Culture and Language Academy of Success

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CLAS Administrative Offices
5100 Goldleaf Cir., Ste. 270
Los Angeles, CA 90056
(323) 292-0500
(323) 292-0550 fax
Admin. Assistant: Denise Brown-Harvey

CLAS Primary Elementary
at Coliseum
co-located at Coliseum Elementary School
4400 Coliseum Street
Los Angeles, CA 90016
323-209-9537 (temporary)
Admin. Assistant: Laurie Eason

CLAS Elementary and Middle School at Orville Wright
co-located at Orville Wright Middle School
6550 W. 80th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Elementary School Office
310-921-0958 (temporary)
Admin. Assistant:
Cathy Thomas

Middle School Office
310-665-0214
310-665-2914 fax
Admin. Assistant:
Ruth Vincent

No Shot No School

CLAS Parent Organization Meeting on Thursday, January 26

CPO

The CLAS Parent Organization will be holding its next meeting on this Thursday, January 26th at 6:30pm at the Orville Wright Campus in the Multipurpose Room. The agenda will focus on CLAS' "Drive to 75" campaign to raise $75,000. CLAS issued the call. It's time for us parents to respond! Let's come together and brainstorm paths to success.

Refreshments, childcare, and a Free Dress Ticket will be provided for your Scribe(s).

Tthe Orville Wright site at 6550 W. 80th St. • Los Angeles, CA 90045. Contact the CPO at 310-853-CLAS or email cpo@cultureandlanguage.org for more information.

IMPORTANT NEWS: CLAS Forced to Take Furlough Days

Given the pending state budget cuts of one billion dollars in education and the CLAS current budget shortfall due to being under-enrolled, we have no choice but to take 12 furlough days in order to meet compliance with a balanced budget.

A furlough day means that there will be no school for the students, as our employees will have these days as “none work” days. The scheduled 12 furlough days are as follows:

Friday, January 27
Friday, February 10
Friday, February 17
Friday, March 23
Friday, March 30
Friday, May 4
Friday, May 25
Entire week of June 11th

For the most part, the days selected are bumped against three-day weekends or spring break. Please note that our school year will be ending one week earlier.

We are abundantly aware and hyper-sensitive to the major inconvenience these furlough days will cause in regards to childcare for many of our families. We are currently brainstorming possible alternatives to provide childcare options for those families that may need it. For instance, see the article about our Furlough Academy below.

CLAS to Offer Furlough Academy

Given the impact that upcoming furlough days could have on instruction, CLAS will be offering a Furlough Academy to keep your child's learning on track.The Furlough Academy will be led by our credentilaed teachers. The grade levels offered at each site will be based on the numbers of families that register. We are currently looking at Grades K-2 at Coliseum and grades 3-8 at Orville Wright. Note that the academy classes will be multi-age groups utilizing centers and dfferentiated instruction. Also, those participating in the school lunch program will be able to receive their meals as is customary.

The CLAS Furlough Academy will take place on the following dates

Friday, January 27
Friday, February 10
Friday, February 17
Friday, March 23
Friday, March 30
Friday, May 4
Friday, May 25
Entire week of June 11th

The cost will be $35 per day. A $30 per day early bird registration discount is available. As is a 20% discount for signing up for 5 or more days!

Get the flyer here and the registration form here.

For additional information contact the Furloufgh Academy coordinator, Stephanie Jones, at n2christ01@gmail.com or conact your school siste office manager.

Weekly Homestudy Assignments Available Online by Grade Levels and Teachers

Keeping parents and caregivers informed is one of the primary purposes of CLAS' online presence. To that end, you can stay on top of your child's homestudy assignments each and every week. Homestudy assignments will be posted weekly here. You can dowload and print so that you can monitor your child's completion of her/his daily or weekly homestudy assignments and other posted projects and tasks.

Read more about CLAS' homestudy policy.

2011-2012 Online School Calendar is Available

The 2011-2012 CLAS Master Calendar is now available to the CLAS community. The Calendar can be viewed online here. Key dates will also be published in the Community handbook that will be published in August.

Some upcoming important dates that you should note and mark on your own calendar are:

January 9 – School Resumes
January 10 – Special and important Community Council Meeting – 6:30 at OW
January 16 – King Day – No School
January 18 – Shortened Day Wednesday
January 19 – CPO Meeting – 6:30 at OW
January 26 – MEN of CLAS Meeting – 6:30 at OW
January 27 – Furlough Day #1 (No School)

Latest Issue of CLAS Highlights Is Available for Download

The January issue of CLAS Highlights, the newsletter of the CLAS Community, is available for download. The newsletter highlights news, events , and information of importance to the community. Get your copy here or click the thumbnail image above.

You can also have the newsletter delivered to your email inbox. Email us with the subject line "Subscribe" to get CLAS Highlights delivered electronically to you each month.

Happy reading!