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May 14, 2009


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Dates to Remember
  • 14 May:  Open House at 7pm TONIGHT
  • 18 May:  Staff Development Day- No School
  • 19 May:  Promotion Speech Tryouts
  • 21 May:  Friends Performance at 7pm in MPR
  • 22 May:  CJSF Honors Luncheon
  • 25 May:  Memorial Day- No School
  • 26 May:  Spring Concert
Los Cerros News

LEADERSHIP NEWS
The leadership class will be selling CFL light bulbs Thursday night at open house in front of school.  We are going to use the money that is raised to help fund our Field Day on June 5.  The bulbs are energy efficient and will cost $2 each.


YOSEMITE NEWS
We had a great trip and are so thankful to all the wonderful chaperones.  We have some left behind items in the office- please check at home that you have everything.  Have a restful weekend and catch up on your sleep!

PTA THANKS
A huge thank you to Robin Greenblatt and Roberta Motter for taking such good care of our teachers last week during Teacher Appreciation Week!  They had the lunchroom decorated  and kept the treats coming all week.  Thank you ladies, we appreciate you too! 

Please join us for the last PTA meeting for this school year, next Thursday, May 21 at 9:00.  Take a few minutes to thank our old board,  welcome the new and honor some of our fantastic parent volunteers.  
Breakfast will be provided!  Hosted by the 2008-2009 Executive PTA Board.

AWARDS NIGHT
Awards Night is Thursday, June 4th from 7-8:30 pm in the MPR.  Students who are receiving an award will get an invitation in the mail, in a bright red envelope.  Awards given are Teacher Awards, Aloha Award, Janis Cristofani Award, Principal's Award, Student Body Officers, Paw Prints Editorial Board, Safe School Ambassadors, Peer Tutors, and 8th Grade CJSF Medallions.  Dress for the evening is nice attire, pants, skirts, dresses, no jeans.  Please direct questions to Katie Chivers at kchiver@srvud.net.

PAW PRINTS
This is the last opportunity to purchase PAW PRINTS, our Los Cerros Literary Magazine.  The 2008-2009 volume of “Paw Prints” will be published early in June.  Don’t miss great writing by our own student authors including short stories and poetry. “Paw Prints” will also feature colorful artwork by our own Los Cerros artists.

Final orders for Paw Prints are being collected until Friday, May 22. Just drop by the office with your $20 payment, fill out an order form and drop in the box.

INDEPENDENT PE

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District will be phasing out Independent Study PE at middle school level, beginning with 6th graders in September 2009. If you have a 7th or 8th grader who is interested in doing Independent Study PE for the 2009-2010 school year the application is due at the SRVUSD office no later than August 4, 2009.

8TH GRADE PARENTS
- Tuesday, May 19th at lunch:  Promotion speech tryouts
- Thursday, May 14th forms due:  promotion name, Great America permission & check
- Thursday, May 21st at 7:  Friends Performance
- Thursday, June 4th at 7:  Awards Night
- Saturday, June 6th at 6:  Promotion Party
- Wednesday, June 10th at 9:  Promotion Practice, at 5pm:  Promotion Ceremony
- Thursday, June 11th at 8:  Great America

Great America Chaperones Needed - If you would like to chaperone the 8th grade trip to Great America on Thursday, June 11th, please contact Mike Cannon at mcannon@srvusd.net or 552-3464.  The trip will leave Los Cerros around 8 am and return to Los Cerros around 4 pm.  There is no cost for chaperones, we are looking forward to a great trip. 


Promotion Speeches--any student who are interested in giving a speech at promotion should prepare a speech and come to tryouts on Tuesday May 19th.   Speeches should be 3 minutes or less, speakers can be solo, in pairs, or groups of 3 or 4. See Mrs. Kaplan or Mrs. Roach for guidance.  Signups are in the office.

8th GRADE PROMOTION PARTY – Saturday, June 6th, 2009
23 days to wait until you get to party in Wonderland...
        ... which means, only 22 days to GET YOUR PICTURE TO THE OFFICE so it can be put up on the photo wall. C’mon, this is easy!  All we need is one photo, 4” x 6” or 5” x 7” in size, with the student’s name on the back. It’s not a baby shot or something hard to find; just a recent picture you like. Don’t have one? Go take one right now and bring it to the office tomorrow morning! You’ll feel better knowing it’s done and you aren’t going to be left out on party night.

    While you’re about it, why not COMPLETE THE PARTY PERMISSION SLIP that was included with your invitation and take that to the office too? The slips are due on or before 5/20. If you haven’t yet picked up your invitation, stop by the office soon and collect it so you can get that permission slip returned in time (or you won’t be allowed to come on June 6th).

    Finally, though we hate to think about after the party already, we would love to borrow some FREE-STANDING LIGHTS (like the ones used at work sites!) to help us see what we’re doing as we tidy and clean up that night! If you can help us out, please contact Lynelle at dorisboo@aol.com.

Many thanks.

BAND CAMP
A Week of Music!  From June 29th to July 3rd (9 A.M. to 3 P.M.), there will be a band camp hosted by Monte Vista High School students Rachel Sweet, Nicole Cooper, and Corinne Cooper and Diablo Vista band teacher Chavonta Edington.  Morning activities will include large ensembles, small ensembles, and sectionals and afternoon activities will include musical games and workshops such as in conducting and drumming.  There will be a concert and picnic dinner at 6:30 on July 3rd for families to attend and the cost for the week will be $150.  Band students should have received fliers with more information and a registration in their band classes, but it was lost or never received, contact Rachel at OomMowMow@gmail.com or (925)820-9451 and she will send you more information.  Registration forms are due May 17th, but the deadline may be extended.

RED AND BLACK BASKETBALL CAMP
Basketball camps for boys grades 6-12.  Camps start June 22nd and times are determined by age.  Pay and register online via credit card at www.RedandBlackBasketball.com. 

Sports at Los Cerros
Golf Team Update:  Congratulations to our golf team.  We won our first match against Iron Horse.  Thanks to our players this week: Jessica Kuelz, Nicole Hanson, Jack Ritterbush, Cameron Aiton and Sean Lowney for being such great golfers!  Coach Anderson and Coach Hintz
Counselor’s Corner

Parents, as we approach the last 30 (approximately) days of the school year, it is particularly important that you keep your student on their regular schedule. Make sure they continue writing down assignments in their planner, getting enough sleep and scheduling time for homework, studying and down time.

Important Monte Vista Dates-Fall
Packet Pick-Up
Friday, August 14th at 4-8 pm
Monday, August 17th at 12-2 pm

Orientation
Friday, August 21st (Time is TBD)

Registration
Wednesday, August 19th and Thursday, August 20th from 12-7pm
Make-up date is Tuesday, August 25th from 6-8:30am

First Day of School!
Tuesday, August 25th

Back-to-School Night
Wednesday, September 9th (Time TBD)

Academic

SUMMER SCHOOL

6th/7th grade parents – If your student received a D or an F 1st semester, summer school will be at Iron Horse Middle School 6/19-7/17/09 so that you can adjust your summer schedules.

8th grade parents - if your students received an F 1st semester, or finishes the school year with an F, Venture summer school will be required for remediation. Summer school is 6/19-7/31 and only TWO F's can be remediated.  Even IF students are going to re-take their math class, they still have to remediate in summer school. 

Personal/social

Group for teenagers with eating disorders-   6/15-8/20 Casa Serena 682-8252

Career

May 11-13, Ms. Schubb will be spending time in PE with the 7th & 8th grade students going through the “Life after Middle School” workbooks.  These workbooks were generously donated by our PTA and should be coming home with your student by the end of that week.

SPARK Summer science program for 7th/8th  See Ms. Schubb for more info
Library News

Orders and offers to buy books for the library have been coming in. Thank you! Remember a library book makes a great gift for teachers or promoting students. Two lists of books needed for our library are posted on our library web site http://library.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us. I update these links as things are purchased or more needs are identified. Contact Mrs. Davis at ddavis@srvusd.net if you have questions.

Also, as we wind down the school year, be aware that our student file server and schoolloop will be reformatted over the summer. Therefore, students wishing to keep an electronic portfolio will need to move their files to a home computer or portable device.
There are several methods they can use to do this: Put them in their schoolloop locker - these will need to but taken out of the locker before summer as well, or put them on a USB drive, or bring a disc to school to save their files on.
Be aware that personal e-mail does not always work for students to use here at school, so we do not recommend that students use personal e-mail to move files. Mrs. Davis will have a limited supply of discs available to students for 50 cents each. Mrs. Lawton in the lab or Mrs. Davis can help students move their files.

Parent Education

Spring Fest 2009

You are invited to attend Teen Esteem’s upcoming “Spring Fest” on Friday, May 29 at Oak Hill Community Center in Danville.  Teen Esteem is a non-profit organization that has been active in the local communities for 14 years, promoting healthy choices relating to adolescence with a focus on decision making skills and respect for self and others, speaking on the average to 10,000 students each year. This special evening, which will include adolescent Health Specialist Dr. Rick Weisser as our guest speaker, will give you an opportunity to learn more about the positive impact Teen Esteem is having in our community. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, wine and music while having the opportunity to bid on fabulous live auctions items, a sampling of which can be viewed on the Teen Esteem web-site at: http://www.teenesteem.com/eventdetails.php?id=25.

To RSVP through Evite, please click on the following link:  http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/EHSQALOSHGQYDODPYGPM/springfest.

For more information, please email events@teenesteem.com.

 

This event is not sponsored by the San Ramon Valley School District.  Approval for flyer distribution does not imply endorsement, but is a courtesy service to the community.

 

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