Congratulations to all the students and families who participated in the Family Jog-A-Thon! We had a great time running and raising funds for a great cause. Envelopes were sent home with the students to collect their sponsored money, please send it back to your teacher on or before Monday, January 30, 2012. Thank you! 

Congratulations to Lee T., 4th grade, our 2012 Melrose Elementary Spelling Bee winner, and John C., 3rd grade, our runner-up!

Lee will continue on to the Los Angeles Regional Spelling Bee taking place on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Walter Reed Middle School.

Thank you to all of our spelling-bee participants for their commitment, effort and good citizenship.

Thanks to a $4 million donation from the Wasserman Foundation, nearly 600,000 LAUSD families will receive a FREE $15 DonorsChooseLA.org gift card to support a classroom project of their choice.

Parents, you will be receiving an envelope from the school in the mail, which contains the gift card to DonorsChoose.org. Make sure you redeem your FREE $15 DonorsChooseLA.org gift card to support a Melrose classroom project. Log on to www.donorschooseLA.org and donate to a classroom project using your free gift card before Feb. 16, 2012. Search for "Melrose Elementary" to see the projects that you can donate to. Each gift card has a unique code that you will use to redeem your $15.

Starting Monday, January 23, local area Starbucks will be giving away $10 DonorsChoose gift cards to customers. You can use this in addition to the gift cards that were mailed home to you. So if you're getting your morning coffee, please ask them about the gift cards to help our teacher fund their projects!

If you do not know how to redeem your gift cards, please turn them back into the front office or send it back to your child's teacher, so none of it goes unused!

• Frozen Goods Fundraiser: Thank you to all who participated in the frozen goods fundraiser in November. A total of $6,524.10 was profited by the school. This will go into the student body fund which goes directly toward field trips and student incentives for all students.

• K/1/2 See’s Candy Fundraiser for iPad covers and apps: An impressive profit of $3,160.55 was raised by the K/1/2 grade families in November/December. The teachers and staff are working out the details for getting the iPad covers and apps for the students. Thanks to Sandra Showers (1st grade parent) for spearheading the efforts!
   
• Mrs. Nelson’s Book Fair: A big thank you to Angela Scarcella (1st grade parent) who chaired the school book fair. We made $6,076 in sales, which will gives us $1,431 in book credit toward purchase of books. The next book fair will be in March during student-led conferences week.

Thank you to all who contributed to the 2011-2012 Melrose Family Pledge Drive. As a school community, our families have raised $40,113 with 71% participation. Both Ms. Podell-Camino and Ms. Miyaji's classes got 100% participation!

Watch this important video:

Math Field Day
Competition 2011

SINGAPORE MATH at Melrose M/S/T Magnet!  Click here to see a Singapore Math Video for a glimpse into this amazing Math program.