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Co-Presidents Message Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year! We hope that your family had a wonderful summer. We look forward to seeing returning families and meeting new ones. Our Annual Popcorn Social returns on Tuesday, August 15th at 4:00 pm at Gardner Bullis, with an optional kinder playdate starting at 3:00pm. Class lists will be posted on each classroom door. Catch up with old friends, make new ones, and get excited about the upcoming school year. The PTA will host popcorn and drinks, and you will be able to sample hot lunch items that Pasta Market will provide. Also, please join us for our Back to School Coffee, after drop off at 8:30 am the first day of school in the Multipurpose Room. There you can catch up with friends, learn more about school volunteer opportunities and talk to representatives of our after school programs. We hope to see you there! Thanks to a strong parent community, the GB PTA is able to organize many community events and raise significant funds for important school programs. We look forward to another great year supporting our principal Nadia Oskolkoff and all of our new and returning GB staff members. Working together, we can all make our great school community even better! We look forward to a wonderful 2017-2018 school year! Your 2017-2018 PTA Co-Presidents, Stephanie Dauer & Margaret Pettit |
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Hoedown Party Saturday 8/19 - Spots still available! Hey Y'all, School may be galloping upon us but it's still summer and time to kick up your heels with your GB parent friends! Click on this this link to see cowboys and cowgirls who are goin' and sign on up - https://501auctions.com/ Giddyap and see you there! The Auction Committee |
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After School Activities The complete After School Programs schedule at Gardner Bullis will be posted to the website soon. In the meantime, we have posted the programs which are available for registration. Please take a moment to look at the wonderful classes offered http://www.gardnerbullis.org/ Examples of classes: Spanish, Mathletes, Science Made Fun, Pilates, Theater... Details and registration information are included in each of the individual class flyers. Additional programs will be posted to the website once we receive registration details from our after school vendors. Special note about the Hidden Villa program - This class is NOT at school; it takes place at Hidden Villa. |
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Message from the New Family Committee: A big welcome to all families joining Gardner Bullis this year! The New Family Welcome Pack is updated for 2017-18 and can be found here: http://www.gardnerbullis.org/ Also, please keep an eye out for emails regarding New Family Meetups as well as our Grizzly Guide Program. We look forward to meeting you all! Seema Mehta, Audrey Lund & Eryn Johnson gbnewfamily@gmail.com |
Hidden Villa has two fun events coming up in September:
Our Annual Gathering 9/16 4-7pm
Come celebrate Hidden Villa with friends old and new! Taste our mission as you explore food stations that feature our meat, eggs, and veggies, judge our tomatoes and select the varieties we plant next summer, and bid at the unique silent auction that supports scholarships to Hidden Villa. A heartfelt thank you to Chef Mo L'Esperance, Executive Chef of the Lodge at Tiburon, formerly of Costanoa Resort, for the culinary artistry and to the Biodegrading Jazzmen, you may remember them from past Duveneck Dinners, for their musical stylings and ambiance.
To register: bit.ly/OurAnnualGathering
Fiddles & Fun on the Farm 9/23 4-7pm
Fiddles & Fun on the Farm: A Country Dance is a family fundraiser that includes a tasty farm supper created by Chef Mo L’Esperance, Executive Chef of the Lodge at Tiburon, formerly of Costanoa Resort, a unique silent auction, and music and dancing with caller Andy Wilson and his band. Proceeds provide our neighbors at the Community Services Agency of Mountain View with fresh Hidden Villa produce. Come dressed for farm fun with family and friends!
To register: bit.ly/FiddlesFunFarm
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Volunteer as a Los Altos Art Docent! We are looking for new volunteers to join us! Come learn more about the Los Altos Art Docent Program at an Informational Coffee on Wednesday, August 23rd from 10:00 to 11:30am at the LASD Board Room 201 located at 201 Covington Road, Los Altos. See this link for more details. If you are unable to come to the coffee, please contact the Art Docent office at (650) 947-1195 or kdickerson@lasdschools.org The Los Altos Art Docents are a dedicated group of trained volunteers who teach art lessons to the elementary schools in the district. Art education is about more than showing students how to draw a tree or recognize a Van Gogh. It’s about preparing young minds for an entire future of invaluable experiences. Our volunteers come from a wide variety of backgrounds but share a love of art and working with children. In return for a couple of hours of your time each week, docents benefit from an ongoing education program, field trips, social activities and an incredible sense of community. |
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LAEF • P.O. Box 98 • Los Altos, CA 94023 • Phone: (650) 559-0445 |
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Solar Project Coming Soon The district is installing solar shade structures at each of its schools. The structures will be installed in school parking lots. Installing the solar structures will enable us to save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and reduce our carbon footprint, equivalent to 3.5 million pounds of CO2 annually. Construction will begin September 18th and continue for 8 - 10 weeks. Construction fencing is scheduled for installation on September 18 and all work and materials will be contained within the fenced area. Construction work will adhere to the noise and safety requirements of all local enforcement codes. Traffic and parking will be impacted on and around the school sites and the District during construction. We are working with police and traffic control departments to mitigate the impacts on the school neighborhoods. Where possible, we have made alternate parking arrangements. The District is paying for this project out of its operating budget. No bond monies are being used. Please check back on our website for updated communications and information. |
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LASD | iLearn | (650) 947-1150 | 201 Covington Rd |
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Reception for Ms. Lichtenstein Join us for a small reception to celebrate Miss Lichtenstein's many contributions to the Gardner Bullis Community on Monday, June 5 from2:30 to 5pm in the multipurpose room. We are hoping that many alumnae students can join us that afternoon for some light refreshments and a heartfelt goodbye as she begins her next adventures. Medication Pickup Medications will be available for pick up from June 8th, 2017 (last day of school) until June 14th 2017. We cannot store medications over the summer. If you are leaving before school ends, please pick up medications early. An adult must pick up the medication. Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for all that you do! HEALTH SERVICES STAFF Pertussis Booster for Students in grade 6 Students currently in 6th grade must have proof of a Tdap or Dtap (Pertussis or Whooping Cough) booster given after their 7th birthday (after 10th birthday is recommended) in order to begin 7th grade in August of 2017. Please provide a copy of your child’s immunization record to your school office as soon as possible! Please refer any questions regarding this requirement to our District Health Assistants: Suzy Gough 302-1448 and Sandy Anderson 302-1449. Thank you for your cooperation! Health Services Staff School Crossing Guard All City Management Services Inc. is a family-owned company providing School Crossing Guard services for over 30 years. We currently have several positions open, right here in Los Altos. These are paid, part-time and seasonal positions. To qualify you must be 18 years old or older. No experience is necessary. Paid training is provided. Please call us at (800) 540-9290 for more information. |
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Approaching the Home Stretch! We are days away from the end of the 2016-2017 school year and are very close to achieving our goal of raising $3.7M for LAEF! Please make sure that you donate and also request a corporate match! You can reach us via LAEFonline.org. High Fives to all our wonderful volunteers! The Los Altos Art Docents are 87 dedicated volunteers who have taught 812 art lessons to the elementary school children in the Los Altos School District. This year at Gardner Bullis, the docents taught 90 art lessons. Thank you to Gardner Bullis parents Stephanie Dauer, Heather Johnson, Michelle Lee and Dana Tasic who contributed to the success of the Art Docent program this year and to Carolyn Pierce-Whang for firing all the clay pieces the students made. Congratulations to our newest docents Marion Goldman, Yuki Ranganathan and Bahareh Solook for completing our training, look for them in the class next year! New docents are taught the LAAD lessons by experienced docents on Wednesday mornings from September through March. The Los Altos Art Docents welcome new members to join the next docent-in-training class in the fall. To learn more, you are welcome to come to our informational coffee on August 23rd at 10:00 in the boardroom of the district office. For more information, check us out at www.losaltosartdocents.org. LAEF • P.O. Box 98 • Los Altos, CA 94023 • Phone: (650) 559-0445 |
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Los Altos Farmer’s Market is now open Thursdays from 4:00 – 8:00pm through September 28
http://www.downtownlosaltos. Free One-on-One Reading Program offered by Teen Tutors Are you interested in helping your child (Kindergarten to second grade) learn to read or practice reading skills? Teen Tutors is launching a reading program at the Los Altos Library on Saturdays with two sessions: 10:30am-11:15am and 11:15am-12pm. Come meet by the children’s desk to get started. Your child can receive free one-on-one attention from a trained high school volunteer. They can choose their favorite books to read, or have appropriate books chosen for them. Help your child develop a love of reading and practice reading comprehension skills! Early readers are welcome. The program is open to kindergarten through second graders. Sessions available: June 10, 17, 24, July 1 July 8, 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 19, 26 To register, visit here. If you have a school-wide announcement that you would like to be included in Bear Tracks, please send it to the Bear Tracks editors. The deadline is the Wednesday prior to when you want it to appear. |
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LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN Under California's new local control funding scheme, all school districts are required to complete a Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP) that represents their spending plans on services for students including identified sub groups of students. Each district must engage and involve its constituents (stakeholders) in the development of its LCAP and make a copy of the plan available to the public for review and comment. The LCAP must be adopted by the district's Board of Trustees following a public hearing at the same meeting it adopts its 2017-2018 budget.
Click here for a draft of LASD's LCAP, which is scheduled for adoption on June 12, 2017. If you wish to comment on the LCAP, please send your comments to Superintendent Jeff Baier at superintendent@lasdschools.org |
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Medication Pickup Medications will be available for pick up from June 8th, 2017 (last day of school) until June 14th 2017. We cannot store medications over the summer. If you are leaving before school ends, please pick up medications early. An adult must pick up the medication. Let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for all that you do! HEALTH SERVICES STAFF We have been hit very hard with the stomach flu/norovirus. We've sent lots of students home with symptoms. In order to reduce and protect our students and staff; we are asking that you keep your children home 48 HOURS after symptoms. IF your student does not feel well in the morning; please keep them home. We will not be accepting late students that have called in sick in the morning. Please help us to cut down on the spread of this nasty virus! Thank you, Gardner Staff Pertussis Booster for Students in grade 6 Students currently in 6th grade must have proof of a Tdap or Dtap (Pertussis or Whooping Cough) booster given after their 7th birthday (after 10th birthday is recommended) in order to begin 7th grade in August of 2017. Please provide a copy of your child’s immunization record to your school office as soon as possible! Please refer any questions regarding this requirement to our District Health Assistants: Suzy Gough 302-1448 and Sandy Anderson 302-1449. Thank you for your cooperation! Health Services Staff School Crossing Guard All City Management Services Inc. is a family-owned company providing School Crossing Guard services for over 30 years. We currently have several positions open, right here in Los Altos. These are paid, part-time and seasonal positions. To qualify you must be 18 years old or older. No experience is necessary. Paid training is provided. Please call us at (800) 540-9290 for more information. |
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Field Day is coming! We need your help! Fri, June 2 8am-12pm This fabulous day requires lots of planning, organizing and tons of people who like to have a good time!!! So come on down to Gardner and join the fun!!! For those who signed up to help already thank you!!!! For those who didn't sign up but are psyched to help out, here is the volunteer sheet. Project Cornerstone Corner It is OK to be OK! Ask your child about this month’s book THE OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. |