What's New? One Check Order Form 2008-2009 School Year Download Here Car Line Procedures and Map LCHS is going GREEN next year. All forms will be online -- NO SUMMER MAILING. Click Here for more into Don't Forget Y.E.S. - Youth Employment Services for tutoring, babysitting, yardwork - more info here Couselor Blogs - keep informed about campus life 2007-2008 LCUSD Calendar Intercom newsletter Ordering through Amazon? Click here and 7/8th PTA gets a portion of the proceeds!

What's up at the School? After School & Sports Programs CJSF Meeting Dates Library Hours Order Magazines Online, Benefit ASB Traffic Rules Health Office procedures Be your Best: Laws That Affect Teens Miss School? Need Homework? School Board Information Other Fun Stuff: High School Athletic Schedule to be updated..

PTA News:

• Here's the new Executvie Board for next year's PTA:
  President - Susan Dodge
  Executive Vice President - Mayra del Valle
  1st VP - Programs - Cheryl Tichon
  AVP - Programs - Kathy Seuylemezian
  2nd VP - Ways and Means - Jodi Powers
  AVP - Ways and Means - Vicky Schwartz
  3rd VP Volunteers - Kathy Selsor
  AVP - Volunteers - Joy Smith
  AVP - Volunteers - Cindy Steckbeck
  4th VP - Communications - Debbie McCoy
  AVP - Communications - Nancy Yasuda
  5th VP - Hospitality - Evelyn Zuk
  AVP - Hospitality - Erin Kreditor
  6th VP Cultural Liason - John Jaidar
  Recording Secretary - Julie Battaglia
  Corresponding Secretary - Lisa Singelyn
  Financial Secretary - Debbie Fogarty
  Treasurer - Kelly Moore
  Auditor - Becky Lankey
  Historian - Sheila Arat Holland
  Parliamentarian - Dru Gartside
  
  Support the 7/8th PTA - Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse will pay 10% of net sales on Core Lit books to 7/8th PTA from now until June 1st, 2008

LCHS is GOING GREEN!
In order to save time, money and trees--as well as integrate with the LCHS 9-12 PTA,--we will be posting all 2008-09 forms ONLINE ONLY. Please note there will be NO SUMMER MAILING FROM PTA.  All PTA and LCHS 7-8 registration forms, including the One Check order Form, can be found after August 1 at http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/2009. Keep checking back -- this link is not up and running right now.

You will need to DOWNLOAD ALL MANDATORY FORMS, and we suggest you download ALL forms to get complete information.  There will be a very limited amount of forms available in the office for those without Internet access.

CJSF News – Attention 7 th and 8 th Grade Students:

Once again California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) welcomes students who have approximately a 3.5 GPA (it is actually based on a point system that is outlined below) and a good citizenship grade. CJSF is a state wide organization for those students of high scholastic accomplishments.

Each student is expected to be an active dues paying and participating member. Membership dues ($10) are paid when you apply. CJSF students are required to attend mandatory monthly meetings after school, and there is also a 10 hour community service requirement per semester. Those students accepted into CJSF for three semesters, meeting all requirements for grades, service and attendance at monthly meetings will receive a special seal on their eighth grade promotion certificate. 7 th and 8 th grade students are able to apply for the 2nd semester based on their 1st semester grades.

All meetings will be held in the cafeteria at 2:45 P.M. and typically last about 30 minutes. To apply you need to earn twice the number of points than courses in which you are enrolled and P.E. does not count (i.e. 6 classes will need 10pts). CJSF points are granted as follows: A = 3 points, B = 1 point, C – 0 points and D/F will exclude student from membership. Likewise a U in citizenship in any classes will exclude a student from membership. Anyone interested in running for seventh grade CJSF representative positions, please see Ms. Dalbeck.

Career Day Registration

8 th GRADE CAREER DAY REGISTRATION – Due Friday, May 2nd
The 8 th grade Career Day will take place the afternoon of Friday, May 23 rd. Students from a La Cañada Girl Scout troop have lined up an impressive group of professionals to speak to your children.

The 8 th grade students will select 6 different career choices (and at least 2 alternates) they are interested in learning more about. Registration will take place during the week of April 28 with all selections DUE FRIDAY, MAY 2.

Students will register for the speakers via the on-line registration system, Naviance. To register, browse to: http://connection.naviance.com/lchsca. Students will sign in under “returning users”, using the email address and password (you/your student) selected during the registration for 9 th grade classes. Students received a handout detailing the steps to complete this registration process.

Community Prevention Council

The Community Prevention Council is an organization in La Cañada Flintridge, California, dedicated to promoting healthy policies and practices regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use in the La Cañada Flintridge community and promoting and supporting youth and their families. They have just issued a press release with the results of the Teen Summit Report:

Read Press Release on Teen Summit Report
CPC Website
Small Book of Big Issues
Read more about the SafeHomes Program

Order Magazines Online to Support the ASB

Did you forget to get your order in for the magazine drive? Did you want to renew a subscription that is expiring? Can't think of what to get someone for the holidays? Support the ASB and do your magazine shopping on-line. Simply create an account at www.qsp.com and look for La Canada Interm School as the support group. The ASB receives 50% for all orders and their prices are quite reasonable. Shop! Shop! Shop! Thanks!

Think “Y E S”: Youth Employment Service

For a job listing or hiring:
Call Wendy Siegler at (818) 952-4217, or contact her via email at alfyes@sbcglobal.net

Regular Office Hours: M-F 12:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Summer Office Hours: M-F 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
June 25th to July 31st

Laws That Affect Teens / Students

Did you know that:

• Kids can legally be out past curfew if they're participating in a religious, educational or political activity?
• In developing a school dress code, parents must be involved in the decision-making process?
• Parents are often liable when their kids damage, destroy or deface others' property?

These and other California laws that might concern children and their actions are explained in a VERY readable format in the 2007 version of Kids & the Law: An A-Z Guide for Parents. Topics covered include driving laws, drugs, alcohol, online predators, juvenile court, and much more.

Other guides from the California State Bar which you may find helpful:
"When You Become 18"
"Seniors and the Law"

Health Office Procedures

Here’s a quick reminder to parents regarding the procedures in the Health Office. A student must have a pass in order to go to the Health Office. If a student is not feeling well, the Health Clerk will take his or her temperature and ask about symptoms or ailments. With a fever or other verifiable illness, the parent or guardian is called to pick up the student. If the parent or guardian cannot be reached, the other emergency contact numbers are called. Students who are sent home with a fever must be fever free for twenty-four hours before they may return to school.

If a student does not have a fever or an outward sign of illness, they are allowed to rest in the Health Office for ten minutes, after which the Health Clerk will reevaluate his or her condition. If the student wants to go home, the office staff attempts to reach the parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian is not reached within twenty minutes and the student is not in distress, the student is asked to return to class until school personnel hear from the parent/guardian. Upon contact with the parent/guardian, it is their decision whether to pick up the student or have the student remain in class.

Students who are not in distress may not rest/remain in the Health Office for extended periods of time. We encourage all families to make sure that their telephone numbers and those of their emergency contacts on file with the school are correct and updated. The Health Office policies are designed to efficiently meet the health needs of our students while promoting the importance of students being present in their classes during instructional time.

7/8 Counselor Blog

Click here to see what's happening in the Counselors' offices!

Miss School? Need Homework?

If your child is out of school for one day, please refer to his/her agenda for upcoming assignments and tests. Another good resource for finding out homework information is to call a reliable student in the same small school. Also, many teachers have websites that can be accessed for assignments, and some teachers have weekly schedules that are sent home.

Please utilize all the tools at your disposal to access your child’s work and ask your child to speak with their teachers when they return from an illness. Homework assignments will only be gathered from teachers via the Attendance Office upon the third day of your child ’s absence from school.

Better Late Than Never

Please talk to students about traffic safety, especially at the end of the school day. The school has received concerns from drivers that students are running against the red light at Oak Grove Dr. and Foothill to catch the shuttle bus.

With the sun in the driver's eyes, it is not always easy to see people.

Please be cautious at all times and remember the old saying "Better late than never".

Please Pull Forward in 7/8 Turnaround

We have posted a big banner on the fence along the north side of the turn-around (adjacent to the baseball field). The banner reads: "Please Pull to Here." It seems that many parents stop in the middle of the turn-around area…right between the 7/8 bldg. and the IRC. While this is the spot that is closest to the buildings, it leaves the drop off length ahead vacant (which is about 4-5 lengths). By pulling completely to the end of the turn-around (where the new sign is posted) will provide a much more efficient pattern of unloading students. Everyone will benefit, even the students who get the additional exercise of walking 40 feet more.

View the Following Online

• Most recent Intercom newsletter
• Master Calendar (available ONLY online!)
• View student classwork & test grades online (Pinnacle) NOTE: There will no longer be paper progress reports, so this will be the best way to stay informed about your child's grades!
• LCHS 7/8 Daily Bulletin (aka "the announcements")
• View teacher websites.
• 2007 Intro. Guide to 7/8
• LCNewsline, the new LCUSD Newsletter