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• 4/25-5/18 - CAASP Testing Window for 3rd-6th grade
  
• 5/14- Los Altos Pet Parade (Downtown Los Altos)
• 5/17 - 5:30-7:00 ELAC Fun Night on the Santa Rita Blacktop
• 5/18- LASD Spring Concert- 4th-6th grade 1:00 Parent Performance near Multi
• 5/19- STEM Challenge - Lunchtime
• 5/26 - Santa Rita Open House 6 - 7pm; Art Show in Multi from 5:30-7:30; Family Fun Night 4:00-6:30 Food Trucks, Pizza and Games

Happy Thursday Bobcat Families,

This year is going by so fast! Only 4 ½ more weeks of school and so much left to do! There are many exciting events in the next couple of weeks. Here are details on just a few.

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week! All of our amazing teachers will be pampered next week with treats from our PTA.

May 14th - Pet Parade Downtown Los Altos, see more information below.

May 17th is ELAC Fun Night (English Learner Advisory Committee) from 5:30-7:00 on Santa Rita blacktop/Multi

May 18th - Spring Music Concert for 4th-6th graders, Parent concert begins at 1:00 on the blacktop by the multi.

I also want to let you know that there will be a survey coming to your email soon from LASD. Please take the time to fill out the survey. We believe our families’ voices are essential to the success of our academic programs and instruction. We would greatly appreciate your input and feedback to help us understand your child’s experience in this current school year and to prepare for the next school year. The survey will be open for parent feedback until 5:00pm on Tuesday, May 17.

CAASP Testing has started for 3rd-6th graders. Please help your student do their best by getting plenty of sleep, a good breakfast and getting them to school on time. Please try not to take your student out of school for the next 3 weeks, especially in the am hours when testing will be going on.

Thank you for keeping our community safe and healthy!

Stay Bobcat Strong!

Mrs. Kelly Rafferty

Principal, Santa Rita Elementary

• 5/14- Los Altos Pet Parade
  
• 5/17 - 5:30-7:00 ELAC Fun Night on the Santa Rita Blacktop
• 5/18- LASD Spring Concert- 4th-6th grade; Parent concert 1:00 on blacktop
• 5/19- STEM Challenge - Lunchtime
• 5/22- Saturday! Bike Rodeo- Loyola Elementary 10-2pm
• 5/26 - Open House 6 - 7pm, Art Show in Multi from 5:30-7:30; Family Fun Night 4:00-6:30 Food Trucks, Pizza and Games
• 5/27 - Minimum Day
• 5/30 - Memorial Day- No School
• 6/1 - Science Olympiad for 4th -6th grade
• 6/3- Minimum Day
• 6/8 - Last Day of School

AMAZING JUNIOR OLYMPICS!!!

The Junior Olympics has finally returned after being canceled for 2 years. It was a wonderful day, and so many parents volunteered to make the event so very special for our children!!!

First of all, a tremendous standing ovation to the head of our Santa Rita J.O. Committee:

KELLY SANDERS LO! She was responsible for ensuring that so many things got done, and did most of it herself: Attending LASD committee meetings, soliciting volunteers, organizing assemblies, generating timing sheets, entering data for the relay teams, ensuring that all events/schedules/maps were entered, printed out + distributed to all athletes, designing + ordering new T-shirts for all. JACK LO was responsible for running the Softball Throw Station (Santa Rita school’s event) all day. He made sure everything was painted and set up, all equipment was delivered, measurements were accurate, and everything was cleaned up and put away at the end.

J.O. Committee helpers include: ALISON GARDNER BIGGS, JON BENNETT, MITCH SMITH and LISA WEEKES

Much appreciation to our principal KELLY RAFFERTY for her support of the P.E. program and students! She was there and cheering for our Bobcats all day! So many teachers and staff also came out on their “day off” to march in the Opening Ceremonies and encourage our athletes.

I am SO GRATEFUL to have had so many parents volunteer their time during P.E. classes to help train and time the students in their events. It really helped to make our Bobcats successful…and the parents had so much fun seeing their kids in action at school!

4th GRADE : Henrik Amren, Fatima Fatahi, Alison Gardner Biggs, Jiyeon Kim, Jill & Jace Kohlmeier, Melissa Mogan, Bishu Neelakantan, JeeYoon Park, Marisa Panwar, Gaylynn Ribeira, Liz Swenson

5th GRADE: Su Jae Jang, Stephanie Hein, Do-Kyum Kim, James (Jeong Soo) Kim, Joseph Leung, Trieu Nguyen, Sachiko Oda, Mitch Smith, Myra, Villagrana, Jana Waldes, Lisa Weekes, Jena Wise

6th GRADE: Henrik Amren, Nao Dan, Aiwen Dong, Udom DwivediAlison Gardner Biggs, Stefi Ganesan, Jie Hu, Chiachi Lan, Dolly Marshall, James Parker, Deborah Pandra, Merrie Post, Maria Rose, Kelly Sanders Lo, Gigi and Ely Tsern

My apologies if any names were forgotten…there were so many fantastic volunteers!

Also, BIG APPLAUSE to all of the volunteer parent Relay Coaches, and volunteers who helped on the day of the Junior Olympics!

Santa Rita Student Feedback:

“IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!” “I am so happy that I went!”

“The Santa Rita Tent had hair spray paint!” “Our school spirit was awesome!”

“Competition was great” “I got to hang out with my friends all day!

“It was so exciting to feel almost like it was the “REAL” Olympics!”

“Everyone had great Sportsmanship!” “The Relays were thrilling!”

“The other kids were SO friendly!”

“We felt UNITED AS A SCHOOL!”

Last, but definitely not least, thanks to all of you sensational parents who took the time to come to the Junior Olympics to show support to your child. To see so many smiles that day was truly heartwarming! And as always, thanks to you parents for your generous donations to the LAEF (Los Altos Educational Foundation), which supports our P.E. program.

Pearl Garvin

Physical Education Specialist-Santa Rita School

#BobcatStrong

Local high school students from Computer Engineers of the Next Generation (CENG) are offering FREE online summer coding classes for 3rd - 8th graders. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to inspire underrepresented minorities to pursue and develop an interest in Computer Science.

Summer Session 1 June 20 - 24, 2022 from 4:15 - 5:45 pm

Scratch, JavaScript, or Python

Summer Session 2 July 18 - 22, 2022 from 4:15 - 5:45 pm

Minecraft, Web Design, or Python Game Design

REGISTER NOW at cengclass.org, click on “Summer Class 2022” Questions? Please contact Alice Lee at cengclass@gmail.com

It’s time to pump it up, up, and away! All grades are welcomed to come out to the field on Thursday, May 19th during recess and lunch time to build, revise, and launch from our official air rocket launcher!

Want to volunteer in the classroom?

Share your love of art with children in our school district with hands-on lessons. Join a vibrant community of like-minded individuals. Enjoy a mini-art lesson as well!

Join us for our Volunteer Open House

Thursday May 12th from 9:00-10:30am

LASD iLearn Studio

201 Covington Road, Los Altos

No experience or artistic talent is required.

To RSVP or for questions contact Kimberly Dickerson at (650) 947-1195 or email kdickerson@lasdschools.org

http://www.losaltosartdocents.org/about_us/volunteer.php

Spring Concerts are returning to LASD! You are invited to hear 4th-6th Grade students performing vocal and instrumental music for their first live concert of the year!

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Time: 1:00-1:50

Location: Outside the multi

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 14, 2022, because the Los Altos Pet Parade is back! This year's parade format will be a little different than previous years as this will be a driving-only parade. Get ready to decorate your car in Bobcat red and join in the fun through downtown Los Altos. More information to come in the following week on logistics, meeting points and times, etc Reach out to jon@santaritapta.org with any questions.

LAEF was honored to present a check for $2.5M to LASD leadership to fund teachers and staff for STEM, Wellness, Literacy, and Arts this school year. Thank you to those who donated to LAEF this school year!

As we continue to receive donations and matching gifts until the end of our fiscal year, the net amount contributed above our fundraising goal will be granted to the district as part of this school year's flexible grant.

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