Springer Gives Back Update!

On December 17th, our students, working with their buddy classrooms, spent time collaborating and creating crafts to give to the needier members of our community.  The campus was a busy workshop, with lap blankets, scarves, decorated picture frames, holiday wreaths being designed and manufactured by our students.  Each item had an attached card on it, stating that "Springer Gives Back" and the names of the students who made it.

On Thursday and Friday of that week, with the help of parent volunteers, those items were delivered to Villa Siena Retirement Center, the Los Altos Sub-Acute Rehab Center, Lucille Packard Children's hospital, and other locales.   The deliverers reported back that the recipients of these gifts were so appreciative and even more touched to learn that the products were made by students themselves.  Our children took great pride in what they had accomplished - and rightfully so!

I want to thank all the parent volunteers who did so much prep work to make this spectacular new tradition happen at Springer.  I also want to thank our teachers who inspired and supervised our students.  And, I want to express my extreme appreciation and pride to our wonderful students who did such a great job.   The 1st "Springer Gives Back" was an enormous success.  In short, it was a combined collaborative effort that demonstrated how much of a caring community Springer really is.

Site Council Survey is Coming! Please take it

On Monday, we will email every family the link to the Site Council Survey.  Every other year, the Site Council puts together a survey of questions, on a wide range of topics, for parents to answer regarding their experience at Springer.  The data from this survey is analyzed and the Site Council then makes recommendations to the administration and PTA.  The goal is always to improve Springer School.

The survey opens on Monday, January 13th and will close on January 31st.  We will periodically send additional email reminders with the link attached.    Depending on the number of children you have at Springer, the survey can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes to complete.  We've also worked this year to eliminate some of the redundancy of the questioning to make the survey more streamlined and efficient.

The more families that take the survey, the more valid the data; therefore I encourage you to take the time to complete the survey.  The information we derive from it is important and it is a good way to get your voice heard on certain elements of our school.