Living Classroom is seeking volunteers!...With more teachers than ever before signing up for our fun and engaging lessons, we are struggling to meet our lesson demand.  Come to our Informational Meeting and Garden Tour to learn how you can help!   Feel free to invite a friend, neighbor or grandparent to attend with you!

Living Classroom Info Meeting & Garden Tour

Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10am

Los Altos School District – Board Room

201 Covington Road, Los Altos

Click here for a flyer for this event!

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

Check us out at www.living-classroom.org!

Who we are:

We are a dedicated group of trained volunteers who teach hands-on garden-based lessons to students in grades K-8.

Why volunteer?

Living Classroom is about more than just teaching students how to plant in the garden.  It’s about using the edible and native plant gardens at each school as living laboratories and engaging student learning in fun and relevant ways.  Most of our standard-aligned lessons are interdisciplinary and tie into science, social studies and math curriculum.  Our hands-on lessons also get kids outside (green time vs. screen time), encourage healthy eating habits, and promote environmental literacy and stewardship.

Volunteering with Living Classroom offers a way for docents to act locally to help protect our environment and nurture our future environmental stewards!

You don’t have to have a green thumb to be an amazing Living Classroom docent.  In fact, our program is great way to learn how to turn that black thumb into a green one!

Living Classroom docents enjoy ongoing educational programs, hikes, field trips, social activities and a wonderful sense of community.  Just seeing the students smile and get excited when a docent arrives to give a lesson is rewarding and priceless!

The commitment is only 6 hours (3 lessons) a month and you can tailor the program to fit your interests and availability.

Thanks and we hope to see you in the gardens soon!

Living Classroom Staff

Caroline Chan

Program Coordinator, Living Classroom

Los Altos School District

(650) 947-1103 (office)

(650) 303-9764 (mobile)

livingclassroom@lasdschools.org

www.living-classroom.org

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Aristocats KIDS! Performance

The Green Room Theatre & Dance once again has put together another great adaptation. Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns. Come watch and support your Gardner Bullis friends!

May 31st Friday show: 7pm

June 1st Saturday show: 2pm

Cost: FREE

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4th Grade Instrument Quest
June 4th, 2019
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Covington Multi
 
In preparation for choosing a musical instrument to play in 5th grade, the LASD Music Department will host an instrument selection event called “Instrument Quest” for all 4th grade students in the district. Your child will be able to try out every instrument we offer in our Band and Orchestra (flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello).
 
This is a great opportunity to see which instrument best suits your child. Parents are welcome to ask questions and to meet the LASD Music teachers.

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When your child is absent; we appreciate you calling the attendance line OR filling out the online form. These are the preferred methods for documentation purposes. The District Nurses are asking all parents in the district to not call your students in "sick". Please be specific when leaving either message to why your student is not at school. The District Nurses are tracking our extended flu season and are requesting specific symptoms-fever, cold, vomiting, sore throat, rash, etc.  Please be very specific with students symptoms. We may need to do a super clean in a classroom or around campus because of illnesses-- so they do not spread. Also, it was a rule to keep a child home for 24 hours without medication or symptoms. The District Nurses have increased the time to 48 hours to keep your student home. We are seeing way too many students coming back too early from their illness.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation in keeping Gardner  School healthy!
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Los Altos School District Health Services Department:

When to Keep Your Child Home From School
Sometimes it is difficult, especially early in the morning, to know whether or not to send your child to school. The following guidelines are indications that you should keep him/her home. In this way, you are helping to control the spread of colds, flu, and other contagious illnesses.
 

Keep your child at home when he/she has any of the following symptoms:
You need to keep your child home until he/she has been symptom free without medication for 48hours. Also, NOTIFY THE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY if your child is exposed to or contracts chicken pox, mumps or measles or whooping cough (pertussis). These conditions can be life threatening to students who are undergoing therapies that suppress their immune systems.
 

The following information is only a guide to common childhood health concerns. Call our District Nurses or personal health care provider for more information. Always bring a copy of a physician’s note to school and/or notify the school if your child will have an extended absence due to a health condition for 10 days or longer.
     Fever
     Chills
     Vomiting or Diarrhea
     Nausea
     Sore throat or trouble swallowing
     Coughing, sneezing, and/or runny nose
     Rash or unusual sores or spots
     Headache

     Generalized muscle aches and pains
     Wheezing or trouble breathing
     Unusually red, crusted or burning eyes

     Head Lice
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Del Departamento de Servicios de Salud del LASD:

Cuando No Enviar a su Hijo(a) a la Escuela
A veces, sobre todo temprano en la mañana, es difícil saber si enviar o no a su hijo(a) a la escuela. Las siguientes directrices son indicaciones de que debe mantener a su hijo(a) en la casa. De esta manera, usted ayuda a controlar la propagación del catarro, influenza, y otras enfermedades contagiosas.
 

Mantenga a su hijo(a) en la casa cuando el o ella tenga cualquiera de los siguientes síntomas:
       Fiebre de 99.6 o más
       Escalofrío
       Vomito o Diarrea
       Nausea
       Dolor de garganta o dificultad tragando
       Tos, estornudos, y/o secreción nasal
       Salpullido, llagas o manchas no usuales
       Dolor de cabeza
       Dolores musculares generalizados
       Silbidos o dificultad respirando
       Ojos rojos, con costra o ardor no usuales
       Piojos de Cabeza
  

Usted tendrá que mantener a su hijo(a) en la casa hasta que esté sin síntomas y sin medicamentos por 48 horas.
Además, NOTIFIQUE INMEDIATEMENTE A LA OFICINA si su hijo(a) ha sido expuesto a, o ha tenido contacto con, varicela, paperas, sarampión, o tos ferina (pertusis). Estas condiciones pueden poner en peligro la vida de estudiantes quienes estén recibiendo terapias las cuales supriman sus sistemas inmunológico.
 

La siguiente información es solamente una guía para asuntos de salud infantil. Llame a las Enfermeras del Distrito (650-444-9702 ó 650-537-8119) o a su proveedor de servicios de salud para más información. Siempre traiga a la escuela una copia de una nota de su médico y/o notifique a la escuela si su hijo(a) estará ausente por 10 días o más debido a una condición médica.
Updated 1/2017