Principal's Message
Dear Friends and Families of Los Ranchos Elementary,
It has been a busy week at Los Ranchos. Valentine's Day is always one of the most exciting days of the year. It was particularly fun to see our second graders dressed in their party outfits for the Valentine Tea. It was a memory making day!
We also had a fabulous Rockets and Robots assembly this week by Captain Bob Redman. Students were fully engaged in his explanation of space exploration and robots. Your kids may want to learn more by going on his website Rockets-and-Robots. Thank you PTA for funding this fun and informative learning opportunity.
We have some minimum days coming up, starting next week on Thursday and Friday. Please plan for extra time when picking-up. Our kindergarteners will be getting picked up too. That adds 60 more students who are not used to the increased traffic. Your patience and planning are appreciated.
Have a great three day weekend.
Sincerely,
Marlie Schmidt
For your Calendar
No School - Monday, February 19th
Wisdom Parenting Workshop - Tuesday, February 20th at 4:30 p.m.
Gino's Pizza - 20% of purchase goes to PTA - Wednesday, February 21st
Minimum Days - February 22nd and February 23rd
Science Fair - 1st-6th grades - Tuesday, March 13th - 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
TK and Kindergarten Registration - Starts March 5th -March 30th
Wisdom Parenting Workshop
February 20th at 4:30pm in the Los Ranchos Library
This one hour workshop will explore how the practice of mindfulness can support parents to stay meaningfully connected to themselves and their families, even as the demands and complexities of life increase. The practice of mindfulness teaches us to stay more present to ourselves and our children and increases our capacity to respond rather than react to the challenges of life. Mindfulness also grows our ability to meet conflict with compassion and increases our capacity for self-awareness, humor and love. This workshop is an introduction to mindfulness and how to practice it, as well as a discussion on how to specifically apply mindfulness to the rich experience of parenting.
Deborah Halpern, MEd, MATP, spent 8 years practicing and studying yoga and meditation full-time in retreat. She has earned master’s degrees in both Education and Psychology and has taught mindfulness practices to both children and adults. She is an instructional assistant at Los Ranchos!
Hi Los Ranchos Families,
We would sure like your help in providing our wonderful LR Staff with snacks and lunch for conference week coming up the week of March 5th-9th. If you are interested in helping bring food items, please feel free to click on link below to help us fill up our volunteer sign-ups for that week. Thanks so much!
Amy Garrett
LR Hospitality
http://www.signupgenius.com/
Welcome!
We’re excited to share a project we
started with SLOHS in the Principal’s Newsletter- a weekly parent-to-parent
piece we write as mindfulSLO. Each week we will share a
wealth of resources, research-based practices, and links to useful
online tools to raise awareness, help build resilience and offer support to
navigate the waves of life and parenting.
mindfulSLO was created
in the process of researching, connecting, seeking resources, asking questions,
wanting to fill in gaps, and needing to better understand the world, needs and
social-emotional landscape of students today. Our writing is a local offering
of our research (Connect Be Well) and our way of helping our community connect and create
dialogue between parents, students, and our teaching community. Both of us live
in SLO, have children in the district, and have lived in other places. One of
us grew up on the central coast, the other in the mid-Atlantic. One of us went
to Poly, the other to UCSB. We both have
three children, now one of us has two. We are real people with many questions,
a willingness to learn, and a need to be part of the solution.
Sometimes it’s hard to share with
others or open up, so through our letters, we’ve chosen to share what we’re
thinking and talking about with you. Our pieces are love letters to ourselves-
ideas, resources and tools that help us ride the waves of parenting. We hope they bring you the big hug we give ourselves
in writing them and validate your feelings and experience, so you feel
connected.
Parenting is challenging, and (As
parents,) the best we can do is accept and love our imperfect selves, while
supporting each other in the process. We
are choosing to celebrate being perfectly imperfect and encourage others to do
the same. Together, we hope to create a culture of acceptance, collaborate and
learn along the way, and initiate dialogue with each other.
connectbewell.org
Please fill out this important survey
Local Control Accountability (LCAP) Survey:
All school districts in California are required to develop a three-year Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) that describes how state funds will be used to improve student academic achievement. The LCAP must incorporate how the district is spending its supplementary funds, 4.5 million dollars, to meet the needs of students with greater challenges, including English learners, socio-economically disadvantaged students, and foster/homeless youth. In San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD), we have constructed an LCAP that takes those supplementary funds along with general fund dollars (federal, state, and local) to implement five focus areas established by our Board of Trustees. The overall LCAP budget is approximately 6 million dollars out of our 92 million dollar budget. Engaging parents, students, community members, and school employees in developing, reviewing, and supporting implementation of the LCAP is critical to its success.
Please take a few minutes to complete the LCAP Survey. We value and appreciate the input from parents, staff, and community. The feedback will be used to revise our LCAP for 2018-2019. The LCAP Survey will be open until March 23rd.
Encuesta de Plan de Responsabilidad de Control Local (LCAP):
Todos los distritos escolares de California están obligados a desarrollar un Plan de Responsabilidad de Control Local (LCAP por sus siglas en inglés) de tres años que describa cómo se utilizarán los fondos estatales para mejorar el logro académico del estudiante. El LCAP debe incorporar cómo el distrito está gastando sus fondos suplementarios, 4.500.000 dólares, para satisfacer las necesidades de los alumnos con mayores dificultades, incluyendo aprendices de inglés, estudiantes desfavorecidos socioeconómicamente, y jóvenes en hogares de acogida/sin hogar. En el Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Luis y Costa (SLCUSD por sus siglas en inglés), hemos construido un LCAP que toma los fondos complementarios, junto con dinero del fondo general (federal, estatal y local), para implementar cinco grandes áreas establecidas por nuestro Consejo Directivo. El presupuesto global del LCAP es aproximadamente $6,000,000 proveniente de nuestro presupuesto de $92,000,000. El involucramiento de los padres, estudiantes, miembros de la comunidad y empleados de la escuela en la elaboración, revisión y apoyo de implementación del LCAP es crítico para su éxito.
Por favor tómese unos minutos para completar la encuesta del LCAP. Valoramos y agradecemos el aporte de los padres, el personal y la comunidad. Los comentarios se utilizarán para revisar nuestro LCAP para 2018-2019. La encuesta LCAP estará abierta hasta el 23 de marzo.
Por favor tómese unos minutos para completar la encuesta del LCAP. Valoramos y agradecemos el aporte de los padres, el personal y la comunidad. Los comentarios se utilizarán para revisar nuestro LCAP para 2018-2019. La encuesta LCAP estará abierta hasta el 23 de marzo.
Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten Registration and
Open Enrollment
March 5th through March 30th we will start our registration for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten. If you (or if anyone else you know) has a child who will be 5, on or before September 1, 2018, they are eligible for Kindergarten. If the child turns 5 between September 2, 2018 and December 1, 2018, they are eligible for Transitional Kindergarten.
This is also Open Enrollment time. This means that if you are considering moving your child going to a different school outside of your school boundaries (including Teach for 4th, 5th or 6th graders) you will need to fill out an Open Enrollment Request. The approvals and denials for open enrollment are decided at the district office level.
Join us next Wednesday the 21st for pizza and pasta over at Gino's Pizza. Gino's will donate 20% back to our school from every order made on this day. You can dine in, carry out or order for delivery. A flyer will go out next week!
Los Ranchos Science Fair
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
1:30-3:00 in the multipurpose room
Grades 1 through 6
Step #1:
Check out the planning guides on the Los Ranchos website under “Announcements”
Questions???
Ask a parent, your teacher, Mrs. Gomes, or Ms. Wagner
All participants will be given further information prior to the event
One Very Important Rule: Have Fun
