CFF NEWSLETTER

Dear Community Families -

The last day of school for students is Friday, June 11th! How is it possible that we are embarking on our last week of the 2020 - 2021 school year? Time certainly flies!

Reflecting back on the same time last year, our Board was moving along with ending the school year virtually and busy figuring out how we would welcome our new families and planning for a very uncertain start to the 2020 - 2021 school year. Fast forward to June 2021, I am in awe and so proud of how our community came together to support our school and our students.

I shared with the board during our summer planning months that we'll need to be creative, flexible, and have an open mind about how we raise money and support our school. We all came together and never lost sight of our goal-- despite all the uncertainties we faced personally or professionally. We were creative, we were flexible, and we had an open mind and never let any challenges we faced turn into roadblocks.

THANK YOU to all of our families who supported our school financially, we couldn't have done it without you! We are GRATEFUL to our school staff, teachers and our principal for their unwavering support to our students and families. I want to extend my sincere APPRECIATION to the CFF Board of Directors and Committee Chairs, I often say "It takes a village!", it most certainly did - we would not be able to continue supporting Community and CFF without each and everyone of them!

Despite being virtual, we accomplished a lot and continued a variety of CMCS tradition this school year, including:

Summer Virtual Meet & Greet volunteers

Pledge Drive Committee

Parade of Mask - Decorating Campus/Distribution Day Committee

Book Fair Committee

Readathon Committee

Virtual Sweethearts Dance Committee

Online Auction Committee

Dine and Donate Committee

Year Book Committee

Garden Committee

Spirit Store Team

Social Media Team

Culmination Committee

Hospitality Committee (Teacher Appreciation)

Please consider joining one of the committees next year to support our wonderful school! Get full descriptions and complete your interest form here: https://forms.gle/RkqAyG5SoW99fgLi6

We're also looking for someone to join the CFF Board as a co-secretary! Email cff@welovecmcs.org to join the team!

My sincere gratitude to everyone for helping made this year possible. While we will not have our financials to share until late summer, I am confident thanks to your meeting the Donor Challenge, we will collectively meet our fundraising goal of $325k this year.

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to serve as your CFF President this year. Looking forward to serving with Kate Harrington as co-President next year with our new Board. Have a great summer and before we know it, we will be back in person in August!

Sincerely,

Stefania Willens

CFF President

Summer playdates are a fun tradition at CMCS. It's a time to meet new families, re-connect with old friends, and for new families to get acquainted with our school community. Save these dates! Specific locations to be determined.

Saturday, 6/26 - Location/Time TBD - Valley (Kate Harrington, Jessica Monterrosa, Noelia Murphy, Ana Park hosting) [Corrected from Toni's Blog]

Sunday, 7/25 - Memorial Park on Olypmic and Rimpau from 10 AM - Noon - Mid City (Courtney Washington & Stefania Willens hosting)

Saturday, 7/31 - West LA/Aiden's Place 1 - 3 pm - West LA (Ben Dennis & Lisa Goss hosting)

For those students on campus, teachers will be sending home things like purchased yearbooks, student recognition certificates, completed work, etc. during the final week of school. They will also be collecting textbooks and library books. The instructions for returning computers and chargers are as follows:

• All 1st grade and 5th grade students are to return their devices and chargers UNLESS you student will be attending summer school. Those students may keep their computers until after summer school. Information about how/when to return those devices will follow.
• All students who are NOT returning to Community next year must return their devices and chargers.
• Kindergarten students and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders who are coming back for the 2021-22 school year may keep their devices over the summer. They will be using the same computer next school year.

For those students returning a device, if your iPad or laptop is not working properly, please tape a note to it explaining what the problem is. Lost or damaged devices/chargers must be paid for according to the district’s replacement scale.

For remote learners, please see the schedule below for your assigned timeslot for coming to school to return materials and receive items from us via our car line. Exchanges will be made curbside - you will not be exiting your car. You will notice that the window for this exchange is shortened due to the fact that we have 28 buses and long carpool lines all throughout the day. The window below should be pretty clear! Please keep in mind that if you are too early or too late and get caught in the bus/valet lines, we will not be able to help you with the exchange until we are finished with the AM arrivals/midday dismissal. You will be asked to exit and come back through once those lines have cleared.

Wednesday, June 9th 8:30-10:00 – Grades 2 and 3

Thursday, June 10th 8:30-10:00 – Grades 4* and 5** (some items distributed separately for 5th)

Friday, June 11th 8:30-10:00 – Grades K and 1

Families with more than one student may come on the later of the days. And for those unable to come during the window below, you may come on the 9th, 10th, or 11th between 3:30 and 4:30.

* For our handful of virtual 4th graders in zoom class in the morning, you may come at 3:30 on the 10th or 11th.

This week we are saying goodbye to our amazing 5th graders and their families!!!

Students have had an AMAZING week-- ending with their beach day this past Saturday, and now we're right around the corner from our LIVE culmination Watch Party THIS WEDNESDAY at 7:45 PM!! We are so excited to celebrate these amazing students!!!! The video go up on our CMCS YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/CommunityMagnetCharterSchool

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THANKS: We can't give enough thanks to the entire Culmination Committee of Lynda Andrews, Stacey Gould, and Amy Miko, and to all the other individuals who have worked so hard to make this year's 5th grade experience and culmination AMAZING for our students!!

And of course, thanks to the students for their hard work and dedication in this unique pandemic year -- without them, none of this would be possible!

We're also excited to share our 5th grade shirt design with you, designed and illustrated by Ryan Raith, Charlotte Raith's Dad. This "Community Treehouse" is so special! Community has given our kids so many memories and we are so glad that they will forever have these in mind, heart and now to wear!! Thank you Ryan for your incomparable artistry, dedication and commitment to giving our kids something they can always treasure!!!

We're thrilled to share the awe inspiring 5th Grade Memory Wall with all of you! This meaningful message and design we know will remain at Community for years to come!! For those in person you will be greeted by this amazing piece as you drive in tomorrow or your children will see it from their bus windows. And for those virtual you cannot miss it as you drive into our Community parking lot and/or while rocking this design when wearing our hoodies loud and proud!!

This message truly encompasses what Community represents; UNITY, diversity, inclusion, acceptance and so much more!! Not only does it represent Community, but it was truly relevant as we looked back over this last year that saw so much and injustices we continue to fight.

All "Class of 2021" students' names were etched together under this mural which honored their theme of, "Stronger Together, Never Apart". Thank you Amanda for your incomparable artistry, dedication and commitment to giving our kids and school something they can always treasure!!

Thanks to the whole mural team for making this happen!
Design: Amanda Foley, Parker's Mom
Artist/Painting: Obersand Franco
Carpentry & Installation: Carl Mueller (former CMCS parent)

What an AMAZING AND AWESOME YEAR OF DINE & DONATES!!! Thanks to your support we earned $697 at our Burger Lounge Dine & Donate!! That brings us to a record breaking total of about $6,350 this year!!! Thank you for all your amazing support and help! Goooooo Community!!!

Special thanks to Lynda Andrews for all her hard work this year with the Dine & Donate program!

We are truly ending the year with a BANG! I'm so excited to share that we met the Donor Challenge of having 1 class per grade reach 100% participation, some grades with 2 classes!! Our donor will be donating to Community $6,000!

Congratulations To: Room 5, Room 7, Room 21, Room 9, Room 10, Room 17, Room 15, Room 16 and Room 3!

MANY THANKS to the 403 Families participating (91.18% participation) with $214,435 Pledged. A record high participation rate compared to previous 5 years:

2020 - 2021 ... 91.18% (expected to collect $214,435)

2019 - 2020 ... 53.86% (collected $189,418)

2018 - 2019 ... 83.48% (collected $219,009)

2017 - 2018 ... 78.13% (collected $197,441)

2016 - 2017 ... 72.51% (collected $202,251)

2015 - 2016 ... 70.82% (collected $213,331)

Thanks to all the families who supported the Pledge Drive!

Hats off to all the CFF Grade Level Rep and Room Parents for communicating and encouraging families to participate!

Last but not least, A HUGE HEARTFELT THANK YOU to our generous donor who challenged our community to come together. We truly showed each other that while we are apart, we are stronger together!

On behalf of the CFF Board, the Auction Committee, and parents at CMCS, we just want to thank you for your support of the Spring Auction. During a financially challenging year, we raised over $42,000 with this fundraiser and donor challenge, and over $5,000 was from Teacher/Staff Experiences!

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to our amazing teachers and staff for the teacher experiences and for always supporting CMCS and our students. The feedback we’ve gotten from families whose children attended these experiences so far have been overwhelming. They’re so appreciative that their children were able to have a fun and memorable experience with their teacher(s) and CMCS staff after almost a year of isolation and remote learning.

BIG THANKS to the following people who solicited and/or donated items or their talent and time to the Spring Auction:

Lynda Andrews, Jennifer Archie, Ana Maria Bahiana, Amy Bishop, Shaina Bogorad, Mandy and Patrick Fabian, Kitt Fife, Olga Friedman, Danna Kiel, Erin Kost – Gentile, Francisco and Claudia German, Lisa and Patrick Goss, Stacy Gould, Carl Hansen, Lauren Hardy, Delia Hauser, Malaika Latty, Hanna Lee, Yun Kyung Lee, Joy Meulenberg, Noelia Murphy-Devaney, Dr. Joanne Myung, Danielle O’Sullivan, Ana and Andy Park, Amy Roberts, Lela Rondeau, Barbara Roscoe-Graff, Anne Rubins Kang, Caro Szabo, Laura Scott-Webster, Aalta Sharma, Yuko Shiozaki, Kelly Steckelberg, Karika Thompson, Daya Vaidya, Mark Waid, Stefania Willens, and

Tracey Wise Finkelstein!!!

PLUS, let's not forget all the amazing donors and local businesses that donated items!!

The Got Game Camp has the go-ahead and is BACK this summer in Mid-City for their 10th year! Registration is now open and space is very limited, so sign up today!

Summer Camp runs all day, Monday thru Friday, with a wide and diverse range of options from active games, sports, projects, creative outlets, performances and much more for campers ages 5-12! Come see why Got Game is the best summer camp experience in LA!

Visit www.GotGameCamp.com for more information and to register!

Got Questions? Get answers! Email Admin@GotGameCamp.com or call (310) 975-8524 ext. 1 for more info and let's have some FUN this summer!!

Remember to shop from the CMCS Amazon affiliates link https://www.welovecmcs.org/shopping if you decide to grab some Prime Day deals on June 21-22!

Are you following our new and updated social media pages? We're looking forward to being able to engage and share more with you through Facebook and Instagram!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMagnet

Private Facebook Group- Community Families & Friends (CFF), please provide your family's information to be added

Instagram - @communitymagnetcharterschool

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/CommunityMagnetCharterSchool

Email: cff@welovecmcs.org
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