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Luxmanor General PTA Meeting

December 3rd, 2024

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Agenda

UPCOMING EVENTS

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02.

ACHIEVEMENTS & GOALS FOR THE YEAR

TREASURY CHAT

WAIT UNTIL 8TH COMMITTEE

CURRENT BOARD & VACANCIES

03.

04.

05.

ADMIN UPDATES

06.

OPEN FORUM & QUESTIONS

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08.

MCCPTA & CURRICULUM INFORMATION

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Chaired by Robin Toblin

This Friday, begins at 6:30
Open to ALL!
Prizes from Scholastic, including posters and books
Pre-Order will close tomorrow at 10am

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Achievements This Year

SCIENCE FAIR

Over 150+ students participated
Assembly built into the program
Participants all received certificates and medals
Thank you to Sunita Jofferion for this incredible event!

GRADE LEVEL PLAYDATES

All grades participated
Returning in the spring for another round of gathering
Thank you to Allie Glinski for organizing and hosting each one of these meets!

TEACHER GRATITUDE GIFTS

Pie Bingo, supported by PTA and ran by Luxmanor Core Team
Hand soap given to classroom teachers as small gifts before the holiday break

MEMBERSHIP

Over 100 members

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Goals of the Year

PLAYGROUND

90% MEMBERSHIP

UPDATE BY-LAWS IN THE SPRING

VOLUNTEERS

Received boundary lines, and working to see what is now possible.

From community and staff for 2024-2025.

Removing VP Positions and adding more Chairs that require less commitment

Expanding our current list of volunteers and having more support at events for the year.

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Treasury Report

2024-25 Budget Approved

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Treasury Report

Membership

105 Actual members compared to Goal of 150
Collected $2730 vs. $4000 budget (68%)

Fundraising

Support Dine Outs

September - Chipotle - earned $109
October - California Tortilla - earned $170

Attend Family Nights - Bingo for Books in December & Chuck E. Cheese in January

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Updates will be shared at the next meeting:

Boundary Survey is still ongoing
Board of Ed Candidate Forum details will be shared

Cluster Rep Updates,

Billy Elliot

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CKLA

Core Knowledge Language Arts

Melissa Segal, Reading Specialist

Julia Weigel, 1st Grade

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How it Works

X

CKLA is built on the science of how kids learn to read.

SKILLS

SKILLED READING

KNOWLEDGE

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How it Happens

Instructional Design

CKLA is built on the Science of Reading

Foundational Skills

Every day in the CKLA classroom K-5, students practice their existing reading skills while stretching themselves toward new goals. In K–2, each day includes dedicated skills time to help you give students a solid foundation. In the upper grades, skills instruction becomes integrated with Knowledge lessons, and students engage with increasingly complex content-rich texts and writing activities.

Content Knowledge

While students are learning how to read, Knowledge Domains give them authentic and engaging reasons to read. Students will use their skills to explore domains that relate to storytelling, science, and the history of our world as seen through the eyes of many different groups. With these domains, you’ll bring the world to your students, showing them how reading can become an exciting, rewarding, and useful part of their lives.

CLICK after saying Authentic, Diverse Texts

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Kindergarten to Grade 2

Designed to provide quality foundational skills instruction.
Includes 60 minutes of Skills Strand lessons that address grade-level standards that include print concepts, phonological awareness, and phonics and word recognition.
Includes 60 minutes of of knowledge building.

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Program Design: K-2

Skills

Knowledge

KNOWLEDGE STRAND

SKILLS STRAND

Two Strand Approach

60

Mins

60

Mins

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Grades 3 to 5

Includes 90-120 minutes of reading and writing instruction.
Organized around integrated units of instruction.
Includes basic and advanced phonics code knowledge review and more complex foundational skills knowledge as the instructional focus, including spelling patterns, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary.

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Program Design: Grade 3

Grade

3

120

Mins

Integrated Approach

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Program Design: Grades 4 & 5

Grade

4

Grade

5

90

Mins

Integrated Approach

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Caregiver Resources

Take-Home Letters

K-5 are in Spanish and English

It is important for a child’s development that family members and caregivers are involved in their education. This is why partnering with families is a priority of ours.

Students are regularly given a Take-Home Letter that outlines and reinforces main lesson objectives, vocabulary for the unit, and knowledge content that will be covered.

Children learn best through repetition. When family members know what words and knowledge their children just gained access to in school, they can reinforce learning and have quality discussions with their children.

Amplify CKLA family letters, enrichment activities, and discussion questions are provided for teachers to send home at the beginning of the year and before each unit.

K-5 Supporting Independent Reading @ Home

English

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-O-ihKf4axixxLUWeAzr_h3No3HAtVm0/view?usp=sharing

Spanish

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-AtNEQ1EjXHkVcQOF_v5DQI1CuG11zkQ/view?usp=sharing

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Independent Reading at Home

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Amplify CKLA: Caregiver Hub

A one stop shop for resources and guides in both Spanish and English!

English

español

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Amplify CKLA: Student Hub

CKLA Hub for Students

Click here for login information by grade level

www.achievethecore.org

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www.achievethecore.org

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www.achievethecore.org

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Amplify CKLA: Student Hub

CKLA Hub for Students

Click here for login information by grade level

www.achievethecore.org

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www.achievethecore.org

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Amplify CKLA: Boost Reading

Personalized Instruction
Practice @ Home
Acceleration & Remediation

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Amplify CKLA: Boost Caregiver Hub

English

español

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Questions?

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Delay the Smartphone

Chaired by

Dani Yemini & Jamie Kramer

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What is Wait Until 8th?

Wait until 8th is an amazing organization that helps communities come together to wait until at least 8th grade to give their children smartphones.

The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade, thereby reducing access and exposure to social media. By banding together, this will decrease the pressure felt by our kids and parents alike over the kids having a smartphone, and allow kids to be kids longer.

**This pledge is for smartphones only. If you already have or plan to give your child a watch, iPad, basic phone that just calls and texts, you still can sign the pledge! We embrace technology --- we are looking to avoid many of the distractions and potential dangers of the smartphone.

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A Video Overview

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Why Wait?

Smartphones are changing childhood
Smartphones are addictive and cause academic distractions
Smartphones are altering children’s brains
Smartphones impair sleep
Screen time impacts behavior
Smartphones increase risk for anxiety and depression
Smartphones put kids at a greater risk for cyberbullying

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How to get involved

Help get the word out to other parents
Send out classroom emails
Meet with us with the other ES reps

SIGN THE PLEDGE!

Click “Take The Pledge”
Scroll down to “Take The Wait Until 8th Pledge”
Fill in information - Maryland - Rockville - and Luxmanor will pop up

LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED!

SCAN TO SIGN

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Our goals as Chairs

Create a Gmail account for Wait Until 8th North Bethesda Chapter
Align support from other Tilden MS feeder schools (Farmland ES & Garrett Park ES) so that we can all be one North Bethesda chapter working toward the same goal of delaying smartphones for our children until at least 8th grade
Get in contact with the following people/organizations to try and get booths/share information at events throughout the year:
Town Mayor
School Superintendent
All parent teacher organizations across elementary and middle schools in town

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Current Board

PRESIDENT Janelle Mizera

TREASURER Sunita Jofferion

RECORDING SECRETARY Paige Brown

CLUSTER REP Billy Elliot

VP OF COMMUNICATIONS Allie Berry

VP OF PARENT SUPPORT Allie Glinski

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Board Vacancies

ELECTS: PRESIDENT & TREASURER

MCCPTA DELEGATES

VP OF FUNDRAISING, Large Scale Fundraisers & Spiritwear

VP OF PROGRAMMING, Afterschool Programs & Dine Outs

CHAIR POSITIONS:

Reflections Art Program
Spring BOGO Scholastic Fair
Geography Bowl
VOLUNTEER!

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Administrative Updates

Mrs. Turner

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Open Forum & Community Questions