Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

Welcome back after a winterful three-week break!

Here are some anouncements/reminders:

>> COVID protocols remain: Test as needed/desired. If positive, isolate for five days and return to school/work on Day 6 if no fever and symptoms have improved. No need to test to return. Mask through Day 10. Don't come to school sick. 

>> The Lost and Found is still in my office. I did NOT yet donate items because Winter Academy items were added, and I want those folks to have a chance to retrieve their beloved items as well. Come on by my office to see what is yours. Please only take what is yours.

>> Parent Nina Madjid will host a parent community circle starting again next week (not this week) so stay tuned!

>> The after-school program is in full swing until 6pm. If you haven't yet applied for this year, apply here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fVR_-mEm2T70fHpk-q8l5mFUCguO8yzq/view and email your application to andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net and coreyh@starinc.org

>> The grass will root for two more weeks. The District will take the fence down January 19. Thank you for your patience!

>> Tutoring with high school students in the library will begin after MLK Day

>> Angel City Youth Chorale starts this Tuesday at 1:45. All students welcome

>> Violin starts this Friday. All students grades 2-5 welcome

>> Tap starts next week (not this week). All students welcome

>> Teacher Kaila will be out this week so no theater during the school day

>> Farmer Adam is here so there will be garden

>> STEAM Studio will be in full swing

Chess is potentially an option to add! (?) Please complete a survey to gauge your interest in bringing chess to school (via Jonny Machtig) three days a week during recess, lunch and classes in between. 

Answer this survey about potentially adding CHESS here: https://forms.gle/YAUZs8JY1WLYay2Q6

This is some of what is coming up during the next two weeks at Walgrove:

MON

Debralee Daco announces this Spring's musical theater production at approximately 2pm. Between now and then, there is still time to vote for your choice (Wonka, Seussical or Into the Woods) VOTE HERE.

TUE

Early Dismissal 1:32

Angel City Youth Chorale 1:45 in the Auditorium. All students welcome!

PD 1:45 Rm 24 Formative and Summative Assessments

WED

Dr. K at Short Ave for Instructional Rounds and Network Meeting 8-3

Musical Theater audition information and info session with musical theater director Debralee Daco. Students in Grades 2-5 (kiddos only; no parents) 2:32-3:15 in the Auditorium 

(Other younger students invited at a later date!)

THU

The usual rigmarole, hokum and joy!

FRI

Assembly 8:05 in the Quad. Mr. Gonzalez's class to lead the Pledge. Performer(s) TBD

Violin 2:32 in the Library

MON, JAN 15

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - NO SCHOOL

TUE

Early Dismissal 1:32

Angel City Youth Chorale 1:45 in the Auditorium. All students welcome!

PD 1:45 Rm 24 Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

WED

Musical theater auditions for students in grades 4-5. 2:32-4pm in the Auditorium

THU

Musical theater auditions for students in grades 2-3. 2:32-4pm in the Auditorium

FRI 

Assembly 8:05 in the Quad. Ms. Danielle's class to lead the Pledge. Performer(s) TBD

Musical Theater Audition Callbacks for all grades during lunch

SAT, JAN 20

VOLUNTEER DAY 9-1

SUN, JAN 21

Rose Bowl Half Marathon (Dr. K is participating -- There is still room to join the kids run!

Let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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Important Winter Academy Information

Dear Winter Academy families, 

Winter Academy is from Monday, December 18 through Wednesday, December 20, 2023.

>> If your children normally attend Beethoven, Broadway, Mar Vista, Richland, Walgrove or Westminster, they will report to Walgrove for Winter Academy.

Walgrove Elementary
1630 Walgrove Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Drop-off/parking & Pick-up:

Appleton (Gr 4-5), Walgrove (Gr 2-3), Morningside (Gr ETK-1 and ALT Curriculum)

Buses will park on Walgrove Avenue near Morningside
7:45-8:05 drop-off (Instruction is from 8:05-2:32)

Bring your district-assigned Chromebook or other similar device and login info

Beyond the Bell After-School Program Application:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fVR_-mEm2T70fHpk-q8l5mFUCguO8yzq/view

Bring printed and signed hard copy to the front office (or pick up an application in the front office)

OR email signed application to coreyh@starinc.org and andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net
Beyond the Bell until 6pm --

AFTER-SCHOOL BEYOND THE BELL PICK-UP AT THE STAR GATE
ON WALGROVE BY THE CAFETERIA/AUDITORIUM

>> If your children normally attend Braddock, Coeur D’Alene, Grand View, Short Ave, Stoneror West Side Global, they will report to Braddock Elementary for Winter Academy.

Braddock Elementary
4711 Inglewood Blvd
Culver City, CA 90230
Drop-off/parking on Inglewood Blvd
Bus parking on Inglewood Blvd
7:45-8:05 drop-off (Instruction 8:05-2:28)

Bring your district-assigned Chromebook or other similar device and login info

After-School Program Application:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fVR_-mEm2T70fHpk-q8l5mFUCguO8yzq/view

Bring printed and signed hard copy to the front office (or pick up an application in the front office)
After-school program until 6pm

If you no longer wish to attend Winter Academy or become ill and cannot attend, that is OK.
Winter Academy absences will not count as absences.

If you want to enroll, you still can. Simply come!

We look forward to seeing you at Winter Academy on Monday!

Winter Academy Principals Dr. Andrea Kittelson (Walgrove) and Ms. Alice Cho (Braddock)

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Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

As we pass the 75th day mark and skate, scoot and skip toward the 90-day, which will be the halfway, we are given a three-week opportunity to pull over onto the scenic overlook of reflection and cogitate on all we have accomplished this year.

But first, a thank you to all who those who came out to volunteer yesterday, Saturday -- only some of whom are captured here but all of whom are appreciated. A few were actually Walgrove alumni currently studying at Mark Twain and New West!

Just one more week of all kinds of goodness! 

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

MON

Latkes! Yes, Shaina will peel herself away from her other sundry duties to provide for students and staff her famous potato latkes!

Violin 2:32-3:15 in the Auditorium

TUE

Prospective Parent Tour 8:30am in the Auditorium

Staff Meeting and PD 1:45 in Rm 24. PD: BSAP Grant Apps, STEAM PPT, CAP Plan in Grade Levels

Angel City Youth Chorale 1:45-3:00 in the Auditorium

Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal 7pm in Dr. K's Zoom room to discuss, among anything else that emerges, Winter Academy

WED

Williams Facilities Inspection -- No heavy stuff up top, no trip-hazard power cords, no clutter. Report leaks, broken lights, broken ceiling tiles, etc... beforehand, please. Currently, things look pretty great!

THU

Holiday Market 8-4 out front

Winter Show 8:30am and 1pm in the Auditorium

Bring donations to school for 1736 Family Crisis Center!

FRI

Assembly 8:05. Ms. Lima's class to lead the Pledge. Ivy and Rosalynn to perform & an important opportunity to meet our new Musical Theater Director Debralee Daco to make an exciting announcement!

Taco Truck for staff and parent volunteers 12:00pm +

WINTER BREAK DECEMBER 18-JANUARY 5 - HOWEVER - >>>>>

MON, DECEMBER 18

Winter Academy at Walgrove: Three extra, optional days of school with kids from other schools in our network. Kind of like camp! Winter Academy will be at Walgrove and will involve students and teachers from all over the Venice Community of Schools. The schedule is 8:05-2:32 all three days, with after school programming until 6. 

Morning drop-off for Winter Academy will start at 7:45. Apply to attend in the front office. 

YOU MUST APPLY SEPARATELY FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM HERE. 

TUE, DECEMBER 19

Winter Academy at Walgrove: Three extra, optional days of school with kids from other schools in our network. Kind of like camp! Winter Academy will be at Walgrove and will involve students and teachers from all over the Venice Community of Schools. The schedule is 8:05-2:32 all three days, with after school programming until 6. 

Morning drop-off for Winter Academy will start at 7:45. Apply to attend in the front office. 

YOU MUST APPLY SEPARATELY FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM HERE. 

WED, DECEMBER 20

Winter Academy at Walgrove: Three extra, optional days of school with kids from other schools in our network. Kind of like camp! Winter Academy will be at Walgrove and will involve students and teachers from all over the Venice Community of Schools. The schedule is 8:05-2:32 all three days, with after school programming until 6. 

Morning drop-off for Winter Academy will start at 7:45. Apply to attend in the front office. 

YOU MUST APPLY SEPARATELY FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM HERE. 

Please let me know if I forgot something, and let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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Winter Academy Sites

Due to increased enrollment for Winter Academy, here are the updated Winter Academy sites for our Venice Community of Schools:

Venice High School

McBride Special Education Center

Mark Twain Middle School

Marina del Rey Middle School

Walgrove Elementary School (hosting students from Walgrove, Beethoven, Broadway, Mar Vista, Richland, and Westminster). Bell schedule: 8:05-2:32 Mon, Tue, Wed Dec 18-20, 2023

Braddock Elementary School (hosting students from Braddock, Coeur D'Alene, Grand View, Short Ave, Stoner, and West Side Global)

All sites except for McBride will have Beyond the Bell after-school programs until 6pm.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided. 

If you need bus transportation, you must sign up by TODAY, December 7. 

If you have any questions or would like to enroll at Walgrove (and you are currently enrolled at one of the schools that Walgrove is hosting), please contact the Walgrove office (310) 391-7104.

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Holiday Market and Winter Show Thu Dec 14

AND

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Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

Two more weeks before our Winter Holiday Break, and there is so much good stuff to savor!

But, first, a huge congratulations to our Venice Chamber of Commerce "My Venice Holiday" poster contest winners Violet and Claire who each won for their respective grade levels Kinder and 5th!

I couldn't be there because I was at the Angel City Chorale Holiday Homecoming concert at Royce Hall celebrating, among other folks, the kiddos of the Angel City Youth Chorale who performed two numbers.

  

So much talent to celebrate!

Thank you to all the parents, teachers, caretakers and staff who support our kiddos as they reach for their dreams. Thank you, students, for continuing to reach!

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

MON DEC 4

Dr. K at ELPAC Training 8-3 followed by SARC Training 3-4

Violin in the Auditorium 2:30-3:15pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

TUE DEC 5

Early dismissal 1:32

Staff Meeting and PD The Science of Reading, Writing and Literacy for All Learners -- Asynchronous; BSAP Grant Application Work Session

Angel City Youth Chorale in the Auditorium 1:45-3:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

WED DEC 6

Dr. K offsite - Principal Meeting at LACC 8am-4pm

Tap in the Auditorium 2:32 - 4:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

THU DEC 7

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

FRI DEC 8

Assembly in the Quad. Ms. Biolatto's class to lead the Pledge. Mira P to perform 

Violin in the Library 2:30-3:15pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

SAT DEC 9

Volunteer Day 9am-1pm - Last day of the calendar year to get your garden on!

Come and check out the Lost and Found which is multiplying daily. All items that remain on December 15 will be washed and donated over the Winter Break. 

WINTER ACADEMY REGISTRATION EXTENDED -  

APPLY IN THE FRONT OFFICE

Let's have a great week, Walgrove!

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Parent Workshops with Nina Madjid

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/57v49HhrZ8h6VcPp6

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Attendance Matters

  Here are a few factoids about school attendance in LAUSD:

• Education is compulsory for children ages 6 and up (until graduation).
• While full-day attendance is the law, any student who is present for at least 30 minutes of an hour is marked present. (Ideally before 9am, which is when attendance submittal is due.)
• The State of CA funds schools based on their Average Daily Attendance (ADA). So every absence costs the District $. Every student at school brings the District $. Each student absence costs the District approximately $70. 
• The State of CA and the District evaluate a school's effectiveness, in part, based on the number of students deemed Chronically Absent, which means absent 10% (or more) of the # of school year (see the CA Dashboard). In 2022, we were again deemed in ATSI Program Improvement due to our high rate of Chronic Absenteeism. Hence, we have a School Site Council (SSC) and create goals and strategies to address Chronic Absenteeism.
• Parents may excuse absences for illness or other reasons within 10 days of the absence (see Ed Code 48205); however, excusing an absence doesn't make it disappear. It still counts as an absence for the purpose of state funding. However, since teachers only have access to attendance for four days, parents should provide a signed note as soon as possible upon return to school. 
• Why do we "excuse" absences, if this does not make the absences disappear? This is to distinguish absences due to illness (or another acceptable reason) from those due to truancy. Because school is compulsory, the state and the District keep track of student attendance. This distinction is relevant in law enforcement, custody, and child welfare matters.
• Attendance is important not just for funding, of course, or to stay off the radar of government overlords, but for bonding, automaticity and momentum. The more students are in school, the more they bond with teachers and peers, the more automatic and routine their skills become, and the more momentum they build, propelling them with increasing force toward successful futures. 

For more detailed information, visit the Parent-Student Handbook. 

Enjoy this shortened version of the Walgrove AttenDANCE:

Attendance Calendar

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Winter Academy Enrollment

 As you make plans for the winter break, we hope you will join us from December 18 to 20, 2023 for our Winter Academy.

The Winter Academy empowers students with academic support and enrichment to amplify their performance with three extra days in the classroom.

All participating students will receive extra classroom support in addition to healthy meals and fun enrichment activities designed to encourage exploration.

Additional information about the Winter Academy can be found on the LAUSD website at LAUSD.org/winteracademy, including important registration details. (You may also register here.)

We hope your family will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for students to deepen their learning with teachers and staff.

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Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrove Families and Staff, 

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! I hope and trust your week was blessed with family, friends, good food and all kinds of frolicking and merriment. 

Here is some of what is coming up this week (and beyond) at Walgrove:

MON NOV 27

PAJAMA DAY ALL DAY. SHOW YOUR SPIRIT. WEAR YOUR PJ'S!

Violin in the Auditorium 2:30-3:15 

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

TUE NOV 28

Dr. K at ELPAC Training 8-12 (Virtual) RESCHEDULE FOW PREZ/PRINCIPAL MTG

Early dismissal 1:32

Staff Meeting and PD 1:45-3:15 BSAP Grant Application Info, STEAM Certification work session

Angel City Youth Chorale in the Auditorium 1:45-3:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

WINTER ACADEMY REGISTRATION CLOSES 11.28.2023

WED NOV 29

Fire Drill 10:30am

Dr. K, Tracy and Shaina attendance meeting via Zoom at 2pm (because under scrutiny for attendance)

CGI Principal Mtg (Zoom) 3:30pm

Tap in the Auditorium 2:32-4:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

THU NOV 30 

Safety Collaborative (Mr. Omar to attend) 9am

HR Advisory Mtg (Dr. K to attend) 1pm

NO LSLC OR SSC - NEXT MTG JAN

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

FRI DEC 1

Assembly in the Quad. Mr. Merrick's class to lead the Pledge. Performer(s) TBD

Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal in Dr. K's office 8:30am

UCLA Music w/Mr. Stansbury, Ms. Mazariegos, and others in the Auditorium 11am

Violin in the Library 2:30-3:15pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

SAT DEC 2 - Venice Chamber of Commerce Sign Lighting 6-9pm and winners of the K-5 My Venice Holiday Poster Contest announced -- Two of the six winners are from Walgrove! Attend and see which two Walgrovers won for their respective grade levels!

SAT & SUN Angel City Chorale at Royce Hall (the glorious overlings of Angel City Youth Chorale)

MON DEC 4

Dr. K at ELPAC Training 8-3 followed by SARC Training 3-4

Violin in the Auditorium 2:30-3:15pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

TUE DEC 5

Early dismissal 1:32

Staff Meeting and PD The Science of Reading, Writing and Literacy for All Learners -- Asynchronous; BSAP Grant Application Work Session

Angel City Youth Chorale in the Auditorium 1:45-3:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

ED DEC 6

Dr. K offsite - Principal Meeting at LACC

Tap in the Auditorium 2:32 - 4:00pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

THU DEC 7

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00pm

FRI DEC 8

Assembly in the Quad. Ms. Biolatto's class to lead the Pledge. Mira P to perform 

Violin in the Library 2:30-3:15pm

STAR NOVA SCHEDULE PER STAR DIRECTOR COREY

SAT DEC 9

Volunteer Day 9am-1pm - Last day of the calendar year to get your garden on!

Come and check out the Lost and Found which is multiplying daily. All items that remain on December 15 will be washed and donated over the Winter Break. 

Let's have a great two weeks, Walgrove!

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Walgrove Weekly Message

Dear Walgrovers, 

I hope your three-day weekend has been wonderful and memorable. A huge shoutout to all veterans, including some of our staff and parents! Thank you for your brave and generous service!

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

MON NOV 13

Author Chelsea Lin Wallace 1pm in the Auditorium, all K-3 classes

Early dismissal 1:50

Parent Conferences 2-5pm

Violin in the Auditorium 2:00-3:00 (notice the earlier time due to conference week)

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00

TUE NOV 14

Early dismissal 1:32

Parent Conferences 2-5pm

Staff Meeting and PD: Asynchronous w/GATE Book Study Kickoff (check email!)

Possible Special Education Assistant meeting 1:45-2:30. Deets TBD

Angel City Youth Chorale in the Auditorium 1:45-3:00

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00

Coffee and Diet Coke with the Principal 7pm via Dr. K's Zoom room - Q and A re: Open Enrollment/E-Choices (and Gifted and Talented Education - GATE)

WED NOV 15

LACOE WILLIAMS FACILITIES INSPECTION - POSTPONED TO SOMETIME AFTER THANKSGIVING

Dr. K at Principal Meeting at LACC 8-4pm

Early dismissal 1:50

Parent Conferences 2-5pm

GRADE VERIFICATIONS DUE 2 PM

Tap in the Auditorium 1:55-3:30pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00

THU NOV 16

Early dismissal 1:50

Parent Conferences 2-5pm

Tutoring w/high school students in the Library 3:00-5:00

FRI NOV 17

Assembly in the Quad. Mr. Gonzalez's class to lead the Pledge. Ivy and Rosalynn to perform. Also, Claire O to perform. 

MAKE UP PICTURE DAY

EPO Meeting 9-12 (Dr. K)

Early dismissal 1:50

Parent Conferences 2-5pm

Violin in the Library 2:00-3:00 (notice the earlier time due to conference week)

END OF REPORTING PERIOD

LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR WINTER ACADEMY (UPDATE ON 11.13.2023. REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 11.28.2023)

THANKSGIVING BREAK NOV 20-24

Let's have a great two weeks, Walgrove!

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Winter Academy December 18-20, 2023

As you make plans for the winter break, we hope you will join us from December 18 to 20, 2023 for our Winter Academy.

The Winter Academy empowers students with academic support and enrichment to amplify their performance with three extra days in the classroom.

All participating students will receive extra classroom support in addition to healthy meals and fun enrichment activities designed to encourage exploration.

Additional information about the Winter Academy can be found on the LAUSD website at LAUSD.org/winteracademy, including important registration details. (You may also register here.)

We hope your family will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for students to deepen their learning with teachers and staff.

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Walgrove Weekly Message

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

STAR NOVA

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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Attendance Matters

 Here are a few factoids about school attendance in LAUSD:

• Education is compulsory for children ages 6 and up (until graduation).
• While full-day attendance is the law, any student who is present for at least 30 minutes of an hour is marked present. (Ideally before 9am, which is when attendance submittal is due.)
• The State of CA funds schools based on their Average Daily Attendance (ADA). So every absence costs the District $. Every student at school brings the District $. Each student absence costs the District approximately $70. 
• The State of CA and the District evaluate a school's effectiveness, in part, based on the number of students deemed Chronically Absent, which means absent 10% (or more) of the # of school year (see the CA Dashboard). In 2022, we were again deemed in ATSI Program Improvement due to our high rate of Chronic Absenteeism. Hence, we have a School Site Council (SSC) and create goals and strategies to address Chronic Absenteeism.
• Parents may excuse absences for illness or other reasons within 10 days of the absence (see Ed Code 48205); however, excusing an absence doesn't make it disappear. It still counts as an absence for the purpose of state funding. However, since teachers only have access to attendance for four days, parents should provide a signed note as soon as possible upon return to school. 
• Why do we "excuse" absences, if this does not make the absences disappear? This is to distinguish absences due to illness (or another acceptable reason) from those due to truancy. Because school is compulsory, the state and the District keep track of student attendance. This distinction is relevant in law enforcement, custody, and child welfare matters.
• Attendance is important not just for funding, of course, or to stay off the radar of government overlords, but for bonding, automaticity and momentum. The more students are in school, the more they bond with teachers and peers, the more automatic and routine their skills become, and the more momentum they build, propelling them with increasing force toward successful futures. 

For more detailed information, visit the Parent-Student Handbook. 

Enjoy this shortened version of the Walgrove AttenDANCE:

Attendance Calendar

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