Herrera Husky Hub

Title I FACTS:

• Nation's oldest and largest federally funded program

• Provides over $14 billion to school systems

• Schools with large concentrations of low-income students will receive supplemental funds to assist in meeting students' educational goals

• Low-income students are determined by the number of students enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program

Title I Funding at HERRERA supports:

• Our STEM program

• Our full time Assistant Principal

• Student access to literacy services

• Attendance incentive prizes for parents and students

• Website updates related to programs and services

• Student planners to improve home-school communication

• Resources to improve parent access and involvement at school

• Parent workshops and training

• And more!

If you'd like more information and/or would like to give input on Title I funds, please attend an ELAC or SSC meeting, all parents and caregivers are invited! We welcome and encourage parent involvement!

Next SSC Meeting: 11/15 at 3:30pm

Next ELAC Meeting: 11/29 at 9:15am

Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, November 2nd through Thursday, November 9th. Students will be dismissed at 2:00 this entire week. Please make every effort to meet with your child's teacher during this week. They will have valuable information to share including i-Ready scores, current student progress and suggestions to increase grade level mastery. Your child's teacher will reach out to you to schedule a time.

Please follow our new Herrera Huskies Instagram page for photos, stories, and reminders about events at Herrera Elementary! We recently posted pictures from our Halloween parade and the 2nd Grade Sound of Music field trip. Help us reach 100 followers by the end of the weekend!

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All Herrera parents and caregivers are invited to attend the following meetings this month:

PTO: 11/14 at 3:15 in Room 31

Parent Workshop: Fall in Love with Reading and Math: 11/15 9:15-10:15 at the Auditorium

School Site Council: 11/15 at 3:30 in Room 31 or on Zoom

Parent involvement is a key factor in continued student success!

Do you want to help out in the classroom or on campus? Do you like going on field trips? Apply to become a parent volunteer, and become a "VIP" by completing the application below. You will need a TB test and a form of ID.

Please do not leave any valuables in your car when dropping your children off or picking them up.

We are utilizing our Valet Drop Off procedure this year. All students in grades 1-5 arriving via car must exit their vehicles in the Valet Drop Off zone. The only gate that will be opened along 17th St. is the Valet Drop Off gate. Students will all enter through the 17th St. Valet gate and will walk to the cafeteria or enter the playground area.

• 8:30-9:00 Valet Drop Off/Gate on 17th Street Opens
• 8:45-9:00 Kinder/TK Playground Gate on Temple Ave Opens

Valet Procedures

• Please pull forward in the valet

• Please be prepared to drop off students

• Please avoid having students exit the car on the street side.

• Please do not block school or neighborhood driveways.

• Please do not park or drop off in marked no parking areas.

• Please be respectful of our neighbors, staff, families, and most of all our Husky Students.

• Please do not double park.

• Please avoid dropping students off so they have to run across the street.

Plan to pick up your child at their designated gate. Please arrive early, especially if you are driving, our parking is very limited. We recommend walking if you can! Remember that every Thursday is an early out 2:30 dismissal.

Kindergarten and TK will dismiss from the Kinder playground.

Grade 1 will dismiss through the Garden Gate on 16th St.

Grades 2-4 will dismiss through 17th St. Gate.

Grade 5 will dismiss through Orizaba Ave Gate.

*Older siblings may go to the gates of their younger siblings*

Reminders:

• Do NOT Double Park or Wait In the Street
• Find a curbside and park safely
• Do NOT Honk your car horn (we need to respect our neighborhood)
• Let your child know who is picking up them up
• Inform the teacher if your child has permission to walk home alone

Herrera Elementary is proud to partner with the Los Altos YMCA as well as Long Beach Parks and Rec WRAP program to offer before and after school care to our students. There is still time to enroll if you are interested in care for your student. Please click on the pictures below to be taken to the registration links.

Herrera Elementary students and parents will be able to access support through the LBUSD Family Resource Center (FRC) this year. The purpose of the FRC is to provide social, emotional, and behavioral health-related support to students enrolled at Herrera. Support services may include short-term individual/ group counseling, parent education workshops, and/or linking families to community/ school-based services. The services provided by FRC staff will be at no cost to students and families at Herrera. Medi-Cal or insurance is not required to receive services. Our FRC counselor is Teresa Mora.

Parents are invited to join our on-site parenting workshops. See the flyer below for more information!

All students will review key procedures and processes to support a safe and welcoming environment in accordance with Board Policies 5145.7 (Sexual Harrassment), 5145.9 (Hate-Motivated Behaivors), 5131.2 (Bullying Prevention), and 5142.52 (Suicide Prevention). For additional information regarding these requirements, parents/guardians/caretakers can consult pp. 29-32 of the Guidelines for Students and Parents.

Hello! My name is Theresa Fanene and I am the school nurse for Herrera and MacArthur Elementary. Please take a moment to explore my website regarding any questions in regards to LBUSD's policy for immunizations, medical forms and more. If you have health-related questions or concerns?

Please contact me via email: tfanene@lbschools.net