Los Primeros School of Sciences and Arts · Los Primeros School of Sciences and Arts Principal’s Letter Greeting Panthers! It’s hard to believe that we have already completed

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Principal’s Letter Greeting Panthers! It’s hard to believe that we have already completed our first six weeks of school and that we have already accomplished so much. It has been a very exciting start of the school year and I wish to thank

everyone who has helped make it such a huge success. It was a pleasure to see many of you at Back to School Night and to celebrate the wonderful learning experiences taking place in our classrooms each day. It is an

honor and a privilege to work with such an amazing team of professionals and so many families dedicated to excellence in education.

We have already started our 4/5 PE program with Coach Carter as well as our art classes with Dr. Arthington. We have also completed the installation of our first three SMART classrooms and are beginning to incorporate

interactive technology. These programs and many others are generously supported by the PTO and your donations. We are also on month two of our Student of the Month program, focusing on character education.

Our character trait for the month of October is Respect – treating others the way we would like to be treated.

In middle school, we have begun our fifth season in the Camarillo Independent Sports League, starting the

2013-2014 school year with flag football and volleyball. Games are played after school Monday through Thursday here at Los Primeros and at the former Los Altos site.

We are now beginning our school’s major fundraiser for the year – the LPSSA Jog-a-thon. This year’s theme, Medieval Madness, promises to be an exciting event and will continue to fund programs like PE, sciences, arts

and technology for our students. Information went home with all students last week and I hope that every family can participate and support our school. Please also start looking for information about this year’s school

play, The Sound of Music, sponsored by the Los Primeros Education Foundation. This is an amazing opportunity available to all students in grades 3-8 to participate in the performing arts and have a wonderful

experience with their peers.

In closing, I wish to remind all families how important daily attendance is. Our funding is based on daily

student attendance. Using last year’s formula, each day a child was not present for any reason, the school lost $46. This year’s change in the funding formula could raise that amount. Please do not schedule outings during

the school week that can take place on weekends. If your child will be out for five consecutive days, we can arrange independent study, and upon completion of the work, we can receive credit for the student being

present. If child has fever or is vomiting, of course he/she needs to stay home until he/she is fever free for 24 hours. Please work with us to ensure that your child is here at school every single day possible.

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Save the Date!

PTO Meeting Thursday, November 7

Restaurant Night Wednesday, November 13

Texas Cattle Co. is donating 20% of what we spend at lunch or dinner back to Los Primeros. Hope to see y’all there!

We will be meeting at 2:30 in the MPR. We hope you can join us to find out what is happening at Los Primeros!

October is a very exciting month here at LPSSA. October 21-25 we will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention awareness campaign that is observed throughout the United States every October. It was founded after the kidnapping, torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. The red ribbon was worn in honor of Kiki and has become a symbol for prevention of drug and alcohol use. This year’s Red Ribbon theme is “A Healthy Me is Drug Free”. Our focus will be on making safe, healthy, and smart choices in all that we do. We will be visited by the Police Department, the Bomb Squad, the Fire Department and the Ventura County DUI trailer. The trailer will be on Campus Friday, October 25. It will present a wonderful opportunity to discuss with your child the dangers of drinking and driving. Red Ribbon Week is also a great week to talk with your child about internet safety. Social media sites abound, and have proven to be potentially harmful and dangerous. We deal with everything from bullying to child predators. As adults we have the responsibility to lead by example. We expect our children to use social media sites in a very positive and respectful manner. We should do the same. Please think before you post. Please make sure if what you are posting needs to be in a public social forum such as Facebook or Instagram. Give your child the knowledge, tools, and example to handle life outside of public social media sites. I know we have great families here at LPSSA who all want the absolute best for our children. Setting an example of moral excellence is the best thing we can do for them. Please come visit our next PTO meeting Thursday, November 7th at 2:30 in the MPR. I look forward to seeing you!

DeeDee Higgins PTO President

President DeeDee Higgins

Movie Night at the Roxy Thursday, December 5

Join us for the Los Primeros screening of Disney’s new movie “Frozen” at the Roxy Theater.

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Vice-President Gina Moyé

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Movie Night at the Roxy Save the Date! Thursday, December 5, we will have a special Los Primeros screening of Disney’s new movie “Frozen” at the Roxy Theater in Camarillo for Los Primeros. Tickets will go on sale after school on Monday, November 18. More information will follow in a flyer next month.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]

Best regards,

Gina Moyé

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Jog-A-Thon

Students ran in our annual Jog-A-Thon on Friday and it was a great event! The monies that have been pledged will be collected

throughout this week and are due by Friday, October 25 to qualify for prizes. Way to go Panthers!

Book Fair is Back!

We will be holding our fall book fair in the MPR on Tuesday, November 12 – Friday, November 15. The book fair is open before and after school and during lunch and recess. If you would like to volunteer at the book fair, please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F44A5A92DA7FC1-book

Restaurant Night at the Texas Cattle Co.

Y’all come on over to the Texas Cattle Co. on Wednesday, November 13 for lunch or dinner

and 20% of your purchase will be donated back to Los Primeros. In addition, the class that spends the most money will win a $50 gift certificate for classroom supplies AND each student will receive a free kid’s meal at the Texas Cattle Co.! Flyers will come home on Monday, November 11 or print additional flyers for family and friends from the PTO page of the school website.

Thank you Los Primeros Panthers! Thanks to your huge hearts and tremendous Panther spirit,

we raised $1525 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for childhood cancer in the 2011-2012

school year! We are off to a great start in our fundraising efforts this school year thanks to

Katelyn and Kendall K.; they saved up $100 in spare change and donated it to help fight

childhood cancer. Way to go girls! Let your Panther spirit shine!

• To find out more about ALSF you can visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/

• To make a donation visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/79869

• To help with ALSF events at LPSSA contact Gretchen at [email protected]

And don’t forget the

“No Brainer” Fundraisers

• Collect Box Tops

• Sign-up for eScrip (escrip.com)

• Mention Los Primeros when you shop at B & B hardware.

Fundraising News

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LPSSA Birthday Marquee

Celebrate your student’s birthday with their name on the Birthday Marquee!

For a $20 donation, their name will appear on the marquee to help celebrate their birthday. The forms are in the front office and need to be completed prior to the first of the month in which the birthday occurs.

Note: Only first name and last initial will be posted.

Los Primeros Educational Foundation Proudly presents Roger and Hammerstein’s

Audition Dates

Monday, November 4th Grades 6-8 3:30-5:30 MPR Tuesday, November 5th Grades 3-5 3:30-5:30 MPR

Wednesday, November 6th Call Backs 3:30-5:30 MPR (if advised) There is a MANDATORY Parent Meeting following each audition at 5:30pm

AUDITION TIPS-it is recommended (not required) to bring sheet music and be

prepared to Audition with an accompanist

ANY Questions? [email protected]

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COMMUNITY SERVICE BULLETIN

We’re Batty for Box Tops! It’s October and Halloween will be here before we know it! Did you know that’s is eerily easy to help Los Primeros earn free cash by turning in your trash? Clipping the little pink Box Tops from your favorite General Mills, Green Giant, Fiber One, Ziploc, Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Cascadian Farms, and many other brands, will earn 10cents for each Box Top we submit at the end of October. So simple it’s scary! This month there will be a Barrel For Bucks in the office. Print out the Box Top Buck below. Make sure your child’s name and their teacher’s name is on the Box Top Buck, attach 10 Box Tops and drop it in the Barrel For Bucks before October 25th. Each Box Top Buck you turn in is a chilling chance to be drawn as a winner of a trick-free treat! If every Los Primeros student could turn in just one filled Box Top Buck each month, that would add up to $6,000 for our school! That’s Frighteningly Free money! For more information on how you can help our school earn cash through Box Tops for Education, contact our Box Top Coordinator, Eileen Valles at 805-383-1330 [email protected] or Heather Ruggiero at 805-384-1390 [email protected]. Don’t forget to sign in at http://www.boxtops4education.com/ to see all the other ways to help earn cool cash for Los Primeros.

Tape or glue 10 Box Tops to this Box Top Buck and it magically becomes a dollar for Los Primeros!

Name____________________________________ Homeroom_______________________________

Yearbook

Did you know that our student-run yearbook has won First Place at the Ventura County Fair for

the last SIX years in a row? Our student staff and their advisor, Mrs. Trahan, are working hard

to make it happen again this year, and they need your help. How can you help? They need your

pictures! If you have photos you would like considered for this year’s yearbook, please follow

these easy steps:

1. Visit www.community.pictavo.com

2. Click “Upload Photos”

3. Follow the easy steps in creating your account.

4. Once you login, you might see this notice “The Pictavo Community has currently been disabled.

Please contact the person in charge of your book for further information.” Ignore this!!

5. Click Upload Photos; select your category and you’re done!

6. Please note: Photos submitted to the site will be viewable to our Yearbook Editor ONLY.

If you have any questions, please contact Tina Trahan at [email protected]

Here are some updates from our ASB • The new name for Snack Shack is PAWMART! PAWMART will be open every

Wednesday morning from 7:40-7:55 for all grade levels. Various school supplies are currently for sale, and new items will be coming soon! Also, PAWMART will continue to be open every Tuesday and Thursday for middle school students only during their nutrition.

• The next Flag Ceremony will take place on October 25. • ASB's only Spirit Day during October will be Halloween. (No judging of costumes will take

place. Just dress up and have fun!) LOOKING AHEAD:

• The ASB-sponsored See's Candy Fundraiser will begin on Nov. 4. Candy sales will end on November 22. (more information to follow)

• November's Spirit Day will be on November 22. The theme is Class Colors. Each grade's color is as follows: K=red; 1=yellow; 2=white; 3=purple; 4=green; 5=orange; 6=gray; 7=blue; and 8=black.

• November 22 is also the date of our third Flag Ceremony.

Hi Panthers, The School Yearbook Crew would like to thank you for helping us win 1st place for the past 6 years at the Ventura County Fair in the Middle School Divison. We would like to again invite you to be part of that winning Book! Your pictures are wanted and needed for our yearbook to be awesome once more! Our Pictavo site is up and running and will give you a chance to do the following:

• Order and personalize your yearbook • Upload pictures to be consider in the yearbook

Please note: When asked "Who is in the Picture" please put your Child’s teacher/homeroom.

Please follow all directions so that we are able to use your pictures! If you run into any problems please email [email protected] Sincerely, Tina Trahan Yearbook Advisor

ASB (Associated Student Body)

Before you run off to the store to purchase Halloween costumes and supplies...

Visit "my eScrip" to make sure all your

debit/credit cards are registered,

then take a look at the merchant list

and use yourregistered cards to

maximizeyour participation!

www.escrip.com

Support your child's group or school. Register your

grocery club card, credit/debit cards

at:

For more information,contact your eScrip Coordinator below:

Contact Name

Contact #

Group ID #

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Kelly Berlingeri [email protected] Subject: escrip 137116120