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• 12/10 - Kids Night Out at Santa Rita. Sign up here

• 12/13 - On Campus Vaccination Clinic (see below for more details)
• 12/13 - 12/17 - Linden Tree Book Fair Week
• 12/16 - Santa Rita Night at Linden Tree- 6-8pm
• 12/17- Parent Night at Linden Tree & Kids Night Out at Santa Rita

Dear Santa Rita Families,

Good News! Vaccination Clinics at LASD!

We are partnering with the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department to bring vaccine clinic right to our schools. COVID-19 vaccine is the best protection against COVID-19. When your child is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, it protects your child, your family, your friends, our school, and the whole community.

The COVID-19 vaccine clinics will offer shots FREE to all students ages 5 and older and their family members at:

Where: Santa Rita Multi

Date: Monday, December 13, 2021

Time: 3:00pm - 7:00 pm

Getting vaccinated at these clinics at the schools is optional, but we hope you take advantage of this convenient service.

Parents or guardians must give their consent for a child to get the vaccine, and must be present. All students and their families are welcome regardless of immigration status. You do not need health insurance. Nurses will be available to answer your questions. The County will have staff who can speak to you in both Spanish and English.

Please review these materials:

* What to Expect: COVID-19 Shots for Children Ages 5-11 (Spanish)

* Frequently Asked Questions for Parents (Spanish)

* Vaccine Registration Form (can be accessed here or completed at the clinic in person) (Spanish)

* How Fill Out Your Child's Forms: Step by Step (Spanish)

For questions about the vaccine clinic, contact (408) 970-2000. For more locations to get vaccinated, visit sccfreevax.org.

Santa Rita Community Food Drivel

'Tis the season for helping others! Santa Rita is hosting a local community food drive! We are accepting canned food and non-perishables that will go directly to community families that are in need. If you have food to donate, send it to school and place in your classroom food drive donation box. Donations will be accepted from December 13th-17th! Thank you for your support!

Here’s to the health and safety of all of our Santa Rita Bobcats!

Stay Bobcat Strong!

Mrs. Kelly Rafferty

• 12/13 - On-Campus Vaccination Clinic

• 12/13 - 12/17 - Linden Tree Book Fair Week

• 12/20-12/31 - No School - Winter Break

• 1/17- No School- MLK Jr. Day

• 1/18- No School- Staff Development

• STAY TUNED - Santa Rita's Read-a-thon

In partnership with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, LASD will be hosting vaccination clinics for children aged 5-11 at Almond and Santa Rita elementary schools. For more information please see below. More information in English or Spanish

Santa Rita Vaccination Clinic

Who: Children Aged 5-11

When: December 13, 3:00-7:00pm, Multipurpose Room

How: Please use complete the participation form in English, Spanish or Chinese

More information in English or Spanish

'Tis the season for helping others! Santa Rita is hosting a local community food drive! We are accepting canned food and non-perishables that will go directly to community families that are in need. If you have food to donate, send it to school and place in your classroom food drive donation box. Donations will be accepted from December 13th-17th!

SUPPORT SANTA RITA WHILE YOU SHOP ON AMAZON!

Every time you shop on Amazon you can be giving back to Santa Rita! Simply make your Amazon purchases through @amazonsmile and a portion of EVERY SALE will be donated to the Santa Rita PTA (at no cost to you)! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/94-6174402

SHARING YOUR HOLIDAY JOY WITH OUR BOBCAT FAMILIES

In this joyful season of Thanksgiving and Christmas, let's remember some of our Bobcat families who are having a difficult time in the pandemic due to loss of jobs, reduction of working hours, health bills, and higher expenses driven by inflation. Please donate to our GoFundMe account or drop off your Target or Walmart gift cards at the office. We will use the funds to purchase gift cards for the families. Thank you for your generosity.

KINDER & NEW FAMILY INFO NIGHTS

Do you have an incoming Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten or upper grade student? Are your friends or neighbors looking for more information about our schools?

Santa Rita Tours: Meet outside of the Office

• December 13th: 9:00am
• December 14th: 1:30pm

Los Altos School District Virtual Info Night
Where: Zoom, Register Here
When: Wednesday, December 15, 7pm
What: If you’re unable to attend the in-person information night at your neighborhood school, Superintendent Jeffrey Baier will host a district wide event to share information about our schools, excellent educational model and academic programs.

SAVE THE DATES for a week of fun with Linden Tree:

December 13-17th: Linden Tree will be bringing books on-site specific to each grade level.

December 16th: A special Santa Rita only night hosted at Linden Tree with read-a-louds from teachers and hot cocoa. It will be a perfect opportunity to do some last minute holiday shopping! 6-8pm

December 17th: Parent's Night Out! Linden Tree will be hosting a Parent's Night with wine and cheese so you can purchase all those books your kids asked for the night before!

AND

Kids Night Out! At the same time, we will be hosting a kids-only (drop off) PJ party (limited to 40 students) at Santa Rita with a movie, holiday crafts and pizza! 5:50-8:30. Click here for more information and to register!

VOLUNTEER WITH LIVING CLASSROOM

Living Classroom is still in need of more volunteers to teach our fun, hands-on lessons and help care for our school gardens. No experience or green thumb necessary as we teach you everything you need to know! The suggested time commitment is only 6 hours a month and you get to participate in fun volunteer enrichment activities such as nature hikes, garden tours, educational workshops, talks, and more! Please join us for our Winter Docent Training!

Living Classroom Winter Docent Training

Dates: 12/13 & 1/10

Time: 9AM-Noon

Location: LASD iLearn Studio (masks required)

201 Covington Road, Los Altos

Please RSVP to livingclassroom@lasdschools.org if you plan to attend.

Can’t make it to training on Monday mornings? You can still volunteer! Contact us to find out how! Contact us at (650) 947-1103 or email livingclassroom@lasdschools.org

SPECIAL EDUCATION CONNECTION: STUDENTS GOT TALENT!

Let's celebrate the many talents of students with an IEP or 504 plan! Take a video of yourself or your group showing off your talent and be part of the Virtual Winter Talent Show for IEP or 504 plan students from Los Altos and Mountain View. All talents are welcome. Singing, dancing, skits, reading a story you wrote, or showing off your incredible artwork - and much more!

Upload your video to this drive: https://tinyurl.com/studentsgottalent or email to selpa1cac@gmail.com by December 11 to be included in the Virtual Talent Show

On December 14, get your popcorn and hot cocoa ready to watch the online premiere of our Talent Show together on Zoom!

CENG FREE ONLINE CODING CLASSES 4TH-6TH GRADE

Trained local high school students from the Computer Engineers of the Next Generation are hosting free coding classes on Zoom in Scratch, JavaScript, and Python. We offer Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels for each class. Students will build interactive games in each language and learn how to code in a fun and engaging environment.

Dates: Wednesdays, January 5 - February 16, 2022

Time: 4:15 - 5:45 pm PST

No. of Weeks: 7

Format: Zoom Online Classes

Cost: Free

Registration Links:

4th grade - Scratch

5th grade - JavaScript

6th grade - Python

Registration deadline: 11:59 pm on Friday, December 10, 2021, or when class is full.

We have a Challenge Match!

Donate to LAEF today and your gift will be DOUBLED.

A generous group of LASD families has offered to match every dollar donated to LAEF before December 31st, up to a total of $54,000!

We're 83% of the way to our goal of $2.8M. Help us finish the job!

Donate now to get your donation matched by this challenge!

If your company has a matching gift program, you can even TRIPLE Your Impact by donating this month.

Email: krafferty@lasdschools.org
Website: https://www.santaritaschool.org
Location: 700 Los Altos Avenue, Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone: (650)559-1600
Facebook: santaritaPTA
Twitter: @BobcatsSR