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ANNOUNCEMENTS NOROVIRUS UPDATE – It has been really tricky to eliminate this virus on our campus. Our numbers drop and then rebound. We continue with extra cleaning, handwashing, and restrictions on activities. Please report all absences to Kathy Fargnoli (ext. 61348) and keep children home for 48 hours after their last symptoms. Please do not come to campus yourself if you have had symptoms in the last 48 hours. POTENTIAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS – The City is considering a request from neighborhood residents to make all the streets around Edison zoned for residential permit parking. You can provide feedback by emailing transportation.planning@smgov.net, writing to City of Santa Monica, Mobility Division, 1685 Main Street, Room 115, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2200, and/or by attending a public hearing at the Pico Branch Library – Community Room this Wednesday, March 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: th 5 Grade Ballroom Dance Showcase – will culminate in a showcase for parents on Thursday, April 20 at 10:45 am. In the Edison Cafeteria. Young Storytellers The Big Show! – 10 fifth graders are finishing their screenwriting workshop their scripts performed by working actors on Tuesday, April 18 at 6:00 pm. In the Edison Cafetorium st Noche de Cesar Chavez – April 21 at 6:30 – nd come for dinner, and choral concerts from our 2 rd th grade classes and the 3 -4 grade chorus. Edison Jogathon – Wednesday, April 26, 9:00 -11:30 am – Information in the Wednesday packet. Start collecting pledges now and get ready to run. Parents, we need lots of volunteers that morning to help tally the laps that kids run. Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast – Wednesday, April 26, 8:15-9:00 am. Linger at dropoff for breakfast and let us thank you for all the wonderful ways that parents and community volunteers help support our Edison programs. th 4 Grade Theater Performances –La Gran Carpa Edison will be performed for parents are at 8:30 am or 2:00 pm on the following dates: Ms. Brumer’s class on Monday April 24, Mr. Nepomuceno’s class on Tuesday April 25, and Ms th Maiztegui’s class on Friday, April 28 .
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: NEEDED -- PARENT LEADERS FOR THE 2017-18 PTA BOARD
Our wonderful 2016-17 PTA Executive Board is coming to the end of its term and the PTA Nominating Committee is looking for parents who will step into leadership roles for 2017-18. Some of our current PTA Board members are parents of 5th graders and will be leaving the school. Others are termed out in their current positions. Some are willing and able to stand for re-election. But it’s also time for some new people to join the board and move us forward to next year. The Edison PTA is very important organization. It provides an important forum for parents to meet together and supports parent education and leadership development. PTA organizes signature community events like Fall Festival, Valentine’s Dance and fundraisers like the Jogathon, family dinners at school events, movie nights, and the Corazon de Vida Project. And as a non-profit organization, PTA turns most of the funds that it raises into grants that directly benefit our students. PTA funds extra instructional supplies for teachers, field trips, assemblies, some of our key on-line learning programs, before-school intervention, before and after school drop off supervisors, physical education equipment, etc. Please consider stepping up and becoming part of the PTA Executive Board. When we all wait for someone else with more time or more experience to step forward, we end up with key positions being unfilled. Please contact Maria Loya (mloyadlt@gmail.com) or Lori Orum (lorum@smmusd.org) before spring break if you’d like to nominate yourself or someone else.