Acacia Magnet School

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Dear Students & Parents/Guardians,

February is here! With that comes a whole host of events and activities for our Acacia community. Please read though the entire Smore as I do not want anyone to miss out on any of the events we have planned this month.

Also, we will begin out ELPAC testing during the month of February. With ELPAC testing now upon us, we encourage all of our families to ensure they are taking time to read nightly with their students.

GO CUBS!

Dennis Carter

Principal

Acacia Magnet School for Enriched Learning

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Dates to Remember! 📆

January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27 - Neighborhood School Enrollment Opens for the 25/26 School Year for NEW students

January 27-30 - Lazy Dog Restaurant Fundraiser - flyers below!

January 29 - Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake 🐍)

January 31 - Last Day of See's Candy Sales 🍫

- February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH -

February 3-7 - National School Counseling Week 🫶🏽

February 7 - "Let's GLOW Crazy!" Family Dance, 6-8pm in the MPR - flyers below!

February 12 - Ruby Bridges Walk 'n Roll to School, meet at Dover & Hendrix Park at 7:30am

February 14 - Valentine's Day and Presidents Day long weekend (NO SCHOOL)

February 17 - Presidents Day long weekend (NO SCHOOL)

February 20 - SEM Night, 5:30-6:30pm - more info to come!

February 21 - Spirit Assembly, 8:30am on the lower blacktop

Support Our Student Store and Community Service Project!

Some of our 5th grade SEM group students are working on a meaningful community service project through the organization Changemakers. As part of this effort, they’ve chosen to support two impactful local organizations:

• The Bumblebee Foundation, which provides assistance to families navigating pediatric cancer. This choice is especially significant as it honors the memory of a former student who passed away due to pediatric cancer. 💚
• The Iskander Foundation, established to honor the memory of two young boys who were tragically lost in a Westlake crosswalk accident. 💚

To help make this project a success, they will be running a student store after the New Year, and proceeds will go toward supporting these causes. You can support the effort by contributing items from their ➡️ Amazon Wish List.

Thank you for helping our students make a difference in our community!

💡 Let's GLOW! ✨

Get ready to dance, strike a pose at our photo booth, win awesome raffle prizes, and connect with our amazing Cub community! 🕺📸🎟

Whether you’re up for decorating, running the concession stand, or helping with clean-up, we’d love to have your help. Let’s make this event unforgettable! 🎉 SIGN-UP HERE

Order TICKETS and PRE-SALE FOOD/DRINK Tickets HERE

Flyers with full details went home with students, so please check those backpacks!

Calling all Cubs - it's time for you to shine!

Join us on February 26th for our Talent Show!

Whether it be with a skit, a song, a comedy act, magic tricks, karate, a musical instrument, dancing, or any other special skill you'd like to share - we want to see YOU "auditioning" for our talent show on Monday, February 3rd! Bring your creativity and passion to the stage. We highly encourage all interested Cubs to come share their talents and skills!

Let’s make this talent show one to remember! 🤩

Thank you so much to the adults who have signed up to help, we couldn't do it without you! 💚

Please feel free to reach out with any ideas, questions, or just to say hello. 👋🏽

acaciapta@gmail.com

To alleviate parking lot congestion and to reduce large numbers of students in the same location, we ask that you use grade-level designated gates at drop-off and pick-up. Thank you!

• Specialized Program (Special Education): In front of the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR), teachers and/or paraeducators will meet/walk out with students.
• Drop-Off:

• Pick-Ups:
  

TK - Gate 5

Kindergarten: Gate 4

First-Fifth Grades: Gate 1

*Optional for Fourth-Fifth Grades: Gate 7 (on Dover Avenue)

• Sibling may enter/exit together at the gate that is designated for the youngest student

Parking Lot Reminders:

• Blue accessible parking spaces are only for those with DP placards or license plates
• Please respect our reserved parking spots for principal and school staff
• Please do not stop in red zones for any reason, even to quickly drop off a student or to run into the office
• Do not exit your vehicle in the parking lot unless you have parked in a designated parking spot
• The yellow zone is for loading and unloading only - we will require you to move your vehicle if you are stationary in a yellow zone without a student leaving or entering your vehicle
• Please have students exit and enter the vehicles on the passenger side (sidewalk side) of the vehicles. We do not want students exiting vehicles into traffic.
• Be attentive for pedestrians and courteous at all times

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