The Springer Buzz January 30, 2015 |
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Please note... |
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It is the cold and flu season… and it seems to be in full bloom. We are experiencing many absences due to illness. Please help keep Springer healthy by following these district guidelines:
Your adherence to these policies help keep the Springer students and staff healthy. |
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Springer Auction--Tickets on Sale! |
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Saturday, March 14, 2015, 6:30-10:30pm Get ready to party like a rock star at the 2015 Springer Auction! The Springer Auction is one of our largest and most awesome fundraising and community building events of the year! For more information about the auction visit the FAQ or learn more about contributing a party or item to the auction. Donate Wine! The Springer auction is looking for donations of wine for the wine wall! The wine wall is a Springer auction tradition. It works like a raffle with an awesome winner’s prize AND raises lots of money for the school. If you have a bottle or two you would like to donate, please bring it to the office or contact Hilary Burcell (hilary[at]burcell.com) to arrange a pickup. If you would like a receipt for your donation please include your name and a brief description of your wine (name/type and date). If you have a connection to a local winery that might be interested in making a donation, please contact Hilary Burcell. Our goal is to collect 50+ bottles. THANKS for supporting the auction! Reserve babysitting at Abra! Purchase your ticket now! · Online by Credit Card · Or by check using this form Questions? Email 2015 auction co-chairs, Rachel, Kirsten & Elizabeth at springerauction@gmail.com |
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Tax Donation Receipts |
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Donation receipts for the Back To School form were emailed out last fall. For Walk-a-thon donations under $250, a copy of your cancelled check is sufficient as a tax receipt. Please contact Wen Crane at wenbk[at]aol.com if you need a Walk-a-thon donation receipt (for donations of $250 or more) or need your BTS donation receipt resent. Please contact the auction committee at springerauction[at]gmail.com with any questions regarding 2014 auction donation receipts. |
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It’s Here! |
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Wednesday, March 25 Click here for all of the details, timeline and forms. |
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Sixth Grade Students Bridging to Blach & Egan |
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New Parent Information Sessions
Blach Dates: For more information about bridging to Blach, please check out the Blach School website here. Egan Dates: March 18: 9:30 am March 20: 1:00 pm For more information about bridging to Egan, please check out the Egan School website here. |
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Sixth Grade Immunization Requirement |
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Pertussis Booster for Students in grade 6 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 2015. Please provide a copy of your child’s immunization record to your school office by March 13, 2015. |
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Common Core Math & LASD |
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Parent Meeting |
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LAEF |
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Did you Know...K-3 class sizes are 25 or smaller because of LAEF? The 2014-15 LAEF grant provides funding for the teachers needed to keep class sizes lower. Transitional kindergartens through third grades are limited to a maximum of 25 students per class because of your donations. In addition, first and second grade classes have a trained instructor during Literacy/Reading lessons for 45 minutes, four days a week. This lowers the student-to-teacher ratio even farther. Keeping student-to-teacher ratios lower during these critical educational years is important to LASD parents, and these dollars are hard at work in our classrooms today. The LAEF grant benefits every student in every grade evenly. We have less than $1 million to go for programs that are currently in place in our classrooms this year. LAEF cannot fund these programs without your support! Make your tax-deductible LAEF donation today at 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 team |
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Girls SPARC Spring Session Starting |
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girlSPARC girlSPARC - a Science Plus ARithmetic Club is an after school extracurricular STEM program for 2nd - 6th grade girls, with the goal of exposing girls to engineering, math & science topics in a fun, supportive environment. We are offering a Spring Session - Mondays for 2nd & 3rd grade girls, and Thursdays for 4th, 5th & 6th grade girls. It is an 8 week program, starting on 2/23. Registration begins 1/30. For more information, contact Tracy Stone, tracy@girlsparc.com or Anita Mathew, anita@girlsparc.com. For details and registration, click here. |
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Springer Singers |
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Does your child love to sing? Then Springer Singers is where you want them to be. Springer Singers is a great way to get your kids singing and dancing with their Springer friends. The chorus is open to all Springer student grades 1–6. We practice on Wednesday’s after school. Applications available in the office. Please complete form and return with payment to the office (scholarships available) to participate. Please email Heidi Rockett rockettland@comcast.net with any questions. Spring session begins Wednesday January 14th. Please click here for the registration form. |
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Fun!visor & Springer Scribes |
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Over eighty Springer students are participating in Springer Scribes, one of Springer's new noontime Fun!visor activities this year focused on creative writing. This week again with the lovely weather students worked on short stories, poems, and even graphic novels on the lawn outside under the trees during noontime recess. We hope to publish some of these works in Springer's first Literary Journal at the end of the year. Fun!visor programs are free and open to any 1st-6th grade student at Springer. Questions, please contact Kathy Thompson or Laurie Pasmooij. To see photos of our Springer Scribes hard at work, click these links: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3 |
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GOTR Registrations are still open! |
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There is still time to register for Girls On The Run! The program will start Tuesday March 03 and will run until the 5K final event on May 16. To register follow this link: The GOTR Coaches |
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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. |