Hello #EagleRock Families!

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We are requesting your attendance at our next PTA Meeting which will be held this Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:30p sharp in the Multipurpose Room (MPR).

This is an important meeting and we look forward to seeing a very strong Eagle Rock Elementary turnout for our special guests LAUSD Board Member Bennett Kayser, his staff and representatives from LAUSD Facilities who will be presenting on the status of the construction of our Lunch Shelter, conditions of our Bathroom Facilities and other campus issues.

This is your opportunity to hear, first hand from our Board Member regarding these and other important issues affecting our Children and our Community!

We look forward to seeing you Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:30p sharp and please bring a friend!

Refreshments and childcare will be provided.

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Saludos a nuestras familias de la escuela Primaria de Eagle Rock!

Por favor vengan a nuestra próxima reunión de la Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTA), este jueves, 17 de noviembre 2011 a las 6:30p en el Salón de Usos Múltiples (MPR).

Esta es una reunión muy importante y esperamos ver un gran participación de todos nuestros padres de la escuela Primaria de Eagle Rock para nuestros invitados especiales incluyendo el Sr. Bennett Kayser, Miembro del Consejo Escolar, su personal y representantes de las Instalaciones del Districto Escolar que se presentan en el estado de la construcción de nuestro albergue de almuerzo, las condiciones de nuestros baños y otros asuntos.

Este es el oportunidad de ustedes para escuchar directamente de nuestro miembro del Consejo Escolar con sobre estos y otros temas importantes que afectan a nuestros niños y nuestra comunidad!

¡Esperamos su presencia este Jueves, 17 de noviembre 2011 a las 6:30p y por favor, traiga a un amigo!

Ofrecemos refrescos y cuidado de los niños.

We’d like to announce that our 6th Graders have  kicked-off their Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for this Holiday Season.   Please show your support by sending donations of food to your child’s classroom where it will be collected to later be distributed to our local Food Bank to assist those members of our community in need.

Donations will be accepted now through next Wednesday, November 23, 2011.

Thank you so much!

We'd like to extend a great big thank you to all of our families and friends who came out in support of Eagle Rock Elementary this evening during our Shop for Schools Night!

I especially want to thank our parent and student volunteers who were a great big help bagging groceries, manning the table outside for the drawing and donated receipts and our "runners" who took the donated receipts to our collection box outside!

Thanks for all of your support and enjoy your Veterans Day Holiday!

Please remember to take a moment and acknowledge our men and women in uniform especially as we begin this holiday season!

This Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 4:00p until 8:00p is the Eagle Rock Elementary Fresh & Easy Shopping Night at their location on Eagle Rock Blvd and El Paso Dr! So please be sure to stop by and stock up on your weekly groceries and why not prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday all the while helping out Eagle Rock Elementary!

Did you know that last year Eagle Rock Elementary was close to being the highest-grossing school in California, which would have entitled us to a $5000 bonus from Fresh & Easy? 

Did you also know that our school earns $1 for every $20 Fresh & Easy receipt collected now through December 31? So be sure to save your receipts and drop them off at the Parent Center.

Please tell your family and friends about our special Shopping Night at Fresh & Easy and together we can make Eagle Rock Elementary the highest grossing school this year! Thanks for your continued support!

Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends tomorrow, Sunday, November 6, 2011 so please remember to move your clocks back one hour!

You rally our parents, staff and the public and project one of the strongest voices with a simultaneous phone, fax, and web campaign, that's how! Shock and Awe indeed!

Thanks to all of our amazing parents, teachers, staff and all others who helped get what may be one of the swiftest responses from LAUSD.  In case you haven't already noticed, the LAUSD delivered (3) Girls and (3) Boys portable toilets yesterday not long after lunch. These portables will serve as a temporary solution while our permanent children's bathrooms near the lunch pavilion and in the west wing are still undergoing repairs.

It was through your persistence and passion that yielded this wonderful example of truly working as a community and using all of our available resources to get some action on a long outstanding campus issue.

Here's to all of you...Great work everyone!!!

Below is the response received from Board District 5:

Hi All,
 
This morning, our office received numerous phone calls regarding a situation with bathrooms at Eagle Rock Elementary School (ERES).  Our staff member Juan De La Cruz followed up immediately with our facilities department and 3 male and 3 female portable restrooms have been allocated to ERES and should be there by the close of business today.  These portable restrooms will be cleaned on a daily basis to ensure cleanliness and safety.  Furthermore, I have gone to ERES today and followed up with Dr. Posada about the current situation and some long term solutions regarding bathrooms.  The bathrooms near the lunch shelter that are currently under construction will be functional by next Wednesday (11-9-11).  Our office would like to thank all the parents, community members, District staff, and ERES staff that have assisted with mitigating this situation.  Lastly, our office is aware of the custodial concerns in terms of maintaining the cleanliness of all the bathrooms at ERES and of the delay in the lunch shelter project.  Our office will continue to work with our facilities department to find permanent solutions to all the concerns above.  If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact our office at (213) 241-5555.
 
Board District 5
 
David Estrada
Board Member Bennett Kayser’s Office

We've reached the end of our Annual Magazine & Gift Drive! We plan to have everything checked, collected and processed by Thursday so that we can hand out ducks and prizes on Friday.

We're expecting a large volume of orders to be submitted so if any of you parents would be interested in helping between now and Friday, please email Fundraising or stop by the Parent Center during regular school hours. 

Once again, please mention this to any other parents that would be interested in lending us a hand and we hope to see you there.  Bring your calculators and we'll supply the coffee! :)

We would like to thank all of you for making this year's Halloween Festival a success! We had a fanstatic turnout as many of your kids didn't want to leave when we wrapped up for the afternoon. We had a great variety of costumes this year which made the judging difficult and we appreciated everyone's participation.

Thank you parents for helping your teachers with their booths. What a great variety of food, games and other activities and we were excited to hear that there were a number of booths that needed to "restock" after they sold out their first round! Way to go!

Special thanks to our Events Coordinator and all of our amazing parent volunteers for making it happen!

Have a Happy Halloween.  Be fun and safe!

Join us on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 3:00p until 5:00p out on the blacktop "play yard" for Eagle Rock Elementary's Annual Halloween Festival! We're gearing up for another fun year of Games, Food and our much anticipated Costume Parade! 

Schedule:
  - 1:30p - 3:00p  "Set-Up" (Parking allowed on Playground to Offload)
  - 3:00p - 5:00p  "Halloween Festival"
  - 5:00p - 6:30p  "Clean-Up"

Tickets will cost $1 each where you can support your teachers as they operate their booths for $1, $2 and $3 each to raise funds for individual class activities . They're will be Food and Game Booths, a Photo Booth, Cakewalk, Used Book Sales and many more fun things to do.  Also, be sure to drop by the Multipurpose Room (MPR) to catch one of three 5th grade performances of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"  and don't miss the Hanuted Basement!!!

Those wearing a costume will get a chance to walk in the Cosutme Parade where you'll get a chance to be spotted by our judges who will be recognizing costumes by grade groups and categories so dress to impress and have a ghoulish time!

For more info see our Flyer.