Dear Burbank Families,

Welcome back to school and happy 2024! We are excited about the second half of the school year. We have a parent meeting coming up on February 13th. During this time, we will talk about math activities you can do with your child.

Our attendance rate is up to 94% and we are working towards our goal of 96%. Please help us reach our goal. The more your students attend school, the more they learn, and the more they learn, the more they will progress. My goal as the principal is for every student at Burbank to have the best education possible and to perform at grade year after year. In order to reach this academic goal, all families must agree to work with the students on English and math every day.

Please ensure that you are reading with your child and doing math problems with them daily. It can just be an occasional math addition, subtraction or multiplication problem with single digits. You can verbally do this, but please do it with your child. I used to ask my son math questions, walking home from school, shopping at the grocery store, or driving to the doctor's office. These are just the times I would have his attention. You can pick the times that work for you.

During our winter intersession, we had 55 students present. We had amazing activities in addition to the academic blocks. Not only did students learn English and Math, but they were also able to see an incredible Ballet Folklorico group, Critters and Creatures assembly and were able to play with robots. Each student that was present will also receive a yo-yo as a follow up to the NED assembly.

If you need flashcards, please send me an email and I can have it ready for you at the front desk. Thank you for your continued support.

As always, great things happen at Burbank and we are happy to share them with all of you.

Radhika Dinesh

This week you should of received Morning Wake-Up calls with a message from our VP Ms. Mellor with our Attendance percent, any incentives happening for the day, and our breakfast menu for the day! This will help you and your student be prepared and hopefully excited for the day!

To promote good attendance and to reach our attendance goal we will be giving away big prizes like a Nintendo Switch! So we encourage to make sure your student is here on time, present, and ready for the day!

The registration date for TK/Kinder is Monday, January 8th, 2024!

To be admitted to Kindergarten, your child must be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2024. To be admitted to Transitional Kindergarten, your child must turn 5 between September 2, 2024 and June 2, 2025.

Please see the document below for more information!

Here are some helpful documents to help you determine if you should keep your student home and tips to keep your student healthy during flu season!

Have a great 3 day weekend! You guys deserve it!

Second Harvest: January 23rd @ 10:00am

Parent Building Blocks: January 23rd @ 9:00am

ELAC Meeting: January 26th @ 3:00pm

Please see the links below to sign up for the ASES and Before School Care:

ASES:

Student Clubs Begin FEBURARY 2nd and FEBUARY 9th is Dance/Cheer Kick off

Locations TBA

Sign up for ASES wit the link below! (Might have waiting list)

https://app.informedk12.com/link_campaigns/sss-expanded-learning-program-enrollment?token=7nph8z1HYR3q88tgkniVwc1Z

Before School Care:

Child Care Available Daily starting at 7:00am

Sign up with the link below:

https://app.informedk12.com/link_campaigns/sss-mcs-tk-6-before-school-care?token=girFi6QyNJr1M2Zfsj1E7aSn

Tuesday and Thursday AM Sessions start at 7:05-8:05 a.m. for 3rd graders

Tuesday and Thursday PM Sessions All Grades K-6 start after school

Monday and Friday PM Session with 1st graders start after school

We had over 50 students every day and we hosted programs such as Cruzin Critters, Baile Folklorico and Robotics during our Expanded Learning Winter Intersession”

Be on the lookout for our Expanded Learning Spring Intersession Flyer to be released in mid February for the week of March 18-22

Please visit the link below for the Winter Camp Survey and let is know how we did!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-DvBU-u74aer-S3Vw6XBdTCyjiTxZce1fRN7jUOFKmO5ibg/viewform

David Guzman

Expanding Learning Coordinator

Second Harvest on January 23rd at 10:00am! A reminder that those who come to the Parent Meeting before at 9:00am will get priority for Second Harvest!

School Site Council will be on February 2nd! This meeting we will be voting on an action item so please come down and give your input on the change! Come and let your voice be heard! (Agenda link on the Events section below)

School Site Council is a great way to not only take part at your school, but to make change! You will be able to vote on action items, such as funding. School Site Council meets once a month after school. So, please come join School Site Council and make a difference!

To all our English Learners, please come and join ELAC where we discuss ways we can better support not only your students, but you as a parent as well, in your students academic journey. This is a great for all our English Learners to know what support we can provide you and what support you need from us. So come collaborate with us at our next meeting!

Parents please come and join us for our next Parent Building Blocks meeting to get the support you need to help your child academically. We provide materials for you to use at home with your student and give you knowledge on how you can continue the growth of curriculum that your student learned at school. This is a great way to insure your student doesn't get left behind!