The Wildcat Way Jan. Feb. 26-Mar. 1, 2024 (Week #27)

Featured Mrs. Bree Watson


Hello Loma Verde Wildcat Families!

We’re thrilled to embark on another week of learning together! Beginning on Monday, 2/26, our 3rd through 6th-grade English Learners will be undertaking the ELPAC test. With only 15 days remaining in the quarter, it’s crucial that your child attends school EVERY DAY and ON TIME to make the most of their educational journey.

Please take a moment to review the important dates, parent involvement opportunities, and special events outlined below for the upcoming weeks. Your ongoing support of our school and your child’s education is truly appreciated.

Partners in Education, Mrs. Watson

  • Monday, 2/26-Friday, 3/1 ELPAC Testing
  • Tuesday, 2/27 3:00 SSC Meeting LV SSC_Agenda 2-27-24 LV SSC_Minutes 1-30-24
  • Thursday, 2/29 2:30 Kona Ice
  • Friday, 3/1 8:15 PTO, ELAC Meeting & Coffee with the Principal
  • Monday, 3/4-Friday, 3/8 Read Across America Week Spirit Week
  • Tuesday, 3/4-Friday, 3/8 VAPA Week
  • Tuesday, 3/5 12:00-2:00 DAC/DELAC Meeting
  • Wednesday, 3/6 Spring Pictures (Free dress day)
  • Thursday, 3/7-3/14 Parent/Teacher Conferences (1:00 dismissal-minimum day)
  • Friday, 3/8 5:00-7:00 NEON Family Dance
  • Monday, 3/11 8:15 TK/Kinder ACE Awards
  • Tuesday, 3/12 8:15 1st/2nd grade ACE Awards
  • Wednesday, 3/13 6:00 CVESD Board Meeting
  • Thursday, 3/14 8:15 3rd & 4th grade ACE Awards
  • Thursday, 3/14 1:00 Kona Ice
  • Friday, 3/15 8:15 5th & 6th grade ACE Awards
  • Monday, 3/18-Monday, 4/1 Spring Break NO SCHOOL
  • Tuesday, 4/2 Students Return – Start of 4th Quarter
  • Click Here for the 2023-2024 CVESD School Calendar
  • Click Here for the 2024-2025 CVESD School Calendar

English Learner Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC) Summative Testing Has Started!

ELPAC Testing (English Language Proficiency Assessment for California) continues this week for our 236 students who are identified as English Learners. Please be sure to send your child to school with an encouraging message- because they’ve got this! :) 3rd through 6th graders will begin testing on Monday, 2/26 through Thursday, 2/29. TK through 2nd grades will continue the one-on-one testing through March 15. Click on the links below for parent resources and links to the ELPAC Practice Tests.

YMCA COIN DRIVE – YOUR SPARE CHANGE IS NEEDED!

Hello Families,

https://give.classy.org/LomaVerdeWildcats

We are raising money for the SouthBay YMCA. Please consider donating to this worthwhile program that benefits our students and community.

The top 2 classes that raise the most money for our COIN DRIVE/ONLINE GIVING will get a 30-minute water-themed Field Day activity.

Each classroom will have an envelope for money collection. ALL MONEY IS DUE BY FRIDAY, 3/8. Families can also donate online with the link below or use the QR code. Please include your child’s name and room number in the comments if you are donating online.

Please help us reach our goal of $500 to help support the YMCA. Every little bit helps, even a few dollars! Donations go toward the STRETCH program, camps, scholarships, and other beneficial YMCA programs for our community. You can share the link or picture with family and friends. Use the QR code to easily access the donation page. We greatly appreciate all the YMCA does to support Loma Verde families and the community. Thank you!  https://give.classy.org/LomaVerdeWildcats

Loma Verde is Celebrating Read Across America 3/4-3/8

Loma Verde Elementary will celebrate National Read Across America Day on March 8th.  Here are some tips for parents for reading to your children. Reading to and with your children throughout elementary school is one of the best ways to support them as readers.

Spring Picture Day – March 6

Students may wear FREE DRESS on the Spring Picture Day on March 6, 2024.

LOMA VERDE NEON FAMILY DANCE-March 8

Please mark your calendar for our Loma Verde PTO NEON Family Dance on Friday, March 8 from 5:00-7:00. Loma Verde students and their parents/guardians are invited. We will have a DJ, dancing, a photo booth, and food/drinks for sale. Join us for the fun! Students must come with a parent/guardian. It’s going to be a great family event! Sign up here to let us know who will be attending https://forms.office.com/r/azj1v5HaUT

Loma Verde Parent Teacher Conferences March 7-March 14:

Our Spring Parent-Teacher conferences begin on Thursday, March 7th, and end on Thursday, March 14th. All students will have minimum days during parent-teacher conferences with dismissal at 1:00 pm for TK-6th grade. This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss your child’s progress. Every family is expected to participate in a conference so please reach out to your classroom teacher if you haven’t scheduled a conference time yet.

We Want to Hear From You

CVESD LCAP Information

The Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) wants to hear from you! As part of our Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) process, we are hosting an in-person and online forum for families, students, and community members to participate in our annual LCAP survey. The LCAP survey is part of CVESD’s annual efforts to ensure that our resources are being allocated to meet the needs of our diverse student population.

What is LCAP?

The LCAP is a three-year plan that includes specific goals and actions to improve student outcomes and measurable indicators to track progress and outlines how the district plans to allocate resources, including state and local funding. It is an essential component of the Local Control Funding Formula, which requires school districts to create an annual plan that lists goals, defines outcomes, details actions, and tracks expenditures.

For more information, please visit our LCAP district page or look below at the LCAP Parent Guide for more information. We look forward to hearing from you!

CVESD ThoughtExchange Survey is Now Open!

Our annual ThoughtExchange for community input on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is now open! Please see the flyer (in English and Spanish) for more information. This year, we are asking the question: What are some things we are doing well, and what could improve the educational experience we provide students through the LCAP? 

The LCAP shapes our District’s goals and guides our budgeting priorities at both the district and school levels. Please join in on the conversation from Feb. 1 through April 1, 2023. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you!

Link to survey: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/629912727

Zone Transfers and NEW Registration Information

It’s that time again! Everyone attending Loma Verde Elementary on a CVESD Zone Transfer received an email with a specific link to renew the Zone Transfer for their child for the 2024-2025 school year.  Please complete this Zone Transfer (or ZT) process ASAP to keep your child at our school, or families risk losing their child’s spot at our school if a new family moves into the neighborhood. Please also remember that a Zone Transfer or Intradistrict Transfer may be denied if a child’s behavior or attendance needs improvement.

NEW STUDENT registration will begin on February 14 online for the following:

  • Kindergartners who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024.
  • NEW students in grades 1st through 6th 
  • All registrations will take place online. There will be no paper packets. To register please visit our district website beginning on February 14: www.cvesd.org

Loma Verde Elementary has plenty of space in our Preschool, TK, and Kindergarten classes for next year, but has limited openings in our upper grades. Please contact our office for questions about space availability at (619) 479-3662. More information will be posted on our district’s website at www.cvesd.org in February 2024.

  • Please note:
    • TK students will not need a renewal zone transfer link as they will need to register at their neighborhood school for Kindergarten. Our district’s Early Childhood Education department supports Preschool and TK enrollment. Please contact them directly at (619) 425-9600 Ext.181725.
    • The Renewal Zone Transfer Form is independent of the “New Zone Transfer Form.”
    • Students who will be transitioning to Sweetwater Union High School District for seventh grade (middle school) do not need to notify CVESD about this, but will need to complete registration processes with that district via https://www.sweetwaterschools.org/.

Loma Verde Elementary offers both the Dual Immersion (English & Spanish 50/50) program and English-only classes in Transitional Kindergarten through 6th grade. Call 619-420-3940 for more information or click here to register.

Share the Love 

Throughout the month of February, CVESD is looking for positive stories to highlight our amazing staff through our Share the Love campaign. All nominations have a chance to be featured on our social media channels and recognized by our Board of Education. So please share the love by nominating outstanding staff members. Click here to nominate a Loma Verde staff member.

LEAD Classes for Quarter 3

LEAD is a program that offers enrichment programs, including tutoring, music, sports, and much more! Students participating in the program learn new skills and gain the valuable opportunity to interact with peers in a physically and emotionally safe environment. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jackie @ Email: jacquel.gonzalezsand@cvesd.org

New COVID-19 Guidance Update

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and SDCOE have updated the COVID-19 guidance. The updated guidance will allow individuals to follow a more symptom-based approach than usual for other illnesses. Individuals who develop symptoms and test positive must stay home for 24 hours from the onset. A child or staff member with COVID-19 can return to school or childcare if their symptoms are mild and improving and they have had no fever for 24 hours. They are no longer required to stay home for five days. If the student or staff member with COVID-19 never developed symptoms, they may continue to attend school or a childcare setting. 

Students and staff must follow the masking guidance below: 

  • Student masking indoors is strongly recommended through day ten after testing positive.
  • Staff masking indoors is required through day ten after testing positive per CAL/OSHA.
  • Symptom onset is day zero. If there are no symptoms, day zero is the test collection date. Individuals who have symptoms and test positive must stay home for at least 24 hours from the onset of symptoms.
  • The potential infectious period is two days before symptoms begin or the positive test date (if no symptoms) through day ten. (Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date).  
  • For any additional questions, please email covtest4@cvesd.org.

New Campus Clinic Services

We are excited to let you know that as you drop off your child you will see a new Campus Clinic banner hanging up beside the school.  Campus Clinic is now offering additional services at our school such as healthcare, mental wellness, and flu testing onsite at ​Loma Verde Elementary.  To learn more or to sign up please hold your phone camera up to the QR code on the banner and click the link that appears.  We hope everyone will consider enrolling their children in these healthcare services.

WeTip

The Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) is proud to introduce a new anonymous reporting program called WeTip which launched on November 1, 2023. WeTip will enhance safety at CVESD while actively empowering students, staff, and community members to maintain a safe and secure environment. The WeTip link to the anonymous report can be found here.

Key Points About WeTip:

  • CVESD encourages all students, staff, and community members to be vigilant and report concerns – if you see something, say something.
  • Whether it’s a safety concern or any situation that raises suspicion, it can be reported quickly and easily online or through a phone call or text message.
  • Reporting a tip is easy, anonymous, and confidential.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS!

Students need to be at school every day and on time. Please make sure your child is here by 7:55 a.m. and lined up on the blacktop (1st-6th grade) or by the classroom (TK-kinder). Let’s continue to improve our attendance! If your child must be out sick, please contact the office at 619-420-3940 or

lomaverdeschool@cvesd.org to excuse the absence. Remember to bring a doctor’s note. Vacations, dentist, and doctor visits should be scheduled during our breaks whenever possible. If your child misses school, they are missing out on important learning! Our school staff will be meeting with parents/guardians, calling home, and doing home visits for students who are chronically absent.

Week #26 TK-6th grade attendance average: 93.2% (Goal is 98% or higher)
Yearly to date (7/19/23-2/23/24) average attendance: 95.1% (Goal is 98%)

Please visit this page for helpful resources on improving your child’s attendance: https://www.cvesd.org/parents/attendance-information.

  • LET’S CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR ATTENDANCE AT LOMA VERDE!
  • Students should only miss school if they are sick. Those with symptoms can return with a negative Covid test, no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication, and symptoms improving. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO BE SYMPTOM-FREE to attend school. We have plenty of rapid tests at school–just ask in the office. If you have a special circumstance and need an independent study, please let us know.
  • We begin a secure campus at 8:00 a.m. Parents/guardians must exit promptly at 8:00. Thank you.
  • Students can arrive as early as 7:15 a.m.
  • FREE breakfast is served from 7:15 a.m. to 7:50 a.m.
  • Absences that are not reported will be considered UNEXCUSED. After 3 unexcused absences and/or tardies you will receive a truancy letter.
  • If you pick up your child/children early and/or they are tardy for personal reasons this is considered unexcused.
  • Remember to bring a doctor’s note. Vacations, dentist, and doctor visits should be scheduled during our breaks whenever possible.
  • If your child misses school, they are missing out on important learning! 
  • Our school staff will be scheduling SART (School Attendance Review Team) meetings with parents/guardians, calling home, and doing home visits for students who are chronically absent (missing 10% of school or excessive tardies).
  • Thank you for helping to get your child to school every day and one time!

REMINDERS

  • EVERY MINUTE COUNTS! School starts at 8:00 a.m. Students need to be on the blacktop at this time and teachers will walk them to class. We ask all parents to exit promptly by 8:00 a.m. so that we can lock the gate after the bell.
  • Please send a water bottle with your child. Water bottles can be filled at the classroom sink or outside drinking fountains.
  • Label lunch boxes, water bottles, and sweaters with your child’s name!
  • No toys, trading cards, fidgets, or sports equipment from home are allowed at school.
  • Click here to access our 2023-2024 Loma Verde Parent/Student Handbook.

Volunteers Needed!

Our school loves Family Volunteers!

  • Loma Verde’s PTO needs volunteers to help run its events. Please contact the school office at (619) 420-3940 with the days/times you are available.
  • We need parent and community volunteers to help monitor student safety in the parking lot around our school at drop-off and dismissal time! Our Wildcat volunteers work with school staff to serve as an extra set of eyes to keep kids safe outside of our school gates. Any interested volunteers should contact Mrs. Watson or Mrs. Ivonne Jimenez in the office or call (619) 420-3940.

If you can volunteer for any of the events below, please let us know!

  • Family Glow Neon Dance 5:00-7:00 3/8/24
  • Parking Lot Safety 7:40-8:00 a.m. or 2:30-2:40 p.m.
  • Morning Running/Walking Club 7:30-7:55 a.m. Monday-Friday (club supervision needed to monitor students who run laps)
  • Spirit Shirt Sales ongoing
  • Food Distribution 12:00-1:30 3/15/24
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Join our PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) Group!

We need your help to make this year fantastic! Please join our PTO group to help out at school events. We are also looking for parents to join with membership dues of $5 per student or $10 per family. Forms and money can be turned in to the office. Membership dues help to fund field trips, school events, classroom supplies, guest speakers, assemblies, and much more! All the money collected is spent on OUR LOMA VERDE STUDENTS! Please contact PTO Chairperson, Giselle Aguirre giselleaguirrerazo@gmail.com or Faustino Lopez top.lopez@gmail.com to volunteer or ask questions.  Thank you! 

LOMA VERDE SPIRIT GEAR IS FOR SALE!

We are selling Loma Verde spirit shirts and hoodies at school. The t-shirts are $12, grey sweatshirt hoodies are $24, and green zip hoodies are $30. (Cash only at this time.) Students can wear the spirit t-shirts and sweatshirt any day of the week OR the uniform shirt. Order forms can be picked up in the office. Let’s show our school spirit, Wildcats! Please make sure to write your child’s first and last name inside their hoodie.

Gently Used Uniforms Needed

Has your child outgrown their school uniform from last year? The Loma Verde Health Office needs donations of clean uniform clothes to have on hand for children who need to change clothes. If you have any clean children’s uniform shirts, shorts, pants, or skirts that you no longer need, please bring them to the health office. We are also accepting donations of new, packaged underwear for this purpose.

Lost and Found

LOST AND FOUND

Please note that the lost and found rack will be at the front of the school.   Remember to use a permanent marker to put your child’s name on jackets, sweaters, lunch bags, and water bottles. 

BREAKFAST & SNACKS: FREE breakfast is available for all students from 7:15-7:50. Students are encouraged to bring a healthy snack from home to eat at morning recess. Students may NOT share food at school. All students eat free lunch. Click here to see the breakfast and lunch menus and nutritional information.

Click here for more information

Do you receive emails and communication from our district?

Opt-in to CVESD text messages (including emergencies by texting “Y” to 67587. Be sure to check www.cvesd.org and bookmark our district’s website and follow its social media:

CONTACT US!

Our school/District utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more.  You can participate in this free service* just by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to our school’s short code number, 67587.  Click here for more information.

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Published by Mrs. Bree Watson

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