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October 3, 2014 |
The Springer Buzz
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In This Issue:
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Quick Dates for your Calendar:
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Walk-a-thon/Rock-a-thon is October 11! |
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FORGOT TO TURN IN YOUR SPONSOR CARD? You still can! Drop it in the Walk-a-thon cubby ASAP. Even if your family cannot make it to the Walk-a-thon, your donations can still earn your child a t-shirt!
See you on Oct. 11 from 10-3! All the scoop here! |
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International Walk-to-School Day! |
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International Walk to School Day - October 8th Meet up at Varsity Park on October 8th at 8am or arrange your own walking school bus from your neighborhood. Traditional donut holes will be served upon arrival at school. International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day. The event has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school, with record-breaking participation. Springer will participate with thousands of schools across America! Shout Out! We are seeking volunteers to hand out donuts and chaperone the walk from Varsity Park. We also need a volunteer to lead and continue this fun event next year! Please contact Stacy Rademacher stacy0228[at]yahoo.com. |
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Springer Directory Update |
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The Springer Student Directory is now at the printer and will be distributed in Friday folders soon. If you have any questions or need to change your online DirectoryBurst information, contact SpringerDirectory@gmail.com. |
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Back-To-School Order Form |
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BTS Order Form/October Update A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you that placed orders and made donations to the Springer PTA using the online BTS Form! Payments were due last week. Please get those last payments in as soon as possible, as we can’t place your orders for Walk-a-thon Food and Extra shirts, Spirit Wear and Birthday Books until we’ve received payment. It’s not too late to join the PTA, order a Birthday Book or make a donation. There are paper order forms in the office, in the "PTA Membership" cubby. An additional opportunity to purchase Auction tickets and Yearbooks will be offered later in the year. Thanks for your support of the Springer PTA! |
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Safe Routes To School Program |
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The City of Los Altos, in coordination with the Los Altos School District, is seeking to improve school travel choice, safety and education by further developing its Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) Program as part of the comprehensive Pedestrian Master Plan process currently underway. The plan will include updating the existing Suggested Routes to School maps and safety education materials. On Wednesday, October 15th, City of Los Altos staff will hold “office hours” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Springer. During this time, City staff will seek to obtain input and comments from the school parent community on an updated Suggested Routes to School map. Input and comments can include confirming existing routes are still in use, suggesting alternative routes, identifying physical or operational improvements to the transportation network and identifying any barriers in getting to school. The feedback received will be considered and will help staff refine the Suggested Route to School Map. Wade Spenader Principal |
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Last Chance - Double Your LAEF Donation! |
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LAST CHANCE: Double your LAEF Donation with Matching Funds Until October 8! Make your donation work harder by taking advantage of LAEF’s matching program. Until October 8, any NEW and INCREASED donation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $100,000, by DeLeon Realty and a group of private donors. How it works:
If you are a new family or new donor, 100% of your donation will be matched. Every K-8 LASD student benefits from this year’s LAEF grant so our goal is 100% parent participation. Requested donation per student is $1,000 (or $100 per month for 10 months). Every gift in every amount is appreciated. Make your tax-deductible donation today: www.laefonline.net (or bring a check to the school office). LAEF Questions? Web: www.laefonline.net. Phone: 650.559.0445 Email: admin@laefonline.org Thanks in advance for your support of LAEF! The LAEF parent-volunteer |
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Announcement From The Nurse Staff |
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Los Altos School District Health Services Department: When to Keep Your Child Home From School Sometimes it is difficult, especially early in the morning, to know whether or not to send your child to school. Please click here to go to the LASD website for guidelines on when you should keep your child home. For information about the Flu/Influenza please click here. You may always call the Springer School Office if you have any questions or concerns. |
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Lost And Found Reminders |
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Please Label Your Kids Stuff! This is the time of year when many coats, sweaters, and sweatshirts will be coming to school, and hopefully going home with the correct owner at the end of the day. Please help your child by labeling their clothing. Last year we donated over 250 items of clothing that were not labeled! If there is a name on the item, we will do our best to return it to its proper owner. Thank you!
Kathleen Feigelman PS: A big “thank you” to who ever donated the plastic hangers! They are a big help! |
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Please Complete Lice Permission Form |
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So far, we have had only 25% of Springer families return the Lice Permission Form. Periodic lice checks can greatly reduce lice outbreaks, but schoolwide checks are not possible without the help of volunteer parents. Please help us by signing and returning the permission slip to the school office or your child’s teacher. Click here for the form. And please sign-up as a volunteer too--we would love to have you on the Springer Lice Squad! |
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Save Money on Your Energy Bill and Donate to Springer |
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Do you want to save money on your electricity and donate to Springer at the same time? Then click here to check out Ohmconnect. What is Ohmconnect? Ohmconnect is a home energy tool that combines the energy reductions of a community and sells that reduction back into the grid. We can generate an estimated $5k to $10k across a school's community, which is then donated to Springer Elementary School. How do users sign up? 1. Sign up at www.ohmconnect.com/springer 2. Connect your utility account to Ohmconnect 3. If you have a central AC or electric car, send an email talk@ohmconnect.com to receive a free electric car charger and/or wifi thermostat to automate your reductions and donations. Questions? |
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Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids! |
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The 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 Fall docent training session will take place on Monday mornings from 9 - Noon on September 8th through October 13th. Please click here for more details. Questions? Please contact the Living Classroom at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or visit our website: www.living-classroom.org. |
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Upcoming Living Classroom Events – All are Welcome to Attend! |
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Living Classroom Family Day at the Chicken Ranch Sunday, October 12 from 10:00am – 3:00pm 160 West Portola, Los Altos, CA 94022 (click here for directions) Please join us on Sunday, October 12th from 10am - 3pm for a fun-filled day at the Chicken Ranch with the folks from the Living Classroom! We’ve got something for everyone - lots of activities for the kids, garden workshops, bee and chicken experts, face painting, a balloon man, good food, and great music from our neighbor, Jim Altoff and his band “Fully Funded” (from 11-1). And don’t forget your checkbook for some awesome raffle and auction items, too! Bring your neighbors and head on over to the Chicken Ranch! All proceed from this event go to support the Living Classroom program who's mission is to inspire children to learn and value our natural world through garden-based education. Please click here to view a flyer of this event. For more information, please contact the Living Classroom at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call us at (650) 947-1103. Ohlone Life and Plant Use Presentation by Local Naturalist and Educator Keith Gutierrez Monday, October 20th from 10:00am – Noon Los Altos School District Office Conference Room #2 (next to Covington School) 201 Covington Road, Los Altos, CA 94022 (click here for directions) Please join us for a special Living Classroom sponsored event with local naturalist and educator Keith Gutierrez. Keith will teach about the life of the Ohlone Indians and the many ways that they used various local plants. A fire starting demonstration will highlight this event! Click here to view a flyer for this event. Please RSVP to livingclassroom@lasdschools.org by Thursday, October 16th if you plan to attend. We would love to see you there! |
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Student Extracurricular Activities: |
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There are after-school activities at Springer for all grade levels. For a list of all of the activities and more information, please go to Springer’s website by clicking here. |
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Parent Education Opportunities |
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Through enriching presentations from local and national experts on topics of interest 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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How to Submit an Article to the Springer Buzz |
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If you have an article to submit to the Springer Buzz, please send it to the editor at springer.buzz@gmail.com by noon on Monday for inclusion in the next edition. Late arrivals will be included if possible but can’t be guaranteed! All flyers must be in either WORD or PDF format, accompanied by a brief summary of the activity in the email. |