Invitations have gone out for this year’s “Monte Carlo-style” Spring Gala, so now we’re counting on you to attend! Here’s the deal: with our kids’ educational futures at stake and expectations high for their continued success, get in the action by purchasing your tickets today. With the rockin’ theme of “Let The Good Times Roll,” this important fundraiser is hands-down the year’s most-looked-forward-to event!

On Saturday evening, March 13, 2010, join your fellow La Cañadans at the Pasadena Convention Center and support our children by:

  * becoming a Gala Underwriter (call the Foundation office);
  * donating items to the silent and live auctions; placing an ad on the Gala Digital Tribute;
  * having your business sponsor a casino table; and
  * buying Strike-It-Rich Raffle tickets to win up to $10,000.

Odds are good you’ll have a great time! For tickets or more information, contact the Foundation office at (818) 952-4268 or visit www.lcfef.org.

Due March 15th
Awards are given to recognize organizations, businesses, individuals and high school students who provide exemplary service to the community of La Cañada Flintridge.

Nomination forms and criteria are on the La Canada Flintridge Coordinating Council web site www.lcfcc.infoSubmission The cutoff date is March 15, 2010.

Nomination forms are also available at the City Office, the Chamber Office and the Library. Questions?? Call Sheree Butts 818-248-9661 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

1. Complete and print this form.
   
2. Fee is $95 per exam. Checks should be made out to “LCHS-AP Exams”
3. Take the completed form and check to Ms. Gurrola in the front office before school, after school, lunch and break only. NOT during class time!

The PTSA Book Club is BACK! Parents are raving about Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman’s newest book, "NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children." We hope you can join our discussion! This book club is sponsored by the LCHS 9-12 PTSA, but we hope that junior high parents and others will join us. You don’t have to have a kid at LCHS to come!

 
• Date: Tuesday, March 30th
 
• Time: 9:00 am
 
• Location: Debbie Johannes’ house, 3955 Robin Hill Rd., La Canada
 
• RSVP by Saturday, March 27th to Debbie at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
 
• Books are available at Flintridge Bookstore and La Canada Books & Toys. PTSA will get a percentage of sales.

Book Description:
Bronson contends "that many of modern society’s most popular strategies for raising children are in fact backfiring because key points in the science of child development and behavior have been overlooked. Two errant assumptions are responsible for current distorted child-rearing habits, dysfunctional school programs and wrongheaded social policies: first, things work in children the same way they work in adults and, second, positive traits necessarily oppose and ward off negative behavior. These myths, and others, are addressed in 10 provocative chapters that cover such issues as the inverse power of praise (effort counts more than results); why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids’ capacity to learn; why white parents don’t talk about race; why kids lie; that evaluation methods for giftedness and accompanying programs don’t work; why siblings really fight (to get closer)."

CSF Membership is based on scholarship and is gained after qualifying grades are earned each semester. In order to become a member, the student must submit an application each semester the student is eligible. A point system specified in the CSF State By-Laws establishes the membership requirements.  To secure eligibility for CSF membership, a student must earn sufficient points from pre-approved course lists.  The majority of the required membership points must come from University of California accepted course work.
Life Membership (Gold Sealbearer status) is achieved by qualifying four or more semesters in the last three years of high school, and earns the CSF Gold Seal on diplomas and transcripts.  These students are also eligible to be nominated by the chapter adviser for the Seymour Memorial Awards.

Seniors MUST meet this deadline in order to qualify for Gold Sealbearer Status since one of the four semesters must include senior year grades. 

Your student may pick up and drop off applications with Mrs. Cho in Room 206, or you may print one out here.  Your student may also stop by to ask Mrs. Cho how many semesters he or she has been a member so far.

DEADLINE: Completed applications and dues must be in by Friday, 4/2, to Mrs. Cho in Room 206.

Did you know that:
   

     
• Kids can legally be out past curfew if they’re participating in a religious, educational or political activity?      
• In developing a school dress code, parents must be involved in the decision-making process?      
• Parents are often liable when their kids damage, destroy or deface others’ property?    

These and other California laws that might concern children and their actions are explained in a VERY readable format in the California Bar Association’s publication, Kids & the Law: An A-Z Guide for Parents. Topics covered include driving laws, drugs, alcohol, online predators, juvenile court, and much more.

Kids and the Law addresses a number of issues important to parents of minor children including:

 
• curfews  
• emancipation  
• drugs and alcohol  
• dress codes  
• children’s privacy  
• truancy  
• juvenile court  
• crime (graffiti, weapons, fighting, etc.)  
• driving

There are two other similarly excellent publications: When You Become 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers and Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians