 Principal's Message
Sea Lion Families,
Today as a nation, we pause to honor and reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his continuing impact on civil rights and human rights for all. Each year, I enjoy highlighting some of his powerful orations. Last year, I shared with you my personal favorite of Dr. King's speeches, "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?" However, I also greatly appreciate the speech Dr. King delivered on April 14, 1967, at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium.
In this speech, Dr. King emphasized the strength of our nation as having the opportunity to address social inequalities. As we all struggle with the challenges of COVID-19, the opportunities for addressing inequalities have never been more prevalent, particularly in education. Although COVID-19 has magnified the fragility of traditional educational systems, it has also highlighted educators' strength and resolve to address inequities.
McGaugh’s teachers, staff, and community work to create an inclusive instructional environment that prepares students to live healthy and happy lives regardless of their neurological differences, their gender, their home language or culture, their economic background, their race, or their faith.
An inclusive learning environment supports what we value most as parents, protecting and promoting the potential of all children to experience living a successful life. Today and always, we want to provide this for our Sea Lions. In this way, we continue to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luthe King Jr.
There's a bit of my reflection and how Dr. King's life continues to impact us here at McGaugh. I hope you enjoyed the holiday.
Wed. (1/19) |Town Hall Meeting @ 6:30 via Zoom - Campus Safety - Click Here to RSVP and to submit a question.
Friday. (1/21) | Parent Morning Coffee – We are excited to bring back morning coffee for the parents on Friday mornings. Parents drop by for conversations and coffee in the courtyard, in front of the auditorium.
Thank you for your continued support!!
Click here to see What’s the Horizon
That's all for now!
Dr. Issaic Gates
Principal
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J.H. McGaugh Elementary School
RAH, McGaugh!
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Project SEEK
Join Us! Project SEEK’s Next Meeting is Tuesday, January 18th!
Learn more about Project SEEK and how we’re working to preserve enrichment programs at McGaugh. Come and meet new friends and fellow parents at McGaugh. Please email Claudia Vecchio Wille at president@projectseek.org for more details or questions. We hope to see you there!
Tuesday, January 18th at 8:05am - Outside the McGaugh Auditorium
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Thank YOU!!!!!!
Our Kids Are First Fundraiser was a huge success! We raised over $13,000 which goes directly to fund our Art, STEAM/Innovation lab and Media Center teacher’s salaries and supplies.
Thank you you for your continued support. Your child will be notified, this month, if they earned a top seller prize.
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Dine for McGaugh and Support Project SEEK-Noble Bird
Dining for McGaugh at Noble Bird! Project Seek is excited to partner with Noble Bird at PCH & 2nd on Tuesday, January 18th! They will give 20% back to Project Seek which fully funds the art and technology programs at McGaugh. Please show this flyer on your device or mention Project Seek when placing an order!
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Fundraisers
Project SEEK is hosting a two super delicious, totally virtual fundraisers to help fund our art, STEM and media classes at McGaugh.
 Thursday, 1/20-Monday, 1/24, Project SEEK will be hosting "POP" up shops to sell gourmet popcorn. Now I know what your'e thinking, "gourmet"(insert eye roll). But I promise this popcorn is delicious. It's popped fresh, in small batches, that ship immediately, 7-10 days from order date. The perfect Valentine’s gift or Super Bowl Party snack!
Project SEEK will receive 50% of all proceeds to fund our art, innovation/STEM, and media lab. In addition, there is an option to donate the popcorn, if decadence is not a part of your new year's resolutions.
Starting Thursday, 1/20, click on our class pop-up shop link (your class parent should have shared the link with you, ask them for it), and buy everything that sounds delicious. You can also share the link with friends and family so they can enjoy. Even out-of-town family.
The shop will only be open from 1/20-1/24. The class that sells the most popcorn will receive a free recess! So let's get poppin'!!!
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If Popcorn isn’t your thing, take advantage of Project SEEK’s other fundraiser with See’s Candy! The perfect Valentine’s gift for yourself (and loved ones, I guess). Project SEEK will receive a portion of the profits to go towards our yearly fundraising goal, so we can fund our art, STEM and media classes and McGaugh.
Make sure you forward both fundraising links to your friends and family. It’s the perfect way for out-of-town loved ones to support your child’s art, STEM and media learning.
https://www.yumraising.com/secure/projects_project_seek__valentines_fundraiser23/candy?h=Yol_Dav1600&c=ot7219
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Thank you for your support of Project SEEK! I can't express enough how thankful our school community is for our art, STEM and media classes, and your support to fund them!!!
With gratitude,
Claudia Vecchio Wille
Project SEEK President
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You Won't Want To Miss This!!!
McGaugh PTA-Seal Beach PD & LAUSD Campus Safety Townhall!
Wednesday, January 19th – 6:30pm via Zoom
We’re so excited to host the January PTA Townhall meeting with the Seal Beach Police Department and Los Alamitos School District School and Safety Services!
Please join us via Zoom – you won’t want to miss this meeting to hear about all of the ways our community works to keep McGaugh’s students and staff as safe as they can.
https://www.zoom.us/
Meeting ID: 597 122 0969
Passcode: 9Ys5m1
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LAEF Spring After-School Enrichment Classes
Sign up for our new after-school and virtual language classes at LAEF4kids.org!
Classes begin January 31st!
This is an experience your children will not want to miss. There are opportunities every day of the week to get some physical activity in and to possibly try something new/exhilarating. The TK-K only classes will be 55-minute classes and the 1st -5th classes as well as Wednesday classes will be 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The classes available at McGaugh are Acting/Stage Performance, Basketball, Breakdance, Chess, Choir for Kids, Golf, Jiu Jitsu, Leadership Academy, LEGO Academy, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Musical Theater, Real Science - Real Fun, Seasonal Food Exploration, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball and The World Underwater. The class fee is $175. Class fee increases after January 25th.
FREE virtual world language classes for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders begin February 8th!
Multi-class discounts available – 10% off the 2nd class and 15% off any class thereafter.
All registration information including class descriptions and instructor bios are presented at LAEF4kids.org/afterschool. Call (562) 799-4700 x80424 or email programdirector@LAEF4Kids.org.
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5th Grade Parents & Students – Keep Collecting Those PHOTOS For the Yearbook!
Calling all 5th grade parents! Now is the time to dig through pictures of your child’s memories across the years at McGaugh to submit to the yearbook committee!
A Google Drive has been created for you to place the appropriate picture into the appropriate folder!
**Important** Please place them in the appropriate folder so the committee can do less sorting and more utilizing! Try to include pictures where there’s more than 1 student in the photo. Let’s make this the best yearbook yet! Cheers to the Class of 2022!
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McGaugh PTA Needs Your Help!
Planning for our annual book fair (presented by Scholastic Books) and Family Fun Night is in the works and the PTA is very excited to bring back this week-long event February 14th – 18th, 2022.
We also need several volunteers to work fair shifts, plan/setup and other tasks. This is an easy and flexible way to get involved with the PTA and McGaugh!
https://docs.google.com/.../1o9FYimmVaZlduKPFa8uPAEC.../edit
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The Event is Back!
Mark your calendars, Friday, April 8, 2022, Project SEEK’s annual gala, The Event, is back.
Adult only fun that benefits Art, STEM, and Technology classes at McGaugh!
Excited to see you all there!!!
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