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Good Afternoon South Lake Community, We have a Spirit Week coming up next week so let’s see that school spirit! For Halloween on Tuesday, here are some guidelines for costumes and candy. Students are permitted to wear costumes to school as long as they adhere to our dress code. Students are NOT permitted to bring any accessories that are considered weapons, wear fake blood, or have their face covered with a full mask or face paint. We must be able to identify every student for safety purposes. We also ask that costumes are age and school appropriate.
This is an exciting night for our middle schoolers. Some are still happy to go with their family and siblings to trick-or-treat, others choose to meet up with their friends and head to the Landing. Please make sure you know where your child is going and who they are with. Since it is a school night, discuss an appropriate curfew and enforce this. We discourage sleepovers since students are expected to be at school, ready to learn on Wednesday.
Also, please don’t send your candy to school with your child…we are happy for them to eat all their candy at home! We also don’t want to worry about anything not being safe to eat. As you may have already seen in the news, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a Rainbow Fentanyl Alert. State health officials are warning the public about brightly colored “rainbow fentanyl,” which comes in a variety of forms and can resemble candy, sidewalk chalk and powders that may look attractive to children and teens. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl is roughly 50 times stronger than heroin and about 100 times more powerful than morphine. One pill can have fatal consequences, and many fentanyl victims don’t even know they’re taking the drug. It is cheap to produce and is showing up in pills made to look like prescription medication and street drugs. This is what Rainbow Fentanyl could look like:
 The IUSD Board of Education passed a Board Policy and Administrative Regulation more than a year ago to make naloxone, also known as narcan, available at all IUSD middle and high school campuses. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an overdose from opioids—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medication. Staff have been trained on how to respond in a suspected opioid overdose and to administer naloxone.
Please know this information is not meant to scare you, only to inform you. It is important to have this conversation with your middle school student about the dangers of candy that looks suspicious and to never eat anything that is loosely handed to them and to always check packaging and wrappers as well.
We hope you have a spook-tacular Halloween and a wonderful weekend as well…it’s a great day to be a Shark!
Be well,Belinda Averill
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PTSA Information
Stay informed with all the latest news! Click here and subscribe for ALL PTSA LINKS and Year-At-A-Glance Calendar at PTSA Calendar. Visit our shop to pick and choose your favorites and buy your candy online. It's that easy! Shipping begins 11/10! Share this with family, friends, and co-workers! Social media too! Happy shopping, and thanks for your support. MINTED: Everyone wins with this fundraiser! The holidays are right around the corner! 😬 Save 20% on all holiday photos, cards, and/or gifts when ordering through MINTED. Use our code FUNDRAISESOUTHLAKE and receive 20% off of your entire order AND Minted will give 15% to our PTSA. These funds are used for student activities and programs! WIN- WIN!SEE'S CANDY FUNDRAISER: South Lake PTSA needs your sweet support! We're selling yummy See's Candies for our latest fundraiser. SHARK SHOPPE is an incentive program for our students to use their Shark Cards. PTSA helps to keep it stocked. Our Shark Shoppe Amazon wish list has been updated with non food items. Shark Shoppe Wish List HARVEST CUP: Boys 7/8 Team tryouts are after school on Monday, 11/6 and Wednesday, 11/8. Registration is open at HARVEST CUP REGISTRATION Middle School Youth Outreach Program.
We are very fortunate to partner with our MSP Team through the City of Irvine as they launch the Middle School Youth Outreach Program. This is a free opportunity for all students in our community to receive mentorship and participate in positive community action. Enroll now at https://secure.yourirvine.org/CA/city-of-irvine/catalog, course ID:926260.
 Middle School Program (MSP) at South Lake
If you are looking for great after school activities for your students, there are several events and classes to get involved with through our Middle School Programs hosted by the city of Irvine. Please contact Site Coordinator Karley Abeyrama at (949) 724-7190 or at KAbeyrama@cityofirvine.org for information.
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