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On Tuesday, December 3, we will experience the NED Assembly. Our school received the assembly focused on N - Never give up, E - Encourage others, and D - Do your best at no cost due to another school paying it forward with their yo-you sales. Following the assembly, we will offer the NED yo-yos for sale in our office. All students will bring home a flyer, and you can see the information below. There is absolutely no purchase necessary.

Many of our classrooms use a Calm Down area to allow students to take a break when they need it. This is a specific area in the room with resources to support students when they are not feeling ready to learn due to emotions or thoughts.

A calm down area provides a child a place to calm down and take a break. It is one strategy that might be used when children are feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed. Families can help children learn how to take a break from activities or interactions that are challenging to them. Just like adults, young children might react to stress, frustration, and disappointment by becoming angry, shouting, refusing help from adults, or engaging in other challenging behaviors. Adults might use helpful strategies such as self-talk, deep breathing, or taking a break when they are feeling the need to take a break and calm down. The calm down area provides children with a place to let go of strong emotions and begin to feel calm and ready to engage with others again. For more information on calm down areas and how this can be used at home, click here to read the complete article or click the image above.

Report cards are now available for viewing in the OUSD Parent Portal. If you would like us to provide you with a copy of the report card, please email or stop in the office to make a request. We will get it to you as soon as possible.

To access your student’s report card, go to the Orange Unified School District website.

- https://www.orangeusd.org/

From the OUSD homepage, click on Student and Parent Portal.

- Enter your email as your Username.

- Click on NEXT.

- Enter your password

- Click on SIGN IN.

To view and print your student’s report card.

- From your portal homepage, click on Grades.

- Click on Report Card History

- Click on English in the Second Trimester row

To print your student’s report card

- Click on the printer icon.

Educational Results Partnership (ERP) has released the annual Honor Roll list of California’s top performing schools and districts. This is the tenth year that ERP has completed the Honor Roll list, which recognizes top public schools, school districts and charter schools that have outperformed their peers in closing achievement gaps, particularly among higher-poverty and historically disadvantaged student populations.

The Honor Roll shines a positive light on schools where students are learning the fundamental skills that employers value and look for. This effort is part of a national campaign to engage business leaders in recognizing successful schools and educational systems and promote best practices that improve student outcomes and prepare them with the fundamental skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life. The Honor Roll is the only school recognition program presented in partnership with state and local business leaders, using solely objective student achievement data as the criteria for recognition.

Monday, December 2: 4th Grade VAPA Wheel Switch

Tuesday, December 3: NED Assembly

Tuesday, December 3 - Wednesday, December 10: CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive sponsored by student leadership

Wednesday, December 4: We CARE Wednesday - Wear clothes with CARE-ing messages

Friday, December 6: 1st Trimester Awards

8:30 AM - TK, Grades 1 - 3

1:30 PM - Kindergarten, Grades 4 - 6

Monday, December 9 - Friday, December 13: PTA Holiday Boutique

Wednesday, December 11: We CARE Wednesday - Wear clothes with CARE-ing messages

Tuesday, December 17: PTA General Meeting, 7 PM

Wednesday, December 18: We CARE Wednesday - Wear clothes with CARE-ing messages

Monday, December 23 - Friday, January 10: Winter Break

If your child is absent, please call the office at 714-997-6265 or email Miss Cindi at cynthia.walsh@orangeusd.org to let us know why your child is not at school.

If you know your child will be absent in advance and you would like them to do work to receive credit for attendance, please contact the office as soon as possible. We can create an independent study contract for absences of any length, as long as the teacher has sufficient notice to prepare work. Three days used to be the minimum amount, but now we can do it for one day. By completing the work, your child will receive full credit on completed work during the time they are not at school, and their attendance will not be affected. If a child misses school due to a personal reason, this becomes a truancy; however, if your child completes their independent study contract it does not count as an absence.

We are excited to share with you the Fall Edition of the Elementary School Counseling website! You will find information on Learning Resources, College and Career, and Calm Corner Resources for students and parents.

OUSD Elementary Counseling Website - English (Spanish link is on the first page)

The Orange Unified School District's Early Learning Department is beginning their planning for the 2025-2026 school year. If you have a child between 3 and 4 years of age, please fill out the survey here: https://forms.gle/LggeRNV9E381PTqR8

Some over the counter medications, such as lotion and petroleum jelly, are available at school. If you would like your child to have access to these, please fill out and send in the Over the Counter Parent-Guardian Authorization Form found below.

If your child needs medication at school, please bring the medication and the Parent-Physician Medication Form below to the office. If we do not have the Parent-Physician Medication Form, the medication cannot be kept or administered at school.

Arrival

- Students may be dropped off as early as 8 AM.

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes, until you are ready to exit the parking lot. You may use the middle lane to exit.

- Pull all the way forward and drop off your child.

- Please help your child quickly exit by having all supplies ready to go. If you need to help your child out of the car, please wait until you are able to stop after the crosswalk.

- Do not leave your car unattended at any time.

- A staff member will be outside to direct students through the front gate until 8:15 AM.

Parking

If you need to enter the school, please park your car in a designated parking spot and come to the office. Never leave your car in lanes unattended or parked along the side wall.

Dismissal

- Place your placard in your window. We will have them available in the parking lot and the office during the first two weeks of school. This placard should include the name of your child(ren), grade(s), and teacher's name(s).

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes. Pull all the way forward and your child will be called to come to your car.

- Your child will enter the car.

- Do not get out of your car or leave your car unattended at any time.

Please be patient as families learn this system. This system keeps everybody safe and efficiently moving forward. Thank you very much for your cooperation and efforts to keep all of our Panthers safe.

Please be sure to label all lunchboxes, sweatshirts, and jackets. Items will quickly begin to appear in our lost and found! If your child is missing an item, please remind them to check the lost and found outside of the office. We will be donating all items in the Lost and Found on December 6 after our awards assembly.

Breakfast and lunch will continue to be provided to all students at no cost this school year. Breakfast is served before school starts, beginning at 8:00. Please be sure to have your child here at 8:00, if you would like them to eat breakfast before school starts. This ensures they have enough time to finish.

All students need to be sure they let their teacher know the day before they buy lunch. We may not have enough lunches if they do not request one. Also, please remind your child that they should not be getting lunch if they bring one. On Wednesdays, due to the modified schedule, lunch is not served. Instead, we serve brunch at recess. Please remind your child to let their teacher know on Tuesday that they will be buying brunch on Wednesday. You can find the lunch menu here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2501081743337031&page=menus

Don't forget to place your donations in our usagain container. We receive a small amount of funds each time we fill the collection bin in our parking lot. Please deposit any unwanted clothing items in our bin. You can see the items accepted in the image below.

Panorama recycled 9,126 pounds of clothes which led to 23 trees being planted! Keep up the recycling to raise money for our school and to help the environment.

If you have not done so already, please be sure to turn in your waiver. This needs to be turned in before attending our PTA Panther Fun Run.

We need YOU to help make our yearbook a success! You can help by submitting your photos. We have multiple ways for submitting yearbook photos. We will be posting QR codes at events so you can share your memories instantly. Look for the yearbook QR codes at all future events. Please email your first day of school photos here! submit+1846022@edophotos.com or create an account on the Entourage website link.entourageyearbooks.com and upload any photos you'd like to share with the yearbook staff.

You can join PTA all year long, if you haven't done so already. Why join the PTA? Because you care! You care about enriching our children’s minds, enhancing their educational experiences, and building a strong partnership between school and home. The PTA is a powerful platform where ideas turn into action, connecting families, educators, and supporters in meaningful ways.

Be sure to purchase your family membership here: https://panoramapta.membershiptoolkit.com/home. When you join PTA, you not only financially support PTA, but you become a voting member. Share your voice at our monthly PTA meetings.

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