Superintendent Newsletter

Do you, your friends, neighbors or family have a new student who will be entering Transitional Kindergarten or Kindergarten next school year? Or, do you know anyone new to our area who is interested in learning more about our schools for their child?

If so, please join us or pass on the invitation to our New Family Information Night, hosted at each one of our elementary schools! At Info Night, you will meet our principals, parents, teachers and staff to learn more about:

• Our student-centered, personalized approach to education
  
• Our experienced, top-quality educational staff
  
• Our excellent academic programs, from STEM to the Arts
  
• Our after school programs
  

New Family Info Night Details

Where: Each of Our Elementary Schools

Almond, Covington, Gardner Bullis, Loyola, Oak, Santa Rita and Springer

When: November 2, 7:00pm

What: Your school principal, teachers, parents and staff will provide a presentation and answer questions about your neighborhood school

For more information, please visit the Registration page on our website.

Parent-Teacher conferences are an excellent way to gain a better understanding of your child’s educational progress and achievements, learn more about the innovative curriculum our teachers deliver in the classroom and support your child’s educational success. Parent-Teacher conferences are being scheduled this month and in November. Although the conferences are optional, we encourage you to schedule one with your child’s teacher. For more information about the timing of the conference and how to schedule, please visit your school’s website or contact your Principal’s office.

Throughout the school year LASD teachers and educational staff engage in ongoing professional development. Leadership training, coaching and mentoring, as well as Professional Development Days are held in October and January for intense training in specific areas of focus.

On October 13, all teachers attended a half day Professional Development (PD) session to learn more about how to foster academic, cognitive, social and emotional growth by developing strong relationships with students, families and peers.

Following this session, teachers had the opportunity to attend breakout sessions of their choosing to drill down into components of the LASD Experience. The LASD Experience comprises five key methods and strategies our teachers use to ensure our students excel.

The breakout sessions and Professional Development were aligned with the LASD Board Policy 0415(a), which explains the Board's commitment to educational equity. At PD Day, our teachers focused on ways to distinguish and avoid bias to help eliminate practices that negatively influence student learning, perpetuate achievement gaps and impede equal access to opportunities for all students. They also learned about research-based, culturally responsive instructional practices, as well as how to teach equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-bias to the students in their classrooms in an age-appropriate manner.

We are thrilled to model lifelong learning for our students and continuously improve our teaching practices here in the Los Altos School District.

LASD staff and I are so passionate about our students' learning journey that we have developed a podcast to shine a light on learning and instruction in our classrooms. It’s a wonderful deep dive into the work that your students are doing every day and how our amazing staff supports their learning.

Visit our website to learn more and check out our latest podcast.

Email: superintendent@lasdschools.org
Website: lasdschools.org
Location: 201 Covington Road, Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone: 650-947-1150