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SENDAK NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMEBR 8 - 12, 2025

 

Budget Update

You may have already heard that our budget for next school year came in last Monday, and sadly it looked dismal. I anticipated 10-15% drop in the budget allocation, but it was much worse. We lost close to 30% of what we had this school year. We went down from $1.6M to 1.1M….a $500,000 drop in our allocation. It has to do with several factors: district cuts, lower enrollment, and (the double-edged sword) doing better……I will go over the budget during our staff meeting on Tuesday. We will be holding an SSC meeting on Monday, after school, to approve the our Categorical Funds (Title 1 and TSP). Our budget has to be presented to the district on Wednesday.

 

75^th Day of School

We will hold our morning assembly on WEDNESDAY instead of Monday. We will recognize students with perfect attendance for the last 25 days and those with Perfect Attendance.

 

Tuesday Banked-Time PD (1:40-2:40) and Staff Meeting (2:40-3:30)

Banked Tuesday: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education (Abbie)

Staff Meeting: De-Escalation / Restorative Practices and the Budget

 

Winter Academy Assignments

Please continue to encourage parents to enroll their children for Winter Academy. If you have students in your classroom who can benefit from WA, please send out the link to your parents via Class Dojo: https://lausd.org/winteracademy

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!

12/3     Hilda Rubio

12/9     Linda Dowell

12/31   Rose Jauregui-Santillan

 

 

Monday, December 8

At Sendak: Rose Jauregui-Santillan (AP-EIS Alt. Tues), Nurse Patrick, Margaret Younan (LAS) Alexandra Calabria (Psych.)

Off Campus: G.Khatchadourian to Principals’ Meeting at Valley College.

 

7:55                 First Bell (and Morning Assembly switched to Wednesday this week)

8:00-8:15         Breakfast in the Classroom

2:25                 Dismissal

2:40                 School Site Council Meeting in the Library

 

Tuesday, December 9

At Sendak: Rose Jauregui-Santillan (AP-EIS Alt. Tues), Nurse Patrick, Margaret Younan (LAS) Alexandra Calabria (Psych.)  

  

7:55                    First Bell  

8:00-8:15          Breakfast in the Classroom  

1:25                    Dismissal  

1:40                 PD: CLRE

2:40                 Staff Meeting in the Library

 

Wednesday, December 10

At Sendak: Nurse Patrick, Elizabeth Rebozo-Diaz (Music) Sergio Flores (PETIP), Alexandra Calabria (Psych.)

 

7:55                 First Bell

8:00                 75^th Day of School Assembly on the yard

8:00-8:15         Breakfast in the Classroom

2:25                 Dismissal

 

Thursday, December 11

At Sendak: Rose Jauregui-Santillan (AP-EIS), Nurse Patrick, Cindy An (SSS), Northia Reyes (PSA), Margaret Younan (LAS)

 

7:55                   First Bell

8:00-8:15          Breakfast in the Classroom

2:25                   Dismissal

 

Friday, December 12

At Sendak: Rose Jauregui-Santillan (AP-EIS), Nurse Patrick, Cindy An (SSS), Northia Reyes (PSA), Margaret Younan (LAS)

 

7:55                       First Bell 

8:00-8:15            Breakfast in the Classroom

8:30                  Coffee with the Principal

12:50                Dismissal

 

Upcoming Important Dates:

Dec. 10                        75^th Day of School

Dec. 12                        Coffee w/ the Principal

Dec. 17                        Winter Program – Dress Rehearsal

Dec. 18                        Winter Program – Parent Show

Dec. 22 – 1/9               Winter Break

 

 

Our 6 Instructional Priorities for the school year are:

• Literacy – reading, writing, and speaking across all subjects
• Numeracy – real world application of math concepts
• Science – Integrating Next Generation Science Standards
• Assessments informing instruction – DIBELs, DRDP, iReady, and SBA
• Professional and Leadership Development – ILTs
• Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles

 

Small Group Instruction

Here are some of the look-fors in implementing systems and structures in SGI.:

• Visual aids and clear explanations introduce the purpose and structure of small groups.
• Group norms and expectations are posted and are evident in the classroom.
• Explicit modeling/review of activities, routines, and transitions.
• Visible and accessible schedule for small group sessions integrated within literacy and math.
• Time management that maximizes instructional efficiency.
• Clear transition cues and smooth operation of group transitions.
• Use of templates to organize objectives, instructional strategies, and assessments.
• Reflective sessions with students to reinforce routines and expectations.

 

To ensure District-Wide coherence, the following 7 Teaching and Learning Framework elements will be the focus for professional development, PDSA, Instructional Rounds, and classroom observations.

 

1b1. Awareness of Students’ Skills, Knowledge, and Language Proficiency Uses information about students’ academic strengths and needs, language proficiency and social emotional wellness in planning.

2a3. Academic Climate The academic environment is safe and supportive; risk-taking is encouraged, students freely share their culture, language, and ideas, and student mistakes are treated as learning opportunities, never with ridicule.

3a4. Use of Academic Language Academic language is used to communicate and deepen understanding of the content and is inclusive of the culture and language of students.

3b2. Discussion Techniques and Student Participation Techniques are used to ensure that all students share their thinking around challenging questions including strategies that affirm students’ culture and language.

3c1. Standards-Based Projects, Activities and Assignments Standards-aligned learning activities cognitively engage students in the lesson.

3c2. Purposeful and Productive Instructional Groups Students are grouped in order to promote productive cognitive engagement in the lesson.

3d3. Feedback to Students Students receive specific, culturally sensitive and timely feedback that will move their learning forward.