DOLPHIN SPLASH
Volume 6: September 19 - 23, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM OUR INTERIM PRINCIPAL, MS FIELDS
It is my pleasure to introduce your new El Marino Principal, Paula Saavedra.
Ms. Saavedra is a graduate of UCLA and CSUN. She has experience at the Elementary and Middle School levels as a teacher and site administrator. In addition to her many professional experiences, she has been an Elementary Principal at a Dual Immersion School and is fluent in Spanish. Ms. Saavedra's first day at El Marino Language School will be Monday, September 19th.
We will be working together this week to ensure a smooth transition of leadership.
I have enjoyed being here and meeting many of you. Bilingualism/biliteracy is my passion, and it has been wonderful to watch the outstanding teaching and learning going on at El Marino.
Sara Fields
Interim Principal
CCUSD COVID TESTING UPDATE - September, 2022
Dear CCUSD Staff & Families,
CCUSD has been monitoring COVID case rates both within our district and in all of LA County. The general tracking numbers for both can be found on our Dashboard:
COVID-19 Dashboard (ccusd.org)
As you can see from the reported case numbers, the rates have been steadily decreasing since school resumed last month. Because of this decline, effective at the end of this month, CCUSD is eliminating weekly onsite testing for our staff and students. Testing will continue through the last week of September - 9/29/22 being the last day.
We will keep LFN “on call” so that we are able to resume testing on short notice if changing case numbers make that necessary.
Free weekly drive-thru testing every Saturday from 9am - 12noon will continue in the Elenda parking lot. The registration information for that is below:
https://firmalab.labsvc.net/patientportal/index.html?50
We expect that this change will allow our students and staff to return to a more stable instructional schedule, eliminating this particular weekly interruption.
Thank you for your ongoing cooperation as we continue to move through this Pandemic.
CCUSD
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Estimado personal y familias de CCUSD,
CCUSD ha estado monitoreando las tasas de casos de COVID tanto dentro de nuestro distrito como en todo el condado de Los Angeles. Los números de seguimiento generales de ambos se pueden encontrar en nuestro tablero de mandos.
Tablero de Mandos COVID-19 (ccusd.org)
Como se puede ver en los números de casos reportados, las tasas han estado disminuyendo constantemente desde que se reanudaron las clases el mes pasado. Debido a esta disminución, efectiva a fines de este mes, CCUSD está eliminando las pruebas semanales en el sitio para nuestro personal y estudiantes. Las pruebas continuarán hasta la última semana de septiembre, siendo el 09/29/22.
Mantendremos a LFN “de guardia” para que podamos reanudar las pruebas con poca antelación si el cambio de los números de caso lo hace necesario.
Las pruebas semanales gratuitas de autoservicio todos los sábados de 9 a.m. a 12 del mediodía continuaran en el estacionamiento de Elenda. La información de registro para eso es la siguiente:
https://firmalab.labsvc.net/patientportal/index.html?50
Esperamos que este cambio permita a nuestros estudiantes y personal regresar a un horario de instrucción más estable, eliminando esta interrupción semanal en particular.
Gracias por su cooperación a medida que continuamos avanzando a través de esta pandemia.
CCUSD
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
- ALLEM FALL PLEDEGE DRIVE CONTINUES!
See flier below for more information and how you can participate!
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - PICTURE DAY!!!
- PICTURE DAY! BRING YOUR COMPLETED ORDER FORM!
- JAPANESE READING CLUB
8:00 - 8:30 am in the auditorium
See flier below
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
COVID TESTING
- CHOIR REHEARSAL
8:00 - 8:35am in the Auditorium
- JAPANESE STORY TIME
5:30 - 5:50pm and 6:00 - 6:20pm at zoom
See flier below for more info
- MASANGA MARIMBA CULTURAL ASSEMBLY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
- CLUB de LECTURA
8:00 - 8:30am in the Auditorium
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
- EL MARINO PTA & ALLEM COFFEE AND CHAT
8:15 - 9:15am in the Auditorium
PICTURE DAY!
ALLEM Fall 2022 Pledge Drive
As of Friday, September 16, ALLEM has raised close to $95,000--that puts us at 38% of our fundraising goal of $250,000! Attached please find a chart showing participation by class on a percentage basis. As you can see, there is real opportunity for growth in participation!
If you have not yet contributed to the ALLEM Fall 2022 Pledge Drive, please consider doing so. Suggested donation is $750 per child, but any amount over $20 is welcome!
Please donate at https://allem.givecloud.co/. You can make a one-time donation or pay monthly. If you are pledging on behalf of more than one child, please make separate donations so that we can track each class's participation.
Special prizes will be awarded to the class with the highest fundraising amount as well as the top three participation classrooms.
THANK YOU!
FROM OUR EL MARINO PTA
CLEARED VOLUNTEER INFO
El Marino welcomes cleared volunteers to help as needed by their child's teacher or other campus needs and activities.
If your volunteer clearance is current, please make sure to check the following:
- TB is up to date. If not, check with Denise Enoch by emailing at deniseenoch@ccusd.org
- Proof of vaccination has been provided to the school office.
Volunteer Orientation Dates TBD
Please use this VOLUNTEER FORM to see how you can make a positive difference!
HEALTH TECHNICIAN
WAIVER
For students and families to participate in PTA sponsored events or activities, please fill out the Waiver Form below. Thank you!
Walk & Roll Festival
September 24 marks the return of the Culver City Rotary Community Foundation’s Walk & Roll Festival.
The Walk & Roll Festival is a free, family-friendly event focused on teaching kids how to safely ride their bikes to and from school. As part of the city-wide Safe Routes to School program, the Festival is open to all Culver City students as well as neighboring schools.
Now in its 10th year, the Walk & Roll Festival has proven to be a valuable community event for kids of all ages. Participants have an opportunity to ride a bicycle skills course featuring several stations and led by certified cycling instructors. They will learn and practice essential safety skills such as proper starting/stopping techniques, scanning and signaling, yielding and how to avoid hazards. Kids that demonstrate a high level of mastery of skills will be invited on group rides with our instructors.
Kids will also learn how to properly fit and adjust their helmet or pick up a new one if needed. Mechanics will be on hand to check all bikes for safety and provide minor repairs as necessary.
In addition to the bike skills areas there will be a Creation Station sponsored by TruSmile Orthodontics, with fun traffic-related crafts, free smoothies from the Co-Opportunity Market and their Bike Bender, and roller skate demos and lessons from L.A. Skate Hunnies. Snacks and drinks will be on hand for all and goody bags and t-shirts will be available for the kids (while supplies last).
Culver City Rotary Community Foundation is a proud sponsor of the event as sustainability is a key pillar in the mission of Rotary International. Teaching kids to be active and educating them on the value of alternative modes of transit are essential to that goal.
For more information, please visit www.ccwalkandroll.com/WalkRoll2022
5th GRADE BABY PHOTOS NEEDED!
The yearbook committee is collecting the 5th-grade baby photos for the yearbook. Please email your favorite baby photo of your child to: Anne Drellishak at a.g.drellishak@gmail.com
- Photo should be high resolution, 300 dpi
- This should be a baby photo so preferably when they were 0-18 months
- Name the photo with your child’s first & last name
- In email subject line, include: child’s first & last name AND teacher’s name
If you need to scan a printed photo, you can email Anne to make arrangements. You can also take a photo with your iPhone of the printed photo.
DUE DATE to send a photo: Friday, October 28
Please contact us with any questions.
Thanks
Yearbook Committee
FIRST BOOK CLUB OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!
Virtual Gathering hosted by the El Marino PTA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee
Wednesday, October 12th
7:00 - 8:00pm
Join on ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85403349468?pwd=ZmZVdWZPZXZVMUViREJxeUlGcDA3QT09
Meeting ID: 854 0334 9468
Passcode: Diversity
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
by Julissa Arce
"Bestselling author Julissa Arce calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans in this powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants."
Available Locally:
Village Well Books and Coffee in Culver City:
https://shop.villagewell.com/item/mvAe9UD8MdqjlspBnXRXFA
*** Eligible for PTA discount. In-store discount only.
Malik Books in Culver City and Baldwin Hills:
** Eligible for PTA discount. Discount automatically applied at checkout.
LA County Library:
https://catalog.lacountylibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=You+sound+like+a+white+girl&te=
ONLINE SHOPS:
Bookshop -
Audible -
https://www.audible.com/pd/You-Sound-like-a-White-Girl-Audiobook/1250818621
Target -
https://www.target.com/p/you-sound-like-a-white-girl-by-julissa-arce-hardcover/-/A-82108496
Barnes n’ Noble -
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-sound-like-a-white-girl-julissa-arce/1139150509
https://a.co/d/0fjkb3A
Amazon Smile Instructions: for supporting charity of your choice, such as El Marino Language School PTA, https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GMXLBCTX25RL6A2E
JAPANESE CULTURAL HERITAGE CLUB (JCHC)
The Japanese Cultural Heritage Club (JCHC) is comprised of parent volunteers of El Marino Language School. JCHC was founded on the mission of educating El Marino and its surrounding community about Japanese culture, traditions, and arts. Pre-COVID, JCHC held its annual Japanese traditions workshop through a grant from the Aratani Foundation and helped with undokai (sports day), mochizuki (mochi making) and other events. Additionally, JCHC holds various Japanese arts workshops and social events for both students and parents.
We'd like to continue sharing the Japanese culture to El Marino and its community and we are seeking parent members!
All parents - SIP and JIP programs - are welcome to join.
If you'd like more information, please email emjapanworkshop@gmail.com
El MARINO GREEN GARDEN IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS!
Do you have a green thumb?
Do you have a different colored thumb that you wish were greener?
Do you care about nutrition, love vegetables, love composting, love rolling around in the dirt or just love helping out on campus?
THE GARDEN IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
EL MARINO COMMUNITY!
We plant, maintain and harvest our 7-bed organic garden alongside the entire student body. We host lessons and tastings that require a 9am-12pm commitment once a month. We also love volunteers who can weed and plant before or after school hours. Plus, we do a big clean up and prep twice a year on weekends as well. So, volunteering with us works for all kinds of schedules.
Come when you can! The garden is entirely parent run and we need you!l.
To volunteer, please email doriendavies@gmail.com.
We can’t wait to show you what we grow this year!
USE YOUR PTA MEMBERSHIP TO GET DISCOUNTS AT LOCAL BUSINESSES!
it with the front office of your school.
GREEN COMMITTEE: PLEDGE TO CLEAN AIR
Let's get the new year started off right and commit to not idling our cars during drop-off and pick-up.
The 405 is the busiest freeway in America, let's do everything we can to limit air pollution at our school.
Check your email, text your coworker, set your map THEN turn on your car and away you go!
Our Green Committee works with parents and students on Clean Air, Reducing Waste, Going Plastic-Free and Respecting our Environment.
The average El Marino student will live to see the year 2100! Let's prepare them for a sustainable life-style.
For more info email emlsgreencommittee@gmail.com
Thursday, October 13
- Picture Day Makeup
Wednesday, October 19
- MTSS Coffee and Chat
2022-2023 CCUSD SCHOOL CALENDAR
El Marino School Community (Official Group) - PRIVATE
El Marino Language School
Website: elmarino.ccusd.org
Location: 11450 Port Rd, Culver City, CA 90230, USA
Phone: 310-842-4241
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