Will Rogers Roundup
For the week of November 7th- 11th
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Principal's Pen
Dear Will Rogers Learning Community,
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful Fall weekend! Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour!
For those of you who attended the Grown-Ups' Night Out, thank you for supporting our school! Extra special thank you to our PTA auction committee. Evan and Pamela we are so grateful for your dedication and planning, it was a wonderful evening!
Remember that this Tuesday, November 8th is ELECTION DAY. Use your right to vote!
MAKE-UP Picture day is this Wednesday!
I hope to see you Thursday at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and convo with the principal.
Also, remember that this Friday, November 11th there is no school in observance of VETERAN'S DAY. I hope this day brings reflection and gratitude for our nation's veterans who have protected our nation!
Follow us on twitter! @WillRogersSTEM.
Please be sure to read the WILL ROGERS ROUNDUP each Sunday night as it contains important information from the school, PTA, Santa Monica Education Foundation, the City of Santa Monica, and other community partners. Links to each week’s newsletter are posted on our website.
In partnership,
Ms. Lila Daruty, Principal WRLC
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
10/27- 11/13 Auction Goes Live
Sun. 11/6 Daylight Savings ( fall back)
Mon. 11/7 Volunteer Training @ 8:30. a.m.
Tues. 11/8 Student Council Elections and Assembly@ 12:30 p.m.
Wed. 11/8 Make-Up Picture Day for Student Photographs
Wed. 11/9 Dr. Drati Meets with Muir ES Families Via zoom
Wed. 11/9 5th Grade Pali Camp Information Night @ 6:00 p.m. via zoom
Thurs. 11/10 Coffee and Convo with Principal @ 9:00 a.m.
Fri. 11/11 No School Veteran's Day
Wed.11/23-25 No School -Thanksgiving Break
Fri 11/ 11 Veteran's Day Holiday - no school
Wed. 11/16 PTA Executive Board meeting@6 p.m.
Wed. 11/23 Thanksgiving Break - no school thru 11/25
Mon. 11/28 Volunteer Training @3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m..
Wed. 11/30 School Site Council Meeting@ 3:30p.m.
Wed. 11/30 ELAC meeting @8:30-9:30 a.m
Mon. 12/19 -1/1 Winter Break
Tues. 1/2 Classes resume
VOTE. YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
At Rogers, our 5th grade Student Council Nominees will present their speeches to the student body. Immediately afterwards, our students will cast their vote for their number one candidate!
Parents of nominees are welcome to join the assembly. It will be held in the cafeteria @12:30 p.m.
PICTURE DAY SUCCESS!
MAKE-UP Picture Day for absent students will be held Wed. Nov. 9th.
Galleries will be open for viewing on November 11th. It's not an issue if the QR code given to your child was lost. The link will be sent out for everyone again.
SCHOOL PRICE LIST (EDITED TO OFFER MORE PACKAGE PRICING)
10% of the profit will be donated back to Will Rogers Learning Community, which allows our children to benefit from your purchase.There is no minimum order requirement, and since all orders are placed after viewing your children’s photographs you are able to choose which, and how many, you order.
Future of Muir Campus Meeting- Wednesday, Nov. 9th @ 5:00 p.m.
Dear Parents / Guardians within the John Muir campus boundaries,
Please join the superintendent in a conversation to address your questions regarding which program/school(s) will exist at the SMASH/MUIR location. Before we commence the discussions that will involve both Muir ES and SMASH communities and staff, I would like to meet with parents/guardians whose children had attended Muir ES on Wednesday, November 9 at 5 p.m. via Zoom to listen to their questions, concerns, and/or comments ( A Zoom meeting will allow more parents to participate from home).
Please note that this meeting is only for parents/guardians whose children would have been currently attending Muir ES had the facility not been temporarily closed for repairs.
Zoom: https://smmk12.zoom.us/j/84620311716?pwd=a2JiZkdrM0VQN0ViQjNFcE92Yzlzdz09
Meeting ID: 846 2031 1716
Passcode: 906356
I hope to see you at this meeting on November 9 at 5 p.m.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ben Drati, Superintendent
Online Auction ends at 9pm on Sunday November 13th!
Be sure to place your bids!
here are a lot of amazing items to bid on - from unique experiences like a Private Dinner Party Prepared by a Michelin Star Chef who happens to be one of our very own Will Rogers Dads, to a Winter Break Stay at an Exclusive Palm Springs Home, and with lots of restaurant gift cards, kids camps and classes, tickets to the LA Kings, the Rams…and awesome Rogers-only events hosted by many of our dedicated Will Rogers staff.
Your participation in our Auction allows the PTA to support our school and all the students in various ways: providing supplies for the classroom, books and materials for our STEM program, and hosting fun community events like our Cinco de Mayo celebration, the picnics, and our family dances.
Kick start your HOLIDAY SHOPPING and spread the word - log on to BiddingForGood.com/WillRogers to support the school.
Let’s bid for our kids!
Critical Conversations event on November 17th
We are excited to partner with New Roads Schools for an upcoming Critical Conversations event on November 17th featuring award-winning journalist, Lisa Ling.
This event will allow for reflective discussion and deeper dialogue. Following each conversation interested community members reconvene for smaller breakout group discussions around prompts following established protocols.
The Reflective Discussion and Deeper Dialogue for Lisa Ling will occur on December 1st at 5:00 p.m. This event will take place on Zoom. Please see the flyer below for more details.
Our LOST AND FOUND racks are OVERFLOWING!
They will be outside the main gates on most days so please stop by and browse the racks. There are water bottles, lunch boxes, some bags, some hats, a skateboard, jackets galore, about a dozen black hoodies, a dozen grey hoodies, a dozen blue hoodies, …you get my point. There’s a lot.
Whatever doesn’t get picked up by Veteran’s Day (Nov 11th) will be donated.
Please do not forget to send with your child every day:
- Backpack with necessary classroom materials (teacher will communicate)
- Re-useable water bottle. We have filling stations on campus.
- Morning recess snack
- Lunch (lunch available to all students free of charge for the 2022-23 school year.)
- Sunscreen (put on prior to arriving at school)
- Hat
- Layers of clothing (sweatshirt, windbreaker, etc.) Keep an eye on the weather.
*Please do not bring toys, Pokemon cards or PE equipment to school. We will provide your children all the learning tools needed to have a great day!
PEANUT FREE CAMPUS
Every year we welcome several students to our school with food allergies. Reactions range from mild to life threatening. We invite and ask your help and cooperation to help them stay safe.
1. Ask parents to not pack peanuts, or products containing peanuts, for snack or lunch. This includes peanut butter. Should your child come to school with a food item of concern, we will politely remind of our goal to be peanut free or provide an alternate snack.
2. Engage the children in frequent and consistent hand washing upon arrival and before and after lunch.
4. There will be no classroom projects using peanuts, peanut-based products or any other products we know may provoke an allergic reaction. Please do not send any of these projects to school with your child.
5. Closely monitor students so they are not sharing snack or lunch foods. We ask you to assist us by teaching your child that he/she are not to share or give food to other students. Doing so may be life-threatening.
6. SMMUSD Food Services does not serve nut products as part of the lunch program.
The faculty and staff at Will Rogers will work diligently to promote peanut free classrooms and play spaces. Faculty and staff, including our nursing staff, have been trained to respond to an allergic reaction. We seek to prevent one and need your help to have a peanut free campus!
Folklórico Program for the 2022-2023
We are pleased to announce the beginning of our folklórico program for the 2022-2023 school year. This is a joint effort by Santa Monica Malibu School District and Teocalli Cultural Academy. The response to the program has been great! We grew from two sites to four for the current year. We will be offering classes at McKinley Elementary School, Edison Language Academy (Last semester sites) and adding Will Rogers Learning Community and Roosevelt Elementary School this year. If you know of a student who would still like to enroll, please share this link:
The schedule for the upcoming year, beginning the week of September 19 is:
Rogers 9/22 Tuesdays-Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm
AT-HOME ANTIGEN TESTS sent home in your child's backpack!
We will no longer require COVID testing at school. Instead, we will provide free, at-home test kits. Negative test results do not need to be shown to school staff for admittance to school. If your child tests positive please stay home and contact our school nurse.
With this decision comes the expectation that parents and staff will be cooperative in weekly antigen testing at home. It is in our collective best interests to maintain in-person instruction without disruptions of class or school closures due to outbreaks. We want everyone to recognize that we are part of a school community that relies on each other to do the right thing, which is to support the health and safety of all students, staff and visitors to our campuses and offices, by taking these weekly tests.
***Tests are always available in the Rogers Health Office.
Oops, I Forgot!
Mornings are busy and sometimes students leave for school without their water bottle, instrument or homework. In an an effort to reduce classroom interruptions and to support students with developing responsibility, please use our "Oops, I forgot" table. Make a plan with your child that if they leave something at home, a parent can drop it off in the office. We will place their item on a table outside the office. During their recess or on their way to lunch, they may check the table for their forgotten item.
Please communicate this plan with your child, so they know there is place for parents to drop-off items they may have left at home!
REGULAR ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
***Students enrolled in morning care through CDS, enter on 16th street beginning at 7:00 a.m. using the gate code provided at enrollment.
We will pilot a morning valet on 14th street between 8:10-8:30 a.m. M-TH and 9:30-9:45 a.m. on Fridays. Will Rogers staff will support children to exit cars and enter school through the front school gates. You can help by ensuring that your children are ready to exit with their backpacks on, ready to go! Parents, please do not park in the valet zone and leave your car unattended, the area will be marked with cones. We kindly ask that you take direction from our staff who will help keep the line moving and our students safe.
Parents and guardians may drop-off and say their goodbyes at the gate(s).
- TK/Kinder use the designated gate on 14th street. There will be staff stationed at the gates to assist.
- 1st - 5th may use either the front gate on 14th street or the pedestrian gate on 16th street.
REMINDER: Parent parking can be found on the neighborhood streets. Be sure to read the street signs! Please do not park in the staff parking lots.
DISMISSAL: All students will be walked to their dismissal gate by their classroom teacher. Students who have not been picked-up shortly after dismissal, will be asked to wait near the office.
DESIGNATED DISMISSAL GATES:
- TK/Kinder: Pick-up students on the TK/K yard (on 14th street)
- 1st and 2nd: Pick-up students on the TK/K yard (on 14th street)
- 3rd: Front of the school (on 14th street)
- 4th and 5th: Pick-up students at the 16th street pedestrian gate
**If you have multiple children, please pick-up at the designated gate of your youngest student. Be sure you inform your child's teacher.
ECO-FRIENDLY FIRST DAY PACKET!
https://www.smmusd.org/domain/4328
It is important we have your current contact information on file. Should you need to update your email, phone number or emergency card, please email lisadavis@smmusd.org
or visit the front office.
AMAZON PURCHASES!
As we get closer to the holiday season, remember that you can enroll to automatically donate a percentage of your Amazon purchases to our PTA whenever you shop. It's easy!
To connect to our school and help us earn a small percentage back from your purchases from Amazon, visit smile.amazon.com.
If it's your first visit, you'll be prompted to choose a charity. Look for "Will Rogers Learning Community PTA". If you've chosen a different charity previously and would like to change it, visit smile.amazon.com/change.
Donate to the Will Rogers PTA and Santa Monica Education Foundation Today!
DONATE HERE:https://www.willrogerspta.com/direct-donation-will-rogers-fund
Please consider donating to the two organizations that enhance education for all Rogers students: the Santa Monica Education Foundation and Rogers PTA. Your donations are so important. Check out the crucial staff, programs, technology, and materials funded by your donations in this chart!
Our goal is for 100% of Rogers families to give to PTA and the Ed Foundation. ANY amount makes a difference to our kids. If you have already donated, thank you!
LA Metro’s GoPass Fareless System Pass
For Year 2 Metro is requiring both new enrollees and renewals to register with a unique Eligibility Code (One code per student). Please submit the form to reactivate your TAP card OR register for the first time: https://bit.ly/MetroGoPass22-23form One form per student please.