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We would like to inform you that the school schedule for the week of October 21, 2024 has been changed. All days that week, including Wednesday, October 23, will be modified student days.

The non-student day will be moved to Friday, October 18, 2024 to improve consistency across all elementary schools and streamline our report card process. Again, Friday the 18th of October will be a day off of school for students.

We understand that this schedule change may disrupt your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We appreciate your cooperation, understanding, and flexibility as we adjust our calendar.

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. Rossmann’s Class with the best attendance for last week, 99.8%. 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.

Adams Elementary School is proud to announce our 2024-2025 Student Leadership members:

• Raul Hernandez: President
• Oskar Perez: Vice-President
• Nythaniel Paguirigan: Treasurer
• Jaden Manriquez: Secretary
• Jackson Jaimes: Spirit Chairman
• Ethan Alfaro: Publicity Chairman

Congratulations to all our student leaders!

Next week, we will be focusing on our next Thinking Map of the week, the Brace Maps. The Brace Map is used identifying part of a whole.

This Map is used to show the components of an object or a concrete item. Take a few minutes to engage in a family activity that will reinforce this type of thinking and learning for your child at home.

• Monday September 23 - Secure Drill

• Thursday, October 10 - Recess Art (See information on volunteering below)

• Friday, October 11 - ELAC (English Learners Advisory Committee) Meeting

• 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)
• November 1 - Non-student day
• November 5 - Picture Make-up Day
• November 6 - Literacy Lunch on the Lawn (12:30 pm - 1:15pm)
• 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

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.

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

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!!!

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.

At Share Ourselves, they aim to provide quality, affordable healthcare. Their Sliding Fee Scale Model helps to do that and may offer you a discount based on your income and family size. Share Ourselves welcomes everyone, regardless of your inability to pay.

This is a great resource to get TB test done so you can volunteer at school!

Contact: 949-270-2100

shareourselves.org

Phone: (714) 424-7935

Press 2 for attendance line

Fax (714) 424-4701

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