly all year, as are the other enrichments of STEAM Studio, PE, Library and Garden.)

WELCOME PACKETS and ANTIGEN COVID TESTS:

You may pick up a welcome packet and antigen test (one each per child) anytime between August 8 and August 12 8:00am-3:00pm. COVID testing is strongly recommended but not required within 48 hours of the start of school. ONLY UPLOAD THE RESULTS IF YOU ARE POSITIVE. Do not upload negative test results. IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL. Also, do not attend if you have symptoms, such as headache, body aches, runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough or diarrhea.

Welcome packets will also be sent home on the first day of school. 

UPCOMING DATES:

Monday, August 1:
Welcome letters, welcome packets and class and teacher assignments will be sent to families electronically. In addition, hard copy welcome packets will be available in the office for pick up starting Monday, August 1 and will also be sent home with students on the first day of school.

Tuesday, August 9:
Optional Paid Teacher Meeting Day 1 8am-3pm

Wednesday, August 10:
Optional Paid Teacher Meeting Day 2 8am-3pm

Thursday, August 11:
Optional Paid Teacher Meeting Day 3 8am-3pm

Friday, August 12:
Required Teacher Meeting & Planning Day 8am-3pm

Saturday, August 13:

Campus Volunteer Day in the Edible Garden and Wildlands 9am-2pm
Kindergarten and New Family Orientation in the Auditorium 10-11am
Kindergarten Playdate in the Kinder Yard 11am-12pm

So, come to orientation and then either play in the kinder yard or volunteer in the garden OR both!

Monday, August 15:
School starts at 8:05

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Assemblies (with Parent Coffee Cart and Garden Goodies) will be Fridays 8:05-8:20am in the Quad.

Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal every Friday right after the assembly at the Council Circle.

Parents are allowed onto campus to escort their kiddos, to attend assemblies and/or Coffee with the P, and to observe class with an appointment. However, to stay longer, please become a registered volunteer and volunteer in a classroom, in the library, in the Edible Garden, in the Wildlands, on the playground, the cafeteria or elsewhere on campus!

What to bring to school:

• Backpack
• Snack
• Lunch
• Change of clothes/pants in a Ziplock bag
• If you bring technology, you may use it only when directed to by a teacher. No tech use during recess, lunch or at STAR
• Please don't bring toys, as they may be lost, stolen or stir up conflict

For questions, please refer to the welcome packet August 1 or contact Principal Dr. Andrea Kittelson andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net and/or SAA Ms. Tracy McCarthy tracy.mccarthy@lausd.net

Thank you!

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Share and Care Parent Workshops

Volunteering on Campus 2022-2023

 

To Register to Volunteer, Click Here.

STEAM Certification

Dear Walgrove Monarchs, 

You may remember that we started the process of becoming STEAM certified through the LAUSD STEAM Certification process during the 2019-2020 school year. Upon our final Saturday meeting, we shared a draft of our PPT with the other schools who were also seeking certification, turned in a draft to the committee and then were expecting a visit at the end of March, 2020. 

But then COVID happened! 

STEAM Certification was on hold. 

So, we had until the end of this year to submit an updated PPT to the committee, which we did. The committee will score our PPT in late July and then...

WE expect to receive a visit from the certification team this Fall where we will henceforth offically earn STEAM certification, pending the committee's approval (I'm crossing my monarch wings!). 

Click the image below for the PDF version of the PPT we submitted to the committee. Here is the rubric used to evaluate our PPT.

Thank you, teachers, staff, parents and students for your mighty STEAM work!

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