Puma News Jan 09

Go Pumas!!!

The LPS-Richmond PUMA Newsletter

January 2009

Issue 4, Volume 1

ADMINISTRATION: Shawn Benjamin: Principal Jamie Kim: Lower School Dean Jesse Madway: Upper School Dean Shree Ram: Intervention Counselor Julia Hollinger: Academic Dean Omar Bryan: Campus Supervisor Ximena Montes: School Manager Sara Wolfe: Enrollment & Outreach Andy Hatcher: After School Program Marvin Figueroa: College Counselor

TEACHERS:

Felicia Cinquegrana: Art Vinicio Merlino: Biology John Mullen: Chemistry CJ Cretien: Physics Peter Baer: English Andy Hatcher: English Catailn Kaser: English Van Lac: English Katelyn St. John: English Julia Hollinger: English Victor Aguilera: History Adam Kondonijakas: History Arminda King: Math Chris Rozeville: Math Sophia Thomas: Math Jesse Williamson: Math Gustavo Jimenez: Spanish Josh Cristantiello: Spanish Taylor Garland: Resource Julie Christensen: Reading

Please Note: Our New Address as of December 19, 2008!! LPS Richmond 251 S. 12th St. Richmond, CA 94801

(Behind Nystrom Elementary)

Note from the Principal Greetings Families, The LPS teaching and administration staff hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season. We are now located in our new facility on 251 S. 12th Street. We are very excited about this new facility, as it will provide many enhancements in comparison to our previous site. As you know, LPS Richmond, including students, teachers, administrators, and home office employees, have been working hard over the last few years to find this site for us. Please come visit us at the PGA meeting on Monday, January 12 at 6:30pm. We look forward to sharing our new home with you. This meeting will also be a great opportunity for you to meet the parents of our new students that will join us in the fall of 2009. As you can see, we are doing everything we can to improve upon our already strong school culture. We hope you can make it to the meeting! Wishing you the very best in this New Year! Sincerely, Ms. Benjamin _______________________________________________________________________________

Community Service Opportunities How are you getting involved and earning your 35 hours of community service? Here are some ways!! * House of Hope: St. Marks Church: Volunteers needed for committees, office assistance and special events. Call 234-5886 for more information. * Familias Unidas: Volunteer at the Youth Center * Habitat For Humanity: Work with a team to help build a house for a family in need. * Volunteer at your local church, YMCA, library, pre-school, etc. * Volunteer at Richmond Library: Contact Angela at 510-620-6562

Important Dates to Remember!!!! • • • •

Monday, January 12: PGA meeting and Orientation for new parents at 6:30pm Monday, January 19: No School: MLK, Jr. Day Thursday, January 22: A FULL day of school Tuesday, January 27: Sophomores Going to College Evening

For more info visit: www.LPSrichmondpumas.com * phone: 510-235-4522 * Fax: 510-588-4593

Get Involved: * Alateen Meetings every Tuesday for students whose lives are impacted by a family member's or close friend's alcoholism. Meetings are confidential. Students must see Ms. Ram if they are interested. * Peer Listening Program begins in January! 10th-12th graders are eligible to be Peer Listeners after completing a comprehensive application that includes essay questions and two teacher recommendations. Isis Espinosa, Bithia Villalobos, and Jeanette Munoz are founding members and helped develop the application. All students will complete a day and 1/2 training with Ms. Hollinger and Ms. Ram.

College Column Greetings parents: In the month of December our seniors have continued climbing the wall of success. Five of our seniors were accepted and received scholarships to attend Holy Names University. Zoe Hawk- Pratty received $40,000 Johanna Moran- received $36,000 Carla Lopez- received $32,000 Paulene Rejano- received $34,000 Karen Perez- earned $54,000 Another twenty of our students earned admissions into California State University- East Bay. The College Office awaits other exciting responses. ~Marvin Figueroa College Counselor 510-235-4522 ext219

Sports and After School Activities LPS Richmond Pumas 2008-2009 Basketball Schedule Jan 8 & 10

@ Urban Basketball Tourney AWAY

Jan. 13

vs. LPS Hayward (4:30) HOME

Jan. 15

@ Quarry Lane High School (5:00) AWAY

Jan. 30

vs. Summerfield Waldorff (4:30) HOME

The After School Program will be new and improved at our Nystrom school site! We are making a few interesting changes, including a new name. Your New Year's resolution should be to get involved in our after school programming in January. New students are always welcome! The LPS Richmond Lady Pumas Basketball team is currently having practice. All interested students should talk to Ms. Cinquegrana, the art teacher. It's not too late to join.

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Enrollment Update

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We have already received many applications for the 2009-2010 school year. Please be sure to tell your friends and families that we are filling up and need applications as soon as possible. Our first enrollment “lottery” will be on Friday, January 9, 2009. If applications are turned in before this date, it will be very likely that there will be a spot for your child.

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PGA Announcements The next PGA meeting will be on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 6:307:30pm. This meeting will include families of upcoming students. Please be sure to attend (and your child gets a FREE DRESS PASS) so that you can share your knowledge and tell other families about your experiences at LPS!!!

We Need Your Support!!!

PLEASE RATE OUR SCHOOL AT: www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ca/12278 For more info visit: www.LPSrichmondpumas.com * phone: 510-235-4522 * Fax: 510-588-4593