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Coach Wooden believed and taught that the most important responsibility each of us had to ourselves was to do everything we could to achieve our own potential. He offered his Pyramid of Success and his definition of Success as a guide, stepping stones to help young people understand what it really takes to make the effort – 100% – to fulfill their potential and do their best. Every couple of weeks, our students will focus on one or two character traits from Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Positive examples of students exemplifying the character traits will be recognized with the Pyramid of Success Awards. Classroom lessons will reinforce elements of the Pyramid of Success. Additionally, whole school assemblies will feature character traits from Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.

For the next three weeks, we will be focusing on Alertness and Action:

ALERTNESS - "What you learn after you know it all is what counts"

Pay attention to everything that is going on around you all the time. Listen with your ears and your eyes. Listen with your nose! Your hands. Don't fall asleep on the job. Always be 'listening and learning' and you';; be heading to success.

ACTION - "Be quick, but do not hurry"

Do not sit on your hands doing nothing. Instead raise your hand and then speak up. Do not be afraid to fail. Instead, be afraid of failing to act! If you are afraid to act because you fear failure you will never do the things you are capable of doing.

Congratulations to Ms. Martinez’s Class and Mrs. Herrera’s Class with the best attendance for last week, 100%. Did you know that research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence. This year’s attendance goal for Adams Elementary is 95.5% average daily attendance. Last year our attendance rate was 94.5% . In order to meet our school goals, we must see an increase in student attendance for the 24-25 school year.

Last week, students learned how to utilize the Tree Map to help them classify objects/ideas. This is a great strategy to help students organize their thoughts as a pre-writing activity. Please see the pictures of some of the great Tree Maps we saw this week. Next week, we will be focusing on Flow Maps. The Flow Map is used for sequencing details from a story (or historical event). Some of the other key words your child might use when using a Flow Maps are steps, recount, and cycles.

Talk to your child about what kinds of things he or she has been putting in a sequence at school. Then, take an opportunity to engage in a family activity that will reinforce this type of thinking and learning for your child at home

Setting boundaries for young children is typically instinctive for most parents: No physical aggression, refrain from interrupting and avoid taking toys from other children. However, mere rules are insufficient as children mature and social interactions become more important. They must acquire the ability to set their own boundaries and demonstrate respect for the boundaries of others. Achieving this involves developing the capacity to discern the desires and needs of others while effectively expressing their own desires and needs. Resources: Teaching Kids Boundaries

• September 20 - Free Ice Cream in the Park with Torelli Realty
• At the park after school dismissal

• October 16 - Walk to School Day
• We will meet at Estancia Park at 7:40am

• October 17 - Picture Day

• Parent Empowerment Seminar
• Second session will be October 9, 2024 at Rea Elementary 9:00-11:00am (All meetings will be conducted in Spanish)

• October 16, 2024 - College & Career Fair

The College & Career Fair offers various opportunities to learn about college programs and assistance as well as connect with colleges and universities from throughout the United States and internationally. Expect to visit Career Technical Education (CTE) explorations; meet business and industry representatives; attend workshops on earning college credit while in high school, applying for financial aid, and NCAA recruiting eligibility and scholarships; and more.

• October 21-25 - Conference Week (modified day 1:30 dismissal)
• October 23 (non-student day)
• November 1 - Non-student day
• November 5 - Picture Make-up Day
• November 11 - Veterans Day (School closed)
• November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Recess
• December 20 - Last Day Before Winter Recess (school dismissed at 1:00pm)
• December 23-3 - Winter Recess

Be a part of the Adams Community and help our students have a great experience at Adams Elementary. You can join (or renew) your Adams PTA Membership at Join PTA.

Hello Adams Families,

Welcome back to school. It was so great to see everyone at back-to-school night and we are looking forward to having a great school year. I wanted to reach out to see about support for something new that the PTA is trying this year. We would like to help our teachers by establishing a classroom parent for each class. This is a role that will help support your teacher, children in the classroom and the school. Below are details on what the role might entail. Please take a moment to review.

The Room Parent Duties are as follows:

- To help deliver PTA information like events and fundraisers to the parents in your child's class and your child's teacher.

- To assist the teacher as needed when support or donations are needed for the class.

- To assist the PTA when support or donations are needed for events.

- To help and encourage other parents to sign up and get involved with the PTA.

- To help gather volunteers for PTA and/or classroom events.

Please let me know if you would be interested in this capacity. You do not need to be a member of the PTA to be involved. Additionally if you have any questions regarding the PTA I would be happy to answer those as well. We have a lot of ways that you can support Adams throughout the school year. I look forward to hearing from you

Cheers,

Cici English ccenglish@gmail.com

Adams PTA Room Parent Coordinator

Newport-Mesa Unified School District is looking for preschool-aged children to participate in our Neighborhood Peer Program.

The program prepares young learners for success in kindergarten, as they participate in small and large group classroom settings, and cooperative play activities.

For more information call: (949) 889-3669, or email: npp@nmusd.us

Please remember our parking lot is closed to non-school traffic. Parents will be allowed on campus the first day of school and then on Fridays for Flag Deck.

Arrival

• Please do not drop off student before 7:45 as there is no supervision before that time
• Students may enter through our main entrance at 7:45 AM and our side entrance by the park starting at 8:00 AM.
• When students arrive, they may walk to their line, put their backpack down, and when the bell rings at 8:00 AM, play.
• The warning bell will sound at 8:13 AM, and students are to walk to their line for the start of school at 8:15 AM.
• Students who enter after 8:15 AM are tardy, and parents will need to bring them to the office to sign them in for the day.
• Students riding bikes must walk their bikes onto campus and store them in the locked fence on campus.

Dismissal

• Students will be able to exit any gate at the end of the day. If students are taking the bus, they will meet on the blacktop and be escorted to the buses. If you have an older student, please ensure they pick up their younger siblings (TK-K) before meeting you at your pick-up location.

Attendance is very important to a child’s success in school. Students are expected to be here each day on time and ready to learn. However, we understand that there are occasions where an absence may occur. Please be sure to contact the absence hotline to report all absences at 714-424-4702.

Did you know? Research shows that chronically absent students (students with 10% absences over the school year = 18 absences) are less likely to read on grade level by 3rd grade, are more likely to score lower on standardized tests, get suspended in middle school, and are at least four times more likely to not complete high school.

Attendance Matters!!!

The following list are general standards for appropriate and safe dress for school:

• Clothing must be clean.
• All attire must be modest. Undergarments must be covered.

• No clothing with offensive or distasteful words, promotes alcohol, tobacco or drugs, or has pictures, or slogans. Offensive would be defined as anything that is obscene, contains racial or ethnic slurs, or propagates violence, gangs or products which are illegal.

• No spaghetti straps, crop top shirts, halter tops or bare midriffs. Shoulder straps must be at least one (1) inch wide.

• Shoes must be practical so that students can run, jump, and kick while involved in physical activities on the playground. This means that tennis shoes or other closed-toe and closed-heel shoes are appropriate.

• Inappropriate shoes: open-toed shoes, Crocs, flip flops, slippers, heels, and platform shoes.

• Shorts, skirts and dresses are appropriate if they are the type designed for play and the highest point of the hemline reaches the student’s thumb when their arm is at their side.
• Makeup is not to be worn by elementary age students.
• Jewelry, if worn, should be small and non-distracting.
• Hats (particularly baseball caps) must be worn forward-facing and are not permitted to be worn indoors at any time unless with permission by teacher. Hoods and beanies are not to be worn indoors.

All teachers and Adams staff have been trained on the Standard Response Protocol. This protocol allows everyone on site to use clear and common language during emergency responses. Whenever emergency drills are held at Adams Elementary (dates are all posted on the Adams Elementary website), we will inform our parent community through our weekly newsletter.

We are happy to welcome volunteers to our campus. Volunteering is a perfect opportunity to become more familiar with our school and support your child’s teacher.

Adams volunteers are required to complete a volunteer application through the NMUSD website and check in at the office each time through our Raptor System. Please see the link: NMUSD Volunteers. Once your application is approved, you will receive a notification. All cleared volunteers will then complete an orientation at Adams.

Please note that field trip volunteers need to go through the volunteer/visitor system before attending a field trip.

Costa Mesa Donald Dungan Library

Please click on the attached document to learn about the many free activities the library has for our community during the month of September.

Olive Crest is offering free courses in all three of their Active Parenting Curriculums. Please open the flyer below to learn more about the courses.

Phone: (714) 424-7935

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Fax (714) 424-4701

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