Community Corner

On Thursday, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the sound of earthquake shaking echoed across campus, followed by our earthquake warning alert. Students and staff immediately dropped, covered, and held on until the shaking stopped. Teachers and instructional aides then quickly escorted students to the upper yard. We were officially participating in the 2026 Great California ShakeOut!

And that's when the real action began!

Teachers took attendance while our Assembly Area leaders accounted for students and staff and relayed information to our Command Center. We even recruited a few fearless Student Council members to play the roles of missing and injured students. They were more than happy to help make things interesting!

Meanwhile, our emergency teams sprang into action! Search and Rescue teams grabbed their equipment and headed out to find our missing students. The Triage and Psychological First Aid teams set up their stations, while the Security Team secured the campus, checked for hazards, shut off the gas, and delivered emergency supplies. Our Request and Reunion teams practiced safely reuniting students with their parents.

It was quite a production!

Our Search and Rescue teams searched every nook and cranny of campus and successfully located and rescued SIX missing or injured people! A special shout-out goes to Paul, our third-grade teacher, who single-handedly rescued THREE people AND put out a rather large simulated fire! Way to go, Paul! What a SUPERHERO!

But here's what impressed me most: Our students were absolutely wonderful! While all this excitement was happening around them, they remained calm, followed directions, and quietly chatted, played games, or read books. You would never have guessed there was an emergency drill happening!

The entire drill lasted just over 30 minutes, and by the end of recess, life at Community was back to normal!

Of course, a real emergency would bring challenges we can't fully recreate during a drill. That's why we practice—to strengthen our procedures, work out the kinks, and make sure everyone knows what to do.

A HUGE thank you to our teachers, instructional aides, office and support staff, and especially our student volunteers! Everyone worked together beautifully, and I couldn't be prouder of our team.

Keeping our students safe is always our number one priority, and Thursday was a wonderful reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together.

Best,

Toni

We are thrilled to welcome our former first-grade teacher, Sandra Martinez, back to our teaching staff in a new role as Resource Specialist! Rather than serving as a classroom teacher, Sandra will now be part of our Special Education team, working alongside Cindy and the rest of the team to provide specialized academic instruction and support to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Her role will include helping students meet their individual learning goals and collaborating with classroom teachers to support student success.

Thanks to the persistence, determination, and advocacy of our incredible school community, we were able to bring Sandra back to Community!

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took the time to write letters to the district in support of Sandra's return. This is a wonderful example of what we can accomplish when our Community comes together!

Congratulations to our 2026–27 Student Council members, who were elected by their peers to represent our student body! We are so proud of these young leaders and look forward to seeing the wonderful ideas, enthusiasm, and leadership they bring to our school community!

President: Emma Salas-Mejia

Vice President: Avaline Mualim

Treasurers: Danna Hernandez and Elise Lopez

Secretary: Joaquin Suffern

In case you missed it, our talented 3rd and 4th grade students entertained and educated us with wonderful performances celebrating the accomplishments, contributions, and struggles of Hispanic and Latino Americans!

Our 3rd grade classes performed two meaningful songs honoring Hispanic heritage and culture: Viva México by Aída Cuevas and Hispanic Heroes Who Changed the World.

Our 4th grade classes treated us to three memorable songs: Aquí No Es Así by Caifanes, Amor Eterno by Juan Gabriel, and La Vida Es un Carnaval by the legendary Celia Cruz!

What a wonderful way to celebrate the richness of Hispanic and Latino cultures while learning about the people, history, and traditions that have shaped our world!

A heartfelt thank you to our 3rd and 4th grade teachers for guiding our students and preparing such meaningful performances. And, of course, a big round of applause for our students, who sang their hearts out and made us all so proud!

Our 3rd graders are shining brighter than ever, with 89% achieving Proficient/Advanced Attendance! LAUSD's goal is for every student to attend school at least 96% of the time. Thank you, families, for helping us build strong attendance habits and move closer to our school-wide goals!

We have some encouraging attendance news to share! Our proficient attendance rate increased from 74.75% to 82.32% this week! That's 30 more students in the proficient attendance category! We also saw a significant decrease in the number of students in the basic attendance category, dropping from 62 to just 25.

However, our chronic absenteeism rate increased slightly from 9.60% to 11.36%. While we're excited about the improvement in proficient attendance, we still have work to do to ensure that all students attend school regularly.

Our goal is to keep proficient attendance above 80% while reducing chronic absenteeism to below 10%. Every day counts, and we appreciate our families' continued efforts to make school attendance a priority!

Recurring Activities

• Tiny Spotlight Musical Theater: Tuesdays/ Thursdays

• The Plays the Thing theater: Mondays / Wednesdays

• Morning Assembly: Fridays

• Tutoring: M, W, TH

• Tuesday Enrichment: Tuesdays

• Intervention: W, TH

• Math Kangaroo: Mondays

OCTOBER

• October 28

• Prospective Parent Tour

• October 30

• Parade of Masks!!

NOVEMBER

• November 4
• Prospective Parent Tour
• November 6
• Enrollment Application Deadline
• Tiny Spotlight presents "Annie"
• 5PM show (Tuesday cast)

• November 7 (Saturday)
• Tiny Spotlight presents "Annie"
• 11AM (Tuesday Cast)
• 5PM (Thursday cast)
• November 8 (Sunday)
• Tiny Spotlight presents "Annie"
• 11AM (Thursday Cast)

• November 9-10 and 12-13
• Fall Parent Conferences (week1)
• November 11
• NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day
• November 12
• Safety Drills

• November 16-20
• Fall Parent Conferences (week 2)
• Book Fair
• November 18-19
• Minimum Days, 12:50 dismissals
• November 20
• Tea Time with Toni

• November 23-27
• Thanksgiving Break
• 🦃🦃

DECEMBER

• December 10
• Safety Drills (fire and earthquake)
• Intervention / Tutoring ends for 1st semester
• December 11
• Tea Time with Toni

• December 14-18
• Holiday Bazaar
• December 15
• Community Council Meeting
• December 17
• Winter Program, 8:30am and 1:00pm
• December 18
• Minimum Day
• Last day of first semester

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