East Los Angeles Skills Center
WEEKLY BULLETIN
November 14, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 13
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CALENDAR
BLOOD DRIVE
Blood Drive is scheduled for Monday, November 28 at Eastside
LC from 8 am—9 pm.
Please donate blood to
save lives!
CASAS TESTING
CASAS pre-testing for all
trimester classes and
second post-testing for
the semester classes is
scheduled for the week of
November 28th.
Please contact Ms.
Sharpe for more information.
HiSET TEST
Scheduled for November 15 & 16 at the Skills
Center.
Please see your counselor for more information.
Notes from
Ms. Rodriguez
May you
have a
great time
off with
friends and
family.
Enjoy.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Horace Mann truly appreciates the hard work educators do each and every day. As our way of saying
thank you, we’re sponsoring the $35,000
#ThanksGiveaway during American Education
Week, Nov. 14-18. We’re giving away up to $500 in
DonorsChoose.org funding to help complete your
classroom project. Enter Now!
Don’t have a DonorsChoose.org project? Set one
up today. It’s easy.
Horace Mann is a national sponsor of DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform that connects teachers in need of classroom materials with
individual donors who want to help. We want you to
stop spending money on your classroom and start
using it to reach your financial goals, like retirement.
Visit the Horace Mann Facebook page to enter
for your chance to win!
School will be closed the week
of November 21st in observance
of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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SIS REMINDER:
Please contact Ms. Ortega at the East
LA Skills Center at (323) 224-5970 or
Ms. Solorio at (323) 276-7000 at the
ELA Occupational Center for
questions and/or concerns.
Cal STRS Pre-Retirement Workshop:
November 17, 2016 at Manhattan Place
E.S. Auditorium 4:00 pm—5:30 pm. For
more information call Maria Voigt at (213)
241-6365.
Special Curricular Activities Form:
This is to remind the staff the need to
inform an administrator of plans for a
special curricular activity by
completing the “Special Activities
Form” one week in advance. The
Form could be downloaded by loging
in to the Web site and click
“Handbook”.
CCAE Fall Awards Dinner
The Abram Friedman, E. Manfred Evans,
and Outstanding Classified Employee
Awards will be presented on Friday, November 18, 2016 at Luminarias Restaurant.
Social Hour 5:00 PM Dinner 6:00 PM.
$40.00 per person ($45.00 at the door).
For more information please see Mr. Rico,
Ms. Alvarez or Ms. Staitman.
Happy (November) Birthday
to….
Mamie Costello….25th
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Student Corner
SAFETY ALERT
STUDENT COUNCIL UPDATES:
Student Council members at the Skills Center have been
sponsoring a “Tuesday Breakfast Sale” for the last three
weeks in order to raise funds for the Student Body account. Because it has been very productive they will continue to sponsor the event. Students, please continue supporting the sale. Thank you.
Sargent Art has issue a recall notice for several of their
tempera and finger paints. These paint products contained
black spots which were from microbial spoilage from bacteria. There are 13 types of Sargent Art paints manufactured
between May 2015 and June 2016 that are affected by this
recall. All sites must immediately stop using these products. Please check the label of the container near the barcode for the date of manufacture.
STUDENT PHOTO ID CARD
Student IDs are $10.00 and are available in the bookstore at
each main campus. All students who paid for their ID cards
during pre-registration should go to the bookstore to take
the picture to obtain the school ID.
REMINDER:
Students this is a reminder that next week the school will
be closed in celebration of Thanksgiving Holiday. Have a
restful and enjoyable week with your family and don’t forget to return to class on Monday, November 28th. Your
teachers will be ready for you. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Professional Growth Opportunities
Learner Goal Setting:
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH:
One of the major factors contributing to learner
November is Native American Heritage Month. It is a persistence is goal setting with the learner. Learn
month to celebrate rich traditions and important con- how to set realistic goals with each learner and
then revisit and revise goals throughout the term
tributions from Native people. In addition, a time to
learn about unique challenges that Native Americans so that students feel comfortable that the class is
meeting their needs.
face. The Law Library of Congress has compiled
guides to commemorative observations, including a
The workshop Is scheduled for Monday, Novemcomprehensive inventory of the Public Laws related ber 28th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
to Native American Heritage Month. Other dedicated
Community of Practice on Integrated Education
locations to get information are:
and Training:
 National Endowment for the Humanities
Is scheduled for two Wednesdays, December 7, 2016
 National Park Service.Smithsonia Education.
and February 1, 2017.
CASH FOR COLLEGE
15th Annual College & Career Convention
on November 18-19, 2016 at Los Angeles
Trade Technical College.
It will feature college life seminars, interactive
career demonstration, financial aid presentations and applications assistance, scholarship
information and an exhibit hall with college and
university representatives from throughout the
United States.
To register please visit at [email protected].
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Holiday
Celebration
December 16, at 4:30 p.m.
Please join us for an evening of celebration, good cheer,
and a delicious dinner at
Stevens Steak House located at
5332 Stevens Pl, Commerce, CA 90040
Dinner menu will include a New York Steak (or chicken)
and two large shrimp combination served with garlic
mashed potatoes, grilled vegetable, fresh baked rolls,
chocolate cake topped with vanilla ice cream, and one
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East LA Occupational Center is inviting teachers and staff from the East
LA Skills Center to their Holiday Celebration scheduled for Friday, December 16, 2016 at Steven Steak
House starting at 4:30 p.m.
The cost is $35.00 per person and
the tickets may be purchased at the
Occupational Center Bookstore.
drink ticket for $35.00.
You may purchase your dinner ticket at the bookstore.
_________________________________________________________________
Name:
 New York Steak
 Chicken
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 6, 2016
Please note that there are limited
number of spaces available.
The East LA Skills Center Holiday
festivities information will be coming
soon.
The ESL instructors at the Skills Center are collaborating to plan the Cohort
instructional strategies and the “Let’s Talk Friday” activity.