Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy and school board member Tamar Galatzan will appear Wednesday at a town hall discussion sponsored by the Daily News. Local parents, students, teachers and residents will be able to ask a range of questions on education and school budgeting during the forum to be moderated by Daily News columnist and radio host Doug McIntyre.
The discussion will likely touch on some of the most pressing issues facing Valley schools, including budget cuts, the future of charter and magnet schools and Deasy’s proposal to put a $270-a-year parcel tax on the ballot to fund local campuses.
The town hall begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in El Camino Real Charter High School’s Grieb Theater at 5440 Valley Circle Blvd. in Woodland Hills.
Daily News Town Hall- Spanish Flyer
Marriott Starbucks – Oxnard
5:30 am – 9pm hours on Monday
Waiting for call back to confirm how many cards they have to distribute.
Target Starbucks – Ventura & Desoto
800 cards available
8am Monday opens
Vons Starbucks – Mulholland
Manager does not know about the program yet, but is checking into and supposed to call me back. Ugh!
So, we can still get a huge amount of funding for our teachers with the Starbucks program!
We currently have 16 projects approved waiting for funding, 8 projects fully funded and many more waiting for approval which is likely to happen Monday or Tuesday!
PLEASE SPREAD THE UPDATE ON STARBUCKS!!!
It appears that we do have 3 participating Starbucks in Woodland Hills for the DonorsChoose Gift Cards. All three are Starbucks within another business – Marriott, Vons & Target. Please let people know that we think they will have DonorsChoose gift cards at these three local Starbucks on Monday, but not the “free standing” locations.
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VONS 2031 @ WOODLAND HILLS |
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TARGET 288 @ WOODLAND HILLS |
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MARRIOTT WARNER CNTR @ CALIFOR |
There are also numerous locations in Century City, downtown etc… A list has been uploaded to the Donors Choose documentation. Please scan the list and see if you have friends or family near any of the listed stores and try to get as many cards collected and delivered to your child’s teacher as you can.
P.S. Woodlake Teachers got 4 more projects approved and 3 more funded on DonorsChoose.org TODAY!!!!!
Updated date and time: Tuesday, January 24 at 7pm, the Woodlake Parent Center will be hosting a Homework Discussion meeting. This meeting’s purpose is to explore the current homework situation at Woodlake, and decide if there is any need for changes. These possible changes can be made child by child, or perhaps changes could be suggested school-wide. It may be decided that there are no need for changes. Please join us in the Woodlake Parent Center, Room 24, tomorrow Tuesday, January 17th to talk. Children are welcome, because there is an area in the Parent Center for them to play. Please email joy@ferrante.net if you plan to make it!
Hi everyone! First of all, we want to thank you so much for your support of Earning 4 Learning! Woodlake is in the lead as of the December 15 update. See link: http://www.
Of course, this can change at any time, but we can all work together to stay in the lead and win $2,500 for Woodlake! January is double points month. Here is a link to the current flyer, with some reminders about how the program works:
http://www.
Just a few points to highlight:
1) If you log receipts yourself at the concierge, the hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Mon-Fri, 11-8 on Saturday, and 11-7 on Sunday. They will stamp the receipts and hand them back to you right away.
2) You can leave receipts in the main office at school. Just please make sure to tell us if you want them returned.
3) Please collect receipts from family and friends too!
4) For every new email sign-up, it is 2,000 points. This is a really easy way to build up our points without spending any money!
5) Westfield gift cards earn 1,000 bonus points per card purchased, plus points for the value of the card.
Thanks again!
Tracee and Leesa
Woodlake has an opportunity to participate in the donorschoosela.org in two ways:
1. Wasserman foundation donated $15/parent to fund teacher chosen projects through donorschoose.org. Our teachers can set up an account, create a project and request funding for a wide variety of “projects” from a new carpet for the Kindergarten classroom or iPod Touches, art supplies and more. This opportunity ends 2/16/12. We have one month to take advantage of this “FREE” money!
Many of our teachers are not tech savvy and/or don’t have the time to make this happen. I suggest finding a parent per classroom for those teachers who need help.
The website has very easy to follow instructions, but it will require a digital photo and some time to set it all up.
2. Starbucks is teaming up with Wasserman Foundation to give out $10 donation gift cards on Monday, January 23rd. People need to go to Starbucks and make a purchase to receive a $10 gift card for DonorsChooseLA.org (1 per person). They expect these cards will all be gone within 2-3 days, so we need to take action on January 23rdto take advantage of this opportunity for our kids and our classrooms! See below for more details.
I know that each of you spends an incredible amount of time and energy working to bring critical resources to our school. This is a unique chance to bring in much needed resources without asking anyone to write a check!
Please help me to spread the word and get teachers whatever help they need to take advantage of these programs before they expire on February 16th!
Respectfully,
Kim Silverman
Thursday, January 19th
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Come join the fun with staff, parents and children of Woodlake Avenue Elementary School.
20% of the proceeds benefit the Woodlake PTSA*
Click to Download Flyer
ISLANDS
23397 Mulholland Drive
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818) 225-9839
*not including gratuity and sales tax
The Homework Discussion Meeting is being moved to Tuesday, January 17th at 7pm in the Parent Center. This will really allow more teacher and parent involvement. Before the meeting, a survey will be sent out regarding the homework issues. By delaying this meeting, many more parents and teachers will be able to participate. Thank you for your understanding!! Please put Tuesday, January 17th at 7pm on your calendars, and I will see you in the Parent Center!! Thank you, Joy Ferrante
Winter Program: Parents Are Invited!
Performances will be in The Drew Cobin Auditorium this Wednesday December 14th.
Performances begin at 8:30am, 10:30am and 1:20pm.
*Spirit Wear will be sold at each performance in front of Auditorium.*
Note that this is also the last day of the Book Fair…
ATTENTION!! Tuesday, December 13th at 7pm in the Woodlake Parent Center: Please come join Parents to help figure out a good way to address the homework issue at our school!
Many parents have varied and extremely valuable opinions. Please come to figure out a reasonable way to make suggestions regarding possible changes to Woodlake’s homework policy!! As a note: LAUSD does NOT require homework, but they do have suggestions and guidelines. Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7pm in the Woodlake Parent Center Room 24.
If you have questions, you can contact Joy Ferrante at joy@ferrante.net
