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The Central Scoop
Photographs: Central Elementary School Halloween Parade 2011
Issue 6: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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Upcoming Central Events . . . are also posted on The Central Elementary School Website: Central.brssd.org - Friday, November 11th = Veteran's Day, NO SCHOOL
- Saturday, November 12th = Central's 11th Annual Auction Dinner Dance, 6PM
- All Week, November 14th - 18th = Book Drive, see "Library News"
- November 24-25 = Thanksgiving Break
- Monday, November 28 = 3rd Grade sings at Carlmont Shopping Center - 5pm
- Saturday, December 3rd = Holiday Craft Workshop 10AM-2PM
- Tuesday, December 6th = PTA executive Board Meeting 7:00PM
- December 19-30 = Winter Break
November 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 21st and 22nd Parent Teacher Conferences EARLY DISMISSAL Kindergarten: 11:55AM dismissal 1st grade - 3rd grade: 12:20PM dismissal ________________________________________________________ The Library is CLOSED this week!
Wednesdays are Walking Wednesdays - Walk your Child to School! Show your Central Spirit by wearing blue on Fridays! |
Attention Central Families
Wednesday is the final day that we'll sell tickets for the "Uncorked" Dinner, Dance and Auction.
Buy your tickets by check in the office or at And invite your friends to come and share your babysitter!
Here is what you'll miss by not attending:
1. Raffle and Games: an iPad 2 being raffled, fun Balloon-Pop Raffle where everybody wins, Wine Wall where $25 gets you a great bottle of wine
2. Auction items from Teachers - every teacher has donated something special
3. Live Auction items such as: - Brunch for 10 at Mistral,
- Principal for a Day,
- A week's stay at a beautiful Shasta home,
- The coveted VIP parking pass
- And Margarita Madness is back on Cinco di Mayo!
4.. Silent Auction items that include:
- Sporting events: 49ers, Sharks, Golden State Warriors, Stanford vs. Notre Dame
- Ski-cabins, iFly, GoKart Racer, Bowling, Ice Skating and many other activities for families
- Restaurant gift certificates, Delivered dinners, Dinner parties, the Men of Mezes Testosterone BBQ and Poker Party, Indian Dinner for 6, Kansas City BBQ Party for 8-10
- Lots of wine for upcoming holidays
- Movie, Lego, Craft, and Bollywood Dance parties for kids
- And Trivia, Progressive Dinner, Pub Crawl, and Mom's Happy Hour parties for adults
All the Central families have worked so hard to donate their resources, and the catalog is full of great stuff. Please come and enjoy the evening with us!
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Notes from the School Office
by Mrs. McNulty
Office: 650-637-4820
Attendance:650-620-2810
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We're quickly moving into cold and flu season (the weeks after Thanksgiving are always fruitful!), so please know that students must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school. Also, children are not allowed to bring any medication including cough drops to keep in the classroom. They must be kept in the office in the original packaging and a form needs to be filled out. Really!!
Many parents are bringing forgotten items directly to the classroom after the morning bell (8:25AM) has rung. To keep from interrupting your child's class, please drop these things off in the office.
Remember after the bell rings, ALL parents and visitors MUST check into the office and wear one of our fabulous bright pink badges while on campus. This is for your children's safety and not because we want to annoy you.
Just one more little thing (well, this week!). Unless it is an emergency, please make all afterschool arrangements at home. We have 453 adorable students at Central, and they deserve to have a lovely afternoon. But some days there aren't enough post it notes or time to deliver all of the requests the office receives, and your secretary has a hard time dealing with the guilt of a forgotten message.
Enjoy your week!
Kathie
Your Central School Secretary
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Please click here for information regarding visitors, the 24-hour attendance line, tardies, dropped-off items, and the lost & found. Please click here for information regarding student medications.
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A Note to Fifth Grade Parents
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Please send in your $65 contribution for Fifth Grade Promotion activities by Novevember 11th. A copy of a letter containing details can be found here.
- Holly Sutton
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PTA NEWS
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Teacher Appreciation Committee
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers our teachers are being appreciated every month throughout the year. On a very small budget we provide them with monthly meals and birthday treats. It's the PTA's way of saying thanks for the hard work and great educations they give our children. In October they had a BBQ lunch with all the trimmings. They enjoyed pumpkin cupcakes and brownies for October's birthday celebrants.
We are looking forward to another fantastic Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7th-11th. Teachers and Staff will be showered with many activities and goodies from students and the committee volunteers.
If you want to help out this fun committee please contact Helen Gruener:
or (650) 508-9828
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Art-in-Action
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Ms. Fong's 4th (and 5th) graders had a great time examining Picasso's cubist techniques, showing a person from multiple viewpoints. They studied Picasso's 'Weeping Woman' and then used multiple media to create their own interpretations of a Picasso-esque portrait by blending a profile and a frontal view of a face. First they created the basis for their portrait by making a charcoal transfer. Then, using oil pastels and tempera paint, they created amazing masterpieces featuring both a profile and frontal view. Look for them and other Art in Action masterpieces gracing the hallways at Central!  _______________________________________
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Central Library News
by Mrs. Patty Branscum
email: pbranscum@brssd.org
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CHILDREN'S BOOK DRIVE!
Please recycle your new or used children's books into young people's lives. Central Library is collecting books for the Children's Book Project in S.F. which donates them to children in homeless shelters, children's centers and certain needy public schools. The Book Drive will be November 14-18 for one week only. Please bring the books to the library.
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Library Dates to Remember:
- Book Drive, Nov. 14-18, ONE WEEK ONLY: Gently used books collected for the Children's Book Project in S.F.
- Banana Seeds Book Fair, January 27-Feb. 1
- Ice Cream Social, January 27, kick off to the Book Fair
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Three new Adopt-A-Books have been adopted and are now in our Central library to share.
PINGO donated by Sophia Campbell
CAT DIARIES donated by Andrew Marks
CHRISTMAS TROLLS donated by Ava Tsou
Thank you very much!
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Please note: The Central Book Nook is OPEN on the weeks the Central Library is closed. Email Bettina for more information.
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School-Force News
schoolforce.org
Planning your online holiday shopping?
Don't forget to go through:
http://www.shopforschools.org/schoolforce/shop.php
to earn free money for School-Force! About 7% of the money you spend at Amazon comes back to School-Force!!
Plan ahead and make meeting your School-Force donation goal easy!
If you start your monthly donation in October, the suggested amount in order to reach the $1200 level is: $133/mo for one child or $267/mo for 2 children. Visit http://schoolforce.org/donate/ to set up your donation now.
Why $1200 per child?
Where did that number come from?
It's "The Formula for Strong Schools" If all families donate at the suggested level ($1200 per child by June 30, 2011), we will raise over $3.5 million, an amount that would make our schools look like they did a few years ago: full time libraries, smaller classes in K-3 (20:1), GATE (Gifted and Talented Program), and full-time Reading Specialists.
Some can give more, others need to give less. Make your child's education a priority in your monthly budget.
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Notes from the District
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Website link
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November 4, 2011
Dear Staff and Community Members,
At last night's Board meeting an announcement was made regarding the District's direction to find a new superintendent for Belmont Redwood Shores School District. I will continue to serve in the District as Superintendent until June 2012.
It has been a privilege to serve as the Superintendent of the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District since 2006 and to work with such dedicated individuals and great students. I want to thank you for your support during my tenure. We have addressed many challenges and I want to thank the community and staff for being partners in this process and helping make this a great District for the students of Belmont and Redwood Shores. I am fortunate to have worked with an exceptional group of educators and community members.
Sincerely,
Emerita Orta-Camilleri, Superintendent
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About the Scoop:
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The Central Scoop is currently run by parent volunteers.
For submission questions relating to the Central Scoop, please contact Jill Pratt. For technology questions relating to the Central Scoop, please contact Stephanie Vargas.
We can be reached at:
525 Middle Road
Belmont, CA 94002
Office: 650-637-4820
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In a nation where more than one million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year, Belmont is invited to celebrate life. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a unique fundraising event in which teams of participants take turns walking around the track at Carlmont High School overnight in an effort to fight cancer, celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, and remember loved ones lost to the disease.
The 2012 Relay For Life of Belmont will take place at Carlmont High School on a to be determined Saturday & Sunday in June.
To get involved, call 650-477-8879, email Allison.Langston@cancer.org, or come to our Planning Retreat and first meeting on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Carlmont High School at 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002.
We hope to see you there! Remember, giving back to our community can be fun! Join in the fight against cancer today!
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