Legacy Celebration

Dear CEA Family,

We have always been very blessed that throughout the years our school community has always been supportive and generous in all avenues of our school's needs. When we've asked you to read daily with students, help with projects, be field trip chaperones, attend parent meetings, encourage your young artists by taking them to museums, the theater, and concerts, donate activity supplies, give your time helping with afterschool sports programs, volunteer at Family Affair, bring your suggestions and concerns, and so many other things, you have always responded with a resounding yes. And this doesn't count the things we haven't asked for, but you have so kindly given, such as encouraging words, thoughtful suggestions and solutions, and respect and love for the work we do with our children. Yes, we are blessed.

For the past several years even years have been Festival years and odd years have been Walk for the Future years. On the odd years each grade has spent several weeks doing a variety of activities and parents have made suggested contributions to meet our monetary goal. Those monies over the years have been applied to many different needs we had and improvements we wanted, such as our beautiful field. This year we wanted something more than a fund-raising campaign that would get us funds that we would put to good use. We wanted a campaign that would allow us to celebrate all those who came before, what we bring today to create our unique community, and what we want to leave behind. We want to celebrate our past, our present and our future. So this year we have our 2019 Legacy Celebration.

Our Legacy Celebration is about the rich history our school has and those who have helped create our cohesive community and those who continue to build on the Conchita legacy with their own dreams and visions. We want to reinforce the bonds of community within our school, to have a more complete understanding of our history, to learn from those who have come before us and understand how we can add to the legacy, and to raise funds that will help us continue in our mission.

Our Celebration includes a weekly highlight of people and programs thathave made us who we are, discussions on the values these people and programs have modeled, working together to learn from each other (past and present), and uniting to raise funds that will benefit our current students and those who come after just as so many students and families did before. Our Team Conchita delegates met this week to arrange weekly popcorn sales, a car wash, Cougar picnic blankets, Legacy bricks, Alumni leaves for the Legacy Tree, and the inauguration of Legacy Field with a Legacy Walk on Friday, April 5.

We are not asking each student to contribute a specified amount of money, but we welcome sponsors for the Walk and any donations you might wish to make. Finances are a reality, and our students todaybenefit from the generosity of those who came before. But we really want all of our endeavors in the next month or so to be about celebrating and feeding thespirit of the unique community we have created.

We are sending home today the information on Legacy Bricks and the Legacy Walk t-shirt order form. Information on popcorn sales, the car wash, and cougar picnic blankets as well as activities for the day of the Legacy Walk will be coming out in the coming days.

Again, we are a rich and blessed community in many ways. We acknowledge that and are grateful for all the ways we receive support. You have helped build this legacy and contribute to it daily. Thank you for it all.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Maribel Z. Diaz
Carol Diaz-Zubieta
Cassandra Jolliff

  Legacy Sponsorship Form 2019