BSC Weekly Newsletter

Happy New School Year, Balboa Families! And a very special and warm welcome to our new families. I hope the start of the school year has been nothing but amazing for your scholar.

I am excited for what’s entailed for every scholar this year. At Balboa Magnet, we are committed to providing an exceptional education with pathways to explore beyond textbooks. We believe in teaching to the whole child and providing opportunities that cultivate every scholar’s gifts and talents in order to pursue their passion.

We encourage all families to get involved, whether it’s in the classrooms, Teacher Assistant Program (TAP), BSC event, fundraising committees, or just attending a school-wide event. Please make sure you complete a volunteer application ASAP if you have not done so already as it can take some time to process and be approved. For more information, please reach out to our wonderful Parent Community Representative, Mrs. Lisa Henderson at lisa.henderson@lausd.net.

On behalf of the teachers and staff, I thank you for your generous donation which allows the school to offer an accelerated academic program to prepare our scholars as 21st century learners. Your generous Compass Fund donation allows us to offer a vocal music instructor, STEAM lab instructor, YMCA physical education coach, master gardener, and more!

I look forward to working together as a community to ensure the best learning environment for every scholar. Here’s to an excellent school year ahead!

Principal Chun

The race to be the first class to reach 100% participation is still on, will there be a class that comes from behind to earn the class party or will one of the classes in the lead pull ahead to win?

Don't forget, every class that has 100% participation will get restaurant coupons, and every class that reaches 80% participation earns a popsicle party!

We are about 38% of the way towards our goal of collecting $200,000 in order to pay for the amazing enrichment opportunities every Balboa scholar benefits from! CLICK HERE

• Text COMPASS to 91999
• Send a check made out to Balboa Spirit Club
• Pay via Zelle or Paypal (more info here)
• Or, click on "donate now"

Don't forget to check if your employer will match your donation. You can lookup eligible companies using this link. It's an easy way to possibly double your support. (Please note we're not affiliated with this link and just using it as information search tool).

• 80% participation = popsicle party
• 100% participation = restaurant coupon
• First class to 100% = class party!

We hope you had a great introduction to your scholar's classrooms and had a chance to visit a few of our enrichment classes at last week's Back 2 School Night!

Scope of Work:

1. Clean up and plant shrubs in the Library Garden

2. Clean and disinfect the cafeteria area, seating areas and handrails

3. Clean and disinfect the apparatus

4. Pick up trash in the playground

Balboa Spirit Club will:

• Provide tools and cleaning supplies

• Coordinate trash pickup (incl. encourage recycling)

• Provide snacks and water for volunteers

*The Event Coordinator may assign volunteers to different tasks depending on the scope, available tools, and progress.

Thank you for helping to make Balboa Magnet the best!

• Picture Day 9/18
• Virtual BSC Meeting 9/18
• STEM Night 9/27

This year we are trying something new with psychomotor. We want to ensure all our scholars get to participate in this program, however, unless each class has LAUSD-approved volunteers, it may be that some classes do not get the opportunity. As such, we invite you to volunteer for not only your child’s class, but consider helping out in another class on another day. Your support is greatly appreciated and our scholars will be eternally grateful to not miss out on this important skill-building, and fun, opportunity. Thank you!

SIGN UP HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DA9AE23A3FDC07-50894691-psychomotor#/

Please note: You must be a district approved, on-campus volunteer to assist during Psychomotor. Please do not signup yet if you have not received confirmation that you have been approved to volunteer.

The application to become an approved LAUSD volunteer for next academic year is open. You will need to be approved by the district to help out on campus during school hours. To learn more and to apply, please visit the LAUSD Volunteer Portal. You need to re-apply for each school year.

For questions, please contact Lisa Henderson: lisa.henderson@lausd.net

Shop our BSC Store and purchase your Spirit Wear shirt, hat, and hoodies for your scholar! https://www.balboaparents.org/spirit-store.html