Rising TIDE
Legacy Magnet Academy: August 19, 2022
Catch the Wave of Innovation
A MESSAGE FROM DR. HARRISON
Hello Legacy Families!
What an amazing first week of school! It was wonderful to see all of our students back on campus, and meet all of our new Legacy TIDE!
A huge thank you to our Legacy parents and families for your patience in the parking lot. We know it can back up and take time, but you each handled it with grace and compassion. Our best recommendation is to consider dropping off early in the morning (remember, the gates open at 8:00!) and coming just a bit after dismissal at the end of the day. The parking lot really does clear relatively quickly AFTER the bell rings. The biggest backup is for those that come early and wait. For middle school, consider coming just a little later, 3:00pm. For high school, consider pulling in around 3:30-3:35pm. It will help make your drop-off and pick-up experience smoother and quicker!
See below in our ASB section for information on our first Spirit Week of 2022-23, coming up next week. We take our school spirit VERY seriously here at Legacy. We love to have fun, and we hope you will join us!
And finally, last week our Legacy Teachers sat down and wrote out their hopes for our Legacy students in the coming school year. Please watch this very short video below to view our hopes for your (and our) students.
See you all next week!
#LMArisingTIDE
Take care and stay safe,
Dr. Harrison, Principal
New 0 Period Options for MS & HS
Want to represent LMA in academic competition against other OC schools? The Academic Pentathlon and Academic Decathlon develop students’ communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and character to prepare for college and careers. Students of all GPA levels needed to build our teams.
Questions?
See Mrs. Bruley (Rm 2-204) or Mrs. Johnson (Rm 2-212)
Interest Meeting:
Wednesday August 24th in room 2-204 (Mrs. Bruley’s)
Middle School- Academic Pentathlon (0 Period)
Academic Pentathlon is an exciting five-event competition for grades six, seven, and eight. Each team consists of 9 students from different GPA ranges. Each Academic Pentathlon team spends months working together in preparation for a rigorous and demanding competition season against other local area schools. Watch the video below for more information.
High School- Academic Decathlon (0 Period)
Academic Decathlon teams consist of 9 high school students, known as Decathletes. Each team consists of 9 students from 3 different GPA ranges. Each team spends months working together in preparation for a rigorous and demanding competition season against other local area schools in 10 disciplines. Watch the video below for more information.
Dear parents and students,
Welcome back! I am Ms. Plueger, the English 9 and 10 teacher, and the advisor for the Create a Smile Club. Create a Smile is an organization that provides experiences and wish list items for children battling cancer. While we have successfully adopted several young kids in the past, we want to do something more impactful, and we want the whole school to be a part of the experience.
September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness month, and we want to spend the entire month building awareness and raising money to help those in need. Our money will be donated to the Create a Smile Organization as well as CHOC Cancer Research. Our goal is to raise…$10,000! And in order to do that, we need your help.
If you are willing to donate raffle items that students can win, we would love it! Student organizations on campus will be using their entrepreneurial knowledge to create their own fundraisers for students to participate in throughout the month, but we would appreciate any other help you may be able to provide. Dr. Harrison is willing to give up her principal seat for the day, and Ms. Mazandarani is willing to give up her Assistant Principal position (and bull horn). We have several teachers willing to shave heads, legs, and dye hair as well. We want this to be a community-building event and let everyone know what Legacy is all about.
If you are willing to donate, have ideas, or want to help out, please contact me at spflueger@tustin.k12.ca.us (Monetary donations are tax-deductible)
LEGACY MAGNET ACADEMY IS A 2022 CA PIVOTAL PRACTICE AWARD WINNER!
Interested in Joining SSC?
Dear Parents,
The LMA School Site Council (SSC) is now accepting nominations for parent members on the SSC. This is a two-year commitment.
The SSC serves the students and the school by:
- Developing the School Plan with teachers and support staff
- Implementing the Plan, putting it into effect for student learning
- Evaluating the Plan to see if it is helping all students
- Verifying & assuring expenditures in the School Plan are used to improve academic performance of all pupils.
Parent members of the SSC are expected to:
- Attend the meetings
- Actively participate in SSC responsibilities
- Represent parents in the neighborhood and community
- Become knowledgeable about the School Plan through training provided in October or November each year.
Please submit nominations by Wednesday 8/24 at 4:30pm. Thank you!
Parents, are you interested in our guest speaker “TIDE Talk” series?
The vision of our guest speaker series is to expose our students to a wide array of entrepreneurs and professionals in various fields. We want our students to understand that there are many paths to a successful career. Our hope is that our students will relate to your stories of leadership and make connections with community leaders.
Please fill out the survey below if you are interested. Thank you!
COUNSELING CORNER
TIDE TV- Coming soon!
First Day of School
Club Leader Informational Meeting
On Wednesday at lunch we held a club informational meeting for all of those interested in leading a club this school year! All club applications are due on Tuesday, August 23rd. Click the link in the title above for more information!
Clash of the Classes Welcome Back Dance
Today we held our first dance of the school year for both middle and high school! Our dance was Clash of the Classes themed! Students participated by wearing their class color! Thank you to all who attended our first dance of the year!
Clash of Colors Dodgeball Lunchtime Activity
Today we held our first lunchtime activity of the year! Today teams of 10 from each grade wearing their class color played dodgeball in 5 minute increments. Thank you to all who showed their class spirit by participating! Every Friday we will have a lunchtime activity, some of which are hosted by clubs, while others will be hosted by ASB.
Social Media & Website
Follow us on social media to stay updated on upcoming events, as well as view pictures and videos from past events. Follow our Instagram @legacyasb! Our ASB Website and TikTok are coming soon!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Back to School Spirit Week
Next week from 8/22-8/26 we have our first spirit week of the year. Spirit weeks are a great way to show your school spirit! These special weeks will include dress up days, as well as correlating point break and lunchtime activities!
PTO UPDATES
The LMA PTO is excited for the 2022-23 school year and to continue supporting all our Legacy Magnet Academy students and their families.
We appreciate all the support from our families and hope that you will continue your involvement in the future. Please consider donating using the link below
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@legacymagnetacademy
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PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REGULARLY CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR UPDATES!
1)Go to your parent portal CONTACT SCREEN and assign each contact "general and emergency" or "emergency only."
2) Be sure in every contact's screen, you have entered a cell # and email.
3)Any person you assign "general and emergency" will receive ALL school communication such as Weekly Principal's eNewsletters and automated telephone communication. This change also allows you to select the type of communication you prefer: email, phone, text, or all three if you prefer.
*The "type" of communication you select must have a corresponding cell, email address, etc. entered.
Legacy Magnet Academy
Email: lmainfo@tustin.k12.ca.us
Website: https://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/legacy
Location: 15500 Legacy Road, Tustin, CA, 92782 USA
Phone: 714-430-2088
Facebook: facebook.com/legacymagnetacademy
Twitter: @MagnetLegacy