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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...
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Bookmark our new Amazon link today and Amazon will donate up to 10% of your purchases to Rainier.
Make sure you use our link for all your holiday shopping! |
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Rainier Yearbook
Alyssa Martinez, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief
Pre-orders for Rainier's 2014-2015 yearbook are now being taken. Until January 12, you can receive the discounted price of $45. Please fill out the order form and bring form and payment to Mr. Lee in 1208 or Alyssa Martinez. |
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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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En Español
Tan pronto como la edición en español está disponible, una copia impresa estará disponible en la recepción.
¿Quieres traducir esto ahora? Ver el boletín como una página web. Utilice el enlace en la parte superior "Click here to view as a webpage." ("Haga clic aquí para ver esta página en la red.") Copiar la dirección de la página en la red. Vaya a esta página web:
Copie la dirección web en la caja. Haga clic en el botón "Translate". (Haga clic en El Botón "Traducir")
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Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
This Week
- This week - Expeditions
- Wednesday, December 3 - PSCG meeting, Rainier Campus, 6:30pm
- Thursday, December 4 - College Case Study Night, Rainier Campus, 6-8:30pm (see below for more information)
- Saturday, December 6 - Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament (see below for more information)
- Rainier Boys Varsity Team plays at 10:30am
- If they win, second game at 1:30pm
Next Week
- Tuesday, December 9 - Winter Team Photos
- 4:50pm - Rainier Boys Basketball
- 5:50pm - Rainier and Tahoma Wrestling
- Thursday, December 11 - Future Student Shadow Day and Future Parent Tour, 9am
- Friday, December 12 - Winter Wonderland Formal, 6:30-10pm
- Doors close at 7:30pm
- Rainier and Tahoma students only
Coming Soon
- Tuesday, December 16 - Parent Education Night at Rainier, 6:30pm
- Thursday, December 18 - Teaching and Learning Tour at Rainier - Parents, join the directors for a Q&A session and classroom tours, 9-10am (note rescheduled date)
- Friday, December 19 - Last day of the semester
- Monday, December 22 - Winter Break starts - school resumes Tuesday, January 6
- Tuesday, January 6 - College Info Session: Financial Aids/FASFA (12th grade) or College Testing (11th graders) at Tahoma, 6:30pm
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Message from the Directors
Dear Rainier Families,
We hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving break and got to recharge and connect with family like we did. We are rested and ready to tackle the remaining three weeks of the fall semester. These will be really important weeks for students to focus, work hard, and make sure they are caught up in all of their classes by the last day of the semester, December 19th. You can support your student's academic success in these coming weeks by helping him/her get to office hours in the morning or after school and by checking the PLP tool for updated project grades and assessments passed.
This past week, our seniors reached the milestone of completing their CSU and UC college applications. While many of them will continue to work on private school applications over the next two months, we are so proud of their progress and hard work so far. As we turn our attention to private schools and preparing next year's class to go through the application process, we want to invite you to a very special event called the College Case Study night, this Thursday at 6pm at Rainier. At this event, Regional Admissions Counselors of California will lead parents and students through a mock admission committee using four "case studies" of student applications. The exercise will help participants better understand the application process and what is valued in an application. The evening will conclude with a mini-college fair with representatives from about a dozen private and out of state schools. Anyone is welcome to attend, but this event is especially important for 12th graders applying to private schools and 11th grade students and parents. If you're planning to attend, you can go here for a little pre-reading about the "cases" that will be presented.
Our PSCG meeting will be on Wednesday night at 6:30pm on the Rainier campus. We will be discussing upcoming events such as the Winter Formal as well as fundraising and outreach strategies. We hope to see you there.
On Saturday, please come out and cheer for our Boys Basketball team as they compete in the Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament. Details are below.
Parents who have not yet signed up for an online account can do so during our December enrollment period. It is an easy way to keep track of and make payments to the school. Please click on the link to sign up. http://bit.ly/spsparentsignup
Any 9th- 11th grade families who have not yet turned in your Prop 39 Intent to Re-Enroll forms for next year, please do so as soon as possible. We are still missing a few forms. This helps us leverage facilities for the school.
Sincerely,
Jesse Roe, Executive Director
Kevin Bock, Assistant Director
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Rainier College Case Studies Night
Thursday, December 4, 6pm
Rainier will be hosting this wonderful opportunity, giving families, especially for 11th and 10th grade families, a chance to learn more about the college application process.
The Case Study college night is an engaging and effective way to begin the college application process. College representatives will lead parents and students through a mock admission committee using four sample student applications. The exercise will point out the intricacies of the process and the importance of assembling a strong application. Students and parents will gain insight and understanding as to what is valued in a college application. |
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Boys Basketball
The Varsity Boys team will represent Rainier at the Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament on December 6 with a game at 10:30am. If they win, they will play again at 1:30pm. Please come out and cheer for the team.
Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament
When: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 9am-3pm
Where: Woodside High School- Old Gym (199 Churchill Ave, Woodside, CA 94062)
What: 5 team bracket, single elimination (Everest, Shasta, Tahoma, Rainier, Summit Prep) Game 1: Summit Prep and Everest play at 9am Game 2: Summit Rainier and Shasta play at 10:30am Game 3: Summit Tahoma and winner of Game 2 play at 12pm FINAL GAME: Winners of Games 2 and 3 play at 1:30pm
Profits will go to Justin Semana Memorial Fund. Volunteers and donations are needed, please sign up on this list: Justin Semana Memorial Basketball Tournament Sign Up Go Bulldogs! |
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Winter Formal
 The Winter Formal will be held on Friday, December 12 from 6:30pm - 10pm in the Tahoma Auditorium for Rainier and Tahoma students. Tickets are available for purchase from committee members starting this Friday. The theme is Winter Wonderland.
Parent volunteers are needed as chaperones and we are looking to borrow 10 Christmas trees for the evening as well as white lights. If you can help, please contact Lupe Caudillo at elvislupe@yahoo.com or sign up on this list: Winter Wonderland |
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Interact Donation Drive
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Rainier's Interact Club is collecting donations for their Holiday of Hope drive. Please bring:
- Canned Food
- Warm Clothing (Jackets, Gloves and Socks)
- Money
Items are needed by December 12 - there is a donation box in room 1220.
Thank you for your help!
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Fundraising
Donations
We would like to thank the families who have already donated money to the school this year as well as the generous families who have donated in past years. Rainier collects donations to cover three major parts of our program. Donations help to cover our sports and clubs program, our books and supplies for classrooms, and our scholarship program which helps cover costs for students who can't afford all of the opportunities that we have for students.
We ask that all families make a donation and we hope to reach 100% participation this year. Our suggested donation per family is $400; however, we welcome any and all amounts. Cash and check donations can be brought to the office and left with Ms. Trujillo or submitted through your online account.
Amazon
Don't forget to use our Amazon link for all your holiday purchases. Just by using our link to access the Amazon website, and making purchases, our school gets a percentage of your purchase price, with no additional cost to you. Share the link with friends and family members: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=rainpivo-20
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Young Scholars Program
The application for the Young Scholars Program at UC Davis will open on December 1. The major goal of the program is to expose and engage 40 high achieving and high potential students in a variety of research experiences within the fields of the biological, agricultural, environmental and natural sciences.To be eligible to apply a student must be currently enrolled as a sophomore or junior in high school. For more information, please see the Young Scholars Program website. |
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Girls Who Code
The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program represents an innovative approach to computer science education, pairing seven weeks of intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with engaging, career-focused mentorship and exposure led by the industry's top female entrepreneurs and engineers.
For more information about this program for current sophomores or juniors, here is a flyer, video and there will be an in person information session at the Berryessa Library on Saturday, December 6 from 5-6:30pm, please RSVP here. |
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