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11-18-26 Buzz Newsletter
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The Springer Buzz November 18, 2016 |
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Principal’s Message |
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Dear Families, Wow, what a Springer Thing kind of week! We had the fabulous book drive with incredible books to select from. My family left with five… we just couldn’t decide on which books to purchase. I’m sure your family added a few good books to your family collection. This activated the I= Inquisitive: I am curious Springer Thing in your child. Then we had a book drive and food drive lead by our Springer Ambassadors. The Springer Student Ambassadors along with the entire school embraced the project by filling 15 boxes of both new and gently used books to donate to the children in need. Our students surpassed their 1000 can collection by a few hundred more. This was a week for our students and staff of paying forward. We were DEFINITELY FILLING OTHERS BUCKETS! The Ambassadors and teachers all rallied around the cause. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to further the Springer Thing! N= Nurturing, I will care for others: R= I am a person you can count on.
As a wrapped up the week our kinders and TK celebrated the holiday with song and historical facts intertwined. Enjoy the time off with your family and friends and be safe in your travels. If you celebrate Thanksgiving - Happy Thanksgiving and if you don’t - Happy Time with Family! Lynn Boskie, Principal  Buzzz… |
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Help… our neighboring school Loyola Elementary School is in need of noon duty coverage. If you are interested or know of anyone who is interested please contact the Principal, Kimberly Attell at 254-2400. |
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Holiday Wish Drive |
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Dear Springer Families, Are you ready to "Bee Generous" and make a difference this holiday season? Springer School and our Girl Scout Juniors Troop #61166 are excited to announce that we will be hosting a Family Giving Tree Holiday Wish Drive this year! Since 1990, the Family Giving Tree has fulfilled gift wishes for over one million San Francisco Bay Area children, families and seniors from low-income households. In 2015 alone, they fulfilled more than 72,000 holiday wishes, 85% of those being children’s wishes. Your participation in our Holiday Wish Drive is an opportunity for you to personally, positively influence the lives of less fortunate people in our community. Here's how you can help: Choose a wish card in the Springer office and fulfill a child’s wish. Cards will be hanging on our "Bee Generous Giving Tree", starting Monday, November 28. All gift donations should be unwrapped with the wish card and a toothbrush securely taped to the package. Gifts are due in the office by Friday, December 9. Please contact Diana Rudolph (drudolph@lasdschools.org) or Gail Roosakos (gail@roosakos.com) if you have any questions, or visit www.FamilyGivingTree.org for more information about the program. Thank you for helping us bring hope and joy to those in need! |
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The Springer Directory Is Here! |
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The printed version of the Springer Student Directory is now available. Check the Friday Folders sent home this week. Each family in the school will receive one copy courtesy of your generous donations to the Springer PTA. A limited number of additional copies are available for purchase in the office. The Springer online directory is also available at fourleaf.cl Thank you Leslie Witt, Rong Wang, Claire Sunhee Lee, and Kathy Thompson for their work making both directories available. The PTA will be seeking a new Directory Chairperson to coordinate the online and printed directories for next year. Contact SpringerDirectory@gmail.com if you are interested. |
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Book Fair |
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Was there a book you couldn't find at the Book Fair? The Springer Online Book Fair includes 65% more books than we had on site, and will be open till November 28. Books you order online are shipped for free and delivered to your child's classroom. Check it out! http://onlinebookfairs.scholastic.com/default.aspx?f=3622010 If there are any questions, please contact Anita Leo amleo73@yahoo.com or Hilary Burcell HilaryBurcell@yahoo.com |
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Lego Noontime Funvisor Club |
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The popular lunchtime Lego club is back and will start Tuesday, November 29!! We are looking for a few volunteers to help with this wonderful program. Needs are to help set out Lego bins at beginning, monitor children, and return bins at the end. Volunteer as many Tuesdays per month as you can. Here is a link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K9BOSmBkwxdZqhvsuEFKv7_0POIjIf-b3dIMpFON38k/edit?usp=sharing Days: Tuesday Time: 11:55am - 12:45pm It's a great way to help and interact with children from all grades Contact Kimiyo Straw at kimiyoms@gmail.com |
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Cornerstone Corner |
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Between now and Winter Break the Springer students, staff, and community are being encouraged to do one kind thing for another student every day. The purpose in encouraging “intentional acts of kindness” is to help students develop empathy and express tolerance for others. Take this opportunity to have conversations around caring, empathy, and compassion. Encourage your child to actively seek out opportunities to help, care for, and encourage others. More than 500 students performing daily acts of caring for three weeks equals over 7,500 buckets filled! Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLIW8JWk1RI&NR=1 on teaching Tolerance to our kids. |
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Author Ame Dyckman Visits Springer! |
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Springer will be hosting an author assembly for Grades 1-3 --here are the details: Friday, December 9 9:30 Multi Purpose Room Ame will be signing all books purchased by students the day of the event. For more information on Ame Dyckman, click here for the flyer! |
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LAEF’s meets $100K Challenge...raising $2.5M so far |
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LAEF’s meets $100K Challenge...raising $2.5M so far LAEF’s Board of Directors is pleased to report that we have just reached $2.5M in donations on our way to meeting our $3.7M goal for the current school year. A special thank you to the families who made first time gifts or increased their annual donation to help us meet our $100,000 Matching Challenge from LAEF’s Board of Directors and the Honor Roll of Realtors Leadership Circle. For those of you that have not yet participated, please join our community’s 1,700 donors by making a contribution that is meaningful for your family. LAEFOnline.org What’s an IST? Meet LASD’s new Instructional Support Teacher for Math Ms. Noirin Foy is the district’s first IST, supporting 6-8th grade math by providing our 27 math teachers with professional learning, coaching, and modeling. Teaching math in LASD since 2011, she is also strengthening LASD’s collaboration with the math ISTs from Mountain View and Los Altos High Schools. Check out Ms. Foy’s new LASD Math website with resources for students when they need extra support or practice and learn more at LAEFOnline.org! |
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After School Student Activities |
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We have a lot of fun after school activities starting up very soon: Chess starts on 9/8; click here for flyer. We also offer Art, Speak & Debate, Tennis, Legos, Tennis & Spanish--Click here for the link! |
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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. |
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