Dragons' Diary "Spring Break"

TRIMESTER REPORT CARDS: Available to view on Aeries starting on Saturday, March 22:

Report Cards will be available starting SATURDAY, March 22nd, through the Parent Portal.

https://culvercityusd.asp.aeries.net/student/

For directions on how to access your child's 2nd Trimester REPORT CARD see below:

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• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids

• https://theconversation.com/kids-and-bad-news-how-can-parents-safely-introduce-their-children-to-news-and-current-affairs-226609

See slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11OH93jL07Luwjm8SlutehB0isMLMqYbmHLfvdm_jCtA/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.swagmagic.com/blog/autism-awareness-month-activities/#:~:text=Autism%20Awareness%20Month%20Activities%20for%20Schools%201%20Take,resources.%20...%203%20Kids%20Books%20About%20Autism%20

https://craftythinking.com/world-autistic-day/

https://www.teachwire.net/news/world-autism-awareness-week-teaching-resources/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/apps-for-kids-on-the-autism-spectrum

Learn Through Books About Autism

Young children might actually hear about autism for the first time. Not only that, but they might not even understand the basic medical terminology needed for understanding healthy, typical, optimal, unhealthy, untypical, or simply different development. Which is expected, considering how many adults still have trouble differentiating between all these words. Therefore, the best way to introduce a new concept and avoid misconceptions is to utilize the help of some amazingly written children’s books about autism. Here are our favorites!

• All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome by Kathy Hoopmann (ages: 7+)
• All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer (ages: 5-8)
• The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida (ages: 10+)
• Ian’s Walk: A Story about Autism by Laurie Lears (ages: 4-8)
• My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete (ages: 6-10)
• Andy and His Yellow Frisbee by Mary Thompson (ages: 5-8)
• The Autism Acceptance Book by Ellen Sabin (ages: 6+)
• We’re Amazing, 1, 2, 3! A story about friendship and autism by Leslie Kimmelman ()
• The Asperkid’s (Secret) Book of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-so-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens with Asperger Syndrome by Jennifer Cook O’Toole (ages: 10-17)
• The Asperger Children’s Toolkit by Francis Musgrave (ages: 4-8)
• The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca

Jazz Hands For Autism Live Concert

Wednesday, April 16th from 7-8:15pm in the Robert Frost Auditorium. This event is hosted by Culver City Council PTA Inclusion Committee.

Thank you to Gopika, Shivani, and all of our volunteers that made our first Holi event a success!!!

Congratulations to our Lin Howe Math Olympiad Teams!

On Saturday, March 15th, ten Lin Howe mathematicians from the 4th and 5th grades competed in the 18th annual Excellence in Mathematics in Culver City (E=MC²) Math Olympiad Tournament at El Rincon Elementary School. The tournament included forty teams from 22 schools across Los Angeles County. Lin Howe had two teams of five students who participated in an individual competition as well as a team competition. The students had 30 minutes for each event to complete the 10 challenging word problems. While our teams did not place in the top three schools, our students did outstanding! Fifth grade student, Wesley Gulin, earned a bronze medal in the individual competition! Congratulations, Wesley!

If you’d like to try one of the challenging questions our students solved during the tournament, see below.

Contest Problem #12 (Team Event)

Darren, Emma, and Finn are playing a game.They have a total of 29 points. Darren and Emma have the same number of points. Finn has 1 more than Darren and Emma combined. How many points does Emma have?

Solution Below

Upcoming Important Dates

March 24-April 4 - Spring Break

Thursday, April 10 - PTA Meeting at 6pm

Friday, April 11 - Family Fun Night Dance

April 21-25 - Spring Book Fair

April 23-25 - Science Fair

Thursday, April 24 - Coffee At The Steps after dropoff

Friday, April 25 - Open House morning

Sunday, May 4 - CCEF's A Taste of Culver City

Science Fair/Invention Convention will be taking place April 23-25.

We are in need of a volunteer lead to help organize the projects in the cafeteria on Wednesday, April 23rd from 8:00am-9:00am.

Please let me know if you are interested in helping.

GUIDELINES- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8Uz_RxlraDRAJH1ncQR8aCu54NxkoutwrjxgViIrpA/edit?usp=sharing

MORE INFORMATION TO COME

People interested in helping can email lhsciencefair@gmail.com.

What: Lin Howe Family Fun Night Dance

Where: Lin Howe Cafeteria

When: Friday, April 11th, 6-8 pm

Special Guest: DJ NURSE TIM!!!!!!!!!

More details to follow!

Tickets for A Taste of Culver City on May 4 are On Sale Now! These will sell out fast!Tickets are ON SALE NOW for Culver City Education Foundation’s A Taste of Culver City, hosted by Amazon MGM Studios on Sunday, May 4th! This culinary fundraising event showcases some of Culver City’s best restaurants, plus student performances, entertainment, and more - all to directly support arts & STEM programs that benefit your student and every CCUSD student.

Tickets will sell out—get yours today! www.ccef4schools.org/taste

Want to get involved in this year's event? Email us at events@ccef4schools.org for more information on volunteering, sponsorship, and donating to the online auction.

Digital Wellness Parent Education Night was a success!

Earlier this month, guest speaker Julia Storm presented practical guidelines for screen time management, online safety,helping kids develop healthy tech habits, and how to become an ally and role model for your child in the digital world.

If you’d like to watch the recording, you can access it here:

https://zoom.us/rec/share/b-JIuXSHZ7dAWHw5wh3aowDFj9wOn26JMBgBZyynCzibC7APeKLV5Q838eRD6ih8.N-nRwVyc4rix48aj

Passcode: J2=?hVQ@

Some parents found it helpful to watch with their children. In addition, Julia provided a flyer to help your child recognize red flags for possible predators online.

ReConnect-Keeping Kids Safe from Predators

If you are interested in becoming more involved in conversations about technology and the impact on kids, please join the Culver City for Slow Tech Facebook group:

Culver City Unified School District and the CCUSD District English Learner Advisory Committee present a parent education session focused on How to Strengthen Identity and Importance in Adolescence.

This opportunity will be presented in Spanish and held:

Saturday, March 22nd

9:00-10:30 am

Via Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88953480575

Solution–(7). Take away 1 point from the 29 points; the remaining 28 points are split evenly between Finn and the duo of Darren and Emma. Thus Darren and Emma split 14 points, so each of them has 7 points.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND ADJUSTED SCHEDULES

2024-2025

EARLY DISMISSALS: Every Wednesday and March 21, May 8-9 June 13, 2024

EVERY WEDNESDAY IS EARLY DISMISSAL- 1:45pm

March 21st Early Dismissal- 1:45

March 24-April 4 Spring Break – School Closed

School Resumes April 7

May 8-9 Targeted Parent Teacher Conferences - Early Dismissal

May 26 Memorial Day – School Closed

June 13 Last Day of School –Early Dismissal

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Location: 4100 Irving Place, Culver City, CA, USA
Phone: 310-842-4338
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