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Dear Will Rogers Parents and Guardians,

There are several events this week and we hope to see you at school!

Beginning on Monday, May 1st through May 25th, all students in grades 3-5 will be administered the English/Language Arts and Mathematics CAASPP assessments. Please be sure your children get enough rest at night, eat a great breakfast and arrive to school ON TIME. If your child arrives after their classroom testing session begins, they will need to wait in the office until the testing session concludes.

Bike it! Walk it! This event encourages all of our families to walk, ride a bike, scooter, skateboard, or take public transportation to get to school. We have big aspirations to win the Golden Sneaker Award this year! We will be counting students who participate on Thursday, May 4th. We hope your family will participate again.

Friday is our annual Cinco De Mayo Festival from 3-6 p.m. on the 1st grade yard. We hope to see you there! Monday-Thursday we will be selling wristbands and tickets in front of the school from 8-8:30am. On Friday, will go around each classroom during the school day.

Some options are:

Game wristband:

$10 dollars in advance, $15 at the gate

Premium wristband (games, plus 4 premium items like food, cascarones):

$20 in advance, $25 at the gate.

Tickets: $0.50 cents each

There will be games (.50 per game, facepainting, and per cascaron egg) and food (between $1.50-$3.50 per food item-nachos, watermelon, pizza, tamales, churros) that you can use the tickets and wristbands for. There will also be food trucks that take cash and/or credit card.

Getting these in advance saves money and time!

We also still need A LOT of volunteers at the event. Please sign up for at least one hour if you can at: http://bit.ly/3MDrSsR.

On Friday, help me welcome our Principal of the Day: Henry (2nd grader!) He will help us lead our school-wide assembly this Friday @ 9:45 a.m.

Together for Will Rogers,

Ms. Daruty

Mon. 5/1 SMMPTA Honorary Service Awards @4:30 PM at JAMS Performing Arts Studio

Thurs. 5/4 Bike it Walk It Day!

Thurs. 5/4 SMMUSD Board mtg. 6 p.m., https://www.smmusd.org/domain/2977.

Fri 5/5 School-wide Morning Assembly @ 9:45 a.m. and Ms. Daruty gets slimed!

Fri. 5/5 Cinco De Mayo Festival 3:00-6:00 p.m. on the 1st grade yard

Mon. 5/8- Fri.5/12 Scholastic Book Fair in the library

5/8 - 5/12 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week

Mon. 5/8 Talent Show Tryouts register here

Tues. 5/9 Will Rogers Parent Support Group 6-7 p.m. via zoom

Wed. 5/10 PTA Association Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.

Tues. 5/16 Parent Volunteer Training @ 8:30, 3:00 & 6:00pm

Wed.-Fri. 5/17-19 Fifth Grade Trip to Big Bear with Fulcrum

Fri. 5/19 Career Day 9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Tues. 5/23 Volunteer Tea @ 3:15p.m. on the K yard

Wed. 5/24 ELAC Meeting @ 8:30 a.m.

Thurs. 5/25 VAPA Spring Concert

• 6pm 4th grade performance

• 7pm 5th grade performance

Mon. 5/29 Memorial Day: No school

Thurs. 6/1 TK/K End-of-Year celebration (families invited) 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Fri. 6/2 Talent Show@ 6:00 p.m.

Fri. 6/2 5th Grade Field Day

Wed. 6/7 School-wide “Clap-Out” for 5th graders @ 9:00 a.m. in the hallways.

Wed. 6/7 5th grade Culmination @ 9:15 a.m. (outdoors)

Thurs. 6/8 5th Grade Student Dance 1-3 p.m.

Mon. 6/12 Last Day of School and minimum day!

Bike it! Walk it! Week is upon us once again the week of May 1st. This event encourages all of our families to walk, ride a bike, scooter, skateboard, or take public transportation to get to school. We have big aspirations to win the Golden Sneaker Award this year! We will be counting students who participate on THURSDAY, May 4th. We hope your family will participate again.

The annual Will Rogers Family Talent Show is back this year on Friday, June 2nd at 6pm in the Will Rogers Cafetorium!Performer tryouts are being held on May 8th. For more info and to sign up to participate, please fill out the tryout registration form, and email WRLCtalentshow@gmail.com if you have any questions.

We are excited to announce our first session! Thank you to those who completed the survey below. Your responses helped us offer classes that are relevant and helpful to our community!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOmOGZFzdEhpX4B9pzVqkIxRklnazeVnQuP6MSSuHI35OXdA/viewform?usp=sf_link

You may have noticed the shiny new Tree Machine bin that appeared in front of our school just in time for Earth Day. Here's how it works....we must regularly feed the very hungry bin to keep it happy. Tell your neighbors and friends to help feed it too. For every bin of gently used clothing/shoes, a tree will be planted and our school will earn some money!

So get your spring cleaning on and let's give those outgrown clothes & shoes another life!

The following positions are still open:

• VP, Fundraising -- Coordinates and promotes annual WRLC Fund drive; assists fall and spring fundraiser chairs with auction and jog-a-thon; oversees Student Store chair
• VP, Communications -- Manages WRLC PTA website; emails out PTA's Wednesday electronic newsletter; monitors WRLC FB group page; assists Memory Book/Yearbook chair(s)
• VP, Enrichment -- Coordinates annual Reflections art contest; assists Book Fair chair with fall and spring Book Fair; assists Career Day chair; assists school with STEM festival
• VP, Community Concerns -- Assists Bike It! Walk It! Day chair in fall and spring; coordinates campus beautification efforts; assists Lost and Found volunteer; assists DEI chairs; works with school Principal and PTA President regarding student health and safety
• Room Rep. Coordinator -- Helps to engage all WRLC parents by keeping them informed of districtwide, school-wide, and classroom-specific events / information. Assists Room, Representatives in supporting their child’s teacher.

Please email me directly with their interest in serving in one of these positions. president@willrogerspta.com

Our racks are outside the main gates on most days so please stop by and browse. There are water bottles, lunch boxes, some bags, some hats, jackets galore, about a dozen black hoodies, a dozen grey hoodies, a dozen blue hoodies, …you get my point. There’s a lot!

• Learn about the state’s CalKIDS savings program benefitting SED students and all newborns. News release in English and Spanish.

Academic Support Programs ( invitation only based on academic criteria or IEP offer of FAPE)

• 4-week programs (June 20-July 14)

• Grant ES: IISS, ESY and SLA (two weeks only)

Summer Adventure Locations: (enrichment classes open to all elementary students for a fee)

• 5-week programs (June 20-July 21)

• Franklin ES

If you have an TK or K incoming student for the 2023-24 school year and were unable to attend the TK/K Roundup event you can review View the presentation here.

For incoming TK/K students enrollment packets are NOW available. Information and next steps can be found on our WRLC website.

Please visit our office between 9:00-2:30 to avoid heavy, traffic times.

Permit applications are now available on our SMMUSD website.

Intradistrict permit applications are due April 30, 2023 and Interdistrict Permit applications are due June 30, 2023.

In addition, a district-wide notification was sent out to ALL district families to remind them to fill out a Verification of Continuing Enrollment. If your student is on an interdistrict permit please submit this form!

Mornings are busy and sometimes students leave for school without their water bottle, instrument or homework. In an effort to reduce classroom interruptions and to support students with developing responsibility, please use our "Oops, I forgot" table. Make a plan with your child that if they leave something at home, a parent can drop it off in the office. We will place their item on a table outside the office. During their recess or on their way to lunch, they may check the table for their forgotten item.

Please communicate this plan with your child, so they know there is place for parents to drop-off items they may have left at home!

PLEASE DO NOT HAVE FOOD DELIVERED TO YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL THROUGH A FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE. This brings unfamiliar adults and more traffic to our already busy office.

• Backpack with necessary classroom materials (teacher will communicate)
• Re-useable water bottle. We have filling stations on campus.
• Morning recess snack
• Lunch (lunch available to all students free of charge for the 2022-23 school year.)
• Sunscreen (put on prior to arriving at school)
• Hat
• Layers of clothing (sweatshirt, windbreaker, etc.) Keep an eye on the weather.

*Please do not bring toys, Pokemon cards or PE equipment to school. We will provide your children all the learning tools needed to have a great day!

ARRIVAL:
***Students enrolled in morning care through CDS, enter on 16th street beginning at 7:00 a.m. using the gate code provided at enrollment.

We will pilot a morning valet on 14th street between 8:10-8:30 a.m. M-TH and 9:30-9:45 a.m. on Fridays. Will Rogers staff will support children to exit cars and enter school through the front school gates. You can help by ensuring that your children are ready to exit with their backpacks on, ready to go! Parents, please do not park in the valet zone and leave your car unattended, the area will be marked with cones. We kindly ask that you take direction from our staff who will help keep the line moving and our students safe.

Parents and guardians may drop-off and say their goodbyes at the gate(s).

• TK/Kinder use the designated gate on 14th street. There will be staff stationed at the gates to assist.
• 1st - 5th may use either the front gate on 14th street or the pedestrian gate on 16th street.

REMINDER: Parent parking can be found on the neighborhood streets. Be sure to read the street signs! Please do not park in the staff parking lots.

DISMISSAL: All students will be walked to their dismissal gate by their classroom teacher. Students who have not been picked-up shortly after dismissal, will be asked to wait near the office.

DESIGNATED DISMISSAL GATES:

• TK/Kinder: Pick-up students on the TK/K yard (on 14th street)
• 1st and 2nd: Pick-up students on the TK/K yard (on 14th street)
• 3rd: Front of the school (on 14th street)
• 4th and 5th: Pick-up students at the 16th street pedestrian gate

**If you have multiple children, please pick-up at the designated gate of your youngest student. Be sure you inform your child's teacher.

If it is raining: 1st- 3rd pick-up location will be the front of school, under the covered awning.

The Ed Foundation’s January campaign has begun at our school! For those of you who have donated this year, thank you. For those families who have not yet made a donation, please consider it. Every dollar counts. Please visit www.smedfoundation.org/donate.

Our goal is for 100% of Rogers families to give to PTA and the Ed Foundation. ANY amount makes a difference to our kids. If you have already donated, thank you!

Students who participate in the Rogers Breakfast Club will still arrive at school under the same procedures as all students. Parents will drop their children off at the main gates by 7:55 AM so that there is ample time to eat and walk to their classrooms by 8:25 AM.

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Website: https://www.smmusd.org/rogers
Location: 2401 14th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90406
Phone: 310-452-2364
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