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Summit Public Schools: Rainier
1750 S. White Road
San Jose, CA 95127
(408) 831-3104
Rainier office is located in room 1215
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Principal
Pamela Lamcke
(408) 831-3104
Assistant Director
Lia Pinelli
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Quick Links...
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School Donations Needed
We especially need bottled water and facial tissues this week. Thank you to:
Sandy Englehart
Robin Shepard
Imelda Zuniga
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Families have a 40 hour volunteer commitment per student enrolled - start logging your volunteer hours.
Please make sure you log in your hours using the link above. Families who have reached the 40 hour commitment will be recognized in future editions of the newsletter and on this page of the PIVOT website. |
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Summit Rainier YahooGroup
Diane Tom
If you would like to join the Rainier Parent listserve/ email group, you can join in one of three ways:
2. Send a blank email to this address and respond to the confirmation
3. Email group moderator, Diane Tom and she will send you an invitation to the group
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Bookmark our new Amazon link today and Amazon will donate up to 10% of your purchases to Rainier. |
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Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
- Thursday, January 16 - Spring Sports meeting (mandatory for athletes and parents), Tahoma Auditorium, 6pm.
Next Week
- Monday, January 20 - School Closed - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Tuesday, January 21 - Friday, January 31 - Expeditions, 9am- 3pm, followed by mandatory PLT with Friday Check In Mentor - dismissal at 4pm (except Tuesday January 28, dismissal at 3pm)
- Tuesday, January 21 - College Visit, CSU EB, 3-4pm
- Tuesday, January 21 - Recruitment Open House (for both schools, but will be held at the Tahoma Campus), 6:30pm
Mark Your Calendars
- Tuesday, January 28 - Cafecito con los directores en español, Starbucks, 3pm
- Thursday, January 30 - 11th Grade College Night, Tahoma Campus, 6:30pm
- Friday, January 31 - Coffee with the Director, Starbucks, 9am
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Message from the Directors
Dear Rainier Families,
As you may know, we are about to begin a two-week session of Expeditions classes. This time offers our students a unique opportunity to engage in a variety of elective courses as well as a chance to catch up with the regular course work. To that end, the Rainier faculty has made some changes to the school day calendar that we believe will help all of our students achieve their academic goals.
After students finish their Expeditions course at 3pm, they will all go into one hour of PLT with their Friday check-in mentor to finish their school day. Students will be dismissed at the regular 4pm dismissal time each afternoon. The only day with a 3pm dismissal will be Tuesday, January 28. Other than that day, students will be released at the usual 4pm.
If students would like further support or need more time to work, teachers will offer after school PLT every afternoon from 4 - 5pm. The 11th graders after school PLT will be located in room 1213, 10th graders in room 1211 and 9th graders in room 1207. Each subject will take one day a week to cover after school PLT. If your student needs help in a specific subject, be sure to encourage your student to attend after school PLT on that day. The subject days are:
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Monday: History
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Tuesday: English
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Wednesday: Spanish
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Thursday: Math
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Friday: Science
Because of changes to the faculty schedule during Expeditions and the additional hours of after school PLT, we will not be hosting before school PLT during Expeditions. While there will not be before school PLT hours for these two weeks, the campus will be open for students to be dropped off starting at 8am.
As always, we look to you to help support your student during this time to ensure that he/she is on track with their projects and playlists for each class. You can always check your student's progress on the PLP tool (http://app.mysummitps.org). If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your student's mentor or teacher.
Pamela Lamcke, Principal
Lia Pinelli, Assistant Director
Summit Public Schools: Rainier
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Recruitment Volunteers
Please continue to spread the word about Summit Public Schools. We are now accepting applications for next year's freshman class. Applications are due February 28th for the first lottery, and highest chance of acceptance. There will be Informational Open House meetings on January 21 (6:30pm at Tahoma), February 8 (10am at Rainier) and March 11 (6:30pm at Tahoma). Flyers are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Please distribute these flyers in your communities.
Field Trip Drivers
Drivers and Chaperones are needed for the Expeditions Computer Science class field trip to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View on Friday, January 24, 9am-2pm. Your student does not need to be in the class for you to volunteer. Please sign up here.
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Pamela Lamcke, Principal
We are encouraging families to enroll in our Online Payment program. This will allow you to make payments to the school including lunch payments, donations and payments for Study Trips and Yearbooks (coming soon) via an online system using your credit card. Registration forms (English and Spanish) are here, or you can enroll by visiting this website: http://bit.ly/spsparentsignup
Deadline for returning forms to the office or enrolling online is January 31.
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Pamela Lamcke, Principal
The following colleges will have representatives visiting the Rainier campus. Students who are interested in these colleges should take advantage of meeting with the representatives and find out more about their schools.
College Night - 11th Grade
Please join us for the next 11th grade College Night on Thursday, January 30 at 6:30pm at the Tahoma campus. The focus of the meeting will be on financial aid and paying for college. Presentations will be given by financial aid representatives from Santa Clara University in both English and Spanish. This is your chance to hear about paying for college from the experts! We hope you will join us.
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Coach J Bumagat, Athletic Director
Spring Sports Meeting
These is a mandatory Parent/Athlete Spring Sport meeting for any and all parents and their child interested in playing baseball or softball.
When: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 6pm
Where: Tahoma Auditorium
Both parent and student athlete need to be in attendance. It is important to have several things completed by January 16 to get a head start for the first official day of practice, February 3, 2014:
1. All athletic documents need to be completed
On the Athletic Website under forms
2. Completed physical that clears the athlete for participation. You will need to schedule a doctor's appointment. Do not wait until the last minute.
3. $125 sports fee
No student will be allowed to participate if anything is missing. If you have questions, please feel free to phone or text Coach J at (408) 688-1995. You may also email Coach J at coachjbumagat@gmail.com.
Roller Hockey
The joint Rainier-Tahoma Roller Hockey team, the Thunderdogs, will be playing two games on Saturday, January 25. They will play against Sobrato at 3pm and against Legacy at 5pm. The games are held at the Silver Creek Sportsplex located at 800 Embedded Way, San Jose, 95138. Come and cheer on Rainier team members: Meaghan Allen, Alex Angel, Prashant Bala, John Gundayao, Peter Le, Connor Murchison, Max Rogers, William Teav and Willy Teav.
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Science Club Field Trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium
Emily Kobayashi, Science Club President
The Rainier and Tahoma Science Clubs visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium on January 11. We saw hammerhead sharks, sea turtles, & jelly fish, petted bay rays, and watched sea otters play. Special thanks to the Kobayashi, Leigh, & Hitt families who helped drive. If you are interested in joining the Science Club, meetings are every Tuesday in Ms. Lee's room (1213) at lunch.
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Thank you to Rama Prasad and the Peer Tutoring Club at Tahoma for organizing a special SAT Prep Session last week with representatives from College Spring, a professional test prep company. About 60 Rainier and Tahoma juniors took advantage of this opportunity to prepare for the upcoming SAT on January 25.
Rama and the Peer Tutoring Club reached out to this company and persuaded them to come and offer a free test prep session and 60 free test prep books to our students. They were so impressed by this example of student leadership that they couldn't say no! Keep up the good work, PTC!
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Fundraising
 Thank you to Steve and Patti Hares (on behalf of Jeff - 11th grade and Connor - 9th grade) for their recent donation to Summit Rainier. They join our Bulldog Circle of Families who have contributed $750 or more to support our school. We also appreciate the contributions of those who made pledges to donate throughout the school year. Unfortunately, we have not reached our goal yet, and ask that every family participate. For more information about our Fundraising efforts, please see the PIVOT website.
Amazon.com
 Thank you to our parents and community members who have already made purchases using our Amazon link we have earned $276 so far this school year. Summit Rainier can earn up to 10% of the purchase price with no additional cost. Click on the link before you purchase and remember to use it every time you purchase from Amazon. Please share this link with your family and friends.
Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=rainpivo-20
Other ways to help
eScrip - Register your Safeway card, and a portion of your purchase comes back to Summit San Jose when you use your debit card, check, or cash. Credit cards will no longer earn contributions.
Shop at Target with a red card? Just indicate you'd like donations to go to Rainier here:
https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/enroll
We have SHARES cards in the office for anyone who shops at SaveMart, Lucky, or FoodMaxx. Just slide your card before payment and we earn a percentage of each purchase, with no additional cost to you.
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Stanford School of Medicine Internship Opportunity
The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program's (SMYSP) Summer Residential Program is an annual five-week science- and medicine-based enrichment program that takes place annually from mid-June to late July, and is held on the Stanford University campus.
The Summer Residential Program is open to low-income and ethnically diverse high school sophomores and juniors who live in northern and central California. Please visit our Summer Residential Program page for complete eligibility requirements, program details, and a link to our application. Postmark deadline is February 15.
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Technovation Hack Days will help girls build a cell phone app using MIT App Inventor 2, meet female mentors in the Tech and Business industries, and connect with other teams who are participating in Technovation. No prior coding experience is necessary and girls can come with a team or on their own. This a great event for girls who are interested in exploring majors or career options in the Tech and/or Business industries!
This event will be held on Saturday, January 18 from 10am-4pm on the UC Berkeley Campus. For more information, please see this website.
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Newsletter Submissions
Is there something you would like to have included in a future edition? Rainier's newsletter comes out weekly on Wednesdays. The deadline for submissions is Monday at noon. Please email articles to the Rainier Newsletter Editor. Early submissions are welcome and appreciated.
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