Week 6

CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS

September 13th was norm day. This mean all of our classes and students should be permanently situated in their classes with their teachers for the remainder of the school year, effective Monday the 16th.. We are very fortunate at Multnomah that we did not lose any teachers and are able to continue mostly as we were.

PARENT PORTAL

You did it! I believe we are officially the first school in our network to reach 100% with our Parent Portal registration. Whoo-hoo! We absolutely have the most responsible parents. Thank you for wanting to stay on top of your child's academics and getting registered! We will celebrate our accomplishment on Tuesday! Snow cones for everyone on Tuesday for getting to 100% Parent Portal registration AND getting to our 1st milestone, 25 days of school!

BEYOND THE BELL (After School)

If you are participating in the after school program, remember that while they are NOT a part of Multnomah, they still follow the same rules we hold during the school day.

• No toys and other objects from home.
• No junk food for snacks.
• Practice the 5 B's with peers.

The main office will not be able to answer inquires about the after school program. If you need to know if your application has been accepted and cleared, you have to reach out to Coach Crystal. Coach Crystal's email is crystal.lizardo@lausd.net. If you do not receive a response, the site supervisor is Mary Romero. You can reach her at mary.romero1@lausd.net.

While the main office is 100% about customer service and would love to help you out, because Beyond the Bell is a stand-alone program and not a Multnomah Street Elementary run-program, you have to reach out to them.

FALL FESTIVAL

Did you attend the PAT meeting this past week? The Fall Festival will be on October 18th this year. It will be a community event with games and booths run by parent volunteers. Are you a parent volunteer? Do you have some great and creative ideas to bring to this event? Any sales generated will go towards the student body.

The USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) is a rigorous college access and success program operated by USC Educational Partnerships in the division of University Relations. NAI annually prepares almost 1,000 6th-12th grade students from low-income households from the neighborhoods closes to USC in South Los Angeles and East Los Angeles for admission and graduation from college. The majority of USC NAI Scholars will become first-generation college students. You can learn more directly from their website at this link.

I strongly encourage ALL 5th graders interested to apply, not just first generation college students. If you are a 4th grade parent, there is value in hearing about this program this year so that it's already on your radar for next year. Even for our younger families who just like to plan ahead! There's no harm in getting information.

I have scheduled an in person information session for our students and parents on October 22nd at 3:00-4:00 pm in the MPR. This meeting is catered just to us at Multnomah, so don't miss out on this great personalized opportunity.

Some important dates and information about this year’s recruitment process:

USC-Nai has 4 virtual informational sessions scheduled between September and December.

https://bit.ly/nai_infosession

• Wednesday, September 25
• Wednesday, October 9
• Wednesday, November 13
• Wednesday, December 11

• December 15, 2024 - NAI applications are due!
• January 2025 - NAI will request grade reports for each NAI applicant. A “Permission to Obtain Grades” form is included in the application, which will be signed by parents. We will include a copy of those signed forms with our request for grades.
• February 2025 - Teacher recommendation forms will be requested
• March 2025 - Decision letters are sent by mail and email

Please support our student body during this final week of sales. After all orders are submitted, we usually get our goods within four weeks. Is there a birthday coming up for someone in your family you might purchase a gift for? Do you need to pre-stock some goodies for the upcoming holidays? This is one of the easiest way to shop AND support our school simultaneously. This year they have made it easy where if you sign up online, you can email and text links to your friends and family to order and add to your account. Top seller can select $200 cash or a Nintendo Switch plus all other prizes accumulated. Thank you Eagle Families for supporting our student body!

If we hit the schoolwide goal of selling $15,000, our top 3 sellers will get to spray silly string on me during a Monday Morning Assembly! Let's do this!

• FINAL WEEK!

• Can order directly online this year and/or send order forms with cash to main office.

• If you create an online account at shop.schoolshopping.org, you can send the link to family and friends to order directly online under your child's name. (School ID: SS8851)
  
• Friends/families can order with link you email/text them giving your child the credit for the order.
• Friends/families can pay with a credit card directly to the site. (You won't have to collect money.)
• Friends/families can select 2 shipping options.
• Option A: Ship to school. Delivered to you. You pick up and deliver to them.
• Option B: Ship straight to their home. There's a shipping fee.
• If using the paper order form, do not include any online order. Only write onto order form what you are physically sending cash for. New orders only.
• Write your name on the paper form EXACTLY the same way you registered your name online.

• Vendor will give Multnomah 45% of the profits.

Celebrate the Hispanic Heritage on Monday by wearing something that represents the country your family identifies with. We are all different and the same. By appreciating our heritage, we can get in touch with our roots and develop a sense of identity and purpose. It is a way of honoring our ancestors, their struggles, and their accomplishments. Embracing our culture can help us feel grounded, assured, and proud of who we are!

Attendance Matters especially in the early years! It is critical to building a strong foundation for learning that will help your child succeed in middle school, high school and beyond. You cannot make up for too many absences with homework or take-home assignments. Each day your child is not in school is a missed opportunity to learn something they will need in order to understand more difficult material later. Help your child succeed in their future. Make sure they are in school every day.

We celebrate our first attendance milestone for this year on Tuesday, September 17th by dressing up as our favorite superhero or wearing a superhero shirt. Who's your favorite superhero? Show us on Tuesday.

Students who arrive by 8:00 am will get another Multnomah dollar to add to their savings. Additionally, all in attendance will be getting a snow cone.

Mr. Sam Silverstein was kind enough to support our Eagles with a donation from "Laughter is the Cure." They delivered 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for our students. All students present in grades 1-4 in our Neighborhood School and selected students from our NS Pre-school, Kinder, and ESM/GM program received a special gift. The students were so excited. You might hear some squealing in the video.

Dress to Impress on Wednesday, September 18th! We will have our annual Fall pictures on this day. While students are under no obligations to purchase photos, every single student (and staff) will be photographed today as this picture will be used for the students' ID cards as well as yearbook class photo. We are looking for 100% school attendance on Wednesday, September 18th.

We will follow-up this week with our School Site Council elections. Thank you to everyone who attended the orientation meeting last week. We had a great turn out of parents! Kudos to you for wanting to be involved. Here is our Zoom Link to join our meeting on Thursday the 19th from 2:45-3:45 pm. You can also enter the meeting ID: 993 7190 3694.

September is also childhood cancer awareness month. Cancer is a horrible thing and it is even worse with it is inflicted upon children. What would it take to find a cure for childhood cancer? Per St. Jude's Children Hospital, "It would take all of us." This September, join us to support the research to discover more effective treatments for the 1 in 285 children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. You can bring awareness by wearing YELLOW on Thursday.

Every month we are required to hold an earthquake drill. For this month, we will be practicing drop, cover, and hold in class. Students will hear my voice over the intercom telling them there is an earthquake and instructing them to drop, cover, and hold. We will not evacuate for this one. In October, we will as we participate in the Great Shakeout.

• Hispanic Heritage Month: Wear something that represents your heritage.
• Multnomah Fundraiser: 4 days left!

• 25 Days of School! Dress like a Superhero!
• Arrive by 8:00, receive Multnomah Money
• All students in attendance will enjoy a snow cone in the afternoon
• Early Dismissal at 1:28 pm
• Multnomah Fundraiser: 3 days left!

• Picture Day! Dress to Impress for school photos!
• Multnomah Fundraiser: 2 days left!

• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Wear YELLOW!
• Volunteer Orientation (If you've been approved, you need to attend an orientation zoom. If you've already attended one, you are done. This is for new volunteers or volunteers who have not been onboarded.)
• 8:30-9:30 to get onboarded
• Zoom Meeting ID: 5709-24-0390
• School Site Council Elections
• We need parents to represent our SSC's Decision Making Team!
• 2:45 pm -3:45 pm
• Zoom Meeting ID: 993 7190 3694
• Put your Fundraising orders in the backpack! Help us reach our goal!
• Multnomah Fundraiser: 1 days left!

• College Awareness: Wear your favorite college shirt!
• Parent Mental Health Workshop
• 8:30 am - 10:00 am
• Room 10
• Earthquake Drill
• Multnomah Fundraiser: Final DAY!
• Fall Fundraisers DUE: Final Day, Submit to Main Office