Attention Vintage Families - May 4th - 8th we will celebrate and show our appreciation for all Vintage's teachers and staff for their dedication to our children.  They put in a lot of extra hours.  Just come to a NASA Night or check the parking lot early mornings into the evening and you will find them busy at work making Vintage a special place to learn.  Here are ways you can contribute to making this week special for all of them.

Monday - May 4th: Send a Note (Write a little note card from you or have your student make a card, saying what they appreciate about their teacher and staff members.

Tuesday - May 5th: Teacher Luncheon* (Send in your item for the teacher appreciation luncheon.  Be sure to drop it off in the auditorium or office before 11 a.m.)

Wednesday - May 6th: Send a Flower (Send your student with a flower for their teacher and it will become a bouquet from the whole class!)

Thursday - May 7th: Send an item (Give your teacher a useful classroom item, like post-it notes, tissues, Clorox wipes, a duster, paper towels, hand sanitizer, magnets, thank-you notes, etc.)

Friday - May 8th: Send a gift  (Send in a gift for your teacher... homemade cookies, box of chocolates, gift cards, gift certificates, etc.)

*NOTE:  If you can send an item for the luncheon on May 5th, please send a note to the classroom with your name and the item you can donate.  Thanks. 

Parents, Vintage is accepting applications for their Youth Development Program (YDP) for 2015-2016 school year. YDP is free after school program for students in Grades 1 though 5.  Space is limited so please read the parent letter below and follow the enrollment process as specified.  (Note: First grade students will be given priority since Youth Services Program does not allow first grade students.)

YDP Enrollment Letter to Parents in English
YDP Enrollment Letter to Parents in Spanish
YDP Enrollment Form

A big thank you to Vintage community families and staff that showed their school spirit and turned out on Saturday, April 18th, 2015.  It was a beautiful day for being outside.  Families, students, and staff turned out willing to help wherever needed.  Planters were weeded and trimmed, plants planted, classrooms were scrubbed, trash was swept up up from one corner of the campus to the other, irrigation tubing was patched, and much, much more.  So much was done in two short hours (and an extra thank you to those who volunteered to work longer).  This wonderful group of volunteers definitely left the school a much better place for our students to be at.

Click here to see them hard at work and some of our before and after photos.

Congratulation to the raffle winners:  Aileen P.  in Room 32 and Bella L. in Room 1.

Thank you volunteers (if your name is not listed and you were here, please email dstone02@lausd.net and I will add you.)

Vintage's Awesome Families
I. Megan / Fletes
Blake N.
I. Malton
R. Estrada (29)
M. Ramos
S. Ramos
K. Gonzalez
J. Gomez
J. Rosas (30)
T. Balili
F. Koch
K. Maldonado (34)
S. Luna
A. Pena
B. Luna

Staff:
Mr. Bullis
Mrs. Rios
Mrs. McElroy
Mrs. J. Hall
Mrs. Cruz
Mrs. Stone
Hal
Mr. and Mrs. Murao
Mrs. Maar

Saturday, April 25th, 8:30AM-12:30PM, Los Angeles Unified School District Gifted/Talented Programs and the Greater Los Angeles Gifted Children’s Association Invite parents of Gifted/SAS students to attend the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools 701 S. Catalina Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005
 
(Click here for flyer)

Please Note New Location
Directions: Intersection of Wilshire Blvd. and Catalina St.
Parking: Parking is available onsite; entrance on 8th St. Close to Red Line Metro Vermont/Wilshire.

Schedule:
7:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.: Registration; refreshments
8:30 a.m. — 8:45 a.m.: Welcome and Introduction
8:45 a.m. –10:00 a.m.: Keynote Speaker — Dr. Joy L. Davis

“Talking the Talk of Gifted Education” 10:10a.m.–11:10a.m.: WorkshopSession1
11:20a.m.–12:20p.m.: WorkshopSession2
12:20p.m.–12:30p.m.: Evaluation !

Parents may choose from a variety of workshops that include: Social-emotional needs of gifted students, technology in the classroom, parenting gifted/talented children and more.

This conference is FREE to all parents of LAUSD GATE/SAS students. No prior registration necessary.

Questions? Please contact Catherine Estrada, District Coordinator, Gifted/Talented Programs at (213) 241-6500. 

Parents, students,  and friends, mark your calendar and please join us for some good clean fun at Vintage.  Help make our school beautiful.  We will meet at 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and to pitch in to make a difference on our campus that wouldn't happen otherwise.  It is wonderful what a difference a few hours of volunteering can make.

We have several projects planned for this day including pressure washing walkways, raking, trimming, planting, leaf clean up, classroom cleaning, cleaning up the planters and garden.  

Please return this tear-off by Friday, April 10th from the flyer.  Click here for the flyer. 

We are also looking for specific help and items on April 18th:

____ Lysol or Clorox Wipes
____ paper towels
____ swiffers with dusters
 ____ brooms 
____ Windex 
____ rakes
____ shovels
____ leaf blowers
____ hedge trimmers
____ large bags of soil


Label your tools with a marker with your child’s name and room number especially if you will not be able to attend, so we can get them back to you.

Check out the video and photos from that stimulating evening, especially if you were unable to attend the Spring 2015 NASA Night.    Attendees were presented with a wonderful talk by Ashwin Vasavada from the NASA JPL Mars Rover Curiosity Project.  Afterwards they were able to attend many science, technology, engineering and math related presentations in various locations around campus.  Vintage continues it commitment to expose students to an assortment of STEM related careers and products.  Thank you to all that attended or worked that evening.  Your participation helped make it a success for all involved.

Visit out NASA Explorer School web page by clicking here to learn more about this evening and other NASA Night events.