Crescent Cougar News

This year's International ShakeOut Day is October 17, when millions of people worldwide will participate in earthquake drills at work, school, or home! At 10:17 a.m. on 10/17, we will join millions of people across the world practicing earthquake safety.

Recommended Safety Steps for an Earthquake (At home, work & school):

In most situations, if you feel shaking or get an earthquake alert, immediately: DROP where you are, onto your hands and knees. This position protects you from being knocked down and allows you to stay low and crawl to shelter if nearby.

COVER your head and neck with one arm and hand.

• If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter.
• If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away from windows).
• Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs.

HOLD ON until the shaking stops.

• Under shelter: hold on to it with one hand; be ready to move with your shelter if it shifts
• No shelter: hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.

Our school is currently receiving categorial funding (LCFF) and is in need of having one additional parent representative to be part of our school site council. What is a school site council SSC?

A School Site Council (SSC) is a committee of people who represent the school community and work together to make decisions about the school. The following are the responsibilities:

SSCs oversee the school's academic planning and budgeting, and provide guidance on how to best meet the needs of all students. They also monitor and evaluate the school's local plan to ensure it meets state and federal requirements.

Interested? Please complete the nomination form: https://forms.gle/fhJAqSvsr33wuVMz6

You can self- nominate!

Next steps: Your name will be placed on the ballot and the school community will vote on the parent representative.

First School Site Council Meeting: Thursday, October 24 at 2:30 pm.

Agenda will be posted in an upcoming newsletter.

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Join us on October 31st as we open our student store. Wear your spooky costume and help our Student Council students manage the store:

Sign Ups: Click Here

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Cougar Dash: Register today! See flyer below for more information.

Fall Book fair

Fall Book Fair will be October 21-25, 2024 in the library during lunch and after school

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/crescentelementary

6th Grade Committee

There will be a committee meeting in the room 301 on Tuesday, October 15th @8:30AM if anyone would like to attend.

Outdoor Ed

Here are some activity dates:

• Tuesday, October 15th @8:30AM in the room 301. Write letters to your 6th grader. Stationary, writing utensils and envelopes to be provided by PTA. Stay to make posters for the kids leaving for Outdoor Ed.
• Sunday, October 20: Put up posters with goodbye and have fun signs, time is TBD
• Monday, October 21: kiddos leave for Outdoor Ed

• Friday, October, 25: kiddos return from Outdoor Ed. Decorate the streets with banners and balloons. There will be a snack and juice boxes for their return. More info coming out.

Thank you so much for everyone who has donated. Every donation helps to build our store! We also have an amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/365CMF6MP6E5B?ref_=wl_share

All items can be shipped/ dropped off to our school:

Crescent Elementary

5001 E. Gerda Dr.

Anaheim, CA 92807

Listed below are important announcements from previous newsletters:

• Parent and Student Handbook : Click Here
  
• Follow us on Instagram @ crescentcougars
• Volunteer Process: Please take a few minutes to complete the application using this link: https://bit.ly/ousdvolunteer

• Technology Warranty: If you are in need of purchasing our Technology Warranty insurance, please use the link below. Please note, stipulations apply:

  Link to application

• Lego Robotics registration links: 1st Grade Sign Up 2nd Grade Sign Up 3rd Grade Sign Up 4th-6th Grade Sign Up

• This year Halloween falls on Thursday, October 31. Students can dress up with a costume for halloween as long as they follow our costume guidelines:

  • Do's: Make sure the costume is safe for your child to wear. Leave all props at home.
  • Don'ts: No costume masks. No heels. No scary, vulgar costumes. No weapons. No inappropriate adult-like attire. No blood or gore.