January15 newsletter - 186 Street Elementary School

186th Street Elementary School
A Hoot of News
January 2015
Owl Pride: “On the Hunt for Wisdom through Education”
Marcia Sidney-Reed, Principal
Taryn Takaki-Shimizu, Assistant Principal, EIS
Sharon Ishii, Instructional Specialist
Message from the Principal…
Student of the Month
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year and welcome back to the second half of the
2014-2015 school year. We hope your winter vacation time was a
special period filled with magical moments of quality time with
family and friends. We are excited about the upcoming months of
new learning, new determination, and continued success. As we
move into this new year, it is a good time to reflect upon our goals,
our vision, and our mission for all of our students. We reaffirm to
you that we believe in the equal worth and dignity of all students
and we are committed to educating all of our students to their
maximum potential.
As we reflect upon the safety issues occurring across our nation,
we want to take time to reassure you that safety is first and
foremost in our school. We will continue to lock our gates, have
one entrance to our school, maintain a visitors’ log in the main
office, and remind all parents and staff members that safety is
everyone’s responsibility. We will continue to model, monitor,
and maintain a safe and civil campus. We ask that you please be
patient with us if we take a few extra steps of precaution to ensure
the safety of all students and staff members.
Let’s continue to work together to make a difference in the lives
of our children by keeping our expectations high, holding each
other accountable, and providing a safe and nurturing learning
environment at home and at school. As always, if you have any
questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or your
classroom teacher at (310) 324-1153. Here’s to a happy hootin’
new year filled with health and prosperity. Hoot! Hoot! Hooray!
Sincerely,
Marcia Sidney-Reed
Principal
Parent Involvement Opportunities…
January 12th 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Family Arts-n-Crafts
January 13th, 20th, & 27th 8:30 a.m. Madres activas Meeting
January 15th 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Owl Parent Institute
January 16th
8:30 a.m. 10th Annual Peace March
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January 16
10:00 a.m. PTA Meeting
January 19th Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday – School Closed
January 20st UNSAT Notices go home
January 26th
6:00 p.m.
Tea Time to Talk to the Principal/
SSC Meeting
January 28th Owl Awards’ Night
January 30th 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Super Bowl School Spirit Day
10th Annual Peace March, “Stepping Out for Peace”
On Friday, January 16th, 2015, the students, staff,
and community will take a walk around the school
for peace. Each class will wear their Peace First Tshirts, carry a banner to show their commitment to
living peaceably with all people, and encourage the
community to stand for peace with our school. This event will launch
the second semester of Peace Games with a focus on Community
Service Projects. The walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. Come and walk
with our children for peace.
Good Attendance Promotes Achievement
Congratulations to the following classrooms for winning
the attendance banners for the month of December:
Kindergarten: Mrs. Mota
First Grade: Mrs. Reyes
Second Grade: Mrs. Barnes
Third Grade: Ms. Wong
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Garcia-Valles Fifth Grade: Ms. Petch
SPED: Mrs. Shokatfard
We are happy to salute our outstanding citizens for the month of
December. These students are being recognized for being excellent role
models for citizenship, sportsmanship, and leadership.
Pre-Kindergarten: Jorge Cervantes, Breanna Rosas, Adam Duarte,
Kylee Esteves, Emily Sevilla, Jaylin Garcia, Kitana Abbott, and
Marellyn Valtierra
Kindergarten: Marque Jose, Donna Peralta, Arya Najafiasshar, Ksenia
Hays, Mathew Cardenas, Oluchukwu Okolue, Makaio Lee, Mya Ochoa,
Byran Flores, Leslie Gutierrez, Eduardo Grageola, Delilah Romero, and
Karen Solorzano
First Grade: Ryan Mathews, Alexander Lopez, Rosalyn Motta,
Joseph Rodriguez, Alexia Medina, Jose Juarez, Daviella Casillas,
Jimmy Moreno, Valery Mendez, Mahkai Jones, Hannah Cho, Jadelyn
Nakashima, and Isys Lee
Second Grade: Miguel Bravo, Angela Perez, Dylan Nakamura,
Giselle Lupercio, Adam Garcia, Latessha Miller, Javier Nolazco,
Laisha Figueroa, Zoey Taylor, Anthony Dees Jr., and Aarielle Arnett
Third Grade: Oswaldo Grageola, Maribel Vazquez, Salma Lepe,
Gracie Gomez, Leila Garcia-Ceja, Leilani Gomez, Leon Hernandez,
Nicole Tumbokon, Jasmine Lozada, Emiliano Diaz, Angel Rangel, and
Zoe Ezeudu
Fourth Grade: Anthony Gomez, Kasandra Cardozo, Juan Villarreal,
Hannah Tumbokon, Toby Ezeudu, Olivia Fields, Isaiah Wise, Ana
Marmolejo, and Richard Garcia
Fifth Grade: Andrew Alvares, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dana Do, Adrian
Soto, Daisy Rodriguez, Shaid Pacheco, Ashley Zamudio, Anthony
Arnold, Alyza Ramirez, Adriel Lopez, and Arianna Rojas
Character Word of the Month
The word for this month is altruism. Altruism is unselfish
concern for the welfare of others; selflessness. Parents, teachers,
and students can show altruism by helping others who are in
need. Work with your children this month to teach them the
meaning of altruism and the benefits of being altruistic. This
month we can use Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an example of
an altruistic person. He worked unselfishly for brotherhood,
equality, and civil rights for all mankind and made numerous
sacrifices for the cause of peace.
Book of the Month
In our quest to build our students’ vocabulary and
academic language, we are continuing our tradition of all
classrooms reading the same book each month. Our
book-of-the month for January is Teamwork Isn’t My Thing,
and I Don’t Like to Share! We are reading another story
written by Julia Cook and illustrated by Kelsey De Weerd. Our
students met RJ last month and they will interact with him again
and see he is having another bad day. RJ’s teacher asked him to
work on a report with bossy Bernice, messie Frankie, and
Norma who makes poor decisions. RJ gets easily frustrated with
his team. With the help of his coach, RJ will learn that working
as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer
field, but in the classroom and hone too!
Poem of the Month
Happy New Year - William Arthur Ward
This bright new year is given me to live each day with zest…
To daily grow and try to be my highest and my best!
I have the opportunity once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs!
“Pennies of Love to Help Those in Need”
We would like to continue raising funds to help those in
need. We are asking all of our students to save a penny a
day for 186 days to help make the world a better place for us
to live. Our acts of kindness will go a long way to let others know
we care. So start saving your pennies and…Let’s soar!!!
Owl Awards’ Night
Dress for the Weather
Students will be recognized for academic and
citizenship awards on Wednesday, January 28,
2015. Parents will receive an invitation if their child is involved.
The awards ceremony will proceed as follows:
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Grades K – 1
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Grades 2 - 3
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Grades 4 - 5
During the winter months it gets very cold, but
many students are coming to school without
sweaters or jackets. Before children leave the house
please make sure that they have a sweater or jacket.
Wise Owl Academic Play: Please read 15-30 minutes
every evening. Readers are leaders!