CLAS Primary Elementary
at Coliseum
co-located at Coliseum Elementary School
4400 Coliseum Street
Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 294-0782
(323) 294-5763 fax
Admin. Assistant: Laurie Eason

CLAS Intermediate Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School at Orville Wright
co-located at Orville Wright Middle School
6550 W. 80th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-665-0214
310-665-2914 fax
Admin. Assistant: Ruth Vincent

School Tour Dates Rescheduled for September 7, 2010

We are off to a great start to the 2010-2011 school year! Firstly, thank you to all of our families for attending the parent orientations. We trust that the information was beneficial to you. Many of you provided positive comments about apparent improvements in the organization and the timeliness of communication.

Our next important event is the CLAS School Tour 2010. This is the CLAS way of “breaking the ice” for the new year with you, your child(ren), and the new student advocate. The School Tour will also give you an opportunity to meet other families in your class, purchase uniforms, sign up for afterschool programs, van transportation, and wrap up any other key paperwork. Keep in mind that no student can begin school without the full and accurate completion of all necessary documentation.

This is a mandated event. Your attendance is required. You may attend the School Tour anytime after the 12:30 start time. See end times for the two sites below. You should expect to stay approximately 30 minutes. PLEASE NOTE: Due to a delay with LAUSD's delivery of furniture and deep cleaning of classrooms at both sites, the date of the School Tours has been changed. The new date for the School Tours is Tuesday, September 7.

CLAS Primary Elementary at Coliseum's School Tour will take place from 12:30 PM -6:00 PM while the School Tour for CLAS Intermediate/Upper Elementary and Middle School at Orville Wright will occur from 12:30 PM -7:00 PM.

Because of the delayed tour dates, advance information regarding before and after school care and transportation services will be delivered to you by email early this week. Be on the lookout for it. Lastly, the 2010-2011 Community Handbook referred to at the orientation will be available online only beginning Friday, September 3rd.

Continue to enjoy what’s left of the summer. See you at the Tour(s)!

CLAS Back-to-School Supply Lists Available for Download
As the beginning of the school year approaches, it's time to make sure that your Scribe is ready and prepared for excellence. The back-to-school supply lists below are provided to you so that your student gets a head start on the school year. They are also available now so that you get a head start on shopping so as to beat the Labor Day holiday rush that often finds stores with very low inventories of essential supplies.

Back-to-School Supply List for Kinder and 1st grades click here

Back-to-School Supply List for Grades 2 and 3 click here

Back-to-School Supply List for Grades 4 and 5 click here

Back-to-School Supply List for Middle School Grades 6-8 click here

CLAS Office Hours
School site and administratve offices are open for business. The administrative office as well as school offices have returned to a 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday schedule for the remainder of the month of August.

Beginning September 1st all offices will resume regular busness hours of 7:45 AM-4:15 PM.

Applications for 2010-2011 Are Being Accepted
We are still accepting enrollment applications for grades 1, 2, 3, and 6 only for 2010-2011. The applications can be obtained at either of the two school locations listed in the site information bar to the left or you can download the application here.

Applications should be submitted to our administrative office located at 2930 W. Imperial Hwy., Suite 512, Inglewood, CA 90303. by U.S. mail or you can walk the application in if you wish. Faxed applications will not be accepted.

If you have any questions about the application process please email us or call 323.777.8400. We look forward to you joining our school community!

CLAS Summer Homestudy Assignments For Middle School
All CLAS middle school students have mandatory summer reading asignments. Click here to read more about these assignments and to dowload the required assignments, by grade level, for your middle school student.

Latest Issue of CLAS Highlights Is Available for Download

The latest issue of CLAS Highlights, the newsletter of the CLAS Community is available for download. The newsletter highlights news, events , and information of importance to the community. Get your copy here or click the thumbnail image above.

You can also have the newsletter delivered to your email inbox. Email us with the subject line "Subscribe" to get CLAS Highlights delivered electronically to you each month.

Happy reading!

READ • REFLECT • RESPOND: The CLAS Community Blog
READ • REFLECT • RESPOND is now online! The blog represents one way that CLAS is attempting to leverage technology to facilitate Community. The blog allows the advocates and others in the CLAS Community to share ideas, discuss issues, and make known goings-on relevant to the Community. It encourages interaction within the community on topics important to all of us by allowing you to communicate publicly by posting comments and asking questions about published topics. We look forward to your frequent visits here to read, reflect, and respond and hope that you will enjoy doing so.

The blog's current main post features the contents of a very well written, informative, and enlightening letter penned by Board member Marguerite LaMotte in response to misleading information abut CLAS that has been delivered to LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines by the LAUSD Charter Schools office.

Also, be sure to read Is the CLAS Half Full or Half Empty?, Dr. Hollie's thought provoking post about viewing the current state of CLAS from an affirmative perspective.

After reading be sure to reflect on both posts and, just as important, share your thoughts with the community by leaving a comment. We look forward to regularly responding to your ideas.

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