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BLUES’ NEWS
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Richmond Street School and PTA Newsletter
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October
2007
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Volume 8,
Issue 2
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Richmond Street
School
615 Richmond
St.,
El Segundo, CA 90245
310- 606-6831
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Dickie Van Breene, Principal
Jack Plotkin, Assistant Principal
elsegundousd.com/richmond_school
Shari Gulian, Newsletter Editor
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Tammy Long, PTA President
PTA El Segundo Council
Thirty-Third District
California State PTA, everychild.onevoice
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear
Richmond
Street Families,
October is a fun and busy month. Please remember every Monday is a minimum day
and Monday, October 29 is a Pupil Free Day.
All K – 12 teachers will be meeting for a special presentation by
William Strauss, author of Millenials
Rising, a book about the current generation of children in school. This informative presentation will be
followed by a panel discussion consisting of executives from the business
community and representatives from our teaching staff. The discussion will focus on what we as
educators need to do to prepare our students for careers in a global economy. We
will be sure to gain valuable insights that we will be able to apply to your
child’s education.
Friday, October 26 is an exciting night at Richmond Street School for the entire
family. It’s the Fall Festival. There will be games, music, food and
more. We have a Silent Auction and all
the teachers and administrators get involved by offering to take the highest bidding
students for a fun outing after school.
We hope you will join us on the playground behind the school between 5:00 and 8:00
p.m.
We’ll celebrate Halloween with a parade for grades
1 – 5 on Wednesday, October 31 at 2:20 in Library Park. Parents are invited to watch the parade from Library Park. Please read on for costume details. Kinder
parents will be advised of Halloween activities by your child’s teacher.
Sincerely,
Dickie Van Breene
Principal
dvanbreene@esusd.k12.ca.us
Appropriate
School Shoes
Open toe shoes are not allowed at
school. The plastic clogs that are
very popular now are also not appropriate for school. We have had several injuries due to these
types of shoes. Please send your
child to school in tennis shoes so they can run, jump, and play safely. Please pack a pair of tennis shoes in
your child’s backpack if your child must wear fancy shoes for a special
occasion.
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HALLOWEEN PARADE 
Grades 1 – 5 will have a Halloween
Parade on Tuesday, October 31 at 2:20 in Library Park. If your child is an Early Bird he/she may stay for
the parade or you may take him/her home. Students may not wear costumes
to school. Please send your child’s costume to school in a bag.
Please send a costume that your child can slip over his/her clothes. An
alternative activity will be provided for those students who do not wish to
participate.
Costume Guidelines
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Students may not come to school with
unnatural hair color. Parents may spray it on before the parade.
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Weapons/sharp objects are not allowed
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Glamour costumes should be in good
taste
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Infamous contemporary character
costumes are not allowed
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Wigs/masks should not obstruct
vision
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Shoes should be safe and comfortable
Parade Directions
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Classes will line up on their
butterflies at 2:20
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Classes will exit out the Mariposa
gate by the plunge and will be led by 1st grade
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Classes will walk down Mariposa
through Library Park and through the park twice
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Parents may view the parade in the
park
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Students will return to their
classroom and my be dismissed early if a parent is at the classroom and informs
the teacher
An alternative
activity will be held in the cafeteria for those students who do not
participate in the parade
BOX TOPS 
We’re looking forward to another
exciting school year. Judy Nieto
and I are your Box Top Coordinators and WE WILL BE COLLECTING BOX TOPS FROM
THE CLASSROOMS ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH. Every month, one class per grade with the
most Box Tops will receive a small prize.
At the end of the school year the one class with the most Box Tops will
receive a special prize. Each Box Top is
worth $0.10, which goes directly to the school.
So, please send in those Box Tops.
Thank You.
Julie
Cantu and Judy Nieto
PTA Box Top Coordinators
ANNOUNCEMENTS
International Walk to
School Day: is Wednesday, October, 3. We are encouraging
students and their parents to join students around the world and in our own
neighborhood (Center Street is also participating) by
walking to school. This will help
alleviate traffic around our school and it also promotes healthy habits. Many of our teachers and administrators will
be walking to school, too!
Arbor Day: We would like to thank TruGreen for donating
several trees for our Richmond Street Arbor Day that was held on September
29. Each class planted a tree and every
student went home with a “Baby Tree Kit”.
Students can grow their own Blue Spruce from the seeds provided in the
“kit” and then plant the tree in their backyard. We would also like to give a special thank you
to Mrs. Pickett who played our evergreen tree.
Congratulations to our new
school site representatives: Mrs. Nilsson, Mrs. Smith,
and Mrs. DeAngelis were elected to School Site Council. Mrs. Stoker is our alternate. They join Ms.
Gulian and Mr. Bonilla on the council. We would like to thank all of you who
were nominated and we hope you will continue to stay involved by joining PTA.
Loading Zone: The loading zones are for pick-up and drop-off
only. For the safety of all students
please drive carefully and slowly. The
El Segundo Police Department may ticket individuals who are double-parked. Crossing guards will be on site to help
students and to monitor traffic.
Visitors and Volunteers: per Education Code and for the safety of
students, all visitors and volunteers must first check in at the school office.
Receive Preferred Mailing:
(If you would like to be on an email list we will send you notices and
announcements)
1.
Log onto the school website at
http://elsegundousd.com/richmond_school
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Click
on the button “sign-up for our mailing list” below the home page graphic
3.
Type
your email address
Skateboards, Skates,
Roller Blades, Roller Shoes, and Scooters are not allowed at school! This is school board policy. Helmets must be worn when riding a bike to
school.
PAID
POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT RICHMOND
Please contact Assistant Principal Plotkin if you are
interested in before or after school, small group, math tutoring for 3rd
grade or in noon supervision.
MESSAGE
FROM OUR PTA
Wow,
school is in full swing and the PTA is off and running! If you haven't already
done so and would still like to, PTA is continuing to accept PTA membership
envelopes. Your membership helps our kids!
The pink
Parent Volunteer cards went home last week. These cards help us find
volunteers for all of the activities PTA supports. We have a wide variety
of ways parents can volunteer from the work room to sending in baked goods for
meetings. Take a look at the card and send it back to school with your
child. We would love to have you helping us!
The Fall
Festival Committee is working furiously to put together the best fall festival
ever. Please mark your calendars for October 26 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. We will have games, food,
sweet walk, music and our ever-popular silent auction.....speaking of the
silent auction, Shannon Magid is accepting all donations for the auction.
You may leave donations in the office.
Also this
month is our Dream Dinners promotion. The Dream Dinners in West Los Angeles will give a portion of the
profit to our school if you book a session between Oct. 17 and Nov. 15.
All information will be given at our October PTA meeting. Last year we made
over $500 from Dream Dinners!
A huge
thank you to Brandy Smith for all of her hard work on our Innisbrook Fall Fund
Raiser. Job well done! Well,
another thank you to all of the parents who attended last month's
meeting. PLEASE COME AGAIN! This month our meeting is
on October 8 at 7:15 p.m in the cafeteria. I hope
to see you there!
Tammy
Long
PTA
President
Richmond Street School Walk to School Day – Wednesday,
October 3
It
has become widely accepted in the fitness community that the average person
should walk 10,000 steps per day to help maintain optimum health. 10,000 steps are equal to 5 miles! Sure kids
play, and have their sports activities, but an easy way to make sure your
children achieve the goal of 10,000 steps is by walking to school (and walking
back home from school ) each day. Most
children who attend RSS live within a mile of the school.
Top Ten Reasons for
Walking to School:
1. Walk to school - make our
environment cleaner!
2. Walk to school - save money on
gasoline!
3. Walk to school - enjoy the
opportunity to talk to your children about their day!
4. Walk to school - relieve the
traffic congestion around the campus!
5. Walk to school - appreciate
the beautiful California weather!
6. Walk to school - teach your
children road safety rules
7. Walk to school - get to know your
neighborhood!
8. Walk to school - jumpstart
your day!
9. Walk to school - talk to your
friends on the way!
10. Walk to school - it's free!
This is the year El
Segundo Schools go Green! Leave the cars
and home and get out and walk! Join us
by walking on the 3rd
of October!
JOIN
US FOR FALL FESTIVAL 2007
Show
your Blues’ spirit by supporting Richmond Street School’s 8th Annual
Fall Festival. And what is Fall Festival?
It is a carnival sponsored by the PTA which generated over $33K last
year and gets bigger and better year after year. So skip the LA County Fair and spend your
money locally to help benefit our wonderful school.
The
big night is Friday, October 26, 2007 from 5
– 8 p.m.
at Richmond Street School. There will be plenty of
entertainment for kids of all ages including fun games, yummy food, music and
the ever-popular Sweet Walk, where lucky winners take home tasty treats. This year the food court will be expanded to
include many more adult food options.
And while you’re at it, contribute to the fifth-grade class booths by
purchasing food and beverages to help fund their class picnic. So come hungry
and feed the whole family!
Spark
your curiosity by checking out the amazing Silent Auction where local families
and businesses generously donate some of their finest goods. Everything from weekend getaways, to spa
packages, to dining certificates and even pet care gift baskets can be bid
on. And don’t forget the special teacher
outings and even grade level theme baskets which can really put a smile on your
child’s face. So come with your checkbook in hand and ready to outbid even your
closest friends!
The
Fall Festival is our school’s largest fundraiser and could not be possible
without the support of our parent volunteers.
You can get involved in many ways.
Being part of the Fall Festival planning committee, manning a booth the
night of the event, set-up/clean-up, selling tickets after school or at the
event, contributing baked goods to the Sweet Walk, or donating items to your
grade level baskets and/or Silent Auction.
Anything that your schedule will allow would be most appreciated.
At
this time, the Fall Festival committee is making an additional plea for small,
child friendly donation items to help stock the game prize inventory. Baskets
of all sizes and shrink wrap are also in need to package the silent auction
donations, so please feel free to drop off any of these items in the PTA room
adjacent to the auditorium.
Admission
is free, but tickets are required for food and games and may be purchased for
$.50 each after school or at the festival. Look for ticket pre-sale order forms
coming home with your children. Any additional questions regarding ticket sales
may be directed to Brandy Smith at 310-615-1944. For all other inquiries, contact Cathy
McKenna, Festival Chairman at 310-819-5122.
All
proceeds go entirely to support Richmond Street School. Hope you can make it!
Heidi
Wang
Fall
Festival Publicity Chairperson
ESCRIP FUNDRAISING PRGRAM
Help Richmond Street
School PTA earn up to money for our school by simply using your favorite credit
card for your shopping through the eScrip Program. EScrip is proven to be a fantastic resource
for fundraising where participating business partners contribute a percentage
of your Vons or Pavilions loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card
purchases to Richmond Street School PTA. Some of the merchants who participate
are Baja Fresh, Bristol Farms, Macys, Vons/Pavilions and more! Visit
http://www.escrip.com for a full list of participating merchants.
Here's how it works:
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You register any one or all of your existing
grocery loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program. Go to http://www.escip.com. Richmond Street School PTA is Group ID is #149415341
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Participating merchants will make contributions to
Richmond,
based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.
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Your purchases are tracked and available to you
online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning on your child's
behalf!
Ann Mazuk
eScrip Coordinator
RECYCLING
(FUNDINGFACTORY) FUNDRAISING PROGRAM
Richmond Street School PTA is
participating in the FundingFactory Recycling Program! This fundraiser is FREE
and simple because there's nothing to sell, no paperwork to fill out and no
deadline. The program runs year-round, accumulating constant income for our
efforts. But we won't get very far without your support. Please donate your
empty printer cartridges and used cell phones to our school and we'll take it
from there! We will recycle the cartridges and cell phones through FundingFactory
to earn cash.
Last year alone, more than 300
million cartridges were thrown away, while 30,000,000 cell phones were tossed
or replaced. We're alleviating the volume of waste that goes into landfills,
while collecting cash we need to keep our school running smoothly. Your help is
vital to our fundraising success. Cell phones and cartridges can be dropped off
at the following locations: with your classroom teacher or RSS Office.
FundingFactory also sponsors a
businesses support program, where your employer can help out our school without
spending a cent. Prepaid shipping boxes can be sent, free of charge, directly
to any business, organization or other facility within the continental United States.
Business supporters simply need to load the boxes and leave them for the
next UPS pickup. If you work for a company that may be interested in supporting
us, please call Funding Factory toll-free at 1-888-883-8237. Give the customer
service representative our school identification number, 119769, and they'll
set you up to support our account.
Thank you for your support!
Steve
Mazuk
Printer
Cartridge & Cell Phone Recycling Coordinator
National
PTA Reflections Program 2007-2008
"I Can Make a Difference by..."
This annual program provides kindergarten through
12th graders the opportunity for artistic expression and positive recognition
for creating original works of art. The program also increases awareness
of the importance of the arts in education.
The program follows a "contest" format;
however the emphasis is on participation. All participants will receive a
certificate of participation and 1st-3rd place win a cash prize!
Additionally, all entries will be displayed next spring at a Community Art
Exhibit showcasing the talent of all ESUSD students.
This year's theme is "I Can Make a Difference
by..."
Students may submit entries in any of the
following categories:
Film/Video Production
Dance Choreography
Musical Composition
Photography
Visual Arts
Literature
Student Entries are due in the school office by Friday, November 9th.
Entry forms, rules, and complete program information are available in the
school office.
Parents: Please encourage your children to
participate in this fun and rewarding extra-curricular art activity! Any
Questions? Interested in helping with this program? Please contact
Joanna McLees at 310-322-7777 or joanna.mclees@sbcglobal.net
FALL
FESTIVAL SILENT AUCTION
Do you have a cool hobby? Do you or someone you know work at
a really neat place? If so WE WANT YOU!!! We are currently accepting
donations for our silent auction. Anything from homemade jewelry,
timeshares, sporting event tickets, promotional items....the list is endless!!
All donations are tax deductible and the forms are available on Richmond Street's web site (elsegundousd.com/richmond_school). Please send all donations to
the office attention: Shannon Magid. Any questions 310-200-7865 or
teamsquid5@aol.com
BOOK
FAIR VOLUNTEERS
Book
Fair Blizzard - Volunteers Needed! An
Extreme Excitement Advisory has been issued. Our Reading Radar shows a
Scholastic Book Fair on a direct path with our school. Book Fair Blizzard
is expected to hit on Monday, December 10th and continue through Friday,
December 14th. So we can expect some of the coolest days ever at Richmond Street Elementary School.
We're anticipating record-breaking attendance at our special Family Event on
Thursday, December 14 from 5:00
to 8:00 p.m.
We need all the help we can get. If you are interested in volunteering to
help with the book fair, please contact Michele Leach at 310- 322-5144.
RICHMOND STREET SCHOOL
October
2007 CALENDAR
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Mon
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Tue
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Wed
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Thu
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Fri
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Sat
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1
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2
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3
Room Parent Luncheon
Parent Band Presentation
6:00 – 8:00
Walk to School Day
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5
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6
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7
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8
PTA Meeting
7:15 p.m.
Auditorium
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