President's Message

Dear Family,

I hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving break! Now, the end of the semester and winter break are less than three weeks away! December is a busy month– winter sports teams are beginning their season, the Choir has the Holiday Concert, the Instrumental Music Program has the Winter Spectacular, and the drama department has their winter plays, just to name a few. And, all of our students are getting ready for final exams. Even though it’s a busy time of year, I hope you can take some time to enjoy the holiday season.

Here are a few reminders for the weeks ahead:

There are no block days from December 11^th -15^th
Final exams will be December 18^th-20^th - download the Final Exam Schedule here
Deadline for Founders Day Nominations is TOMORROW, December 1^st

If you enjoy baking for the holidays, you can show your appreciation of our teachers and staff members by baking holiday treats for the Teacher & Staff Holiday Lunch on December 15^th. The teachers and staff truly love this tradition of taking home-baked treats to share with their families. More details are below.

Wishing you all a great week! Please reach out with any questions or concerns to ptapresident@lchsptsa.org.

Warm Regards,

Christine Chant, LCHS PTSA President

Founders Day Applications Due Thursday Dec. 1st!

PTAs throughout California give Founders Day awards "in special recognition of outstanding service to children and youth."

The LCHS 9-12 PTSA Founders Day Awards celebrate the achievements and dedication of LCHS staff members, parent volunteers, and community members.

If you'd like to recognize a deserving teacher, staff member, parent, or community member who has gone above and beyond in their service to the school, please complete this nomination form by clicking here.

The deadline for submitting nominations is December 1st. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on March 14th, 2024.

Please contact Caroline Anderson at Anderson9207@gmail.com with any questions.

Wellness Food Drive

The Food Pantry at Friends In Deed provides food assistance to low-income and no-income families in the greater Pasadena and Altadena areas. They currently provide food to about 535 households per week, totaling approximately 1,200 people. Our goal is for each of our 1358 students to bring in at least 1 can to help those living with food insecurity. Collection boxes are in all Advisory classrooms & canned goods/toiletries/pet food can be dropped off any day between now andDecember 6.

Update on Senior Activites!

Our 1st edition of the Senior Activities for the Class of 2024 Newsletter was released on Nov 26. In the event you did not receive it, please check your spam folder or reach out to Christina Conwell @ptacommunications@lchsptsa.org.

Please note that there is an error on the date of Disneyland Field Trip on the Newsletter. It should be Thursday, February 22nd, not February 2nd.

The Class of 2024 Senior Activities Committee is planning a lot of fun events for our seniors. Please consider donating funds, raffle prizes, or your time to make these activities a success.

Our Senior Spirit Week Holiday Treat will be held on Thursday, December 14th during the Seniors' lunch hour. Please click here to donate.

Contact Senior Activities Chairs Rachel Chan Woodruff or Catherine Rayer for questions and volunteer opportunities.

Use the QR code below to join the "Class of 2024 LCHS Senior Parents" facebook page to stay up to date on all the fun senior activities this year!

Class of 2024 Graduate Dedications!

Class of 2024 families can honor their grads with a dedication in this year's yearbook!

Graduate Dedications are available now.

There are Quarter-, Half- and Full-page options available for purchase on the LCHS Student Store now.

Questions? Contact omega@mylcusd.net.

We are so grateful for our community partnership with Ralphs! This is the easiest thing you can do to help our school ... so please sign up your Ralphs card today!

Step One!

Go to: https://www.ralphs.com and sign in to your account. Select "Community Contributions". If you don't see "La Cañada High School PTSA 7-12" then please change it to benefit our school and our kids!

That's it!

And for you overachievers out there (and who amongst us isn't!?) ... here's Step Two! Bug your neighbors, friends and relatives to sign up their Ralphs cards as well!

Not locals? No problem! Ralphs is part of the Kroger family, so your mother-in-law who lives in Arizona can shop using her Fry's card and benefit LCHS too! Your brother in Washington can shop at Fred Meyer and benefit our kids while he's at it!

Last quarter we had only 325 families registered and still made $2795.53. Just think of what we can earn if all our families register their cards! Thank you!

Amazon Wish Lists for Counselors and Teachers

Our Amazon Wish Lists program has been going well!

Thank you for supporting our teachers and staff members. Our 9-12 counselors have also created Wish Lists and would truly appreciate any support, these items will go a long way to help make their day-to-day jobs easier. You can find their Wish List links on our website at LCHS PTSA. Scroll down the page to Staff and Programs and you’ll find each of the counselors’ names.

When you buy items from their list, they will be shipped to the school and the teacher or counselor will be notified. If, for any reason, you choose to buy it separately, please let them know so they can remove it from their list.

If you have any questions please contact Gisela Galan at gisgalan@protonmail.com or Christine Chant at ptapresident@lchsptsa.org

Thank you for supporting our teachers, counselors, and staff!

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