This week Matt McGrath was Caught Being Good!
Please come to the office to pick up your prize. Who will be caught next?
From the Principal:
Last night's Back to School Night was a wonderful evening and I truly enjoyed talking with you and visiting many classrooms. I heard great things from the teachers about their goals for the year and I hope you share their expectations for academic growth and success for your student.
One topic at Back to School Night was the use of School Loop for communication with teachers, grade check-ups, and homework assignments. We also use School Loop to send out parent communication. An unfortunate aspect of their email system is the random insertion of spaces mid-word or sentence. Please know we do not intentionally send out email that appears grammatically incorrect but these spaces may make it appear so.
The Los Cerros magazine drive is in full swing and I hope you will support this fundraising effort to the best of your ability. I realize that education really isn't free anymore and that parents are asked to donate too many things such as class supplies, uniforms, technology, Boosters, PTA, and on and on. In reality schools can not survive without the support of parents through the donation of time and money. Given the current economy I respect your financial constraints and welcome the gift of your time also.
Our school has now received the updated protocols for the H1N1 virus. Any child who comes to our sick room will automatically have their temperature taken and if above 100 degrees they will need to go home. Students must be fever free, without the aid of medicine, for 24 hours before returning to school. We ask that you support our efforts for good community health and not send a sick child to school.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8 President Obama is speaking to American students about the importance of education. Teachers at Los Cerros have not been instructed to watch the speech but do have the option. In the event it is shown in class, and you do not want your child to see it, please have them bring a note to class on that Tuesday and we will of course respect your wishes.
Enjoy your three day weekend with family and we look forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday.
Phyllis Roach
Principal
PTA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thanks to all the PTA Executive Board and many volunteers who supported the LC registration days. PTA continues to support the school with daily help in the office, library and noon duty. We have a wonderful spirit of volunteerism here and I encourage you to get involved if you are not already! The first PTA meeting this year will be Thursday, September 24th at 9am in the Staff Lounge. If you have any questions about PTA on the LC campus please contact Lisa Knebel, PTA President knebell@sbcglobal.net
REGISTRATION RESULTS
We have received and logged in your donations from the webstore and by check during registration. Many people waited for schedules to be released before donating to elective classes. You may now donate to the elective classes by visiting the webstore or by bringing a check to the office or elective teacher. If you have questions on the donations please contact Office Manager Jodi McFarland jmcfarland@srvusd.net.
ESCRIP
eScrip spotlight: From now thru September 15th, when you shop at Safeway and purchase certain products, they will donate 10% back to Los Cerros! Look in Safeway for the flyer with the specific products.
NOTE FROM THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE
If your child is going to miss school (all day or partial day) please call the attendance line; 552-5626. Please leave the student's name, date of absence, reason for absence and person calling. Check schoolloop for homework assignments and on the third day of absence you may request homework on the attendance line. You do not need to call or email the teachers. All absences are cleared through the attendance office.
CJSF Meeting Tuesday, September 8, 2009 12:30 -12:45 in the library.
In respect for our new bus schedules, we will be having our 8th grade CJSF meetings as scheduled on the calendar (2nd Tuesdays) in the library during lunch.
Congratulations to the CJSF Board Officers Matthew Uhalde, Haley Anderson, Kristen Lober, Justine Garvin, Victoria Lantzy, Remi White, Jessica Liddy, Sylvana Saleh, Katelyn Belson, Kiana Smith, Julia Tomzak. The board meetings will be held on the second Mondays during 8th grade lunch in room 1.
All 8th grade students who wish to apply for CJSF membership should attend the meeting on Tuesday Sept. 8th. Requirements for membership: 10 points with a second language and 8 points without a second language. POINTS:3 for A's and 1 for B's - subjects are English, History, Math, Science and either French or Spanish.
Please see Mrs. Batesole or Mrs. O'Reilly with questions or email us mbatesole@srvusd.net or soreilly@srvusd.net.
Magazine Drive
The magazine drive has gotten off to a great start with the address turn in books. The $100 winner was 6th grader Sophie Smith, who got the lucky note in her chocolate calculator. The 1st order turn in day is Wednesday, September 9th in the the MPR before school. The will also be a hamster ball race at each lunch period the following day on Thursday, September 10th for cash prizes. If you child sold enough to receive a hamster, please make sure they bring it back with their name on it for the races since this will be the only opportunity for the race. Thanks again for all of your support with the magazine drive.
LOS CERROS YEARBOOK
Don¹t miss LC¹s FIRST FULL COLOR Yearbook at $47. After September 11th, the price will increase to $55 so reserve your book now! Make a check for $47 to LOS CERROS YEARBOOK or order online at the LC webstore (lcms.srvusd.net).
8th GRADE YEARBOOK DEDICATIONS
Congratulate your 8th grade student and express your pride and love with an ad in the 2010 yearbook! All ads are 1/8 of a page and cost $30. Details and instructions on submitting the message and photo are on the web page lcms.srvusd.net and on school loop news. Your ad is not confirmed until your payment is received. DEADLINE to pay for your ad and submit message & picture: Friday, Sept. 11th
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
During registration If you paid $30 ad or $47 yearbook - thank you! If not, you may order online at the LC webstore or bring a check to the office. Make a check out to LOS CERROS and write the student¹s name in the memo section of check. To reach the webstore you can touch the hotlink above (LC webstore) or find it from the LCMS website.
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"Everything you need to know about 6th grade, but were afraid to ask” – coming October 1, at 7pm in the library. Learn what it’s REALLY like to be a middle schooler (and make your life easier too!). rsvp to nschubb@srvusd.net
Ms. Schubb has visited all 6th grade core classes and will be finishing 7th & 8th grade next week. Encourage your student to stop by and say hi to me anytime. And remember the parent information board located in the counseling waiting area.
Academic
All 6th graders (except Band) have completed their 3 days of Student Effectiveness Training in the wheel. Your student now “officially” knows how to write in their planner. In the next 2 weeks leadership students will be starting “backpack 101”. Each leadership student will be assigned 5-6, 6th gr students and will check their backpack/planner once a month for completeness and organization.
You can support this by checking your student’s planner (against school loop) nightly and setting aside one night a week to “dump” the backpack.
All after school academic supports will begin mid October, including peer tutoring, math help and homework club.
Personal/Social
Lunch group – Would your student like some place fun to go at lunch and maybe make new friends? Our “lunch bunch” will start Thursday 9/10/09. Please email Ms. Schubb if you would like your student to receive a special invitation. nschubb@srvusd.net
Our Discovery Center intern will be here on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting 9/9/09. If you think your student could use the extra support of a weekly “check in”, please email Ms. Schubb nschubb@srvusd.net
Creating Lasting Family Connections- The Discovery Center is offering an after school group to support students in their transition to middle school. The group starts 9/16/09 here at Los Cerros from 2:30-4pm. Students will learn tools for stress management, communication skills and navigating middle school. For more information, please contact Michelle Cummings at 925.837.0505 x. 305 or michelle@discoveryctr.net
Career
Parents - if you would like to volunteer to help with career day or have a career you would like to share with the students, please let us know. Career Day is April 23rd from 8-10am. nschubb@srvusd.net
Parenting tip
Does your child share time in two homes? The Center for Divorce Education, a not for profit corporation, offers “Children in the Middle”, an on line education program. The site also offers downloadable booklets and references, to help you identify effective strategies to help your child adjust to divorce.
http://divorce-education.com
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) Classes provided by the Family Stress Center: foster/adoptive grandparents; general co-parenting custody divorce classes. For more information visit www.familystresscenter.org or call 925-706-8477 x.500 |
LIBRARY THANKS
Thanks from the library for all the generous donations made to support our program. Your donations go to help pay for our databases, on-line access catalog, materials for class programs in the library, books (of course), and book clubs.
In addition: We are hoping that you might have some time to volunteer in the library.
Book Fair is fast approaching the week of October 12th – 16th. We need parent volunteers to help run the book fair, including a refill manager. This person will be our liaison with Scholastic to keep things well stocked. Our goal this year is to earn enough points to purchase a Smart board for the library and add 50 to 100 new titles to our shelves. If you can help, please contact Michelle Miller at fivemillers@comcast.net.
Also needed are Lunch Volunteers to help keep things running during all lunches. We need one parent each day Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:30 till 12:45 and Wednesdays 11:20 till 1:20. Volunteer jobs will include: checking out material, shelving books, processing new items, helping create new displays, and general office work. Good candidates should have previous library volunteer experience, but training will be provided. Please contact either Mrs. Davis at ddavis@srvusd.net or Mary Nash at mary.nash@comcast.net. |
The PTA Special Needs Committee presents
Welcome to Special Education
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 7-9 PM in the Iron Horse Middle School MPR.
Have you ever wondered what the roles of the different special education groups are in the SRVUSD? What steps you can take if you’re concerned about your child’s educational progress? How a student becomes eligible for special education?
The answers to these questions and more will be answered at this event, so you won’t want to miss it! After an overview by special education groups that offer education and support for special needs students in our community, we will break into smaller groups by school age so you can get all your questions answered.
To view the flyer for this event, click here. To register, click here. Registration ensures enough handouts. For more information, please contact Kristin Chen (kecnorway@comcast.net). |
