This week many parents approached me to talk about safety concerns. It is a timely topic and made me look up a note from a few years back. As there are new Ivanhoe families and new realities, revisiting the concerns seems apropos.
Ivanhoe is a special place. We are, in all the best ways, a true community, a word that connotes fellowship and shared goals. We look after one another and work to support each other in more ways than need be counted. For many of us, Ivanhoe feels like a second home where we feel safe, protected and nurtured. In this spirit, we need to readjust our thinking to consider some safety areas where we have become lulled into a false sense of security. For convenience, we have, on occasion, left entries open for one another. While this is an act of courtesy, leaving the doors or gates open for someone coming in late or for someone in a hurry also compromises the security of all the students and staff on campus. The safety of the 458 students and staff must become our most important shared goal and responsibility.
LAUSD dictates that every school is a locked, secured campus. The office needs to be aware of every visitor who is on campus at all times.
After 8:20 am the main gate near the office is an emergency exit only- all visitors & volunteers need to enter and exit through the main office.
All visitors/volunteers need to sign in and receive either a volunteer badge or a yellow visitor pass before entering the campus.
If you are leaving late materials for your child, please leave them in the office. A classroom monitor will be called to pick up the lunch/homework during an appropriate break in the instructional program.
The only exit/entrance areas will be through the Herkimer street gate or Main Office door.
As a final note, I want to stress that each of us has a vested interest in the safety and education of our children. The collaboration and communication that exists between us will guarantee success. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Our Safety Committee meets monthly and we always welcome new voices.
-Ms. Rescia
COMMUNITY GIVING CONTINUES -
Food Drive and Children’s Hospital Clothing Drive
Please continue donations to the Ivanhoe Holiday Food Drive being coordinated by the 4th grade Junior Girl Scout Troop 12545. This effort provides groceries to families in our community to help make their holidays happy, healthy, and delicious. Please bring non-perishable foods to the drop boxes by the office and the auditorium on any day this week. The Holidays from the Heart program is also underway and we will be collecting new items for patients at Children’s Hospital and their families until December 20th. Please grab a gingerbread man with an item description and bring your new items to school for collection.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT HOLIDAY SAMPLE SALE!
The Ivanhoe community really made a great showing at our annual Holiday Sample Sale! Thank you to all the wonderful businesses and volunteers who brought their wares and made delicious comestibles for the customers at the sale. Special thanks to the amazing organizers Laura Mullen, Amanda Nelson and Megan Fales, to our PR champ Tara de Sousa, and all the wonderful artisans and vendors who donated their services and a portion or all of their profits to our school. We are so grateful to Molly Bruns, Jill Burrows and Ami Mann for organizing and staffing our fantastic bake sale and to Ostrich Farm and SquareOne for their donations of brunch and lunch foods, and to zpizza for pizza! Our tireless treasurers, Jeannie Change and Grace Lin, made sure every penny of the profits for the vendors (and for Ivanhoe!) were counted and carried away to the bank. Bravo everyone! Let’s do it again next year!
Please patronize the fantastic folks who participated in our event for your gift-giving needs throughout the year: Trina Turk, Verre, Megan Fales, MyTote, Lucky Fish, Gamine Jewelry, The O’Dells, Cameo, The Folding Room, Stark, Rummage and Hollow, Wal&Pai, Sirpa, Susu Handmade Soaps, Kim White, Butik Showroom, Monkey House Toys, Treehaus, Modkom Home Design, Charlie and Marcelle, George and Joe, Mason Grace, Chester and Co., Wildfox, Agent Icon Showroom, and Max & Bean!
SOCCER JERSEYS!
Order the official 2016 Ivanhoe Dragons soccer jersey! The game is in February and you will still be able to order a customized jersey by game time! Place your orders now through the Etsy site for delivery in mid-January. Be sure to specify the name on the back in the NOTES section before you check out. Go Dragons!
We have been sharing news about all the activities and events happening around our campus on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We’d love to get you all involved with us online. Please follow us and share your Dragon pride!
On Facebook as Friends of Ivanhoe
On Instagram as friendsofivanhoe
On Twitter as IvanhoeEL
Register Your Card and Ivanhoe Gets 5% from Fresh & Easy
Visit the eScrip web site and register your card and Ivanhoe receives 5% back! EScrip.com/freshandeasy
....Now for the fine print.... To announce an event, please email FOI at least a month before with detailed information. If you have a marketing/fundraiser idea to propose please click this link to read the steps on how to get this accomplished. Make sure you speak to the FOI Board first before sending a request for an email to parents. Finally, all e-blasts must be pre-approved by Ms.Rescia and FOI.
