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The Raymond Reminder
Brought to you by Raymond’s PTA, Principal, Teachers and Students
October 2015
FROM THE DESK OF our principal, MRS. MCCOMB
Raymond School is planning to participate in the State of California’s Great American Shake Out Drill scheduled for October 15th at 10:15 a.m. All schools in California are encouraged to participate and we will do this as well. Raymond parents are welcome to come to school and practice with us. We encourage you to come to the school site at this time and attempt to pick up your children during our drill to help us all practice. Calendar
October
17
Saturday School, 8am
19 Fundraiser Orders &
Money Due
23 PTA Reflections Contest
Entries Due
23 Fall Carnival
CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) letters are being mailed home to parents of current students in Grades 4, 5, & 6 this week.
The CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System is intended to provide parents and students more accurate and actionable information about what students have learned in Grades 3, 4, 5, & 6 last school year. The assessments that comprise the CAASPP administration are a mix of online and paper-­‐pencil assessments. The online component contains the Smarter Balanced English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics tests. The paper-­‐
pencil component includes CST/CMA/CAPA science tests for 5th Grade. For additional information about CAASPP, please go to the following Fullerton School District link: “https://fsd.haikulearning.com/sung_chi/assessmentaccountabilityforparents/cms_page/view/
20822256”
26-30 Red Ribbon Week
30
ELAC Mtg, 8:15am
November
2
PTA Mtg, 6:30pm
12
School Site Council,
14 Saturday School
4:15
23-27 Thanksgiving Break
Welcome everyone! Our stupendous Raymond
staff was ready for the first day of school!
RAYMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
517 N. RAYMOND AVE., FULLERTON, CA 92831
WWW.FULLERTONSD.ORG/RAYMOND/
(714)447-7740 YOLANDA MCCOMB, PRINCIPAL
FULLERTON COUNCIL, FOURTH DISTRICT
CCPTS, RAYMOND PTA
WENDY REID,
RAYMOND PTA PRESIDENT
LEAH LOPEZ,
RAYMOND PTA NEWSLETTER EDITOR
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PTA MEMBERSHIP
The PTA wants to give a warm thank you to all of the families who paid for a PTA membership this year! We are encouraged and funded by your generosity. An extra thank you to the families that gave in addition to the membership dues! We are grateful for your generous spirit and love for Raymond Elementary. It's families like you that make this community great!!
We will announce soon the class that wins the popcorn party for most memberships. It isn't too late to join-­‐ there are envelopes available in the main of`ice.
- Mary Hathaway, PTA VP Membership
Third graders en
joy their popcor
n
and lemonade tre
at!
PTA BOARD & COMMITTEES
Gold Level:
Sharnette Underdue Jaysen & Jessica Humes
Kris & David Bowman Oracio & Florinda Cervantes
Silver Level:
Rick & Dee Krieger
John & Camille Chupinsky
Elizabeth & Kyle Pillsworth-­‐
Moore
Mrs. Lawhorn
Mike Guerrero Jennifer & Robert Pillon
Bronze Level:
Victoria McKay
Mrs. McComb
Maria de Laourdes Trujillo
Mercedes Martinez
Lanette Uribe
Sarah Goldthorpe
Alberta & Juan Preciado Gabby Kudron
Bryan Orozco
Ambert A. Elomina
Czarira Elomina
Nazreen Cassiere
Maria T. Escobar
President – Wendy Reid
VP Membership – Mary Hathaway
VP Fundraising – Jennifer Pillon
Treasurer – Yasmin Cartagena
Recording Secretary – Danielle Torres
Auditor – Rick Krieger
Historian – Dawn Simon
Parliamentarian – Shannon Bauserman
Advocacy Rep – Vivian Wang
Carnival – Susan Wheeler & Veronica Marquez
Book Fair – Leah Lopez
Spirit Wear – Marie Murillo & Kris Bowman
Special guests enjoying Family Lunch Day!
Room Parent coordinator – Marie Murillo
6th Grade Rep – Patricia Ibanez
SCRIP (gift cards) – Yesenia Castro
Hospitality – Jennifer Liva
Newsletter – Leah Lopez
Disaster Readiness – Valerie Brickey
Red Ribbon Week – Desiree Sharpe
Read Across America – Valerie Brickey
Re`lections – Jennifer Sanders
Yearbook – Veronica Marquez
Honorary Service Award – Shannon Bauserman
Teacher Rep. – Yvonne Silva
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Across
Happy Halloween!
by Mrs. Valerie Brickey
(Answers on p. 10)
1!
5!
8!
9!
12!
13!
14!
16!
18!
20!
21!
23!
25!
26!
27!
30!
32!
33!
Witch’s pot
Sci. subj.
Hugs, in a letter
Not newest
What a ghost says
“___ apple a day keeps the doctor away”
Paper size, abbr.
A vampire, sometimes
Dracula, for e.g.
Reaction to a mouse
Bones
Broomstick rider
Wrapped body
“____ seen on TV”
Like a fox
Head
“The Princess and the ___”
Part one of a Halloween greeting
Down
Around School
Our kids were hardly in school a week when 28, yes 28, loaded dump trucks drove through Byerrum Park and onto the Raymond `ield to dump load after load of “super dirt”. It was a crazy sight! After talking with Gumer and Joe, FSD Landscape staff who were directing these turquoise monster trucks, I learned this dirt had made it’s way to our school straight from the Rose Bowl. 1!
2!
3!
4!
5!
6!
7!
10!
11!
12!
15!
17!
19!
22!
23!
24!
25!
28!
29!
31!
It’s worn on Halloween
Pirate’s booty
It’s knocked on Halloween
Opposite of yes
The Beatles, “Let it ___”
“What time ___ it?”
Bus driver on “The Simpsons”
Where Dr. Frankenstein worked
Genetic material, abbr.
A bad omen, to some
It’s carved on Halloween
Part two of a Halloween greeting
Halloween sweets
Casper, e.g.
Stinger
___ of Man
Face hider
“See ___ later!”
Opposite of bye
Where the Dodgers play
The Hurtado’s enjoy Chuck E. Cheese!
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WELCOME, NEW FACES!
Mrs. Kimberly Reed - Kindergarten
Please welcome Mrs. Reed to her K-­‐2 classroom! To get to know her a little bit, she answered some questions for us last week...”I am a Colorado native and this is my eighth year of teaching. I have a Master of Education degree in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. I used to `igure skate competitively and I was a `igure skating instructor through college. Since I am new to California, I love going sight-­‐
seeing. My favorite thing to do on the weekends is go for a walk on the beach with my husband. We just moved to a place in Huntington Beach that is only six blocks from the water! I had a motorcycle for three years and I'm hoping to ride motorcycles again soon. I have two small parrots named Bumby and Cali. “
“There have been several fun moments at Raymond so far, but I remember on the tenth day of school, I was in the middle of teaching a math lesson and one of my students stood up and gave me a hug. Surprised by the sweet gesture, I said, "Aw thank you." All of a sudden the rest of my students rushed me and gave me a big hug and said "I love you Mrs. Reed." That is when I fell in love with Kindergarten. My class is so sweet to me and to one another. I love watching them grow socially and academically every day. I am so glad to be a part of the Raymond family and I am looking forward to a great year!”
Mrs. Melissa Pepin - Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
Welcome back Mrs. Pepin! You can `ind her with her students in room 14! A few years ago she worked with students in Raymond’s After School Program and now she’s rolled right into her new job with the TK. Here are some tidbits about Mrs. Pepin....
My favorite movie is “The Princess Bride”. My husband laughs at me because I quote some part of that movie almost every single day. (“As you wish!”)
What do you most enjoy gobbling down? I love dessert, especially chocolate. I am a HUGE fan of Yogurtland frozen yogurt and love Starbucks Frappaccinos as well. “ Thanks & welcome, Mrs. Pepin!
“This is my `irst year teaching, although I have worked in the education `ield for nearly 10 years. My most interesting teaching job was working for the Andre Agassi Foundation in Las Vegas, NV as their Education Director of Elite Sports Programs. I worked speci`ically with young tennis players (3rd -­‐ 12th grade) who had goals of becoming a professional tennis player, or obtaining a sports scholarship through an NCAA division 1 college. When I am not teaching or lesson planning, I love to cook for my family and browse various food/cooking websites to try new recipes. In TK, there is something fun happening every day. I love seeing my young students experience something new and exciting. So far, one of my favorite moments was when we were learning about our sense of taste. I l laughed so hard seeing their surprise when the class realized the “lemonade” they just tasted was really just lemon juice.
I am Mom to my 5 year old daughter, Aubrey, who just started kindergarten. I also have 2 dogs (Jake and Bella) and 2 beta `ish (Goldie & Fishy). Have f
min’ da
un stor
castle!
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it’s a “monster Book Fair”
Raymond Elementary received an incredible profit from this
fall’s Book Fair sales. The funds are to be used to keep new
books coming into the library and to support literacy in the
classrooms.
How many eyeballs?
TOTAL: 163
The closest guesses came from:
third grader, Yoltzin,
and sixth grader, Cameron !
Each received a book and
a bunch of eyeball candies!
Best selling books included Descendants Jr. Novel, Peppa
Pig, Pokemon Deluxe Handbook, Lego Ninjago, and I
Survived the Joplin Tornado. Lots and lots of books
were sold along with a whopping 59 Top Secret UV
Thank you to the 115 parents and special guests who
visited Raymond during the Family Lunch event. We
hope you enjoyed having lunch with your student; they
are always so excited about that day!
The “Teeth for Max the Monster” contest to support
Scholastic’s All for Books Program was quite a hit also!
Over $200 was raised and students enjoyed finding their
name on a paper tooth in the book fair. The funds were
used to select books from the fair to put in the Raymond
library. For each dollar we raise, Scholastic also donates
one book to organizations for children in need.
THANK YOU ADULT
VOLUNTEERS:
Jenny Fuentes-Sanders,
Yasmin Cartagena, Marie
Murillo, Jennifer Pillon,
Wendy Reid, Shannon
Mrs. Pepin’s Transitional Kindergarten class brought
in the most dollars for our All for Books “Monster
Tooth” contest while Mrs. Bristow showed her
competitive side with her 6th grade class coming in a
close second! Mrs. Sanchez’ 3rd graders were also
rewarded for their substantial participation! These three
classes received a popcorn and
lemonade treat at recess. Thank you
families for your support!
A huge THANK YOU to Jenny Fuentes-­‐Sanders for all her Monster and Eyeball creations for this fair and for substantially donating her time for the prep work!
- Leah Lopez & Valerie Brickey
Monster Heepers
Jenna
Shivum
Justin
Nathaniel
Daniela
Jessica
Rochelle
Jalani
Lucy enjoys some popcorn
and lemonade!
Khanrad
Gabriel
Jack
Yona
Dylan
Alondra
Luis
Akil
Bauserman, Shayna
Hotch, Amber CarrilloConreras, Lanette Uribe,
Catherine Mata, Dennis
McCarty, Catherine Mata
& Dee Krieger.
Field Trips
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STARBASE program
5th Grade (some 4th and some 6th)
Ms. Watts' class, Mrs. Beleber's class, and Mrs. Collins’ class took a `ield trip to the Los Alamitos Military Base and attended the STARBASE program which was all about engineering and hands-­‐on experiences for the kids. This program is chosen by the Department of Defense and the lessons are adapted to `it a “hands-­‐on, minds-­‐on” approach. The three classes enjoyed this adventure `ive different times last month!
From the students.....
“We built rockets, we painted them and we partnered with another student and launched them. It was so much fun! We couldn’t `ind where some landed. One day we made slime!”
“We learned to program a Lego robot to make it pick something up and deposit it in the trash. If we were successful at making this work, the teachers gave us Darth Vader rings!”
“The rings had been made by a 3D printer. We got to watch how a 3D printer works also!”
The students were exposed to tech environments and were able to apply their science and engineering studies in a real-­‐
world setting.
in the classroom - first grade
Ms. Silva’s Classroom STEM project...
First grade students were challenged to build a boat out of foil t h a t w o u l d h o l d plastic bears. They had to see how many bears it would take to sink their boats. Ask them how many!
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Around Campus
FROM THE DESK OF our
pTA PRESIDENT, MRS. REID
What did you explore over the summer?
“the Santa Ana Zoo” - Jose
“Shopping in L.A.” - Jaydin
“Played my drums.” - Joseph
“Minecraft.”
“hanging on a tree and eating popsicles” - Ethan
“the Colorado River
in Arizona” - Garren
“kayaking and
fishing at Crystal
Lake” - Trinity
“I went on two
“Went to Yucaipa.”
very fast slides at
Soak City.” Jensen
- Samantha
S-T-U-D-E-N-T-S
I would like to welcome you all, once again, to Raymond! Our 2015/16 school year is off to a great start, with lots of wonderful events coming up!
We’ve enjoyed so many activities already, including the amazing Monster Book Fair! A great big thank you to the parents who worked so hard to put this together and get all our kids excited about books and reading!
We are also in full swing with our PTA membership drive and fall fundraiser. These are both important for raising funds to provide wonderful `ield trips for our students. Forms and packets are available in the of`ice.
Coming up in just a couple of weeks, is our annual fall carnival! This is a great event for the entire family! We have a few new surprises in store, so plan on coming out for some spook-­‐tacular fun on Friday, October 23rd!
Thank you for your continued support.
- Wendy Reid
student council
The 2015-­‐2016 Student Council was installed late September after the candidates campaigned with stickers, buttons, T-­‐shirts, and posters. Here is the Raymond Elementary Student Board (Grades 4-­‐6):
President: Justin Hernandez
Vice President: Kimberly Ortiz
Activities Directors: Nathaniel Hernandez and Jalani Liva
Corresponding Secretary: Kalie Buz’zard
Recording Secretary: Yuna Basas
Treasurers: Amaya Moreno and McKenna Buz’zard
Representatives:
Anna Fisher, Rochelle Tran , Ainsley Kudron , Jaylene Liva , Cydney
Edmondson, Joey Pulone, Rilea Reed, Kayla Hernandez, Ashley Reynoso
6th grade camp fundraisers
!
Last month we had our `irst fundraiser at Chuck E. Cheese which was held on Friday, September 25th. We want to thank all parents and students who were able to come and support this event. All proceeds will go towards Sixth Grade Science Camp for the 2015-­‐2016 school year.
- Patty Ibañez
One of the 12 masterpieces showcased at a
recent Fullerton Art Walk. This is the work of
third grader, Ava.
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Saturday, October 24
Rotary Jog-­‐a-­‐Thon
8 am -­‐ 2 pm
Troy High School
Come participate in a philanthropic event to raise funds and awareness for polio. UPCOMING EVENTS
Wear your Raymond T-­‐shirts!
Fullerton Education Foundation Toast to Learning Wine Auction & Gala
Saturday, October 24, 5:30 pm -­‐ 10 pm
Fullerton Arboretum
Tickets are $150
The Fullerton School District hosts this event to raise funds for technology in the district.
Whether you attend or not, you can bid for items on their new Online Auction. One of the bidding categories is Principal for the Day! Place a bid to have you or your child be Raymond’s Principal for a day!
Bidding ends 10/21....check it out!
www.fullertoneducationfoundation.org
SUPPORT THE SIXTH GRADE!
Upcoming Fundraisers:
Subway Card
What a nice way to get a deal with a Subway Discount Card. Sixth grade students will have the opportunity to sell discount cards at $10.00 each. This card will be accepted at participating locations. If you are interested in purchasing one or more of these cards, you can talk to one of our sixth graders/parents after school hours beginning Friday, October 9th.
World’s Finest Chocolates
Put some sugar in your tummy with World’s Finest Chocolates. In the month of November, sixth grade classrooms will be competing with each other to win a pizza party. Each student will need to sell at least one or more boxes of chocolates. Each box contains 60 bars at the cost of $1.00 each. Let’s support our Sixth Grade Science Camp!
For any questions regarding sixth grade fundraising, contact Patty Ibanez at: (714) 926-­‐7011.
RED RIBBON WEEK
En Español...
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Queridos padres:
La Escuela Raymond tiene previsto participar en el Estado de “Great American Shake Out” para practicara un temblor en California programada para el 15 de octubre a las 10:15 am. Se anima a todos las escuelas en California a participar y vamos a hacer lo mismo. Padres de Raymond están invitados a venir a la escuela y practicar con nosotros. Animamos a los padres a venir a la escuela en este momento y tratar de recoger a sus hijos durante nuestra taladro. Esto simulacion nos ayudará a todos a prácticar.
Evaluación de CA de Performance y Progreso Estudiantil (CAASPP) -­‐ Las cartas están siendo enviadas por correo esta semana a los padres de los estudiantes actuales en los grados 4, 5, y 6.
La Evaluación de CA del Progreso del S i s t e m a ( C A A S P P ) R e n d i m i e n t o y estudiantes es brindar a los padres y estudiantes información más precisa y procesable sobre lo que los estudiantes han aprendido en los grados 3, 4, 5, 6 el ano pasado de la escuela. Las evaluaciones que componen la administración CAASPP son una mezcla de evaluaciones en línea y papel-­‐lápiz. El componente en línea contiene el Smarter Balanced artes del lenguaje inglés / alfabetización (ELA) y pruebas de matemáticas. El componente de papel-­‐lápiz incluye pruebas de ciencias CST / CMA / CAPA para quinto grado. Para obtener información adicional acerca de CAASPP, por favor visite el siguiente enlace del Distrito Escolar de Fullerton:
https://fsd.haikulearning.com/sung_chi/
assessmentaccountabilityforparents/
cms_page/view/20822256
Sra. McComb
CROSSWORD ANSWERS FROM P.4!
K-2 Book Fair fun!
Ms. Lanette Uribe helping out!
PROXIMOS EVENTOS PARA RECAUDAR
FONDOS
TARJETA DE SUBWAY
¡Qué buena manera de llegar a un acuerdo con una tarjeta de descuento de Subway. Los estudiantes del sexto grado tendrán la oportunidad de vender 10 tarjetas de descuento a $ 10.00 dólares cada una. Esta tarjeta será aceptada en los locales participantes. Si usted está interesado en la compra de una o más de estas tarjetas, usted puede hablar con uno de nuestros estudiantes de sexto grado / padres después de las horas de clases . La venta comienza desde Viernes, 09 de octubre 2015.
World’s Finest Chocolates Ponga un poco de azúcar a su vida! En el mes de noviembre, las aulas del sexto grado estarán compitiendo entre sí para ganar un miesta de pizza. Cada estudiante tendrá que vender al menos una o más cajas de chocolates. Cada caja contiene 60 barras de chocolate. El costo de cada una es de $ 1.00 dólar. Apoyemos al Sexto Grado a recaudar fondos para el Campamento de Ciencias! Para cualquier pregunta con respecto a la recaudación de fondos del sexto grado, póngase en contacto con Patty Ibáñez al: (714) 926-­‐7011 RECAUDACION DE
FONDOS DEL SEXTO
GRADO
El mes pasado tuvimos nuestra primera recaudación de fondos en Chuck E. Cheeses que se celebró el viernes, 25 de septiembre. Queremos agradecer a todos los padres y estudiantes que asistieron y apoyaron este evento. Todos los fondos r e c a u d a d o s s e d e s t i n a r á n a l Campamento de Ciencias del Sexto Grado para el año 2015-­‐2016.