Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

First off, I am so grateful and pleased that the SEIU-99 strike resolved and that prized Walgrove team members have been given their due acknowledgement. Indeed, we would not be able to offer either school or positive and meaningful school relationships without these very prized and skilled team members. Can you imagine a world without our Special Education Assistants or Instructional Aides or B&G custodial workers or bus drivers or cafeteria staff or others on the same front lines? I cannot!

I proffer an immense gratitude to all of you who supported our staff throughout the three-day work stoppage -- and beyond. 

We welcome your kiddos and you with open and better-armed arms during this coming week. 

Here is some of what is coming up this week at Walgrove:

MON

Book Fair 

After-school tutoring with Amplify (the ELA curriculum folks) begins M-W-F 2:30-3:00 for those currently and temporarily Well-Below Benchmark in reading. Questions: andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net

Violin w/Danielle Villalobos in Rm 22 2:30-3:15ish

TUE

Book Fair 

Ms. B provides CGI math mentorship to Ms. DeWig and Ms. Luis 8:05-1:35

NO STAFF MEETING OR PD BECAUSE OPEN HOUSE

After-School Musical Theater Rehearsal per Mr. Donzell

Open House 5:00-7:30

    Food Trucks & Pizza and Book Fair 5:00-7:30 PM

    Classroom Visits 6:00-7:00 PM

WED

Book Fair 

After-School Musical Theater Rehearsal per Mr. Donzell

THU

Dress in honor of your favorite (or any) sports team!

After-School Musical Theater Rehearsal per Mr. Donzell

FRI

NO SCHOOL IN HONOR OF CESAR CHAVEZ

MON-FRI

NO SCHOOL FOR SPRING BREAK

COVID TESTS PROVIDED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO RETURN APRIL 10

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

LOST AND FOUND

Lost and Found will be available via the STAR Gate (the Walgrove Ave. gate between the Cafeteria and the Auditorium) 2:30-6pm ALL WEEK. Everything in possession will be on display. We have additional racks and hangers. Come and find your stuff, or we will wash and donate imminently.

DEVICES

If you received an iPad or Chromebook during the 3-day strike, please return it along with the charger. Or fear self-critical self-talk accompanied by less sleep. (Or phone calls. Ugh.)

BOOK FAIR ISSUE

Please check your kiddos' backpacks (or excited tales) for anything bauble-y they may have absconded with during the Book Fair, as seven books that were once adorned with baubles were effectively de-baubled during the Book Fair (so far). While we do anticipate a certain amount of loss during the Book Fair, as kiddos make their wish-lists, we do need to cover the losses. So, please help us do that. Please, if you are able, donate here: BOOK FAIR LOSSES DUE TO CHILD EXCITEMENT 

Thank you so much for your partnership and support!

Let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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UPDATED COVID GUIDANCE AS OF 03.21.2023

Dear Walgrove Community, 

Here is the gist of the updated COVID guidance, as of March 21, 2023:

Asymptomatic positive cases isolate for five days and afterward may return to school or work without testing negative.

Symptomatic positive cases isolate for five days and afterward may return to school or work without testing negative IF their symptoms have diminished and they have had NO FEVER FOR 24 HOURS WITHOUT FEVER REDUCING MEDICATIONS. 

Symptomatic positive cases must mask upon their return for 10 days unless they have two negative test results from tests taken one day apart after Day 5. 

So, no testing required in order to return on Day 6. But testing required to return unmasked. 

Close contacts include all those sharing the same indoor space (if under 400K cubic feet; our classrooms are approximately 12K cubic feet) for 48 hours before the case tested positive or experienced symptoms through the remainder of the isolation period. This is whether or not they were masked. Outdoor contacts are not close contacts, whether or not they were masked. 

Close contacts are recommended but not required to mask and should test within 3-5 days after exposure.

All parents of positive cases should upload their positive results to the Parent Portal and notify the school (the teacher plus Jackie, Tracy and me -- jxr0047@lausd.net, tracy.mccarthy@lausd.net, andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net)

Please see more details here. 

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2c6606ed-0128-4780-b1f0-52f454e522a0

Thank you!

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LAUSD Services During the Work Stoppage/Strike

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Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

It is my understanding that the planned SEIU-99 strike involving SEIU-99 members and supporting UTLA members is still one for Tuesday-Thursday of the coming week. (If anything changes, I will let you know as soon as I know!)

For your information, here are a few of the LAUSD unions and their composition:

SEIU Local 99

Unit B

• Campus Aides
• Special Education Assistants
• Early Education Center Aides
• Education Aides
• Instructional Aides
• Trainee

Unit C

• Bus Drivers
• Cafeteria Workers
• Building and Grounds Workers
• Gardeners

Unit F

• Teacher Assistants (TAs)

Unit G

• Playground Aides

California School Employees Association (CSEA)

Unit D

• Early Education Center Managers
• Office Clerks
• Office Technicians
• Library Aides
• Translators

Teamsters

Unit S

• School Administrative Assistants (SAAs)
• Supervising Special Education Assistants
• Assistant Plant Managers
• Plant Managers
• Cafeteria Managers
• Area Operations Supervisor
• Bus Supervisor
• Food Services Supervisor

I hope for a swift and humane resolution!

Following is what is coming up this week (and beyond) at Walgrove:

MON

• Instruction with fantastic staff as always
• FOW President and Principal meeting 8:30am as always
• STAR/Beyond the Bell after school as always (w/Dance in the Auditorium)
• Violin after school in Rm 22
• NO TUTORING WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS WEEK
• BOOK FAIR in the LIBRARY! Days: Monday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

TUE-THU

• SEIU-99 STRIKE with UTLA support
• LAUSD Info regarding the STRIKE and options for families
• Please read our PPT with Walgrove-specific info, though, check LAUSD page for updates, and here is the gist:
• Walgrove will NOT host grab-bag food, picketing, or child-care (LAUSD chose other sites)
• Walgrove WILL send home packets, devices, notebooks and sharpened pencils. Packets, notebooks and pencils to all. Devices to Gr 2-5.

FRI

• Assembly in the Quad and Prospective Parent Tour starting in the Quad 8:05am
• Mr. Merrick's class to lead the Pledge
• Performers, Zoey and Rosalyn; Liam Blatchford
• Quiz Show
• No Coffee and Diet Coke with the P and no FOW meeting due to Prospective Parent Tour
• Violin after school in the Auditorium

UPCOMING DATES:

Open House Tuesday, March 28 with Food Truck(s) 5-7:30, Book Fair, 5-7:30, Classroom visits 6-7

   

Please have a wonderful week, and let's all support one another!

Best,

Dr. K

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Emergency Coffee with the Principal Thursday 9am Re: Possible SEIU Strike

 

Here is the PPT shared at the meeting

Happy Pi Day!

 In honor of PI, here are the first thousand digits of pi (the first 30 of which are in bold):

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989

Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

I hope you remembered to Spring Forward this morning at 2am. (So, it is now almost 3pm, not 2pm). 

Here is a bit of what is coming up this week at Walgrove:

MON

FOW President and School Admin meeting via Zoom 8:30am

Dr. K brings the OLSAT tests to the District. Thank you, 2nd grade teachers and students, for 100% completion! 3pm

Violin with Danielle in the Library 2:30-3:15

TUE

Pi Day!

Ms. B's CGI Coaching Day #2 with Ms. Danielle and Ms. Luz

Staff Meeting and PD  in Rm 24. Topic District-mandated info on Grooming Behaviors. Ms. Elkins to start us off with an inclusion activity. 1:45-3:15

Musical Theater in the Auditorium 2:30-4:30 (cast list and exact schedule per Mr. Donzell)

WED

Wacky Wednesday. The Walgrove Student Council comprised of kiddos has asked for all to dress WACKY. I, for one, cannot wait! However, I will be dressed wacky at the Principal Meeting at Pio Pico Middle School 8-4. Blimey!

SSPT 2:45

Musical Theater in the Auditorium 2:30-4:30 (cast list and exact schedule per Mr. Donzell)

THU

LSLC and SSC meetings at 3 and 3:30 respectively in Dr. K's Zoom room. This week, the teachers have asked for a special time to be set aside at the LSLC meeting to talk budget, not just the areas of the budget over which the LSLC has purview, but the other areas as well. So, come one, come all to find out more about Walgrove's budget. 

Musical Theater in the Auditorium 2:30-4:30 (cast list and exact schedule per Mr. Donzell)

FRI

St. Patrick's Day - wear green and be super lucky today!

Assembly in the Quad. Ms. Perez's class to lead the Pledge and Ivy Schultz to perform 8:05am

FOW General Meeting to follow in the Parent Center at 8:20am

Menchie's 2:30pm

SAT

The yearly FOW Auction, where folks buy cool things and ALL the proceeds go to pay for our special programs, such as Theater and Musical Theater with Mr. Donzell, the STEAM Studio with Ms. Francesca, PE with Coach Rachel, and the Garden and Wildlands with Farmer Adam! For more info, including time and location, visit walgroveauction.com LAUSD does not pay for these programs. FOW raises funds to pay for these programs. Let's show our support for FOW!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Parents, please pick up your kiddos promptly after school (those that are not in the after-school program) as the office staff is not equipped to supervise kiddos after school. 

Parents, please also check out the Lost and Found racks M-F 2:30-6 at the STAR Gate and Fridays at the Assembly. We just got a second rack, so that ALL stuff will be there every time. Anything left after March 24th will be washed and donated. 

Book Fair March 20-24 in the Library. Times TBD.

Open House Tuesday, March 21. Food Truck(s) and Book Fair 5-7:30. Classroom visits 6-7.

Let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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LSLC and SSC Info and Minutes 2022-2023

The current Local School Leadership Council (LSLC), which should have more teachers than parents, (and 50% teachers) is comprised of:

Principal Andrea Kittelson
SAA Tracy McCarthy
Teacher Ana Lima
Teacher Doug Merrick
Teacher Alejandra Biolatto
Parent Lisa Margeson

Alternate Parents: Donchelle Florence-Rhodes and Shaina Shapiro

The current School Site Council (SSC), which should have more parents than teachers, is comprised of:

Principal Andrea Kittelson
SAA Tracy McCarthy
Teacher Doug Merrick
Parent Agata Schultz
Parent Sharon Beam
Parent Rebecca Rosengard

Alternate Parents: Donchelle Florence-Rhodes and Shaina Shapiro

Alternate Teacher: Alejandra Biolatto

Here is information on each committee's respective composition and purview:

The LSLC and SSC meetings are monthly, typically on the third Thursday at 3 and 3:30, respectively, in Dr. K's Zoom room. 

In addition to hosting LSLC and SSC meetings, where elected representatives vote on specific items over which the LSLC and SSC have purview, the Principal sends surveys to all staff and families via email in order to elicit staff and family input on matters over which District and School administrators have purview. Survey results, while not binding, are informative and help the District and School administrators arrive at decisions. 

All staff and families are invited to all LSLC and SSC meetings. While all are invited to bring forth questions and comments, only elected representatives may vote. 

On matters that are not under the purview of the LSLC and SSC, the District and School administrators have the privilege and responsibility to make decisions. While input is sought, not all action items are by consensus or brought to a vote. 

Here are the LSLC and SSC Meeting Minutes from 2022-2023

• September 29, 2022
• October 27, 2022
• December 12, 2022
• January 19, 2023
• February 16, 2023 
• March 16, 2023 
• April 20, 2023 
• May 25, 2023 (Pending Approval)

Principal Andrea Kittelson andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net

APEIS Jackie Robnett jxr0047@lausd.net

FOR ADDED CONTEXT: The parent organization, Friends of Walgrove (FOW), is a separate entity, and its purpose is twofold: 1) to raise $ for Walgrove; and 2) to build community. FOW is not a school-based decision-making body with purview over school matters. While the FOW Board and school administration meet weekly to discuss school needs, FOW does not determine school needs.

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Daylight Savings Time Starts This Weekend - Sunday 2AM

 

Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrovers, 

Parents conferences are this week! School ends at 1:54 every day but Tuesday, when it ends at 1:35. 

School ends at the following times:

MON - 1:54

TUE - 1:35

WED - 1:54

THU - 1:54

FRI - 1:54

Please make an appointment with your child's teacher for a conference this week (or beyond, if necessary). 

Click here for the Bell Schedule.

Here is more of what is coming up this week at Walgrove:

MON

Anti-bullying assembly "Bye-Bye Bully" 8:20 Grades TK-3; 9:20 Grades 4-5

Please adjust your breakfasts such that you are in the auditorium at the assigned times

After-School Violin schedule per Danielle Villalobos

After-School Tutoring with Lynn and/or LaV per Lynn and LaV

NOVA Dance Class starts today. No Cost. Open to those in STAR

TUE

No Staff Meeting / Parent Conferences

After-School Musical Theater per Donzell

WED

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

OLSAT TESTING GR 2

SSPT 2:45

After-School Musical Theater per Donzell

THU

OLSAT TESTING GR 2

The Usual Awesome Instruction and After-School Hokum

After-School Musical Theater per Donzell

FRI

Assembly 8:05. Ms. Perez' class to lead the Pledge; Ivy Schultz to perform

Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal in the Wildlands 8:20

FOW Board Meeting in the Parent Center 8:45

MAKE-UP OLSAT TESTING GR 2

SAT 

Volunteer Day 9am-1pm

If I forgot something, please let me know, and I will let you know. 

Here are some important links (they are the same links from my email sig in case they are helpful):

WeAreWalgrove.com

LAUSD Strategic Plan

LAUSD 2022-2023 Calendar

Walgrove 2022-2023 Calendar

Walgrove 2022-2023 PD Calendar

Walgrove 2022-2023 Assessment Calendar

Walgrove 2022-2023 Enrichment Schedule

Walgrove Bell Schedule

Principal's Corner (COVID Info, Volunteer Info, News...)

Scope and Sequence K-12 Math

Standards and Curricular Maps K-12 ELA

PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) Docs​

Attendance Info

LAUSD Safety Smarts Video

2022-2023 COVID Guidelines

Let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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