April 2012

April 2012 Arleta Receives National GEAR UP Grant ! The grant focuses on 6th and 7th grades but creates a culture of change K 8 GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program[.]

Arleta Receives National GEAR UP Grant !

The grant focuses on 6th and 7th grades but creates a culture of change K-8

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) CAP (College Ahead Program), is a federally funded college readiness program at Arleta School GEAR UP’s mission is to support early college preparation and awareness activities in order to increase the number of students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education GEAR UP will be working with the 6th and 7th graders this year, closely following them through high school and into college GEAR UP sponsored programs at Arleta School might include:

Academic tutoring/Mentoring College and career fairs College field trips After-school academic and leadership programs Parent engagement

Cultural and educational enrichment College information workshops Whether you already know about the GEAR UP program

or are new to Arleta School you will be an important part

of the success of your child as he/she begins on the road

to college.

Learn more at the community meeting on May 3rd at 6pm Child care provided!

Spring is here!

May is upon us and the end of the school year is near! It

is a fun, exciting and busy time for classrooms, teachers,

students, and families It can also be stressful as

calendars fill with activities, tasks, appointments, and

events The best way to help our children succeed in

school is to plan each week with them Homework, end of

the year projects, sporting events, family functions, and

evening school programs crowd the calendar making

planning and organization key to in every child’s routine.

With the spring comes sun and now is the right time to

remind our families and our students of the Arleta dress

code We acknowledge that fashion and what is deemed

appropriate dress is to some extent a matter of opinion

As a learning environment, we do require that dress is

appropriate to the setting We ask the students of all ages

following the same dress code guidelines:

• Under garment should not be seen above the waist

band or from off the sleeve Sagging is not allowed,

whether your shirt covers the belt line or not.

• Tops must have sleeves covering the shoulders and

closing beneath the arm pit.

• Tops with spaghetti straps or tank tops are

not to be worn alone but rather with a

second shirt or sweater.

• No Midriffs and bare back clothing.

• The bottom hem of shorts and skirts should not be

shorter than the tip of the index finger when arms are

to one’s side.

• All items of clothing must be free from alcohol or drug

references or derogating messages.

If a student comes to school dressed inappropriately, he/

she will be given something appropriate to wear over

their clothing or will be asked to call home to have

something brought in to school.

Please, never hesitate to contact me with any question,

comment, or concern.

503.916.6330

kevinc@pps.net

ARLETA SCHOOL / MARCH 2012

From the Principal’s Desk

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Arleta Receives National GEAR UP Grant

The grant focuses on 6th and 7th grades but creates a culture of change K-8

Bringing Community Together

Booster Meetings

NO MEETING APRIL 26

Instead, join us MAY 3 for the

Arleta Community Meeting

Arleta's parent group, Boosters,

meets the 2nd Tuesday of each

month at 8 a.m., and the 4th

Thursday of each month at

6 p.m Our next meetings are:

• Tuesday, May 8 @ 8 a.m

• Thursday, May 24 @ 6 p.m

Where?

All meetings take place in the

Arleta Living Room (next to the

Library) Don’t forget to check in

at the office and get your

volunteer name tag

Child Care?

Child care is available at

Thursday evening Boosters

meetings

Mark Your Calendars

An Edible

Garden for

Arleta!

Planting for the Edible Garden

was a success! We had many

helping hands at both garden

work days on the first two

Saturdays in April: families &

staff from Arleta School, Mt

Scott/Arleta Neighborhood

association, Public Harvest, and

Lifehouse Church Take a few

minutes next time you’re at

school and see the fruits of

everyone's labors — blueberries,

raspberries, currents, honey berries, huckleberries and more

The garden planting was made possible with a grant from

Southeast Uplift's Neighborhood Small Grants Program

This is not the end

— plans are in place to start work towards grants to plant the rest of that grass strip Bring

us your ideas!

Arleta Community Meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 3

6 P.M TO 7:30 P.M

CHILD CARE PROVIDED Hear about GEAR up — an exciting grant coming to Arleta!

Where should we focus our energy in the upcoming school year? We need to hear from you

The Arleta Community Meeting

is a joint venture with the Arleta Site Council and Boosters We plan to cover two main topics of discussion

First, we have an exciting grant coming our way: GEAR up This

is a grant to directly bring money and resources to our older grades, but never fear — what is learned for the older

grades will benefit the younger children too Come learn about this grant

Second, it is necessary for our school community to determine where we want to focus our energy We all have different ideas of what our school community can achieve that goes beyond core academics Should we, as families at Arleta, focus on fundraising,

community outreach, cultural awareness and celebration, social activities, sports there are so many options Which fit our school community the best? Please join us for this important meeting Child care will be provided

This meeting is sponsored by Arleta Site Council and Boosters

Arleta Clean Team

The Green Team is working hard

to keep Arleta School clean

Instead of stepping over cartons and wrappers, take ACTion to show students how to better care for our school

Join the Arleta Clean Team (ACT) Monday mornings at 7:30

by the cafeteria and help pickup litter from around the school Monday is Bread Day

Every Monday Urban Gleaners currently delivers fresh bread from local area grocers and bakeries to Arleta Be sure to pick

up your bread in the cafeteria on Mondays after school If you are interested in volunteering in the distribution process, please e-mail kandgthomas@msn.com

MORE INFORMATION

http://arletak8.net Boosters News & Info

CLICK ON

Arleta is Now on Google Groups

Join the discussion by signing up for a Google account and

subscribe to the Arleta School Boosters group or e-mail arletaboost+subscribe@googlegr oups.com

SAVE THE DATE:

Thursday, May 31

5 p.m to 7 p.m

Arleta End of

Year Picnic

This is our second annual end of

year picnic

Do you know of a business that

would be willing to donate (or

discount food) for our picnic?

We would love to have music and

games too Contact Kate Thomas

at KandGThomas@msn.com with

your ideas If we have enough

donations and discounts, the

food will be free again!

We expect to have bike helmets

for sale again as well as Arleta

water bottles, t-shirts and

sweatshirts

The Annual

Neighborhood

Cleanup is

Coming!

Mark your calendars for

Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m to 2:30

p.m at the Arleta School

Playground Have junk, bulky

waste and old furniture and

appliances to get rid of? Bring

them to the school that day and

volunteers will help unload your

vehicles and sort out recyclables

from the garbage and get rid of

it for you This is a fundraiser

for the Mt Scott-Arleta and

Foster Powell Neighborhood

Associations and has been happening annually for more than 15 years! A huge thanks to Arleta for letting us host it here every year

Want to get involved?

Parents and responsible middle schoolers are always welcome to come help! Come for an hour or two or whatever works for you

Volunteers are well fed and appreciated (and get to bring a load of junk and dump it for free)!! Have an hour to deliver flyers on your block and help spread the word? That is helpful

Edible Garden

Interested in helping maintain the new edible and native plant garden? We need your help If you’re interested in receiving notices about upcoming garden work days, e-mail

kandgthomas@msn.com

GREENING UP ARLETA

too, as we rely on door to door flyers for advertising

For more information or to sign

up to help call Shawna at 503-771-3104 or e-mail india7250@comcast.net