|
April 24, 2015 |
The Springer Buzz
|
In This Issue:
Quick Dates for your Calendar:
|
|
|
Principal’s Message |
|
Good luck to our Springer Olympians! Despite the rain in the forecast, I know that tomorrow’s Junior Olympics will be an awesome event for our students and the community as a whole. Junior Olympics is truly a “feel good” day for LASD. I love seeing our students compete to do their personal best. I love it even more when I see the Springer Stingers display great sportsmanship. Walking into the stadium as a school, seeing proud parents cheer is also a highlight. And, I am always impressed with the huge corps of volunteers who put on this well run event and who take the time to coach our athletes. We ended today with a Junior Olympics rally to pump our Stingers up for tomorrow. It promises to be a great day. SBAC Testing… We’ve reached the end of the first week of Smarter Balanced testing and it’s gone well. The students are doing their best work and we’ve suffered very few log-in issues. So far, so good. We are finding that testing is taking a bit longer to complete than the suggested time-- but we’ve been able to work through that and are pleased that our students are working so diligently on their tests. One area of concern is the amount of students, after only one week, who have missed some of the testing. For those students, make-ups become a logistical problem as all of the testing is done online and needs to be proctored by a test administrator (aka- the teacher). In the “old days” of STAR testing, this was easier to do as it was a paper and pencil test. I am asking, again, that you, if at all possible, refrain from scheduling appointments or other activities that will have your child out of school during testing. Illness cannot be avoided, but appointments can be rescheduled. As a reminder, we need to wrap up all SBAC testing on May 8th. Best regards, Wade Spenader- Principal |
|
Book Fair Coming April 20 - 24! |
|
Today is the last day to come to the book fair--we are open until 3:30pm We would like to thank everyone for coming and supporting Springer School! Shop Online from Springer’s website April 20-April 24 If you can’t find it in the multi, you’ll likely find it on the online fair, with 65% more books than we can fit in the Multi. All orders are shipped to Springer free of charge. Please discuss your family’s purchasing guidelines before the event to help children make good choices. A hold area will be available daily if you prefer to make purchase decisions together after school. As this is a fundraiser, all sales are final. |
|
Junior Olympics Saturday, April 25 |
|
Junior Olympics |
|
Important Library Dates |
|
May 8th: Last day to check out books May 15th: ALL books need to be returned May 21st: Last day library will be open at recess and lunch Lost Books: If you have lost your book, then we will request payment in order to purchase replacement copies. Please check your emails that are coming from Mrs. Shieh. Thank you! |
|
LAEF |
|
Every dollar donated to LAEF by 4.24.15 will be matched! LAEF will be making our 2014-15 grant to LASD at Junior Olympics this Saturday, April 25th to honor our commitment to fund STEM, PE, art, library, music and smaller class sizes in K-3, benefitting every elementary student this year. We strive for 100% participation from our families and that’s why we are pleased to announce that every dollar you give between now and April 24th will be matched up to $10,000 by four families who are encouraging every LASD family to contribute this year. Please join Kathy Chi & Felix Lin, Becky & Mark Fuchs, Raashina Humayun & Vishal Gauri and Nicole Von Kaenel & Baris Cetinok by donating online to LAEF at laefonline.net or by dropping a check in our school’s office this week. You will help to ensure LAEF can fully fund your child’s educational enrichment this year. Thank you! The Great Grizzly Run was Fun! A special thank you to the Gardner Bullis PTA and so many LASD families for coming out to “run from the bear” to support LAEF. We had beautiful weather to accompany a wonderful community spirit of philanthropy. |
|
Open Auction Parties |
|
Don’t miss out on awesome Springer hosted parties! Sign up info. for Open Auction Parties
Questions? Email auction co-chairs, Rachel, Kirsten & Elizabeth |
|
Sixth Grade Basketball Tournament |
|
Bob Celeste "Everyone Plays" 6th Grade Basketball Tournament
May 15th Girls Tournament |
|
CSTEM Showcase |
|
Thursday, May 28 3:15 - 5:00pm Almond School Multi For more info, click here |
|
Part-time Nurse Needed |
|
NURSE NEEDED: The Los Altos School District needs Registered Nurse substitute(s). Must be available on short notice. Approximate times needed are minimum of three hours, 9:30am-12:30pm. Job will entail covering snack & lunch time to supervise students with type 1 diabetes blood sugar levels and insulin administration; both injection and insulin pump. Monday-Friday. To apply, call Marlene Revelo 650-947-1153. |
|
Sixth Grade Students Bridging to Blach & Egan |
|
For more information about bridging to Blach, please check out the Blach School website here. For more information about bridging to Egan, please check out the Egan School website here. |
|
Sixth Grade Immunization Requirement |
|
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. |
|
Student Extracurricular Activities: |
|
Check out the other 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. |
|
Parent Education Opportunities |
|
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. |
|
How to Submit an Article to the Springer Buzz |
|
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. |