Hello GB Community,

Thank you to all of the students who helped support our Heavenly Hat Parade on Friday.  Together, we raised $361.00 dollars for the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.  And a special thank you to Mrs. Leninenbach’s students who counted the money applying their newly learned multiplication skills.  We will continue to support this organization later on in the year with our BookQuest event. (Details below)

Earthquake Drill

Our earthquake drill on Thursday was an excellent opportunity to practice.  I was very proud of the students and how seriously they took the practice of ducking and covering and then evacuating the buildings.  Because our drill included accounting for everyone on campus, we cross-referenced our sign-in sheet for volunteers and had a few parent volunteers to look for.  This process made us realize how important it is for everyone who comes onto campus during school hours to sign-in and then sign-out when they leave…even if you will only be on campus for a few minutes.   

Parent Volunteers Needed!

We are in the process of sacking up new recess equipment in classroom bags for 3^rd-6^th grade classrooms and could use some help.  The project should only take a few hours and Mr. Ortman will guide you in the process.  If you think you could help us next week, please email Mr. Ortman at jortman@lasdschools.org for more information. We thank you in advance. 

Enrichment Math Competition

Once again, Gardner Bullis will sponsor the AMC 8 Math Competition.  This year, the date is Tuesday, November 13^th starting at 7:40 am in the STEM Lab.  5^th and 6^th grade students who are interested in participating will come home with a permission slip next week.  If you would like your child to compete, you must return the permission slip by November 5th.  If your child is not in 5th or 6th grade but you are interested in them participating, please either let your child's teacher know or email me.  Below is more detail about the competition.

The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice competition exam for middle school math students, done without calculators. Although the AMC 8 is geared toward middle school, a student at any age that they and their parent/teacher/mentor believes them to be ready respectively can participate in the AMC 8.  Students as young as 8 have participated in the AMC contests, but his competition is entirely optional.  The competition is run by the Mathematical Association of America who score the test.  The MAA AMC office will begin emailing official scores and reports in early to mid-December following the AMC 8 on November 13th. The email reports go out roughly in the order in which they receive them from schools. Processing and reporting from start to finish takes about 3 to 4 weeks. Here’s a link to a sample question Website: http://www.maa.org/math-competitions/amc-8

Halloween Parade on Wednesday, October 31^st

As always, we are all excited for our Halloween Parade and all of the evening events that take place on the 31st.  The staff’s costume theme is very fun this year!  While creating your children’s costumes, please be mindful that we do not want overly gory or bloody costumes and definitely no violence. Make-up is also discouraged as students will not have time to apply.  Students should bring their costume in a bag to put on after lunch at their teacher’s discretion.  The parade will start on the upper blacktop at 2:00.  Students may be excused after the parade if their parents are here and they want to leave early, but students MUST BE SIGNED OUT with their teacher FIRST.  Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents are all welcome to join us for the parade.  We look forward to seeing you all then. 

Nadia Oskolkoff, Principal