Enrichment
Carpenter Community Charter is dedicated to offering an enriched learning experience for our children and PFC is dedicated to funding it.
Through the generous support of our families and community, PFC provides funding for our exceptional enrichment and class-size reduction programs that enhance and improve the educational opportunities for each and every child.
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MUSIC
PFC funding makes possible school-wide participation in a comprehensive music program led by Caster Teoh. This enrichment encompasses music history, singing, music appreciation, movement and rhythm instrument instruction.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
This program meets all federal, state and LAUSD mandated standards and offers all Carpenter students 30 minutes of physical education each week, guided by our credentialed coach, Marty Rackham. Coach Marty works with classes to teach children about sports (rules, techniques and sportsmanship), personal physiology, self esteem and health.
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DANCE
Our dance program, led by instructor Rae Toledo Latsch , fills a portion of the Physical Education requirements as well as meeting the standards for arts curriculum as set forth in the LAUSD standards. Instruction emphasizes movement, stretching, and traditional dances.
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SCIENCE ENRICHMENT
PFC funding allows Josselyn Pacheco to work with all grades K-5, each week. The classroom science curriculum is reinforced with hands on experiments that take place in the lab or our outdoor garden. This opportunity to work on science projects has been embraced by our students, staff and district.
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ART
PFC's Art enrichment encompasses art history and instruction. Matt Rivera teaches techniques and skills that students can incorporate into their curriculum projects. Art promotes individuality and self-expression, while improving fine motor skills. Matt Rivera teaches a variety of different mediums of art from drawing to watercolors and collage.
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
Mrs. Easley co-leads Restorative Justice circles with classroom teachers. She will see classes weekly for 6-week cycles before moving on to other grade levels so that she can assist every classroom. In addition, Erica assists at 180 Place, and organizes a weekly lunch session, "The Builders," designed for students in need of additional support in grades 1-5.
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CLASS DOWNSIZING AND INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
PFC funding supports an intervention teacher, Carissa Larsen, who works with small groups of students for language arts and math, helping to ensure students are learning grade-level standards. Students universally benefit from an enhanced teacher-to-student ratio during the pullout period. Mrs. Larsen also supports our EL students and assists with assessments.
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CLASSROOM AIDES
Your donations to PFC help fund a full-time rotating aide to help in classrooms as needed. This assistance enables our teachers to work with smaller groups, giving more focused attention to the varied needs of students. The aide's schedule is coordinated with school administration and teachers.
CAMPUS AIDES
PFC is proud to pay for campus aides at Carpenter that assist with everything from the Valet line and manning the entry gates to school, to lunchtime supervision. These aides additionally assist with the care of our science class garden and for our chickens, ducks, rabbits, and various other animals.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Funding from PFC and the PTA supports Carpenter's Disaster Preparedness Program, which ensures that the school possesses adequate supplies necessary for managing an emergency.
EQUIPMENT & IMPROVEMENTS
Funding from PFC donations help keep our campus safe and beautiful. Your donations pay for items ranging from animal cages and play equipment, to hard top resurfacing specially designed to lower the surface temperature in the yard.
TEACHER APPRECIATION
Your Parents for Carpenter and PTA donations help pay for holiday gifts and a teacher lunch during a week-long school-wide event which include students, parents and administrators in a special celebration of Carpenter's dedicated teaching staff.
WISH LIST
Working closely with each of Carpenter's teachers, the PFC provides every classroom teacher with $20 per student for the acquisition of educational materials required to support specialized curricula. Often this money, at the discretion of the classroom teacher, goes towards classroom art supplies, and enriched programs for the class.
For more information on our programs, how to get involved or to answer any questions, please email us at [email protected].