The Mustang Chronicle!
September 27, 2020
A Note from Principal Lewis
It was so exciting to see our Maple Mustangs and families at Picture Day last Friday! It filled my heart with so much happiness! Don't worry if you were not able to attend! We will host a Make Up Picture Day in the coming months. Date and time, TBA!
Enjoy the last few days of September, as we welcome the month of October this week!
Proud to be part of our Maple Mustang Family!
Principal Lewis
Family Project- ALL MAPLE FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO SHARE YOUR CULTURES AND TRADITIONS!
Join in this wonderful opportunity for you and your Maple Mustangs to share your cultures, roots, traditions, foods, and dances on the FlipGrid link below! We will share your videos every Friday in our newsletter, so we can celebrate our diverse cultures that make us who we are.
We will publish all the FlipGrid videos submitted for students and families to view and celebrate in October!
How to participate:
1. Click on the link below.
2. Watch Principal Lewis' video of her culture.
3. Record a Response.
4. Join with Google or Microsoft.
5. Record your own video sharing about your culture, traditions, favorite food, etc.
6. Click Next.
7. Take a self picture.
8. Click next.
9. Write your name and culture.
10. Click Complete.
Your video is submitted!
CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SHARE YOUR CULTURES AND TRADITIONS WITH US!
Tuesday, September 29, 2020: DANCING WITH OUR FUTURE STARTS THIS WEEK!
It is official! The organization, DANCING WITH OUR FUTURE STARS, is providing FREE DANCING FOR OUR STUDENTS!
The link will be the same every week.
This is an optional event for students, but one more enrichment activity that they get to participate in!
First day begins Tuesday, Sept 29th!
PM COHORT
8:30am TK-2nd
9:00am 3rd-5th
AM COHORT
12:30pm TK-2nd
1:00pm 3rd-5th
Here is the Zoom information for your students.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5944156137?pwd=eVJFSzBLNkkyYmoxQ1huUWNZT0Ewdz09
Zoom Meeting ID :
594 415 6137
Password: DWOFS
Your instructors will be . Ida & Gerry for AM & PM classes.
CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO JOIN THE VIRTUAL DANCE CLASS!
Wednesday, September 30, 2020: PE with Ms. King!
Wednesday, September 30, 2020: Chipotle Restaurant Night from 4 pm - 8 pm!
Ways to participate:
Walk in, order, and let them know you are a Maple Mustang!
Order online using the CHIPOTLE APP, and the code Q2QGEQF3!
Delivery orders will not count toward our fundrasier.
Thursday, October 1, 2020: STEAM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY with Ms. King!
Thursday, October 1- Friday, October 9, 2020: Help our Fall Community Tree Bloom!
Happy Autumn and Halloween!! It’s a new season, and the Maple Community Tree’s “leaves” are ready to turn. Please come by on or after October 1st to pick up a Halloween picture to decorate, and return back by Friday, October 9th in the Maple Community Tree box.
Our tree will be in full bloom the following week for you to find your personalized decoration and take a picture under the tree 🍁🌳🎃.
Let your creative spirit fly!!!!
Your Maple Community Tree is co-sponsored by Maple PFA and SEDAC.
Building Inclusion through Kindness and Acceptance.
Thursday, October 1- October 9: UNITY ART INSTALLATION PROJECT!
To celebrate Unity Day on Wednesday, October 21, and continue growing our Maple community, we are creating a “UNITY“ ART INSTALLATION on the TK/K Fence in front of Maple. Please drop off a piece of material (approximately 10” X 10”), assigned by your grade color (see below), such as a scrap of an old t-shirt, sheet, sock, or even a small stuffed animal, etc. Just be sure that it’s not sentimental, as it will remain up in all types of weather and won’t be returned.
U: 1st - RED
N: 2nd - ORANGE
I: 3rd - YELLOW
T: 4th - GREEN
Y: 5th - BLUE
!: TK / K - PURPLE
Please drop off between October 1 - 9 in your grade’s color-coded box in front of the school.
Also, don’t forget to wear Orange on Wednesday, October 21st, and snap a pic for the Mustang Chronicle!
This fun display is co-sponsored by Maple PFA and SEDAC.
Growing Inclusion through Kindness and Acceptance.
Friday, October 2, 2020 G.A.T.E. LUNCH BUNCH for all 3rd-5th graders, from 11:30-12 noon!
Topic: G.A.T.E. Lunch Bunch
Time: Oct 2, 2020 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://conejousd-org.zoom.us/j/84816734900?pwd=M2xOUFAzbnhDT2VrTzVXQmhOdGYzZz09
Meeting ID: 848 1673 4900
Passcode: 027175
Click the link below to join the G.A.T.E. Lunch Bunch. All 3rd-5th graders are welcome!
Friday, October 2, 2020 ENRICHMENT: It's Scavenger Hunt Day with Holly King!
Friday, October 2, 2020 Maple Spirit Day!
Friday, October 2, 2020: Our Mustang Kids Newsletter is published!
Monday, October 12- Friday October 16, 2020: District-Wide Materials Distribution Week
Your teacher will let you know if there are materials to be picked up!
All progress reports will be passed out during Materials Pick Up this week!
Wednesday, October 14, 2020: Farmer Boys Restaurant Night is ALL DAY LONG!
October 19-October 23, 2020: Parent Conference Week!
Maple Families,
In the past, we have traditionally followed a Minimum Day schedule during Parent Conference Week, with dismissal at 12:30 pm, and parent conference meetings taking place in the afternoons. In this remote setting, this schedule will be adjusted and communicated to all schools by our District Team. As soon as we know the schedule, this will be shared with you!
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 UNITY DAY! WEAR ORANGE TO UNIFY OUR MAPLE FAMILY!
Maple Families,
Remember last year on Unity Day, when we decorated rocks and placed them under our Unity Tree in the center of campus? This is still a wonderful reminder of our commitment as a Maple community, to treat each other as family, by being kind to each other, including each other, and accepting each other. Whether a parent, staff member, or a student, we are dedicated to the commitment of making each person in our Maple family feel welcomed and valued!
On this Unity Day, our SEDAC and PFA Team have partnered together to create a Unity Art Installation, as we re-commit ourselves to living out what Kindness, Acceptance, and Inclusion really means in day to day life! We wear orange today and every Wednesday from now on, as a reminder of our commitment to each other! Traditionally, Maple Mustangs and Staff have worn shirts on Wednesdays that spread messages of Kindness, and Superhero attire, to show our super powers of Kindness, Acceptance, and Inclusion! Come join us un continuing this tradition!
For more information about UNITY DAY, visit this website:
Friday, October 30, 2020: Come to Maple and take a Halloween Picture!
Today would normally be our 3rd annual Trunk or Treat Night, which has always been such a great evening of parent and family engagement! We were unable to figure out how to host this event with the current health and safety guidelines. However, since Halloween is such a memorable event for our students, our Maple Parent Committees have created an opportunity for you to bring your children to Maple in their costumes, so they can take pictures in front of our Fall Maple Community (Unity) tree and our Unity Art Installation! Stop by Maple during your child's non-core time at a time that is convenient for you, and snap a photo, as we continue to create positive memories for our Maple Mustangs this year. Send the photo in for our Mustang Kids newsletter and/ or for our yearbook!
P.S. All social distancing and mask guidelines will be followed!
Wednesday, November 4, 2020: Wendy's Restaurant Night, from 4 pm-7 pm!
Upcoming Holidays!
October 19-23: Minimum Days
November 11: No School - Veterans Day
November 23-27: No School - Fall Break
December 21-January 3: No School - Winter Break
January 18: No School - Martin Luther King Day
February 12: No School - Lincoln's Birthday
February 15: No School - Washington's Birthday
March 15: No School - Staff Development
April 2-12: No School - Spring Break
May 28: No School
May 31: No School- Memorial Day
June 10: Last Day of School
CVUSD Dates for Materials Distribution for 2020-2021
October 12 -16, 2020
November 9 -13, 2020
December 14 -18, 2020
January 11 -15, 2021
February 8 -11, 2021
March 8 -12, 2021
April 19 -21, 2021
May 10 -14, 2021
K-Cups Needed!!!
Drinking more coffee at home now that you are working from home and/or trying to help your student(s) with distance learning? The Maple PFA needs your used K-cups for a craft fair project we are trying to organize for all of our students. Please consider washing out all of the used coffee grinds from your K-cups and donating them to help us with this project! We will be collecting used K-cups through November 6th. Please drop them off, rinsed out and in a bag, to the office at Maple Elementary. Thank you for your participation! Cheers!
PFA News!
General Meeting Dates (4th Tuesday of the Month Unless Noted*)
October 27th
November 17th*
December - No Meeting
January 26th
February 23rd
March 23rd
April 27th
May 25th (Election of New Board)
Join Reoccurring Zoom Meeting
https://lausd.zoom.us/j/91483883834?pwd=bWV1eEFCVkpmUnBWeE5nVDhaVStDdz09
Meeting ID: 914 8388 3834
Passcode: 621178
Contact us at maplepfa@gmail.com
Website: http://maplepfa.weebly.com/
Follow on Facebook at Maple Elementary PFA
Twitter: @MaplePFA
Our Maple Office is open from 7:30 am - 4 pm. Feel free to call us if you have a question@ 805-498-6748!
If you need to visit our office, here is the protocol we will follow, for the safety of all:
- Wear a mask.
- Your temperature will be taken.
Principal: Patty Lewis
Office Manager: Jacquie Maloney
Office Assistant III: Eunice Reyes Reyes
Health Clerk: Susan Hollander
Lunches are available at Maple and Las Casitas Monday through Friday from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm!
Interested in ONLINE TUTORING for your Child?
To schedule an appointment, parents or guardians will:
Go to: https://conejousd.org/CVUSD-Student-Tutors and enter the following username and password:
Username: cvusd
Password: theconejoway
After reviewing the tutor biographies and headshots, click on the “Book Now” button and follow the prompts to select the date and time of your appointment and your CVUSD tutor.
A student tutor will reach out to you at the email you provide with a Zoom link for your appointment.
2020-2021 Maple Parent Committee Leaders
- School Site Council President, Jonathan Kretz (scoobychemist@yahoo.com)
- English Language Advisory Co-Presidents, Lucely Duarte (Lucellyduarte79@gmail.com), and Maribel Rojas (rojasmaribel377@gmail.com)
- Special Education Advisory Committee Co-Presidents, Hilary Conklin (hgolden6@yahoo.com), and Sarah Khalil (khalilgerner@gmail.com)
- Gifted and Talented Education Committee President, Holly Mulligan (hollymulligan@gmail.com)
- Parent Faculty Association Co-Presidents, Stacey Palmer and Jennifer Sugden (maplepfa@gmail.com)
Join us in our Commitment to our Maple Mustangs!
Please reach out if you have additional questions @ plewis@conejousd.org. Proud to be a Maple Mustang!
Maple Elementary School
Section 5 of Article IX of the State of California Constitution guarantees students a free public education.
Email: plewis@conejousd.org
Website: http://www.conejousd.org/maple/
Location: 3501 Kimber Drive, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone: (805) 498-6748
Facebook: facebook.com/MapleElem
Twitter: @maple_np