Thanks to your support, 120 gift tags have been taken from the Giving Tree! Weather permitting, the Gardner Bullis Giving Back Committee will be curbside Monday, Nov. 29th to collect your gifts. During the week, you may place your gift in the box near the multi marked Family Giving Tree. Please bring your gift by Friday, Dec. 3rd. Please stay within the suggested donation price limit, securely tape the tag to your gift and bring UNWRAPPED gift and a toothbrush to school. In the event of rain, please place your items in a plastic bag.  Questions?  Please contact Behnaz Shadidi.

Flag Football Tournament
Saturday, November 6

The fabulous all day Flag Football Tournament will be held on Saturday, November 6th at Mountain View High School . This is an all day event where teams participate in a round robin series of games in their respective flights and the winners advance to a play off and then a championship game.

The Gardner Bullis A Team will play their first game at 12:30 pm against the Springer A Team, and the Gardner Bullis B Team will play their first game at 11:30 am against the Oak Gold B Team. The complete tournament schedule is available at www.afterschoolathletics.com.

Armadillo Willy's will be at the tournament with their catering truck serving lunches and will donate a percentage of the lunch proceeds to the schools PTAs. Please order your lunch online at www.afterschoolathletics.com then click on "Los Altos Flag Football Program". On the left column, there is a red ONLINE STORE. Click on it and you will be able to add one or more of the three offered lunches to your basket.

Please order your lunch online as we can only plan and guarantee lunches for those who reserve by ordering online. Thanks again and remember, your PTA will benefit.

Go Grizzlies!

The National Red Ribbon Campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of young people during Red Ribbon Week, October 23-October 31 each year.  In recognition of this week, we will have the following Spirit Days!!  Join in the fun!

Monday, October 25^th – Cap Day – “Put a Cap on Drug!”

Tuesday, October 26^th – Mix Match Day – “You and Drugs Don’t Mix!”

Wednesday, October 27^th – Crazy Socks Day – “Sock it to Drugs!”

Thursday, October 28^th – Sunglasses Day – “Our Future is Too Bright for Drugs!” 

On Monday, October 25^th, the Gardner A Team will play the Loyola Blue B team at home on the upper field and the Gardner B Team will plan the Loyola B team at Loyola.  Both games start at 3:30pm.  Come cheer on our Grizzlies!

Please collect your Walkathon pledges and turn your checks into the Financial Secretary’s box in the office.  If you have any questions about the amount your child has pledged, please contact Michelle Galbraith.  The Walkathon team will be tallying up all the checks and putting together the invitation list for the pizza & movie night ($150 donation), the lunch with the Principal ($250) and determining the Grand Prize Winner.

Join us at 2 pm on Friday, October 29^th for a school-wide Halloween parade.  Students will change into their costumes immediately before the parade.  Please keep in mind that that our students are ages 12 and younger and avoid bloody or overly scary costumes.  Weapons of any type are not allowed.  Masks are discouraged and may only be worn while walking in the parade.  Thanks for keeping our Halloween celebration fun for all.

Picture Make Up Day is Tuesday, October 26^th for those who would like your child’s picture re-taken or if your child was absent on the original picture day.  If your child is participating the Picture Make Up Day, please contact iClickSmiles by phone (888-298-0744) or by email (miranda@vincetarryphotography.com) by no later that noon on October 25^th.   If you do not contact iClickSmiles by this deadline, your child will not be able to participate in Picture Make Up Day.

Wildlife comes to Gardner Bullis!  

How high can an African serval jump?  How fast does an Eagle fly when hunting prey? These are a few of the facts our kids might learn at our first PTA-sponsored assembly of the year!  The PTA sponsors three educational assemblies for the kids each year, which provide fun learning experiences with outside experts.  The first assembly this school year will be on Tuesday, October 12^th.  This assembly will feature the California Wildlife Associates who will bring an African serval, a grey fox, a golden eagle, a kestrel, an African porcupine and other wild animals.  Thanks to your donation to the PTA, we are able to offer these fun and rich educational experiences for our kids!

Catch a Wave!

Thanks to all our students and parents for making Walkathon a gnarly good time!  A special "thank you" to the entire Walkathon team who worked so hard to make the day special for the kids.  You all totally shred!!