Week 2
August 19 -23, 2024
Multnomah Street Elementary
Dear Students, Parents, and Multnomah Community,
We had a wonderful first week of school. We rolled out the red carpet and welcomed all of our eagles! The 4.4 earthquake shook things up for a bit, but our staff was calm and collected. We have monthly drills just for this very reason.
1. Continue to have conversations with your children about what to expect during an emergency.
2. Have a safety plan for your family.
3. Make sure your emergency cards are updated.
Fun and important things are happening everyday! I've been seeing the fun videos, messages and pictures on Class Dojo. Are you all signed up with your child's teacher/class?
If you missed my Coffee with the Principal on Wednesday, here's a link to the slide deck.
Here's the deck to our Student Behavior Assembly for you to review the dos and don'ts at home. Ask your child about the key points and/or highlights of our behavior assembly.
In Partnership,
Principal Melgar
Birthdays
If you haven't read the Parent Handbook, please make sure you do so. Every question you might have is hopefully covered in our handbook. A big one is birthdays because it's our special day. Just in case you haven't read that part, here's the gist of the details on birthdays.
At Multnomah, we announce our birthdays of the week on the PA. We invite the students to the main office for a special photo and small gift.
(Directly from website and parent handbook.)
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
With a minimum of 24-hour notice and teacher’s approval, you may bring store purchased individually packaged food or goodie bags to share with your child’s classmates during the last 5 minutes of the school day. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP THE DAY OF YOUR CHILD’S BIRTHDAY UNANNOUNCED WITHOUT HAVING MADE PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE TEACHER WITH THE EXPECTATION TO CELEBRATE OR VISIT THE CLASSROOM. While your child’s birthday is very important, so are the instructional minutes for all the students.
No home-made food can be distributed. Please do not send store purchased food that is difficult to hand out. Store purchased cupcakes and donuts must be individually packaged and should all be the same for ease of passing out. Your child has a LOT of classmates. If they are not individually packed, they will not be passed out. It must be dropped off by parents and not a delivery service. No Pizza. Be aware we have children with food allergies and/or are lactose intolerant.
If making goodie bags, do not include candies, chips or anything with nuts. Healthy snacks and school supplies are recommended.
School Spirit
In our school folder last Monday, we included these optional purchase handouts. If interested, please fill out form completely and send correct cash to school. Make sure you write your child/teacher's names on the order forms and/or envelopes.
- Shirt Orders due August 23rd
- Yearbook Orders due September 6th
Google Forms
Please complete these Google Forms for the following:
1. We are officially launching our College and/or Career Awareness Campaign. We would like to
feature your child on a college banner to hang outside or inside of our beautiful campus.
On picture day, interested students will wear:
Option 1: Their self-selected and self-provided college sweatshirt or t-shirts, and bring any college themed props. (Pennants, pom-poms, notebooks, stuffed animals, etc.)
Option 2: Their self-selected and self-provided future work or career aspirations. (Props and safe tools from the job or trade welcomed to support visual of theme.)
College Campaign Consent form due August 23rd.
2. Grandparents Day will be celebrated on September 6th. Pleases let us know if your child's grandparents will be participating/joining us.
Valet Services
Valet services will be available before and after school for grades 1-5 students at the main gate.
DROP OFF
- When dropping off, please make sure students only exit from the passenger side and that their backpacks are in the car with them. (Students may not exit into street.)
- DO NOT park in the valet line.
- If your child still needs help getting in and out of the car, please do not use the valet.
PICK UP
- When picking up, stay in the valet line and please ensure your dashboard has a sign with your child(ren)’s name(s) on the passenger side. This helps expedite pick up as we will call your child to come out to you.
- If your child still needs help getting in and out of the car, please do not use the valet.
*Do not make a U-Turn in front of the school after you drop off your child.
Proceed down the block. Let’s keep everyone safe!
Dismissal
Beyond the Bell
All week last week there were students who were not picked up at dismissal and not in the program. It's not fair for the students to have to sit there for so long. And the main office is a place of business. Parents, please connect with friends/family or Coach Crystal about after school care.
For everyone else who already did this, thank you! Thank you for promptly taking care of business to help our students thrive.
Parent Volunteers
Calling All Parents!
LAUSD is currently accepting applications for Parent Volunteers for the 24-25 school year.
We already have 42 parents who have been fully approved. Way to go PARENTS!
Here are the steps:
1. Log onto https://volunteerapp.lausd.net/ and click on LAUSD parent. (See image above.)
2. Sign in with your Parent Portal credentials.
3. Select returning and/or new and select "on campus volunteer 2024-2025"
4. Fill out all required information.
5. Review info and click the blue hyperlink to read "LAUSD Volunteer Commitment Form."
- Once your read it, click the click to agree.
- Type in your name
- Click submit.
- School will do our part and wait for district to approve.
Kindergarten will not have Teacher Assistants. If you would like to support your child's teacher with Breakfast in the Classroom or Small Group Instruction, you will have to get processed asap.
Parent Portal
Pink Paper ALERT
If you are a new Multnomah Family or have a new eagle enrolled, you should have received a pink paper on Friday with directions on how to sign up for the Parent Portal. Please do so immediately. The LAUSD Parent Portal is LAUSD's Parent Access Support System portal. It is a one-stop online system that connects parents and guardians to important information about their child's education. It is secure...it is personalized to your child...and it is custom-made for YOU, our parents and guardians. AND the phone APP is actually great and easy to use.
Save the Date: Back to School Night
Come and meet your child's teacher and hear all about everything that they will be learning this year.
- 4:30-5:00 is our community mixer and food sale.
- 4:30-5:30 is the Book Fair at the library.
- 5:00-6:00 are the classroom visits.
- Link to flyer you see here.
Grandparents' Day Reservation
We 🧡 our grandparents! Don't forget to RSVP and invite our grandparents to our celebration of Grandparents Day on September 6th.
Attendance Goals
Students should not have more than 1 day of absence by September 13th to be on track for meeting our Attendance Proficiency Goal for the year.
This Week
Monday, August 19, 2024
- Multnomah Monday! School Spirit Gear
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Early Dismissal @ 1:28 pm
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Program Day, wear your program colors
- Neighborhood School: Black
- Environmental Science Magnet: Green
- Gifted Magnet: Red
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024