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• 10/29 - Assembly Zoom link - tinyurl.com/SRFriday

• 11/5 - PTA/Principal Coffee in the Multi - all parents welcome

• 11/11 - No School - Veterans Day

• 11/16 - Parent Education Series with Colin Seale

• 11/18 - Become a Substitute Teacher- information session

• 11/19 - Bobcat Strong Parent Meet

• 11/19 - Spirit Day- Rainbow Day!

• 11/22-23 - Parent Teacher Conferences

• 11/22-26 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

Santa Rita Families are amazing! Thank you to everyone who donated money and cakes and time to make Witches Delight such a fun event! I want to send special thanks to all those who worked so hard behind the scenes for months to pull off this event, Herb and Dolly Marshall, Kelly Sanders-Lo, Melissa Mogan, Olga Patton, Amber MacDonald, Jon Bennett and many more.

Friday Morning Assemblies will be Zoomed again, please register with link in 'calendar' and parents are now allowed to come in person also. Please be masked and stay at least 6 feet away from the students.

Next week, Nov. 5th, after Friday assembly there will be a Principal/PTA coffee. Please join us in the 6th grade park to hear about all that PTA is up to, ask questions and learn about our newly adopted SFUSD Math Curriculum.

Safety during drop-off and pick up - I understand that many of us are in a hurry in the morning or during pick up. Please be courteous and careful as you drive through the parking lot. Those of us who volunteer to be crossing guard have seen many near accidents recently. Please be patient, drive slowly and know that we all want our students to arrive and leave campus safe.

ONLY DROP OFF AND PICK UP YOUR STUDENT WHEN NEAR THE SIDEWALK AND ONLY WITH THE CAR DOOR NEAREST THE SIDEWALK. DO NOT GET OUT OF YOUR CAR OR PARK IN THE CIRCLE to help your child in. If your child needs your help, please park ion designated parking spots and walk up to the school. Thank you to everyone for keeping our kids, parents and teachers safe.

Stay Bobcat Strong!

Kelly Rafferty

• 11/5. - PTA/Principal Coffee in the Multi - all parents welcome
  

• 11/11 - No School - Veterans Day

• 11/18 - Become a Substitute Teacher- information session

• 11/19 - Bobcat Strong Parent Meet

• 11/19 - Spirit Day - Rainbow Day!

• 11/22-23 - Parent Teacher Conferences

• 11/22-26 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

Friday Assemblies are Streaming and In person!

If you would like to join us at Friday Assembly, parents may now come to the blacktop at 8:30. You must wear a mask and please stay 6-10 feet behind the students.

OR Block off your calendar Friday mornings as our Friday Bobcat Assembly will be streaming live from the blacktop beginning this Friday October 29 at tinyurl.com/SRFriday. Brought to you by the Santa Rita PTA.

All parents of current students will be able to view the assembly broadcast live via Zoom. Time and volunteer help permitting, your PTA will field questions during the assembly and host an open forum for Q&A in the chat following the assembly. To access the broadcast, parents must register in advance via the link below. To ensure the privacy and security of our students, registrations will only be approved if the registration email address matches the email on file in Classroom Parent. Visit santarita.classroomparent.com to review/update your profile information.

What: All Bobcat Friday Assembly

Time: Every Friday 8:30am - 8: 45 am

Where: Broadcast from the blacktop via Zoom

Registration Link: tinyurl.com/SRFriday

Questions: contact the PTA general helpline at hello@santaritapta.org

BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

Would You Like to Be a Substitute Teacher?

Do you enjoy working with kids?

Do you have a flexible schedule?

If so, you might enjoy becoming a substitute teacher in our local Los Altos School District classrooms!

Learn More About Becoming a Substitute Teacher

On Thursday, November 18, our local elementary and junior high schools in the Los Altos School District will be hosting an in-person substitute information session and training.

When: November 18, 9:00am-11:30am

Where: 201 Covington Road in the Board Room

What: Stephanie Tyson, a retired mentor teacher, will share information, tricks, tips, and strategies for successfully substituting in Kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms. All are welcome.

To RSVP, email Erin Green at egreen@lasdschools.org

Requirements to Substitute Teach

• A BA/BS college degree

• CBEST exam

• Fingerprinting and background check

If you are interested in learning about sub permit requirements, please contact Marlene Revelo mrevelo@lasdschools.org for the quick steps to take to become a certified substitute in LASD.

Health and Safety Protocols

Our students have been SAFELY back in classrooms since September 2020 with strict adherence to all state and local public health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Learn more at www.lasdschools.org on our COVID Safe Schools webpage.

Thank you for considering joining our substitute teaching team!

FAN4 MATH COMPETITION

* FUN questions

* 4 students from the same school work as a team, schools can register multiple teams

* Competition window: November 11- 18

* Free: No registration fee

Fan4 Registration

For more info, visit ckmathletes.com

Fan4 M Flyer.pdf

MVLA PARENT EDUCATION SPEAKER SERIES

Join us for an evening with author, and Founder and CEO of thinkLaw, Colin Seale

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The Question Is The Answer: Practical Strategies To Unleash Critical Thinking At Home

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 7:00 - 9:00pm | Live Online

Families are inherently qualified to unleash and nurture critical thinking in their children. This is not a skill that families often recognize or think about intentionally, and it is a skill families have regardless of their education level or home language.

In this presentation, Colin Seale, Founder and CEO of thinkLaw and author of Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework to Teach Critical Thinking to All Students, will share powerful, but practical tips to support families - our children’s first and most important teachers - in their crucial role in equipping our young people to lead, innovate, and break the things that must be broken through critical thinking activities and practices they can seamlessly integrate into their home life.

About the Speaker

Colin Seale was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where struggles in his upbringing gave birth to his passion for education equity. Tracked early into gifted and talented programs, Colin was afforded opportunities his neighborhood peers were not. Using lessons from his experience as a math teacher, later as an attorney, and now as a keynote speaker, contributor to Forbes, The 74, and Education Post and author of Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students (Prufrock Press, 2020), Colin founded thinkLaw, a multi-award-winning organization to help educators leverage inquiry-based instructional strategies to close the critical thinking gap and ensure they teach and REACH all students, regardless of race, zip code or what side of the poverty line they are born into. When he’s not serving as the world’s most fervent critical thinking advocate, Colin proudly serves as the world’s greatest entertainer to his two young children.

Audience: Parents of elementary, middle school and high school students

Register: Register for this free event

Books: Purchase online at Books, Inc.

Previous Event Recordings

• 10/21/2021 - Dr. Michael Bradley - Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind

Michael Bradley Handouts:

• Seven C’s for Parents - English

• Ten Tenets for K - 12 - English

• Seven C’s for Parents - Spanish

• MTen Tenets for K - 12 - Spanish

• 09/30/2021 - Ron Lieber – The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous and Smart About Money

• 09/28/2021 - Ron Lieber – The Price You Pay For College: An Entirely New Roadmap

Join Santa Rita’s LAEF October Participation Challenge — Donate or Pledge to the Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) if you have not yet given this school year. It’s the only way for you to fund Santa Rita’s teachers for STEM, computer science, physical education (PE), art, music, library, and mental health counselors. Gifts of any amount add up and make a difference! If you have students at more than one LASD school, your one donation will count for the October Participation Challenge at all of your schools.

Check out this Financial Breakdown Chart showing exactly how LAEF will use your contribution this school year.

If you donated to LAEF through your employer’s giving portal during the October Participation Challenge, please let us know by emailing admin@laefonline.org since there is a delay in receiving donor information. This will help us make sure your gift will count towards Santa Rita’s Participation Challenge goal!

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