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*THIS WEEK, 3/2 - 3/6: STERNBACH & NASTARIN
*NEXT WEEK, 3/9 - 3/13: TAJ & GOLDS
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CONTENTS:
- March Events
- PFA President's Message
- Counselor's Corner
- Measure V
- Literacy Week
- Monthly PFA Meeting
- Party Book
- Stand FUN-raiser
- Science Fair
- Arbor Day
- Yearbooks
- News You Can Use
- Box Tops
- Be a BL Sponsor
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MARCH EVENTS:
MON 3/2 to FRI 3/6:
*Celebrate Bay Laurel's
Literacy Week!
See schedule below for daily activities
TUE 3/3:
*Super Tuesday,
Don't forget to exercise your right to VOTE today! Find a voting center on
LAVote.net
WED 3/4:
*Restaurant FUN-raiser @ The Stand Calabasas
, 11am to 9pm, let them know you are with Bay Laurel!
*Literacy Week Event: Bookmark Creations @ Calabasas Library,
1pm-3pm
THU 3/5 - FRI 3/6:
*Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences - Gr. 1-5,
teachers will contact parents directly with conference requests, dismissal at 12:15pm BOTH DAYS for Grades 1-5
SAT 3/7:
*City of Calabasas' Arbor Day,
10am-12pm at Bay Laurel
TUE 3/10:
*Coffee & Conversation,
8:00-8:30am in the MPR
*March PFA Meeting,
8:30-9:30am in the MPR
FRI 3/13:
*Bay Laurel's Got Talent (Talent Show),
6:00pm in the MPR
THU 3/19:
*Spring Picture Day,
spring pictures for Grades TK-4th; Culmination pictures for 5th grade
FRI 3/20:
*NO SCHOOL - Staff Development Day
MON 3/23:
*Teacher Drawing Ticket sales BEGIN
TUE 3/31:
*Teacher Drawing Ticket sales END
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A Note from our PFA President, Dawn Sue-Dare
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It's March already?!? That means springtime is near (though our weather says "almost summer"), and loads of leprechaun T-R-A-P-S will be built!
MAHALO
to all of our Dolphin families who made it out for our
FIRST Annual Family Game Night
! I received a lot of positive feedback and it seemed like it was a super fun event for all the kiddos! We are already looking forward to next year!
I am looking forward to seeing our Dolphin parent community at our upcoming
March PFA Meeting
(happening Tuesday, 3/10 @ 8:30AM in the MPR). All parents are welcome to attend -- our special guest is Steve Scifres, Director of Curriculum & Athletics for LVUSD. He will be on hand to discuss the process for our new principal search, and will be discussing the role of parent input! We will also be reviewing the draft of our 2020-21 PFA event calendar and we love hearing new ideas and feedback on current PFA events!
I hope everyone will join us at the
City of Calabasas Arbor Day Celebration
! This year, the celebration will be taking place on our very own Bay Laurel campus, from 10:00AM - 12:00PM on Saturday, 3/7! Round up the kids and bring the family, because we're gonna play in the dirt! :) Take part in tree planting and campus beautification!
Our
PFA Elections
will be taking place next month. We are still looking for volunteers for various event chair positions in 2020-21...so if you're interested, please contact me or any of our board members directly!
Thank you all for making Bay Laurel such an amazing place for our kids!
GO DOLPHINS!
Dawn Sue-Dare
2019-20 PFA President
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Counselor's Corner with Ms. Baldi
March 2020
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Hi Bay Laurel Families! We will be celebrating one of my favorite dispositions this month which is Positive Mindset. Each day, we all can choose how we perceive every situation we are faced with, and it can have a ripple effect on our happiness, success, self-worth and a dramatic impact on those we love. A failure can either be looked at as dreadful, or an opportunity for growth. The more you view life through a positive lens, the more you receive in return. This world is full of challenges and many people find it easier to focus on the negative, however much of how we choose to see the world is a reflection of how we feel inside. Helping our children develop a positive mindset is imperative and one of the best gifts we can give them. Here is a great article about the effects of having a positive mindset:
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/10-ways-to-help-kids-think-positive/
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Upcoming 360 Events:
Mar 18
: Community 360 - Speaker Series - Author Jessica Lahey,
The Gift of Failure
, CHS, 7:00 pm
May 5
: Community 360 - Movie Screening
Upstanders
, CHS PAEC, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
Alphonse Karr
Thank you for stopping by the Counselor’s Corner. I look forward to working with your children and invite you to contact me with any questions, concerns, or thoughts. I am on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00am to 3:00pm, and Wednesdays from 9:00am to 12:30pm.
Thank you,
Cheryl Baldi
School Counselor
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MEASURE V NEEDS YOUR VOTE!
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Dolphin parents,
Measure V needs your vote
! Please remember to get out and vote on Super Tuesday (March 3rd) to cast your vote. A "yes" vote for Measure V
will help address our most time-sensitive safety, security, and educational facility needs, including:
- Improving instructional technology to keep classrooms up to date.
- Upgrading science and engineering labs and career technical education facilities.
- Strengthening school safety, upgrading fire and disaster preparedness and emergency response systems.
- Repairing and replacing deteriorating roofs, plumbing, heating/air conditioning systems.
Remember, m
ost of our schools have reached a critical point in their life cycle, requiring significant improvements that the State of California
will not
fund.
DON'T FORGET TO GET OUT AND VOTE!
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LITERACY WEEK KICKS OFF TOMORROW, 3/2
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National Read Across America Day starts tomorrow,
Monday, March 2nd
! Help us celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday with an exciting Literacy Week!
Check out the schedule
for our fun dress up days and special events geared towards literacy all week long!
Tomorrow, Dolphins can dress in PJs and read to their favorite adult in the library from 7:45-8:15am...join us!!
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MONTHLY PFA MEETING ON TUE, 3/10 @ 8:30AM, MPR
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Come by after drop off to enjoy
Coffee & Conversation
with Principal Cortina and Ms Baldi, our school counselor, on
Tuesday, March 10th @ 8:00am
in the MPR. Then, stick around for our
Monthly PFA Meeting from 8:30 to 9:30am
.
Our special guest in March is
Steve Scifres
, former principal at Bay Laurel and current Director of Curriculum & Athletics for LVUSD. We invite all parents to attend, as Mr. Scifres will be present to discuss the search for the new principal of Bay Laurel.
We welcome all parents to join us at this meeting! Come and get educated on our school happenings, and hear about our upcoming school events, too!
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SUPPORT BAY LAUREL: SIGN UP FOR PARTY BOOK!!
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Party Book is an online catalog of social events hosted by our amazing Dolphin Community. Attending these events is a great way for you to have fun, build community and strengthen bonds while supporting our amazing school! There are parties for adults, kids, and grade specific bonding opportunities!
We will be serving pizza, cookies and then skedaddling to our magical play yard to hunt for special treasures. This party is just for our youngest Dophins - TK/K students only! Buy your tickets today - it will be a fun way to celebrate Spring!
Step 2
: Sign up for a party to attend
Step 3:
Not only will you have fun but 100% of the ticket sale goes directly to Bay Laurel! (and it’s tax deductible😊)
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TEACHER DRAWING - COMING IN MARCH!
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Dolphins parents, do you have a student who would love to be "teacher for the day"? Or would want to have a pizza party with their fellow grade level winners and their teachers? We are currently finalizing our grade level prizes and getting ready for our annual Teacher Drawing! Every student will be able to request one free ticket, but you can also buy additional entries. The more entries you have, the more chances you have to win. Keep an eye out for more details coming soon....
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FUN-RAISER AT THE STAND CALABASAS, WED. 3/4
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Join your fellow Dolphins at The Stand Calabasas on
Wednesday, 3/4 from 11am-9pm
and a percentage of your total bill will be donated to the Bay Laurel PFA! Grab another family and have lunch or dinner out, or order for take home...either way, just mention Bay Laurel to get the donation for our school!
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REGISTER NOW: 2020 BL SCIENCE FAIR
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Dolphins, get your hypothesis ready, and your experiments warmed up, because the
2020 Bay Laurel Science Fair
is coming in April! Register today and join us on Thursday, April 30th in the MPR! This is a wonderful opportunity to design and perform your own experiment following the scientific method and present your results. All student scientists will get to explain their work to a guest “scientist” and receive a Science Fair certificate. This year, all Science Fair participants will be
automatically entered in a raffle to win an “Innovator’s Kit” from our friends at Galileo Camps
.
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CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY AT BAY LAUREL
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Please come support our School and the City of Calabasas as Bay Laurel has been selected to host Arbor Day on
Saturday, March 7th from 10am-12pm.
Everyone will have a chance to help plant six trees on the field, two fruit trees in our school garden and numerous plants in the two quads.
We encourage you to bring your whole family, neighbors and friends. Please try to bring your own shovel, gloves and reusable water bottles.
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PRE-ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK NOW!
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Every year, we hear from parents who are scrambling to buy a yearbook at the last minute, but we only order a few extras and they sell out fast! Avoid having a disappointed student and order your Bay Laurel 2019-20 Yearbook today!. Let's face it, you have enough going on at the end of the school year!
*REMEMBER*
A VERY limited number of extra yearbooks are ordered each year (usually 2 cases or less), so if your child wants a yearbook, NOW is the time to order!
Click the button below to get yours ordered today.
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School-wide events coming in Spring:
This is a great time to highlight several upcoming events that everyone in the school would enjoy attending. These events are put on by Bay Laurel students but even if you are not performing, they are fun for the entire family to enjoy. So come out and support our Dolphins!
- Bay Laurel's Got Talent - Friday, March 13th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, This show is not to be missed! Support the many talents that our Dolphins put on display during our annual talent night in the MPR. Tickets available for purchase.
- Science Fair - Thursday, April 30th 6pm-7:30pm, As described in this newsletter, the Science Fair displays experiments created and explained by Bay Laurel students. It's fun for kids of all ages to walk around the MPR and see what is on display. The kids love to tell you all about their experiments! No tickets required.
- Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka" - Lead by the amazing JAXX Theatricals team, Bay Laurel Dolphins will perform a musical show that will leave you in awe! Bring your whole family out to see how great an elementary school performance can really be! Saturday 5/23 and Sunday 5/24. Tickets available for purchase.
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EARN MONEY FOR BAY LAUREL ALL YEAR WITH BOX TOPS
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CLIP IT:
For the ’traditional’ Box Tops, please continue to turn them into the office Collection Box labeled with the student’s name/teacher’s name.
SCAN IT:
You can continue to receive credit for your Box Tops when using the app to scan your receipts. To "Give Credit" make sure you have the latest version of the Box Tops app, scan your receipt, then tap the star icon to enter your "Give credit" memo.
Questions? Please contact our Volunteer Parent Box Top Coordinator at
emediuch@gmail.com
and check out this
site
for more information on box tops.
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BE A 2019-20 BAY LAUREL SPONSOR!
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Do you have an amazing business and you want to get the word out? Become a 2019-20 Bay Laurel Sponsor and promote your business on our marquee, in the weekly PFA newsletters, on the PFA website, and in the Digital School Directory!
Options start as low as $500 for the whole year!
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2019-20 SPONSORS!
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Special thanks to our PFA Bookkeepers:
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Contact the Bay Laurel PFA:
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