Sea Dragons' Diary

1. Great Kindness Challenge Week
2. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Student/Family Activity
   
3. P.R.I.D.E Inclusion Slideshow
   
4. Return of the drop off lane rain permitting
   
5. Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company Assembly
   
6. Lunar New Year Parade on Monday, January 30th- FAMILIES WELCOME
7. January Boosters Meeting, January 30th
   
8. Physical Fitness Monthly Challenge
   
9. Fitness Challenge Leaderboard
   
10. TK and Kinder Information Night January 25th for school year 2023-2024
    
11. Culver City Youth Lacrosse Spring Sign Ups
    
12. LGBTQIA Playdate Sunday, February 5th
    
13. Cheerleading Flyers

Families,

As part of our school wide expectations and our current focus on Inclusion, below is a link to a slideshow with an introduction on students with disabilities and how we can promote inclusion and kindness. It's appropriate for all grade levels.

Please take some time to review with your student and discuss the questions on the the last slide. If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

The presentation is linked here.

Please join us for an engaging conversation about special education at our school next Thursday, January 26 at 5pm. The workshop will be on zoom.

Please RSVP by Monday, Jan 23 to linhowespedcommittee@gmail.com

We'd love to hear from you next Thursday!

• Drop-off Lane- A Drop-off lane will be available on Irving starting on January 10th (day we return from Winter break). Drivers are encouraged to pull as far forward in the drop-off lane as possible. Students ONLY will exit the car and walk onto campus.

We would like to turn this into a Valet Drop-off, but we would need a coordinator.

VALET DROP-OFF COORDINATOR:

In Years past we had a highly successful school valet drop-off program. We are currently in the process of trying to get the program up and running again...And We Need A Coordinator! This program can be organized a number of ways, the possibilities are endless. The coordinator does not need to be present every morning, it can be coordinated from the comfort of your home at a time that works for you. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Mr. Chabola or Mr. Raber (310-842-4338 or caseychabola@ccusd.org or brianraber@ccusd.org or in the school office).

• Parking- I know it is difficult to find parking around Lin Howe. We recommend parents either walk/scoot/ride, park a couple of blocks away and walk the couple of blocks, or use the drop off lane. Please do not park in the teacher/staff parking lots. When parents park in these lots, teachers and staff do not have available parking and as a result, can be late or may not be able to leave. This causes a negative impact on our students' learning.

About Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company

Shanghai native Lily Cai brings the movements of China to life in her captivating narrated presentation that showcases her enthusiasm for Chinese culture, history and people. Utilizing traditional costumes of the Tang and Qing dynasties, colorful folk dance ribbons and fans of gold, red and green, big head masks and swords, the performance invites audiences to experience the mystery of one of the world's most intriguing cultures.

Families enter Gate #1 to surround the turf and grass area, similar to our Halloween parade.

Resources:

https://www.kamiapp.com/blog/teaching-lunar-new-year/

Here’s How Families in Three Asian Countries Welcome the Lunar New Year

https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/heres-how-families-three-asian-countries-welcome-lunar-new-year

This brief article from the Asia Society and series of colorful images describe the food and customs of celebration of Lunar New Year in China, Korea, and Vietnam.

Seollal, Korean Lunar New Year

https://asiasociety.org/korea/seollal-korean-lunar-new-year

The Asia Society presents this good introduction to the rituals, foods, and games associated with celebration of Seollal.

The Chinese Zodiac Story

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/chinesenewyear/zodiacstory.aspx

This online book is a retelling of one of the legends associated with the origins of the Chinese zodiac animals.

Tet, the Vietnamese New Year

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-celebrations/wardtet.html

Comparing Tet with other holidays provides a window into comparative cultures that will enrich many classrooms. However, students should not make altar remembrances of their own relatives, as suggested in the lesson, but may view and discuss photos of those altars created by people celebrating Lunar New Year. (Elementary Grades)

Tet: Let’s Get Ready to Celebrate

https://asiasociety.org/education/tet-lets-get-ready-celebrate

The Asia Society’s Center for Global Education presents a simple discussion activity on the Tet holiday, or Vietnamese New Year, helping students understand the significance of the moon as a symbol and Vietnamese cultural values of honesty and good manners. (Elementary Grades)

Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/lions-dragons-and-nian-animals-chinese-new-year

January Boosters Meeting

Join us for our January Boosters Meeting on Monday, January 30 at 7pm via Zoom. Reach out to emilysacchetti@gmail.com with questions!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8051981420?pwd=S1BPRlFJQVhrUnFmSURYbGFpUy9XUT09

Meeting ID: 805 198 1420
Passcode: 8xZaiR

Thank you to all those you attended our 3rd ELAC meeting yesterday. Attached are the slides from the meeting.

I will be working with all our Elementary School Assistant Principals to schedule a district-wide ELPAC Practice Test Training Session for Parents. All grades TK-5 will be addressed in this upcoming event.

Dates coming soon.

Warmly,

Mr. Raber

ELAC Meeting #3 Slides

Slideshow and Video- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10OGViqXieeDNlPv8CsJ1RZfB3wxJVM1c7Md0XVUDFLk/edit?usp=sharing

Sea Dragon New Year's Monthly Fitness Challenge

• What's the Goal- The goals for each month will be 400 minutes for a Bronze Award, 600 minutes for a Silver Award, and 800 or more minutes for a Gold Award.
• How will it work?? You will REGISTER HERE https://forms.gle/ya93pUB4uQRqxQfr9

Please use a Nickname as everyone will have access to the spreadsheet we will be tracking minutes (example Determined Dragon)

Once we have received the information below we will share the spreadsheet for you to enter your active time next to your nickname.

• How do I Track time?-- You can track your time that you take a walk, bike ride, jog, rowing etc.

Reminder every person should have their own nickname and time. It's not a group time.

REGISTER HERE https://forms.gle/ya93pUB4uQRqxQfr9

Let's Do This Dragons!!!

Name Monthly Minutes

Mivanina 1035

Super G 970

Mighty Mouse 960

Zero's Heroes 900

Ruby‘s Epic Exercise Challenge 820

ww2023 563

Principal Chabola 561

Auditrix 490

robdabank 480

Sweaty McGee 480

Ms Hall 450

Koopa Kid 400

Rock and Roll Roegners 360

Mr. Feeney 330

Missy5317 315

D-0 250

The Joneses 220

Budge 207

Vice Principal Raber 200

M7 5U713 200

A Team 200

Stronger Together 200

Information can be found at the following link: https://www.ccusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=120892&type=d&pREC_ID=1825877

• 2023 Register here for TK & Kindergarten Information Night

Our Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC) is a group of parents, students and school officials who collaborate to improve our environment and schools. We are fortunate to have Superintendent Quoc Tran, CCUSD Board members Stephanie Loreto & Kelly Kent and other District leaders as committee members.

At our last meeting, on January 12, we discussed Earth Fest 2023, which will be on April 22, 2023 at El Rincon Elementary. All Elementary schools are encouraged to participate in this free event and sponsor one activity/booth which will contribute to the event. Some ideas include, hosting a Buy Nothing Bazaar, Running The Event Bike Valet, Organizing a Gardening booth. We are open to hear your ideas! We want to make sure that your school is included in this important day and that your students and families really feel welcome. Earth Fest was a HUGE success last year and the move to make it district-wide with our elementary schools includes you!

Our Committee also began discussing how to reduce the massive volume of waste we generate through food services. While our District has been moving away from plastics we still put over 4,000 paper trays, spoons, plates and plastic packages into our waste streams every single day. On January 12, we received a presentation from Buoy, a company that creates reusable plastic food service items from recycled ocean-bound plastic. We will continue to explore whether this is a workable system for our District.

To attend the next sustainability meeting or for more information about the above issues, please email emlsgreencommittee@gmail.com.

Parent Volunteers Needed: Help our students reduce and recycle their lunchtime waste!

Every day, all of our kids eat lunch at Lin Howe and have to figure out what to throw in the green, blue, or black bins. We'd like to help teach and train everyone to sort their trash correctly, so that the green bin waste can actually become compost, and that any recyclables actually get a chance to be recycled! Currently, kids are not sorting correctly, which results in everything going to the landfill.

Here's our plan:

We have enlisted our Green Ambassador students to help their classmates sort for the last few minutes of their lunchtimes. They get to wear a green apron and take pride in their special responsibility. If any kids need help figuring out which bin their trash goes into, the Green Ambassadors will be there to help. Our Green Ambassadors will start helping out at their lunchtimes the week of January 23, and we figured it'd be helpful to have some parents present to help get the system running smoothly.

Come help out! Email jenchyi@gmail.com if you can come to lunch (11:30-1:30) any day next week.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND ADJUSTED SCHEDULES

2022-2023

EARLY DISMISSALS: March 27, April 27-28, June 9, 2022

February 20, 2023 President’s Day – No school

School Closed March 27-April 7, 2023 Spring Break – School Closed School Resumes April 10, 2023

April 27- April 28, 2023 Target Parent Teacher Conferences - Early Dismissal

May 29, 2023 Memorial Day – School Closed

June 9, 2023 Last Day of School –Early Dismissal

HERE'S THE LINK TO ALL SEA DRAGON DIARIES

https://linhowe.ccusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=121567&type=d&pREC_ID=2349091

Email: caseychabola@ccusd.org
Website: https://linhowe.ccusd.org/
Location: 4100 Irving Place, Culver City, CA, USA
Phone: 310-842-4338
Twitter: @LinwoodEHowe