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Buzz Newsletter, 05/29/2015
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May 29, 2015 |
The Springer Buzz
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Principal’s Message |
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Staffing for the 2015-16 School Year As we move to the end of a fantastic school year, we are also very busy preparing for the 2015-16 school year. I want to share with you the staffing for next school year:
Transitional Kindergarten- Ms. Laura Bence Kindergarten- Mrs. Linda Mooers, Mrs. Coleen Crew, and Ms. Autumn Hancock
1st Grade- Mrs. Christine Goldner, Ms. Shauna Fulcher, and Ms. Cassondra Becking
2nd Grade- Ms. Kim Bain, Mrs. Kim Farwell, and Mrs. Melanie de Monet
3rd Grade- Mrs. Kathy Panec, Mrs. Andrea Jones, and Mrs. Malia Lammay/Mrs. Michelle Hayden
4th Grade- Miss Judi Hultberg, Mrs. Kelly McLean (on maternity leave to start the year- Mrs. Karey Gutierrez will fill in for Mrs. McLean until November), and Miss Jayme Mitchell 5th Grade- Mrs. Jen Van Dyken, Mrs. Christina Buck, and Mrs. Elise Kuypers (formerly Ms. Heiting who is getting married this summer)
6th Grade- Ms. Beth Rubinstein, Ms. Alison Mort, and Ms. Julie Presant
STEM- Ms. Joanie Craddock
Primary SDC- Mrs. Ashley Morris
Upper Grade SDC- Mrs. Debarati Sen
Speech and Language Therapist- Mrs. Carol Rossi
School Psychologist- Ms. Kathy Hartley As the list above indicates, we have a few changes in staffing for next year. We are losing two outstanding educators. Ms. Natalie Cannon has accepted a 6th Grade position over at Santa Rita, the school where she started her career. Mrs. Jessica Millman has decided to pursue opportunities outside of LASD. We thank them both for their fine work with our students and wish them the best.
Joining the Springer staff for the 2015-16 school year is Cassondra Becking. Ms. Becking has been teaching the last two years at Ida Jew Academies in San Jose. She is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and has a strong background in literacy, technology, and science. Her current administrator writes in her letter of recommendation that, “she has demonstrated to be one of the most outstanding educators I have encountered in my career”. I’m very pleased that she will be joining our staff as a 1st Grade teacher.
New to Springer, but not new to LASD, is Miss Jayme Mitchell. Miss Mitchell will be teaching 4th Grade, the same grade level she has been teaching at Loyola for the last 3 years. She is also a LASD product, having attended Santa Rita! I had the pleasure of observing Miss Mitchell as part of her evaluation process the last two years. I was impressed with her energy, instructional practices that lead to high student engagement, and dedication. Loyola is losing 4th Grade sections next year so their loss is certainly Springer’s great gain. She has expressed great excitement in coming over to Springer- and we are very happy to add her to our staff.
Certainly not new to the Springer community is Mrs. Karey Guiterrez who will be filling in for Mrs. McLean who will start the year on maternity leave. Mrs. Guiterrez has done several long term sub assignments for Springer in the past- including one in 4th Grade. She and Mrs. McLean have already been working together to make sure there is solid continuity in Room 13. Mrs. G will be with us until November.
Besides two new staff members, we have some changes to grade levels for some of our teachers. Ms. Diane Sasaki will be returning to the Resource Program and Mrs. Ashley Morris will become the Primary SDC teacher. Mrs. Melanie de Monet will be teaching 2nd Grade while the team of Mrs. Malia Lammay and Mrs. Michelle Hayden will join the 3rd Grade team. Next year will be an exciting one at Springer, as we move to a new system for reporting student progress (more on this when we get back in the Fall) and continue to improve instruction to personalize learning for all students. Have a great weekend. Wade Spenader- Principal |
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We Need Volunteers For Field Day! |
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Friday, June 5 is Field Day
We are looking for volunteers to help out that morning. Click here to sign up. |
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LAEF Tick-tock: $42,438 and 12 days |
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Special thanks to the 48 families who contributed last week! We also received 20 corporate matching gifts to bring us closer to our $3.3M fundraising goal. It’s not too late to donate or request a match to pay for the programs your child has enjoyed THIS current year, including STEM, PE, art, library, music and smaller class sizes in K-3. With 12 days to go, every gift makes a big difference! Please give at laefonline.net or drop a check in our school’s office this week. Thank you. LAEF Survey Results Please take a few minutes and check out the results of the 2015 LAEF Survey. |
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PTA Committees for 2015-16 |
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As we near the end of this school year, the PTA board is working to confirm Springer's committee chairs for 2015-16. Here are some of the key openings:
These committees are great opportunities to support our school, and may not be continued if we cannot find someone to lead them. Please contact Sue Longyear (sue.longyear[at]gmail.com) if you are interested in any of these positions. |
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4th-6th Grade |
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Author Jennifer Chambliss Bertman will be visiting the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Jennifer is a former Springer Student and will be presenting her debut book called BOOK SCAVENGER! This book is a page turning thriller, full of mystery, humor, wonderful characters and fascinating puzzles, all set right here in San Francisco! To learn more about the book and if you would like to purchase a copy of Book Scavenger for your student, click here for the Author Visit Pre-order Form. Please turn the form into the office by Monday, June 1st. The book will be ready for your student at the assembly. The author will personally sign your student’s book after her presentation. |
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Fourth Grade Instrument Roadshow |
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On Monday, June 1, the Fourth Grade students will have an opportunity to meet the LASD music teachers and try out different instruments. They will be asked to think about what instrument they want to play in the Fifth Grade, and complete an instrument selection survey, which is due on Wednesday, June 3. For additional information, please contact Lucinda Fletcher at lfletcher@lasdschools.org. |
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A Big Thank You To Our Art Docents! |
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The Los Altos Art Docents are 80 dedicated volunteers who have taught more than 840 art lessons to the elementary school children in the Los Altos School District. This year at Springer, the docents taught 139 art lessons.
Thank you to Springer parents Katie Cowley, Kacey Fitzpatrick, Hansook Lee and Lara Rahn who contributed to the success of our program this year. New docents are taught the LAAD lessons by experienced docents on Wednesday mornings from September through March. The Los Altos Art Docents welcome new members to join the next docent-in-training class in September. To learn more, you are welcome to come to our informational coffee on August 26th at 10:00 in the board room of the district office.
For more information, check us out at www.losaltosartdocents.org!
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Girl Scout Troop 61165 Donation Requests for Care Kits |
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Hello Springer Community. Springer 5th grade Girl Scout Troop 61165 is working on earning the Bronze Award, the highest level service award for Junior Girl Scouts. For our project we wanted to do something to help individuals and families in need. We'd appreciate your donations of the below items to make Care Kits. We are collecting donations through Friday May 29th - please look for the Care Kit bin by the Office.
Thank you for your support! Girl Scout Troop 61165 |
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Blach Needs Hot Lunch Volunteers |
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Dear 6th Grade Families, Congratulations to all of your graduating 6th graders. For those of you with children entering Blach next year that would like to help out at the school, please consider volunteering to serve lunch. This is a fun way to see the kids in action and one of the very few opportunities for volunteering at Blach. In the past, sign ups happen at the back to school coffee, but now we want to start serving lunch on the first day of school. Because of this, crews are being set up now. It is a great way to stay connected to other parents from your elementary school and also to meet new parents from the other feeder schools. Most volunteers work every other week, though some choose to work every week. The food menu rotates so the food items are different each week, except for Thursdays which is pizza day. If interested in this great volunteering opportunity, please indicate which days work for you and how often you would like to volunteer. There is plenty of room to organize a small group that wants to work together.
Please contact me at srkhuntia[at]yahoo.com if you would like to volunteer(do not forget to let me know when and how often you would
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