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IT'S DRAMA TIME AGAIN!...

Picture Day, ASB Cards & Yearbooks...

Individual pictures will be taken at school on September 1, 2011 for 8th Grade and September 2, 2011 for 7th Grade for school records and yearbook pictures. Make-up day is on October 3, 2011 for both grades. If you wish to buy pictures, payment must be made that day. Your student will receive all the information on prices from their classroom teachers the first or second day of school. Please look for it.

If paying by check, please return the form and attach a check payable to "Lifetouch". Students will need to submit the form and check to the photographer on the picture day. Payments and order can also be made online at www.mylifetouch.com. If payments and orders are made online, students do not have to submit an Order Form to the photographer on Picture Day

ASB CARDS The price of an ASB card is $25.00 and can be purchased at the time student pictures are taken, or at Picture Make-up Day. An ASB cardholder will have free entrance to 7/8 Activities ($5.00 without ASB). It can also be used as a student I.D. card. There is a $5.00 replacement fee for a lost ASB card. Make check payable to LCHS 7/8 ASB.

YEARBOOK The 7-8 Yearbook can be purchased at the time student pictures are taken or at Picture Make-up Day. The cost is $65. Make check payable to LCHS 7/8 Yearbook.

Summer Assignment from The IRC...

Library/IRC Hours...

Presently the Library/ Information Resource Center is open 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM.

On Sept. 12th, our Joint Use Hours will begin:
7:30 AM to 8:00 PM Monday through Thursday
7:30-3:00 PM on Fridays

IRC will be closed on school Holidays, Collaboration Days, and Weekends

Lindsay Bozzani
Information Resource Center
La Canada High School

PTA Reflections Contest 2011-2012

The local papers have been bursting recently with news and views about the state of the La Canada Unified School District and the impact that the expected future budget cuts will have on our schools. Without the extension of the tax increases that Governor Brown had sought, our schools must trim an additional $2.4 million from next year's operating budget. In this worst-case scenario, the district office and the School Governing Board have affirmed that the changes must occur. Read more.

RALPHS & VONS SHOPPERS: Have You Registered Your Cards?

New Cafeteria Payment System - April 2011

LCFEF Summer School Information

The LCFEF Summer School is offering 22 classes for students entering 9th-12th grades. For a full listing of classes and instructions for registration, go to: http://my.lcfef.org/registration-information/! Registration beings on Monday, March 21st at the Foundations offices located at 4490 Cornishon Avenue, Room 211, LCF. For questions, call 818-952-8070 or e-mail summerschool@lcfef.org

To the Parents of La Canada High School Students 7 - 12:

There has been at least one case of pertussis (whooping cough) in La Canada High School. Pertussis can spread through the air when people cough. It often starts like a common cold which gets worse and worse over 1-2 weeks. People with pertussis have coughing spells that may last several seconds. As they catch their breath at the end of each coughing spell, they may gasp loudly ("whoop") and vomit or choke.

The vaccine usually protects against pertussis, but sometimes even immunized children can get pertussis. Pertussis is treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics can also prevent the spread of pertussis to others.

Activities being implemented to help stop the spread of pertussis in your child's school (or other facility) include:

· Exclusion of symptomatic (coughing) children or asymptomatic unimmunized children, who are close contacts to a person with pertussis from school until they have received 5 days of appropriate antibiotics, or exclusion for 21 days if they choose not to take antibiotics.

The LA County Department of Public Health will notify your school's nurse or administration if one of these actions needs to be taken for your child.

Families are encouraged to assure that all family members, children and adults, have completed the vaccination series against pertussis. If your child is not up-to-date with their whooping cough vaccinations, he or she should get vaccinated.

Children younger than 7 years of age who have not received 5 doses of DTaP vaccine should be vaccinated.
Pre-teens (11-12 years of age), teens, adults, and anyone 7 years and older who is not fully immunized should receive one dose of the Tdap vaccine.

If your child does not have health insurance or a regular health care provider, visit www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ip or call the Los Angeles County Information Line at 2-1-1 for referrals to no-cost and low-cost vaccination providers.

To learn more about whooping cough, visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/default.htm or www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ip. If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact your regular health care provider.

If your child begins to have a cough by March 24, 2011, please have your child seen by your doctor or clinic right away and take this letter with you as proof that your child may have been in contact with someone who has whooping cough. If you have questions, please call Alex Pizano, PHN at (818) 500-5760 or Danielle Chandler, District Nurse at (818) 952-4226.

Sincerely,

Elise Pomerance, MD, MPH Danielle Chandler, RN, BSN
Area Medical Director LCUSD District Nurse

President: Caren Colburn
EVP: Jennifer Rubendall
1st VP Programs: Cissy Belcher Assistant: Chrissie Arnold
2nd VP Ways & Means: Leslie Kevorkian
3rd VP Volunteers
(PCR): Ellen Multari
Asst. (LCE) not elected: Brynn Barge
Asst. (PCY) not elected: Debbie Post
4th VP Communications: Merrill Lam
5th VP Hospitality: Kelly Chamberlain
6th VP Cultural Liaison: Tamar Tujian
Recording Secretary: Alex deFaria
Corresponding Secretary: Denise Longo
Financial Secretary: Mikaho Hara
Treasurer: Susan Marki
Auditor: Ellen Multari
Historian: Priscilla Musso

TEEN MOVE FAIR - Tuesday, Feb. 8th 1:30-3:30 in the Quad (or café in case of rain)

Mark your calendars and plan for your teen to stop by the annual Teens MOVE Fair on February 8th. MOVE stands for Many Opportunities for Volunteering and Employment. It's a fun, after-school event where about 30 different organizations come and share their programs and job opportunities with our local teens. Students stroll from table to table, learn about all kinds of after-school and summer jobs and volunteer positions, and meet employers and program leaders who are eager to meet them! Even if your teen is not looking for a position right now, it's a great chance to see what's out there. All students are encouraged to come. Entertainment and prizes (i.e., free stuff) add to the fun! MOVE is brought to us by our local YMCA, the Community Center, the City of La Canada Flintridge and the LCHS PTSA. It's free and open to the community. Spread the word!

If parents can help in any way please contact:
Tanya Pereira LCHS7/8 MOVE Fair Coordinator
818-425-0993
nevntan@charter.net

PERTUSSIS UPDATE - 1/3/2011

WHOOPING COUGH BOOSTER VERIFICATION

This coming school year (2011-2012), all students entering into 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grades will need proof of an adolescent whooping cough booster shot (called "Tdap") before starting school. Read more.

A MESSAGE FROM THE LCUSD TASK FORCE - 1/3/2011

JOIN CLUBS! - 12/10/2010

• Taekwondo Club: Every Monday and Thursday after school from 2:45pm to 3:45pm in Mrs. Choe's room (609)
• 7/8 Aviation Club: Every Monday 3-5pm in room 311
• Math Counts: Learn solving techniques and be challenged mathematically! If you love Math, join Ms. Leu every Friday at 7:15 am in Room 218.
• Games at Lunch: Games & a movie in room 734 on Thursdays
• Homework Club: Every Monday from 2:35 pm - 3:40 pm in Room 714.
• Knitting Club: Every Monday from 2:35 pm - 3:45 pm