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The Springer Buzz December 2, 2016 |
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Principal’s Message |
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Dear Parent(s), I hope the week with family celebrating the holiday brought new memories, laughter and love to your hearts. It surely did for my family; new traditions were created with family and friends and old traditions were celebrated as well. The Festival of Lights was one of those new traditions my family embarked on this past holiday break. And of course our first stop before the parade was to celebrate a school tradition: our Springer Bee, Jackson and Bella, his handler were marching in the parade.   Traditions continued as we returned to school. We welcomed over fifty families to our Springer Community during our Kinder and New Family Information Night on Thursday. We had several community members and students involved during the information night. I am thankful for all of you who took your time to share the Springer Way. In addition, Colby Bassett in our Run 4 Your Life noon activity became our first marathoner (26.2 mile). Congratulations.
Reading Corner: Check out these read-aloud favorites What You Do With A Problem? Kobi Yamada This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared.
La Mariposa, Francisco Jimenez La Mariposa is one of my favorite books about how learning blossoms. The butterfly is a metaphor for change.
Math Corner:
Lynn Boskie, Principal  Buzzz… Did you know that Mrs. Boskie likes to dance. |
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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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Cookie Exchange! |
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Save The Date! In celebration of the holiday season, the PTA cordially invites you to the Springer Cookie Exchange on Tuesday, Dec 13th at 6:00 p.m in the multi. Please plan on bringing: *Two dozen of your favorite cookies to share (homemade or store bought) *List of ingredients; please keep the cookies nut free PTA will supply hot chocolate and coffee and containers to take cookies home. Nom. Nom. Please contact Rachel Michelson, with any questions. |
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Springer Singers Winter Concert |
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Holiday Snowtime! Wed., Dec. 7 A Winter Concert presented by Springer Singers, Grades 1-6 6:30 pm for family and friends in the Springer Multi (1 pm for students) Featuring songs and narration about winter, snow and music Please come support our fabulous Singers! Directed by Cindy Fletcher and Mary Hamilton, manager Heidi Rockett |
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Springer Auction! Save The Date! |
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Springer Auction Party - Save the Date! Date: March 18, 2017, 6:30-10:30pm Location: Crowne Plaza, Palo Alto Theme: Hollywood Heroes & Villains! Tickets on Sale January, 2017 The Springer auction party is our largest and most awesome adult-only fundraiser and community building event of the year! All proceeds from the auction go directly to Springer Elementary school. Funds go toward instructional materials and supplies and amazing programs like The Living Classroom (the district’s hands-on science program), art and music enrichment, and noontime clubs and activities. The 2017 auction team needs your help. We would love the following donations:
Email 2017 auction co-chairs: springerauction@gmail.com |
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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! To purchase books for signing, click here for the order form! |
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Hour Of Code |
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This upcoming week (December 5th-9th) is Computer Science Education Week, a week dedicated to showing students K-12 the importance of computer science education. Organized by code.org with the goal to get 10 million students of all ages (and adults) to participate in the hour of code. According to code.org, "90% of K-12 schools in the U.S. do not teach computer science." Los Altos School District, thanks to funding from LAEF, is fortunate enough to be in the 10% of U.S. Schools that are offering every student the opportunity to learn computational thinking through the STEM and C-STEM programs. During this week each student at Springer and LASD will be participating in a computational thinking/coding lesson. The STEM lab is also open on Tuesday and Thursday at lunch for extra coding time. If you are looking for a good coding program to use with your kids, here are a few we use at Springer. Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu Scratch Junior https://www.scratchjr.org Bee-Bot https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bee-bot/id500131639?mt=8 Hopscotch https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-coding-for-kids/id617098629?mt=8 Daisy the Dinosaur https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278 "Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer…because it teaches you how to think."- Steve Jobs |
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Egan Holiday Craft Faire |
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Come shop for the holidays! Egan School seventh and eighth grade students are busily making all kinds of homemade crafts and gift items to sell at their annual Holiday Craft Faire. Items for sale will include pillows, soaps, jewelry, clothing accessories, hats, candles, origami as well as ornaments, holiday crafts, decorations and food items. The Holiday Craft Faire will take place on Friday, December 9 from 7:30a-12:30p at Egan School (100 West Portola Avenue). Everyone is welcome! |
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Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids! |
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It's time to build bird nests, make yummy soup from the veggies we harvest from our school gardens, discover symmetry inside fruit, and make natural dyes from plants! If you like all those things and more, please consider becoming a Living Classroom docent! LIving Classroom is looking for docents to help deliver hands-on garden-based lessons to the students of the Los Altos School District. No experience necessary as we provide all the training needed! Our Winter Docent Training will take place at the LASD iLearn Studio on Monday mornings from 9 - Noon on 12/5, 12/12*, 1/9 and 1/23 (*the 12/12 training will take place at the Palo Alto School District Science Resource Center). Please click here to view our Winter Training Flyer. Apprentice-style training also available for those who can’t make our Monday morning trainings. Questions? Email us at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call (650) 947-1103. For more information about Living Classroom, please visit our website at www.living-classroom.org. |
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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!!
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