Dear Las Lomitas Families,

The Read-A-Thon is underway! The children are very excited, watching the popcorn graph closely as it moves toward the top. Be sure to keep track of minutes read and turn them in at the end of each week. Last week Occupational Therapist Mrs. O'Conner and PE Teacher Linda McGhee read stories in the library on Wednesday before school. This week Pre-School Teacher Natalie Abal and Reading Teacher Shelley Moran will be our celebrity readers. Come early on Wednesday mornings so you don't miss out! The mystery book character on Friday was the Cat in the Hat. Each week a book character(s) will be on campus to keep enthusiasm high. Ask your student to tell you about it.

Las Lomitas League extra-curricular winter session classes begin the week of January 26th. We have a couple of guidelines I want to clarify with you:

• Please provide your Las Lomitas classroom teacher with your child's dismissal plan so she knows your child needs to go to the LLL class or sport on a given day. Without written instructions stating otherwise, your child will be sent to the flagpole, bus or Champions as usual. Please remind your child to follow the teacher's instructions! We are committed to keeping your child safe.

• Please report your child's absence from an LLL class or sport by contacting the LLL instructor or parent coordinator directly. The school office is not involved in absence reporting for LLL classes.

• Be sure the LLL teacher knows who will pick up your child at the end of class.

If you have questions about the classes, times, dates or procedures, please contact Stephanie Berman at jill_berman@yahoo.com, 650-233-9059. Thank you for your cooperation.

Until next time,

Sue Sartor

Principal

Session Requests for 2015-2016 ~ RETURNING FAMILIES ONLY

If you have a current kindergarten or first grade student and wish to move to first session next year, you must put that request in writing to Mrs. Sartor. She began taking requests on January 1, 2015. You may email her at ssartor@llesd.org. Your requests will be placed on a wait list in the order received.

New family requests are not accepted until February 1, 2015, allowing our returning families to have priority on the wait list.   If you are on this year's wait list, you must make a new request for next year. We do not "roll over" the list from year to year. Please call Mrs. Sartor if you have any questions about the session request process.

REMINDER:  All current Ladera kindergarten students will be moved to second session in first grade.  You must submit a request in order to be eligible to be placed in first session for the 2015-2016 school year.   

Kindergarten/New Student Registration

Kindergarten registration is now open.  You may come to the office to initiate the process between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.  Please see the website for details.  If you wish to be placed in first session next year,  you must put that request in writing to Mrs. Sartor.  She will begin taking requests on February 1, 2015 at 10:00 p.m.  You may email her at ssartor@llesd.org.  Your requests will be placed on a wait list in the order received. 

District English Learner Advisory Committee

The following parents and faculty serve on the District English Learner Advisory Committee. Parents who have questions about programs and general information regarding English learners are encouraged to contact these representatives. They are here to listen to your questions and help get them answered. Please do not hesitate to contact them!

Parents                                                                                   Faculty

Marta Vila: marta.vilabay@gmail.com                                 Sue Sartor: ssartor@llesd.org 

Hanna Maula: hanna.maula@aalto.fi                                   Sonya Dineen: sdineen@llesd.org 

Clare Seo: clare0316@gmail.com                                       Deborah Roden: droden@llesd.org 

Ingrid Abild-Pederson: ingrid0809@hotmail.com                   Nicole Montre: nmontre@llesd.org 

Kanako Kawai: kanako2u@yahoo.com                               Mimi Sabo: msabo@llesd.org 

Alma Vardari Kesler: avardari@stanford.edu                         Katy Williams: cwilliams@llesd.org