La Mesa Update

We hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. It is an opportunity for everyone to get outside and enjoy the fresh air. Getting outside can also mean getting off electronics.

When was the last time you logged into your child's social media accounts? Some parents are hesitant to do this as they think it is a violation of their child's privacy. If 455 of their "closest friends" can see who they are online, why can't we as parents? It really isn't about privacy. It is about being engaged in our children's lives both online and offline. When we give our children free range online 24/7, we are essentially setting them loose in Los Angeles with no supervision and no support. How many of us would drop our children off in the middle of LA at 11:30pm at night?

The impact of student online behavior spills over to school daily, despite the personal device policy at La Mesa that limits their access during school hours. Some students use social media to harass and bully, while some are harassed and bullied. Being online well into the night limits sleep and ultimately their ability to focus and learn while at school. And time spent scrolling Instagram feeds or their TikTok For You Page results in time lost for studying, being active, and interacting with friends and family in person.

Parenting is hard. Please know that the La Mesa staff is here to partner and support you during what may be the hardest two years of their lives. We appreciate you all!

Michele Krantz, principal

Please join us at La Mesa on Thursday Night for a Family Movie Night. We will be watching the movie The Addams Family. We will also have other activities and snacks.

Entry into the movie is $2 per person (cash only at the door). Gates open at 5:30 pm. The movie starts at 6:30 pm. The whole family is welcome.

Bring a chair or a blanket and spend a fun night at La Mesa.

Halloween can be a fun time for students to express their creativity and have fun. While we want to allow students the opportunity to celebrate, we still need maintain a positive and appropriate learning environment. We need your help in ensuring that the costumes worn by our students are school appropriate. With this goal in mind, the following guidelines will assist students in making their costume choices:

1. Dress code applies – this includes attire that is modest and respectful

2. Students must be identifiable

3. No weapons or imitation weapons

4. Gang attire will not be considered an appropriate costume choice

5. Students should be sensitive to other people when making their costume choices.

We will be monitoring costumes throughout the day. We understand that there is subjectivity to what some might consider appropriate. Our goal is to ensure learning is still the primary focus of the day. Administration will make the final determination. Students that are deemed inappropriately costumed will be changed out and not permitted to wear the costume at school. Students are encouraged to share their costume plan with an administrator beforehand if they feel it could be questionable.

We appreciate your support in helping us to allow students to celebrate a fun day and still get a quality education.

Hello La Mesa families! If your child has quarantined at home this school year, please check your emails to see if you have received a message from WSH Student Services. If so, please complete the information needed on the document. This should take a little as a minute to complete. If your child was on at home quarantine and have not received an email about it yet, please continue to check as new emails are being sent out daily. Thank you!

We really appreciate the donations received for our HOWL Store. It is so fun to see students picking up items they have earned.

If you can support our program please consider choosing items off of our Amazon Wish List. We also need gift cards in smaller denominations to local places such as Star Bucks, McDonalds, Menchies, Chipotle, etc. If you have larger items, we love those too as we raffle them off.

We thank you so much for your ongoing support of La Mesa!

Please use this opportunity to recognize La Mesa staff members that have made a difference for you or your child by clicking HERE to fill out a message.

Friday, October 29th - Minimum Day, Students Released at 12:45

Thursday, November 11th - No School- Veterans' Day

William S. Hart District Calendar 2021-22

Email: mkrantz@hartdistrict.org
Website: www.lamesajuniorhigh.org
Location: 26623 May Way, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone: (661)250-0022
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaMesaJHS/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter: @lamesajhs

Non-Discrimination Policy

The William S. Hart Union High School District prohibits unlawful discrimination against and/or harassment of any student, employee or job applicant on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, ancestry, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, political affiliation, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by state and federal nondiscrimination laws respectively at any District site and/or activity. All inquiries regarding discrimination, civil rights, and/or Title IX should be directed to the Director of Human Resources and Equity Services, William S. Hart Union High School District, 21380 Centre Pointe Pkwy, Santa Clarita, CA 91350, or by phone (661) 259-0033, ext. 316, or by email: UCP@hartdistrict.org