Dear EastLake Elementary Families,
As we approach the opening of the 2024-2025 school year, I hope this message finds you and your family well. My name is Cindy Orr and I am excited to serve this community as your principal! If you would like to know a little more about me, please click Principal Welcome, which will take you to my page on our school blog. I look forward to reconnecting with our current families and welcoming our new families.
I know our entire team is ready to welcome our students on July 24th. Below you will find information about the start of school.
Monday, July 22nd – We will have 3 activities starting at 4:00
- 4:00-4:30 pm - TK and ALL Kindergarten Orientation: We will have our TK and Kindergarten parent orientation. This meeting will be held in the auditorium at EastLake Elementary, 1955 Hillside Drive, 91913.
- 4:30-5:00 pm –Only New to Dual Immersion Parent/Guardian Meeting: This meeting is for parents/guardians that are NEW to our DI program. You will learn about the expectations of being in a DI program and sign a commitment form. This meeting will be held in the auditorium at EastLake Elementary, 1955 Hillside Drive, 91913.
- 4:30-5:00 pm –English Only TK and Kinder Curriculum Night in classrooms We will have TK and English only Kindergarten curriculum night in your child’s classroom. We will dismiss you to go to your various classrooms at 4:40 to hear more specific information regarding TK and EO Kinder.
- 5:00-6:00 pm - Packet Pick-up Popsicle Party:We will have a welcome back have a popsicle and pick up all the needed information including class and room assignments on the front lawn of EastLake Elementary.
Wednesday, July 24: 1st Day of School
Wednesday, July 31 – Curriculum Night for 1st – 6th grade
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Session #1: 5:00pm – 5:30pm
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Principal Welcome Video and Title 1 Parent Notification After Session #1: 5:30-5:45
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Transition Time: 5:45pm – 5:50pm
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Session #2: 5:50pm – 6:20pm
*Identical presentations, offered at two times for families to have more flexibility.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact our main office at (619) 421-4798, via phone or email me at cynthia.orr@cvesd.org. Our school team is excited to see our students and families soon!
Sincerely,
Cindy Orr
Important Information for TK and Kinder EastLake Parents
Letter for TK and Kinder Parents
Office is Now Open
Our school main office is now open from 7:45 AM- 4:00 PM, daily. Our office team is processing continuing enrollment forms, enrolling new families and getting ready to open the school year. We are available to support our families with questions you may have. Please also be sure to subscribe to our EastLake Elementary School Blog by visiting https://eastlakeelementary.edublogs.org/
Continuing Student Registration for Returning Students
All returning families should have received an email notification from PowerSchool to complete the “CONTINUING STUDENT REGISTRATION” process back in late May and reminders if we have not received your information back yet. If you already completed this process, no need to do anything more. If you have not completed this yet, please search your inbox by searching “PowerSchool” to locate the student specific link and complete the process. Completion of the Continuing Student Registration process is required for 2024-25 school year enrollment.
If your plans have changed and your student(s) are not returning to Eastlake Elementary for the upcoming school year, please call the office as soon as possible to let us know.
As a reminder, this process is only for returning students – not new students.
Teacher Assignments and First Day Schedule
By the evening of July 22nd, parents will receive email notification of teacher and classroom assignments for the 2024-2025 school year.
The first day of school will be July 24th and follow the schedule below:
- Grade TK: 8:00 AM-12:45 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grade K: 8:15 AM-1:00 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grades 1-6: 8:15 AM-1:15 PM (Minimum Day)
Schedule for Thursday and Friday of the First Week
Thursday, July 25th:
- Grade TK: 8:00 AM-12:45 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grade K: 8:15 AM-1:00 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grades 1-6: 8:15 AM-2:45 PM (Full Day)
Friday, July 26th:
- Grade TK: 8:00 AM-12:45 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grade K: 8:15 AM-1:00 PM (Minimum Day)
- Grades 1-6: 8:15 AM-1:15 PM (Minimum Day)
*Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten will be on MINIMUM DAY SCHEDULE through Friday, August 2nd. Please plan accordingly.
Our Morning Expectations
Students will line up at their classroom line letters on the blacktop. Line letters will be posted on classroom doors and their will be lots of adults to help. Students should not arrive on campus before 7:45am, as there is no supervision. Gates will open at 7:45 am, no earlier. Between 7:45 and 8:10am, students should be in one of the following three places:
- Students can be at the tables eating breakfast. Breakfast is from 7:45-8:10. The cafeteria closes at 8:10.
- Students can participate in Running Club (all students and families are welcome). At this time, it is running or walking the track.
- Standing in line in front of their classroom letter on the blacktop. The only exception would be TK and Kinder students who line up in front of their classroom.
- At 8:10am (first bell), students who are in Running Club or at the lunch tables should make their way to the classroom lines on the blacktop. We will dismiss each classroom line to walk to their classroom. They will meet their teacher at the door when the second bell rings at 8:15am.
At 8:15, teachers will open their doors, take out their backpack cart, and invite students in for a day of learning.
Morning supervision:
- Students should not be dropping off backpacks by the classroom first.
- Students should not be bringing their own playground equipment or trading cards/toys.
- No eating on the blacktop.
- Students should not be on their cell phones on campus. If your child needs to contact you, they just need to ask and talk to you with a noon duty or teacher present.
- All cell phones, need to be given to teachers until the end of the day.
- No students should be by their classroom or in the center open area except TK and Kinder students.
Please help us by encouraging your student(s) to follow our morning procedures. Teachers will work with classes so that students know what the expectations are.
Thank you for your support in keeping students safe.
2024-2025 School Year Calendar
Absence Guidelines
Here are some of the absence requirements for this school year. Please keep these items in mind:
- Please call the office to report any absences and the reason for the absence.
- Excused Absences: illness, doctor appointments for the student, military engagements (ex. ceremony, return from deployment), death of an immediate family member, etc.
- Unexcused Absences: appointments for other family members, out of town, vacations, etc.
- Independent Study: If you know ahead that your child might need to miss school (ex. family reunion), please contact your child’s teacher and our office to set up an independent study contract. Independent Study contracts are available for 3 or more days, but not more than 14 cumulative days in a school year. Independent Study Contracts should be requested at least one week in advance.
- Tardy: Students are considered tardy if they are not in class by 8:15am.
- COVID absences are cleared with a POSITIVE test result.
General Information
- Students are encouraged to come with their own water bottle to school to stay hydrated
- Volunteers will be welcomed on campus again this year. Stay tuned for more information.
- We will continue to have parents/families outside at arrival each morning.
- At dismissal, Preschool, TK and K will all dismiss from the Kindergarten area to an adult. Bus riders will be escorted to the bus.
Supplies
There is nothing that a student is required to have to start school next week. Items that are helpful are a backpack, lunch box (if bringing food) and a water bottle. Basic school supplies will be provided here at EastLade. Stay tuned for more information from your child’s teacher in the coming weeks.
Traffic and Safety
For your review, here are the traffic and parking lot expectations:
- Red Curbs – “as required under California Vehicle Code Section 21458(a)(1), a curb painted red shall indicate no stopping, standing, or parking whether the vehicle is attended or unattended.”
- Yellow curbs are for loading and unloading only – cars should not be parked and left unattended. If you are on a yellow curb, you should be in your vehicle to move as the traffic is moving.
- The left lane in the parking lot is for traffic to move through. Parking/stopping in the left lane blocks cars from being able to exit. Students should not exit or enter vehicles that are in the left lane.
- Use crosswalks for crossing the street and parking lot. When dropping students off, please be sure that they exit the vehicle on the right so that they get out directly onto the sidewalk closest to the school building.
- Follow traffic patterns and do not double park along parking spaces.
Thank you, in advance, for following these expectations and for keeping our students safe.
Meals for Breakfast and Lunch this Year
Breakfast (before school) and Lunch will be provided for students free of charge again this year for those who would like it. Students can also bring their own lunch and/snacks. For menu information, please visit: School Menus – Chula Vista Elementary School District (cvesd.org)
Breakfast service is from 7:45-8:10 every school day to all students. If your child would like breakfast, please enter the gates at the West end of campus and eat at the lunch tables outside on the main playground.
Save the Date
PTA Family Activities and Important Dates
EastLake Dates Families 2024-2025
