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CCEJ Parent Workshop: Supporting Your Child as They Navigate a Challenging World - Thursday, October 12
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Friends FOMWS
CCEJ Parent Workshop: Supporting Your Child as They Navigate a Challenging World - Thursday, October 12
Friends FOMWS
Friends FOMWS

Come join parents and teachers in this interactive training with the California Conference for Equality and Justice. Explore terms and current examples of challenging topics, including racial and gender identity. Learn strategies to better listen and speak with your child as they make sense of identity, conflict, and the world.

Thursday, October 12
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Mt. Washington Elementary School (MPR)

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Moon Canyon & Heidelberg Park Neighborhood Clean-up
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Friends FOMWS
Moon Canyon & Heidelberg Park Neighborhood Clean-up
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Friends FOMWS

Join us for a Moon Canyon & Heidelberg Park Neighborhood Cleanup.

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Friends FOMWS
Check! Chess is Back.
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Friends FOMWS
Check! Chess is Back.
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Friends FOMWS

By popular demand, FOMWS is bringing the Chess Club back for 3 sessions this year. Whether advanced players or beginners, students will play chess, have fun and learn the secrets of chess strategy from the great folks at American Chess Academy.

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WHAT WE DO

We provide vital programs and support to the students of Mt. Washington Elementary School and the greater Mt. Washington community. 

Through our annual auction and other fundraising efforts, we have made possible:

  • After-School Programs: Chess Club, Robotics, Coding and more
  • Curriculum support: New computers and teaching aide for computer lab, Master Chorale
  • Campus beautification: New benches, new school sign and murals
  • Outdoor learning: EnrichLA Garden Program, new outdoor science//creative space project
  • Upgrades to the Jack and Denny Smith Library & Community Center (MPR) and other community spaces

We engage and enrich our community through various programs and events, including: 

  • Community clean-up days
  • Farm Fresh To You produce box program
  • Green Team recycling program
  • Rummage Sales

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Participate! Shop with our local sponsors, attend our annual auction, donate, drop off recycling with the Green Team on Monday mornings or buy a produce box to help fund the School Garden. But, most importantly, BECOME AN FOMWS MEMBER and join in the fun and rewarding work of supporting our children and galvanizing our community. 

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Chess Club is back for a six-week session starting April 28! Tuition is $40 (regularly $80 - FOMWS will sponsor each student by paying half). Go to FOMWS.org for more information.