Last week, we launched our Positive Behavior Support program - Panthers C.A.R.E. We focused on the C - Courtesy. Please ask your child what courtesy means and how to show courtesy throughout the school. We reinforced courteous behavior throughout the week by providing students with virtual C.A.R.E. tickets. We will be using the virtual PBIS Rewards to reward our C.A.R.E. tickets. In the coming weeks, the students and then the parents will have access to the virtual system. These tickets will be redeemed in our online C.A.R.E. store. At Back to School Night, you will hear information about this support system.

This week’s games of the week are Clue and Empathy Tag, and the focus is social intelligence. To be socially intelligent, you need to be able to accurately identify what you or someone else is feeling, and then you need to know how to respond appropriately. Social intelligence is fundamental to forming and maintaining successful relationships, understanding expectations, being able to navigate group dynamics, and adaptability.

We are excited to be able to offer multiple after school activity options. Flyers should have already gone home for Soccer and Legos. These programs are both offered directly after school for scholars in grades 1-6. We have a couple more options in the works for Wednesdays and Thursdays. Once we have our complete list, I will send all the information together in one newsletter.

Orange Unified Public School Foundation (OUPSF) is a group of parents, educators, and community leaders whose mission is to mobilize the community to provide equitable opportunities for all of our students to learn creatively, think innovatively, and collaborate effectively. They are dedicated to bolstering Orange Unified School District as one of the top school districts in Orange County by augmenting the resources that enrich OUSD students’ school experience and equip them to succeed in their education, career, and life. Please see the video message from OUPSF President Frank Tucker who reviews the OUPSF’s goals. For more information, please visit https://www.oupsf.org/ or visit their table at your school’s Back to School Night.

Are you interested in working closely with your classroom teacher to coordinate events? Are you interested in working with the PTA to support Panorama? If so, you would be a phenomenal room parent. If you would like to be a room parent for your child's class, please email Erin Rosselli at erosselli@orangeusd.org. Our PTA room parent coordinator will contact one parent from each class in the coming weeks to get started.

On Wednesdays, brunch is served during recess instead of lunch at the end of the day. Due to this, students attending CARES will need to pack a lunch, if the snacks served are not sufficient. Picking up lunch from nutrition services will not be an option on Wednesdays. Please contact CARES with any questions about the snack schedule.

Please be sure to label all lunchboxes, sweatshirts, and jackets. Items are already beginning to appear in our lost and found! If your child is missing an item, please remind them to check the lost and found outside of the office.

Click on a grade level below to see the wish lists. If it is a teacher list only, you will need to wait until the evening of Tuesday, August 17.

Section 5 of Article IX of the State of California Constitution guarantees students a "free public education." The State Supreme Court concluded in the 1984 case of Hartzell v. Connell, "that all educational activities carried on by public school districts, extra-curricular as well as curricula, must be without cost to the students who participate in such activities." This same ruling found that "mandatory fees for participating in such extra-curricular activities as drama, music, and athletic competition were illegal under the State Constitution." Furthermore, they also rejected the argument that "fees could be charged so long as the district waived fees for students who were financially unable to pay." Recent proposed legislation includes reimbursement with interest for any illegally-collected fees as well as a district sanction.

Transitional Kindergarten

Kindergarten

First Grade Oliver

First Grade Woodward

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Arrival

- Students may be dropped off as early as 8 AM.

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes, until you are ready to exit the parking lot. You may use the middle lane to exit.

- Pull all the way forward and drop off your child.

- Please help your child quickly exit by having all supplies ready to go. If you need to help your child out of the car, please wait until you are able to stop after the crosswalk.

- Do not leave your car unattended at any time.

- A staff member will be outside to direct students through the front gate until 8:15 AM.

Parking

If you need to enter the school, please park your car in a designated parking spot and come to the office. Never leave your car in lanes unattended or parked along the side wall.

Dismissal

- Place your placard in your window. You will receive the placard at Back to School Night, arrival, or dismissal. We will have them available in the parking lot and the office during the first two weeks of school. This placard should include the name of your child(ren), grade(s), and teacher's name(s).

- Enter the parking lot in the inner and outer lanes only. DO NOT ENTER THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR SAFETY REASONS, even if you see space in the front.

- Stay in the inner and outer lanes. Pull all the way forward and your child will be called to come to your car.

- Your child will enter the car.

- Do not get out of your car or leave your car unattended at any time.

Please be patient as families learn this system. This system keeps everybody safe and efficiently moving forward. Thank you very much for your cooperation and efforts to keep all of our Panthers safe.

Some over the counter medications, such as lotion and petroleum jelly, are available at school. If you would like your child to have access to these, please fill out and send in the Over the Counter Parent-Guardian Authorization Form found below.

If your child needs medication at school, please bring the medication and the Parent-Physician Medication Form attached below to the office. If we do not have the Parent-Physician Medication Form, the medication cannot be kept or administered at school.