Hello, Families,

First, we hope that you were able to come and enjoy the staff Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. The time you dedicate to this school community both in and out of the classroom is commendable. Thank you so much!

...I was invited to a Volunteer Breakfast of my own on the same day for my work as a volunteer in the Oakland Library's PASS afterschool program. It's a free city program for K-12 kids, that sadly is getting cut next year. My work there makes me realize how lucky the CLC community is and how vital strong volunteers are for helping children. It truly takes a village...Lale

Learners have been busy this week reflecting on work done over the year with the creation of student portfolios, exploring rocks and minerals, sharing ROPEs and PLPs with classmates, ending Boy and Girl Circles, completing end of year assessments, creating an ensign to be raised aboard the ship, and preparing for their end of year Milestone trip and their Wednesday, "Oh, California Day". All of this despite the demolition work happening right outside our backdoor. I'm sure your learners can imitate the sound of concrete cutting machines. To say it's loud and distracting is an understatement. Thank goodness it didn't begin any earlier this year! We spent part of Friday working in the library so we could hear ourselves think.

We are all excited for Monday and will share photos as soon as we can.

Ahoy!
Elysha and Lale