Sumac L-STEM Elementary

Mrs. Rodriguez, our amazing school counselor, is introducing herself to students across the school with a unique twist – a game of tic-tac-toe! 🎲📝 Not only are students learning about her role, but they're also discovering new ways to think, collaborate, and communicate! 💬❤️

Let the games begin, and here's to a fantastic year ahead! 🌟

Sumac is so grateful to have won a Sprouts garden grant.

The Sumac Garden Program:
🎉Teaches students from seed to compost (seed sowing, plant nurturing, harvesting, cooking and composting)
🎉Cultivates life skills, fostering responsibility and connecting with our environment
🎉Promotes a deep connection with nature
🎉Enhances mental and emotional well-being
🎉Fosters teamwork and collaboration
🎉Encourages healthy eating habits

LVUSDJOB FAIR for CLASSIFIED POSITIONS & SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024 9:00 - 10:30 AM
at the LVUSD DISTRICT OFFICE, 4111 LAS VIRGENES ROAD, CALABASAS, CA

Various opportunities: Accounting, Campus Supervision, Child Nutrition, Clerical, Maintenance, Paraeducators, Substitute Teachers and More!

FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME JOBS AVAILABLE

Questions:818-878-5260

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Annual Direct Donation- Support Your Voyagers! Support Sumac with your Direct Donation! Welcome Back Voyagers! We're here to announce our Direct Donation Campaign for the 2024-2025 school year! Any ...

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Public Works Fieldtrip

Kindergarten & First Grade Field TripPublic WorksDear Families,Our classes are going on a field trip to the Municipal Service Center in Thousand Oaks on Tuesday, May 21 to learn about National Public Works Week (NPWW). This is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as Public Works. GUIDED TOURS INCLUDE: Bus wash ride Graffiti removal demonstration Water and wastewater learning sta...

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SPACE RACE: Register Tonight to Support our Annual Jog-a-thon Fundraiser (and win a donut hole party for your child's class!)

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Having a blast with the last week of as our students get immersed in the wonders of African Art and the influence on our everyday lives! Thanks for our PFA for funding this on site gallery and learning opportunity.

Our fourth and fifth grader had a tremendous time at the Thousand Oaks Civic Art Plaza today watching North The Musical! We are so glad to learn about and celebrate Black History Month.

Our fourth and fifth graders engaged in Socratic seminars discussing connections to text durante su clase de español hoy.

Come join us this Friday in the MPR and wear your grooviest outfit! Tickets on sale in ParentSquare.

Mrs. Rodriguez, our School Counselor, is reviewing key vocabulary this week with our students as we discuss and analyze the size of problems we encounter. Problems can be rainy ☔️ sized, stormy ⛈️ sized, or 🌪️ tornado sized. What a way to gauge how immediate and what support our students might need. 💚ourcounselors

We 💚 reading and having author on campus to share tips and tricks to make stories come alive is key to our blooming authors! We can’t wait to read your next adventure.

We are making continued progress on the future site of our learning garden! We so grateful for the work of our maintenance team our phenomenal PFA and . Think of all the language and science applications!

See you Tuesday, Voyagers. On Monday, 1/29, our staff is engaging in the important work of supporting the whole child with social and emotional learning, writing and math instruction, and data analysis based off formative assessments. We can’t wait to make our classrooms even more focused for the years ahead.

Sumac is excited to start our Lunar New Year 🧧 celebrations tomorrow with our Red and Gold Spirit Day and the big UCLA Lion Dance Assembly! 🐉

Registration is now open for our after school enrichment Spring session! Head to growingoutdoors.com to sign up! There are some 💎💎💎

Loving our kindness week challenges!

Tuesdays are perfect day for magic! Celebrate time this week with your favorite Disney outfit and we will continue to cross off our kindness checklist with our kindness challenge on campus. Don’t forget to keep crossing off your checklist at home and bring kindness into your life, with gratitude and appreciation.

We will encourage each other and our students to complete as many acts of kindness as possible at school and hope they feel inspired to continue them at home! We will lift each other up, cheer each other on, and show the world that KINDNESS MATTERS!

Multiples day a wonder to behold! Get out there and find your friend!

Let’s make a resolution to prioritize our education and commit to regular school attendance. By showing up consistently, we’re setting the foundation for a brighter future.

Come join next week at our annual Science Night in the MPR from 5-7 pm January 18 with supersized experiments and demonstrations - plus - get all the info you need for our Science Fair starting tomorrow! See you there, Voyagers!

5th graders decorate and stuff bags for those in need in our community. We are stuffing the bags with necessities for the unhoused - socks, cough drops, combs, toothpaste, tooth brushes, deodorant and more. We appreciate the donations from our community and the service project instead of a party for our fifth grade!

Winter parties are still a time for learning as our first graders make snow and observe the differences between how substances dissolve in hot versus cold water.