Our Mission

At Springer Elementary School, we will provide a safe and supportive environment that engages, inspires, and nurtures all students’ emotional and academic needs in order to become empathetic, productive global citizens and lifelong learners.

In This Issue: October 13, 2017:

• Principal’s Message

• News and Announcements

• Parent Education Opportunities

Quick Dates for your Calendar:

• Wednesday, October 18: District Wide Earthquake Drill

• Thursday, October 19: Minimum Day, Dismissal 12:15

• Thursday, October 26: Photo Make-Up Day

• Friday, October 27: Vision Screening; Grades K, 2 & 5

• Tuesday, October 31: 1:15pm: Halloween Parade

• November 8th and 9th is a Parent Training for Ability Awareness

• Friday, November 10: Veterans Day, No School

• Monday & Tuesday November 20 & 21:Parent/Teacher Conferences; No School

• November 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break; No School

• November 27 - December 1: Ability Awareness Week

• Thursday, December 7, 7:00pm: Kindergarten Information Night

Principal’s Message

Dear Springer Families,

Early today I sent out a letter to all families notifying you all that the Walk-a-thon scheduled for Saturday, October 14th  has be postponed due to the projection of unprecedented, unhealthy air quality for the next several days in the Bay Area.   The health of our students, as well as staff, volunteers & participants must be first and foremost.

The Springer PTA is coordinating with other district PTAs to research options for rescheduling this fun, important community-building and fundraising event.  We are looking at future Saturdays and are willing to be creative. Stay tuned for details.

I want to thank our event chairs and all the parents who have prepared t-shirts, medals, food and the course itself. So much time and energy has been invested. Your children may be disappointed - please reassure them that we will celebrate a successful event together - soon!

While postponing this annual family event is not what we were hoping, we need to keep all of our community members' health and wellness in mind.  We are saddened by this inconvenience, but we are fortunate to not be contending with potentially catastrophic losses like our friends and family in the North Bay. We have been moved to support so many suffering in disaster zones recently - this is close to home.  

Thank you for your understanding.  Please look for future information about the rescheduling of our Walk-a-thon.

Sincerely,

Lynn Boskie

Buzz… Did you know that Mrs. Boskie has a  good friend who has been evacuated from Santa Rosa and another friend who has been fighting the fire in the North Bay?

Ambassadors - Helping North Bay Families Coming Soon

Our Springer community -parents, teachers and students have been inquiring about how we can help.  The ambassadors are going to be reaching out to our Springer Community next week in an effort to support those greatly affected by the North Bay fires.   Please look for further communication with specific ways we will be helping next week.   

Go Camping! The Walk-a-thon  Has Been Postponed!

The Walk-a-thon has been postponed for this weekend due to the unhealthy air conditions.  As soon as we’ve finalized the new date we will send out the information to all Springer families.   

Springer Spirit Day October 20!

The Springer Ambassadors would like to announce our first Springer spirit day will be on Friday, October 20.  Celebrate your favorite sport on Sports Day!  Support Springer school spirit and your favorite sport or team by wearing your favorite sports clothes.  Please do not bring sports equipment.  GO TEAM!!

LAEF

Save Us A Call! LAEF’s Phonathon is Oct 24 & 25.

Have you made your annual contribution to LAEF? We would love to take you off our call list, so please go to LAEFonline.org today and make your tax-deductible donation or pledge by October  20th.  If you’re a first-time donor or if you increase your gift to LAEF this year, it will be doubled by the LAEF’s Board of Directors, up to $50,000.  Thank you!

Are you an LAEF supporter?

Join the fun and help us meet our $3.7M goal by  signing up to help at our phonathon on Tuesday evening October 24th. You’ll enjoy a free date night with a gourmet spread, flowing wine and enjoyable banter with parents and teachers. There are many ways to help, both on the phone and behind the scenes. Sign up now at LAEFonline.org.

Vision Screening

On Friday, October 27, the LASD nurses will be at Springer to conduct a vision screening for all Kindergarten, Second and Fifth Graders.  If your child wears glasses or contact lenses, please make sure that they wear them to school that day.  If you have questions, please contact the LASD nurses at: lasdnurses@lasdschools.org.

Photo Make-up Day

Photo Make-up Day is Thursday, October 26.  If you would like your child to retake their school photo, please contact the Springer School Office at  650-943-4200, and we will add them to the photo make-up list.

Springer Singers

Does your child love to sing? Then Springer Singers is where you want them to be.

Springer Singers is a fantastic way to get your kids singing and dancing with their Springer friends.

The Springer Singers are open to all Springer students.

New to Springer Singers in Grades 1 & 2: Mondays 2:45-3:30

Returning Singers in Grades 2 - 6: Tuesdays 3:00-3:45

Springer Multi

Applications available in the office, or by clicking here.  Please complete form and return with payment (scholarships available) to participate.

Questions? Contact Heidi Rockett at rockettland@comcast.net

LASD Looking for Kindergarten Aides

The LASD is looking for Instructional Kindergarten Aides.  If you are interested in becoming a classroom assistant for kindergarten, look no further.  There is a wonderful opportunity for you to apply.  Work schedule is perfect for a parent  who may be interested in working part time  9:15 am -1:15 pm- five days a week.  Rate $13.84 - $19.47 per hour.  Please contact Marlene Revelo at 650-947-1153.

Looking for Noon Duty Volunteers

Noon yard duty is now open to parent volunteers on a rotating basis. Parents can volunteer anywhere from once a week to once a month.  The hours are 11:45 - 12:45  on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please contact Clover Huang at: cloverh[at]yahoo.com if interested.

Selpa Events

Selpa, an all-volunteer group of parents of children with special needs, are sponsoring several upcoming events:

Special Ed Director Panel:  Wednesday, October 18, 7:00-9:00pm.  Ask IEP, 504 questions and more.  Click here for flyer.  Click here for Spanish flyer.

Parent Chat: The Second Tuesday of every month.  Click here for flyer.

Click here for Spanish Parent Chat flyer.

Art Docent Training

Los Altos Art Docents are looking for new volunteers to join us!

Our training sessions run from September through mid-April. You may still join our group of trainees this year.

Location: iLearn Studio, located at 201 Covington Road, Los Altos.

Time: Wednesday mornings, 8:45am-11:30am.

If you would like more information, please contact the Art Docent

office at (650) 947-1195 or kdickerson@lasdschools.org, or see our website athttp://www.losaltosartdocents.org

Living Classroom

Become a LIVING CLASSROOM docent... share your love of nature with kids!

It's time to harvest seeds from heirloom tomatoes, plant our winter wheat and veggies, search the schoolyard for animal homes, and learning about Native California Indian uses of 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 Fall Docent Training will take place on Monday mornings from 9am-Noon from Sep. 11th – Oct. 16th  (please see our Fall training flyer for locations).

Click here for flyer and more info.

Questions? Email us at livingclassroom@lasdschools.org or call (650) 947-1103.  

Caroline Chan

Program Coordinator, Los Altos School District

Living Classroom

(650) 947-1103 (office)

(650) 303-9764 (cell)

livingclassroom@lasdschools.org

www.living-classroom.org

OhmConnect Fundraising Platform

The Springer community started using a novel fundraising platform last year, called OhmConnect. We raised $930 last year, and $1500 this year by having a handful of parents of the school turn down their electricity usage just one hour per week.

We're aiming to raise $5,000 this year and all you need to do is signup using this link and connect your utility account.

ohm.co/springer

OhmConnect donates between $50 - $150 per team member per year, depending on how much you reduce. They'll be donating an instant $75 per new team member. If you haven't signed up yet, now's the time to do it!

Parent Education Opportunities

Through an enriching presentations from local and national experts on topics of interests 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 Submit an Article to the Springer Buzz

If you have an article to submit to the Springer Buzz, please send it to the editor atspringer.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.