Emerson Elementary School

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Emerson parents please complete this survey and share with other parents. We only have 17% of our parents who have taken the survey. Completing this survey help the school and the district. Thank you in advance http://s.alchemer.com/s3/2021-CHKS-Parent-Survey

The city of Oakland is about to launch a guarantee income pilot program for families that fall between the incomes of $30k-$59k. This program is only for Oakland residents and will provide a base income of $500 dollars to families that are selected through for the program. I plan to include this news in our newsletter going out for the month of April. Here is a link to the program: https://oaklandresilientfamilies.org/

TONIGHT at 6pm! Have questions about our instructional and safety plans for returning to in-person instruction this spring? Join us to learn more. OUSD In-perso...n Instruction Info Session Tuesday, March 23, 6:00-7:30pm Zoom and YouTube Live links: https://www.ousd.org/reopening2021infosessions

Academic Milestones Available for PK-5 Curious how your child should be progressing with literacy and math skills during the school year? Check out the literacy... and math milestones by grade level at Family Central. Available in multiple languages. https://familycentral.ousd.org/academic-milestones See more

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CHRISTMAS IN OAKLAND We are excited to announce that we will have a safe celebration of Christmas in Oakland. We will give out Christmas trees, beautiful ponsedas, stockings and and gifts... Please message us if you have any questions *gifts are first come, first serve basis *must wear masks and be willing to stand 6ft apart

We are excited to announce the call to nominate students for the inaugural Student Advisory Council for The Center (the new Nutrition Services Central Kitchen, Education Center, and Instructional Garden & Farm. Learn more about The Center here!) Nominate a student using this adult nominator form. When gathering information for the nomination form, you can share this reference document and the flyer with parents and/or students to gather information needed for the form. Studen...ts can also nominate themselves using this self-nomination form. This supplemental flyer has more detailed information about the council. The deadline for nominations is Monday, December 7, 2020. https://drive.google.com//1Bc2BsOuP-YJjCjao3cWueY5ZjD/view

Fundraising this year looks different so we have a fundraiser that you can share with family and friends in all 50 states. Our Customer ID/FundraisingCode is: EMERSOCA001 https://giftitforward.com/

Families we encourage you to use the public library. oaklandlibrary.org is the website for the Oakland Public Library, and I just pasted this from that homepage: To sign up for a library card, please complete an online application. For questions about your account or to reach an OPL reference librarian, please email [email protected] or call 510-238-3134.... Celia Jackson is the Children's Librarian at the Temescal branch and she really wants to help us get more Emerson families connected, so you can give her contact info to families if you think a personal connection will help: Celia Jackson [email protected] work phone: 510-597-5049 There are also two fun events coming up tomorrow and this Saturday that Celia wanted our families to know about: Wednesday, November 18th from 3-4PM Free Live Art Class in English and Spanish with MOCHA. Please find more information and register for this event: https://oaklandlibrary.org//mocha-art-lesson-clase-de-arte Saturday, November 21st at 11AM. Free Show with Puppets and Singing with Emily Butterfly. Please find more information for this event: https://oaklandlibrary.org//emily-butterfly-and-her-magica OUSD Librarians recommend: Online Resources for Students, Families, and Teachers Recursos en línea para estudiantes, familias y maestros en español Attachments area

Our Fall Family Survey is Now Open Until Nov. 12. The Fall Family Survey is a chance to provide feedback on returning to in-person instruction, distance learning, and other issues. Follow this link to our website for the survey as well as the following background materials which we hope you will review: https://www.ousd.org/shareyourvoice 7 minute video that provides an update on our process and a summary of Alameda County COVID-19 safety standards for schools... Summary of key safety guidelines from Alameda County. The information we collected from our family surveys last spring and summer was invaluable and we tried to follow as many suggestions as possible. We hope that you will take the time to share your feedback.

Virtual Events (November 2020) Here are the Stay Ready for School Virtual Events being offered in November: Virtual Sisterhood Circle...Continue reading

Calling all Fifth Graders! For the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year, U.S. fifth graders can bring their families to national parks, wildlife refuges, and ...other U.S. Department of the Interior managed public lands and waters for free! Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/kids/fifthgrade.htm Image: Family fishing off a wooden dock. #5thGradeInParks

Today is the first day of spirit week!!!! Please participate and if you would like to share photos- that would be awesome! On Friday, in lieu of our usual Fall Fest, we will be having a virtual costume parade at 10:30! Each grade span will get a few minutes to show off their costumes, and everyone else will turn their videos off while it is not their turn. ... these are the links! Link for Virtual Halloween Parade https://ousd.zoom.us/j/87130818183 Link for students who don't celebrate Halloween https://ousd.zoom.us/j/8123440523

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All 100 Straight from Farmers to Us Grocery boxes have been given away to families! God loves his people! Our Project Grace Grocery Box giveaway will continue n...ext Tuesday at 12 noon so spread the word. Please call 510-644-8117 to reserve your box. , , . ' , ' . See more

5th grade parents I wanted to remind you that the option process is approaching and we would like to have 100% of our options forms completed. Claremont registration is open for their first tour. Q&A with students and staff,Thursday Oct 29 at 5pm, sign up through the link provided https://www.claremontms.org/about-cl/considering-claremont/

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Help Oakland Walks 4 Schools Take 30 Million Steps in October. #OaklandWalks is free for all students to join, and every student will receive a medal. All proceeds will be donated to these participating schools to purchase supplies, books, distance learning resources, and other educational materials. Pick up your pedometer and mask from Emerson office on Tuesdays and Thursdays... Track your steps on the calendar: https://docs.google.com//1hHDRuL3kr5FpZkhikB1nfnxSI4v/edit

October is National Bullying Prevention Month! We want to come together as a community to educate and raise awareness while uniting around kindness, acceptance and inclusion. All students deserve to feel safe and supported at school and online.

We can't fundraise at school this year! So please support the Emerson PTAs "October Month of Giving" October 1st - 31st Helps fund important programs! ... Please support our students and staff. Click on the link to learn more and DONATE! https://mailchi.mp/acc3f14194fe/octobermonthofgiving2020 PTA October Newsletter out now! https://mailchi.mp/137adeddcd4c/october2020ptanewsletter

While in distance learning, teachers and students need our support more than ever. Showing up for your own kids is important, but how can we show up and support school communities with fewer resources than our own? Join the local chapter of @integratedschools this Thursday, October 1st at 7:30pm for a conversation with teachers about how we can be better equity accomplices. Emerson Elementary parent and writer Courtney Martin will be interviewing two local teachersPiedmont Avenue Elementary School’s Dexter Coleman and Fruitvale Elementary School’s Bethany Meyerabout what is needed to honor equity during the pandemic. RSVP link: https://forms.gle/v4VeP365KawWFJkZ6

With help from our partners at Alameda County and the Alameda County Office of Education, we packed up student meals for today's grab and go food distribution i...n bags reminding everyone to take part in the 2020 Census. Just like student meals are critical for the well-being of our young people, everyone completing the census is critical for the well-being of our community. It helps determine how much federal funding our city and county will receive for critical services and it is also used to assign how much representation the area has in Congress. Please do the census by filling out the form you received in the mail or online at 2020census.gov. You can also call 844-330-2020 to do it in English, 844-468-2020 for Spanish, 844-398-2020 for Chinese (Cantonese), 844-461-2020 for Vietnamese, and 844-416-2020 for Arabic. There are more languages with associated numbers listed on the website. The census includes NO questions about immigration status. Remember that our grab and go happens at 22 sites across the city, and all children, 18 years old and younger, plus our Young Adult Program students can come and get food. Families can pick up food without bringing their students. And don't worry, we don't share student or family information with any outside entities. The grab and go happens 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Join us! Please wear your mask to protect yourself and those around you. #iamOUSD

Now, every full priced order ($35 bag of produce delivered to your house), will allow one of the Oakland families who were part of the summer program to receive a bag at a highly reduced price they can afford. Farms-to-Communities' weekly CSA (or fresh produce bags) bags have 12-15 pounds of organic and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables, including staples like greens & potatoes as well as seasonal items like peaches and melons. Click here for more information and to sign up. Over the summer, Farm-to Communities hired two dozen OUSD parents to run the operation to deliver food safely all over Oakland and helped the dedicated small organic farmers of our region to stay in business. https://farmstocommunities.org/