Dear Walgrove Families and Staff,
First, a thank you to all the staff and students who helped to make the preliminary STEAM Certification visit a success!
The LAUSD STEAM Certification team, which visited Wednesday, said outside the chicken coop (right after happening upon the STEAM Studio), "We should certify you right now." They were, of course, impressed by all the interesting, creative, and rigorous work our kiddos have been doing in class, in the STEAM Studios, in the Wildlands and in the garden. They loved how students could speak extemporaneously about what they were learning (e.g, implied and explicit texture) and why (to better understand how objects and people exist in space).
There are other steps to the STEAM Certification process, but only two more short steps!
After resubmitting our PowerPoint presentation in early January and welcoming a formal, official STEAM Certification visit in February or March, we will be one of very few LAUSD schools to be officially deemed "STEAM Certified." STEAM certification will be a wonderful way to honor the ongoing interdisciplinary, project-based, STEAM work that classroom and enrichment teachers have been proffering to students for years.
In addition to prospective STEAM Certification, we face other opportunities. After showing the District that all of our General Education teachers have participated in at least 16 hours of reading, writing, learning and workshopping how to best meet the needs of students in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) realm, and jumping through a few additional bureaucratic hoops, we should be poised to meet the criteria for SAS status for the next academic (2024-2025) school year and the four years that follow. As with STEAM Certification, Schools for Advanced Studies (SAS) schools apply every five years for renewed status and are deemed schools of very high status.
Second, a thank you to all the parent and community donors and volunteers who make every day all the more possible. Without you, we wouldn't have STEAM Studio, Garden, Theater or PE with Coach Rachel. Without you, lunch would be in one spot (not two separate cafeteria areas) and a much greater mess. Without you, playground play would be more bananas. Without you, our offerings would still be amazing but not as outrageously so and not as unique. So, thank you!
And thank you folks who came to volunteer yesterday!
Here is some of what is coming up this week (and beyond!) at Walgrove:
MON
Robust, creative and loving instruction 8:05-2:32
Violin with Danielle Villalobos 2:32-3:35 in the Auditorium
H-Set tutoring 3:00-5:00 in the Library
STAR NOVA STARTS
TUE
Robust, creative and loving instruction 8:05-1:32
Staff Meeting and PD -- No General Staff Meeting. Instead, "Building Math Identities and Finding the Joy in Mathematics" PD for teachers via MyPLN (asynchronous and due in two weeks) and...
Special Education Meeting w/Jackie Robnett and teachers, assistants, and service providers 1:45-2:30 in the Library
Angel City Youth Chorale with Debralee and Jahna 1:45-3:00 in the Auditorium
H-Set tutoring 3:00-5:00 in the Library
Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal in Dr. K's Zoom room 7pm - Topic: Gifted and Talented Ed (GATE) and Unified Enrollment (also called E-Choices)
WED
Robust, creative and loving instruction 8:05-2:32
Tap with Danielle Barto 2:32-4:00 in the Auditorium
H-Set tutoring 3:00-5:00 in the Library
THU
Robust, creative and loving instruction 8:05-2:32
H-Set tutoring 3:00-5:00 in the Library
FRI
NO SCHOOL IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY
MON NOV 13
Author Chelsea Lin Wallace 1pm in the Auditorium, all K-3 classes invited!
Early dismissal 1:50
Parent Conferences 2-5pm
TUE NOV 14
Early dismissal 1:32
Parent Conferences 2-5pm
Staff Meeting and PD: Asynchronous w/GATE Book Study Kickoff
WED NOV 15
Dr. K at Principal Meeting at LACC 8-4pm
Early dismissal 1:50
Parent Conferences 2-5pm
GRADE VERIFICATIONS DUE 2 PM
THU NOV 16
Early dismissal 1:50
Parent Conferences 2-5pm
FRI NOV 17
Assembly in the Quad. Mr. Gonzalez's class to lead the Pledge. Ivy and Rosalynn to perform
MAKE UP PICTURE DAY
Early dismissal 1:50
Parent Conferences 2-5pm
END OF REPORTING PERIOD
THANKSGIVING BREAK NOV 20-24
Let's have a great week (or two weeks!), Walgrove!
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