PTA News
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 Volunteers needed for Hot Lunch
Help out with one of the best volunteer jobs in the school! Serving hot lunch not only helps the school, but gives you a chance to see your child and get to know the other students and volunteers. Hot Lunch shifts last about 40 minutes and you can sign up to help weekly, every other week, once a month or as an on-call sub. Our greatest need is volunteers for the 4th/5th lunch on Thursdays.
Click here for more information about shift times and to sign up. For questions about volunteering for hot lunch, please contact Stacy Molano or Stacy May.
 LAST CHANCE
Deadline extended to Tuesday, September 8th at 9:00 p.m.
LA ENTRADA BACK TO SCHOOL FAMILY PICNIC Thursday, September 10, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
In the keeping with our school's theme this year, "fostering and valuing kind, positive and respectful relationships" that our Superintendent outlined for us at the General PTA meeting, we invite you to share your positive energy with new and returning students at the Family Picnic this Thursday from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Our school has grown to over 800 students so this is a great opportunity to extend a LA ENTRADA WELCOME to new families and to get to know returning families that might be new to you!
There is no better opportunity than the family picnic to expand your social network and welcome new families and their children into your life. We look forward to seeing you at the picnic on Thursday, September 10 at 5:30 p.m. Ordering has been extended to Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Place your dinner order here or bring dinner from home! Don't forget there is no opportunity to purchase food at the event unlike past years.
In addition, the 8th Grade Families will be selling baked goods at a Bake Sale along with our sweet treat vendor!
The Apple for the Classroom program is a way for parents to support their children's teachers directly. All the teachers and specialists at La Entrada have been invited to create a "wish list" of items that would help to further enrich their classrooms. Wishes may include classroom supplies, gift cards, subscriptions, or donations toward a special activity or field trip.
To view the lists, please visit our website.
Once at the site, select the list you want to view. Teachers' lists are divided into two sections, so you can choose to bring an item directly to the classroom or you can choose to make a donation via PayPal.
Thank you for supporting our teachers and enriching your children's experience at La Entrada.
Please submit your box top coupons and keep collecting more every week!
If you have not done so, please sign up for the Box Tops email. Sign up by September 30th and earn 5 Bonus Box Tops for our school!
Thank you so much for your continued support!!
Don't forget that your everyday online purchases can also help our school. Please visit the box top website and designate La Entrada as the school you wish to support. Then, every time you shop online, as long as you enter through the Box Tops web page, a percentage of your purchase will be credited to our school. Please check for the various participating products. Every coupon is valuable and worth 10 cents. Submit your box tops in a small ziplock bag with your child's full name and core teacher name to the school office. There will be a cereal box there for collection. Please do not submit the expired ones.
Have friends, grandparents, families, office staff, etc. collect Box Tops and bring them in to raise money for our school. We will keep tallying the coupons every week, so please send them as you collect. LE Teachers and staff are also welcome to participate.
GRADE LEVEL GATHERINGS
Grade Level Gatherings are festive, adult-only, cocktail parties hosted by families in each of the different grades. These social events are a great opportunity for the the parents in each grade to get to know each other better outside of school. Please save the date and plan to join us! Evites are coming soon.
4th Grade
- Friday, September 25, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- At the home of Katie and Brian Boland
- Please RSVP via Evite - COMING SOON
5th Grade
- Friday, October 9, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- At the home of Sarah and Craig Bjorkman
- Please RSVP via Evite - COMING SOON
6th Grade
- Friday, October 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- At the home of Lynn Heublein and Neil Takacs
- Please RSVP via Evite - COMING SOON
7th Grade
- Friday, September 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- At the home of Lisa and Drew Dunlevie
- Please RSVP via Evite - COMING SOON
8th Grade
- Friday, September 25 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- At the home of Shirley Chiu and Richard Li
- Please RSVP via Evite - COMING SOON
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Las Lomitas League
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Fall Registration is now closed. Classes begin the week of September 14th. All information, including how to contact your child's instructors, can be found on our website.
- If you need to withdraw from a CLASS, you have until 24 hours before the second class to notify the registrar at llleagueregistrar@gmail.com.
- If you need to withdraw from a fall SPORT, you must contact the registrar at llleagueregistrar@gmail.com within one week of notification of your team placement.
- Cancellations are refunded at 90% of the class fee, and there are no refunds after the withdrawal deadline.
- If you were placed on a wait list you will be contacted by Monday September 7th.
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From the Assistant Principals
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 8th grade Washington DC Trip
Sonya Dineen and Mark Jones will be leading this year's optional 8th grade DC trip, along with eight other La Entrada staff chaperones. The informational parent meeting was held last Monday in the MUR. Handouts and registration information can be picked up in the front office.
Parents may go directly to the Apple Tours website to register: www.AppleStudentTours.com. Click the "Register for a Tour" button, and enter our Tour Code: 31U5XV.
The DC Trip will be during our Spring Break, April 2 - 8, 2016. The registration deadline for this year's trip is September 18, 2015. We will have room for the first 97 students who register for this year's trip, and will begin a waiting list for anyone who wishes to be considered should space open up.
The first DC Fundraiser will be selling desserts at our Family Picnic this Thursday evening, September 10, at 5:30pm. Bring your sweet tooth, and support our 8th grade DC Trip!
Our PTA proudly supports La Entrada's Project Cornerstone activities, including the ABC Reader volunteer program, Expect Respect Middle School Club, Peer Tutoring Program and Take it Personally Parent Education class series.
Our ABC Reader Program is now in its fourth year at La Entrada. Parent Volunteers visit a 4th or 5th grade classroom once a month, and read-aloud a picture book, focusing on important character traits. Volunteers meet monthly for a training session on the upcoming picture book, and learn about fun activities to do with the class following the read-aloud. If you would like to volunteer to be an ABC Reader in your child's 4th or 5th grade classroom, please email your child's teacher. This year's ABC Lead Parent Volunteer is Martha Enthoven, mother of Isabelle Stid. Interested volunteers may email Martha directly to volunteer for this important program.
If you would like to volunteer for the 6th-8th grade Expect Respect Club, please contact Kim Witthaus. This club focuses on improving campus climate through student activities throughout the year.
Anyone wishing to support our Peer Tutoring Program, please email Vivian Tavernakis. This program supports students through after-school tutoring in both writing and mathematics for one or two days a week, depending on the number of volunteer tutors. Tutors of all ages are welcome so share this volunteer opportunity with older siblings, grandparents and other parents interested in building meaningful connections with our youth.
Take-it-Personally (T.I.P.) parenting classes will be advertised soon. T.I.P. is a series of six ninety-minute sessions facilitated by a trained Project Cornerstone leader on a variety of parenting topics. The fee is nominal, and includes a workbook. Stay tuned for more information on T.I.P classes!
For further information about Project Cornerstone, please visit their website or speak with Mrs. Dineen when next on campus.
La Entrada's first Middle School Dance is being rescheduled. Please note that there will NOT be a Middle School Dance this coming September 18, 2015. Our first Middle School Dance will be in October. Stay tuned for the new date.
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Parent Education
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THE PARENT EDUCATION SERIES ON FACEBOOK
Now you can Like us on Facebook! The SUHSD Parent Education Series Facebook page will keep you posted about upcoming parent education events, articles on parenting, schools and education, community parent events and more!
 M-A PARENT EDUCATION SERIES and KEPLER'S BOOKS PRESENT:
"Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain" - An evening with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel
Wednesday, September 16
Event starts at 7:30 pm - Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC)
The Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's Books is pleased to bring internationally acclaimed author and UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel to the M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC) to present his new work:Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain.
This special evening is presented in partnership with the M-A Parent Education Series and Menlo-Atherton High School.
Dr. Siegel will share the exciting neuroscience behind the heightened social, emotional and creative energy that drives teen behavior showing parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding. Between the ages of 12 to 24, the brain changes in important and, at times, challenging ways. In "Brainstorm," Dr. Siegel dispels a number of commonly held myths about adolescent behavior and demonstrates that during these years children learn vital skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, connect deeply with others, and safely experiment and take risks.
Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel explores exciting ways in which understanding how the brain functions can improve the lives of adolescents, making their relationships more fulfilling and less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.
Event is open to parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members.
Kepler's Books will offer sales of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain.
WOODSIDE PARENT EDUCATION SERIES 2015-16 FALL SCHEDULE
Friday, September 25: Sparking Creativity: Imaging Tomorrow's Schools Hosted at Stanford University, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Sponsored by Challenge Success Thursday, October 1: "Helping Young Athletes Reach their Potential" Steve Smith, PhD, Professor and Co-Director of PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, Palo Alto University, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Woodside MUR Thursday, November 5: "Workshop on Body Image - Empowering Girls" Brie Mathers, Founder of Love the Skin You're In™, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Woodside MUR 
SEQUOIA PARENT EDUCATION SERIES
"Raising Teens with Mindfulness, Resilience, and a Growth Mindset" - with Leah Weiss Ekstrom, PhD, and Fred Dillon, HopeLab
Thursday, September 24, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Sequoia High School, Carrington Hall
Join Leah Weiss Ekstrom, PhD, and Fred Dillon from HopeLab for an insightful discussion of how to raise teens with mindfulness, resilience and a growth mindset. Don't miss this special opportunity to hear from the experts!
Leah Weiss Ekstrom lectures on compassionate leadership at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and teaches at Stanford's Compassion Cultivation Program (CCARE), founded by HH the Dalai Lama. In addition, Leah leads Compassion Education and Scholarship at HopeLab, an Omidyar Group research and development nonprofit focused on resilience. Fred Dillon plays a key role in shaping HopeLab's new initiative to promote human resilience and inner values through social tech innovation.
Parents, students, faculty/staff and community members welcome! Free admission.
Sequoia Parent Education Series events are sponsored by the SHSEF, the Sequoia Healthcare District, and the Sequoia Union High School District.
Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided.
If you have questions regarding any parent education events listed above, please contact Charlene Margot, M.A., Founding Director, The Parent Education Series, by email or call (650) 868-0590. For Spanish, contact Mayela Ramirez, Parent Center Coordinator, 650-369-1411 x 63105.
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Community News
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Cub Scout 2015-16 Registration
Want to know about Cub Scouting at La Entrada? All interested families with boys entering grade 4 are invited to join us at Menlo Park's Pack 222 Ice Cream Social, Sunday, September 20 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. at Oak Knoll Elementary School. We'll have a fun, activity filled kickoff event! See how far you can shoot the Water Balloon Catapult! If you have further questions, please email Robert Freeman (a proud parent of two Cub Scouts) and you can visit the Pack 222 website here.
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Sequoia Union High School District Open Enrollment Policy:
New changes to 9th Grade Open Enrollment were approved by the Board of Trustees effective for the 2015-16 school year. Open enrollment information for the 2015-2016 school year can be viewed here.
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Shadowing
A visit can be very important in helping students determine which high school will be the best fit for them. Shadowing takes place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from October through February. Shadowing is very popular and appointments fill fast, so sign up early to reserve your spot. Available dates are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The appointment window will be open Tuesday, September 8, 2015.
View and request shadow dates here.
Get to Know Woodside High School
Interested in what's going on at Woodside High School?
Sign up to receive the Woodside High School weekly newsletter here.
Back to School Night & Social in the Quad
Thursday, September 10
6:30 p.m. - Social in the Quad
7:00 p.m. - Classes begin
Shadowing
We look forward to giving you a glimpse of a day in the life of Woodside High School student. We understand that students have a choice. We encourage you to give Woodside High School strong consideration. Shadowing occurs on B-days during 2nd- and 4th- periods, brunch, and lunch. The shadow program is run in conjunction with the leadership program at Woodside. Leadership students will be the guides for the shadows coming to visit Woodside.
View and request shadow dates here.
Be a part of a public education reform movement that prepares students for 21st century success in college, career, and life!
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