Calabash Charter Academy

• Principal Esther Gillis' Welcome Letter to Parents for 2022-2023

• TK & KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION - FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS

• Friday, August 12, 2022 @ 1:00pm 

• Come and meet your child's new teacher 
• Bring your child's SCHOOL SUPPLIES - SEE LIST BELOW to orientation
• School Spirit Wear will be sold by Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) volunteers

Summer Playdates for New TK/K students/families

• August 13, 2022 @ 10:30am

Please email Kate Eisenberg, Calabash PTO President, for details.

• First Day of School is August 15, 2022 @ 8:00am

  • Bring School Supplies-First Day of School for Grades 1-5
  • K Supplies - Bring to Orientation (SEE SUPPLIES LIST)
  • COFFEE, TEA & TEARS FOR NEW PARENTS @ 8:00AM

• FREE RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS FOR ALL STUDENTS - OPTIONAL BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• Please test within 48 hours of FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022

• PARENTS MAY PICK UP FREE RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS IN THE MAIN OFFICE STARTING ON AUGUST 8-12, 2022 FROM 7:30AM-4:00PM.

• DAILY PASS QR CODES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED TO ENTER THE CAMPUS

• NO MORE WEEKLY COVID-19 TESTS ON CAMPUS

• PLEASE UPLOAD POSITIVE COVID TESTS ONTO DAILYPASS.LAUSD.NET WITH NAME/D.O.B./DATE OF TEST

• TEST KIT INSTRUCTIONS

• FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ONLY: 

• TK/K Students and Parents will go to the auditorium - TK/K PARENTS MAY NOT FOLLOW STUDENTS TO THE CLASSROOMS

• Coffee, Tea & Tears hosted by PTO @ 8:00AM

• Grades 1-5 STUDENTS AND PARENTS - ENTER AT THE MAIN OFFICE GATE  - line up at checkerboard by room number with their children on the 1st day of school only. 

• NO PARENTS/VISITORS MAY ENTER THE CLASSROOMS AND MUST EXIT THE CAMPUS WHEN THE BELL RINGS.

REGULAR MORNING & AFTERNOON PROCEDURES - Only Student Allowed on Campus - Parents must drop off/pick up students at the assigned gates:

• ENTERING CAMPUS: 
  • TK/K - K GATE - Sit at assigned lunch tables 
  • Grades 1-5 - FRONT OFFICE GATE/Checkerboard Area
• DISMISSAL:
  • TK/K Students - K GATE - One Class at a Time
  • Grades 1-3 - THROUGH AUDITORIUM 
    • Grades 1 & 2 - Line up behind parking lot barrier
    • Grade 3 - Auditorium Steps
  • Grades 4 & 5 - Exit at YMCA GATE (to right of main office)

• BEYOND THE BELL (BTB) - Afterschool Youth Services (not daycare)

  • GRADES 2nd-5th ONLY - PERMISSION FORMS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE

  • BTB - parents will go to FRONT GATE BY OFFICE to request students from BTB until 6pm.  BTB is a privilege - not a right.

  • Students may lose BTB privileges if they do not follow our SCHOOL RULES:  We are Safe, We are Respectful, We are Responsible.

• SAFETY VALET DROP OFF - GR 1-5 ONLY

• ONLY STUDENTS WHO CAN INDEPENDENTLY WALK TO THEIR ASSIGNED GATES MAY USE THE SAFETY VALET 

• FROM 7:40AM-8:00AM 

• Front of school on Eugene Street - OLD K/YMCA GATE

• Parent volunteers will open passenger car door

• Students must exit and go directly to assigned gate

• *Please make sure to say your goodbyes ahead of time and have students ready to exit with all of their belongings

• Siblings may go together to the younger sibling's gate to enter/exit

• TK/K PARENTS MAY NOT USE SAFETY VALET - Parents must walk children to the K Gate

• Parent volunteers needed - emaiI calabashptopresident@gmail.com

• This is a parent volunteer program - please be kind and courteous to our parents volunteers!

THIS IS OPTIONAL FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED A LAPTOP AND/OR INTERNET FOR THEIR CHILD AT HOME 

• If a family has internet at home, and a device that their child can use for any assigned homework as needed, they do not need to place a device request. 
• Devices can be requested throughout the year if the need arises. 
• Devices will be given out at LDNW offices and other sites - not at the school. 
• Contact the ITD HELP DESK at (213) 241-5200 for support.

SUPPLIES LIST FOR 2022-2023 

TK/K - BRING SUPPLIES TO ORIENTATION- August 12, 2022 @ 1pm

• TK/K SUPPLY LIST

GRADES 1-5 - BRING SUPPLIES ON 1st DAY

• 1st day of school - August 15, 2022

• Write your child's name on each bag 

*Suggested supplies list per student

• 1st GR SUPPLY LIST

• 2nd GR SUPPLY LIST

• 3rd GR SUPPLY LIST

• 4th GR SUPPLY LIST

• 5th GR SUPPLY LIST