October 19, 2020
DOLPHIN DID YOU KNOW
DDYK STAFF SPOTLIGHT
LORI
GREEN

Ms. Green has been working at Jefferson for 2 ½ years as a long term substitute teacher and the past month she started as permanent 1st grade teacher.

Ms. Green was born here in Rancho Palos Verdes and graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder. Her first job was a Camp Counselor at the Rolling Hills Country Day School.

Ms. Green's favorite band is Zac Brown Band and her favorite travel destination is Big Bear. She would like to go to Alaska on a cruise with her family.

Ms. Green is a big fan of The Patriots, loves cookbooks and the Breakfast Club movie. Ms. Green's favorite super power is Speed.
One chore that she absolutely hates is cleaning the bathtub.
Her biggest pet peeve? Dried Egg yolk on plates and utensils.

If she were to win the lottery, Ms. Green would invest in an addition to our home.

If she could choose her age forever, Ms. Green would choose 34 , the age when she had her two boys and felt young, complete and fulfilled in her life.

Asked how would she name the autobiography of her life, Ms. Green responded "Family Traditions"

If she could learn to do anything, Ms. Green would love to make movies.

One experience that made Ms. Green a stronger person was when her son got severely bit by a friend’s dog in his face. During those times, she learned to be positive and strong for her son.

If she could meet anyone, living or dead, Ms. Green would love to meet Blake Shelton.

Her advice for kids who are struggling in school is to do their BEST, because with effort and focus their knowledge will be expressed.

Asked to define success, Ms. Green mentioned that it means being happy with who you are and the choices you make.
KRYSTI
DIXON

Ms. Dixon has been working at Jefferson as Administrative Assistant since August 2020.

She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and received a Bachelors Degree from University of Central Florida and a Masters of Public Administration from Florida Institute of Technology. Her first job was at a flea market in a hot dog stand.

Ms. Dixon loves country music and her favorite artist at the moment is Luke Combs. She loves exploring California whenever she has the opportunity to travel. One item from the bucket list is to explore Hawaii.

Her favorite sports team is the 49ers. Ms. Dixon is a lover of all books, but her favorite one so far is “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. She loves Rom Coms such as “Crazy, Stupid Love” and “It’s Complicated” and almost All Bio pictures like “Remember the Titans” and “Lion”.

One chore that she absolutely hates is mopping.

If she were to win the lottery, Ms. Dixon would buy a sweet new mini van.

Her biggest pet peeve? Laziness.

Did you know Ms. Dixon was recently a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune?

If she could choose her age forever, Ms. Dixon would choose her thirties.

Her favorite super power would be being able to communicate and know every single language.

The perfect name for an autobiography of her life would be “In Layman Terms”.

One experience that made her a stronger person was her move from Florida to California and creating an entire new network of people from friends and work .

If she could meet anyone, living or dead, Ms. Dixon would love to meet Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "I had a grandfather named Delano after him and my son’s middle name is Delano, so I’d like to actually meet the guy who is technically the namesake of my son"

Her advice for kids who are struggling in school is to communicate with their parents and teachers as there is so much help they could get.

Ms. Dixon feels that success is a continuous process, something that one should always be striving for professionally and individually.
ELLIOTE HERNANDEZ

Ms. Hernandez is a 2nd grade teacher and this is her first year at Jefferson.

She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and then went to college at CalState Northridge.
 
Her favorite place to travel is Italy. Se has travelled to many different cities and loves the culture and of course the food!

One thing Ms. Hernandez would really love to to is to go Scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. She has been trying to get to Australia for many years as she is fascinated by ocean life and reefs.

Asked to name a chore that she absolutely hates doing, Ms. Hernandez mentioned doing the dishes: "I will make any excuse to get out of doing them!"
DINING WITH DOLPHINS - CHIPOTLE

THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST
BECOME A PTA MEMBER

⚠️ TWO WEEKS LEFT ⚠️

TWO WEEKS LEFT until our PTA membership Drive ends. We are currently at 642 members, that is 79% of our goal of 817 members.

Please SIGN UP TODAY to support the wonderful programs offered by the PTA in our school.
or
JOIN OFFLINE: Print the PTA Membership Form and place in the lockbox (located on the fence near the school office) together with a check made payable to the Jefferson PTA.

Classes with 100% Membership by November 2nd will receive a $100 GIFT CARD for classroom supplies/books. The FIRST 5 classrooms to get to reach full participation will get actually get a $110 gift card as a THANK YOU for "giving a 110% effort".

See below the current stats for each classroom. A few classrooms are so close to full participation.

Please sign up to become a PTA member! One membership costs $15 and they are 100% tax deductible (TAX ID 95-6204301).

SKECHERS PIER TO PIER ALL VIRTUAL FRIENDSHIP WALK

OCTOBER 25, 2020
#WalkWithRBUSD
LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT until the SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. Join the JEFFERSON School Team NOW and raise money for our school.

Registration is only $30/walker and all 100% of the registration goes back to our school. And did we say that you will also be receiving a goodie bag from Skechers?

Last year, we reached our goal: we had of 308 walkers and we received $14,280 from RBEF.

We are currently at 73 walkers. If we reach our goal of 300 walkers, Mr. Winckler pledged to put on a chicken suit, do the Chicken Dance and then get hit in the face with a couple of pies!!!

Let's do this, Jefferson!!! JOIN THE TEAM NOW and also sign up your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers and even your dog.

We may not physically be together this year, but we can still virtually come together for our favorite team event of the entire year!
PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM

The PTA Reflections competition is NOW OPEN. The theme for 2020-2021 Reflections is "I Matter Because...."

The categories are Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts. For more information regarding the rules of the program click the following link:

All entries will be submitted online.  To submit, please upload your student’s Reflections entry to the following link: https://forms.gle/S6U9TLnS6WPUKHZt9

Once you have loaded the entry, please make sure to hit the submit button at the bottom of the form and make sure you receive an email confirming your submission.
 
Please contact Christa Moore at moorexchrista@gmail.com if you have any questions.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: October 26


The Jefferson PTA will donate a portion of sales from our Pink for Cancer Awareness Section to Cancer Research".
You can now purchase your items online in 3 easy steps:

1. Scan the QR code or go online to https://jeffersonschool2020.itemorder.com

2. Choose your items and add them to your cart

3. Securely checkout with your credit card
THE JEFFERSON APP IS LIVE

DOWNLOAD NOW!

RED RIBBON WEEK

The week of October 26th is Red Ribbon Week. Please click below to see the calendar for a schedule of daily themes and look for additional information from classroom teachers in weekly updates.
FALL 2020 - RBUSD DISTANCE LEARNING SURVEY

The purpose of the Fall 2020, RBUSD Distance Learning Family Survey is to gather additional parent feedback on RBUSD’s Fall 2020, Distance Learning program and return to campus readiness. We appreciate hearing from our community and the results will be used to continue to refine our collective efforts for students and future planning. Therefore, we are asking for stakeholder feedback to support our improvement efforts as we continue the 2020-21 school year.

Please complete the survey by CLICKING HERE or going to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBUSD_Fall2020 

This brief survey (less than 6 minutes) is intended to be completed by families throughout RBUSD to share their distance learning experiences as well as readiness around returning to school campuses. This feedback is pivotal to ongoing planning. 
Please complete the survey by Friday, October 30, 2020. We ask that a survey is completed for EACH student that attends RBUSD, as sentiments may vary based of the age/grade of your students. This survey does not request any personal information and your responses will remain confidential.
IMPORTANT DATES

October 21 - Chipotle Fundraiser

October 25 - Skechers Pier to Pier ALL VIRTUAL Friendship Walk

October 26-30 - Red Ribbon Week

November 6 - WRD Student Art Contest http://www.wrd.org/StudentArtContest
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