CCeN 22114 - Point Dume Elementary School

February 21, 2014
P D M S S C A RIN G
C O M M U N I TY N EWS
Together we make a difference
Dear Family and Friends of PDMSS,
Kindergarten Round Up was a great
success! There were so many smiles on future
PDMSS students enjoying being in the classroom,
marine science lab, doing an art project, and
meeting their future teachers. An enormous
thank you goes to Deven Shirley and everyone
who volunteered their time to make Kindergarten
Round Up such a special day. Thank you!
Read Across America and Pajama
Movie Night!
Day is this Friday! On this wonderful day
everyone: students, staff, and parent volunteers, come to school in their PJs, enjoy special activities, and
spend the entire day reading. Get involved with the fun by checking in with your child’s room parent.
There is something for everyone to do to help make this day memorable.
The award-winning author René Colato Laínez is coming to PDMSS. He is a native of El Salvador
(Jose’s home country) and writes delightful children’s books. On Read Across America day students will
enjoy listening to Mr. Laínez read one of his stories. If you would like to order one of his books and have it
autographed, please fill out the order form that’s included in the newsletter.
The Marine Science Dinner at Duke’s is just one week away! There are a limited number of
tickets left so be sure to purchase your ticket today. On Wednesday, February 26th, the fantastic art
projects made by the students will go on display in our library. Then on Thursday you’ll have the
opportunity to “buy it now”. Details about the projects and how you can purchase them will be coming to
you via room parents soon.
I’d like to end the newsletter with a thank you to the fifth grade and their parents for organizing
Movie Night. It was a fundraiser to support the many end-of-the-year activities for the fifth grade class
and they did raise around $500, but it was also a great family event! The children had fun watching the
movie together, parents enjoyed the opportunity to visit with each other, and the evening was topped off
with an impromptu dance party. It was great fun! Thanks!
Remember my door is always open.
With warm regards,
Rebecca Johnson
Principal
Point Dume Marine Science 6955 Fernhill Dr. Malibu, CA 90265 310.457.9370
PDMSS
PTA NEWS
C ALENDAR
Below please find the proposed slate of PTA Executive Officers
for the 2014-2015 school year. We vote for the new officers at
the March 19th PTA meeting.
PTA President: Roui Israel
Executive Vice President: Michele Turturici
1st Vice President: Deven Shirley
2nd Vice President: Barbie Herron and Katie Jensen
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3 Vice President: Ale DeLuca and Jill Beltrami
4th Vice President: Alexa Weiss and Elissa Marshall
Treasurer: Michelle Bernadou
Recording Secretary: Trudy Perry-Datt
Financial Secretary: Kathryn Randall
Historian: Coco Costigan and Candace Kelly
Auditory: Carolyn Martinez
Wednesday, February 26th
Student Council Meeting
7:30 - 8:15 Room K1
Friday, February 28th
Read Across America Day!
Saturday, March 1st
Marine Science Dinner
at Duke’s!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, February 26th
PTA Executive Board Meeting
7:15 - 8:15 Conference Room
Student Council Meeting
7:30 - 8:15 Room K1
Room Parent Meeting
8:30 - 9:30 Room 16
Friday, February 28th
Read Across America Day!
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THIS WEEK’S FLYERS
1. MARINE SCIENCE DINNER
INVITATION
2. MIND CRAFT AFTER SCHOOL
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Movie Night
Elementary
Honor Choir
Elementary Honor, Middle School, and High School Choirs
Every year music students from across our district gather together and perform at Stairway
to the Stars. This is one of my personal favorites! It’s great to see the top music students
come together to sing and play their instruments. They are very impressive and I’m
particularly proud of our PDMSS students! Congratulations!
Honor Orchestra
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February 27 th , 2014
After-School Class
For Grades: 3 rd Grade and up!
Register at the office before February 27th.
After-School Class with Ms. Mandy
Learn what makes up a video game!
In this class you will learn how to make graphics and sounds for a Resource Pack in
Minecraft! We will be using Pixlr (a Photoshop clone) and Garageband! We will also learn
how to change code and program new recipes for Minecraft. This is a beginner course!
Cost: $125.00 for 8 week class
2:45pm – 3:45pm Thursdays
@ Point Dume Marine Science School
Questions?
carlson@mandy3d.com
ORDER FORM-HOJA DE PEDIDO
The award-winning author René Colato Laínez will visit our school on February 28. If you would like to purchase autographed books,
please return this order form along with your payment. Make checks payable to René Colato Laínez. Visit www.renecolatolainez.com.
El escritor premiado René Colato Laínez visitará nuestra escuela el 28 de febrero. Si gusta comprar libros autografiados, por
favor regrese ésta forma junto con su pago. Haga sus cheques a nombre de René Colato Laínez. Visite
www.renecolatolainez.com.
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Teacher-Classroom number/ Maestro-salón de clase:______________________________________
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Señor Pancho Had a Rancho
Old MacDonald Had a Farm goes multi-cultural in this rollicking Spanish-English rendition, in
which the animals speak in English and Spanish.
$15.00
Una version de Old MacDonald Had a Farm donde los animales de la granja hablan en
ingles y español
The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez
What happens when the Tooth Fairy and El Ratón Pérez arrive to claim the tooth of Miguelito,
a Mexican-American boy? Look out!
$15.00
¿Qué pasaría si el hada de los dientes y el Ratón Pérez llegan al mismo tiempo a llevarse
el diente de Miguelito, un niño méxico americano? ¡Descúbrelo!
My Shoes and I
Mario is leaving his home in El Salvador wearing his new shoes. Together, they live
adventures as they cross three countries: Guatemala, Mexico and United States.
Mario deja su casa en El Salvador y viene a los Estados Unidos con sus zapatos nuevos.
Juntos viven aventuras cruzando tres paises: Guatemala, México y USA.
René Has Two Last Names/ René tiene dos apellidos
In this story, a young Salvadoran immigrant is teased for having two last names until he
presents his family tree project celebrating his heritage.
$15.00
$15.00
En este, los niños de la escuela se ríen de un niño inmigrante salvadoreño por tener un
nombre largo. René presenta su árbol genealógico celebrando su cultura de tener dos
apellidos.
Playing Lotería/ El juego de la lotería
A little boy visits his grandmother in Mexico, and with the help of la lotería, learns a new
language and how special the bond between a boy and his grandmother can be.
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Usando las cartas y palabras del juego de la lotería, un niño practica su español cuando
visita a su abuelita México. El niño le enseña un poco de inglés a su abuela mientras ella
le enseña español.
Paperback
$10.00
I Am René, the Boy/ Soy René, el niño
When René learns that in the United States his name is also a girl's name, he does some
research and relates the name's meaning and letters to his homeland of El Salvador and the
things that make him special.
Cuando René se entera que en los Estados Unidos su nombre es también un nombre de
niña, él investiga sobre el significado de su nombre y todo lo que lo relaciona con su
familia, país y cultura.
Esperando a Papá/ Waiting for Papá
When a young boy and his mother come to the United States from El Salvador, leaving his
father behind, the boy misses his father very much and wants to do something special to show
him how much he cares.
Un niño y su mamá vienen a los Estados Unidos pero tienen que dejar a su papá en El
Salvador. El niño extraña mucho a su papá y lo que mas desea es estar junto a él.
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Parent Education Speaker
Please join us for our first parent ed Speaker
Bette Alkazian, LMFT, BCPC and FAmily Coach, Balanced Parenting
Author of Parenting Backwards
DATE March 7th at 8:30am in the Point Dume Marine School Library
Topics Include:
*Teaching our kids what their feelings are and what to do with them
*Emotional Intelligence
*Helping our kids through the rough moments and be able to model coping
skills for our kids
*Our kids have been protected and overindulged, lets talk about how help
them strengthen their wings so they can fly
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Local Control and Accountability Plans Survey
California’s 2013 Budget Act includes a new funding formula (Local Control Funding
Formula or LCFF), which gives local education agencies more spending flexibility. As
the LCFF is phased in, school districts must work with their communities to create Local
Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) that define goals and improvement plans.
With this in mind, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is launching an
LCFF/LCAP Stakeholder Survey. Designed and administered by independent technology
and communications firm K12 Insight, the survey explains LCFF/LCAP issues and asks
about key topics, such as student achievement, parent involvement and school climate.
This is an excellent chance for staff, parents and the community to collaborate on how to
best invest resources in student achievement. Won’t you please take a few minutes to
complete the survey at the link below. Responses are confidential, and results will be
posted on our district’s website after March 5, 2014. Thank you.
http://www.k12insight.com/k/RQsQQSYRsUsPsPsP
For Immediate Release
City of Malibu Launches New Citizen Notification System at
malibucity.org/news
(Malibu, CA) The City of Malibu announces the launch of a new citizen
notification system through its website; the subscription-based service can be
reached at www.malibucity.org/news or through the graphic link titled eNotifications on the left side of every page throughout the site. The notification
system gives website users the ability to register for news and information about
City services and activities.
Citizens can now register for over 90 different types of notifications from the City
of Malibu, including emergencies, special events and neighborhood-specific
information. “The number of categories is large,” said Sandi Turner, Media
Information Officer. “The level of specificity available through the system is,
however, the most user-friendly aspect of it. We are giving citizens the power to
decide what they want to know about from their local government and we’re
ensuring we don’t communicate on issues that aren’t of interest. Put simply: you
control your subscriptions,” she continued.
Citizens can register to receive information either by email and/or text message
on a category-by-category basis and can unsubscribe from individual categories
at any time.
For more information or assistance with registering, please contact Sandi Turner,
Media Information Officer at 310-456-2489 ext. 283 orsturner@malibucity.org.
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