Roadrunner Report
December 8, 2023
Hi Aspen Families!
Here are some updates and important information for the upcoming week. In this week's Roadrunner Report you'll find information on the following topics:
- Highlight of the Week
- Share and Care Toy Drive
- Lost and Found
- CRPD Winter After School Enrichment Classes
- 2023-2024 Opt-In Communication for Advisory Council/Committee Updates
- School Choice
- Parent Representative Needed for Advisory Councils
- Parking Lot Safety
- PFA Announcements
Highlight of the Week!
We celebrated Inclusive Schools Week this week with a variety of events and activities throughout the week. The week culminated with an awesome assembly from Jesse Billauer who is the CEO/founder of the Life Rolls on Foundation. Life Rolls On is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with various disabilities. Believing that adaptive surfing, skating, and fishing could inspire infinite possibilities beyond any disability.
Share and Care Toy Drive
This year, Aspen students can support our community while also helping our school! School Cents at The Oaks Mall is hosting a toy drive to benefit James Storehouse, a local organization that supports foster children and their families. This event will take place next week from December 11th-15th and there will be a grade level friendly competition too. Let’s get into the spirit of giving this season!
Lost and Found
Please check out the Lost and Found rack at the front entrance area of the school next week! Unclaimed items will be donated during winter break.
CRPD After School Classes - Winter 2024
All classes are held at school campus • No class on days of no school • Register online today! www.crpd.org/reg – keyword "Aspen”
2023-2024 Opt-In Communication for Advisory Council/Committee Updates
In CVUSD, parent/guardian engagement and participation is a top priority! Participation is encouraged through many organizations and activities. Several CVUSD Advisory Councils/Committees that support parent/guardian participation are listed in the link below, with the OPTION for you to select any or all to receive communications from the school’s identified parent/guardian representative and/or from school site administration. This communication would provide information and updates to you related to the Advisory Council/Committee meetings. Please select the Council(s)/Committee(s) that you would like to receive information and updates on, approximately monthly. If you have students at multiple school sites, please submit the form for each school. Additionally, if you opted-in last year, please plan to do so annually. Importantly, should you choose to opt-in to receiving these updates, the parent/guardian representative for the Advisory Council(s)/Committees(s) and/or the administration will not share your email address with others. You also have the ability to opt-out at any time in the event you no longer wish to receive the Advisory Council/Committee information.
If you would like to learn more about these Advisory Councils/Committees, or other ways to get involved at CVUSD, please go to: https://www.conejousd.org/domain/1365
To access the Advisory Council/Committee Opt-In Form, please use this LINK
School Choice
PARENT REPRESENTATIVEs NEEDED
Parking Lot Safety
The following guidelines will assist us in keeping our students safe in the parking lot:
- Proceed in the Aspen parking lot at no more than 5 miles per hour.
- Walk with your child across the parking lot using the marked crosswalk.
- Do not allow your child to walk unattended between cars.
- Stay in the right hand lane, move all the way forward, and drop your student off from the right side of the vehicle.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended in the drive-thru lanes.
- Follow the California Vehicle Code laws.
- Remind your child to respect people’s property.
Consider the following:
- You may pull up to the curb at the front of the school to drop off your student.
- You may park on the street on Oberlin or Marlowe and walk your student on campus.
- Please do not block driveways.
- Be mindful of labeled No Parking zones near the crosswalks.
- The gates at the front of the school will be open for entry and exit. There will not be access through the gate on Marlowe.
- Arrange with your student ahead of time a location for pickup.
PFA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Roadrunner Run Committee
Yearbook
Can you believe it? The first trimester has zipped by, jam-packed with loads of fun memories! Did you snap any epic pics during our super cool events? If you did, share the magic at AspensYearbook@gmail.com, and you might just see your smiles and adventures featured in our fantastic yearbook! 📸✨
Recall the excitement of:
🍎 First day of school
🎬 Movie Night
🍂 Harvest Fest
🍔 Restaurant Nights
👨👩👧👦 Family Feast
Let's make our yearbook burst with laughter and good times! 🌟
School Cents
There are A LOT of ways to earn points for Aspen during the holidays!
Dine, shop (including kiosks & holiday pop-ups), or see a movie at the mall & submit your receipt.
Take your Santa photo at The Oaks (children or pets!) & submit your receipt (visit shoptheoaksmall.com/events for more info).
Donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County (visit shoptheoaksmall.com/holiday for more info) and send your donation receipt to aspenschoolrewards@gmail.com.
Box Tops
We have earned over $80 since July from Box Tops! Download the Box Tops for Education app and scan your receipts to earn money for Aspen! Questions? Email Laurie at aspenschoolrewards@gmail.com.
Aspen Elementary School
Email: scraven@conejousd.org
Website: www.conejousd.org/aspen
Location: 1870 Oberlin Avenue, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone: (805) 495-2810
Facebook: facebook.com/AspenElementaryCVUSD/
Twitter: @aspelem