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COLOR ME CRAZY! Walkathon is next Saturday! Mark your calendars for these important dates: Friday, Nov 3: CRAZY COLOR DAY. Wear your favorite color from head to toe! Can't pick a favorite? Go crazy and wear as many colors as possible. Saturday, Nov 4: 9am-1:30pm Color Me Crazy Walkathon Sunday, Nov 5: Last day for pledges to be eligible for prizes Volunteers needed for this new date! Since we have a new date, we cleared the volunteer list as availability may have changed. Please sign up for a new slot or two here: http://www.signupgenius.com/ Fundraising! The fundraising deadline has been extended to November 5! If you haven't signed up for PledgeStar yet, please do so and help us reach our fundraising goals! https://pledgestar.com/ Each participant that raises the suggested contribution of $100 will be entered in a raffle for a chance to win great prizes. Plus, all fundraisers can earn the following: $100 raised = GB sports towel $250 raised = GB water bottle $500 raised = GB hat $1000 raised = GB sweatshirt and recognition at Friday assembly and on our website Questions? Check out the Walkathon page at: https://www.gardnerbullis.org/ |
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Father-Daughter Dance – November 3rd Calling all Grizzly young ladies and dads! Our beloved annual Father - Daughter Dance has spots available. This year we have an Alice in Wonderland theme you won't want to miss. $80 per father/daughter pair and $20 per sibling. Click here to purchase tickets while spots are still available. To purchase sibling tickets go here. Thank you for supporting our school! |
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Calling all Makers and Bakers!! This year our Annual Holiday Boutique will be on Monday, December 11 from 2-4:30pm in the multipurpose room at Gardner. We are looking for vendors to make this a successful fundraiser and community builder for our school! If you enjoy making artisan crafts or baking, and would like the opportunity to sell them to our students, staff and parents, then we would love to have you at our boutique! If you are interested in being a vendor please email and let me know what you will be selling. Vendors can sell anything from art and jewelry to desserts to clothing. Space is limited. Please note that 10% of your proceeds will go to Gardner Bullis PTA. Hope to see you there. Thanks! Annie Schmidt Gardner Boutique Chair annelschmidt@yahoo.com |
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Hot Lunch Needs You! We just need TWO more volunteers. That's it! One person to help every other Wednesday, and one person to help every other Thursday. That comes to just two times per month. 11:45 - 12:45. Two hours per month. Be that One who serves Two hours per month. Contact camillajg@yahoo.com. |
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Thank You! The LAEF Phonathon was a big success with 61 parents, LASD staff, and volunteers calling LASD families. We are grateful to those of you who have donated this school year. Your support is making a difference for all our TK-8 students by funding STEM, arts, literacy, wellness, and personalized learning. $50K Challenge Match Deadline is around the corner It’s not too late for every dollar you give to LAEF to get doubled by our Board of Directors! There are matching funds still available, but we need you to donate by 11/17. The suggested donation is $1,200 per student, and every gift in any amount will help us meet our $3.7M goal. To learn more, pledge or donate, go to LAEFonline.org. |
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LAEF • P.O. Box 98 • Los Altos, CA 94023 • Phone: (650) 559-0445 |
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Come Support Los Altos High School Athletes and Get Ready for Halloween! The Los Altos Sports Booster’s Pumpkin Patch is now open for business! Help our student-athletes by purchasing your Halloween Pumpkin at the Patch. The Pumpkin Patch is open on weekdays from noon to 7pm and on weekends from 10am to 7pm everyday from now until October 30. On Halloween it’s open from noon to 2pm. The Pumpkin Patch is one of the biggest fundraisers for LAHS athletes and your support is greatly appreciated. The Pumpkin Patch is located at the far back corner of the Student Parking Lot at Los Altos High School (far left-hand corner of the student parking lot as you face the lot from Almond Avenue - behind Ms. Dunlap’s room). If you have any questions, please email Linda Baxley (baxleyla@me.com) or Valerie Cairns (vjcairns@yahoo.com). |
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MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series Real American Julie Lythcott-Haims Thursday, November 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm at Mountain View High School Spartan Theatre Please join us as Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult, talks about what it means to be a real American, her experiences with racism and micro-aggressions, and what we can do to foster greater understanding and compassion for individual differences in our racially and culturally diverse community. Her new memoir, was just released on October 3rd. To register: https://mvla2017- For more information go to http://mvlaspeakerseries.org/ |
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Halloween Spooktacular Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm Children are invited to trick-or-treat at participating stores in downtown Los Altos, and enjoy Halloween fun and games at State and Second Streets between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Participating stores will be displaying an orange pumpkin and participants are asked to bring their own treat bags. The Halloween Spooktacular is hosted by the Los Altos Village Association. For more information, click here. |
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Calling all aspiring writers – BookQuest is back! Deadline to order kits is this Friday, October 27!! Order now: https://fs10.formsite.com/ BookQuest - the program that gives every Grizzly Student a chance to become a published writer! And a chance to give back to the community. For every kit purchased, $5 will go towards a cause to be determined by our Student Council. Last year we raised $630 and the money was given to the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. The kits will be delivered to classrooms during the week of Nov. 13, 2017. This is a take home project! Submit completed kits to the classroom by Jan. 5, 2018 and the books will get published in time to be displayed at the BookQuest Celebration, which will be on Mar. 1, 2018. All are invited to the celebration. We will have a special guest author, refreshments, prizes, and of course, our student authors will get to take their published books home! Questions? Please email: gbbookquest@gmail.com |
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Parking Lot Duty The parking lot closure starts Wednesday, and we need your help! The parking lot will be closed until Wednesday, December 27th. School will be in session for 7 of those weeks. To ensure the safety of students getting in and out of cars during this time, each grade is assigned just one week of parking lot duty both before and after school, according to the schedule below. Parent volunteers are asked to put on orange vests found on the sidewalk along the drop-off/pick-up lane, and to assist children in safely getting in and out of the cars. The time commitment is small: 8:10-8:30AM, 2:40-3:20PM or 1:25-2:05 on early release Thursdays. Parking lot sign-up sheet. Week 1 - Kindergarten - 10/23 - 10-27 Week 2 - 1st Grade - 10/30 - 11/3 Week 3 - 2nd Grade - 11/6 - 11/9 Week 4 - 3rd Grade - 11/13 - 11/17 Week 5 - 4th Grade - 11/27 - 12/1 Week 6 - 5th Grade - 12/4 - 12/8 Week 7 - 6th Grade - 12/11 - 12/15 |
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Word from the Office PLEASE call the attendance line by 9:00am if your student will not be at school for any reason. 650-559-3232. Please give your student’s name, teacher and reason for absence. These messages are documented every morning. If your student has an early morning appointment (Please call the attendance line)-doctor, dentist, orthodontist, etc. in order to excuse their tardy when arriving at school-PLEASE bring a note from the provider that states that they were seen in their office. These are needed for auditing purposes. If you need to pick up your student early from school; please come to the office to sign them out. When you are signing them out; we will call their room and ask them to come to the office. It only takes a few minutes for them to arrive in the office. We are unable to call for your students early and have them wait in office for your arrival. PLEASE make arrangements in advance with your child for end-of the-day pick up, play dates, or change of plans. The best way to get a message to your child is to email their teacher-they will check their emails at recess and lunch. We only take emergency calls-we do not want to disturb the learning/teaching practices. We ask you to please be prompt in picking up your children each day. Teachers and Staff have many meetings off campus and need to leave campus promptly to attend. If you should bring an item to school that your child forgot---jacket, sweatshirt, lunch, instrument, homework—it must be labeled with your child’s name on it. This is to insure it goes to the correct student. Thank you in advance for your cooperation, The Office Staff |
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COLOR ME CRAZY! Walkathon has been rescheduled for Nov 4, 9am-1:30pm! Volunteers needed for this new date! Since we have a new date, we cleared the volunteer list as availability may have changed. Please sign up for a new slot or two here: http://www.signupgenius.com/ Fundraising! The fundraising deadline has been extended to November 5! If you haven't signed up for PledgeStar yet, please do so and help us reach our fundraising goals! https://pledgestar.com/ Each participant that raises the suggested contribution of $100 will be entered in a raffle for a chance to win great prizes. Plus, all fundraisers can earn the following: $100 raised = GB sports towel $250 raised = GB water bottle $500 raised = GB hat $1000 raised = GB sweatshirt and recognition at Friday assembly and on our website Questions? Check out the Walkathon page at: https://www.gardnerbullis.org/ |
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Father-Daughter Dance – November 3rd Calling all Grizzly young ladies and dads! Our beloved annual Father - Daughter Dance has spots available. This year we have an Alice in Wonderland theme you won't want to miss. $80 per father/daughter pair and $20 per sibling. Click here to purchase tickets while spots are still available. To purchase sibling tickets go here. Thank you for supporting our school! |
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Calling all Makers and Bakers!! This year our Annual Holiday Boutique will be on Monday, December 11 from 2-4:30pm in the multipurpose room at Gardner. We are looking for vendors to make this a successful fundraiser and community builder for our school! If you enjoy making artisan crafts or baking, and would like the opportunity to sell them to our students, staff and parents, then we would love to have you at our boutique! If you are interested in being a vendor please email and let me know what you will be selling. Vendors can sell anything from art and jewelry to desserts to clothing. Space is limited. Please note that 10% of your proceeds will go to Gardner Bullis PTA. Hope to see you there. Thanks! Annie Schmidt Gardner Boutique Chair annelschmidt@yahoo.com |
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Help Support Our Teachers The Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) provides funding for our teachers and staff in the areas of STEM, arts, literacy, wellness and personalized learning. The Foundation’s biggest fundraiser, the Phonathon, is coming up on October 24th and 25th and we are asking for every family to participate in two ways: First, please make sure you donate or pledge before Oct 20 and save our volunteers a phone call. Our goal is to increase our participation rate this year by 5% so please participate at whatever level is meaningful to your family. If you’re a first-time donor or if you increase your gift to LAEF this year, it will be doubled by the LAEF’s Board of Directors, up to $50,000. Second, join LASD Superintendent Jeff Baier, teachers and staff, LAEF board members and other parents at the LAEF Phonathon for some food, fun and phoning! Click here to volunteer at the LAEF Phonathon and don’t forget to bring a friend too! The more calls we make, the more funding we can raise to support our teachers. |
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LAEF • P.O. Box 98 • Los Altos, CA 94023 • Phone: (650) 559-0445
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Come Support Los Altos High School Athletes and Get Ready for Halloween! The Los Altos Sports Booster’s Pumpkin Patch is now open for business! Help our student-athletes by purchasing your Halloween Pumpkin at the Patch. The Pumpkin Patch is open on weekdays from noon to 7pm and on weekends from 10am to 7pm everyday from now until October 30. On Halloween it’s open from noon to 2pm. The Pumpkin Patch is one of the biggest fundraisers for LAHS athletes and your support is greatly appreciated. The Pumpkin Patch is located at the far back corner of the Student Parking Lot at Los Altos High School (far left-hand corner of the student parking lot as you face the lot from Almond Avenue - behind Ms. Dunlap’s room). If you have any questions, please email Linda Baxley (baxleyla@me.com) or Valerie Cairns (vjcairns@yahoo.com). |
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MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series Real American Julie Lythcott-Haims Thursday, November 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm at Mountain View High School Spartan Theatre Please join us as Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult, talks about what it means to be a real American, her experiences with racism and micro-aggressions, and what we can do to foster greater understanding and compassion for individual differences in our racially and culturally diverse community. Her new memoir, was just released on October 3rd. To register: https://mvla2017- For more information go to http://mvlaspeakerseries.org/ |
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Pumpkin Carving with a Cop Saturday, October 28, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm Hillview Community Center, Multipurpose Room Community members are invited to bring their pumpkins for an afternoon of fun with Los Altos Police Officers! We will be carving pumpkins alongside fellow jack o’ lantern enthusiasts while also answering questions during this fun, FREE, family-friendly event. Please RSVP http://lapd-pumpkins. We ask that you please bring your own pumpkins. We will provide carving tools and refreshments. We hope to see you there! |
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Halloween Spooktacular Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm Children are invited to trick-or-treat at participating stores in downtown Los Altos, and enjoy Halloween fun and games at State and Second Streets between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Participating stores will be displaying an orange pumpkin and participants are asked to bring their own treat bags. The Halloween Spooktacular is hosted by the Los Altos Village Association. For more information, click here. |
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Vision Screening The District Nurses will be doing vision screening, both near and far, at Gardner Bullis School for all Kindergarten, 2nd, and 5th grades on October 17th 2017. If your child has glasses or contacts, please make sure that they wear them to school on the day of the screening. The nurse will mail a referral form to the parents of students who do not pass the vision screening. |
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Calling all aspiring writers – BookQuest is back! Welcome back to BookQuest - the program that gives every Grizzly Student a chance to become a published writer! And a chance to give back to the community. Go online to the BookQuest page. Purchase a publishing kit for $25 by Oct. 27, 2017. For every kit purchased, $5 will go towards a cause to be determined by our Student Council. Last year we raised $630 and the money was given to the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. The kits will be delivered to classrooms during the week of Nov. 13, 2017. This is a take home project! Submit completed kits to the classroom by Jan. 5, 2018 and the books will get published in time to be displayed at the BookQuest Celebration, which will be on Mar. 1, 2018. All are invited to the celebration. We will have a special guest author, refreshments, prizes, and of course, our student authors will get to take their published books home! Questions? Please email: gbbookquest@gmail.com |
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Parking Lot Duty The parking lot closure is coming up, and we need your help! The parking lot will be closed from Monday, October 23rd - Wednesday, December 27th. School will be in session for 7 of those weeks. To ensure the safety of our students getting in and out of cars during this time, we are assigning parents of each grade just one week of parking lot duty both before and after school, according to the schedule below. Each day before and after school, we are asking parents to put on orange vests that you will find on the sidewalk along the drop-off/pick-up lane, and to assist children in safely getting in and out of the cars. The time commitment is small: 8:10-8:30AM, 2:40-3:20PM. Please look out for an email from your room parent leading up to your week of parking lot duty for a sign-up sheet. Week 1 - Kindergarten - 10/23 - 10-27 Week 2 - 1st Grade - 10/30 - 11/3 Week 3 - 2nd Grade - 11/6 - 11/9 Week 4 - 3rd Grade - 11/13 - 11/17 Week 5 - 4th Grade - 11/27 - 12/1 Week 6 - 5th Grade - 12/4 - 12/8 Week 7 - 6th Grade - 12/11 - 12/15 |
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COLOR ME CRAZY! Walkathon - POSTPONED Color Me Crazy has been postponed due to the unhealthy air quality resulting from the North Bay fires. Stay tuned for the new date. |
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Father-Daughter Dance – November 3rd Calling all Grizzly young ladies and dads! Our beloved annual Father - Daughter Dance has spots available. This year we have an Alice in Wonderland theme you won't want to miss. $80 per father/daughter pair and $20 per sibling. Click here to purchase tickets while spots are still available. To purchase sibling tickets go here. Thank you for supporting our school! |
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Third Thursday – Diwali PTA invites you to come celebrate the Indian tradition known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali! This celebration is known not only as the victory of light over darkness and good over evil, but is also to celebrate our children, friends and family in the Gardner Bullis community. Join us on October 19th 5:30-7:30pm at the Gardner campus multi room and picnic tables for music, dance, rangoli/chalk art, tea light decorations for kids and more. Delicious Indian food will be available for $5/plate. Drinks, dessert and activities provided by the PTA. |
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Solar Installation Project The tentative construction start date is for the week of October 23rd running through December 27th. This new time line involves several school holidays (Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Winter Break) so the actual school days impacted by construction are much less than previously scheduled. Please refer to the Solar Project on the district website for updated communications and information. |