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Volunteers Needed

Front Office Help - We are frequently in need of volunteers to greet people in the office and help with administrative tasks - please contact Ms. Trujillo for a schedule of openings.

Thursday Treats - Our teachers work very hard and have meetings on Thursday evenings after a long teaching day. They need snacks to help them get through the last two hours of the day. Sign up on this list: Thursday Treats

Watering Plants - Looking for volunteers who can come by and water the plants. Contact Ms. Trujillo if you can help.

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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Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

This Week

Wednesday, November 5 - PSCG meeting, 6:30pm

Agenda linked here

Thursday, November 6 - Recruitment Open House, 6:30pm

Next Week

Monday, November 10 - Teaching and Learning Tour, 3pm
Tuesday, November 11 - No School - Veteran's Day
Wednesday, November 12 - College Application Night, 4-7:30pm (see below for more information)
Thursday, November 13 - Future Student Shadow Day & Future Parent Tour, 9am
Friday, November 14 - ALL School Panoramic Picture - Order forms available in the office, or order online at lcsp.net use the access code pano1030
Friday, November 14 - Club Leadership training
Saturday, November 15 - Rainier Campus Facilities Work Day and Campus Celebration

Coming Soon

Week of November 17 - Expeditions
Week of November 24 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of December 1 - Expeditions
Saturday, December 6 - Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament

A full calendar of events can be found on the rainier.summitps.org website.

Message from the Directors

Dear Rainier Families,

We are in the depths of college application season with our seniors. Many of them have sent out their first round of applications and the rest are working hard every day to get their applications finished and sent out in time. To help our seniors reach their college goals we are having a College Application Night after school on Wednesday, November 12 and expect all seniors to be there working on finishing their applications and submitting some of them. We hope to see many senior parents there as well. Younger students and their parents are welcome to join to see what the application process looks like!

To help our students be college ready, we need them in school as much as possible. Our goal is to have 98% of our students in school every day. This past Friday, our attendance did not meet our goal of 98%. We are concerned for the students who are now off-track as a result of being absent, and we would like to remind all families how absences negatively impact students and the livelihood of our school. We expect to have 98% of our students attend school every single day unless they are contagiously ill or have a family emergency. Each student absence results in the loss of precious resources that are directly used to provide a high quality education for all of our students. We hope that we can rely on our parent community to uphold our values and respect the time that each teacher/mentor/

administrator invests in our children. We cannot afford to have our attendance fall far below 98% again, and ask for your support.

Sincerely,

Jesse Roe, Executive Director

Kevin Bock, Assistant Director

PSCG - Parents and Students for a Common Goal

Everyone is invited to join the parent and student leadership team, PSCG, or Parents and Students for a Common Goal. It's a great way to earn your volunteer hours and contribute to the Summit Rainier community. Students, under the leadership of Ms. Goddard are leading the Recruitment, Sports & Clubs, and Events Committees, while parents are taking the lead on the Communications, Volunteers and Fundraising committees. We are actively seeking parent and student volunteers to participate on all of these committees.

PSCG meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm on the Rainier campus. PSCG meeting dates are November 5, December 3, January 14, February 4, March 4, April 1 and May 6. We hope that you will join us!

The agenda for the November 5 meeting can be found here.

For more information, and to see how you can help, please see this handout. Questions, please contact Julie Ramirez or Sylvia Pardini.

Roller Hockey

Are you interested in joining Rainier's Roller Hockey Team? The season starts soon! Please contact Mr. Lee or Prashant Bala for more information.

College Corner

Rainier College Application Night

On Wednesday, November 12, from 4-7:30pm we will be holding a College Application Night! Right after school, there will be a room for our students to work on their college applications.

To support our seniors as they complete their college applications, Mr. Bock, the senior mentors, the Summit Director of College Readiness, and outside experts will be on hand to help our students complete their applications. CSU and UC applications are due November 30.

We would love parent volunteers (sign up here) to help with:

Food/drinks/snacks to keep students fueled as they complete their applications.
If you have expertise in completing college applications (for example, helped an older student through the process) we invite you to be an extra guide for our students.

SAT and ACT Testing

Seniors, do you need to retake your SAT or ACT tests in December? This is your last chance. UCs, most (but not all) CSU campuses and most private schools will accept the December test results.

The deadline to register for the December 6 SAT is November 6.

The deadline to register for the December 13 ACT is November 7.

Juniors, looking ahead, the deadline for the January 24 SAT is December 29, March 14 SAT is February 13 and February 7 ACT is January 9.

College Visits at Rainier

College representatives will be coming to Rainier:

11/13/14 - UN Reno, lunch at Rainier
11/17/14 - UC Merced, lunch at Rainier

Here is a list of questions you might want to consider asking the representatives. Additional college visits have been scheduled for October and November. A list is available on your Naviance account.

College Open House Events

Many of the local colleges and universities are holding events. Most require pre-registration.

11/15 - Preview Day at Cal Maritime Academy

Please make sure to check the individual college websites for more information. Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors - it is not to early to be visiting campuses!

Spirit Week Winners

Congratulations to Mr. Lee's mentor group for having the most participation in Spirit Week - they win a pizza party! Ms. Goddard's mentor group gets bragging right for second place. It was so much fun seeing students dress up for Spirit Week and showing their Bulldog Pride!

Art Contest

The Museums of Los Gatos are holding their 4th annual Santa Clara County-wide High School Juried Art Exhibition. Works are accepted in 3 categories: 2D: Paintings, drawings, works on paper; 3D: Sculpture, ceramics, mixed media; and 4D: New media, video, digital photography or anything created on a computer digital camera or screen. The theme is Bridges: Facing Challenges and scholarships totaling $10,000 will be awarded. Submissions are due February 13. For more information, please see the Museums of Los Gatos website.

Summit's mission is to prepare a diverse student population for success in a 4-year university and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society.