REMINDER – ATWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING GARDEN WORKING BEE AT THIS SUNDAY 9AM-1PM

Atwater Elementary School

Reading Garden Working Bee

Sunday, October 23^rd, 2011 – 9AM to 1PM

3271 Silver Lake Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90039

Join Friends of Atwater Elementary (FOA) this Sunday at the school from 9am-1pm to swing shovels to finish building the School Reading Garden. Please bring a sunhat and a sense of humor! FOA provide refreshments (coffee and pastries at 9am, then lunch at 1pm) in our air-conditioned Cub Hub (parents center). Bring the kids, bring the grandparents! Everyone can help build and plant. No job is too small or too big! Enclosed is the official invitation (we've partnered with EnrichLA, a nonprofit volunteer group who put edible gardens into public schools) and below is the scope of work:

Build and finish four wooden picnic tables with umbrella base on 2.
Build and place one large our garden/herb garden bed  8 by 8.
Build and place three veggie beds, four by eight.
Fill beds with 50/50 soil and compost
Tap into existing system to water these beds.
Create and place small signs for beds (herb lists etc)
Build and attach to wall (chalk board)
Plant new natives to fill  garden.
Build and place two planters for two new fruit trees.
Build and place large potting table.
Add pavers

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FRIENDS OF ATWATER ELEMENTARY WINE TASTING AND SILENT AUCTION – MARCH 6TH

HOST: Friends of Atwater Elementary

WHEN: Saturday, March 05 from 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM

WHERE: 55 Degree Wine, 3111 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Please join us for our Silent Auction and Wine Tasting!  Tickets are $30 per person.  All proceeds will go toward providing an extra field trip for every student at Atwater Elementary and toward Arts Enrichment.  Payment may be made by check, credit card or PayPal.  For PayPal please visit www.FriendsOfAtwater.org    Please make checks payable to Friends of Atwater.  Friends of Atwater is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.  All donations are tax deductible.

For more information contact FOA at 323-661-2507 or at contact@friendsofatwater.org  

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ATWATER ELEMENTARY ANNUAL PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES OPEN HOUSE

Atwater Ave. Elementary School

3271 Silver Lake Blvd

Atwater Village

Friday, February 18

8:30am - 10:30am

Atwater Avenue Elementary School is a Kindergarten through 6th Grade elementary school, Title 1, in the heart of Atwater Village. Steeped in history (founded in 1922) and deeply interwoven with generations of local families and local businesses, our 380 students and 70 staff are a richly diverse community, spanning a myriad of cultures, languages, races, religions, economical and social backgrounds.  Our school motto is: BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE and BE SAFE.  We, the Atwater Family, proudly share with you our many successes and highlights including:

·       Huge jumps in API scores. Currently 769 (up from 728 in 2009).  Our goal is 800 for 2011.

·       State of the Art Computer Lab (open after school free access), plus Mobile Computer Lab

·       New Smart Boards in every class

·       New Outdoor Reading Garden + Learning Center with organic plots

·       Free visual arts, theatre, and dance

·       Free instrumental music program

·       Large Library with new computers, open daily after-school

·       Spring G.A.T.E .(gifted and talented education) After-School Enrichment Program

·       Free After-School Enrichment + Clubs including: Book Club, Chess Club, Yearbook Club, Drill Team, Learning for Life (enrichment program)

·       Free supervised after school playground

·       School Events including: Annual Spelling Bee, Blue Light Disco, Halloween Parade, Winter Holiday Program, Winter Music Concert, Spring Art Show, Wine Tasting Fundraiser & Silent Auction, In-N-Out Back to School Fundraiser

·       On-campus Parent Volunteer Center

·       Average Teacher Student Ratio of 24:1 (K-3rd) and 30:1 (4th-6th)

·       Curriculum-based field trips such as California Science Center, Cabrillo Marine Life Museum, LA Zoo, Griffith Observatory, The Getty Museum, Natural History Museum.

·       Nutritious breakfast & lunch seasonal menus

·       Extended Learning Program (for early detection and support)

·       Psychologist, Speech Therapist, and Nurse on staff

·       PEP-Physical Education Program

·       Marshall High School Student Volunteer/Tutorial Partnership Program

·       Departmentalized Team-Teaching

·       Handicap Accessible 

·       Accelerated Reader Program

·       Mind Institute Math Program for Grades 3-5 featuring Jiji the Penguin

·       Low Teacher Turnover

·       Student Council for Grades 2-6

·       Free Daily Valet Drop-off Service

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COME WORK IN THE ATWATER AVE ELEMENTARY READING GARDEN!

Hello Friends!

Tomorrow (Saturday 10/23) we will be working in the Reading Garden from 9am-12pm . Our primary focus will be laying pvc pipes for irrigation. Most of the digging has already been done! We also have landscape fabric to place in the garden boxes in preparation for real soil in the coming weeks.

Please join us! If you have gloves, shovels, hacksaws and/or trowels, please bring them but we do have some extras. And... it should not be raining and won't be hot.

See you tomorrow!

Friends of Atwater Ave Elementary

friendsofatwater@hotmail.com

http://www.friendsofatwater.org/

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This Week with Friends of Atwater Elementary (FOA) - 9/29/2010

lovely planter boxes and dug in the rock-hard dirt beneath our garden-to-be. And now on to this week's news...

Thank you to everyone for coming to Friday’s Movie Night and to Acapulco! Funds raised will be used to enrich the classrooms and/or library for all students.

Reading Garden Update
Saturday was HOT in the Reading Garden but we still got those planter boxes built. Many thanks to all who participated!

Next Saturday (Oct 2) 1-4pm we will be working in the garden again. Please come with gloves, shovels and enthusiasn (we'll have extras of each) to help build our beautiful space. For questions or more information please either call 323-284-8802 or reply to this email.

4th-6th Grade New Books
With the help of First Book Bank and the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council, FOA is able to give 2 new books to every student in the 4th-6th grades.

Those books are Lexi and Christian the Lion. We will also be doing some Book Club activities involving these books on Tuesdays after school. Come and join us!

* For those students who are not in the 4th, 5th or 6th grades, we are exploring every opportunity to acquire books for you too. We will keep you posted.


Atwater Village Cookbook Recipes and Art Contest Requests
Calling all cooks and artists of ALL AGES! Atwater Village needs your recipes and your artwork by October 15. We are creating a cookbook and need recipes and cover art. Recipes can be anything at all from very simple to complicated (and tasty!) Forms are in the school office or can be obtained online at http://atwaterrecipes.wordpress.com/.

The art work should be with the theme ‘Atwater Village’ and should be submitted on no larger than 8 ½ x11 paper to the school office by October 15.

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ATWATER AVE ELEMENTARY BACK-TO-SCHOOL PICNIC TOMORROW!!!

Hello Friends!

This is a reminder to all that tomorrow (Saturday 9/11) is the Atwater Ave Elementary Back-to-School Picnic. Please join Mr. Smith, teachers and FOA at the school from 11am to 1pm, bring a picnic and say hello to all of your friends.

There will also be information about upcoming school and Friends of Atwater Ave Elementary events, how to get involved, SNOW CONES! And possibly even early posting of classroom assignments.

We hope to see you there,

Lara & Dana

Friends of Atwater Ave Elementary

http://www.friendsofatwater.org/

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Friends of Atwater Elementary fundraiser at ACAPULCO, May 4th

Join Friends of Atwater Elementary at ACAPULCO at 3280 Glendale Blvd. for our next fundraiser!

Tuesday, May 4 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm.

Please present this flyer in order to count your order toward our fundraiser!

All proceeds will go toward Educational Enhancements for the Classrooms.

Thank you for your support!

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Atwater Elementary Volunteer Opportunities

Hi All,

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying the beautiful weather! I have gotten lots of emails lately from people wondering how to get involved and volunteer. I wanted to tell you all about a couple of opportunities to do just that!

First of all, our Volunteer Center is open and running. If you have a free morning on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 8-10am we would love to have you join us for some xeroxing, stapling and gluing fun! There's always a pot of coffee on and some goodies so please check your schedules and let me know when you would like to come volunteer.

Next it's almost time for the Spring Book Fair! The Fair will be open from April 19-23 and we will need volunteers that whole week. The shifts are 11-1 during lunch and after school from 2:30-3:30. It's a lot of fun and a great way to get involved. Please let me know if you are interested in taking any of these shifts as well.

Please keep an eye out for our upcoming newsletter with this and more information and please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks so much everyone, have a great day and I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Dana
Friends of Atwater Elementary
friendsofatwater@hotmail.com
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Atwater Elementary Art Fair

Atwater Avenue Elementary School
Wednesday evening March 24, 2010
5 - 7pm

To all Atwater Village Art Aficionados and proud community members:

You are all invited to visit the Atwater Elementary Art Fair this Wednesday evening. Come and experience what our amazing artists have created this year!

Meet our proud principal Mr. Charles Smith and perhaps even some of the young artists themselves.

You will be pleasantly surprised at our own homegrown talent. Stop by for art and refreshments. Everyone is welcome.

Atwater Elementary is located at 3271 Silver Lake Blvd in Atwater Village
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ATWATER AVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD TRIP FUNDRAISER

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010

Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: 55 Degree Wine, 3111 Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village, CA 90039

Please join Friends of Atwater Elementary for our First Annual Field Trip Fundraiser!

We will be having an amazing Wine Tasting and a fantastic Silent Auction with all proceeds to go directly to Atwater Elementary School so that each student can have a field trip this year.

Tickets are $30 per person and donations are welcome.

Tickets may be purchased in advance by Paypal, check or credit card, or may be purchased at the door by check or cash.

Please mail checks to
Friends of Atwater
3429 Hollydale Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Friends of Atwater Elementary is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization and your donations are tax deductible.

For more information about Friends of Atwater Elementary or to pay via Paypal, please visit our website at http://www.friendsofatwater.org/

For more information about 55 Degree wine, please visit http://www.55degreewine.com/

Thank you for your support of our kids, our school and our community!
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ATWATER AVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROSPECTIVE FAMILY OPEN HOUSE

School Prospective Family Open House

Friday, February 25th, 2010 - 8:30am
Atwater Ave Elementary School
3271 Silver Lake Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Starting at 8:30-9am with registration, coffee and goodies. 9-10am for the presentation and tour of the school and then a Q&A from 10-10:30am.

For more information go to http://www.friendsofatwater.org/
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