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El Semanario Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages (310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Edison Families, Thank you for sharing your children with us in 2019! It’s hard to believe that we’re a month away from finishing the first semester of the 2019-2020 school year. In the weeks before break, we’re assessing how writing instruction is coming along and starting to take 1:1 measures of Spanish reading. When we return in January, there are more Edison and district assessments to see how children have learned during the first semester and you will be getting a progress report in early February. Please check the lost and found before you leave for the holidays. We have quite a collection of lost items! Please claim you child’s things before 3:00 on Friday, December 20th – remaining items will be donated to local charities. Wherever or however you spend this holiday season, we wish you many happy moments with your children and share the gift of some good stories and books!
Principal Lori Orum
ANNOUNCEMENTS PRE-K OR TK APPLICATIONS FOR 2020 - If you have a younger child that you wish to enroll in PreSchool, TK, or Kinder in 2020, and you’d like to use a sibling or Pre-K/TK preference, your application must be turned in by 4:00 pm on December 16. Applications turned in after that time will not be awarded a sibling of Pre-K/TK preference. SIXTEEN MUSICAL INFORMANCES IN ONE WEEK! – Please join us for this week’s informances: Monday in Room 109 it’s Música en Español: 8:20-8:50 – TK, Maestra Newman; 9:20-9:55 – 2nd Grade, Maestra Melendez; 10:00-10:30 – Preschool, Maestra Romo; 10:40-11:10 – 1st Grade, Maestra Cueva; 11:15-12:00 – 2nd Grade, Maestra Jimenez; 12:30-1:00 – Kinder, Maestra Fullerton; and 2:10-2:40 - 1st Grade, Maestra Tejeda (this concert is in Room 101). 4th Grade Music is on Thursday Dec. 12th at 8:40 a.m: Violin: Room 208 (Mrs. Gracia); Viola,Cello, Bass: Cafeteria (Mrs. Bersch); Trumpet, Trombone: Room 110 (Mr. Rowles); Flute, Clarinet: Room 109 (Mrs. Okumura);Voice: Room 207 (Mrs. Spike Gravelle). Then on Friday, December 13 more Música en Español informances in Room 109: 9:20- 9:50 – 1st Grade, Maestra Cervantes; 10:35-11:05 – Kinder, Maestra Banks; 11:15 – 12:00 – 2nd Grade, Ms. Martinez; and 2:30-1:00 – Kinder, Maestra Diaz. Please arrive a few minutes early so you can sign in and get a badge in the office. CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY BAZAAR – From December 10-13, PTA will be operating a holiday bazaar with gifts from $.50 to $8.00 so your junior shoppers can choose some holiday gifts for friends and family. The bazaar will open at 8:00 am in the breezeway. FIFTH GRADE FAMILY MEETING ON PALI CAMP – Tuesday evening, December 17, at 6:30 pm, please join us in the library for an informational meeting about 5th Grade Science Camp, April 20-22, 2020 at Pali Institute in the San Bernardino Mountains. EARN MONEY FOR EDISON WHILE YOU DO YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING when you shop on Amazon Smile. Go to www.smile.amazon.com and search “All Charitable Organizations”. Enter “Edison Language Academy PTA” and then select it from the menu. Shop through smile.amazon.com (not amazon.com). You can use your prime account with Amazon Smile. At no cost to you, Amazon will donate to Edison a % of all your purchases made after you register at smile.amazon.com. SUPPORTING EACH OTHER WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH -- Consider making a holiday donation to support Edison families in need by donating cash and/or gift cards for groceries or other essentials this holiday season. Contact Francine Ortega (francineortega@gmail.com) with questions or to make a donation. Contact Yoly Gutierrez (ygutierrez@smmusd.org) if your family needs assistance from the network.
December 17 – 6:30 pm – 5th Grade Parent Meeting on Science Camp -- Library
December 18 – 8:30 December 21-January 5 am – PTA Association Edison closed for Meeting -- Library Winter Break Holiday
January 6 School Back in Session
January 20 MLK, Jr. Birthday Holiday – school closed