The 2010-2011 school year starts on September 13! It is very important that all enrolled students are in attendance to keep their seats.
The first day of school will be a short day, and students will be dismissed at 12:19 pm.
Classroom assignments will be posted in the hall at the main entrance on the first day of school, and students will meet their teacher on the playground at 7:45 am. There will be a brief assembly, then class will begin at 8:00 am.
Please plan to attend our PTA social on Tuesday, September 14th from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm and our Back to School Night on Tuesday September 28th from 5:00 pm to 6:30pm.
Thank you so much for coming out en masse to vote online for our garden last month. We did not secure that particular grant, but no matter! We have embarked on our next fundraising adventure, that of soliciting online contributions. Our goal is ambitious, to raise $10,000 as fast as possible!
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This fundraising campaign will support the Phase 1 construction of the garden project, that of removing concrete, testing the soil, and building planters and furniture.
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We are on the eve of breaking ground at the garden! LAUSD has been very supportive of our project and generous with their guidance on construction and logistics. LA Conservation Corps is donating valuable expertise and labor to our project, and multitudes of community members have offered their volunteer manpower. Our plan has been approved, papers signed, and we are ready to roll!
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We invite you to visit our fundraising page and donate to our garden project:
http://www.donationstracker.com/mes_garden Donations are tax deductible, and you will be sent a ‘thank you’ receipt to submit with your taxes via email.
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The Micheltorena Elementary School garden will be shared with the Silverlake community and will provide numerous opportunities for teaching and education, as well as plenty of food and flowers for both students and community members. Our garden team is already hard at work greening up other areas of the school. In particular, a raised bed already planted with drought tolerant plants is now weeded, mulched, and sharing space with pumpkin seedlings set to mature just in time for Thanksgiving!
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Not a fan of online donations, but would like to give to our project? You can send a check, made out to “Community Partners FBO* Friends of Micheltorena” to the address below:
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Community Partners, Finance Department
1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 240
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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*FBO is “for benefit of.” Put “Garden” in the notes section of your check. Community Partners, a recognized philanthropic organization under 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities status (#95-4302067), is the umbrella organization for Micheltorena’s booster group, Friends of Micheltorena. You can visit their webpage at
www.communitypartners.org.
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On July 12, Micheltorena parents and community members spoke at the LAUSD Board meeting and voiced their concerns about the processed nature and poor quality of foods currently served in school lunches at LAUSD public schools. We must have made quite an impression, as the board decided to form a School Lunch Task Force and halt their $70 million dollar contract with Tyson Foods!
However, our work has only just begun! An overhaul of the school lunch program will take continued advocacy and participation of parents and the community. Join us on August 18 at Manual Arts High School, located at 4131 S Vermont Avenue at 6:30 PM to share in a discussion about LAUSD school lunch with representatives from of the board and food services.
Join us again at the next LAUSD Board Meeting on August 31, 2010 where we will continue to advocate for whole, unprocessed, locally sourced foods for school lunches. The LAUSD Board meeting will be held at the LAUSD building located at 4th and Beaudry in downtown Los Angeles. Park in the Visconti Residences parking lot, entrance on Miramar Street at Boylston (parking free with LAUSD validation!) Entrance to the meeting is on 4th Street. Together, we can do it! We hope to see you there!
Read more about the growing movement to overhaul school lunches at www.foodforlunch.org and www.thelunchbox.org.
Read here about some changes that have already been made to LAUSD school lunch: http://www.healthylausd.net/Programs/harvests.aspx
Send an email to friendsofmicheltorena@earthlink.org to get on our School Lunch Action Team email list.