If you would like your child to attend Vintage Magnet or any other LAUSD Magnet School for the 2017-2018 school year, you must complete a Choices Application between October 4, 2016 and November 10, 2016 to be eligible.  Parents are encouraged to complete the Choices Application online at eChoices.lausd.net.  If you do not have internet, you may pick up a paper application at your local LAUSD school.

Current Vintage Kindergartners are not automatically accepted into the First Grade at Vintage Magnet.  All current Vintage Kindergartners must complete a Choices application for Vintage, and must be offered a spot in our First Grade through the district’s lottery system.

Current Vintage 5th Grade students who would like to attend a Magnet Middle School next year must complete a Choices Application.

Current Magnet Students in grades 1-4, who plan to continue at Vintage Magnet next year should not complete a Choices Application.  Remember, that if you are currently enrolled in a Magnet School and you apply to another Magnet School, your child will automatically lose their spot at the current Magnet School if they are offered a spot at the other Magnet School.  Also, please understand that if your child is currently enrolled in a Magnet School, they cannot accumulate Magnet Waiting List points.

***Caution:  Every year a few students lose their spots at Vintage because their parents applied to another Magnet trying to accumulate Magnet Waiting List points.  So only complete a Choices brochure if you actually want your child to attend the other Magnet School next year.

A parent meeting for more information on school choices will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 @ 6 PM in the auditorium.

Please go to eChoices.lausd.net for more information.
 
Click here to see a list of dates and times for Vintage STEM Magnet tours.
 
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Si desea que su hijo asista a Vintage STEM Magnet o cualquier otra escuela Magnet del LAUSD para el año escolar 2017-2018, tiene que completar una Solicitud de Opciones entre el 4 de octubre 2016 y el 10 de noviembre 2016 para ser elegible. Les urgimos a los padres que llenen la Solicitud de Opciones en línea en eChoices.lausd.net. Si usted no tiene Internet, puede recoger una Solicitud en papel en su escuela local del LAUSD.

Alumnos que actualmente están en el Kínder de Vintage no son aceptados automáticamente en el primer grado de Vintage STEM Magnet.  Todos los estudiantes actualmente en el Kínder de Vintage tienen que completar una Solicitud de Opciones para Vintage, y tienen que ser ofrecidos un puesto en nuestro primer grado a través del sistema de lotería del distrito.

Alumnos actualmente en el 5º grado de Vintage que deseen asistir una escuela secundaria Magnet para el próximo año tienen que completar una Solicitud de OPCIONES.

Alumnos que actualmente están en los grados 1-4 de Vintage, que planean continuar en Vintage Magnet el próximo año, no deben llenar una Solicitud de opciones. Recuerde, que si un estudiante está actualmente inscrito en una escuela Magnet y aplica a otra escuela Magnet, su hijo perderá automáticamente su lugar en la Escuela Magnet actual si se le ofrece un puesto en la otra escuela Magnet. También, por favor, comprenda que si su hijo está inscrito actualmente en una escuela Magnet, no pueden acumular puntos de la Lista de Espera para el Programa Magnet.
*** Atención: Cada año unos estudiantes pierden sus puestos en Vintage porque sus padres aplicaron a otro Magnet tratando de acumular puntos de la Lista de Espera para Magnets. Por eso, sólo completen una Solicitud de Opciones si realmente quiere que su hijo asista a la otra escuela Magnet el próximo año.

Tendremos una reunión de padres para obtener más información sobre las opciones escolares el martes, 11 de octubre de 2016 a las 6 PM en el auditorio.

Por favor, vaya a eChoices.lausd.net para más información.

Haga clic aquí para ver una lista de fechas y horas para un tour de Vintage STEM Magnet.

UPDATED:  Photos available under the PHOTOS menu. Vintage STEM Magnet families, mark your calendar for Friday, Oct. 7th.  Vintage will host Former NASA astronaut who was assigned to the crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-128.  Students will have an opportunity to meet and talk with Jose Hernandez,  a real astronaut.  His keynote speech will be at 6 to 6:45PM so come early to get a seat in the auditorium as seating is limited.  Once the auditorium is full, families will be directed to the lunch area where they can view the Keynote address on a screen. These STEM NASA Nights are organized by Vintage to stimulate students love for all things STEM.  So come on out for a fun, family evening.

Don’t forget to save room for dinner from Fratelli’s Pizza and Outback Catering starting at 5:30PM

The hands-on STEM activities in the classroom and playground will begin at 6:30. Be sure to gaze at the sky through the telescopes with the Sidewalk Astronomers and have close encounters with snakes with our friends from the Southwestern Herpetologists Society. And there will be much more!

After the speech from 6:30 to 8:00PM, there will be lots of fun STEM activities such as those listed below.

Sidewalk Astronomers
Southwest Herpetologist Society
San Fernando Valley Flyers
Sylvan Engineering & Math Fun
The Incredible Hoop Glider
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Pumpkin Helicopters
High Rise Engineering
Mint Mobile
Static Electricity
Magic or Science?

Are you a creative student?  PTA has a fun contest for you.  Everyone who turns in an entry will get a Certificate of Participation.  Students from all over the nation will reflect on the annual theme and create an original work around that theme.  This year's theme is "What is your story?" You can make a video, create music, dance, take pictures, draw, paint, do 3-D art, write a story or poem.  Let your creative juices flow and have fun expressing yourself.

Who can participate:  All grades and all abilities
Deadline for Entries: Nov. 7, 2016
Turn in Entries to:  Vintage Magnet Mail Office
Related Website:  http://www.pta.org/Reflections
Click here for PTA Reflections downloadable flyer with Contest Checklist
Questions? Please contact Silvia at outdoorsygal@sbcglobal.net.

Time flies by so fast.  So, capture each school year in a school photo. Cornerstone Photography will be here on Friday, September 23, 2016.  Wear something nice (free dress) for your photo and bring your beautiful smile.  You can pre-order online at www.cornerstonephotography.net.  Or, click here to download the Cornerstone flyer.

Parents help make Vintage Magnet great!. Vintage Magnet School has a very hard working PTA.  We know many of you are involved or would like to be involved more, but can't, yet still would like to be kept informed. 

When you selected Vintage Magnet as a school for your child or children, perhaps you were impressed by something you saw on the tour.  Or perhaps you visited our school website photos and saw one of the many fun, family activities held at Vintage.  Well, chances are PTA made it happen and without them, gues what!!! - that program or item wouldn't be there.   So, please take a minute to complete the form and to also visit the Vintage Magnet PTA website regularly.  Don't miss the Liaison Corner!

Here is how you can stay informed:
Step 1: Complete and submit the Parent Classroom Contact Information Online Form (Click here for the online form.) 
Step 2: Visit PTA's updated website (Click here for VintageMagnetPTA.net)

Hamer Toyota on Sept. 15 made a gracious donation to support the Vintage Magnet Robotics program. Thanks to the General Manager and Cherrill E. Faruzzi for your generous support of Vintage and it's STEM programs. Special thanks to members of the PTA, Robotics Coaches Mr. Bulls and Mr. Orvis, for coming out to Hamer to celebrate and receive the donation. Thank you Mr. Bullis for helping Vintage and Hamer Toyota create and continue this community relationship. 

 Dear Vintage Families, Friends and Staff:  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  Check out the photos.

Thank you so much coming out to our Fall 2016 School Beautification Day.   The tasks that were done would have been hard to do without your help.  That extra deep cleaning makes our school shine.  The garden prep work will give us a jump on our planting.  Your taking a few hours out of your day to volunteer at Vintage made our school a better place for our students. 

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Dear Families, Friends, and Neighbors of Vintage Magnet, please join us for 2 hours (9-11AM) on Saturday, September 17th, to give our campus a little tender loving care.  There is a variety of tasks that need to be done from cleaning rooms to pulling weeds, raking, trimming, sweeping, and more.  Bring the relatives and kids and meet other dedicated Vintage families.  Together we can make Vintage a nicer campus at which our students can come to learn.

We are also looking for specific items that include:
____Lysol or Clorox Wipes
____rakes
____ paper towels
____ swiffers dusters or other dusting tools
____ brooms
____ Windex
____ shovels
____ leaf blowers
____ hedge trimmers
____ clippers

PLEASE MARK YOUR TOOLS WITH YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER (OR ROOM NUMBER) SO THEY CAN BE RETURNED IF LEFT BEHIND. 

FLYER:  Campus Beautification Day Fall 2016

While out shopping, please consider throwing some of the items listed below in your cart to donate to Vintage's classrooms.  Also, don't forget the Computer Lab, Science Lab, and Library see hundreds of students a day. These labs also need supplies, especially the paper items. Clearly mark which room or lab they are for or directly drop the item off where they will happily be received.  Thanking you in advance for your generosity.

• Kleenix Tissues
• Paper Towels
• Clorox Wipes
• Glue Sticks
• #2 Pencils (dozen box)

Vintage Magnet's PTA invited families and friends of Vintage to "eat fresh, raise funds!"  Get together with family and friends to help us, while you help yourself with great food -- with an event like this, everybody wins!  Just come to the location below and bring the flyer, Baja Fresh will donate 15% of the proceeds to our cause!  You can dine in or take it home.  You can even call ahead, grab it and go!

FLYER:  Click here for the Baja Fresh flyer to take with you.

Day: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016
Time: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
Where: Granada Hills Baja Fresh
Address: 16912 Devonshire Street
Phone Ahead: (818) 360-1472

We need your help saving plastic bottle caps for our school, especially the colorful ones.  Vintage has fun plans for a school art project starting when we return to school in August.  We will use these plastic bottle caps to create a mural that aligns with the NASA/Space travel theme of our school.  We will need lots and lots of blue and dark blue caps, as well as white and other colors.  Start saving them throughout summer (rinsing them will help) and bring them in when school resumes. We will need about 550 caps per square yard.  Plus.... this helps the environment by re-purposing them into a decorative mural.

When students return next school year, we will have a collection station where they can be deposited.  We will update you about the mural design and provide more details at that time.

Learn more about Bottle Cap Murals at MeriCherry.com (see photo below of one example):
Also, click here to read Pacific TV's blog about a local school, San Jose Elementary, that created a "Green Team" and made a lovely school mural.

Motivate younger children with this cute collection song called "Bottle Caps by Laurie Berkner."