El Rancho Charter School

Office hours will be as follows for the school year:

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Thursday: 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Friday: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM

On Monday, January 29th, OUSD's Open Enrollment window closed. If anyone missed the original Open Enrollment window, it will reopen on February 5th.

AVID is currently fundraising for Grant's Wishes, an organization that supports children facing their 2nd battle with cancer. Students can purchase ring pops for $2 which will be delivered to classrooms on Valentine's Day. Ring pops can be purchased at nutrition in room 204.

It looks like we will have some rain on Monday and Tuesday. If it is raining during nutrition or lunch, the following locations will be available for students:

Nutrition:

Cafeteria

Lunch Benches

Library

Little Theater

Lunch:
Cafeteria
Lunch Benches
Weight Room
Gym
Library
Little Theater

Students should eat their snacks or lunches in the cafeteria/lunch bench area first and then they may go to an alternate location. Food will not be allowed in any area outside of the cafeteria and lunch benches. Please remember to clean up after yourselves and throw trash in the trash cans before leaving the lunch benches or cafeteria.

Bring an umbrella and stay dry!

On Saturday, February 10th, El Rancho Robotics will host a tournament in the gym. Over 40 teams from all over Southern California will compete during the tournament. Come out and support our Coyotes starting at 7:30 am!

Interested Advanced Band and Advanced Orchestra students will audition for OUSD's District Honor Band on Tuesday, February 6, and Thursday, February 8, 2024, at Cerro Villa Middle School from 3:15 pm to 5:00 pm. Good luck, Coyotes!

On Monday, January 29th, OUSD's Open Enrollment window closed. If anyone missed the original Open Enrollment window, it will reopen on February 5th.

Current 7th-grade students will receive information about 8th-grade electives on February 27, 2024, during their history class. Students will hear about 8th-grade elective options and honors courses during the presentation.

8th-grade students will receive registration information for Canyon High School on March 5, 2024. Canyon's counselors will return on March 13th and 14th to pick registration materials up and meet with students during their PE class.

January 15th-January 29th: Open Enrollment

February 13th: Canyon CTE Fair during Science class

March 5th: Canyon Registration for students during history classes

March 13th and 14th: Canyon Registration Pick-Up during PE classes

April 1st, 3rd, & 5th: Canyon Cheer Tryouts from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

April 6th: Song Clinic 8:30 am to 2:00 pm

April 15th-17th: Canyon Song Tryouts

May 7th: Canyon Dance Tryouts from 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Dear Coyote Parents,

I am reaching out to you because we need your help. The project we are putting our PTSA muscle behind this year is the bathroom renovations. There are currently 12 bathrooms at El Rancho and the cost to renovate each bathroom is about $75,000, so renovating all of them will cost about $900,000. The current bathrooms have not been renovated/updated since they were originally installed 40 years ago.

Currently, with our PTSA commitment of $5,000, the school renovated two bathrooms over the winter break and hopefully a couple more over the summer break, depending on how this round of fundraising goes. Our goal with our commitment of funds was to do something that would benefit both seventh and eighth-grade students.

We are offering a special incentive for donations above $1,000. Donors will receive four Reserved VIP seats and 1 Reserved Parking spot for the 2024 El Rancho Promotion ceremony as our Thank You.

To donate you can click the link http://spot.fund/ElRanchoRestroomRenoFund and donate online.

Additionally, you can fill out our donor form which is attached to this email, and include a check made out to El Rancho PTSA. There is also an attachment that has some pictures of what the current bathrooms look like and what they will look like after renovation.

One question we have received from parents is why this sort of project is not funded by the school. The school is funding most of this project, what we are doing is helping them accomplish the project a little quicker than they had budgeted.

If you have any questions/comments/concerns, please email Kristin at kristinmcruz@hotmail.com or me at elranchocharterptsa@gmail.com.

Thank you again for your support.

Sincerely,

Baiju Mehta

PTSA President

On each Wednesday and Thursday, we have Tutorial for 30 minutes before lunch. Students should use this time to make up tests, complete missing assignments, and get help from teachers when needed.

Students who are stamped by their teacher must attend that tutorial session. If stamped by multiple teachers, the subject that has priority that day takes precedence.

Students who have C grades or better, are not stamped by a teacher, and do not have any detention stamps, can go to PE, the Little Theater, or Library to complete homework. It is the student's responsibility to check their grades prior to Tutorial.

Students have a 5-minute passing period to get to their tutorial room. Once students arrive at their Tutorial destination, they stay there for the entire 30 minutes. Please use the menu below to make a plan for this week!

All games begin at 3:00 PM

Girls' Schedule

Monday, February 12th: El Rancho @ Portola Middle School

Monday, February 26th: Yorba Middle School @ El Rancho

Monday, March 4th: Santiago Charter @ El Rancho

Monday, March 11th: El Rancho @ McPherson

Monday, March 18th: Cerro Villa @ El Rancho

Boys' Schedule

Monday, February 12th: Portola Middle School @ El Rancho

Monday, February 26th: El Rancho @ Yorba Middle School

Monday, March 4th: El Rancho @ Santiago Charter

Monday, March 11th: McPherson @ El Rancho

Monday, March 18th: El Rancho @ Cerro Villa

After-school programs are available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 2:50 PM to 3:50 PM

Homework Club in the library

Math Academy in room 306

Garden Gnomes (Wednesdays)

Parents will need to provide transportation as there is no late bus.

We would love to recognize our staff who go above and beyond. So, just like Student of the Month, we have Staff of the Month! If you would like to recognize one of our staff members who exemplifies our Coyote qualities, please use the form below to recognize them.

Staff Coyote of the Month

To be eligible for a Staff of the Month Award, an employee must demonstrate one or more of the following traits:

C: Compassion, Character, and Community

O: Outlook (Positive)

Y: Yearning for Excellence

O: Outstanding insight into students

T: Team Player

E: Excites students to learn

El Rancho Charter School is dedicated to supporting its students and staff during these unprecedented times. The site below serves as a means to share school-wide strategies we have in place to support mental health as well as provide resources, suggestions, and tips to help during this difficult time. Although we are apart, we are all in this together.

https://sites.google.com/view/ercsmentalheaalth/home

Feb. 10: El Rancho Robotics Tournament in the Gym

Feb. 13: Canyon CTE Pathways Fair during Science class

Feb 16 & Feb 19: Presidents' Day Observed-No School

Feb. 27: Career Day

Feb. 27: 2024-2025 8th Grade Elective Presentation during History class

Mar. 1: Minimum Day 12:20 pm dismissal

Mar. 5: Canyon Registration Presentation during History class

Mar. 5: End of 2nd Trimester

Mar. 6: 3rd Trimester Begins

Mar. 13 & 14: Canyon Registration Pick-Up during PE

Mar. 21: Open House

Mar. 25-29: Spring Break

Apr. 24-May 24 SBAC Testing on Wednesdays-Fridays

El Rancho administration works as a management team with three assistant principals, called advisors, who work alongside our Executive Director, Mrs. Walker, to help students be successful. Advisors work with students in the areas of attendance, academics, behavior, and scheduling. The student body is divided into groups by their last name and assigned to an advisor who is like the principal for that part of the alphabet. Students with Section 504 Plans will have Mrs. Beard as their advisor.

Advisors are always happy to help answer general questions regarding school programs. We encourage families to first address questions regarding the grade book, assignments, and classroom interaction to the individual teacher and advisors can be cc'd on communications at any time.

• A-G..........Mrs. Ozuna.......... kozuna@orangeusd.org
• H-P..........Mr. Kilgore........... gkilgore@orangeusd.org
• Q-Z..........Mrs. Beard........... kbeard@orangeusd.org

Mrs. Cannon, our Attendance Clerk, appreciates your phone call if your child has to miss school. Please call the Attendance Hotline 714-628-5427 on the day of your student's absence.

Please check Google Classroom for work missed up to 3 days.

Students who have a planned absence that is more than 3 days should pick-up an absence form at the attendance office.

During Tutorial, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, please avoid picking students up early, between 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM.

The Attendance Office is for signing-in students who are late to school and signing-out students who are picked-up early from school.

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