Weekly Newsletter
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Suicide Awareness Week
ASB students encouraged Titans to take a pledge this week, committing to raising awareness and spreading positivity throughout our community.
You Matter
Let's keep the conversation going and take care of one another. 💛 #YouMatter
DON'T MISS OUT!
Celebrate our Heritage
Join us for a picnic in the quad as we celebrate our heritage- Celebrando Nuestras Culturas. Enjoy good music, food, and great company as we honor the rich diversity of our community. Don't miss out on the fun!
Rise and Shine, Class of 2025: Senior Sunrise with Our Titans!
Register to Vote in the Quad on Tuesday!
Join us for Heritage Spirit Week!
Mon Sep 16
Tue Sep 17
Wed Sep 18
Thur Sep 19
- Earthquake Drop/Cover/Hold(1:15PM)
- ELAC Parent Elections 8:45am-9:30am
- Flag Football vs Sotomayor 2pm & 3:30pm
- SDMC Meeting (Parent Center) 3:37pm-5:07pm
Fri Sep 20
- Magnet Event- 8am-12pm (no other events on campus)
- Football @ MACES JV 4pm & Var 7pm
Sat Sep 21
- Magnet Event- (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures)
STAFF UPDATES
Professional Development and Meetings
- See our Staff Useful Links Page for access to our PD and Faculty Meeting agendas for this week.
- You will meet by department this Tuesday from 2:27PM to 3:27PM. (Rooms: 3-167 English, 3-145 Math, 3-163 Social Studies, 3-156 Science, 3-152 SPED, 3-151 World Languages, 3-147 Electives)
- We will hold an SLC Faculty Meeting this Tuesday from 3:37-4:47pm. (AEE: 3-167, BAM: 3-163, CSA: 3-147, SWCD: 3-151, RFTVM: 1-106, Non-SLC staff: 3-173)
-Click here for DOI’s current and upcoming secondary professional learning opportunities.
- Apply to join a community of educators committed to moving SEL forward. Applications are now open.
Instructional Resources and Support
-Are you looking for high-quality, standards-aligned lessons to inspire your classroom? These curated resources offer lessons crafted with English Language Development (ELD) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) scaffolding to support all learners. Each guidebook includes lesson plans, educator highlights, demo videos, podcasts, and access to free curriculum.
-Need resources to support your instruction on writing? Access all the resources for the Writing Rope Framework here. We will have an opportunity to review some of these more in depth at our upcoming Instructional Retreat.
- Just Released->Read the LAUSD's Division of Instruction Secondary Instructional News for September here
- Tutor.com now provides comprehensive access where you can find session completion rates, refer students to tutoring, and view individual student reports.
- Help your students gain access to all they need to be college and career-ready! Access the A-G site here
-Review some useful routines to support classroom management here
- Please continue to post the day's agenda and make sure to include the grade-level standard being taught, learning objective, language goal, and the WASC instructional Strategy being utilized for the lesson. Please ensure alignment between the posted agenda and the lesson being taught that period. Your lesson should reflect the 4 Phases of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Lesson Design. Feedback is logged in the MyPGS system. Please note, you are to reply to feedback via the platform within 2 weeks of the observation. Your observation will be finalized once the response is received. In some cases, your department administrator will schedule an observation debrief to discuss the lesson observed.
Safety and District Bulletins
- The purpose of this bulletin is to provide updates to the Homework and Makeup Assignment bulletin released on May 9, 2012, reflecting latest research and updated grading and marking practices bulletins.
-Read more on the important policies reviewed at our WASC Faculty Meetings here.
-Read LAUSD's Emergency Guide here. A copy is being placed in your mailbox.
-Read the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements Bulletin 1374.5 here. Access the SCAR form here.
Administrative Announcements
- Please note: There are no passes during Advisory given it is only approximately 25 minutes long. Here is an example of a hall pass system utilized by Mr. Faulkner and Ms. Duran to ensure students monitor their use of hall passes.
-Please submit hard copies of any IMA orders to Priscilla. As a reminder, students cannot be required to bring resources (i.e., folders, highlighters, notebooks, etc) to class. If you need specific instructional resources, you can purchase these using your IMA funds or request resources directly with your department admin.
- Please make sure you have up to date Emergency Lesson Plans. If you are absent, please replenish these upon your return with Lorraine.
- Click here for mental health resources available to all LAUSD staff
ACADEMIC SUCCESS ZONE
Boost Your Grades: Tutoring is Now in Session!
Tutoring has started! We have tutoring Monday-Thursday. Talk to your teacher or Ms. Perez, in Room 3-169 for details.
Reminder: Tutoring is free for all students in LAUSD and students can receive help at any time during the year directly from Tutor.com via their Schoology course. See below for step by step guidance on how to access this free resource.
COLLEGE-BOUND CORNER
New online form to schedule a meeting in the college center!
Mr. Gamez will be starting classroom presentations this week. Gear Up and Mr. Gamez will also be pulling seniors to make their college application plans during September. We're open for student meetings every day during lunch. Let's encourage students to apply and keep our expectations high!
PARENT CENTER HUB
"Listening to understand" Presented by Ms. Morales
Friday, Sep 20, 2024, 08:45 AM
1200 Colton Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA
CULTURE OF CARE
Students, as we continue strengthening our supportive school community, let's all commit to upholding our Culture of Care. Keeping our campus clean is a shared responsibility, so please be mindful to pick up after yourselves—your effort truly matters! Additionally, please remember that cell phones should remain put away during class to maintain focus; if not, they will be placed in a pouch. When leaving class, be sure to have your pass with you, and remember that passes are not issued during the first or last 15 minutes of class. There are no passes during Advisory given it is only approximately 25 minutes long. Together, we can create a positive and productive learning space for all!
ATTENDANCE MATTERS: EVERY DAY COUNTS
When YOU Attend, We ALL Win!
Ensure Your Child's Safety At All Times
Did you know that missing 15 or more days in the school year can leave students struggling throughout their academic career? School attendance is essential to academic success, but too often students and families don’t realize how quickly absences, excused or unexcused, can add up to academic trouble. Every school day counts and everyone can make a difference!
STAFF: INSTRUCTIONAL MOMENT
Aligning Tasks to Student Learning Outcomes
Student learning outcome depends on what students, not just teachers, are doing in the classroom. Students need to clearly understand what the task is, how to do it, and what skills or knowledge they need to complete it successfully. They must also know why the work matters and how it connects to their lives, so it is meaningful to them.
Here are some steps to take to support student learning outcomes:
Ensure students know what they are expected to do
- Review the learning objectives and language goal: Clearly state the goals for the lesson. Explain what students should accomplish by the end of the task.
- Connect to the standards: Show students how the objectives align with standards or schoolwide learning goals. This helps students understand the overall purpose.
- Post and revisit objectives: Ensure the objective(s) are visible throughout the lesson and refer back to them, especially as you have students check their own progress.
- Model the process: Demonstrate the task or provide examples of successful work so students can see what is expected in action. Keep in mind though, it is ok for students to engage in productive struggle, so there will be times when you will need to allow them to try it first before you step in to model the process for them.
- Use rubrics: Give students a rubric. They need to know how they will be evaluated. This will also support their own self-assessment and monitoring.
Ensure students know what knowledge and skills they need to do it well
- Teach and review skills: Review any skills or knowledge (i.e. academic content, strategies, or procedures) they’ve already learned.
- Check for understanding: Ask questions or conduct a brief review.
- Provide support and resources: Offer scaffolds (i.e. graphic organizers, sentence starters, etc) or peer support.
Ensure students understand why this task matters
- Connect to students’ interests: Relate the task to our students' lives, interests, or future goals. Explain why this learning matters beyond just school.
- Identify the real-world application: Show how the skills they’re learning are used in real life, careers, or important personal decisions.
- Ask for student input: Allow students to give input on how they might approach the task or what interests them about the topic.
PDSA Cycle #1
Roybal's Problem of Practice:
Roybal students are not afforded consistent opportunities to engage in structured, intellectually rigorous discussions with peers, texts, and teachers. In addition, writing is not systematically integrated across the curriculum to reinforce and deepen these discussions. As a result, our students’ writing ability and higher-level academic discourse is limited.
Theory of Action:
IF:
- Admin provides ongoing actionable feedback in alignment to TLF Focus Elements 3b1 and 3b2 to all teachers,
- The ILT team provides tiered professional learning opportunities and support, and
- Teachers provide students with ongoing, consistent, and strategic opportunities to engage in quick-write content learning or formal writing tasks, and
- Teachers implement WASC instructional strategies daily to engage in peer-to-peer discussions
- The school adopts one universal writing practice/strategy
THEN:
Students will be able to engage in structured and intellectually challenging discourse and purposeful writing across the curriculum, which will strengthen their ability to critically analyze texts and articulate their understanding across disciplines.
ARC ADVENTURES AFTER HOURS
JOIN arc after school program
Titans looking to join a club after school? Stop by and join one of our clubs.
College Courses
Interested in taking a college course? Let's us know which course you would like to see offered by scanning the QR Code.
SIGN UP FOR COLLEGE CLASSES WITH ARC!
See the flyer below for more information or speak to Mr. Flores, ARC Director.
ATHLETICS
Titan Fall Sports
Get Your Physical Clearance for Sports!
Girls Volleyball Team Gives it Their Best!
Our girls volleyball team in action against RFK!
Let's Continue to Cheer on Our Football Team!
Our boys football team just before they began their game against Sotomayor last week.
GEAR UP FOR SUCCESS
Student UC/Common App Workshop
Gear Up will visit senior advisory teachers who have signed up to speak with your students about the 4 Systems of Higher Education
When: Sept. 16, 18, 19 or 20, 2024
Time: Advisory
Where: Classrooms
Gear Up's parent engagement team is offering a virtual zoom session on the college timeline process.
When: Sept. 18, 2024
Time: 6pm - 8 pm
Where: Zoom join ID #: 881-5798-166
MINDFUL MOMENTS
Roybal's Wellbeing Center
Academic Decathlon
Reading Makes a Difference!
Don't forget to visit the library, where every book opens a new world of possibilities for you!
Write your future- Personal Statement Event
Join Metro Youth Council
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Mon Sep 23
- Girls Golf vs Southeast @ South Gate GC 1:30pm
- Girls Tennis @ Eagle Rock 2:30 pm
- Girls Volleyball vs Contreras JV 2:30 pm & Var 4:00 pm
- Spirit Week- Cultural Jersey Day
Tue Sep 24
- Tuesday Professional Learning- District 3/12
- WASC Faculty Meeting (MPR) 3:37pm-4:37pm
- Spirit week: Twin Day
Wed Sep 25
- St. John's Mobile Clinic
- Girls Tennis vs Downtown @ Contreras 2:30 pm
- Girls Volleyball @ Mendez JV 2:30 pm & Var 4:00 pm
- Positive Behavior Support Team Meeting (Parent Center) 3:40pm-4:40pm
- Spirit week: Way back Wednesday-wear 90’s or 2000’s style
Thu Sep 26
- St. John's Mobile Clinic
- Girls Golf vs Marshall @ Los Feliz GC 1:30pm
- Flag Football @ Bernstein 2pm & 3:30pm
- Spirit Week: Tropical Thursday
Fri Sep 27
- Senior Sunrise
- Region East Title 1 Monthly Meeting (MPR/Black Top) 8am-4pm (Barillas)
- St. John's Mobile Clinic
- Spirit Week: Fiesta Friday- Wear vibrant colors and sombrero
- Picnic In the Quad (Lunch)
- Fall Teams Picture Day
Sat Sep 28