The Springer Buzz

June 10,  2015

In This Issue:

• Principal’s Message

• News and Announcements

• Parent Education Opportunities
   

Quick Dates for your Calendar:

• June 10, Wednesday, 9:00am: Sixth Grade Promotion Ceremony & last of day of school--11:15 dismissal

• August 19, Wednesday: First Day of School

Principal’s Message

Thank You For A Great Year!

Before I wish everyone a great summer, I wanted to thank all of the Springer community for a tremendous year.   Working together- teachers, parents, students, volunteers, support staff and more- we we’re able to give our students exceptional learning experiences throughout the year.  I say this with confidence and couldn’t be more proud to be the principal of such a great school community.

Congratulations to everyone for an impressive year!  And a special shout out goes to our graduating 6th graders who we promoted on to the junior high in a special ceremony this morning.

As a reminder, we start the new school year on August 19th.  Placement letters (sent via email) will be distributed the week before school begins.  

If I don’t see you in person, please know that I’m very grateful for all you do for the students at Springer.  Now, go have a fantastic summer.

Sincerely,

Wade Spenader- Principal

PTA Committees for 2015-16

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:

• Hot Lunch Co-chair

• Box Tops for Education

• Springerwear

• Springer Singers

• Lego Club

• Social Committee

• San Jose Giants night

• Stanford Cardinal Kids Day

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.

Blach Needs Hot Lunch Volunteers

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 like to volunteer).  We cannot have a successful program without your help.

Thank you so much,

Sarita Khuntia

Open Auction Parties

Don’t miss out on awesome Springer hosted parties!
Help raise funds for Springer school!

Sign up info for Open Auction Parties:

• Dodge Ball, Flag Football, Pool Parties, Teacher hosted grade parties, and much more.

• Adult Revenge of the Nerds Party with Nigel Lemon and Parmesan Tray performing live on June 13.

Questions? Email auction co-chairs, Rachel, Kirsten & Elizabeth

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.

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