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Summit Public Schools: Rainier
1750 S. White Road (enter from Marten Ave.)
San Jose, CA 95127
(408) 831-3104
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Executive Director
Assistant Director
Office Manager
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Quick Links...
(Parents and Students for a Common Goal, formerly known as Rainier PIVOT)
(real time information!)
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Bookmark our new Amazon link today and Amazon will donate up to 10% of your purchases to Rainier. |
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. |
12th grade reminders
Senior Portraits
Don't forget to make your appointment to take your Senior Portraits. Go to Pro Image Studio to schedule your appointment. Portraits must be taken by November 8.
ACT and SAT Testing
Fall testing dates are approaching soon. Make sure to register by the deadline. If you qualify for free or reduced price lunch, fee waivers are available in the office. |
College Visits
College representatives will be visiting Rainier and Tahoma:
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En Español
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Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
- Wednesday, September 3 - Recruitment Open House at Tahoma, 6:30pm
- Thursday - Friday, September 4-5 - Rainier Camping Trip, Parent drivers and chaperones needed from all grades. Driver packets are available in the office and must be completed and approved prior to the trip date. See below or contact Patti Hares for more information.
- Thursday, September 11 - Back to School Night - Part 2, 6:30pm
- September 15-18 and September 22-26 - Expeditions - Course Catalog online here.
- Wednesday, September 17 - Winter Athletics Mandatory meeting (Basketball, Wrestling, and Soccer), Summit West on the Tahoma Campus, 6pm (make up meeting September 24)
- Thursday, September 18 - Make up picture day
- Friday, September 19 - Deadline to register for PSAT on October 18. See below for information.
- Friday-Saturday, September 19-20 - PLP meetings with families to be scheduled with mentors (no regular classes on Friday so that meetings can be held).
- Saturday, September 27 - Goodwill Collection Event at Tahoma turn around, 10am-4pm
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Message from the Directors
Dear Rainier Families,
Mr. Bock and I have been have been looking over students' orientation projects and have been inspired by all of the great ideas from our students. This not only gave us a good impression of the skills that the students have, but also helped us learn about each individual student by seeing which recommendations they made. We are also excited to announce that we are very close to reaching our first goal of enrolling 10 new Rainier Bulldogs! There are a few friends who are planning to tour Rainier on Wednesday and hopefully they will join our community and get us above 10. This would gain us a $20,000 donation to implement some of the amazing orientation projects that our students have created. To help get us to our next 10 students and receive an even bigger donation, we are holding a Recruitment Open House at Tahoma tonight at 6:30pm! Tell your friends and family to come along if they want to hear more about Summit before joining our community. We are hoping that the excitement started by our orientation projects and new bulldogs joining our community will continue with our 4th annual camping trip Thursday and Friday. However, at the moment we need more drivers to drive about 50 more students and we can't go unless we have room for everyone since we will leave no bulldog behind! Please, if you can help drive students, even if it is just one direction, call us at the office to volunteer.Sincerely,
Jesse Roe, Executive Director
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4th Annual Summit Rainier Camping Trip
We are excited for the 4th annual Summit Rainier Camping Trip this Thursday and Friday! This important Summit tradition helps students bond with their classmates and teachers and form relationships that are the foundation of both the personal and academic support that students will receive this year at Summit Rainier! We expect all students to attend the camping trip.
Volunteers:
We are so grateful to the many families who are contributing to our school by volunteering to chaperone or drive for our camping trip. We still need drivers for Thursday, Friday or both. Please contact Patti Hares if you can help. Driver forms are available in the office and need to be completed before the trip. Donations: Donations are very much needed to cover the cost of the trip. A suggested donation of $25 per student is requested. Donations may be brought into the office or paid online https://system.netsuite.com/pages/login.jsp
Packing List: Students need to bring:
Tent to share
| walking shoes | flashlight
| Thursday bag lunch
| warm clothing
| bug repellent
| refillable water bottle
| overnight toiletries
| sunblock
| sleeping bag and pillow
| hand towel
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Note: school dress code applies during the camping trip. Overview of Agenda Thursday
- 8:30-9am Depart Rainier
- Please arrive at school before 8:30am!
- Arrive at Cutter Scout Reservation & Set up camp
- Opening Ceremony
- Bag Lunch
- Students need to bring a bag lunch for Thursday!
- Breakout Activity Sessions (e.g., Hikes, Soccer, Frisbee, Poetry & Creative Writing, and many more!) & Snack
- Dinner
- Mentor Group Activities
- Talent Show
- Cross-grade Mentor Group Activities & Hot Cocoa
- 10pm Lights Out!
Friday
- 7-8am Breakfast
- Mentor Group Olympics
- Awards Ceremony, Reflection & Mentor Group Time
- Clean up camp
- Pick up lunch (Students will be provided a to-go bag lunch.)
- 12pm Depart camp
- 1:30pm (approximate) Arrive back at Summit Rainier. Students will call home from the road when they are nearing campus.
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UC Course Approvals
Mr. Roe, Executive Director
Rainier and Tahoma have received full approval for all academic courses to ensure that all graduates meet A-G requirements. Due to our rigorous courses, this was just a formality but we wanted to keep the community updated that all A-G courses are approved. We are waiting final approval on a few Expeditions courses but those should be coming shortly.
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Request for Empty 2 liter Soda Bottles
Ms. Shemyakina
AP Environmental Studies Teacher
Our second APES project has to do with building ecosystems within plastic bottles. We need as many 2 liter soda bottles as we can get by Friday, September 12.
Here is an image of the PERFECT soda bottle:  Some details: - Clear plastic (green does not work)
- "Flat" sides (the curvy new Coke bottles do not work as well)
- Gently rinsed out with water please! (dried soda is hard to clean out)
- With caps if possible (but not required)
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PSAT Testing - 11th and 10th Graders
Mr. Bock, Assistant Director
The Preliminary SAT or PSAT will be offered at one of our Summit San Jose campuses this year on Saturday, October 18. This is an important exam opportunity for 10th and 11th grade students. This exam serves the following three purposes:
- A very high score (top 1 - 3% nationally) can bring scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Organization, colleges, corporations, and other institutions for any 11th grade student
- The National Merit organization has a separate scholarship program for any 11th grade student who identifies as "Black" or "Hispanic" (these are the words the organization uses) and who also scores well on the exam
- Any score can help a 10th or 11th grade student understand if the SAT might be a better match college entrance exam as compared to the ACT. (In general, the ACT aligns better with college-ready skills and curriculum than the SAT, but for some students the SAT is still the stronger test.)
We encourage all students to take advantage of this opportunity. The exam costs $14, and students can pay with cash or check. Students who are on scholarship will have support to pay for the cost of the exam. You can find more information about the PSAT exam, including other local high schools who offer the PSAT, on the College Board website.
Students who want to register to take the exam with Summit need to talk directly to Mr. Bock by the end of the day on Friday, September 19.
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Recruitment
Rainier still has opening for students interested in joining our community. Please tell your friends, family and community members about our school. Flyers are available in the office or online here.
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Bulldog Athletics
Coach J Bumagat
Winter Athletics
For students interested in participating in Winter Basketball, Wrestling or Soccer there will be a mandatory parent/athlete sports meeting on September 17, 2014 at 6pm in the Summit West building located on the Tahoma campus. The make up meeting will be held September 24. All interested participants need to attend.
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Rainier Carpool Coordination
Are you interested in carpooling to or from school? Please sign up on
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Back to School Night, Part 2
Orientation for families continues over the next several weeks. Please attend the Back to School Night Part 2 event on Thursday, September 11, at 6:30pm when we will go over the Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) tool. Also, we will be holding individual PLP meetings with each student and family on September 19 and 20. If you did not make an appointment yet, please reach out to your student's mentor to schedule a meeting time. Faculty emails are found on this page.
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Goodwill Collection Event
Saturday, September 27, 10am - 4pm
The Goodwill Trailer will be in the Tahoma turn-around to accept E-waste, clothing, shoes, toys, household appliances and housewares - pretty much everything except large furniture.
The more we collect, the more money we raise for Rainier and Tahoma - we made almost $1500 last time by filling up the trailer! Please help us reach our goal of filling up another trailer!
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Global Glimpse
This summer, Ms. Goddard will be taking a small group of rising seniors to Nicaragua through the Global Glimpse program. We will be sharing more details in the future, but if you are curious you can watch this video and contact Ms. Goddard.
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Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's Teen Community Police Academy
Students interested in learning more about law enforcement careers can participate in the Teen Academy 10 week program on Wednesday evenings, 6-9pm at the Sheriff's Office, West Valley Division, in Cupertino. Applications are available at the West Valley Substation, 1601 S. DeAnza Blvd, Cupertino, and are due by September 25.
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Newsletter Submissions
Newsletter items are due Monday at noon for publication on Wednesday afternoon. Please email articles to the Rainier Newsletter Editor. |
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