Dear Walgrove Families,
We look forward to welcoming you to campus for the first day of school Monday, August 12 at 8:05am!
Here are some handy tidbits of info:
DROP OFF/PICK UP:
You may drop your child off at any of the three 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
Please no u-turns or three-point turns. Please be courteous.
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 2:32-2:45.
After-School Program Pick Up no later than 6:00pm via the gate nearest the Auditorium/Cafeteria.
SCHOOL STARTS:
School starts at 8:05am. (Gates close at 8:05. Anyone who enters after 8:05 enters through the office.)
School ends at 2:32 (except on Tuesdays, when it ends at 1:32 or shortened days when it ends at 1:50).
AFTER SCHOOL:
Team Prime Time extends until 6pm for those who have applied. For those who have not yet, you may apply here:
Email your completed application to andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net
Applications accepted starting 08/08/2024 at 9am. (More info to come by 5pm 08/07/2024).
Other after-school programs:
Penmar Park with pickups at Walgrove. You simply pick up your kiddo at Penmar at 6.
Venice Boys and Girls Club with pickups at Walgrove. You simply pick up your kiddo at Venice Boys and Girls Club at 6.
In addition to the free option of Team Prime Time and the low-cost options of Penmar and Venice Boys and Girls Club:
Strings by the Sea (violin), Angel City Youth Chorale (choir), Tap (dance) with Danielle Barto, chess with Jonney Machtig and coding are free after-school offerings for students who are in Team Prime Time and students who are not. More info on these three offerings once school is in session.
Musical Theater, which is another after-school program, starts after Winter Break.
Theater class is during the school day, as are STEAM Studio, Library, Garden and other enrichments.
WELCOME PACKETS:
You may pick up a welcome packet anytime after 08/06/2024 8:00am-3:00pm.
Welcome packets will also be sent home on the first day of school.
UPCOMING DATES:
Tuesday, August 6:
Class and teacher assignments sent to families electronically
Wednesday, August 7:
Orientation for new families in the Auditorium.\
Friday, August 9:
Optional Paid Teacher Prep Day 1 8am-3pm
Saturday, August 10:
Monday, August 12:
School starts at 8:05
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Assemblies (with Parent Coffee Cart and Farm Stand) are Fridays 8:05-8:20am in the Quad.
Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal is one Friday per month after the assembly in the Parent Center (or the Principal's Office) and one Tuesday evening per month at 7pm in Dr. K's Zoom room.
FOW meetings are one Friday per month after the assembly in the Parent Center.
Parents are allowed onto campus to escort their kiddos; to attend assemblies, meetings and conferences; and, by appointment, to observe class for preferably no longer than 20 minutes.
To stay longer, the District requires that you become a registered volunteer afterwhich you may volunteer in a classroom, in the library, in the Edible Garden, in the Wildlands, on the playground, in the cafeteria and/or elsewhere on campus! Just connect with the FOW volunteer liaison or Dr. K who together train and schedule volunteers.
Our multi-stakeholder decision-making body is the Local Site Leadership Council (LSLC) which meets once per month and has purview over the events calendar, teacher training calendar, a few budget items and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), which basically means the school rules.
If your child has an IEP, feel free to connect with our new full-time APEIS Mrs. Yinka Dallas Flanagan. Mrs. Flanagan's email is: yod2490@lausd.net. The Special Ed team will host a meet and greet sometime during the Fall trimester.
What to bring to school:
- Backpack
- Snack
- Lunch (optional, as LAUSD provides free lunch to all)
- Water bottle (optional). We have both a filling station and drinking fountains
- Change of clothes/pants in a Ziplock bag
- If you bring a sweatshirt, then have a name-label inside!
- Close-toed shoes (wear them; don't bring them)
- If you bring technology, it must stay in your backpack. No recreational use of technology (phones, ipads, laptops, etc) during recess, lunch or the after-school program
- Please do not bring toys, as they may be lost, stolen or stir up conflict
- Please do not bring gum, which spills onto the ground and hurts shoes and birds
For questions, please refer to the welcome packet 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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