Issue #11 March 5, 2021
A Message From Dr. Maxey
I just wanted to take a moment to say “Thank You” to those of you who attended the Town Hall last week. I hope you found the information that was shared informative. For those who were unable to attend, I wanted to share the two calendar options that the LAUSD Board of Education is considering for the 2021-2022 school year. We want your feedback. Stakeholders may submit comments regarding the options by emailing schooloperations@lausd.net . The two options are:
Teacher of the week: Ms. Simons
adminstrator of the year: Principal Clarke
The reseda community of schools welcomes Ms. Godinez and Ms. Lieberman
We are excited to have Bernice Godinez joining the Reseda Community of Schools team as a Program Specialist. Her focus has been on teaching students with moderate to severe disabilities in the classroom and as part of the behavior support team. She has expertise in behavior with implementing tiered behavioral supports for students and classrooms. She is looking forward to supporting teachers, paraprofessionals, and students navigating the unique needs of learners and school sites in the Community. She is an advocate for student’s social emotional learning in the classroom and shares her excitement to see that LAUSD is putting more emphasis on those skills. In her free time Ms. Godinez is an avid runner and has participated in the Los Angeles Marathon as well as a few Disney runs! A warm welcome to Ms. Godinez joining the Reseda COS team.
Stacy Lieberman is the Systems of Support Adviser for the Reseda COS. During her 31 years in education, Stacy has been the Social Emotional Learning Adviser for LD Northwest and LD West. She has worked as an elementary and secondary teacher. She is passionate about supporting all stakeholders to achieve the social emotional skills needed to flourish.
National Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. Women’s History Month 2021 will take place from Monday, March 1-Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
The actual celebration of Women’s History Month grew out of a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history and society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1978. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa.
A few years later, the idea had caught on within communities, school districts and organizations across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. The U.S. Congress followed suit the next year, passing a resolution establishing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March.
SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Emelita Street Elementary
Principal Elizabeth Mayorga
Students are working in groups of 3-4 to design their own virtual game. They've been doing Digital Escape rooms and reading about/watching videos about how to design a game online. Now they are using Google Doc, Slide, and Sites to design their games.
4th Grade Students Practicing Mindfulness
SPOTLIGHT ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES
CHOICES
Providing your child with choices is a powerful tool that helps address behavior and motivates your child to engage in expected behaviors. Giving your child choices fosters ownership and supports independence. When your child displays resistant behavior in following your expectations, offering choices allows your child to feel that their voices are acknowledged and that they have some control. There are many ways to embed choice making throughout your child’s day. You can allow them to choose what task they can do first, next, and last. They can also choose what materials to use such as a color pen, crayons, markers or colored pencils. Or when they are working asynchronously, they can choose where they want to work such as in the backyard, the patio, the bedroom, the dining room or the living room. They can also choose with whom they are going to work with or when the task can be done as another way that we empower our children in making choices.
Read Across America
National Read Across America Day (Dr.Seuss Day)
Each year, Read Across America Day is March 2nd, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. This motivational and awareness day calls for children across the country to celebrate reading.
School Spotlight- Newcastle Elementary Special Education Paraprofessional Jason Lassen showcases the reading of Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss. Click here to watch Mr. Lassen’s engaging video.
PBS Kids offers engaging and interactive content in English and Spanish for young children, including educational games, streaming videos, and activities from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows. There are free family resources, including hands-on-activities, apps, and videos that families can use with their children to support literacy development and explore science in their everyday lives.
Digital Backpacks are full of fun educational materials and activities for kids in an easy-to-download format that parents and caregivers can access later. The activities shared in the backpack are fun, educational, easy to implement, and require materials easily found at home. Each backpack includes activities around a different core theme, such as science and social-emotional learning.
Click here to access: PBS Digital Backpacks
Newcastle Ave. ES
Sarah reads the Dr. Seuss classic, Ten Apples Up On Top.Both Miss Janet and Mr. J are Special Ed
Assistants in Los Angeles, CA.Miss Janet works at Chime Char...
Parent and Community Engagement
Local District Northwest Parent Page: LDNW Parent Website
Schoology Group for Parents: https://bit.ly/2JqMzcW
Steps to Joining LDNW Parent Schoology Page: http://bit.ly/LDNWSchoologySteps1
2021
Do you know anyone without internet access or a computer at home who would benefit from borrowing them—to apply for jobs, access homeschooling resources, or simply stay connected to information? You can now check out a kit with a Chromebook and wireless hotspot to access the internet (plus chargers) inside a handy carrying case, from any of our 79 Sidewalk Service locations.
Please visit https://lacountylibrary.org/laptop/ for more information.
FOCUS ON PARENTING- CLASSES FOR PARENTS
Is a series of parenting classes for parents/caregivers of children 5-17 years old. The meetings will be taking place on Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 11:00 a.m. The first meeting was Wednesday, February 3. Please join us for the next parenting class on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. All parent classes are via zoom.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
@ 10:00 a.m.
Meeting ID: 825 6004 1152
Passcode: FOCUS
Questions: Contact Michelle Huber, Administrator @ mmh9264@lausd.net
LAUSD Community Collaborative-Students Involved in the Foster Care System
This meeting is for parents and students involved in the foster care system
Thursday, March 11, 2021
@ 3:00 p.m.
Meeting ID: 846 7550 5567
Passcode 729159
Student Support Programs Hotline: (213) 241-3840, Option 5
Email: ask-ssp@lausd.net
Los Angeles Public Library Resource:
Families Read Together Workshops
These workshops are for adults who are working to increase English literacy skills and who are also caregivers of children aged 0-8. The workshops develop literacy skills for both children and adults, and we have a lot of fun doing it. Participants receive books and materials to help them work through the workshop topics and build their personal libraries. English workshops are Saturdays, 10:00-11:15 am, 2/27-3/20. Spanish workshops are Saturdays, 2:00-3:15 pm, 2/27-3/20 with the
Culminating Celebration on Saturday, 4/10
Multiple Dates
Please register or call for more information
Register via email literacy@lapl.org
or call 213-228-7540.
DISTANCE LEARNING IS AT THE Y
This program is for students in grades Kinder-5th. It is a full-day distance learning support program available Monday - Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Learn more at ymcaLA.org/DisatanceLearning or email @DistanceLearning@ymcala.org
READ ACROSS AMERICA
You are invited to join SCOTT M. SCHMERELSON, LAUSD Board member, Board District 3, in celebrating READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK on YOUTUBE.
Click on Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwmrSs7yhV0&feature=youtu.be
Pandemic EBT Benefits Have Been Extended
Children who received the P-EBT benefits over the summer of 2020 can get more P-EBT benefits if they are still a CA registered student, and can be assumed to be attending school via distance learning.
For more information please go to cdss.ca.gov/pandemic-ebt.
UNIFIED ENROLLMENT: 20212022 CHOICES LATE APPLICATIONS
The late Choices Application opens February 1, 2021. Applications will be accepted until January 21, 2022.
Online applications may be completed at apply.lausd.net. Paper applications may be downloaded at GoTo.AULSD.net.
LA Library's Student Zones: Homework Help (K-12)
Trained LA-Based Homework Helpers will assist K-12 students with school assignments and help navigate the library's online student resources.
Monday - Thursday: 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday - Sunday: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Schedule free 25-minute appointment: https://lapl.org/student-zone
For more information: contact teenservices@lapl.org
Los Angeles Public Library Resource: Families Read Together Workshops
These workshops are for adults who are working on their English literacy skills and who are also caregivers to children aged 0-8. During the workshops, caregivers will be encouraged with the development of literacy skills in both children and adults, and we have a lot of fun doing it. The participants also receive books and other materials to help them work through the workshop topics and build their personal libraries. If interested to register, please email literacy@lapl.org or call 213-228-7540.
Dates for Workshops:
English: Saturdays 10:00 am-11:15 am, 2/27-3/20
Spanish: Saturdays 2:00 pm-3:15 pm, 2/27-3/20
Culminating Celebration: Saturday 4/10
Additional Library Resources for March 2021:
Job Skills Workshop for Teens: March 10, 17, and 24 at 3:00 p.m. Email teens@lapl.org to join
Learn to Play the Guitar from Home: Tuesdays 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Book Bonanza for Women’s History Month: Join Mondays in March at 4:00 p.m.
For all questions, please contact Marcia Melkonian, Young Adult Librarian III, at
mmelkonian@lapl.org
Student and Families Technology Support
Thank you Kennedy High School for sharing your technology support! If you need assistance with Schoology, zoom, chromebook and hotspot connectivity problems, or email.
Please call (818) 271-2906, Ext. 1213 or join the live support on zoom: https://bit.ly/3aGVmB7. The tech support is open Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
GNAASF Academy Spring 2021 Enrichment
Success Academy Spring 2021 begins February 27, 2021. It provides Gifted/Highly Gifted African American/Black L.A. Unified students with an exciting enrichment opportunity in Computer Science and Technology, Math and Science and Creative Writing from 6th to 10th grade.
FREE Immunizations
To make an appointing for free immunizations, please contact 213-202-7590.
Welcome to the Los Angeles Unified World of Learning You Tube channel and LA Unified's official YouTube channel for all things related to LA Unified. World of Learning where you'll find on-demand videos (Grades K-12) ranging from story time with your favorite LAFC athletes, a virtual tour of the Natural History Museum, and a virtual trip to the International Space Station with our partners from JPL. View the videos of the week by clicking on the link above.