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Please join us Tuesday, January 21, at 5 PM, for a parenting class focused on supporting positive behavior. We will be hosting this class in Panorama's library. We look forward to seeing you there.

All upper grade families, be sure to create your online Double Good popcorn store. Share this link on your social media and through email to everyone you know. Also, be sure to tag Panorama Elementary on Facebook and Paoramaelempanthers on Instagram, so Panorama families of students in TK - 3 rd grade can find your store. 50% of the purchase price of the popcorn goes to the student's individual outdoor education account. There are a variety of flavors, and the popcorn is shipped fresh directly to the people who order. All families can help out our upper graders by purchasing some delicious popcorn from an upper grade students' store. Do not set up a store if your child is in grades TK - 3rd.

For 6th grade families only ...

You can find information on Santiago's Information Sessions here

You can find information on enrolling at Santiago here.

Our 5th and 6th grade students will be participating in a performance to showcase their learning. All 5th and 6th grade families are invited to attend.

Open Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year will be open from January 13 - January 27, 2025.

Open Enrollment is for students who would like to attend a school other than their home school, assigned based upon their area of residence. You may find your "home" school by looking up your address at SchoolLocator at https://www.schoolsitelocator.com/apps/orangeusd/ If you are currently attending Panorama on open enrollment, you do need to apply each year. Please be sure to follow the directions below and access the application here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LzKV_1JMRnwhFXpjXfBY33mdnMP55xmAjNTC9DeppF8/viewform?edit_requested=true

Fill out your online application and submit one application per school site. You may submit the online open enrollment application to as many school sites as you like. The online applications for Open Enrollment will close on January 27, 2025, at 4:00 P.M., and will re-open February 3, 2025. School sites will hold their lottery and notify families of their lottery number, beginning January 31, 2025. Parents may accept or deny the space offered when contacted on February 3. If the parent denies the acceptance, the school site will move on to the next person on the list and parents may not change their mind once they have denied their acceptance.

If you require additional help, please contact the Office of Student and Community Services at 714-628-5424.

To access the links in the document below, you will need to open the attached file below it.

Join us for the Glow Dance on Friday, January 24, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This is a fun evening for our students, and we encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities! Please remember that this is not a drop off event, and everybody in attendance must have a completed PTA waiver. If you signed one at a previous event, then you do not need another one. We are also in need of volunteers to help with the event and donate water. If you are available, sign up here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0B4DA4A72DA5FDC34-54475673-lets

Panorama PTA invites you to a Family Day at the Ducks Game on Sunday, February 2, at 1:00 PM. For every child’s ticket that you purchase, PTA will be giving away a special shirt while supplies last (first come, first served). It's a great opportunity to enjoy a game together! More information on purchasing tickets for your family is coming soon.

The Orange Unified School District is inviting all families to the El Modena High School Community Showcase Event on February 5, 2025. The event starts at 5:00 PM with elementary and middle school performances, and the high school showcase event will begin at 6:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to see everything that our El Modena High School Family of Schools has to offer students TK-12th grade. The community will also be able to tour the new state-of-the-art Science and STEM building so you can show your students what they will get to experience as they go through the El Modena High School feeder pattern.

Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: NO SCHOOL

Monday, January 20 - Friday, January 24: Upper Grade Double Good Popcorn Fundraiser

Tuesday, January 21: Behavior Support Parent Workshop presented by Santiago Canyon College, 5 PM

Wednesday, January 22: Incoming Panorama Parent Tour, 4 PM

Thursday, January 23: 6th Grade Visits Santiago

Friday, January 24: PTA Glow Dance at Santiago Middle School, 7 PM

Tuesday, January 28: 2nd Grade field trip

Tuesday, January 28: PTA General Meeting, 7 PM

Wednesday, January 29: Wellness Wednesday, Wear clothes with positive messages

Wednesday, January 29: 5th & 6th Grade VAPA Showcase

Report cards are now available for viewing in the OUSD Parent Portal. If you would like us to provide you with a copy of the report card, please email or stop in the office to make a request. We will get it to you as soon as possible.

To access your student’s report card, go to the Orange Unified School District website.

- https://www.orangeusd.org/

From the OUSD homepage, click on Student and Parent Portal.

- Enter your email as your Username.

- Click on NEXT.

- Enter your password

- Click on SIGN IN.

To view and print your student’s report card.

- From your portal homepage, click on Grades.

- Click on Report Card History

- Click on English in the Second Trimester row

To print your student’s report card

- Click on the printer icon.

If your child is absent, please call the office at 714-997-6265 or email Miss Cindi at cynthia.walsh@orangeusd.org to let us know why your child is not at school.

If you know your child will be absent in advance and you would like them to do work to receive credit for attendance, please contact the office as soon as possible. We can create an independent study contract for absences of any length, as long as the teacher has sufficient notice to prepare work. Three days used to be the minimum amount, but now we can do it for one day. By completing the work, your child will receive full credit on completed work during the time they are not at school, and their attendance will not be affected. If a child misses school due to a personal reason, this becomes a truancy; however, if your child completes their independent study contract it does not count as an absence.

We are excited to share with you the Fall Edition of the Elementary School Counseling website! You will find information on Learning Resources, College and Career, and Calm Corner Resources for students and parents.

OUSD Elementary Counseling Website - English (Spanish link is on the first page)

Some over the counter medications, such as lotion and petroleum jelly, are available at school. If you would like your child to have access to these, please fill out and send in the Over the Counter Parent-Guardian Authorization Form found below.

If your child needs medication at school, please bring the medication and the Parent-Physician Medication Form below to the office. If we do not have the Parent-Physician Medication Form, the medication cannot be kept or administered at school.

Arrival

- Students may be dropped off as early as 8 AM.

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes, until you are ready to exit the parking lot. You may use the middle lane to exit.

- Pull all the way forward and drop off your child.

- Please help your child quickly exit by having all supplies ready to go. If you need to help your child out of the car, please wait until you are able to stop after the crosswalk.

- Do not leave your car unattended at any time.

- A staff member will be outside to direct students through the front gate until 8:15 AM.

Parking

If you need to enter the school, please park your car in a designated parking spot and come to the office. Never leave your car in lanes unattended or parked along the side wall.

Dismissal

- Place your placard in your window. We will have them available in the parking lot and the office during the first two weeks of school. This placard should include the name of your child(ren), grade(s), and teacher's name(s).

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes. Pull all the way forward and your child will be called to come to your car.

- Your child will enter the car.

- Do not get out of your car or leave your car unattended at any time.

Please be patient as families learn this system. This system keeps everybody safe and efficiently moving forward. Thank you very much for your cooperation and efforts to keep all of our Panthers safe.

Please be sure to label all lunchboxes, sweatshirts, and jackets. Items will quickly begin to appear in our lost and found! If your child is missing an item, please remind them to check the lost and found outside of the office.

Breakfast and lunch will continue to be provided to all students at no cost this school year. Breakfast is served before school starts, beginning at 8:00. Please be sure to have your child here at 8:00, if you would like them to eat breakfast before school starts. This ensures they have enough time to finish.

All students need to be sure they let their teacher know the day before they buy lunch. We may not have enough lunches if they do not request one. Also, please remind your child that they should not be getting lunch if they bring one. On Wednesdays, due to the modified schedule, lunch is not served. Instead, we serve brunch at recess. Please remind your child to let their teacher know on Tuesday that they will be buying brunch on Wednesday. You can find the lunch menu here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2501081743337031&page=menus

Don't forget to place your donations in our usagain container. We receive a small amount of funds each time we fill the collection bin in our parking lot. Please deposit any unwanted clothing items in our bin. You can see the items accepted in the image below.

Panorama recycled 9,126 pounds of clothes which led to 23 trees being planted! Keep up the recycling to raise money for our school and to help the environment.

If you have not done so already, please be sure to turn in your waiver. This needs to be turned in before attending our PTA Panther Fun Run.

We need YOU to help make our yearbook a success! You can help by submitting your photos. We have multiple ways for submitting yearbook photos. We will be posting QR codes at events so you can share your memories instantly. Look for the yearbook QR codes at all future events. Please email your first day of school photos here! submit+1846022@edophotos.com or create an account on the Entourage website link.entourageyearbooks.com and upload any photos you'd like to share with the yearbook staff.

You can join PTA all year long, if you haven't done so already. Why join the PTA? Because you care! You care about enriching our children’s minds, enhancing their educational experiences, and building a strong partnership between school and home. The PTA is a powerful platform where ideas turn into action, connecting families, educators, and supporters in meaningful ways.

Be sure to purchase your family membership here: https://panoramapta.membershiptoolkit.com/home. When you join PTA, you not only financially support PTA, but you become a voting member. Share your voice at our monthly PTA meetings.

To keep up to date with PTA news and events, be sure to follow us on social media.

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