Korematsu

WE’LL SEE EVERYONE ON MONDAY

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS…
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018
FIRST BELL: 8:10 a.m.
IT IS A MINIMUM DAY.
SCHOOL ENDS AT 1:25 P.M.

MISSED WALK-THRU REGISTRATION?

PLEASE COME IN RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU SET.

MAIN OFFICE
7125 Donal Avenue
El Cerrito

When visiting our campus respect our neighborhood.
Observe all traffic rules and regulations, and consider parking a couple of blocks away and walking to the campus.
Our neighbors thank you!

ALL SCHOOL ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Catch up with old friends and meet new!
Parents, Guardians and Siblings Welcome!

WHAT DO I NEED ON THE FIRST DAY?? WHAT SHOULD I BRING?

1. School ID on lanyard.
2. Map of campus and Bell Schedule.
3. Sharpened pencils and erasers (mistakes OK!!).
4. Lunch or meal card or cash to purchase.
5. Binder with paper inside.
6. Backpack to hold it all!
7. Some returning students report they used a composition book for each class. You may need a 5-tab binder with pockets to hold handouts. Teachers will tell students what is required for class. If you buy ahead, save the receipt in case a teacher changes it up.
8. You do not change for P.E. on the first day.
9. There may be schedule changes as we balance classes and firm things up.

DROP OFFS AND PICK UPS

Drive around the school in a clockwise direction. Drop and pick up students at the marked, designated areas on Norvell and Lawrence. For student safety, and to improve traffic flow, drop students on the school side of the street. Please refrain from dropping students directly in front of the school on Donal Avenue. In the mornings and afternoons, Donal Avenue is used by AC Transit and other buses, therefore, it must be kept clear so that the buses can make their stops.

Parking
Except for 1 or 2 lonely short-term spaces, there is no parking on the school side of Donal Avenue. The school side of Donal Avenue must be kept clear for AC Transit and other bus use. Please park legally on Lawrence, Gladys or Norvell Streets. PLEASE consider parking a few blocks away and walking to the school. It helps to balance the neighborhood congestion.

Please respect our neighborhood and our neighbors. Please refrain from blocking any driveways …. even for a minute … and always follow traffic rules and regulations.

AC Transit
AC Transit runs dedicated routes to and from Richmond. These routes run only on school days Monday to Friday and the schedules are timed to match the hours of local schools and operate only when schools are in session. Even though these buses are specific to school schedules, they are open to all passengers at regular fare. Find routes here! 667 668 675

HOW TO STAY INFORMED AND INVOLVED

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ETREE. Email us at koremastuptsa@gmail.com to be added. We publish The Phoenix, every Thursday (and occasional reminders when needed)

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR GOOGLE CALENDAR, which lists events at Korematsu.

How to subscribe:

• Go to our Google Calendar.
• Click on the “+GoogleCalendar” button in the lower right hand corner.
• Follow the Google prompts and the Korematsu events will now populate your calendar!

“LIKE” US ON FACEBOOK

Post. Like. Share. Comment. Tag. Korematsu on Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KorematsuMiddleSchoolPTSA/

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

SPONSORED BY EL CERRITO REC!
CHECK IT OUT!!!

NEW & fun after school activities for middle schoolers, organized by El Cerrito Recreation. Online registration and payment of course fees can be completed at www.el-cerrito.org/onlinereg or submitted directly to the El Cerrito Community Center. To see what other programs are available for middle schoolers check out the REC guide at http://www.el-cerrito.org/656/Recreation-Brochure

Questions?

Taylor Melton
Acting Community Services Supervisor
TMelton@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us
City of El Cerrito Recreation Department
Direct Line: (510) 559-7004

AFTER SCHOOL CHOIR!

Fall 2018 Choir’s first class/rehearsal (“trial class”) is Wed. August 29th 1:35-2:25pm in the Band Room.

Singers are welcome to consider/join in up until enrollment closes on September 12th. To secure your student’s spot for the Fall Session, submit $150 payment (total payment for the entire session/16 classes) soonest OR let us know your student will be on scholarship (or payment plan). For more information (including how to submit payment or about scholarships), contact parent coordinators Georgina & Mary at korematsusings@gmail.com

Korematsu Choir Fall 2018 Info. Flyer.pdf

JOIN OUR PTSA

What do we do? All in the link below!

https://korematsumiddleschool.org/?page_id=1029

Join using our new online system here!

https://jointotem.com/ca/el-cerrito/korematsu-middle-school-ptsa/join

MISSED WALK-THRU REGISTRATION?

NO WORRIES!

Do come and see us in the office starting on Monday, August 13th and we will take care of you!

7125 Donal Avenue

El Cerrito

When visiting our campus respect our neighborhood. Observe all traffic rules and regulations, and consider parking a couple of blocks away and walking to the campus.  Our neighbors thank you!

NEXT UP… ALL SCHOOL ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Catch up with old friends and meet new!

Parents, Guardians and Siblings Welcome!

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

SPONSORED BY EL CERRITO REC!

CHECK IT OUT!!!

NEW & fun after school activities for middle schoolers, organized by El Cerrito Recreation.  Online registration and payment of course fees can be completed at www.el-cerrito.org/onlinereg  or submitted directly to the El Cerrito Community Center.  To see what other programs are available for middle schoolers check out the rEC guide at http://www.el-cerrito.org/656/Recreation-Brochure

Questions?

Taylor Melton

Acting Community Services Supervisor

TMelton@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us

City of El Cerrito Recreation Department

Direct Line: (510) 559-7004

AFTER SCHOOL CHOIR!

Fall 2018 Choir’s first class/rehearsal (“trial class”) is Wed. August 29th  1:35-2:25pm in the Band Room.

Singers are welcome to consider/join in up until enrollment closes on September 12th.    To secure your student’s spot for the Fall Session, submit $150 payment (total payment for the entire session/16 classes) soonest OR let us know your student will be on scholarship (or payment plan). For more information (including how to submit payment or about scholarships), contact parent coordinators Georgina & Mary at korematsusings@gmail.com

JOIN OUR PTSA

What do we do?  All in the link below!

https://korematsumiddleschool.org/?page_id=1029

Join using our new online system here!

https://jointotem.com/ca/el-cerrito/korematsu-middle-school-ptsa/join

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

We’ll see you next week for Registration!

7125 Donal Ave

El Cerrito

MPR:  Tuesday and Wednesday

GYM:  Thursday

August 7, 8, 9, 2018

PACKETS ARE IN THE MAIL!

Packets containing registration materials are in the mail.

Here is a link to what is included in the packet.

If you need to print something, print in black and white because these pages are ink-intensive!

Link to Registration Documents

Got a question?  We’ve got an answer!

Check out our Frequently-asked Question Sheet!

FAQ Sheet

PLEASE RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHEN VISITING THE CAMPUS!

Parking

To alleviate some neighborhood congestion, please consider parking a few blocks from the school and walk to the campus.

Except for one or two lonely short-term parking spots, there is no parking on the school side of Donal Avenue. Please park legally on Lawrence, Gladys or Norvell Streets.

Please respect our neighborhood and our neighbors.  Please refrain from blocking any driveways …. even for a minute … and always follow traffic rules and regulations.

HELP WANTED FOR WALK-THROUGH REGISTRATION!

A few helping hands are needed and appreciated for walk-through registration.

Whatever time you can afford is appreciated!

Please sign up in the link!

Volunteers for Walk-through Registration

Contact:  tiffany.jamison@wccusd.net

SAVE THE DATE!

PTSA-SPONSORED

ICE CREAM SOCIAL!

JOIN OUR PTSA!

We are a PTSA….a Parent Teacher STUDENT Association.

That’s right!

Students can join our unit and have an active voice and vote in determining the direction and actions of our Association.

By becoming a member, you show support for your community middle school, provide funds to the PTSA to pay for valuable programs on campus, and make your voice heard by attending and voting at PTSA meetings.  A large and active PTSA membership generally indicates a high level of parent and community involvement in the school.  We have a GREAT unit!  Last year, we were #1 in membership out of the  30+ schools that make up the Bayside Council of PTAs, and it has grown over 200% over the last five years!

SIGN UP ONLINE!

Sign up over our website. Go to KorematsuMiddleSchool.org.

Click on the yellow Donate button, which will take you to our PayPal link.

In the “Comments” field, enter “PTSA Membership” and we will do the rest!

MORE HERE! 

VOLUNTEERS WANTED (AND APPRECIATED)!

We’ve got lots of ways for you to be involved in our school.

Read on, and if anything interests you, please contact us at korematsuptsa@gmail.com and we’ll tell you all about it!

Here are a few featured spots…..

Teacher Treat Day Coordinator

This is THE MOST LOVED teacher and staff activity at the school.   

Coordinate the once-monthly teacher and staff luncheon.

The position involves publishing and maintaining a spreadsheet of food donations and volunteers.

It is helpful if you can be there (second Friday of most months), but this is not required.

Donations are plentiful and volunteers always help out.

We just need someone (or two) to head it up.

FUNDRAISING CHAIR

Head up the PTSA’s fundraising efforts.

Coordinate our Annual Giving campaign,

restaurant nights and assemble our Celebrate Korematsu team.

Have you worked on an auction for one of our elementary schools?

You are perfect!

Other projects can be added as well.

REFLECTIONS CHAIR

Reflections is PTA’s visual and performing arts contest.

The Reflections chair assembles a team to promote the Reflections contest,

communicates rules and due dates, and works to coordinate the arts showcase.

This is a great opportunity to work with students and encourage and showcase their artistic creativity!

INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE THREE?

Contact us!   korematsuptsa@gmail.com

CALENDAR!

We are already populating the calendar!

We are already populating the Korematsu calendar.

The calendar is available in this link.

https://korematsumiddleschool.org/?page_id=13

NEVER MISS AN EVENT!

You can subscribe to the calendar by clicking on the “+Google Calendar” button at the bottom of the calendar.

Korematsu events will automatically be added to your personal Google calendar.

RECRUITING HOST FAMILIES FOR A TEACHER INTERN

West County Mandarin School (WCCUSD’s new Mandarin immersion school) is recruiting host families for a teacher intern coming from Taiwan this coming school year. Hosting an intern is a wonderful opportunity to create Mandarin learning at home! The host period is very flexible. You can choose eight weeks, half a year, or the whole school year!  So if you are interested in hosting this teacher intern, have any questions, or if you know another family who would love to have a Mandarin-speaking young person stay with them, please email Dr. Eric Peterson, Principal at West County Mandarin School at epeterson@wccusd.net.

Registration for the 2018-2019 School Year

Note: You must be zoned for Korematsu or be pre-approved through the transfer process

August 7, 8, 9
9:00 a.m. – Noon

August 7th = 7th graders
August 8th = 8th graders
August 9th = Transfers and anyone not able to make it the first two days.

If these dates don’t work for you, don’t worry.

Come in the following week.
No one is penalized or shut out of classes if they are unavailable to attend.

Registration Packet

Registration Packets mail home in July.
Look for them!
Documents will also be available online.

INCOMING STUDENTS IMMUNIZATION RECORDS NEEDED!

Please bring immunization records to registration

There are new-ish (a few years old) requirements for incoming 7th graders,
Check with your physician to be sure.
Most likely, they will need immunizations before entering 7th grade.

Click here for more info

ALL-SCHOOL ICE CREAM SOCIAL

SAVE THE DATE!

PTSA – SPONSORED

Meet new friends and catch up with old

Saturday, August 18, 2018

3:00 -5:00 p.m.
Castro Clubhouse
1420 Norvell St, El Cerrito, CA 94530

Around the corner from Korematsu Middle School. Click on the address above for a map.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED (AND APPRECIATED)!

We’ve got lots of ways for you to be involved in our school.
Read on, and if anything interests you, please contact us at korematsuptsa@gmail.com and we’ll tell you all about it!

Here are a few featured spots…..

Teacher Treat Day Coordinator
This is THE MOST LOVED teacher and staff activity at the school.
Coordinate the once-monthly teacher and staff luncheon.
The position involves publishing and maintaining a spreadsheet of food donations and volunteers.
It is helpful if you can be there (second Friday of most months), but this is not required.
Donations are plentiful and volunteers always help out.
We just need someone (or two) to head it up.

FUNDRAISING CHAIR
Head up the PTSA’s fundraising efforts.
Coordinate our Annual Giving campaign,
restaurant nights and assemble our Celebrate Korematsu team.
Have you worked on an auction for one of our elementary schools?
You are perfect!
Other projects can be added as well.

REFLECTIONS CHAIR
Reflections is PTA’s visual and performing arts contest.
The Reflections chair assembles a team to promote the Reflections contest,
communicates rules and due dates, and works to coordinate the arts showcase.
This is a great opportunity to work with students and encourage and showcase their artistic creativity!

INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE THREE?
Contact us! korematsuptsa@gmail.com

CALENDAR!

We are already populating the calendar!

We are already populating the Korematsu calendar.
The calendar is available here

NEVER MISS AN EVENT!
You can subscribe to the calendar by clicking on the “+Google Calendar” button at the bottom of the calendar.

Korematsu events will automatically be added to your personal Google calendar.

KOREMATSU MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER BAND CAMP

MESSAGE FROM SUPERINTENDENT DUFFY LEADERSHIP CHANGE EL CERRITO HIGH SCHOOL

June 19, 2018

Dear ECHS Community,

I hope you are enjoying your summer break. I am writing to let you know that next year, there will be a new principal at El Cerrito High School. Edith Jordan-McCormick will be working in a different leadership position in the district. We will immediately undertake the process to select a new principal and I look forward to your participation in that process.

Meetings with parents, students and staff are scheduled for Monday, June 25th at ECHS. The staff meeting will take place at 4:30 pm in the library and a wider community meeting at 6 pm in the auditorium. If enough students are present, we will also make special time for them toward the end of the meeting.

These meetings will be specifically tailored around input regarding skills and competencies the community would be looking for in their next leader. The position will be posted on Wednesday and interviews will be planned for July 9 and July 10. The interview process will be community based,meaning that a few teachers, parents and community will be invited to participate in the process via stakeholder groups. Details of that process will be shared during the meetings and by email following the meeting.

Next year, El Cerrito High School will be supervised by two executive directors, Julio Franco and Anne Shin, as part of a shift to a Secondary Schools office to better support middle and high schools. Both of them are experienced principals and leaders in the District. You will have an opportunity to meet them later this summer.

The school is also hiring an additional vice principal. We will be interviewing for that position in the coming weeks.

Thank you for your continued support and patience during these changes. I look forward to the continued success of the students and staff at El Cerrito High School.

In partnership,

Matthew Duffy
Superintendent

MENSAJE DE SUPERINTENDENT DUFFY CAMBIAR DE DIRECTOR DE ESCUELA EL CERRITO HIGH SCHOOL

Estimada Comunidad de ECHS,

Espero que estén disfrutando de sus vacaciones de verano. Les escribo para informarles que el próximo año, habrá un nuevo director(a) en El Cerrito High School. Edith Jordan-McCormick estará trabajando en una posición de liderazgo diferente en el distrito. Inmediatamente comenzaremos el proceso para seleccionar un nuevo director y espero su participación en ese proceso.

Las reuniones con los padres y el personal docente están programadas para el lunes, 25 de junio en ECHS. La reunión del personal docente tendrá lugar a las 4:30 p.m. en la biblioteca y una reunión más amplia de la comunidad a las 6 p.m. en el auditorio. Esta reunión se enfocará específicamente sobre las habilidades y competencias que la comunidad quiere en su próximo líder. El puesto se publicará el miércoles y las entrevistas se planificarán para el 9 de julio y el 10 de julio. El proceso de entrevista será comunitario, lo que significa que algunos maestros, padres y miembros de la comunidad serán invitados a participar en el proceso. Los detalles de ese proceso se compartirán durante las reuniones y por correo electrónico después de la reunión.

El próximo año, la escuela secundaria El Cerrito será supervisada por dos directores ejecutivos, Julio Franco y AnneShin, como parte de un cambio a una oficina central de Escuelas Secundarias para apoyar mejor a las escuelas intermedias y secundarias. Ambos son directores con experiencia y líderes en el Distrito. Tendrán la oportunidad de conocerlos más adelante este verano.

La escuela también está contratando un subdirector adicional. Estaremos entrevistando para ese puesto en las próximas semanas.

Gracias por su continuo apoyo y paciencia durante estos cambios. Espero con interés el éxito continuo de los estudiantes y el personal de El Cerrito High School.

En asociación,

Matthew Duffy
Superintendente

EL CERRITO HIGH SCHOOL ETREE

Headed to El Cerrito High School?

Get on the e tree!

EMAIL: ECHSETREE@gmail.com
and ask to be added to the e tree.

NOTE: Email from the high school can be quite voluminous.
Consider opening up a separate email account to receive that communication stream.