SANTA RITA AT-A-GLANCE
- 2/14 - 3/2 - Santa Rita's Read-a-thon (details below)
- 2/18 - STEM Design Challenge- details below
- 2/20-2/24 - Winter Break- No School
- 3/3 - Minimum Day
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! THE PTA NEEDS YOU!
To continue to provide awesome opportunities to our students and staff the Santa Rita PTA needs your help!
- Have lots of time to give? We're looking for a Treasurer, Secretary, and Executive Vice President to join the executive board.
- Have a little less time to give? We're looking for Leads for events such as Hot Lunch, Family Fun Night, a Musical Producer, and more.
- Have a great NEW idea? Tell us about what YOU would like to do for the PTA and the school!
Please contact Alison Biggs at abiggs@gmail.com for more information about all these positions! Thank you!
Take Home Covid Tests
Rapid Home Tests for All Families and Staff
Our school will be providing a box containing two home test kits to each child this week. The two tests are for your student to use following Winter Break and Spring Break. We know many families will be traveling or gathering with others over these vacations. To ensure the health and safety of all, we request all students and staff use the home test to ensure they are COVD-negative prior to returning to school. The tests will be distributed to your student in their classroom.
Please save these tests and use them on the below dates:
Sunday, February 27
Sunday, April 17
Please ensure your student tests negative before returning to school and immediately report any positive result OR symptoms to your school site and on the daily symptom tracker..
Please note: If your child has symptoms of illness and test negative on a home test, LASD requires a lab-confirmed antigen or PCR/molecular test result before your student can be cleared to return.
Thank you for keeping our community safe!
Estimadas familias,
Pruebas caseras rápidas para todas las familias
Nuestra escuela proporcionará una caja que contiene dos kits de pruebas caseras para cada niño esta semana. Las dos pruebas son para que su estudiante las use después de las vacaciones de invierno y las vacaciones de primavera. Sabemos que muchas familias viajarán o se reunirán con otros durante estas vacaciones. Para garantizar la salud y la seguridad de todos, solicitamos que sean COVID-negativos antes de regresar a la escuela. Las pruebas se distribuirán a su estudiante en su salón de clases.
Guarde estas pruebas y úsalas en las siguientes fechas:
Domingo 27 de febrero
Domingo 17 de abril
Asegúrese de que su estudiante dé negativo antes de regresar a la escuela e informe inmediatamente cualquier resultado positivo O síntomas a su escuela y en el registro diario de síntomas.
Tenga en cuenta: si su hijo tiene síntomas de enfermedad y da negativo en una prueba casera, LASD requiere un resultado de prueba de antígeno o PCR/molecular confirmado por laboratorio antes de que se pueda autorizar a su hijo para que regrese.
¡Gracias por mantener segura a nuestra comunidad!
SANTA RITA READ-A-THON!
The read-a-thon is in full swing and the kids are excitedly counting their minutes! Activate your reader's account as soon as possible. This is where you can record and view your reader's progress. Students have until March 2nd to meet their reading goals and raise money to earn prizes! Click on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/hEMYYk/1 and follow the simple instructions.
Read-a thon Prizes!
Reading Prizes:
1000 Minutes: Sweet Shop gift card for $5 and entry into the Grand Prize drawing for a choice of a Kindle Paperwhite or $100 Amazon gift card!
Fundraising Prizes:
$100-$250: Linden Tree gift card for $10
$251-$399: Target gift card for $20
$400+: Amazon gift card for $40 PLUS entry into grand prize drawing!
Participation prizes: Santa Rita Bookmark
School-wide fundraising prizes:
$10k: Extra pajama day for the school
$15k: Principal Rafferty will dress in cone costume for school day
$25k: Class who raises the most gets to silly string Principal Rafferty
$30k: Bucket of ice water dumped on Principal Rafferty given by the class teacher that raised the most
Grand Prize Drawing:
Choice between Kindle Paperwhite or $100 Amazon Gift Card
BOBCAT STRONG
Volunteer with Living Classroom!
Living Classroom is 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! Join us for our upcoming Spring Docent Training!
Spring Docent Training
Mondays 9-Noon
3/7, 3/14 & 3/21
LASD iLearn Studio*
201 Covington Road, Los Altos
*Masks and proof of Covid-19 vaccination required.
Please RSVP to livingclassroom@lasdschools.org if you plan to attend.
Can’t make Mondays? Ask us about our Apprentice-Style Training!
Questions? Contact us at (650) 947-1103 or email livingclassroom@lasdschools.org
FREE CENG EVENTS
CENG is organizing our second free virtual hackathon! Last year, over 108 students participants with 30 volunteers helping out at the virtual event. A few Santa Rita student groups won prizes in different categories. We encourage students to form groups of 3 - 5 so they can have fun coding together. This program is made possible by the generous grant from Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation. In addition, spring Saturday classes are now open for registration.
Hackathon
When: March 5-6 , 1-5pm
Who: Grades 3rd-8th
Where: Virtual
Cost: Free
More information and registration
CENG Coding Classes
When: Saturdays, March 12- April 23, 4:15-5:30
Where: Virtual
Cost: Free
Registration Deadline: February 25
More information and registration
MVLA PARENT EDUCATION SPEAKER SERIES
Rosetta Lee - Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors
Video Now Available!
- Event Recording from 02/01/2022
Rosetta Lee has graciously allowed us to share the Implicit and Unconscious Bias event recording with parents, teachers, and other caretakers within our community. The recording will be available for six weeks.
Slides and Handouts Available
FEBRUARY STEM CHALLENGE
We are excited to launch LASD’s District-Wide STEM Challenge! Design a paper airplane that can carry the most amount (in coin value) of cargo and glides more than 10 feet.
Please bring your design to the playground at lunch on February 18. Please be sure to have your student's name and room number on the airplane!
Click here for full instructions.
Would you like to help our young aviators? We'd love to have some parents help us with this fun event! Please email Kelly Rafferty (krafferty@lasdschools.org) if you are able to help. Thank you!
2022 STEM EXPO - April 7th 5:00-7:00 PM
Santa Rita STEM Expo invites students in grades TK-6 to participate! While engaging in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) projects, students will have an opportunity to design hands-on projects while exploring just how fun STEM can be! This event lends itself to a myriad of learning experiences: within the class or at home, working individually or collaboratively with peers or with adults, and amongst a wide range of STEM categories including: Rube Goldberg, Invention, Engineering (Reverse), Engineering (Robotics), Scientific Inquiry, and Wearable Designs. Ultimately, students will get a chance to showcase their STEM work in a fun and unique venue, with learning opportunities for the entire family. Santa Rita will be hosting the STEM Expo evening showcase on April 7 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Intent to Register:
The STEM Expo “Intent to Participate” is just around the corner. If your child is interested in submitting a project for the Expo, make sure they sit down with you and fill out the form found on the STEM Expo site - be sure to click on Santa Rita to fill out the form by March 11th
Participation is not mandatory but it sure is a fun event!
S.T.U.F.F. for STEM
Supporting Student Creativity Through Recycled Materials
Have you ever wondered, “What do I do with all these….”
Plastic containers
Corks
Boxes
Buttons
Plastic Bottles
Toilet Paper Rolls
Paper Towel Rolls
Egg Cartons
Bottle Tops
….anything else
In order to keep our lab stocked and ready for creativity, we need your S.T.U.F.F (Scraps That are Used For Fun). Please clean donations before bringing them to the lab, avoid glass or any other sharp materials, and feel free to donate all year long. Don’t be surprised if you see your materials transformed into fantastic innovations!
There is a box on the STEM LAB ramp where you can leave your donations.
Thank you!!
LOVE LOS ALTOS: [LOS ALTOS DISTRICT WIDE NEWS & LAEF UPDATES]
We’re Listening!
Tell us about your student’s experience this school year with STEM, computer science, PE, art, music, library, junior high electives, and mental health counselors.
Please complete our LAEF Survey! Check your email for a survey invitation with the subject line “Reminder: 2022 LAEF Survey”. If you have additional questions, email survey@laefonline.org.
Your input will be communicated to the school district and help guide LAEF’s funding priorities for next year.
We still need $95K to reach our goal for this school year. Donate to LAEF today!
Santa Rita School
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
