Week 3

Please join us if you are able for our Monday Morning Assembly on the upper yard.

During Coffee with the Principal, a parent asked why our Friday morning assemblies were moved to Monday. Since this is a brand-new school year, we saw an opportunity to rethink the purpose and timing of our school-wide assemblies.

Our Monday Morning Assemblies are designed to bring our entire school community together at the start of each week. They give us an opportunity to kick off the week with positive energy, build school spirit, and get our students excited about the week ahead.

During each assembly, we will:

• Recognize students caught following the 5 B's.
• Celebrate and recognize classes who have demonstrated excellent attendance.
• Celebrate students who have birthdays during the upcoming week.
• Highlight important events, activities, and reminders on the agenda for the week.
• Build a strong sense of community and school pride.

Moving the assembly to Monday allows us to start each week together, energized, and focused. It is more than just an assembly! It is a chance for us to celebrate our students, recognize their accomplishments, and remind everyone that we are one school community working together toward a successful week.

Mamba Day is celebrated on August 24th each year to honor Kobe Bryant and his legacy. Mamba Day celebrates Kobe's relentless pursuit of greatness, his "Mamba Mentality" and his profound impact on the world of basketball and beyond. Participation is optional. If you would like to join us in celebrating Mamba Day, please wear your Kobe Bryant jerseys, shirts, or anything purple and gold.

Mamba Day 2026 🐍
Dream Big • Work Hard • Stay Focused
What will YOU do with your Mamba Mentality?

Last week I spoke to Dr. Rocio Rivas (our board member) about the parking and homeless situation around our school. She said she would reach out to the Council Member of our area on our behalf.

As a school site we have also reached out to Eunisses Hernandez's office and they will be coming to Arroyo on Thursday, August 27th for a visit.

In the meantime, should you wish to call and/or email them about your own concerns or to communicate the urgency of the homeless and parking situation, here is their contact information.

Office of Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez
Council District 1
City Hall office: (213) 473-7001
Glassell Park office: (323) 709-1800
https://councildistrict1.lacity.gov/

We are officially launching our College and/or Career Awareness Campaign. We would like to feature your child on a college banner to hang inside of our beautiful campus.

On picture day, interested students will wear:

Option 1: Their self-selected and self-provided college sweatshirt or t-shirts, and bring any college themed props. (Pennants, pom-poms, notebooks, stuffed animals, etc.)

Option 2: Their self-selected and self-provided future work or career aspirations. (Props and safe tools from the job or trade welcomed to support visual of theme.)

If you would like your child to participate, please fill out this Consent Form by Friday, August 28th and come dressed camera-ready on Tuesday, September 1st. There will be no make-up picture day.

Check out the menus below. Decide with your child when you might send a sack lunch instead.

You can also download the YUMYUMMI app if you are juggling multiple schools and need the list sooner than when I am sending them.

Signal: Voice on Intercom or when it starts to tremble

• When given: At the first signs of earth tremble or movement

• Drop down to knees with back to the windows.

• Get under/below equipment (desk, table, chair, etc.).

• Grasp equipment (table legs, etc.) with one hand and use the other hand to cover the head.

• Keep the body under table or below equipment.

• Wait for voice on intercom to let you know it’s safe to evacuate. In the case of a real earthquake and the intercom is not working, please use your best judgment and evacuate the students to the yard when it’s safe.

• Bring out the red emergency backpack with emergency supplies.

• Take out your class list and take attendance.

• Report any missing students, and their last known location, to the Incident Command Center using the accountability form.

Routes may need to be altered to meet unforeseen hazards.

If students are outside, they will move to a safe area and drop to the ground.

If students are in the restroom, they will leave the restroom, move to a safe area and drop to the ground.

If students are in transit, they move to a safe area and drop to the ground.

The reason we drop is in the event of a big shake, we are not taken away by the momentum.

PTA will be there both nights with food available for purchase from 4 - 7 pm, and we need your help! Please use the links below to sign up for a 1 hour shift, or to donate ice, drinks, and/or snacks:

Volunteer on Monday, 8/31

Volunteer on Wednesday, 9/2

Donate snacks & drinks! Feel free to order from this list - the shipping address is already set to ASMSM, or purchase individually-packaged items at your favorite local store and deliver to the school's front office.

*Please note that you do not need to be approved through LAUSD to volunteer for Back to School Night, but we highly recommend that you start that process through volunteerapp.lausd.net so you can participate in your child’s classroom and chaperone field trips!

Our first PTA Association meeting of the school year is on Wednesday, August 26 at 4:30 PM over Zoom. Please join us to meet the PTA Executive Board, learn about upcoming events, and discuss parent questions and ideas. Everyone is invited!

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81912298163?pwd=t3HTMih1wsW4beZrYV0VWxeVPLhXhu.1

Meeting ID: 819 1229 8163

Passcode: 4805

What is GoPass

Los Angeles Unified is partnering with LA Metro to offer TK-12 students a GoPass with unlimited rides at no cost on Metro buses and trains, as well as 17 additional participating transit partners throughout LA County. Using the special GoPass TAP card provided by your student’s school, your child can ride for free to and from school and on trips after school and on weekends, now through September 30, 2026.

• If you already have a card, students may continue using their existing passes through September 30, 2026.

• If you've never had a card and would like a card, please make a request through the main office.
• If you've lost your card, you would have to contact them directly for a replacement.

It's a Lunar Eclipse! Griffith Observatory will host an evening of stargazing and a livestream on August 27th, when the Moon will reach its deepest shadow at 9:13 pm. The eclipse will be "practically total" with 96% of the Moon covered by the Earth's shadow. It's a great experience to have with your family! Mark your calendar.

• Mamba Day! Wear purple and gold! (Optional)
• Monday Morning Assembly
• Families welcome on yard
• Assembly begins promptly at 8:00 am.
• Agenda:
• Best Attendance for the week by grade clusters
• This Week's Birthdays
• OTHER

Early Dismissal

• Elementary @ 1:23 pm
• Middle School @ 1:28 pm

Earthquake Drill

• Drop/Cover/Hold
• Evacuate to the upper yard
• PTA Association Meeting
• 4:30 pm
• Via Zoom

• College/Career Campaign Sign Up Due
• Link Here