Pack up your picnic baskets, grab a blanket and join us for an evening of fun!  All Malcom families are invited to the Salt Creek lawn area from 5 – 8 pm on Friday, May 18^th.  Bring your picnic meal, chairs, blankets and your favorite lawn games, such as Frisbee, kites, etc.  Families are encouraged to stay on the grass area as there will be no lifeguards on duty.  What a great way to relax and enjoy our beautiful surroundings with school friends!

Kindergarten, Third and Fourth Grades will hold their Open Houses on Thursday, May 24^thfrom 6 – 7 pm. 

Despite the unpredictable weather we have had this year the school garden has produced a variety of crops for the students to watch grow and sample.  We have had artichokes, cabbages, carrots,  beetroot, turnips, peas, broccoli, kohlrabi, radishes, lettuce, cilantro, and cauliflower (although the latter didn’t look much like the ones you get in the grocery store!).  Still growing are onions and a second crop of carrots as well as plenty of flowers, including our favorite Sweet peas.  We are very excited to be working with the ecology center and are now looking forward to the spring and summer planting of tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and more.  We love to have people stop by and visit our garden which both the volunteers and students work hard to maintain although please do not allow students and their younger siblings to pick any of the flowers or vegetables during their visit.  We are always looking for more volunteers to help look after the garden both during the school year and during the summer vacation.  Please e-mail Jacqui Neuharthjacqui@neuharth1.net if you would like more information or are interested in helping.

 The Malcom garden is delighted to announce that The Ecology Center of San Juan Capistrano has chosen Malcom to be one of three schools that they will be working with this next school year.  They will not only be helping us improve our wonderful garden by providing valuable advice and assistance but will also be looking at ways that the garden can enhance the educational experience of Malcom students.  To kick off this exciting relationship we are organizing a “Malcom Garden Spring Clean” on Saturday, May 19th from 9am to 12 noon and are looking for volunteers who would be willing to come and help prepare the garden for this fantastic opportunity.  We will be weeding, digging, gopher proofing, amending, trimming and having a wonderful time.  This is an opportunity that the whole family can get involved in and would also be a perfect way for middle and high school students to earn service hours.  If you would like to help or would like more information please contact Jacqui Neuharth at  jacqui@neuharth1.net  or 949 4817471.

Are you interested in homeschooling your kindergarten through 8th grade student? Capistrano Unified School Districts offers a home school option.  Capistrano Home School provides parents all of the textbooks, workbooks and instructional materials families need to teach their children at home.  Parents are provided with a monthly plan for every subject and the support of CUSD teachers to help them throughout the year.  Parents interested in homeschooling are invited to attend one of the Parent Preview Days scheduled throughout the spring.  Please see the attached flyer for details.  http://homeschool-capousd-ca.schoolloop.com/

Check out our Malcom Milers!!

http://www.ocregister.com/news/run-353014-students-niguel.html

Malcom's Got Talent

http://www.ocregister.com/news/malcom-343362-talent-elementary.html

 

Jog-a-Thon

http://www.ocregister.com/news/malcom-344417-field-jogathon.html

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LUNCHES & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS brought in to school during the day will not be delivered to students.  Instead, they will be held in the office for the student to pick up on their own.  To be sure your child can easily see which item is theirs, mark it clearly before bringing it to school.  There will be a table in the office for these items to be held.  If your child does not have their lunch or money to buy it; or if they do not have their musical instrument, it will be their responsibility to look in the office to see if you brought it in. MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD KNOWS WE WILL NOT BE LOCATING STUDENTS FOR THESE ITEMS.

The CUSD Parent Portal is now available for all parents of K-12 students. We strongly encourage parents to register for a Parent Portal account because in the future through the use of Parent Portal, we are looking to provide parents with the ability to re-register students in summer, update student demographic records (emergency cards), print report cards, and download important documents directly from the portal.  The Parent Portal information was shared with elementary parents at parent conferences in November.  Parents should log ontohttps://abi.capousd.org/ where you will find directions and a link for creating your Parent Portal account. A HELP link is included in case you have any questions.  If you cannot locate that information or have questions, your school office staff can assist.  School offices will close for summer at the end of the day on Friday, June 22.

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.

 Students are not permitted to leave school via the White Sail gate.  It is kept locked for safety reasons.  Please do not allow your children to climb over the fence.