Canoga Park/ Chatsworth

On March 17, Irish and Irish Americans commemorate the death, as legend has it, of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who died on March 17, around 492. But mainly, people today honor Irish heritage and its rich culture and traditions. Cities all over the U.S. celebrate with parades and festivities. Whether you celebrate it or not, we send out "luck and happiness" to all your families and wish those that do celebrate a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A Porter Ranch Community School Book Fair was a fun week-long event in March. It allowed our students to build home libraries, further their reading and comprehension skills, and often build knowledge and vocabulary. Events like the Book Fair Party for the families created an invaluable chance for kids and families to connect with literature, cultivating a genuine love for reading. A heartfelt thank you to all volunteers and the PTA who invested their time and effort in transforming the Multi-purpose space into a truly fantastic experience!

Beckford's 5th graders went to Wolf Camp located in Simi Valley, CA. The camp focuses on science, team building, and adventure activities. The kids beamed with excitement as they enjoyed nature, spent quality time together and built lasting memories. Every year, the incoming 5th grade students look forward to this momentous trip!

4th grade held its Pioneer Day which is a culminating celebration of the California Gold Rush unit! Students embodied true gold miners with their plaid shirts and cowboy hats. The Beckford yard transformed into days of yesteryear with fun and engaging activities as they got hands-on experiences adventuring around town. They roped a burro, panned for gold, made berry-ink, did wool carding, soap carving, competed in the potato sack race and so much more. They also got to visit the General Store to claim some fun prizes!

Last Friday, March 15th Beckford celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a little earlier with a spirit day! Lots of students and staff wore green including our Bulldog school mascot! TK students had a surprise Leprechaun visit. Although luck was not on their side in finding the leprechaun, they were excited to see the tiny leprechaun footprints by their classroom doors.

The Chatsworth Park UPM UTK fashion was a culmination for our clothing study unit. Students started with pillowcases and tie-dyed them. Then they drew out their designs. We cut them for them to make it into the clothing item they wanted. The students used fabric glue to add on anything else they wanted to decorate! Families were invited to come watch the fashion show, complete with red carpet! They concluded this study unit with a parade for the rest of the school the following day.

Our 3rd Grade Palominos completed their Change Maker Project with a Wax Figure Museum Exhibition. Families were invited to the museum and have conversations with a historical figure such as Jose M. Hernandez, Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Abraham Lincoln, Ruth Handler and Mr. Internet!

1st grade students at Chatsworth Park UPM recently conducted a walking field trip to the community. During the trip, they looked at many businesses in and around the school and photographed businesses.

Students identified the business they wanted to research to determine whether it was an asset or liability to the community. Each student was asked to construct a model of their chosen business.

All of the student’s models were showcased at a school-wide Project Based Learning day. At the conclusion of the activity, the models were gives to the businesses they represented where they are proudly displayed.

Amazing! Awesome! Fun! Just a few of the words our Superior Street students used to describe their recent adventure. Our 5th grade students along with their teachers and a few brave parent volunteers had an unforgettable 3-day overnight camping field trip to WOLF Adventures in Moorpark. Teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills were all put to use as the group studied wildlife, played outdoor games, and went hiking both day and night! They built working model boats, crafted shell necklaces, and of course made s’mores. Our 5th grade students left with team building skills, a respect for nature, and memories of a very special experience.

Tiger Trot took place on Friday, March 15th and is one of Topeka Drive PTA’s biggest fundraisers. Students love participating in this fun jog-a-thon and raising money for the school’s Psychomotor program. This fundraiser encourages physical fitness and exercise in conjunction with teachers, staff, and the Topeka community. This year, Tiger Trot was made possible with the help of Topeka family and friends as well as the dedication of many volunteers. We’re looking forward to next year’s Tiger Trot!

Germain has been holding "Attendance Challenges". If the goal is met for the month, students a chosen to silly string staff members during our outside assemblies held on the first Monday of the month. For the month of March our principal, Mr. Lopez was silly stringed!! Students have also silly stringed our coordinator Mrs. Silva and one of the student's favorite staff members, Mr. O. Next month our assistant principal, Mrs. Fernandez will be silly stringed. Keep up the great attendance Germain!!

Canoga Park High School (CPHS) students trained all year and accomplished their goal of running in and completing the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 17th. Pictured below are the students in their green Marathon souvenir shirts with Mr. Garcia, Principal at CPHS. Below right are pictures with their community, runners from Canoga Park Middle School (CPMS) as well as Students Run LA (SRLA) Leaders and SRLA Friends who also helped to train these amazing students! Students from CPHS are: Krissy Cortez, Leidy Gonzalez, Jaqueline Hernandez, Gabriel Simon Aguilar, Simarjeet Singh and Wendy Tecum. From CPMs are Dulce Hernandez and Aram Vardanian.

Canoga Park High School hosts Spring College, Career and Resource Fair on the Memorial Quad where representatives from colleges, universities, military branches and community partners displayed their information and more for the students on a perfect, sunny day in the Memorial Quad. Students learned about the Navy, the Marines, summer school job opportunities, the Los Angeles Public Library and our very special program through CSUN called the Bridge to the Future. The Bridge to the Future program is only available to Canoga Park High School students and provides tuition-free opportunities to accepted applicants each year.

Preschool and TK students and families are invited to join us for a special all school Kindergarten Fair on April 23 from 5-7PM at Lawrence Middle School. Schools that will be showcasing their amazing Kindergarten programs are:

o Beckford Charter ES

o Canoga Park ES

o Capistrano Ave ES

o Chatsworth Park ES

o Enadia Way Technology Charter ES

o Germain ES

o Hamlin ES

o Hart ES

o Nevada Ave ES

o Superior Street ES

o Topeka Drive Charter ES

o Castle Bay Elementary

Come check out each school's table to do a fun project, get information, talk with teachers and Principals from every school and don't forget to stop by and get some free food from our Cafe LA table to sample all the amazing food for our students. Check out the flyer for more details.

Hope to see all our TK and preschool students and families!

We would like to formally introduce this years Chatsworth Block Fest on April 13. We are very excited to host this event again this year, we are expanding to 3 blocks now and anticipate 10-15 thousand attendees.

Summary:

Blockfest for those of you that don’t know, is the valleys biggest block party which will include live performances, music, food, vendors, big kid zone, comic con, celebrity signings, wrestling, and basketball skills tests and so much more!

For the students:

We would like to invite any of the schools entertainment programs to participate on the community stage for performances, this could be music, small bands, instrumental groups, theater, dance, etc.
If any of your groups would like to participate and have performances please let us know asap to reserve their time slots.

For the PTAs and/or schools:

The kids zone will be double the size this year with a lot of different activities for kids of all ages.
We will be selling wristbands at $25 each at the door, and if student/families would like to preorder on our site it will be $20 presale before April 9.

Email: alice.lee@lausd.net
Location: 10100 Variel Avenue, Chatsworth, CA, USA
Phone: 747-224-4581
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