Dear Malcom Parents,

Malcom is planning a fun and informative week to focus on some of our core values:  friendship, kindness, caring and inclusion.  

Below is a summary of the planned school activities for Friendship week.  Please note the PTA is sponsoring a Parent Night for adults on Tuesday, January 24 at 6:30 PM to discuss Malcom as a bully free school.  Jim Cogan, a nationally recognized story-teller, educator, actor and historian will be our presenter.  We hope as many families as possible will take advantage of this educational and informative meeting.   We look forward to your support of this very important program!
Regards,
Dr. Faith Morris

Friendship Week Activities
Monday, January 23
1) Dr. Morris will introduce the Friendship Chain activity to the students at morning assembly
2) Teachers will distribute Friendship bracelets in the morning

Tuesday, January 24
1) SLAM Skit at morning assembly
2) Andrew Lee, Bully Free Video will be shown in classrooms 
3) Parent Night with Jim Cogan at 6:30PM in MPR

Wednesday, January 25
1)  Teachers will start morning assembly with an Anti-Bullying message

Thursday, January 26
1)  Jim Cogan Assemblies in MPR
a. 8:30 – 9:30  Grades 3, 4 and 5
b. 10:00 – 11:00 Grades K, 1 and 2
Note:  Assemblies will probably be about 40 – 45 minutes

Friday, January 27
1) Dr. Morris closing comments on Friendship Week at morning assembly
2) Presentation of Friendship Chain by each class
3) Special “friendship” song to start assembly 

S.T.O.P. Bullying
S – Stand up:  For Yourself, For Others
T – Take action; get away
O – Open Up:  To a trusted adult
P – Protect yourself:  Safety in Numbers, safe places

2012 New Year’s Resolution:  Recording my Child’s School Memories:  The perfect way to keep this resolution is to order the 2011-2012 John S. Malcom Elementary School yearbook!  The cost is $25.  Please purchase your child’s book by February 15^th and check it off your list of things to do!  We are using the TreeRing web-based program again, so you can log on to the account you created before.  If you don’t have an account, just click on this link and create your TreeRing account.  You will receive 2 free customized pages to feature your child.  These pages will be at the end of the regular yearbook and only in your child’s own book.  There will be a hands-on training** in the computer lab on January 24^th, from 1-2pm for those who need extra support or need to use a computer.   If you choose not to customize pages, your child will receive the alternate standard pages to record favorite memories of the school year.  An added bonus, TreeRing will plant a tree for each book purchased—right in line with Malcom’s focus on the environment!

**It is best to upload your child’s favorite photos of the year into your Treering account prior to attending the training.  If you are not able to, you can bring them on a portable hard drive or jump drive and we can help you upload them.  This will enable you to work on the pages with your own photos.  Any questions?  Please contact, Stephanie Lenthall at historian@malcompta.org

TAKE THE FAMILY OUT TO THE BALL GAME!  It’s Malcom Mariner Family Night!  Come join the fun and raise dollars for John Malcom too!  Along with Angels Baseball, Friends of Malcom is selling Angels Baseball ticket vouchers for the Halo’s game against the Orioles on April 21^st at Angel Stadium.  Angels Baseball has designated that game to be “CAPO Night”.  A portion of ticket sales proceeds sold on our campus will benefit Malcom.  There are many experiences in store for those who attend the game that evening!  Tickets are only $15 each and go on sale this Friday, January 13^th at the flag assembly.  Also, visit the Friends of Malcom ticket table in front of the library every day after school next week.  Can’t attend the game on the 21^st?  No problem!  Vouchers are redeemable for a number of Angels home games this season!

CASTING CALL FOR MALCOM’S FIRST SCHOOL TALENT SHOW:  All Malcom students are welcome to audition for  the “Malcom’s Got Talent!” show which will take place Friday evening, March 2^nd.  Auditions will take place from 3:00 – 5:30 pm on Friday, February 10^th.  Information and audition forms are being sent home in Thursday folders.  “Air guitar” and lip-syncing acts will not be accepted.

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION

Kindergarten orientation and tour for John Malcom Elementary will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose room.  *Parents Only*

OPEN ENROLLMENT

The students that do not live in the John Malcom attendance area will need to go through the Open Enrollment process, which will start March 19 through March 20, 2012.  Open Enrollment applications will be posted on the district’s website at www.capousd.org.  We will also have copies of the applications in our school office.

Open Enrollment Tours will be held:

March 7, 2012 from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

March 15, 2012 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Please call John Malcom Elementary to sign up for a tour at 248-0542.

Parent Notification will start the week of April 30, 2012

A secondary opportunity to apply will be July 1 – July 30, 2012.  Parent notification will begin the week of August 13, 2012.

Box Tops for Education:  This is an easy way to earn cash for Malcom, and a change to wina Snowcone Party for Your Class!  Congratulations to Mrs. Hunner’s and Ms. Reimer’s classes for winning the first snow cone party of the school year.  Thanks to the generous support of many Malcom families, Malcom received a check in mid-December for over $730!   As you can see, those small box tops add up to big money for Malcom.  Thank You!  

The PTA is kicking off a new contest that will run through Wednesday, February 29.  The PTA will continue to keep track by teacher of all Box Top submissions.  Please help us reach our 2011/2012 goal of $1320 by clipping box tops and submitting them to your child’s teacher or place in the box in the school office.  Please write your teacher’s name on the bag so we can give your class credit!  The contest ends Wednesday, February 29 so start clipping!  Don’t forget…. You can also get box top credit by shopping online atwww.btfe.com!  The top TWO classes with the most submissions will receive a Snow cone party in March!  Thank you for your support!  (Don’t forget to ask family and friends to help collect as well!)

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Malcom Mainsheet for Dec/January 2012

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ABI Parent Portal:  The ABI Parent Portal was implemented this fall in all CUSD elementary schools to provide a user-friendly portal environment for parents to view student information from Aeries via ABI.  It is the first step in moving toward a paperless and less time consuming yearly re-registration process for returning students. Logging into the ABI Parent Portal using the login information you received at your parent conference, you will be able to view their child’s daily attendance records, demographic information, and report cards.   In the spring, the second phase of this new system will be implemented which will give you the ability to update student demographic information, including emergency contacts and authorizations directly through the Parent Portal.  You will also be able to print your child’s report cards. This new process will also allow you to maintain updated student data throughout the year – not just during the first couple weeks of school. If you haven’t already, we strongly encourage you to register NOW for your Parent Portal account.

School Lunch:  If your child will ever be buying lunch at school, we urge you to use our pre-pay system so that students do not have to carry cash.  Lunches cost $2.50 each.  Parents can go to the CUSD Food and Nutrition Department websitehttp://nutrition-capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/ to view menus, set up spending limits and view their child’s transaction history.  Free and Reduced Applications are available online for parents to download.  Parents can also apply for Free and Reduced meals online with their child’s 7-digit ID number.  New this year, non-fat chocolate milk will no longer be offered.  Instead, we will have both non-fat and 1% regular milk.  For more information, call 234-9509.

Please help us be good neighbors by following all traffic and parking rules around Malcom.  In particular, NEVER park in the lots for Seawatch or Windrift condominiums.  Those spaces are reserved for residents and guests of those complexes.  Beginning in January, a parking patrol will issue tickets to any vehicle without a permit.  Repeat offenders will be towed.   Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Barbara Lorenz, School Site Administrator