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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT NURSE LORA MORN -- As you may have
heard, we have had Norovirus in our schools. Norovirus (stomach bug) is always in the community at low levels. We have been instructed by the Public Health Department to send home all students/staff complaining of nausea. If you develop VOMITING OR DIARRHEA OR FEVER YOU MUST STAY HOME FOR 48 HOURS AFTER THE LAST TIME YOU HAVE VOMITING OR DIARRHEA OR FEVER. Many times, the vomiting or diarrhea only occurs once or twice, and you feel better. It is difficult to stay home for 48 when you feel good (children and adults)! If student do not develop vomiting or diarrhea or fever, children may return to work the next day. Thank you for your help in keeping our students and staff safe and healthy!
5TH GRADE CATALINA TRIP RESCHEDULED Edison’s 5th grade trip (postponed because of Norovirus concerns) has been rescheduled to March 29-30-31.
THE EDISON 5TH GRADE PLAY CAMBIA TODO CAMBIA will be presented in the Edison cafetorium on Friday March 10 at 9:00 am for students and 6:30 pm for parents.
BUILDING COMMUNITY AND COPING WITH POST-ELECTION ANXIETY – Thurs., March 2, 6:008:00 pm at Virginia Avenue Park’s Thelma Terry Center. From 6:007:00 lawyers will address questions related to recent executive orders. From 7:00-8:00 counselors will address how to deal with postelection stress and anxiety.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH March was established as National Women’s History Month in 1987. That’s right, only thirty years ago! It was designed to be a month when libraries, schools, and other community institutions would focus on the often unsung contributions of women in the history of our country. Several years ago, when we were imagining the next phase in the visual arts program at Edison, Maestra Martha Ramirez Oropeza and I wanted to do a project that would help teach Edison students about strong women in the Americas who fought for justice and equality. We selected a diverse group of women, stretching from Toy Purina to Maria Elena Durazo -- spanning from 1651 to the present day. We knew that our existing campus would be demolished and a new school built. So we elected to have the students paint on canvases rather than make a mural so the th portraits could travel with us to the new campus. The portraits, completed by 4 graders who painted with Maestra Martha, were one of the first things we hung in the cafetorium on our new campus on Virginia Avenue. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – (1651 – 1695), a brilliant self-taught scholar, author and poet in New Spain in a time when women were not allowed to study. Toy Purina (1760–1799) Tongva—Gabrieliño Native American medicine woman who led a rebellion against the colonization by Spanish missionaries in California. Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), African American abolitionist and women’s rights crusader, who worked to end segregation. Susan B. Anthony (1820 –1906), social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the U.S. women's suffrage movement. Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 –1931), African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, and early leader in the anti-lynching and Civil Rights Movements. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 –1962) American politician, diplomat, human rights activist, First Lady, and U.S. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly Mercedes Sosa (1935–2009), Internationally-known Argentinian singer, a founder of the “nueva canción” movement she was known as the “voice of the voiceless.” Yuri Kochiyama (1921 –2014) Japanese American activist interned with her family in WWII, and fighter for reparations for internees. Wilma Mankiller (1945 –2010) the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985-1995) Dolores Huerta (1930- ) American labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of the United Farmworkers (UFW) Judy Baca (1946 - ) American Chicana artist, activist, UCLA professor, and creator of one of the largest murals in the world, the Great Wall of Los Angeles. María Elena Durazo –daughter of Central Valley farmworkers, she became the first woman leader of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, representing 600,000 workers. The next time you’re in the cafetorium, check out these portraits and let us know which women you think we should add to this collection of freedom fighters.
March 8 – 8:30 am ELAC Meeting Community Room
March 8 – 4:00 pm Site Council Meeting Community Room
March 8 – 6:00 pm PTA Board Meeting Community Room