Mountain Avenue Thursday Update
June 3, 2021
Friday Flag Ceremony
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Thursday, Jun 3, 2021, 08:15 AM
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Campalooza!
We are able to enroll a few more students to our summer enrichment program, Campalooza. If you would like to enroll your child, please call our main office at (818) 248-7766. We will register students on a first come first serve basis. Space is very limited (no more than 30 students per week).
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M.A.C.K. Move-a-thon!
Extended Learning Grant Survey
Great News!
Mountain Avenue will be allocated site discretionary funds as part of the AB 86 Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) grant. A committee was formed to help determine how we allocate funds to extend learning opportunities for students. Our committee met this week and designed a survey to help determine our next steps. Please take a moment and share your input by Wednesday, June 9th.
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Principal Scott
You & Mountain Avenue PTA: A Perfect Pair!!
Mountain Ave PTA has some volunteer shoes to fill! See the attached flyer for details about open Chair Positions for the 2021-22 school year. Interested in helping the PTA with something else? Email us and tell us how you'd like to help! Contact Kathy Necus at kathnecuspta@gmail.com or Amelia Lapena at amlapena.pta@gmail.com
Mountain Avenue Committed to Kids (MACK)
Our Educational Foundation
Thank you to all our Mountain Avenue families who raised over $5400 this school year just by shopping at Ralphs! KEEP IT GOING! Keep using your Ralphs Rewards Card and you keep raising funds for our school -- ALL SUMMER LONG! MACK not listed as your Ralphs Community Rewards Organization yet? It's not too late! Go to Ralphs.com or download the Ralphs app, and register MACK (#80500) with your Ralphs Rewards Club Card. (See flyer for more details.) Then use your Ralphs Rewards Card every time you shop at Ralphs -- in person, pick-up, or delivery! It's an easy way to raise much needed funds for our students, for our school. See flyer for more details. Questions? Email Amelia Lapeña at MACKAnnualFund@gmail.com Thank you for your support!
SEL Skill of the Week
This week Playworks is featuring a fun game that will help you identify problems and use problem-solving skills and creative thinking to solve it.
Social-Emotional Focus: Personal Responsibility – Taking ownership of your actions and considering others when you make decisions.
Simplified Game Instructions
# of people to play: 3+
Best for ages: 4+
Setup/Teaching Time: 5 minutes
Equipment needed: None
Goal: To have every player make the same animal noise.
Before You Start:
- Review the noises each animal makes. Ask for volunteers to share what they think a Cat, Cow, and Alien sound like and have all players practice each sound.
- Explain that the game will end when EVERY player is making the same animal noise.
How to Play:
- Choose one person to be the game leader to start each round by counting down from three.
- Have players unmute their microphones, close their eyes, and decide silently which animal sound they will make (cat, cow, or alien). When they are ready, have students give a silent thumbs up.
- The game leader will count down from three (3-2-1-GO!) and when players hear GO, they will make their noise.
- Have students open their eyes and discuss what they heard.
- The facilitator can ask questions to encourage decision making such as:
- “What animal did we hear the most?”
- “Was anyone a (cat/cow/alien)? Raise your hand if you were a (cat/cow/alien).”
- “How do we know the game is over?”
- “What do some animals need to do/change to help us reach our goal? Which ones?”
- “Do some animal noises need to stay the same? Which one?”
- The game lead will start another round once the discussion is over. Players close their eyes and choose their animal noise (they must decide to make the same animal noise or pick a new one).
- The game continues until every player makes the same animal noise.
2021 "Water is Life" Student Art Contest.
Participate in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s “Water is Life” Student Art Calendar Contest! Entries are due on June 7, 2021. Prize of $100 gift card in each of the categories: K-3rd grade, 4-6th grade, and 7-12th grade.
For more information, visit www.fmwd.com or contact Foothill Municipal Water District at (818) 790-4936; mle@fmwd.com
Click here for the 2021 Student Art Contest - FMWD Guidelines:
https://www.fmwd.com/uploads/files/2021%20Student%20Art%20Contest%20-%20FMWD%20Guidelines.pdf
Mountain Avenue Elementary School
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Email: mountainavenue@gusd.net
Website: www.gusd.net/mountainavenue
Location: 2307 Mountain Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, USA
Phone: 8182487766
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