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Message from the Principal

Dear Emerson Families,

Parent/Teacher Conferences take place the week of October 24, 2022. Your classroom teacher has shared information regarding their conference sign-ups. It is very important that every parent/caregiver meet with their child’s teacher. This is a time when the teacher will give you your child’s First Trimester Report and explain their progress. This is also a time when you can ask questions and learn more about how to support your child’s education. If you do not have an appointment yet, please reach out to your child’s teachers via email, Remind message, or phone call as soon as possible.

We ask that you make arrangements for the Special Shortened Day Schedule for the week of Parent Teacher Conferences. Kids World will continue the week of October 24, but there will NOT be any PTA After School classes. Kindergarten students will be released from school at 12:30 pm, and Grades 1-5 will be released at 1:10 pm. Students who ride the school bus will be picked up according to the early release schedule. There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 28. Please make plans to pick up your child according to the Special Shortened Day Schedule.

We are happy that October is Filipino American History Month! Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the nation and the third-largest ethnic group in California. This month we will honor the achievements and history of Filipino Americans through classroom lessons, story-times, and celebrations. If you would like to partner with us and teach your child about the rich Filipino culture you may find this website helpful: About Filipino American History Month - FANHS.

The Emerson School Site Council elections are complete. Our first meeting will be on Thursday, October 20 at 7:00 pm. During this meeting, we select our School Site Council Chairperson and Secretary. We will also determine our representatives for the district committees including BUSD Planning and Oversight, BUSD Parent Advisory Committee, and the District English Learning Advisory Committee. Anyone may attend the School Site Council meeting, but only the elected board member can vote. Here is the link for you to join us on Oct. 20 from 7:00- 8:00 pm.

As previously mentioned, our Halloween March will be on Monday, October 31st after Lunch Recess at 1:00 pm. Please do not dress your child in a costume that represents a person’s culture, is scary, or includes weapons. See this Cultures Aren’t Costumes Checklist in English and Spanish. Parents are welcome to join us as we march in our costumes through the Elmwood community. It will be fun!

Thank you for your support,

Jana Holmes

Upcoming Events and Key Dates

Friday, October 14: End of 1st Grading Period

Tuesday, October 18: 1st PTA Association Meeting, 7 pm, via Zoom

Friday, October 21: Hearing Screening (Grades K, 2, & 5)

Saturday, October 22: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - 2nd Grade hosts (more info here)

Sunday, October 23: Decorate the Ofrenda at the Emerson Library, 9am

October 24-27: Parent Teacher Conferences (Special Minimum Day Schedule)

Friday, October 28: No School

Saturday, October 29: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - 1st Grade hosts

Monday, October 31: Halloween March after Lunch/Recess (Parents welcome)

Saturday, November 19: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - All Grades host

Saturday, November 25: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - Kindergarten hosts

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Update from the PTA

A reminder to RENEW or SIGN UP for your PTA Membership at Emerson! Our first Association meeting will be on October 18 at 7p via Zoom. Joining the PTA is a great way to get to know Emerson and our PTA programs and events which support and serve the entire school. The $10 fee is suggested but optional. And PTA membership is not a time commitment! Come join us to make Emerson for every student and everyone!

Thank you to our Grade Parents who have stepped up to be the community connections for their classrooms and grades. You’ll hear from them soon about upcoming Grade Playdates, a PTA-hosted playdate AT school on a weekend!

Herculean thanks to the Enrichment Team for launching the PTA After School Program! And thanks to the several volunteers who helped with "herding"!

ART CORNER - 4th Grade Pumpkin Patch

4th Grade artists created shading by using their fingers (or old erasers) to smudge black oil pastel. Adding shading helps make objects appear more 3-dimensional. The pumpkins went from from flat shapes to round forms.

Lucy Ames, Art Teacher (she/her)
Emerson School: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons

October Shout Outs

Equity Corner

We are so fortunate to live in a community with so much to celebrate. This month is Filipino American History Month (FAHM)! The celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when “Luzones Indios” came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California, 200 miles south of Berkeley.

As we look forward to celebrating Larry Itliong Day on October 25th, we invite you to look at joining celebrations around the Bay area; on October 15-16, join the 6th annual Filipino American International Book festival at the SF Public library with Nobel Prize winning Filipina journalist Maria Ressa-- this celebration will also feature programming for kids and teens; check out the schedule of events here. Please also check out our Alameda County's Youth Poet Laureate, Pinay, and graduate of the Sama Sama Cooperative, Zoe Dorado; listen to her reciting her poem "The Golden Age" on KALW here.

As always, please reach out to us at equity@emersonelementary.org to share ideas, suggestions, volunteering opportunities, or just to say hello!

-cielo, rachel, and silvia

Decorate the Ofrenda at Emerson Library

Join us as we build and decorate our yearly community Ofrenda in the Emerson Library on October 23, 2022 at 9:00am. Bring your student to work on crafts in the back garden that can be added to the Ofrenda as well as worksheets and discussion about the meaning and significance of this important holiday in Mexican culture.

Flyer for the event

This event is open to our entire community!

Find Emerson Online

Website: https://emersonelementary.org/

Remind: Text @7f6hb to 81010; or go to www.remind.com/join/7f6hb

Facebook: www.facebook.com/emersonpta (or follow @emersonPTA)

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