Program Priority and Sibling Priority Applications for 2024-2025:

• October 24th-November 13th, 2023

• Application site: pusd.schoolmint.com

Who is eligible?

• Incoming siblings who reside at the same address and will attend the same school during the 2024-25 school year

• 5th and 8th graders in special programs (magnet, IB, DLIP) who wish to continue in the same program at the next school/grade span

Updates for 2024-25:

• Transitional Kindergarten eligibility extends to include students who will turn 5 by June 2, 2025

Support for Families:

• pusd.us/enroll

• direct line: (626)396-3639

• in-person support at sites at Ed. Center Room 351

Webster Elementary, would like you to complete this online survey as part of the Cal-SCHLS surveys. This letter explains the survey and provides you with a link to access the survey.

The purpose of this survey is to obtain family and guardian perceptions of student behavior and attitudes, school programs and policies, and the overall school climate as they relate to student well-being and learning.

This online survey begins 11/3/2023 and 11/27/2023.

Your participation is voluntary. It is also very important. The information you provide will help guide district and school efforts to promote safety, enhance learning supports, improve student achievement, and reduce health risks that stand as barriers to learning.

• This is an anonymous survey. It is designed so that participating staff cannot be identified from the data. You do not have to respond to any questions that you feel could be used to identify you. Simply skip any such questions.

• All questions apply to this school only.

• The results are for the use of your district. CDE and WestEd will preserve data confidentiality and refer any data requests to the district.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE SURVEY

Access the presentation and survey HERE- https://wested.ugam-apps.com/wested/ts/n6jb

The survey opened on November 3, 2023.

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble taking the survey, please check the following:

• Make sure you are entering the website address correctly.

• Does the survey welcome page show the correct name of your school?

• Make sure you have clicked on the link from the presentation.

• Make sure that your survey window is open. You should be able to find the start date on this form.

• Still having trouble? Contact your survey coordinator.

Thank you for taking this important survey!

Pasadena USD is offering additional health services from Hazel Health at no cost to families. With Hazel, students who are not feeling well will be able to speak with a Hazel doctor or schedule a therapy session virtually - right from home.

Mental health services are available at home and include:

• Scheduled short-term therapy visits: No waitlist for scheduled therapy sessions for coping with everything from anxiety, depression, and grief to peer and family relationships and bullying

• Care management to local resources: Referrals to local providers for continuity of care

To schedule a therapy visit, visit my.hazel.co/pusd and sign up. Once you’ve finished creating your account, call Hazel’s Customer Support Team at 1-253-215-8700 or 1-800-76-HAZEL to request an appointment.

Physical health services are available at home and include:

• Medical treatment: For stomach aches, headaches, sprained ankles, asthma concerns, and everything in between

• Medication: Prescriptions written when needed

Please prescreen at home for fever or other symptoms such as cough, runny nose or exposure to anyone who has tested positive for COVID19.

Please note that students may get breakfast in the cafeteria beginning at 7:30am. Also, note that morning supervision begins at 7:30am. Students should not be dropped off before 7:30am.

Classroom line areas will be labeled with the teachers' name and room numbers. Classroom assignments are posted on the bulletin board on the upper playground. We will have extra support the first day to help direct families and students to the class lines.

PreK, TK and Kinder student drop-off will be at the Pepper Drive Gate/Kindergarten Playground. PreK parents should look for specifics directly from the classroom teachers. TK and Kinder parents may walk students to the kindergarten playground. Just prior to the 7:50am bell, TK and Kinder students will line up by classes. The teachers will meet the classes on the playground and walk the students into their classrooms. Parents, please say your goodbyes on the playground and join us for our Boo Hoo Woo Hoo Coffee on the Kindergarten playground.

You may park in the St. James parking lot on Washington Blvd and take the short walk to our kindergarten playground.

Please DO NOT make any three point or U-turns on Pepper Drive. This is extremely dangerous and illegal.

Please do not block our neighbors' driveways.

TK and Kindergarten pick-up is at the drive-thru around the staff parking lot with our 1st-5th graders. Pre-K pick-up is the same as drop-off at the Pepper Drive gate.

Drop-off and pick-up for 1st-5th grade students will at the drive-thru around the staff parking lot. Please pull up as far as possible; the spots are numbered 1-4. At drop-off, students should have backpacks with them inside the car to be most time efficient. Make sure to not block the left lane. The left lane will be reserved for thru traffic. DO NOT park in the staff parking lot as we need the spaces for our staff. You may park in the St. James parking lot on Washington Blvd and take the short walk to our walking gate. Walkers and bikers may enter at the gate in between the staff parking lot and the auditorium.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will line up on the upper playground. Teachers will meet the classes on the playground and walk the students to their classrooms. Parents, please say your goodbyes on the playground and join us for our Boo Hoo Woo Hoo Coffee on the Kindergarten playground.

TK-5th Grade:

Tuesday-Friday: 7:50 am to 2:15 pm

AM PreK:
Mon- 7:45am- 10:05am
Tue-Fri: 7:45am - 10:45am

PM PreK:
Mon: 10:15am - 12:35pm
Tue-Fri: 11:15am - 2:15pm

Students need to attend school every day to be successful! Please schedule appointments after school hours.

Students should go to the main office if they arrive after 8:00am to be given a tardy slip. Tardies will be marked by the classroom teacher if arriving between 7:50am and 8:00am.

Please call the attendance line or email Ms. Deabrego-Paz to notify us if your child is absent. (626)396-5740 then press 4 or deabregopaz.frances@pusd.us.

Use the following link to sign up for our LEARNs After School Program waitlist:

• Webster

Registration for After School Adventures Program through the City of Pasadena is online at: https://pasadena.civicrec.com/CA/pasadena-ca/catalog

For more information, please call (626) 744-6500.

It is necessary that the school has accurate contact information, including a working email and phone numbers. You can update all important contact information on the parent portal. Aeries Parent Portal is a wonderful resource that all parents need to sign up for in order to access student attendance, grades, and teacher information to name a few. If you do not yet have an Aeries Parent Portal account, you will need to complete the attached form. Once Mrs. Rojas, our office manager, receives the form, she will send you an access code. Once you have your code, you can go to https://www.pusd.us/Page/6203 and follow the instructions to create an account. Please make sure you have set up your account before school starts so you know what class your child has been assigned to for the 2023-2024 school year.

To view more specific instructions on how to reset your password, please visit:

Resetting Parent/Student Portal Password

https://www.pusd.us/Page/7867

For questions regarding this issue, please contact the District’s ITS department directly at Help4ParentPortal@pusd.us

On the same link, you will also find annual parent notification forms that I recommend be completed through your Parent Portal account.