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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Emerson Families,
Happy Thanksgiving! I am so grateful to be the Principal of Emerson. For those of you who have students in the upper grades, you know how much we have been through as a community. Four years ago, when I was a new Principal here, I had no idea that a world wide pandemic was coming. When it did happen, we pulled together, staff, parents and students! We adjusted and we got through it together. As we emerge on the other side, we are stronger, more cohesive and with an enhanced capacity to face challenges together. As a staff, we have high expectations, value inclusion and diversity, and provide excellent academics for our students. I am proud of us and I thank you for your support!

Big Shout out to the Emerson PTA Equity Team for planning our first, of a three part series titled: Meetings on the Bridge. Ms. Pamela Harrison–Small, Educational Consultation, will guide us through courageous conversations that will equip us to navigate our diverse community in kind and compassionate ways. These workshops are welcome to all and are free! Childcare (for Emerson children, no babies please) and dinner will be provided. If you missed the first one this week, we hope you will plan to join us for our future meetings in January and February 2023.

Disappointingly, the Berkeley Symphony event was canceled last week due to their policy against performing outdoors. Up until this point, we have avoided gathering as a school inside the MultiPurpose Room. As the pandemic transitions into an endemic, we may reexamine the practicality of continuing some of our COVID mitigation strategies if they hinder our ability to expose our students to special events. We will talk more about this and gather staff and parent input at Staff meetings, PTA meetings and School Site Council. You are always welcome to reach out to me individually with your thoughts, concerns and suggestions as well.

Finally, as the weather shifts we are accumulating more and more lunch boxes, sweatshirts and jackets. We encourage you to label your child’s items, as they are much easier to return that way. Items are kept by the blacktop gate in a rack that you can check, or encourage your child to check. Unclaimed items are donated at the end of each month.

Take care,

Principal Holmes

UPCOMING EVENTS AND KEY DATES

Saturday, November 19: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - All Grades host (more info here)

Friday, November 25: Cal Football Parking Fundraiser - Kindergarten hosts (more info here)

Monday, November 21 - Friday, November 25: No School (Fall Break)

Friday, December 2 - BUSD Jazz Band Performance, 8:30 am on the blacktop (parents invited)

Thursday, December 8 - Petting Zoo Reward for students during Lunch Recess

Friday, December 9 - All School Meeting, 8: 30 am on the blacktop (parents invited)

Thursday, December 15 - School Site Council at 7:00PM via zoom

Monday, December 19 - Monday, January 2: No School (Winter Break)

Tuesday, January 3: Students return to school

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CELLULAR PHONE REMINDER

If you send your student to school with a cell phone, please be advised that it must be turned completely off and be out of sight during the school day. The school will not be responsible for lost, stolen or damaged cell phones. Use of cell phones at any time during the instructional day will result in confiscation and possible disciplinary action. Please refer to Administrative Regulation 5131 (adopted June 4, 2003), or Section 9.9 of the Parent-Student Handbook 2022-2023 for more details. In addition, we also encourage you to monitor your child’s text messages and social media, encouraging age-appropriate and safe communication. Thank you for your partnership to keep our students safe.

Thank You Emerson PTA!

Emerson students love to read and need lots of books!

This year our wonderful PTA has generously allocated $400.00 per classroom to update our classroom libraries.

Classroom teachers have been so excited to purchase new books. So far teachers have purchased: fiction and nonfiction books to support content areas, new book series, current high interest books and so much more.

Thank you to the Emerson Community for supporting our classrooms! We are so grateful.

❤ The Emerson Teachers

PTA UPDATE - HEART OF EMERSON

We are the Heart of Emerson!

This week the Emerson PTA launches our main fundraising campaign, the Heart of Emerson, to raise at least $135,000 before the end of the year, to support the next academic year. This will guarantee Art and PE for all grades every week (the only BUSD school to do so), office support, field trips, STEAM events, equity programs, and more. Thanks to the generosity of last year’s donors, THIS academic year the PTA is investing $900 per student, for 286 students!

A big thank you to our intrepid fundraising chairs, Liz Valley (Kindergartener in Ms. Carter’s class) and Stephanie Boys (Kindergartener in Ms. Bella’s class), who are leading this campaign for our community!

Please wear your Heart buttons, stickers, and shirts from years past this Friday morning for coffee on the yard before our First Friday All-School Meeting.

We have a special prize when we reach 80% participation, all amounts count so please donate early (this week!). And please ask for participation from your communities: family/friends, workplace, place of worship, and neighbors!

Art Corner - Colorful Sheep

Artists in First and Second grade had the book Brian the Brave read to them. It tells of some sheep who, at first, didn't want to be friends with another sheep if it had horns or if it had stripes or if it said "Meheheh" instead of "Baaaah." Brian stood up to them all and they realized that it was just fine (better than fine) if they were all different. Artists created whichever kind of wooly, colorful coat they preferred and added heads, tails and legs. In art it is so easy to celebrate our uniqueness.

Yard Beautification Project coming up!

Starting just before the Thanksgiving Break and then into the two weeks after, every Emerson student will be painting a long piece of wood. These will be installed on the exterior wall by the Kindergarten entrance. It's going to be a bright colorful spot on the yard.

The kids will paint the wood slat in a solid color (by grade level) the first session and then add designs in a different color (by class) on top. They'll be using acrylic paint. We will use smocks, but it would be best to remind kids not to wear their best clothes that day as once dry, acrylic paint is permanent!! (Schedule is below.)

I would love to have help during the art classes-- Here's the volunteer signup

Thanks so much!

Ms. Ames

Thursday Nov. 17th:

4th grade 12:30-2:30

Monday Nov. 28th:

5th grade 8:15-10:15

1st grade 10:15-12:40

2nd grade 12:40-2:30 (Morgan and Davis)

Wednesday Nov. 30th:

2nd grade 8:15-9:20 (Suzuki)

3rd grade 9:10-11:20

Kindergarten 12-1:30

Thursday Dec 1st:

4th grade 12:30-2:30

Monday Dec 5th:

5th grade 8:15-10:15

1st grade 10:15-12:40

2nd grade 12:40-2:30 (Morgan and Davis)

Wednesday Dec. 7th:

2nd grade 8:15-9:20 (Suzuki)

3rd grade 9:10-11:20

Kindergarten 12-1:30

VOLUNTEER KINDERGARTEN TOUR GUIDES NEEDED

Emerson K Tours - Volunteer Kindergarten Tour Guides Needed for just a few more dates! Share your love of Emerson with prospective Kindergarten families - be a tour guide!

Tours will take place for prospective families at Emerson Thursdays from 8:15 am - 9:45 am, November 10th - January 26th.

We will have two leaders per tour this year, and are eager to welcome new tour guides. We’ll provide you with talking points, answers to FAQ’s, and other information to make the job easy and fun. We need tour guides for just a few more dates: 1/12, 1/19, and 1/26 and we also could use a few folks to staff the Emerson table at the Kinder Fair on 12/3/22.

Sign up to co-lead a tour or staff the Emerson Table at the 12/3 Kinder Fair here

Please email tours@emersonelementary.org or eleanor.hollander@gmail.com with questions.

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