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Walkathon … GO! It’s not too late to sign up! Go to www.gardnerbullis.org to register a walker or sponsor a walker. We need volunteers for the event. Sign up online! We can’t wait to get out there and get walking!! See you there! ____________________________________________________________ Box Tops! Start collecting today! Class contest ends in December with a Popsicle Party for the winning class. Annie's Organics, Nature Valley Granola, Honey Nut Cheerios, Ziplocs, and Scott Paper Products are just a few of the many products that can earn $0.10 a clip for our school. Your classroom has a Box Tops deposit box. Please click this link for participating products by category or download a PDF of all products.
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Remember your School Supplies and Field Trip Donations If you didn't get your field trip and school supplies donations made at Back to School Night, please give them to your classroom teacher. Please make two separate checks out to “Gardner Bullis School” and include your child's name and grade on each check. School supply donation is $40 per child. Field trip donations are $50 per child for all grades, except for 4th ($350 — includes Coloma overnight) and 6th ($325.) We need to get these in. Please see Cathy Voelker in the office if you need assistance with these payments. ____________________________________________________________ Excused Absences for Religious Holidays
Observed religious holidays are considered excused absences as long as the absence has been requested in advance in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or designee (E.C. 48205, B.P. 5113). ____________________________________________________________ Medication at School
If you need to find medication forms, please follow: LASD Los Altos School District website Go to “Parents & Community” —> “Health Services" —> "Medication at school" A link to this page is also on the Gardner Bullis School website in the top menu called "About Us" -> "Medication at School". ____________________________________________________________
October 5th is International Walk to School day! If you are able and willing, please join us on October 5th for International Walk to School day. There will be three walking buses you can join, so no one has to walk alone. Meet at 8:00am at one of the following starting places or feel free to join along the way. * Los Altos Hill Town Hall * Intersection of Elena and Robleda Roads * Lincoln Park at University and Edith We'd like to have as many volunteers as we can to help cross streets, stay out of the roads, and help escort the buses, so if you'd like to help out please contact Warren Yang. |
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It’s LAEF Phonathon Week! Our volunteers and LASD staff are busy making calls to help LAEF meet our $3.7M goal and to encourage 100% participation from every district family. We just hit the $1M mark, and it’s not too late to help LAEF pay for our amazing enrichment teachers and program staff for THIS school year. To learn more, pledge or donate at LAEFonline.org. The LAEF Annual Report 2015/16 is Here Our board of parent volunteers would like to recognize the amazing difference our community of supporters made in our classrooms last year. We are pleased to share our 2015-16 Annual Report. Check it out at LAEFonline.org, and you’ll learn more about which two newly-expanded programs received 42% of our grant, why 2,193 donors contributed, the Los Altos Art Docents’ big anniversary, and how 600 families doubled their donation. Thank you! LAEF | (650) 559-0445 | |
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MEASURE GG - PARCEL TAX RENEWAL
The LASD Board of Trustees placed Measure GG, a $223 parcel tax renewal measure, on the November 2016 ballot. Measure GG renews expiring funding to preserve current levels for LASD and supports all local public school students, including those attending Bullis Charter School. To learn more please visithttp://www.losaltos.k12.ca.us/ Given the importance of this funding to our schools, parents from across the district are being asked to volunteer: making phone calls, walking neighborhoods, posting lawn signs, endorsing the measure and signing up for VoterCircle. Here is how you get involved: Phonebanking and Precinct Walking Please use this link to sign up to make phone calls. Gardner's night to phone is Tuesday, October 18th. If you are unavailable that evening, you are welcome to attend any of the events. Please sign up to come help. Display a Lawn Sign Contact Liz Czaja if you are able to display a lawn sign on your property and display your support to your neighbors. Sign up for VoterCircle VoterCircle is our voter outreach tool, allowing us to save many hours of phonebanking! You can sign up using this link. Endorse Measure GG
Please add your name to our growing list of supporters. You can endorse our campaign at our website: http://www. Donate to Measure GG
Our campaign is entirely funded by donations! Please consider making a donation at our website (http://www. Please contact Liz Czaja with questions. Thank you in advance for dedicating your time to this very important ballot initiative. ____________________________________________________________ The Keys to Academic Success Hosted by Blake Kiernan Date: October 11, 2016 Time 7:00-8:00pm Admission: FREE Location: Hillview Community Center Description: During this hour-long workshop, I will be sharing the Empowered Learning Techniques (ELTs) that I’ve developed over the past three years. ELTs are self-guided exercises that enable students to academic success in four areas:
I focus on long-term success. My techniques are designed to foster independence, bolster confidence, and transform students who retreat into “I don’t know” reactions into those who say, “I’m gonna figure this out!”
For more information visit http://www.
To register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ ____________________________________________________________ Parenting with Presence: Raising Confident and Caring Kids 2016-2017 MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series "Our children can be our greatest teachers ..." Parenting expert Susan Stiffelman will speak at LAHS on October 18. She will talk about how the behaviors that push our buttons can help us build awareness, allowing us to raise our children with ease and enjoyment. Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:00 – 9:00pm Los Altos High School Eagle Theater 201 Almond Avenue, Los Altos Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, admission is FREE to all MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series events. Reserve your spot at eventbrite.com. ____________________________________________________________ Keeping Kids Safe Online Date: Wednesday November 9 at 7:00 PM Location: Loyola Elementary School - Multi Purpose Room, 770 Berry Avenue, Los Altos, CA Register at evenbrite Loyola's Project Cornerstone Digital Citizenship Program presents: An evening of parent education with Police Agent Ryan Langone of the Los Altos Police Department. The presentation will cover: How kids interact with technology How to keep kids safe and responsible Digital reputation Kids as publishers What devices kids use and their uses for them Online bullying and sexting The presentation will be approximately one hour long followed by Q&A. Adults only. ____________________________________________________________ Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship Information session Sponsored by Synopsys, the Championship is a regional science and engineering fair competition for students in Santa Clara County held on March 23, 2017. LASD 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to enter!! Our students compete in the middle school (grades 6-8) division for awards and prizes in multiple areas of study. LASD students have won prizes in prior years, and gained valuable experience with science, engineering and project management. Winners of the Synopsys Championship compete in the California State Science Fair and may advance to the prestigious Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, which presents nearly $4 million in prizes and scholarships each year. Students and parents are invited to attend the Synopsys Championship Information Session to learn more about this opportunity and how to enter: Sunday, October 16 3:30 - 4:00 pm Covington Elementary Multipurpose Room 201 Covington Road, Los Altos For more information, see the 2017 Synopsys Championship website at Questions? Contact LASD STEM Coordinator Karen Wilson at kwilson@lasdschools.org LASD | iLearn | (650) 947-1150 | 201 Covington Rd |
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Remember your School Supplies and Field Trip Donations If you didn't get your field trip and school supplies donations made at Back to School Night, please give them to your classroom teacher. Please make two separate checks out to “Gardner Bullis School” and include your child's name and grade on each check. School supply donation is $40 per child. Field trip donations are $50 per child for all grades, except for 4th ($350 — includes Coloma overnight) and 6th ($325.) We need to get these in. Please see Cathy Voelker in the office if you need assistance with these payments. ____________________________________________________________ Excused Absences for Religious Holidays
Observed religious holidays are considered excused absences as long as the absence has been requested in advance in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or designee (E.C. 48205, B.P. 5113). ____________________________________________________________ Medication at School
If you need to find medication forms, please follow: LASD Los Altos School District website Go to “Parents & Community” —> “Health Services" —> "Medication at school" A link to this page is also on the Gardner Bullis School website in the top menu called "About Us" -> "Medication at School". ____________________________________________________________
Walkathon … GO!
Go to www.gardnerbullis.org to register a walker, order a T-shirt, sponsor a walker, or get your family’s name listed on the back of the shirts for just $45! Or if you prefer, turn in the Pre-Registration Form that was sent home in the Thursday folders. They must go to the Walkathon box in the school office. We need volunteers for the morning of the event. Sign up online!
We can’t wait to get out there and get walking!! See you there! ____________________________________________________________
2016-2017 School Directory (Print Version) Coming Soon Paid PTA members will receive printed school directories by the end of October. Thank you!
PTA memberships are $15.50 each. Every membership includes a copy of the Gardner Bullis Student Directory. A family membership costs $25 and includes two memberships plus two copies of the directory. Additional memberships and/or directories may be purchased for $15.50 each.
Join the PTA today! ____________________________________________________________ GB PARENTS Saved Hot Lunch! Thanks to all of you who are repeat Hot Lunch servers and to our new parent servers (and one Grandpa) who have stepped up to close the gap on our volunteer needs. However, we’re still short 4-6 people on Thursdays and Fridays. If you have 1.15 hour(s) that you could volunteer, even if it’s for one shift a month, you would make a great contribution. As compensation, you receive $$$ lunch credit for your time. Please contact Nancy O’Neal at gbhotlunch@gmail.com with your availability. We thank you for your support and time making this PTA program a great success. |
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Looking for a cheap date night? Join us on October 4-5. It’s free! Join us for the Annual LAEF Phonathon on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4-5 and we’ll treat you to a delicious spread, flowing wine and enjoyable banter with parents and teachers from your school and across LASD. It’s all complimentary, AND we’ll thank parents, build community spirit and educate families about the essential enrichment programs LAEF funds. Sign up today at LAEFonline.org. If you haven’t had a chance to give, donate or pledge today at LAEFonline.org and save us a call. Volunteers will be calling families who have not yet given to help us reach our goal of $3.7M. The best news is that all NEW gifts and any dollar you give OVER your contribution amount last year will be matched by LAEF’s Board of Directors and the Honor Roll of Realtors Leadership Circle, up to $100,000. Thank you! |
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Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship Information session
Sponsored by Synopsys, the Championship is a regional science and engineering fair competition for students in Santa Clara County held on March 23, 2017. LASD 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to enter!! Our students compete in the middle school (grades 6-8) division for awards and prizes in multiple areas of study. LASD students have won prizes in prior years, and gained valuable experience with science, engineering and project management. Winners of the Synopsys Championship compete in the California State Science Fair and may advance to the prestigious Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, which presents nearly $4 million in prizes and scholarships each year.
Students and parents are invited to attend the Synopsys Championship Information Session to learn more about this opportunity and how to enter: Sunday, October 16 3:30 - 4:00 pm Covington Elementary Multipurpose Room 201 Covington Road, Los Altos For more information, see the 2017 Synopsys Championship website at Questions? Contact LASD STEM Coordinator Karen Wilson at kwilson@lasdschools.org _____________________________________________________ Tech Challenge Information Session Come to the informational meeting for all LASD 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and their parents interested in participating in The Tech Challenge, hosted by the Tech Museum. You'll form a team to compete to solve a real-world problem in this annual design challenge. This year's challenge is “Rock the Ravine:” Your team will design and build a device to help explorers cross an ice field with multiple ravines. Tech Challenge projects build skills in problem solving, time management, creativity, and teamwork, while working through the engineering design cycle as you build and test your design. Most importantly--it's great fun!!! Students and parents are invited to attend the Tech Challenge Information Session to learn more about this opportunity and how to enter: Sunday, October 16 4:30 - 5:00 pm Covington Elementary Multipurpose Room 201 Covington Road, Los Altos The event day will be April 29, 2016 for grades 4 to 6, and April 30 for grades 7 and 8.
For more information on the Tech Challenge, visit the website at http://thetechchallenge.
Questions? Contact LASD STEM Coordinator Karen Wilson at kwilson@lasdschools.org ____________________________________________________________ To learn about LASD news and announcements: click here. Check out the LASD School Calendar to see upcoming dates: |
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Remember your School Supplies and Field Trip Donations If you didn't get your field trip and school supplies donations made at Back to School Night, please give them to your classroom teacher. Please make the checks out to “Gardner Bullis School” and be sure to include your child's name and grade on each check. Also, please write two separate checks for these expenses. School supply donation is $40 per child. Field trip donations are $50 per child for all grades, except for 4th ($350 — includes Coloma overnight) and 6th ($325.) We need to get these in. Please see Cathy Voelker in the office if you need assistance with these payments. ____________________________________________________________ Gardner Bullis WoW Trip Trackers Each month (starting in September) your student can complete a Trip Tracker form to track your Green Trips that your student took to and from school for that month. Whether you walked, biked or carpooled with another family to and/or from school. The forms each month can be found in the office WoW box or online at gardnerbullis.org under "Walk or Wheel" ____________________________________________________________ 2016-2017 Online Directory (Fourleaf) is Live! Class lists and room parents for the 2016-2017 school year have been added to the online directory in Fourleaf. To access the online directory, download the Fourleaf app from the Apple App Store or go to fourleaf.net and enter your email and password (or create a new account). For Android users, bookmark Fourleaf to your home screen for easy access to your directory. ____________________________________________________________
Excused Absences for Religious Holidays ____________________________________________________________ Medication at School
If you need to find medication forms, please follow: LASD Los Altos School District website Go to “Parents & Community” —> “Health Services" —> "Medication at school" (http://www.losaltos.k12.ca. ____________________________________________________________ Box Tops! Start collecting today! Class contest ends in December with a Popsicle Party for the winning class.
Annie's Organics, Nature Valley Granola, Honey Nut Cheerios, Ziplocs, and Scott Paper Products are just a few of the many products that can earn $0.10 a clip for our school. Your classroom has a Box Tops deposit box. Please click this link for participating products by category or download a PDF of all:
http://www.boxtops4education.
Coupons and special promotions can also be found on the boxtops4education.com
Monique Rogers, your BTFE Coordinator ____________________________________________________________ Walkathon … GO! The Gardner Bullis PTA is excited to host our 2016 Pokemon Go themed Walkathon! Will you catch a Charmander? Pikachu? What about the rarely sighted Gardner Grazzle Bear??? Come out early and see how many laps you can log, and how many prizes you can catch. This annual, student-powered fundraiser brings the whole school together for a fun-filled day of exercise and community building for important PTA school programs. Siblings encouraged to join the fun!
Go to http://www.gardnerbullis.org/
All T-shirt orders must be received with payment by 9/30.
We need volunteers for the morning of the event. Sign up online!
We can’t wait to get out there and get walking!! See you there! ____________________________________________________________ 2016-2017 School Directory (Print Version) Coming Soon Paid PTA members will receive printed school directories by the end of October. Thank you!
PTA memberships are $15.50 each. Every membership includes a copy of the Gardner Bullis Student Directory. A family membership costs $25 and includes two memberships plus two copies of the directory. Additional memberships and/or directories may be purchased for $15.50 each. Join the PTA today! ____________________________________________________________ Still Searching for Hot Lunch Servers! Thank you to the three new moms and one grandpa :-) who heeded our call for volunteers to serve hot lunch! We are almost across the finish line, but are still desperate for a volunteer for every other Wednesday and once a month on Mondays! This is only a ONE HOUR commitment every time you serve, , and it means we get to serve hot lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays. We must have someone in these slots to continue to serve hot lunch on Wednesdays and Mondays! If our pleas are not working - how about feedback from a new mom to Gardner? She told me the other day that she is sooo happy to be able to volunteer because it is such a feel good volunteer opportunity! The kids are sooooo happy at lunchtime, they are so nice and thankful they get such great food (it's hard to replicate a hamburger in a lunch bag from home...) Join the fun - please!! Email gbhotlunch@gmail.com to volunteer. ____________________________________________________________ Grizzly Academy (after school programs) Sports! Languages! Science! Art! Whatever your child enjoys, we have it after school! For more information go to the Grizzly Academy web page. |
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It’s the LAEF Phonathon! Join the fun and help LAEF raise $500,000 |
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Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship Information session
Sponsored by Synopsys, the Championship is a regional science and engineering fair competition for students in Santa Clara County held on March 23, 2017. LASD 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to enter!! Our students compete in the middle school (grades 6-8) division for awards and prizes in multiple areas of study. LASD students have won prizes in prior years, and gained valuable experience with science, engineering and project management. Winners of the Synopsys Championship compete in the California State Science Fair and may advance to the prestigious Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, which presents nearly $4 million in prizes and scholarships each year.
Students and parents are invited to attend the Synopsys Championship Information Session to learn more about this opportunity and how to enter: Sunday, October 16 3:30 - 4:00 pm Covington Elementary Multipurpose Room 201 Covington Road, Los Altos For more information, see the 2017 Synopsys Championship website at Questions? Contact LASD STEM Coordinator Karen Wilson at kwilson@lasdschools.org _____________________________________________________ Tech Challenge Information Session Come to the informational meeting for all LASD 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and their parents interested in participating in The Tech Challenge, hosted by the Tech Museum. You'll form a team to compete to solve a real-world problem in this annual design challenge. This year's challenge is “Rock the Ravine:” Your team will design and build a device to help explorers cross an ice field with multiple ravines. Tech Challenge projects build skills in problem solving, time management, creativity, and teamwork, while working through the engineering design cycle as you build and test your design. Most importantly--it's great fun!!! Students and parents are invited to attend the Tech Challenge Information Session to learn more about this opportunity and how to enter: Sunday, October 16 4:30 - 5:00 pm Covington Elementary Multipurpose Room 201 Covington Road, Los Altos The event day will be April 29, 2016 for grades 4 to 6, and April 30 for grades 7 and 8.
For more information on the Tech Challenge, visit the website at http://thetechchallenge.
Questions? Contact LASD STEM Coordinator Karen Wilson at kwilson@lasdschools.org ____________________________________________________________ To learn about LASD news and announcements: click here.
Check out the LASD School Calendar to see upcoming dates:
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