Arts Magnet News!

Dear Altadena Eliot Arts Families,

Well March Madness is certainly upon us! The students are getting excited and with the random, swift snowfall on Wednesday there is a palpable energy on both campuses.

Tuesday, our students participated in the African American History Bee online! Big thank yous go to our coaches and student participants!

At the elementary site we celebrated Read Across America Week with special guest readers and a Family Reading Night on Thursday. It was a wonderful and fun event. Big thanks to Ms. Major for organizing this wonderful annual event!

Friday we were notified that Altadena Eliot Arts Magnet received a $10,000.00 grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts toward our K-8 musical theatre collaboration production of Peter Pan!!! We are so grateful for the generosity of this amazing organization!

Friday night our students participated in the Secondary Music Festival and of course they made us #PUSDProud!

Saturday, join us at the home of one of our families to learn more about hosting a French intern! This is going to be a fun late afternoon gathering where we will discuss the experiences and expectations for those who choose to host a French intern. This is open to ALL parents and community members to gain valuable information. Please see the flyer below and email davidbridel@me.com to RSVP!

Parents, please remember our drop off and pick up procedures at both sites.

• Elementary parents, please do not hold up the valet line and be safe and courteous as you move through the carline.
• Middle School parents, we receive and bid farewell to students on Boston only!!! The only students who enter on Calaveras are those who ride our special education buses. Students are not permitted to enter through the main doors on Lake Avenue unless they are tardy.

Speaking of tardies, we are seeing a lot of students be very tardy to school lately. Elementary students must be in the cafeteria by 7:50 am and middle school students need to be seated in their first period classrooms by 8:15 am.

We have another wonderful week ahead:

• Elementary School Tour on Thursday at 9:00 am in the Parent Room.
• Friday we have our Cougar Values Awards Assembly at 7:50 am in the Cafeteria. Teachers will notify parents if their child is receiving an award.
• Friday night is the opening of No Boundaries Art Show!!! 6 pm at Paseo Colorado
• Saturday join us for French Intern Information Night at 4 pm

Save the Dates:

• March 30 - Altadena Eliot Arts Annual GALA Celebration in support of the middle school Annual Fund
• Peter Pan Spring Musical - April 13-15 TICKETS GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK!
• April 26 - Altadena Eliot Art Walk 2023 Big Bash Celebration!

It's always a great week to be a Cougar and a Husky!

Yours in Service,

Dr. Scheckel, Principal

Arts-integrated programs, like the one at Eliot Arts Magnet, are proven to increase and improve academic performance, enrollment, and school climate. This positive impact nurtures a successful and thriving arts program which can create long lasting benefits to our local community.

Altadena Rotary President Doug Colliflower presented a check in support of the Eliot Arts Annual Fund. Wendy Silva and Benita Scheckel received the support when they spoke to Altadena Rotary at a recent weekly meeting. Both are passionate about education, arts and providing opportunities to the children in our community.

The Rotary Club of Altadena strives to make a positive impact locally and around the world. By taking action and directly supporting organizations like this one we can help create lasting change.

Bring us your gently used or no longer needed shoes this Saturday, March 11th from 1-3pm!

We will be in the staff parking lot located on Calaveras, east of Lake Ave.

Place bags of shoes in your trunk and drive up.

We'll unload the bags for you!

Please join us, Friday, March 10, 6 - 10 pm, for the Pasadena Unified School District No Boundaries art Show and Art Night Pasadena.

• WHO: K-12 students from the Pasadena Unified School District

• WHAT: A public exhibition of student artwork from PUSD & Performing Arts groups during receptions

• WHEN: Opening Reception is Friday, March 11, 2022 from 6-10 pm

Exhibition Runs March 10 - March 19 (there will be other times to view the art work throughout these dates)

ArtNight Pasadena is Friday, March 10 which will be our Opening Reception

• WHERE: The Paseo Colorado

Altadena Arts Magnet has work on display from the following artists! Congratulations to...

Itzpapalotl Chavez-Tapia

Rowan Cook

Edie Chambers

Lulu Salole

Scott Kim

Andie Freeman

Violet Millward

Cadence Lehr

Isabelle Brosseau

Milana Galeano

Ryan Goldsman

Veronica Ziegler

Yaretzi Martinez

Mariam Tamazyan

Genevieve Gonzalez-Reyes

Liliana Castro

Zahra Manus

Sophia Burch

Victoria Aguilar

Justin Severtonson

Annika Quezada

Landan Velazquez Franco

Arainah Nelson

Damian Vega-Moran

Tiago Lee

Order by clicking the link.

Huskies!

Hope everyone has stayed warm this past week, and I truly hope that all students were at school, Wednesday the 1st, when it SNOWED on campus! What a sight!

Well, we had our Restaurant Night at Dominico's Pizza this week. When I got my pizza, I thanked them for giving us the night and was told sales were good. Go Huskies!

Saturday March 11 is our Drive-by Drop-off at Eliot for the Shoe Fundraiser. The fundraiser is over on March 17th, so let's go after everyone we know with feet, and get those shoes!

PTSA is getting it together for our big event in April. We will be needing all the help we can get, so stay tuned.

Finally, PTSA gave our donation for the Spring Musical. Dr. Scheckel's response was "We Can Fly!"

Michael McCarthy

Eliot Arts PTSA President

"Many hands make light work"

2184 N Lake Ave

Altadena, Ca 91001

P) 626-396-5680

president@eliotartspta.org

I AM EXCITED TO SHARE….

Spring 2023 Water

Please consider making a recurring donation of $45 to one or both of our Annual Funds! Our annual funds help to create a bridge for special services and arts programs at each of our campuses. Our annual funds are separate. Altadena's annual fund is chaired by Ms. Tasiah LeConte and Eliot's annual fund is chaired by Ms. Wendy Silva. Please join their committees and consider making a donation today!

March

• 1 Domenico's FUNdraiser for middle school PTSA
• 2 Elementary Family Reading Night 5:30-7:00 pm
• 9 Elementary School Tour 9:00 am in the parent room
• 10 No Boundaries Art Show
• 11 French Intern Social
• 14 Joint PT(S)A Meeting 6:00 pm, AAM Auditorium
• 16 Middle School Tour 8:30 am Eliot Auditorium
• 22 Women's History Month Celebration 6:00 pm at Marshall Fundamental
• 24 NO SCHOOL/STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
• 25 Math Field Day
• 29 Middle School Spring Concert
• 30 Altadena Eliot Arts GALA
• 31 NO SCHOOL/CESAR CHAVEZ DAY