The Great Kindness Challenge is next week!
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The Springer Buzz!
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Our Mission At Springer Elementary School, we will provide a safe and supportive environment that engages, inspires, and nurtures all students’ emotional and academic needs in order to become empathetic, productive global citizens and lifelong learners. |
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In This Issue: January 19, 2018:
Quick Dates for your Calendar:
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Principal’s Message |
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Dear Springer Families,
The Great Kindness Challenge is one week (January 22nd -26th) dedicated to creating a culture of kindness on campuses nationwide.
Our school is proudly participating in this proactive, positive kindness initiative. To kick off the day Powered by Heros, students are asked to dress as their favorite hero on Monday, January 22.
All students will receive a GKC checklist with 50 kind acts on Monday as well. Please encourage your child to have fun and complete the checklist. In addition, during the week students will be participating in recess activities, class activities, school wide spirit days and hear a kind quote each morning from our student ambassadors.
We are also happy to invite YOU to participate using the new Family Edition checklist. Your family can complete the checklist anytime and anywhere.
Together, let’s show the world that...
KINDNESS MATTERS!
Have a wonderful weekend, Lynn Boskie
Buzz… My mom over the course of this year has shown me kindness in the way she cares for her high school friend. Each day she goes to visit her at her home after work. What is special about this is that her friend has dementia. It is hard. But the joy I hear in her voice of the time they spend together, only reminds me of the importance that each of us have with one another. She is my hero. |
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LAEF Informational Coffee |
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LAEF Informational Coffee: January 23rd, 8:45 am, Los Altos School District Office Board Room (Covington Campus)
Call for volunteers! The Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) plays a vital role in funding programs that provide our students with a world class, future-oriented, personalized education. From our STEM teacher, librarian, music and PE teachers, to our Art Docent Program, our children benefit from these LAEF sponsored resources. Come to the informational coffee to learn more about LAEF and how volunteering your talents a few hours a month will have a positive impact on your child’s education.
Listen to our Superintendent, Jeff Baier,share about the partnership between LASD and LAEF and district leaders highlight the terrific curricula our children are being taught. Consider volunteering for a project or on an ongoing basis, at school with your friends, or at your home. LAEF is looking for help with social media, marketing, videos, events, office support, school site representation, and identifying board members from each school.
As an LAEF volunteer, you can provide the vital connection to your school community to ensure ongoing financial support, and help LASD strengthen so many of the exceptional programs which make our schools unique.
RSVP at laefonline.org and bring your friends! Thank you for your support. |
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Reading Corner |
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Talking is one powerful way for students to work through ideas and apply strategies for reading. It can help make students’ learning and thinking more concrete, rather than something that happens invisibly in the brain. Sharing books and ideas with others can also make reading more fun! Talking about reading can happen in a variety of ways:
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Raising Digital Citizens |
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Interested in learning more about how to raise Digital Citizens? Take a look at is what happening in your neighborhood.
Raising Digital Natives @ Mountain View High School on 1/24 7pm - 9pm Parenting in the Age of Social Media @ Blach Middle School on 2/27 7pm-8:30pm Connecting Families online information- “Connecting Families is designed to support and empower families in raising kids who think critically, participate responsibly, and behave ethically in their online lives.” |
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Save The Date For The Springer Auction! |
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW March 17, 2018, 6:30-10:30pm Crowne Plaza Cabana, Palo Alto Theme: Disco Fever! $65/person, buy your ticket online or bycheck Reserve babysitting at Abra
The auction team is still looking for tech gear donations and sports tickets. Let us know if you can help!!! springerauction@gmail.com |
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Springer’s Father Daughter Dance February 10 |
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Springer's Father Daughter Dance is happening on February 10th in the Multi! Your daughter will remember this special night dancing with her dad while the DJ was spinning tunes and there will be a photographer on hand to capture it.
Reserve your space now! emailjennifer@jwangmd.com
Father/Daughter $100 additional daughter $30 make check out to "Springer PTA" memo father/daughter dance please place checks in front office cubby labelled Auction.
All proceeds benefit Springer School. |
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Check Out Our After School Programs! |
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Springer is bringing back many of our popular after school programs: Art, Chess, Spanish, Soccer, Legos, Basketball, Tennis, Springer Singers and Speak Debate. We are also offering some new programs: Minecraft Rally, Intro to Coding and a Science Made Fun class. Please click here to go to Springer’s Website and check out all of our after school programs. |
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Kepler’s Author Showcase |
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Meet Authors Ken and Sarah Wright January 30th 9:30-10:30am Grades K-3 Click here for the flyer and book order form. |
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STEM Career Day |
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STEM Career Day Events at Egan and Blach
LASD & LAEF are excited to kick off the 2nd STEM Career Day Events at Egan and Blach Jr. High Schools this spring. STEM pervades every part of our life and STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators. We believe that exposing our students to different aspects and careers in the STEM fields inspire and spark a passion for learning.
We are looking for parents, grandparents or anyone in our community who would like to share their knowledge. If you are interested in presenting at Egan on March 19 and/or Blach on March 20, please contact Karen Wilson, STEM Coordinator atkwilson@lasdschools.org or Anjana Nagarajan-Butaney, LAEF Board member atanjana.nagarajan1@gmail.com |
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A Note From The District Nurse |
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Pertussis Booster for Students in 6th grade: Students currently in 6th grade must have proof of a Tdap or Dtap (Pertussis or Whooping Cough) booster given after their 7th birthday(after 10th birthday is recommended) in order to begin 7th grade in August of 2018.Please provide a copy of your child’s immunization record to your school office as soon as possible!
Please refer any questions regarding this requirement to our District Health Assistants: Suzy Gough 302-1448 and Sandy Anderson 302-1449.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Health Services Staff |
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Springer Singers Spring Session |
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Does your child love to sing? Then Springer Singers is where you want them to be. Springer Singers is a fantastic way to get your kids singing and dancing with their Springer friends. The Springer Singers are open to all Springer students. New singers welcome!
If you participated in the winter session you are still enrolled. Next session begins January 22 & 23
New to Springer Singers in Grades 1 & 2: Mondays 2:45-3:30 Returning Singers in Grades 2 - 6: Tuesdays 3:00-3:45 Springer Multi
Applications available in the office. Please complete form and return with payment (scholarships available) to participate. Questions? Contact Heidi Rockett atrockettland@comcast.net |
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Hot Lunch |
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The Hot Lunch program would not be possible without the 20+ volunteers per week that come in to serve lunch! We have volunteer slots that have opened up for the new year on alternating Mondays and Tuesdays. The lunch volunteer shift from 11:25-12:15. Hot lunch volunteers receive a Choice Lunch credit for a free lunch for every volunteer shift worked. Contact Donna Murphy (at HotLunchScheduling@springerpta.net) to join the lunch crew or if you’d like more information. |
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Synopsis Tech Challenge |
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Attention 6th Grade Students and Parents! All LASD 6th Graders are invited to submit an application for the 2017 Synopsis Silicon Valley Science & Technology Challenge
What: Synopsis Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship Science and Engineering competition for middle school and high school students Who: Students in Grade 6 only-no exceptions Where: San Jose Convention Center When: Thursday, March 15, 2018 Please click here for more information.
Join us for the Tech Challenge!
What: Tech Challenge Team Design Challenge for students that introduces and reinforces the scientific process with a hands-on project geared to solving a real world problem. Who: Students in Grades 4-12 only-no exceptions Where: The Tech Museum, San Jose When: April 28, 2018 – Please note that this is the same day as Junior Olympics. Please click here for more information. |
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Living Classroom |
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Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids! It's time to build bird nests, make yummy soup from the veggies we harvest from our school gardens, discover symmetry inside fruit, and make natural dyes from plants! If you like all those things and more, please consider becoming a Living Classroom docent! LIving Classroom is looking for docents to help deliver hands-on garden-based lessons to the students of the Los Altos School District. No experience necessary as we provide all the training needed! Our Winter Docent Training will take place at the LASD iLearn Studio on Monday mornings from 9-Noon on 12/4, 12/11, 1/8 and 1/22. Please click HERE to view our Winter Training Flyer. Apprentice-style training also available to those who can’t make our Monday morning trainings.
Questions? Email us atlivingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call (650) 947-1103. For more information about Living Classroom, please visit our website at www.living-classroom.org. |
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Selpa Events |
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Selpa, an all-volunteer group of parents of children with special needs, are sponsoring several upcoming events:
Parent Chat: The Second Tuesday of every month. Click here for flyer. Click here for Spanish Parent Chat flyer. |
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Parent Education Opportunities |
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Through an enriching presentations from local and national experts on topics of interests to parents, faculty and staff, the MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series seeks to contribute to the academic, physical, and emotional health of our students. All events are free of charge and are for parents, faculty and staff in Los Altos and Mountain View public schools. For a schedule of upcoming presentations, please click here. |
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