5% of the entire store’s sales from 4p-8p go to ERE-Help fund 6th Grade Culmination

Please come out and help support Eagle Rock Elementary during our annual Shopping Night at our local Fresh & Easy located at:

4211 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90065
 
By simply donating your sales receipt, our school earns $1 for every $20 fresh&easy receipt collected. 

Proceeds earned will go towards the funding of our 6th Grade Culmination.

GET OUT AND VOTE! Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Polls open 7:00a and Close 8:00p.

Click on the following link to find your Polling Place: http://www.lavote.net/LOCATOR/

Additional Election information may be found at the following websites:




Official Voter Guide: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/
State Propositions: http://elections.latimes.com/voterguide-2012/
Los Angeles County Measures: http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/11/06/ca/la/meas/

Daylight Savings Time Ends Sunday, 11/4 2:00a. Remember to set your clocks back one hour

DST is also used to save energy and reduce artificial light needed during the evening hours — clocks are set one hour ahead during the spring, and one hour back to standard time in the autumn. However, many studies disagree about DST's  energy savings and while some studies show a positive outcome, others do not.

Benjamin Franklin first suggested Daylight Saving Time in 1784, but modern DST was not proposed until 1895 when an entomologist from New Zealand, George Vernon Hudson, presented a proposal for a two-hour daylight saving shift to the Wellington Philosophical Society.

The conception of DST was mainly credited to an English builder, William Willett in 1905, when he presented the idea to advance the clock during the summer months. His proposal was published two years later and introduced to the House of Commons in February 1908. The first Daylight Saving Bill was examined by a select committee but was never made into a law. It was not until World War I, in 1916, that DST was adopted and implemented by several countries in Europe who initially rejected the idea.

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/

Thank you teachers for your input & parents for coming out to vote! Let’s make this a Great Year!

The last piece of the Budget Pie is set and through your vote we will fund buses for all classes and any remaining additional after field trip transportation is funded will be applied towards additional technology purchases. We’re excited to see what additional software and hardware can be acquired to supplement our children’s learning experience.

Please join us Thursday, 10/25 to cast our final vote to approve our 2012-2013 Budget.

We will meet in the Multipurpose Room at 6:30p to review the final line item of our Budget to determine how you (Parents and Teachers) would like to earmark the funds we raise.  Field Trips?
Tech? Both? Your voice/vote will make a difference.

Refreshments, light snacks and child care will be provided.

Will visit us, Oct 19 (6:30p-9:00p) to host another exciting Stargazing Party!

Weather permitting (and the forecast looks great) our wonderful friends and volunteer astronomers from LAAS will set-up to share their passion for science during an evening of awe inspiring gazing at the stars.

We’ll attempt to catch Mars to the west as it sets around 7:30p.  The moon is a waxing crescent as it approaches the Quarter Moon and Sagittarius (with its galactic center) should be to the high southwest. We may also be treated to a possible glimpse of our neighboring galaxy Andromeda (M31) overhead in Pegasus.

There’s a good chance of viewing Neptune in Aquarius to the high south and Jupiter’s rising towards the east towards the end of our program.

The annual Orionids meteor shower is scheduled to peak during the early morning hours of Sunday, October 21; however, you just might glimpse one after our Stargazing Party has ended!

This Thursday, Oct 18 (6:00-7:30p) Thomas Starr King Middle School Auditorium

Board Member Kayser would like to cordially invite you to a community town hall meeting to discuss State Propositions 30 & 38.  Speakers include Educate Our State, representatives from Propositions 30 & 38, and LAUSD Budget Staff.  This important event will give the public an opportunity to discuss and ask questions before the critical vote on November 6th.  Please pass this information on to any interested party.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Board Member Kayser’s office, 213-241-5555.  Thank you and hope to see everyone on the 18th at King Middle School. 

Thomas Starr King Middle School Auditorium
October 18, 2012 (Thursday)
4201 Fountain Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029

-Board District 5
David Estrada, MPP
Senior Policy Advisor
Board Member Bennett Kayser

333 S. Beaudry Ave, 24th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017

213-241-5555 (phone) │213-241-8467 (fax)
http://kayser.laschoolboard.org/ 

Click the images below for additional information:

Magazine and Cookie Dough Sales.  Help us reach our $20,000 Goal!
We successfully kicked-off our Autumn Fundraiser going on now through Monday, October 29. Click here for additional information.

Please visit the Fundraising Page and click on the link for Great American Opportunities and follow the prompts. Please be sure to enter our school ID#1858869.  Remember you can continue to make purchases year round.

You can order or renew your magazines, and you can purchase your Great American gift wrap and Holiday items as well.  Use the link to send an email campaign too.  (NOTE: Cookie dough not available for online purchase.)

We will be in need of assistance processing and later distributing orders so if you'd like to lend a hand (which we will greatly appreciate) please send an email to [email protected] for more information.

Order Forms & Money are due: 
Monday, October 29, 2012
Write Checks To: ERE PTA
Write student name in check memo.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! :)

Great(Teachers + Students + Parents) = 24 point increase in API Score-Congratulations Everyone!

Additional details regarding our 2011-12 Academic Performance Index (API) Report prepared by the CA Department of Education can be found here.

Elections_This Saturday_10/13 (10a-4p) Eagle Rock City Hall: 2035 Colorado Blvd_Go Vote!

Share your voice and support your candidate of choice! All board positions are at stake and all candidates are running for a 2 year term. Any Eagle Rock “stakeholder” is eligible to vote.

The following is a list of positions and candidates.  Click here for their respective statements.

President: Nelson Grande II, Robert Guevara, Peter Hilton, Patrick Koppula, Michael Nogueira

Treasurer: Ashley Atkinson, Cecilia Ryder

Civic Director (2): Eddie Ramirez, Irena Seta, Sande Seto

Business Director (2): Anthony Freeney, Elva Grande, Gregory Luke, Liam Roth, Hamilton Yutan, Mark Yutan

Education Director: Jennifer Nutting

Faith-Based Director: Andrea Anderson

Public Safety Director: Jose Posada, Tim Ryder

Sub-District 1 Director: Baker Montgomery, Duy Tran

Sub-District 2 Director: Carolyn Tribe

Sub-District 3 Director: Oren Bitan

Sub-District 4 Director: Michelle Frier

Sub-District 5 Director: Mark Haskell Smith, Matt Harrington

Sub-District 6 Director: David Kofahl,

Sub-District 7 Director: Michael Blanchard, Mark Magallanes

Sub-District 8 Director: David Greene

What’s a stakeholder you ask?

A "stakeholder" is anyone who lives, works, owns property within ERNC or who declares a stake in the neighborhood and affirms a factual basis for it and who is 16 years or older.

Note: Voters may be required to show more than one form of documentation to verify eligibility as a stakeholder. The City of Los Angeles, Department of Neighborhood Empowerment has sole discretion on the acceptability of document presented.  If a voter does not have proof of Stakeholder status, then the voter will vote provisionally.

Acceptable form of identification for Factual Basis Stakeholder voting status are:

-Valid CA Driver's License
-Valid CA Identification Card
-Picture ID (work ID, school, gym, club, credit card, etc.)
-Valid Passport
-Self-Affirmation to be eligible to vote for Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
-Receipts from businesses within the neighborhood