DON JUAN AVILA MIDDLE SCHOOL
DJAMS NEWS
Principal: Chris Carter
December 12, 2008
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WINTER BREAK DATES
CUSD schools and the Education Center will be closed for winter break from December 22 through January 2. All offices will reopen on Monday, January 5th, 2009.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STUDENTS
Special message for Instrumental Music students: Instruments must be brought home on Thursday, December 18 – please do not leave instruments at school over break as they will not be needed in class Friday, December 19. Thank you!
TOYS FOR TOTS
Our Toys for Tots Drive is going well so far and PAL students will continue to pick up unwrapped gifts that have been donated through homerooms until December 18. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate children in our community.
AAA/GATE UPDATE
AAA/GATE testing letters have been mailed out to qualifying students, but very few permission slips have come back. Students who do not have permission will not be tested, so please send in the lower portion of the letter to DJAMS as soon as possible. Testing is on January 14!
Tracy Alexander
AAA/GATE Coordinator
CAMDEN PARK COMMUNITY
The Camden Park community is having problems with students walking through their landscaped areas. Students are reminded to please be respectful of our neighboring communities and use sidewalks when walking home.
SHOP ONLINE AND SUPPORT THE DJAMS PTSA
Do you still have a few gifts left on your holiday shopping list? Enter www.escrip.com then click on At the Online Mall in the upper left corner of the site and shop! Your favorite online vendors will make a donation to the DJAMS PTSA with each and every purchase! It’s easy and it’s free to you, the store makes the donation. Hundreds of your favorite stores are accessible from the site — Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Nordstrom, Toys R Us, and many, many more! Remember: www.escrip.com, then At the Online Mall.
Thank you for your support,
DJAMS PTSA
YMCA TEEN CLUB NEWS
Did you know we are located right on campus for before and after school care for your middle school student? Did you also know that we are now currently open for enrollment?
The YMCA is dedicated to building strong kids, strong families, and strong communities and we are doing it every day at your child’s school! We encourage you to come join in the fun! We have affordable rates that are structured to remain consistent throughout the year. We offer full and part time rates, which include: 5 day, 3 day, 2 day, and before school only options. We also have a diverse membership program that includes: Y Guides, Y Arts, Sports, Aquatics, and YMCA Fitness Facility. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Parker at (949) 360-9517, mparker@ymcaoc.net; or Chris Spitler at (949) 360-9517, cspitler@ymcaoc.net .
* As we approach Winter break, the YMCA will be offering Daily Drop In Rates.
*The YMCA will be open Mon-Fri, December 22nd – Jan 2nd from 7:00 am – 6pm
*The YMCA will be open 1/2 day on Wednesday, December 24 and 31 from 7:00am- 1pm.
PREVIOUS NEWS
AAA/GATE FEE-BASED TEST
Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is offering public and private school parents living within the CUSD boundary area an opportunity to have their children take the fee-based Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test (OLSAT). The OLSAT is used by CUSD to identify students for the Accelerated Academic Achievement/Gifted and Talented Program (AAA/GATE). The OLSAT tests both verbal and nonverbal reasoning.
The fee-based OLSAT will be offered on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at George White Elementary School, in Laguna Niguel (Grades 2-8) and on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Capistrano Valley High School, in Mission Viejo (Grades 9-10). The cost for taking the OLSAT is $65.00. OLSAT registration forms will be available in all CUSD school administration buildings in December. Parents may also download the “Fee-Based AAA/GATE Test Application” from the CUSD AAA/GATE Website at www.capousd.org/aaa. Checks and registration forms must be postmarked by January 21, 2009 or delivered to the AAA/GATE Office before 4:30 pm on January 22, 2009, so that the appropriate number of tests can be ordered. No late registrations will be accepted.
Please Note: Kindergarten, first grade students, and students who have taken the OLSAT/NNAT in January 2009 at their school site are not eligible to take the Fee-Based OLSAT in February.
DJAMS SCIENCE
DJAMS Science Department is continuing its Ecophones fundraiser. Please help support the science department by donating old, working or not, cell phones, ink jet printer cartridges, digital cameras, laptop computers and ipods. Have your student bring these items to their science teacher for recycling. DJAMS science is compensated for each item donated. Thanks for your support in DJAMS and our environment.
DATES TO REMEMBER
December 15 Area Choral Concert at ANHS Gym, 7:00 p.m.
December 22-Jan. 2 Winter Recess – No School
January 8 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
January 19 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Legal Holiday
January 30 Student Holiday/No School – First Semester Wrap-up Activities
February 13 Lincoln Day, Legal Holiday
February 16 Washington Day, Legal Holiday
February 16 SRLA Team Runs the L.A. Marathon
March 12 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
April 6-10 Spring Recess – No School
May 14 PTSA Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Library
May 20 Open House, 6:30 p.m.
May 25 Memorial Day, Legal Holiday
June 18 Last Day of School
