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Sept 1 - Minimum Day dismissal K 12:00, TK, 1st-6th 12:15

Sept 4 - Labor Day, No School

Sept 8 - Grandfriends' Day RSVP by filling this form

Oct 21- Witches' Delight

• LASD 2023-2024 Calendar
• Reporting Attendance: To report a student's absence, please fill out this form or call
• Please fill out your Bobcat Strong Registration!

Dear Bobcat Families!

Welcome to September!

I am so thankful and appreciative of all the families that took time out of their evenings to come to Back to School Night tonight.

While you were in our classrooms you saw that our teachers are knowledgeable about the science of learning development. They create learning experiences for your kids based on that knowledge. When you walk on campus I hope you'll get a sense we value positive developmental relationships. And, that you feel Santa Rita is striving to create an environment of safety and belonging. In classrooms, rich learning experiences help build student beliefs, mindsets and habits that will make successful in Jr High school and beyond.

Hope you have a wonderful long weekend and we will see you on Tuesday.

Reminder:

• Sept 1 - Minimum Day dismissal - Kinder 12:00; TK and 1st-6th 12:15
• Sept 4 - No School

Be Kind, Be Strong, Be Well and Stay Bobcat Strong!

Kelly Rafferty, Principal

Grandfriends’ day is a great tradition at Santa Rita that builds a bridge across generations. On Grandfriends' Day, students invite their grandparents and other grandfriends to school to celebrate how multigenerational communities enrich our lives. Our goal is to make sure school connects with students' lives, and encourage students to bring their full selves—their lives and experiences—into the classrooms. This year, Grandfriends’ Day will take place on:

Friday, September 8th!

8:30-10:30am

RSVP by filling this form (1 week prior to the event).

Grandfriends' Day gives students the opportunity to share their school experience with someone special in their life. Anyone in a child's life can be a grandfriend. This can be a neighbor, an aunt or an uncle, a babysitter, a grandparent, a dear friend—a grandfriend is someone special to your Santa Rita student.

Also, to make this event successful, we need help from volunteers! If you have a spare hour the afternoon before or the morning of the event and would like to help us keep this great tradition going, sign up to help here. We can’t do it without you!!

We are excited to announce a variety of enriching After School Programs will be running on campus at Santa Rita this Fall 2023! Below is a list of the programs available. Visit sanataritaschool.org for more details including dates, costs, and registration information.

MONDAY:

• LASD Flag Football (Mon & Fri) Grades: 3-6
• High Touch High Tech Grades:TK-3
• Mathletes-in-Training. Grades:1-3
• One on One Basketball Grades:TK-2
• One on One Basketball Grades:3-6

TUESDAY:

• Easy Spanish Grades: TK-6
• Coach Ken Soccer Grades: TK-6

WEDNESDAY:

• Kodely: Behind the Scenes of Game Design Grades:K-4
• Mathletes-in-Training Grades:1-3
• Mathletes Grades:4-5
• Art Buzz Kids Grades:K-6
• Run for Fun Grades:K-6

THURSDAY:

• Chess Club (lunch) K-5

FRIDAY:

• Snapology Robotics Grades:3-6 - Try the first week for free!
• Euro School of Tennis Grades:K-3

The Santa Rita PTA Silent Auction is one of our fundraising events and will be held in conjunction with Witches' Delight (October 21, 2023). The auction offers unique parties for everyone to participate in, builds our community at Santa Rita, and gets you access to some great auction items from local businesses. It is a ton of fun and makes lots of great memories for all.

You Can Help!

There are lots of ways to be involved. To get you started on thinking about this, here are some ways you can be involved:

1. Throw (host) a party!

Santa Rita PTA Silent Auction parties are the stuff of legend. Parents, classrooms, or teachers host or co-host events for kids, adults or families, with hosts covering the cost of the party as a donation. Spots to attend your party are sold at the auction. All proceeds go to Santa Rita PTA.

For inspiration, here are some parties that have done very well both here at Santa Rita and also at other LASD schools. Sign up at this form here.

2. Help solicit donations from local businesses!

We have a small team working to get gift certificates and items from local businesses to be donated for the auction. Help us by asking YOUR favorite restaurant or business for a gift card, class pass or product donation.

Stay tuned for more details! Would love to hear from you on ideas and your offers to help make it happen - get in touch:

Kelly Sanders Lo kelly@santaritapta.org

Kanika Chawla kanika@santaritapta.org

Auction Co-Chairs

Our Free Universal Meals Program will start on the first day of school. A 'Grab and Go' breakfast will be served before school and lunch from Revolution foods. Here are the menus for August.

NUTRITION SERVICES FAQ - If you have questions, please add them to this document.

Let's Talk: Parent Support Group for Special Education ONLINE

• Ask questions and share ideas and support with other parents of students with IEPs, 504s, learning differences, mental health challenges, etc.

• Every second Wednesday of the month, alternating mornings and evenings.

• Join the next meeting on Wednesday, September 13th 10-11:30am on Zoom. Preregister: Zoom Link

Did You Know?

• Do you have concerns about your child's ability to learn at school? This handout can help get you on the right track. I'm Concerned About My Child Handout - English or Estoy Preocupado Por Mi Hijo - Espanol

Please contact your SELPA-1 CAC liaison, Alison Biggs, at abiggs@gmail.com with any questions.

Calling all curious minds and young adventurers from 1st to 5th grade! Discover the thrill of the outdoors, friendships that last a lifetime, and a world of exciting activities with the Cub Scouts. Pack 74, which consists largely of Santa Rita students, is thrilled to welcome both boys and girls to explore the world of scouting.

Embark on fall and spring journeys filled with camping trips in the Santa Cruz Mountains (hiking, archery, crafts, s’mores, skits and campfires!), overnight adventures (past trips including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA academy of Science and USS Hornet) and our famous annual Pinewood derby race where scouts build their own wooden racer and participate in heats against other fellow Scouts. Those are just a few highlights of all the fun activities we do throughout the year. It is entirely parent run and volunteer based. Our leaders are dedicated to fostering character, leadership, and a strong sense of community in every young scout.

If you are curious, take a look at this short video.

Join us today and set forth on a journey of discovery that will shape your child’s future in the most exciting ways! 🐾🌄🌱

To learn more, come to SR multi for our information meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday 9/6.

If you have any questions, feel free to email our Cub master Eric Hwang @ eyhwang@yahoo.com.

The Computer Engineers of the Next Generation Team is excited to welcome you and your kids to the 2023-24 school year! We expanded our game design curriculum to multiple levels of Minecraft and Roblox and updated our core Scratch, JavaScript, and Python curriculum during the summer. All our coding classes are taught by high school students and culminate in a final game project. Our goal is to offer more coding choices for your children and make coding fun and accessible.

Our Fall Wednesday and Saturday free coding classes are open. Please register now at cengclass.org. Registration closes on August 25. Questions? Please email Alice Lee at cengclass@gmail.com

The MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series is excited to announce our speaker line-up for the 2023 - 2024 school year. Nationally and internationally recognized experts will join us to discuss important topics on child and adolescent well-being, as well as our own - including how to help kids face the unique challenges of growing up surrounded by computers, how to raise successful adults and break free of the traps of overparenting, exploring why puberty is so different for today’s kids than past generations and figuring out how to beat the college admissions system.

For more information, visit mvlaspeakerseries.org. Events are free thanks to our generous sponsors: MVLA High School Foundation, Los Altos Educational Foundation, Mountain View Educational Foundation, and the Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council.

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

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