IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION
• STAR Testing
• Kona Ice Tomorrow/CVES PTA sponsored event
• The Parent Project
• Furlough Days
• PTA News
• YMCA News
• Featured Articles
• Quote of the Week
STAR TESTING/A STATE OF CALIFORNIA SPONSORED EVENT
Crown Valley Elementary will be administering the STAR tests to students in grades 2-5 beginning Monday, May 3. The assessment program takes approximately two weeks, including make up days. Your child’s teacher will be sending home specific information about testing times. Please encourage and support your child to do his/her very best.
KONA ICE TOMORROW/CVES PTA SPONSORED EVENT
Kona Ice will be visiting CVEStomorrow. The CVES community will have the opportunity to purchase shave ice and ice cream products for $2-$4 each. Check out Kona Ice at http://oc.kona-ice.com/
BLOOD DRIVE AT CVES
Crown Valley elementary and the American Red Cross will be holding a Blood Drive on Wednesday, May 12 in the MPR/CAA. Give the gift of life. . . Donate Blood. To make an appointment, please contact Pat Brandt at CVES at (949) 495-5115, or Suzanne at the American Red Cross at (714) 686-3331 or access the website at http://www.redcrossblood.org/
THE PARENT PROJECT
While the overwhelming majority of parents with high risk youth deeply
care about their children, most parents simply do not know how to intervene
when their children need them the most.
The Parent Project® was specifically designed to address the critical issues
parents face today, and offer practical, no nonsense solutions. Because of
its success in preventing, identifying, and intervening with the most
destructive behaviors, the Parent Project® has won three state awards in
California and has been adopted for use by school districts and communities
throughout the nation.
Please visit the CVES website for more information and down load a flyer.
FURLOUGH DAYS
Due to the increasing budget crisis the Capistrano Unified School District is experiencing, the Board of Trustees has implemented three furlough days; days when all school sites and district offices will be closed. Students do not attend school on furlough days. A fourth furlough day will occur on a current non-student day. All meetings and school events will cancelled on these days. An updated calendar will be posted on the CVES website, along with an updated Quick Reference Calendar.
The following days have been selected as furlough days:
• Friday, May 28 . . . . . . . . day prior to Memorial Day weekend
• Tuesday, June 1 . . . . . . . day following Memorial Day weekend
• Friday, June 11
• Thursday, June 24 . . . . . . day after last student instructional day.
PTA NEWS
Next PTA meeting will be held Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 PM in the school’s library.
YMCA NEWS
YMCA INFO- OPEN TO ALL CROWN VALLEY STUDENTS
Sat. May 8th 10am-2pm – SUMMER KICK OFF EVENT
Come and join us this Saturday at the South Coast YMCA (over by Laguna Niguel Community Park) for a fun filled day of free carnival games, bounce house, prizes, Dunk Tank (YES I Ms. Louisa will be in it once again), face painting, DJ, Directors Disco Dance, and the amazing game truck. This year we will be selling hot dogs, chips, soda, cotton candy, popcorn, sandy candy, and rubber ducky’s. All proceeds will go towards our CAMPAIGN which allows us to offer Financial Assistance for those in need.
Prices for food: Hot dogs, chips, and drinks $1 (combo pack $2), Family Pack $6 – 4 hot dogs, 4 chips, and 4 drinks. Cotton candy and pop corn $.50, and Sandy Candy $2. Remember all proceeds go towards our FINANCIAL AID Fund.
We hope to see you all there……for address or directions please call 949-495-3776
Child Care Available
Are you still looking for a safe place for your child this summer with ratios, a fun and exciting environment filled with activities, and caring, professional staff. Well look no further than our YMCA we offer activities Monday-Friday and we are open 6:45am-6pm and our fieldtrips are on the best day of the week Friday. Each day is themed and includes bib days, water days, wheel days, walking field trips, and club days. Remember if you enroll your child before the first week of June you will save $$$.
For questions and a tour our YMCA please call Louisa 949-495-3776 or lvillegas@ymcaoc.org we look forward to you joining our Y family
FEATURED ARTICLES
Union: Strike sends message to other districts
Music blared across the blacktop at Las Palmas Elementary as teachers, parents and students celebrated the end of a three-day strike with hugs, applause and plenty of woot woots. “For the first time in a long time I can actually say this and mean it – Good Morning!” Principal Kristen Nelson shouted to an audience of cheering students, parents and teachers at the San Clemente school. “Today, we welcome back our stars.” The five-day standoff between the Capistrano Unified School District and its teachers union ended late Monday when negotiating teams agreed to a three-year deal modifying a 10.1 percent pay cut imposed on teachers in March.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/teachers-246023-strike-district.html
Strike was symptom of long-term distrust
Capistrano Unified School District teachers are proclaiming victory after three days of striking, saying “we can hold our heads high.” District officials, meanwhile, are touting a tentative settlement agreement reached with teachers late Monday as “providing consistency and stability” for Orange County’s second-largest school district. But the long-term impacts of the five-day standoff over a 10.1 percent pay cut are probably best described in less rosy terms, observers say. The picketing, the angst, the anger all may be signs of a school community nowhere close to healing, and the fleeting jubilation both sides are feeling in the wake of Monday’s tentative settlement may simply revert to distrust and discontent in the days ahead.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/capistrano-246188-three-strike.html
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The strongest principle of growth
lies in human choice.”
Anthony Bogle
Principal
