This document provides information about upcoming events at the Jefferson Community Adult School. It announces that the Thanksgiving holiday will take place from November 24th to 25th. It also lists testing and promotional testing weeks for CASAS and ESL programs. The winter break will be from December 19th to January 6th, 2012. The document encourages all employees to participate in the 30 Day LAUSD MyPay Challenge between November 1st and 30th to get familiar with the new LAUSD MyPay system. Finally, it provides information about open enrollment for the school's health plans, which takes place annually to allow employees to make changes to medical, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts for the upcoming year.

1. Y ADULT SCHOOL
JEFFE RSON COMMUNIT
WEEKLY BULLETIN
November 14, 2011
Principal,
Ann L. Reed escaping to London and return-
THANKSGIVING DAY
ing to his homeland on an ex-
In September 1620, a small ship ploratory expedition. He taught
Calendar called the Mayflower left Ply- the sick and starving Pilgrims
how to cultivate corn, extract
mouth, England, carrying 102
Thanksgiving Holiday 11/24 passengers—an assortment of sap from maple trees, catch fish
religious separatists seeking a in the rivers and avoid poison-
new home where they could ous plants. He also helped
Day after Thanksgiving 11/25 freely practice their faith and them forge an alliance with the
Holiday Wampanoag, a local tribe,
other individuals lured by the
promise of prosperity and land which would endure for more
CASAS Testing Wk. of ownership in the New World. than 50 years.
After a treacherous and uncom-
ESL Promotional Testing Wk. of fortable crossing that lasted 66 In November 1621, after the
12/12 days, they dropped anchor near Pilgrims’ first corn harvest
the tip of Cape Cod, far north of proved success-
Winter Break 12/19- their intended destination at the ful, Governor Wil-
1/6/12 mouth of the Hudson River. liam Bradford or-
One month later, the Mayflower ganized a cele-
Return to Work, Winter 1/9-3/30 crossed Massachusetts Bay, bratory feast and
where the Pilgrims, as they are invited a group of
Trimester the fledgling col-
now commonly known, began
the work of establishing a vil- ony’s Native
lage at Plymouth. American allies,
including the Wampanoag chief
Throughout that first brutal win- Massasoit. Now, this three day
Did You Know? ter, most of the colonists re- feast is remembered as Ameri-
mained on board the ship, can’s “first Thanksgiving.
where they suffered from expo-
sure, scurvy and outbreaks of Thanksgiving Becomes an Offi-
In 2009, President Obama contagious disease. Only half of cial Holiday
pardoned a turkey named the Mayflower’s original pas- In 1789, George Washington
sengers and crew lived to see issued the first Thanksgiving
Courage. their first New England spring. proclamation by the national
In March, the remaining settlers government of the United
moved ashore, where they were States; in it, he called upon
visited by an Abenaki Indian Americans to express their
who greeted them in English. gratitude for the happy conclu-
Several days later, he returned sion to the country’s war of in-
with another Native American, dependence and the successful
Squanto, a member of the Paw- ratification of the
tuxet tribe who had been kid-
napped by an English sea cap-
tain and sold into slavery before

2. Adult
Jefferson Community
School Health Plan ——— OPEN ENROLLMENT
It’s that time of year again. Open Yes, along with your cover letter, system at 800.527.1482. Your
Enrollment is the annual period you will receive a personalized cover letter will provide access in-
when you make changes to your worksheet that identifies your formation for both systems. If you
medical, dental and vision plans 2011plans and any dependents enroll by telephone, you may view
and/or when you enroll in a flexible covered by your plans. You will your selection online. During Open
spending account (FSA). All also see a list of 2012 plans that Enrollment, you can make changes
changes and/or new elections be- are available to you, based on as often as your like. However,
come effective on January 1, whether you are an active em- your final changes must be made
2012, and are binding for the entire ployee or a retiree. Please read all by November 20, 2011. Prepare
calendar year. the information on your worksheet, now so that you won’t miss the
including the back page. Valuable deadline.
You should receive your Open En- information about provider selec-
rollment packet on or about Octo- tion, instructions for adding or
ber 24, 2011. The packet will in- changing dependents and Medi-
clude a cover letter and other ma- care information, if retired and over
terials outlining your plan options, 65 years of age.
based on your eligibility for the
plans. For example, the active em- What if I don’t want to make any
ployee packet will include informa- changes to any of my plans?
tion about FSAs, while the retiree You do not need to take any action
packet will not. The enrollment or make an election if you wish to
guide will have a new format. Ac- stay enrolled in your current medi-
tive employees will receive a fold- cal, dental and vision plans.
out chart with side-by-side plan
comparisons. Retirees will receive If I want to make changes, what
a slimmed down booklet with infor- processes are available?
mation about retiree plans only. As in previous years, you make
changes online at http://
Will my packet tell me which benefits.lausd.net or by calling the
plans I currently have? automated telephone enrollment
JOIN THE 30 DAY LAUSD MY PAY CHALLENGE
. Between November 1-30, we’re prizes! Two Grand Prizes will be 1) Go to selfservice.lausd.net on
encouraging all employees are en- awarded in each Local District. any computer with internet access
couraged to get ready for LAUSD Who? 2) Login with your Single Sign On
MyPay. On any computer con- All LAUSD employees and Password
nected to the internet, simply use What? 3) Click on Online Pay Stub
your Single Sign-On and Password Use your Single Sign On and
to logon to the LAUSD Employee Password to login to Employee Click on Get Support if you need to
Self-Service (ESS) website and Self-Service (ESS) and view your activate your Single Sign On or
view your paystub. That’s it! By paystub change your password. If you are
logging in once during the month of Where? unable to print your paystub or you
November, you can help your On any computer with internet ac- have questions about LAUSD My-
school or division cess or on the designated MyPay Pay, visit the Employee Service
terminal at your worksite Center or call (213) 241-6670 for
Every school that participates will When? assistance.
be entered into a raffle to win sup- The entire month of November
plies or instructional materials. Why?
Schools and divisions with at least To get ready for LAUSD MyPay.
90% employee participation will be
entered into a raffle to win top IT’S EASY 1-2-3

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STUDENT INFORMATION
My name is Chris Sandoval. I'm forty eight years
old. I grew up on the beautiful west coast beaches of
San Clemente and Santa Barbara. I love the art of
poetry....there is all styles of art, culture, and people
that can be found there. Growing up in two distinct
neighborhoods in the beach cities were fun. Around
me were art of murals, low rider cars, beautiful girls,
beautiful ocean and sand. By growing up around that
style of environment got me thinking of setting my
mind on the “art of life around me”......poetry.
My goals are to take my talent and create my own life
Catch'in My Dream by Chris Sandoval work of art. I believe that God has a main plan for
me. So everything is not really slow dragging. I'm
I'm in love with a girl that loves me!!!! like a spiritual butterfly when I'm ready to accomplish
We can only be so much in love...... my goal I will be in a better place.
Everyone sees …
Deeply as we turn to each other every day..... I would like to thank Jefferson Community Adult
To say, “We Love Each Other”. School for providing education to the Hillsman’s drug
Just to let each other know that every day is and alcohol program. The reading program has
special...... helped me improve in reading, vocabulary, and writ-
STUDENT ASSISTANCE
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
KUDOS CCAE--LA Metro Section Fall Awards
Dinner
As most of you know, the ANDREW SCHLESSINGER The California Council for Adult Education (CCAE)--
DACE Fall Conference BARBARA JOHNSON Los Angeles Metropolitan Section will hold a Fall
took place on the Santee BRIAN BOYLE Awards Dinner on Friday, November 18, 2011 to
Campus this past Satur- EDWIN AURELIO honor the recipients of the Classified Employees
day, October 29. The fol- MARY PANDEY Awards, E. Manfred Evans Award, and the Abram
lowing staff members were MAHMOOD BALALI Friedman Award.
in attendance: BRYAN HAHN
GWEN CAMERON The event will take place at the Empress Pavilion
LAURA SHARPE DENISE BECKER located at 988 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA
CHARLES CARTER 90012 (Chinatown Bamboo Plaza). The cost is
KEVIN JORDAN THE FOLLOWING STAFF $35.00 per person and $40.00 at the door (parking
ANN REED MEMBERS WERE INADVER-
is not included). Social hour will begin at 5:00 p.m.
ANTHONY JOHNSON TENTLY LEFT OFF OF THE
with dinner scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
WILLIAM HAMILTON ORIGINAL LIST:
CHRIS PETRINI For additional information, contact Sonia Ramirez at
CARLOS FRAIRE *BENNIE TERRY (213) 241-8500 or sramir1@lausd.net.
SHAMIZAN YERMILOVA *APRIL WILLIAMS
FRANCISCO AVELAR $35.00 payment due: 11/14/11. Make checks
TERESITA DOMINECK Thanks for representing payable to: Esther Vargas and send via U.S. Mail to:
DENNIS RUDMIN our school and being a
CYNTHIA OLIVA part of DACE professional HP-Bell CAS
ELIZABETH ESPINOSA development! 2945 Belgrave Avenue
JOANNE CHASE-MATILLO Huntington Park, CA 90025
LUPE OLIVA
ANNMARIE HEHIR
KUDOS Their paper was recently ac-
APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR cepted into the 2011 mLearn Con-
CALPRO INSTITUTE During the 2010-2011 school year ference in Beijing, and was just
Sean Abajian, ESL instructor and selected as one of the Ten Out-
The California Adult Literacy Profes- CBET adviser, participated in standing Papers of the confer-
OTAN's Technology Integration ence. The name of the paper is
sional Development Project
Mentor Academy (TIMAC). He “Exploring the MOOC format as a
(CALPRO), in conjunction with the
was introduced by Marian pedagogical approach for
California Department of Education,
Thatcher (Director of OTAN) to a mLearning.” It is in the process of
is offering a Community of Practice new concept in pedagogy known being translated into Chinese.
Institute on the topic of Evidence- as a MOOC which stands for
Based Reading Instruction (EBRI) in Massive Open Online Course. Mr. The conference took place at the
Los Angeles. This institute is in- Abajian participated in a MOOC 10th World Conference on Mobile
tended to assist Adult Basic Educa- related to Mobile Learning and and Contextual Learning in Bei-
tion programs to teach adult learners subsequently wrote a paper on jing, China, from October 18-21,
how to read at the intermediate level. the experience together 2011.
with six other individuals
Refer to the attached application spread across five coun-
document for complete information. tries and four continents.
The due date for filing an application
is Friday, November 18, 2011. If you have information for the Weekly Bulletin please contact
Denise Becker at 213 763-1079 or dsb2186@lausd.net.

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Adult School
Jefferson Community
Teachers: Please email JCAS Expected School wide
Denise Becker at Learning Results (ESLRs)
dsb2186@lausd.net if you
would like to be “green” and
JCAS students will be able to use
JCAS Mission Statement have your Weekly Bulletin
emailed to you. life skills learned as part of their
education to improve their lives in
We are an education and
a culturally diverse community.
career center in south Los Thanks to all of you who have
Angeles. Our mission is to agreed to be “green”! JCAS Students will be able to
provide educational adapt to a changing world by set-
opportunities to enhance ting personal, academic and /or
students’ personal,
vocational goals.
academic, career and JCAS students will be able to ap-
social abilities, as well as ply learned skills in their everyday
facilitate participation in our lives such as technology, reading,
culturally diverse and writing, speaking, and listening.
technologically advancing
society.
We’re on the web -
JCAS.edu
THANKSGIVING INFORMATION, CONTINUED
U.S. Constitution. His successors John Adams and Thursday in November.
James Madison also designated days of thanks dur-
ing their presidencies. Thanksgiving Traditions
In many American households, the Thanksgiving
celebration has lost much of its original religious sig-
In 1817, New York became the first of several states nificance. It now centers on cooking and sharing a
to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday, bountiful meal with family and friends. Turkey, a
however, the American South remained largely unfa- Thanksgiving staple, may or may not have been part
miliar with the tradition. of the Pilgrim inaugural feast in 1621. Today, how-
ever, nearly 90 percent of Americans eat the bird—
whether roasted, baked or deep-fried—on Thanksgiv-
Abraham Lincoln officially adopted the holiday in ing, according to the National Turkey Federation.
1863, at the height of the Civil War, to “heal the Other traditional foods include stuffing, mashed pota-
wounds of the nation.” He scheduled Thanksgiving for toes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Volunteering
the final Thursday in November, and it was celebrated
is a common Thanksgiving
on that day every year until 1939, when Franklin D.
Day activity, and communities
Roosevelt temporarily moved the holiday up a week
often hold food drives and
in an attempt to spur retail sales during the Great De-
pression. This date change was met with passionate host free dinners for the less
opposition, and in 1941 the president reluctantly fortunate.
signed a bill again making Thanksgiving the fourth