• November 20th, 2:35, MPR- Basket Brigade- Assembly of Baskets
  
• November 21st, 8am- Basket Brigade- Delivery of Baskets
  
• November 24-28- Thanksgiving Break- School Closed
  
• December 4th, 2:35-3pm, Room 21, - Panther Pride
  
• December 5th- CJSF Field Trip to San Francisco
  
• December 11th, 7pm, MPR- Winter Instrumental Concert

Michael Ha has been Caught Being Good! 
Please stop by the office for your award.  Who will be caught next week? 

San Ramon Rotary has awarded Donnine Davis one of their
2007-2008 Educator of the Year honors.  Donnine is our new librarian and we are honored to have her work with us at Los Cerros.  Congrats Donnine! 

From the Principal

It's that time of year - pumpkin bread season. Thanks to the many bakers in our community who are dropping off dozens of loaves to be included as part of Basket Brigade. The grocery store shelves are sure to be empty soon of canned pumpkin. The basket assembly begins on Wednesday and delivery on Friday.  Again, I can't thank our project coordinators, Amy Gee and JoAnn Hattum enough for their extraordinary efforts. I continue to be so impressed by the energy and time that many of you pour into our school. We couldn't do it all without you.

I know that many of you are excited about the prospect of our Thanksgiving Break next week. Although the district homework policy doesn't encourage assigning homework over school breaks it may be a good opportunity for your student to catch up on their schoolwork or to read a book for fun so they return on top of their academic game. Whatever you and your family do I wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday and we'll be here when you return.

Phyllis Roach
Principal

PAW PRINTS CONTEST
Gobble Gobble What? Our Los Cerros Literary Magazine is sponsoring a Thanksgiving story and poem contest! Get your Thanksgiving stories or poems to your Core or English Teacher or you may bring them to Room 12!  Entries are due Wednesday, December 3rd.

CJSF NEWS
Permission slips, parents¹ signatures and checks for the Embarcadero Field Trip are due in Room 1 by 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 20th.  No late forms will be accepted for this trip since we must give a total to the bus company and to the ice skate rink by Friday.  Please turn in the paperwork on time if you intend to attend this function.  CJSF students are expected to be responsible and reliable!
 
HEALTH CHALLENGE EXAM
Thank you to everyone who got your books for the Health Challenge Exam.  The long break is a great time to get lots of studying done.  A good way to remember the information is to write the vocabulary words down in a spiral notebook and refer to the words for studying.  If you have any questions about the upcoming test on December 10th at 3:10 p.m. please contact Cheryl Williamson at 552-5620.

Applications for Independent Study Physical Education
Students participating in district approved athletic programs, competing as state/nationally ranked or pre-Olympic/pre-professional advanced level athletes, 400 minutes or more every ten school days may apply for ISPE through the District's Director of Instruction, Student Services. An application can be picked up in the Los Cerros main office. Student athletes that are already participating in ISPE and had approval for the year do not have to reapply for the second semester. The students who would like to apply for 2nd semester have to do so by January 5, 2009.

Academic
Don’t forget about our after school interventions!  M/T/TH is homework club from 2:30-3:30pm in room 13.  M/TH math help (see the counseling web page for details) 2:30-3:30pm, Spanish study sessions (T -8th grade, 7:15am, room 1/TH-7th grade, 7:15am, room 1 & Fri-7th grade, 7:15am, room 19).  All are available on a drop in basis.
Peer tutoring is available by prior arrangement, on Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30pm.
   
Our 8th grade parent night will be coming up in February 19that 7pm.  You will be receiving a survey in advance.  The evening consists of some tips to prepare your 8th grader for high school, as well as an interactive panel of high school counselor, middle school counselor, high school teacher, middle school teacher and several current MV students. 

Career
Did you know that there are FOUR different options for post high school?  Learn to Earn, earn to learn, Military and Community Services. Stay tuned for more information.

Personal/Social
Please remind your student that they do not need a personal invitation (pass) to come and see me!  They can email me through school loop or leave me a note. I find that sometimes they wait until problems get really big before asking for help. I am on campus 7:30a-3:30pm.

Fifth annual She’s all That is coming. This special conference is sponsored by Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley, on Saturday, February 7th from 9am-3pm at Gale Ranch Middle School. The day includes a  keynote presentation and workshops on topics such as:  Mean Girls, Yoga for Girls and Cyber Bullying.  For more information, please visit www.soroptimist-sr.org or 925-355-2442.