Olive Vista MS & STEAM Magnet

Students will be dismissed at 2:15 pm on Tuesday 2/4 AND Friday 2/7 this week. The after school program will be available for students through 6pm.

We will be celebrating all of our wonderful Student Success Office Team this week.

Tuesday: February 4, 2025

8:30 am

Parent Center or via Zoom: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/83688419886

We have not published a newsletter for the last few weeks, but we have been busy at school ensuring students are safe and are given opportunities to participate in enriching activities and events as they learn.

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Students should not be absent more than 7 days. We are almost five weeks into the new semester and we encourage students to keep those grades at A's or B's. The best way to maintain high grades is by by being in class, being prepared and working hard every day! School attendance is success, nothing less.

This is a reminder of our 8th grade Culmination Requirements:

Is your child on track to meet all the requirements?

• Advisory earns each student 2.5 credits if they earn a P (Passing) or 0 credits for NP (Not Passing)
• Classes for periods 1-6 earn each student 5 credits per class if they pass (A, B, C, D marks) or 0 Credits for a failing grade (F)
• Students earn Work Habits Grades of Excellent, Satisfactory, or Unsatisfactory (E, S, U)
• Students earn Cooperation Grades of Excellent, Satisfactory, or Unsatisfactory (E, S, U)
• Check your child's report card mailed out during winter break to determine if your child is on track to earn the credits and E's or S's to be able to participate in our ceremony in June.
• Reach out to your child's counselor Mr. Turcios with questions or concerns.

Greetings Parents/Guardians:

Olive Vista Middle School and STEAM Magnet will begin the Phone-Free School Day implementation on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Students will be required to turn off all cell phones and store them in their assigned Yondr Pouch during the school day. This also applies to devices that provide similar functionality to a smartphone, such as a smart watch, earbuds, and smart glasses. The school day refers to the time between when the morning bell rings for instruction and when the student leaves the campus. The benefits of a Phone-Free School Day are to increase and enhance the focus on learning, improvement of social interaction, promote physical activity, and overall student mental health and wellness.

The following outline the steps for implementation:

• Students will be issued and assigned a pouch to store their cellular phone

• Students are required to turn off their cell phones and place them into their assigned pouches which will be secured and locked, as they enter the campus

• Students will keep their locked pouch inside their backpacks throughout the school day

• Students will unlock their pouches to retrieve their cell phones at the designated stations located at the exit of the school when they are leaving campus for the day

Our school will continue to encourage students and parents to follow the LAUSD policy. Support will be provided throughout the implementation for a successful transition. Additional resources and information will be available and posted on our school website.

We thank you in advance for your continued engagement and support.

Pouches will be signed out to students and they will be responsible for returning them at the end of the year. Replacement for lost or broken pouches will be $30.

All students eat free at school for breakfast, lunch, and supper! Delivery of food is not allowed to school during the school day. Please make sure students either bring their lunch from home in the morning or they can plan to have a school lunch. View Cafe LA menus HERE https://lausd.yumyummi.com/webapp

All parents are asked to DROP OFF students in the morning at the Borden gate, near our auditorium. Students should be dropped off no later than 8:15 am to ensure students make it to class on time.

Dismissal Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is at 3:16 pm

Dismissal Tuesday is at 2:15 pm

Two gates are open for dismissal. Please plan ahead with your child which gate you would like them to exit. We will open Tyler Street gate at the front of the school or Borden St gate next to the auditorium.

Cones will be set up along Borden street for drop off in the morning. Please ask your child to use the crosswalk if crossing the street, for everyone's safety drop your child off on the school side of the street.

If your child needs to remain at school longer than 20 minutes waiting for pick up, please sign your child up for the after school program!

Per LAUSD policy, students are expected to be in school 96% of the the school year and should not miss more than seven (7) days of school for the ENTIRE year. Please be sure that your child arrives to school by 8:10 to ensure they have time to make it to school on time. Our first class of the day will begin at 8:25 am and dismissal will be at 3:16 pm.

This year we have added a few additional shortened days for students starting with Friday, September 13th when students will be dismissed at 2:15 pm. A schedule with all important dates will be home in the first day of school packet in the white envelope given to students on Monday the 12th.

Dates for our Holidays and Shortened Days. Remember, students are dismissed at 2:15 pm EVERY Tuesday.