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Treasure Chest 9/20

Parent's - Be a part of putting a smile on t our kids faces!

The Las Palmas Treasure Chest is a PTA-sponsored rewards program that supports PBIS at Las Palmas.  This is where 1st through 5th grade students can purchase privilege tickets (reward tickets), small toys and enter raffles using PIPER Pride Tickets.  PIPER Pride Tickets are Red, Yellow and Blue.  The red tickets are distributed by supervisors, the yellow by the office and the blue by the teachers. 

Treasure Chest takes place on Fridays each month (dates change sometimes due to holidays, other school events, etc.) and is held by the lunch tables during lunch.

What is PBIS at Las Palmas:
PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. It is a process for teaching our students appropriate behavior and providing the supports necessary to sustain that behavior. At Las Palmas, we are focused on five school-wide behavior expectations: PIPER (Preparation, Integrity, Perseverance, Empathy, and Respect).  Through the PBIS framework, school staff encourage the teaching and reinforcement of these positive social expectations across all school settings and beyond.

Treasure Chest Coordinator: Heidi Huffman  949.444.3809 - Text is Great

ELAC - English Learners Advisory Committee

ELAC (English Learners Advisory Committee) is a meeting place that parents can use as a platform to express their concerns and ideas to both the school and the district, to inform the decisions of the School Site Council. 

Children benefit by ELAC as their parents' concerns are voiced to the School Site Council, resulting in an impact on decisions at both the school level and the district level. They will see the change in their parents, as the parents are empowered by the trainings they will receive, and as they develop the ability to speak out for their families.

ELAC offers workshops that cover broad areas, such as legal issues involved in working with English Language Learner students, training in reading and homework techniques that can immediately help their children and training in dealing with different family problems.

ELAC provides parents with a forum to express their thoughts and concerns about their children's education at the site and district level. Parents have more expertise about their children's education than they realize.

For more information: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/cr/elac.asp 

Questions: Blanca Mota PH: (949) 412-0157(text is best) or brian_13Blanca@yahoo.com 

LPES Volunteer Policy / Compliance Required to Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome at Las Palmas.  It is district policy that all volunteers fill out a Tier II volunteer form and be approved. Student safety is our #1 concern. We are asking all volunteers to please complete this form and turn it into the office.  As a Tier II volunteer at Las Palmas your responsibilities should always be supervised by CUSD staff. Tier II volunteers cannot have unsupervised contact with students.  Staff will review all volunteer forms checking each against Megan's Law registry.  This form needs to be completed every school year.

Please review the handbook below and submit the Tier II volunteer form to the front office. Once you are approved, you will receive a badge from the front office (no more orange stickers!!!). You will still need to sign in/out in the front office.  That is how we track who is on campus in case of an emergency.

Las Palmas thanks you!!!
   Volunteer Handbook - English CLICK HERE
   Instructivo para voluntarios- Espanol haga clic aquí   
   Volunteer Tier II Form - CLICK HERE
   For more info about CUSD volunteer policy:  CLICK HERE

PBIS State Recognition

Las Palmas Elementary School has been recognized for successful PBIS implementation at the PLATINUM level. Our school is a recipient within the California PBIS Coalition’s System of Recognition, reflecting excellence in the measurement of fidelity as well as your efforts in implementing the core features of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. 

To acknowledge this honor, our school’s name will be displayed on the California PBIS Coalition webpage and posted at the 4th Annual California PBIS Conference in Sacramento on October 28-29, 2019. To view this webpage click here.

Congrats Las Palmas Elementary!!!