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The Central Scoop
Issue 10: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A Message from the Editors: Sarina Hamer's fourth grade photograph accidentally appeared in Issue 8 of the Scoop! Thank you to everyone who emailed in guesses and congratulations to our very own 4th/5th grade teacher, Cheryl Fong, who correctly identified our PTA president and whose name was selected in the drawing. She will be receiving a gift certificate for one large pizza from Amici's. Thank you to Sarina for her great sense of humor!
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Upcoming Central Events . . . are also posted on The Central Elementary School Website: Central.brssd.org
- Tuesday, December 6th = PTA executive Board Meeting 8:45AM
- Thursday, December 8th = Parent Education Night, Central Library, 7:30pm
- December 19-January 2nd = Winter Break, NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday, January 3rd = Students and Staff Return from Winter Break
- Thursday, January 10th = Parent Education Night, 7:30pm
- January 13th-27th = Reading Power Read-A-Thon
- Monday, January 16th = Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday, January 24th = 4th & 5th grade Winter Concert, Central MUR 7pm
LOOKING AHEAD: STAR Testing Begins April 30, 2012 ________________________________________________________ The Library is CLOSED this week!
Wednesdays are Walking Wednesdays - Walk your Child to School! Show your Central Spirit by wearing blue on Fridays! |
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Notes from the School Office
by Mrs. McNulty
Office: 650-637-4820
Attendance:650-620-2810
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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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PTA News ____________________________________ The next Parent Education Night is coming up this Thursday evening at 7:30pm in the Central Library!  THE MELTDOWN MOMENT MANUAL: For You, Not Your Child!! A Workshop from the "Parenting Intelligence Distilled for Daily Life" Lecture Series with Parent Educator/Author Sharon Silver. For more information see the Parent Education Night eflyer! Save the Date: our next Parent Ed. Night is on January 10th at 7:30 in the multi-use room. More information in next week's Scoop! RSVP to Jill Daniel at Pastaqueen@aol.com _________________________________ SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30-7:30pm Opening Doors: Belmont-Redwood Shores Special Services PTA Winter Potluck for more information please see the eflyer here! ________________________________________________ THANK YOU!!!  The Holiday Gift Workshop was a big success again this year! We had over 210 kids attend the event. They left happy and proud of the gifts they crafted. It couldn't have been done without our wonderful volunteers who showed up with smiles and enthusiastically helped the kids with their crafts. Thank you to:
Alex Seefeldt, Angela DeBarger, Ardythe Andrews, Barbara Newton, Bettina Oelke, Bindu Prasad, Charisse Lee, Charmain Qiu, Claudia Barria, Daniella Lefer, Danielle Chamberlin, Debby Leschyn, Deryk Loo, Grete Fry, Inga Lapsins, Jill Rillema, Faith and Chuck Velschow, Jennifer Mackie, Mark Pratt, Joy Coughlan, Kevin Gruener, Leslie Kahler, Lisa Chan, LuAnn Chock, Marina Perry, Mimi Chu, Nicki Fox, Paramita Kundu, Paul Turner, Robin Long, Sandra Cheung, Sarina Hamer, Senta Colombo, Srikumar Kareti, Susie Gardner, Tracy Heath, Ulla Foehr, Veronica Topalian. Thanks especially to Dawn Richards who put on a lovely bake sale. It was delicious! For over 30 years this event has been a wonderful Central tradition. I'm so proud to have been a part of it! |
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Last Chance to Easily Help an Adoptable pet!
Thanks to everyone who has kindly donated items to the Pet Supplies Donation Drive for Peninsula Humane Society!
Girl Scout Troop 33393 will continue collecting items this week. The last day to donate is Monday December 12 (the donations bin will be collected Tuesday December 13 at noon).
Much-needed pet supplies include: gently used blankets, towels, collars, leashes, pet toys (especially large Kongs), Fancy Feast cat food, paper towels, creamy peanut butter and canned tuna, as well as several household items-many things which you may no longer need yourself! So please help our troop help local Bay Area pets by donating items to the donation box in front of Central School's Office.
You can find a complete wish list of hoped-for donations on the Girl Scouts' pet donations flyer. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Troop Co-Leader:
Traci Psaila at
Thank you for your help!
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Former Central Student Giving Back through Eagle Scout Project!! Your support is needed!
Dear Parents and Guardians
of Central Elementary School,
My name is Greg Newton and I was a student at Central from Kindergarten to 5th grade. I really enjoyed my time at Central and wanted to give something back. I am currently a Senior at Carlmont High School and a Boy Scout in Troop 301. To attain the rank of Eagle Scout, I will need to lead a service project benefiting the community in some way. As soon as I learned this I knew I wanted to do a project for Central. I met with Ms. Cori McKenzie to discuss an area of Central that she and Ms. Fong have wanted to see improved for a long time.
Here is a picture of the area we'd like to improve:
To see a picture of what it will look like, please click ____________________________
PROJECT WEE CARE  Samaritan House's Holiday Toy and Gift Distribution "Established in 1974, Samaritan House is a non-profit health and human services agency with over 30 years of experience in providing a broad range of services and resources to low-income residents in San Mateo County. Services include case management, clothing, medical care, food, shelter, employment assistance, and food and toys for the holidays. All services are provided free of charge to low-income families." (from their website - samaritanhouse.com) Please help out by donating the from the following list: Gift Drive-NEW: Games & Toys...sports equipment, art supplies, action figures, board games, playing cards, card games, dolls, stocking stuffers, toys for infants - age 12 Gifts for Teens-NEW: basketballs, soccer balls, make up, accessories, gift certificates for boys and girls ($10 and up) See the eflyer for more information! _______________________________________________ Also for Samaritan House... Samaritan House is in desperate need for children's clothing. There are more homeless children in San Mateo County this year than last and they need our help. Please look through your closets for gently used clothing and see if you can help this cause. They need the following: - Girls 4 to 6x clothing - pants, shirts, dresses, shoes, anything
- Toddler girls and boys pants
- Boys size 3 to 7 - pants of any kind especially jeans, long sleeve tee shirts
- Boys 8, 10 and 12 pants
- Other children's clothing needed as well, but these are the greatest needs.
If you don't have any of these and would like to go pick up a pair of new jeans or tee shirts from Old Navy,. Target or K-Mart that would be great too. For $10 you can buy a new pair of pants at Old Navy.
Donations are accepted at Samaritan House, 4031 Pacific Blvd., San Mateo, CA
Thank you for your help.
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Central Library News
by Mrs. Patty Branscum
email: pbranscum@brssd.org
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Wednesday, Nov. 30 was our second Family Reading Night for this year. We had a good turn out and LOVED listening to Miss Coney read MRS. BROOKS LOVES BOOKS! (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner. She dressed in costume and entertained all! The next Family Reading Night will be Wed. January 18, 2012.
We have some new Adopt-A-Books added to our library.
For Good Measure - Lauren Louie
Encyclopedia of the Presidents - Lauren Louie
For the Love of Music - Lauren Louie
One - Denton and Natalie Silfvast
Mrs. Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) - Miss Coney
Thank you very much for adding to our Central Library.
Also, Mr. Pollack from the CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT in San Francisco came by this week to pick up our donated books. Thank you to the families who donated. Our Book Drive is an annual event so if you missed it this year you can donate next November.
December is a great time to buy a gift for our library. Adopt-A-Books are available Dec. 12-16 for your shopping convenience!
Happy Holidays,
Mrs. Branscum
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School-Force News
schoolforce.org
Wondering what to give your child's teacher for the holidays?
What better gift can you give them than an investment in something they care deeply about? Consider an additional investment in quality education in Belmont-Redwood Shores schools as part of your teacher's holiday gift. Click on the
Starting your online holiday shopping? Shop for School-Force at Amazon.com! Your holiday purchases on Amazon and other online retailers including Target, Macy's, Expedia, Walmart and Lucky Brand earns an average 7% of the money you spend for School-Force, at no cost to you! Click here to get started shopping! Maximize your tax write-off! As we near the end of this tax year, please be sure you've given all you want to give for this year to maximize your write-off! You have until June 30th to make an impact on the 2012-2013 school year, but write-offs for this calendar year end soon! Click here to donate now! ___________________________________________
...More from School-Force!
The new School-Force window decals are here! If you've made a donation since July 2011, you should be receiving your donor window decal soon, be sure to display it proudly!! If you begin your monthly giving now, the suggested amount in order to reach the $1200 level is: $150/mo for one child or $300/mo for 2 children. Click here to set up your donation now.
It's fun to be on a winning team! Join other School-Force volunteers and help continue our winning streak! The School-Force Team has had great success over the last few years helping Belmont-Redwood Shores schools overcome some drastic state budget cuts. We need your help to continue this excellent record. Click here to get involved now! It's a team effort.
Thanks to your donations last year, many programs are being supported by School-Force dollars right now.
2011-2012 School-Force Supported Programs: Class Size Reduction for K-3rd Grade $350,000
Funds support additional teacher salaries so student: teacher ratio is 25:1 rather than 29:1.
Reading Specialists $244,000
Support emerging readers in the younger grades at all six elementary schools.
Science Specialists for 4th and 5th Grades $129,000
Science specialists share workload between all six elementary schools.
Choral Music-4th and 5th Grades $100,000
Elementary music teachers share workload between all six elementary schools.
Instrumental Music 4th and 5th Grades $145,000
Dean at Ralston $121,000 Full-time, serving all 1000 Ralston students.
Counseling at Ralston $48,000
50% of full-time position, serving all 1000 Ralston students. The other 50% is paid with general funds, per state mandate.
Library Media Specialists $113,000
Keeping libraries open part-time at all elementary schools and full-time at Ralston. The program receives additional support from the general fund.
Teacher's Aides (Para Educators) $120,000
One Para Educator at each elementary school site to aid teachers in split-grade classrooms. If no split grades at a site then equivalent funds are used at the principal's discretion to support classroom learning.
Technology for Teachers $50,000
Computers for newly hired teachers and partial support for the refresh program for teacher computers.
Ralston Afterschool Athletic Program $20,000 Stipends for coaches to bring cost down and make the program accessible to more students.
Questions? Contact Michele Moyer, School-Force Liaison
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Notes from the District
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Website link
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Your Central Scoop Team
Jill Pratt and Stephanie Vargas
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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:
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Belmont, CA 94002
Office: 650-637-4820
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