All Star Family News

Hello Alvarado Families!

I’m Darlene Li Wang, your Care Support Center Counselor and I'm so grateful to be able to serve this wonderful community. The Care Support Center is a special place for students and families to receive counseling services, resources and support. For more information, please check out the newsletter, calendar of events and flyer.

Warm Regards,

Darlene Li Wang

Dear Alvarado Parents and Guardians,

To stay up to date to the most current school events please visit our Alvarado School website. You can find our

Monthly Newsletters here: https://alvarado.lbschools.net/parents/family-news-smore

For additional Parent Resources visit the parent tab: https://alvarado.lbschools.net/parents

Community Resources: https://alvarado.lbschools.net/parents/resources

What is the CAC?

District CAC Page: https://www.lbschools.net/departments/special-education/community-advisory-committee

The LBUSD Special Education Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is open to everyone who wants to help students with exceptional needs obtain an appropriate, high quality education. Including parents, teachers, persons with disabilities, service providers and other concerned community members.

The CAC works in a positive partnership with LBUSD to support students with special needs by:

• Advising the District of concerns needs and issues in special education and recommending specific program improvements.
• Providing parent trainings and workshops to promote the success of students with disabilities.
• Creating a space for parents of children with special needs to connect and support each other.
• Advising parents on student rights.
• Supporting inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education environment.
• Encouraging involvement of families representing the full ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity of our community.

We meet monthly on Wednesdays at the Teacher Resource Center (1299 East 32nd Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755). Meetings start at 6pm.

Childcare is provided. Two of the four childcare staff members are paraprofessionals who work in Special Education and have years of experience caring for children with special needs.

Parent Equity Engagement & Partnerships Site

Sincerely,
Mrs. Santiesteban
Parent & Community Facilitator

Upcoming Events:

• Please join me for Coffee with the Principal on 3/2/26 at 8:30am this month we are covering SBAC state testing for grades 3-5, attendance, and also helping all 5th grade families with the Middle School Choice applications all mornings from 8-8:30am this week, and after school on Thursday 3/5/26 at 3-4pm.
• Alvarado Elementary Open House: March 12th 4:30-6:00 pm
• Alvarado Color Run: March 27th

Family Resources:

1. Alvarado Parents Site to view our Title 1 Quarter 2 Newsletter

2. Community Resources

• FOOD PANTRY/BANK info: NEW PARENT RESOURCES PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE

Parent Facilitator,

Monica Santiesteban

Hello Parents! Previous SSC Agendas & Minutes from this school year are pubically available on our website: Alvarado School Site Council Site. We have one more SSC meeting scheduled for this school year, the date is TBD.

Parent Facilitator,

Monica Santiesteban

Hello Parents! The next DELAC Meeting will be taking place on 3/3/26 and 3/31/26 at Browning. For more details please visit: https://www.lbschools.net/departments/curriculum/curriculum-services/english-learner-services/delac

English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

District ELAC Additional

Each school with 21 or more English learners, regardless of language, must form a functioning English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). The English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) is an important committee comprised of parents of English Language learners that provides input and makes recommendations to the site’s principal and staff on programs and services for English learners. ELAC must also make recommendations to the School Site Council on developing the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) as it relates to programs and services for English Language Learners. The ELAC also is a great way to inform parents about school processes, strategies to increase students’ academic performance, home/school communications, testing, becoming involved in the life of the school, and developing leadership skills.

Comité Asesor de Estudiantes que Están Aprendiendo Inglés (ELAC)

Cada escuela que cuente con 21 ó más estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés, sin importar el idioma, debe formar un Comité Asesor de Estudiantes que Están Aprendiendo (ELAC -según sus siglas en inglés). El Comité Asesor de Estudiantes que Están Aprendiendo Inglés (ELAC) es un comité importante que aporta opiniones y brinda recomendaciones al director y personal escolar acerca de programas y servicios para los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés. ELAC también debe brindar recomendaciones al Concilio del Plantel Escolar para el desarrollo del Plan Único para el Rendimiento Estudiantil (SPSA-según sus siglas en inglés) en lo que se refiere a programas y servicios para estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés.

Parent Facilitator/Facilitadora,

Monica Santiesteban

Fathers First:

Fathers First is a free project of Best Start Central Long Beach designed and organized by fathers for fathers to strengthen and support knowledge about their children's developmental milestones, the importance of milestones, the importance of play and literacy, and how to bond throughout fatherhood. Join us!

Thursdays at 6pm-8pm

March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16

In person at the Youth Movement and Education Center

2217 E. 6th St Long Beach, CA 90814

Register: lbforward.org/fathers

LBUSD Community Check In

Long Beach Unified School District

Board Goals & Guardrails - Community Check-In with Dr. Juan M.Benitez, District 3

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm

First Congregational Church of Long Beach

241 Cedar Avenue Long Beach 90802

Interpretation available

Street parking is available.

- Learn about LBUSD's Board of Education Board Goals & Guardrails, what they mean, and how they're progressing.

You can prepare for the meeting by visiting LBUSD's new dashboard covering board goals and sharing the progress of students:

Dashboard: https://www.lbschools.net/about/lbusd-dashboard/desktop