Principal's Pen
Dear Will Rogers Learning Community,
Many exciting lessons, student experiences and events happen on a daily basis at school. Please consider following Will Rogers on twitter to get snapshots of our learning! You can see our twitter feed on our school website homepage. Follow us on twitter! @WillRogersSTEM.
Don't forget to bid on your favorite items! The PTA auction ends tonight at 9:00 p.m.
Please be sure to read the WILL ROGERS ROUNDUP each Sunday night as it contains important information from the school, PTA, Santa Monica Education Foundation, the City of Santa Monica, and other community partners. Links to each week’s newsletter are posted on our website.
In partnership,
Ms. Lila Daruty, Principal WRLC
PICTURE DAY - View your photos they are NOW LIVE!
Galleries are open for viewing! Please use the link:
https://bejabphotography.gotphoto.com/login. Access code is their children's student ID #.
There is FREE shipping with a deadline of Nov 22nd (deliver the prints to school) - after that, you can still order with direct shipping for $5. The galleries will be archived on December 31st.
SCHOOL PRICE LIST (EDITED TO OFFER MORE PACKAGE PRICING)
10% of the profit will be donated back to Will Rogers Learning Community, which allows our children to benefit from your purchase.There is no minimum order requirement, and since all orders are placed after viewing your children’s photographs you are able to choose which, and how many, you order.
Online Auction ends at 9pm TONIGHT!
Be sure to place your bids!
here are a lot of amazing items to bid on - from unique experiences like a Private Dinner Party Prepared by a Michelin Star Chef who happens to be one of our very own Will Rogers Dads, to a Winter Break Stay at an Exclusive Palm Springs Home, and with lots of restaurant gift cards, kids camps and classes, tickets to the LA Kings, the Rams…and awesome Rogers-only events hosted by many of our dedicated Will Rogers staff.
Your participation in our Auction allows the PTA to support our school and all the students in various ways: providing supplies for the classroom, books and materials for our STEM program, and hosting fun community events like our Cinco de Mayo celebration, the picnics, and our family dances.
Kick start your HOLIDAY SHOPPING and spread the word - log on to BiddingForGood.com/WillRogers to support the school.
Let’s bid for our kids!
Our LOST AND FOUND racks are OVERFLOWING!
They will be outside the main gates on most days so please stop by and browse the racks. There are water bottles, lunch boxes, some bags, some hats, a skateboard, jackets galore, about a dozen black hoodies, a dozen grey hoodies, a dozen blue hoodies, …you get my point. There’s a lot.
WE ARTE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO DONATE THE LOST AND FOUND. Please come look at the racks!
Please do not forget to send with your child every day:
- Backpack with necessary classroom materials (teacher will communicate)
- Re-useable water bottle. We have filling stations on campus.
- Morning recess snack
- Lunch (lunch available to all students free of charge for the 2022-23 school year.)
- Sunscreen (put on prior to arriving at school)
- Hat
- Layers of clothing (sweatshirt, windbreaker, etc.) Keep an eye on the weather.
*Please do not bring toys, Pokemon cards or PE equipment to school. We will provide your children all the learning tools needed to have a great day!
Folklórico Program for the 2022-2023
We are pleased to announce the beginning of our folklórico program for the 2022-2023 school year. This is a joint effort by Santa Monica Malibu School District and Teocalli Cultural Academy. The response to the program has been great! We grew from two sites to four for the current year. We will be offering classes at McKinley Elementary School, Edison Language Academy (Last semester sites) and adding Will Rogers Learning Community and Roosevelt Elementary School this year. If you know of a student who would still like to enroll, please share this link:
The schedule for the upcoming year, beginning the week of September 19 is:
Rogers 9/22 Tuesdays-Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm
AT-HOME ANTIGEN TESTS sent home in your child's backpack!
We will no longer require COVID testing at school. Instead, we will provide free, at-home test kits. Negative test results do not need to be shown to school staff for admittance to school. If your child tests positive please stay home and contact our school nurse.
With this decision comes the expectation that parents and staff will be cooperative in weekly antigen testing at home. It is in our collective best interests to maintain in-person instruction without disruptions of class or school closures due to outbreaks. We want everyone to recognize that we are part of a school community that relies on each other to do the right thing, which is to support the health and safety of all students, staff and visitors to our campuses and offices, by taking these weekly tests.
***Tests are always available in the Rogers Health Office.
Oops, I Forgot!
Mornings are busy and sometimes students leave for school without their water bottle, instrument or homework. In an an effort to reduce classroom interruptions and to support students with developing responsibility, please use our "Oops, I forgot" table. Make a plan with your child that if they leave something at home, a parent can drop it off in the office. We will place their item on a table outside the office. During their recess or on their way to lunch, they may check the table for their forgotten item.
Please communicate this plan with your child, so they know there is place for parents to drop-off items they may have left at home!
AMAZON PURCHASES!
As we get closer to the holiday season, remember that you can enroll to automatically donate a percentage of your Amazon purchases to our PTA whenever you shop. It's easy!
To connect to our school and help us earn a small percentage back from your purchases from Amazon, visit smile.amazon.com.
If it's your first visit, you'll be prompted to choose a charity. Look for "Will Rogers Learning Community PTA". If you've chosen a different charity previously and would like to change it, visit smile.amazon.com/change.
