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Volume 4.11| May 2022

Your Brightwood PTA Monthly News & Updates

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - last of the school year!

Dear Brightwood Families,

Wow! What a year this has been at Brightwood Elementary School! The partnerships between staff, families, students, and our community have been nothing short of amazing. Thank you to everyone that supported the Brightwood PTA, students, and staff during the year! Our success was due to your volunteer hours, financial support, and love for all things Brightwood Bengals.

Teacher Appreciation Week for our MARVEL-ous teachers has wrapped up. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the daily teacher gift giving. The PTA provided a breakfast bar for our teachers last Thursday. And,we will also be hosting an End Of the Year Teacher Luncheon this coming Wednesday. Thank you to those who donated money and food items for the luncheon. You have all been so generous. We know they’re feeling the love that they very much deserve. HUGE thank you to Brenda S and Gracie T for planning and leading us through the Breakfast Bar and Teacher Luncheon. They have done an amazing job as hospitality chairs and we appreciate all of your hard work.

Usually Teacher Appreciation Week is our last big event of the year, but we have one more big event for our student body! Our Amazing PBIS Team has planned an End of Year Extravaganza to celebrate those students who earned Class Dojo points for their good work. They have lots of fun things planned. The PTA is providing hot dogs and Otter pops for the students who attend! We’re very excited about this event and can’t wait to have a day of fun for our scholars! This is a student-only event and will take place during school hours. If you’re an approved volunteer and would like to help out, please click on the link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0544afac29a6fb6-star and sign up.

Now that the SBAC testing is over, the PTA is also going to be celebrating Earth Week for the lower grade students this week. We have some in-class zoom sessions with the Pasadena Audubon Society and Theodore Payne Foundation. This is our first time working with these organizations and we are excited for the students! Next Monday, the upper grades will be partaking in Science Day. The teachers are bringing back their annual Egg Drop Competition. Can’t wait to find out who will succeed!

Keep an eye out for the Talent Show link. Our VP Adrian L worked tirelessly, from the auditions, rehearsals, the actual talent show and putting it all together for your viewing from home. He deserves big kudos for all this hard work to make our talent show a success. It is important to realize all the work the PTA does behind the scenes to bring all these activities to our school.

Also, if you haven’t done so already….it is not too late to order your yearbook. Go to www.treering.com/validate with the passcode 1015657613561236.

To my PTA board and chairs, thank you for your time, talent and commitment to our school. It has been an honor to have worked with all of you, especially my executive board members. All your hard work is appreciated. I am looking forward to working with most of you again. 2022-2023 is going to be another sensational year at Brightwood.

I hope you all have a wonderful and memorable summer! See you all next year!

Duly Wong

Brightwood PTA President

2021-2022

PTA Announcements and Reminders

If you didn’t order a Brightwood yearbook, IT’S NOT TOO LATE!!

AUSD Adventures After School Enrichment is coming to Brightwood!

Traditionally the AUSD Adventures program has not been offered at Brightwood but during the 2022-2023 school year they will be added as a third option for after school care and enrichment on Brightwood’s campus in addition to SPARKs & Options for Learning.

Volunteers are back on Campus!

We've been thrilled having our volunteers back to our school campuses!

Volunteers must follow all pre-pandemic requirements, be fully vaccinated, and adhere to all DPH guidelines. Photo shows list of requirements. Please contact the office for more information and/or to verify if you are currently cleared to volunteer.

Alhambra Educational Foundation (AEF) Summer School 2022

AEF Summer School is available for incoming K-12 students. Academic and enrichment classes are available for grades K-8. High school students may earn high school credits. Catalogs and registration information is available at www.aef4kids.com.

1st Annual Brightwood End-of Year Extravaganza! May 2022

Students will have the opportunity to use their PBIS dojo points before the end of the school year to attend the first ever EOY Extravaganza!!

(Dojo points do not roll over to next school year.)

Weekly Covid-19 Surveillance Testing every MONDAY resumes...

Our testing company, Living Fit Nation (LFN), has added an additional lab and

is able to provide us with PCR test results within 48 hours again.

Other Covid Updates - May 2022

Mask Changes

Masks Will Be No Longer Required (but, Still Strongly Recommended) as of 3/14/2022

Cloth masks are no longer allowed. Masks are to be worn at all times, indoors and outdoors, except when actively eating or drinking.

Traveling when Unvaccinated

It is recommended that unvaccinated people quarantine following travel out of state and internationally. Click HERE for details about LA County & CDC travel restrictions.

2022 Important Brightwood Dates

Click HERE to view all of Brightwood’s important dates including planned spirit days! Check out the October Calendar attached

Non District Fun Activities

Click HERE to view approved for distribution flyers for non-district sponsored activities.

Brightwood Yearbook 2021-2022 is HERE!!! Reminder for next school year 2022-2023

We’re very excited to announce that we are trying to bring back the Brightwood Yearbook this year. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a school-wide yearbook and we can't do this project without your help. We are asking for help with submitting photos that we can use for the yearbook. If we have an event, such as Spirit Day, we ask that you email us a photo if you'd like to be featured in the yearbook. You can easily submit the photo* by emailing us at:

BrightwoodSchoolYearbook@gmail.com

Please label each email accordingly. ie. Subject: Crazy Hair Day. When submitting photos please keep it to a minimum. We do not need several photos of the same child in different poses. Pick your best and send it our way! *note: all photos submitted are not guaranteed to make the yearbook

We need YOU! Join the Brightwood Team!

We are looking for community members who are interested in joining the Brightwood team. We are in great need of classified noon duty staff. Filling these positions would assist us in keeping students safe during unstructured time. Like many industries, we are facing a labor shortage in some positions and would appreciate you spreading the word to those who may be interested. Details of available positions and the online application can be found at www.EdJoin.org.

Don’t Forget! New Bell Schedule

Effective NOW

To address overcrowding and long lines during lunch on short Wednesdays and minimum days the school day will end 30 minutes earlier with a grab and go lunch students eat at home. Please see attached updated bell schedule.

Executive Board led by new president, Duly Wong and the rest of our 2021-2022 Board members.

Important Meetings

PTA Board Meeting

Our next PTA Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11 at 6:30p.m.

The meeting will be held via Zoom. If you would like to join, please email brightwoodelementarypta@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Also, check out our Facebook or Instagram page for more updated information.

Zooming with the Principal

Please join us for Zooming with the principal to talk all things Brightwood! We will share summer resources and celebrate all that’s been accomplished here at Brightwood this school year!

Click Here to join the meeting. Meeting ID: 918 0843 2643 Passcode: 168981

COMMUNICATION

Volunteer Information: bit.ly/Brightwoodvolunteer

Suggestion box: http://bit.ly/PTASuggestion

Our website: http://www.brightwoodpta.com

EASY WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT BRIGHTWOOD

ALL YEAR LONG

1. Amazon Smile

Do you shop on Amazon.com? You can support Brightwood by shopping through https://smile.amazon.com instead. Just log in, choose Brightwood Elementary School PTA as your charity of choice and then shop as you normally would. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Brightwood Elementary PTA.

2. Box Tops

Help Brightwood earn Box Tops! Collect them throughout the year and drop them off in the Box Tops collection box at the Brightwood front office. Monies raised directly support our school.

3. Ralphs

You can now donate to Brightwood PTA every time you shop swipe your Ralphs Rewards card! This program does not cost you a penny. Up to 4% of your purchases will be donated to Brightwood PTA. You must first follow the steps below to connect your Ralphs rewards card to Brightwood PTA.

Start by going to the Ralphs website: www.ralphs.com
Click on either “sign in” (if you have a log–in password) or “create an account” on the right. If you’re creating an account, follow the steps on the website. You’ll need your email, a password and your zip code. You can apply for a Ralph’s card if you don’t have one yet, or use your Ralphs card number or telephone number linked to your card.
When you see the confirmation page, make sure to check the box that says “I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions”. From there, you will be notified by email that your account has been created. Go to your email and click the link in the email sent by Ralphs. (If you don’t see an email from Ralphs, check your spam folder.)
Now you can log in with your Ralphs online account using the email and password you just created. After you log in, you’ll see a page with My Account. At the top of list is “Account Settings”. Click on this tab and then the “Community Rewards” tab. Select the “Edit Community Contribution Program Information”. On the next page, enter “Brightwood Elementary School PTA” or our nonprofit number “93885” into the first field, then click “search”. Select “Brightwood Elementary School PTA” in the list then click “save changes”.

Your Ralphs Rewards card is now connected to Brightwood PTA. And you’re all finished! Encourage your family & friends to sign up too.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

DIGITAL BOX TOPS!!!

You are now able to "Give Credit" for your digital Box Tops submissions online and in the app! Each student and classroom will be able to keep track of their earnings! This way students can earn Brightwood Bucks (1 Buck for each $1 of Box Tops submissions).

Be sure to "Give Credit" by using the latest version of the Box Tops app, scan your receipt, then tap the star icon to enter your "Give Credit" memo.

Note: Submissions can be "Given Credit" up to 14 days after you scan your receipt. Just go back to your submissions and in the memo section assign the student's name and teacher.

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