The 2014-15 Annual Giving Campaign is underway!

Please Donate Now at www.LLEF.org

                                    
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Every donation counts!  Thank you for upholding the tradition of excellence in our schools!

Father-Daughter "Sweetheart" Dance

• Friday, October 17, 2014 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Jensen Hall at La Entrada

Grab your favorite Little Sweetheart from Las Lomitas or La Entrada and get ready to "Rock Around the Clock" at the much-anticipated Sweetheart Dance (formerly the Father-Daughter dance). Pull out the poodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle shoes, and don your cuffed jeans and leather jackets to do "The Twist" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" your way around jukebox classics with your little sweetheart. Pocket combs optional.

Woodside Height Progressive Dinner, Saturday October 11th.

Dear Las Lomitas Families,

Today I'd like to recommend a book for you to read: Mindset by Carol Dweck. This book has recently influenced my perspective on student learning and achievement more than any other. Carol Dweck's Mindset is described on the website mindsetonline.com as follows:

"Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success - a simple idea that makes all the difference.

In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success - without effort. They're wrong.

In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be develop through dedication and hard work - brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and resilience that is essential for great accomplishment."

Children with fixed mindsets often give up when learning becomes hard. They are accustomed being told how "smart" they are, so when work is hard, they think they cannot do anything about it. Children with growth mindsets realize that they can learn, regardless of innate talent or intelligence, if they work hard and persevere.

Carol will be speaking on October 16 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm in Carrington Hall at Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA. I highly encourage you to attend. The event is free. To RSVP, go to http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/rwc/speakers.html. I guarantee it will be worth your while.

Until next time,

Sue Sartor

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Box Tops for Education

Please continue to clip, collect, and submit box top coupons found on many favorite brands such as Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Kleenex, Huggies, Ziploc, and so many more. Las Lomitas earns 10 cents for each box top submitted, and these really add up! Box tops can be turned in any time to the cereal box in the Las Lomitas office. Write your student's name and room number on the bag containing the box tops to be eligible for our prize drawing which will be held October 15.

Thank you for supporting our school!

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The Apple for the Classroom program is a way for parents to support their children's teachers directly.  All the teachers and specialists at Las Lomitas have been invited to create a "wish list" of items that would help to further enrich their classrooms.  Wishes may include art supplies, gift cards, books, or donations toward a special activity or field trip.

To view the lists, please visit our website at http://www.laslomitaspta.org/programs/apple 

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 Las Lomitas.

 

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Please start SAVING your books (children's and adult) to donate to the La Entrada Used Book Fair.   100% of the proceeds from this fantastic event go directly to La Entrada School and PTA funded programs.  And don't forget to mark  your calendars for the November Used Book Fair (Nov 10th - 14th) --it's a great place to shop for new and like-new books for the whole family!  Books will be collected from October 13 thru Nov 1 at both Las Lomitas and La Entrada.  Questions?   Please contact Monica Albers (monica.albers@gmail.com). 

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WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

We need more volunteers to assist at lunch!  Recology, our waste hauler, will not haul our compost waste unless it is properly sorted.  If we do not comply with their regulations, we will be forced to lose our impeccable TRASH FREE reputation.  Please join in the fun (yes, sorting trash with your kids!) to help Mrs. Sartor and Mr. Camou with the small children at lunch time.  

 

For parents who send lunch to school, please use washable containers for your children's lunch.  We maintain zero trash lunches.  Leftover food is to be taken home. Disposable containers will be sent home.

 

We are so grateful to keep the Hot Lunch program going, BUT let's not let our composting efforts go to waste. Let's keep our reputation intact and continue to be a model for all other schools in the area. Yes, we need you to help with TRASH!

 

Click this link to volunteer via VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/cWgwmo

ART NOTECARDS ORDER FORMS & COMMUNITY SERVICE LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN

Each year Las Lomitas and La Entrada participate in a PTA Fundraiser for the Arts in our schools. Notecards are made from your children's drawings which were completed during the month of September. Funds from the sale of these notecards are used by classrooms for field trips, visiting artists, musicians, speakers, art supplies and literature about the arts. The notecards make terrific gifts for friends and families, thank you notes, and enclosure cards for birthdays. The printed notecards (with matching envelopes) will be delivered to the classrooms Friday, November 21.  

This year we will also be facilitating a Community Service Letter Writing Project benefiting the Ronald McDonald House. Children will be asked to donate one of their notecards to write a message to incoming families seeking treatment for their terminally ill children. Teachers will facilitate this activity and the notes delivered to the Ronald McDonald House during the holidays. Generic notecards will also be provided so that all children who wish to participate may do so.

Order forms will be distributed next week and must be returned to the box in the school office no later than the end of the day on Friday, October 24th. PayPal & Checks will be accepted for purchases and the order form MUST BE SUBMITTED with each order. Unfortunately, late orders cannot be accepted due to the early release for Thanksgiving.

Questions? Please contact Molly Drewes (molly@drewes.net) Tissha Brumm (tsbrumm@gmail.com), or Laurel O'Neill (ltimpson2008@gmail.com).

NEW THIS YEAR: we will register 8-10 players per team. Once a division is full (based on number of coaches), we will start a wait-list and only add more players if we get more coaches to form another team. Register early and volunteer to coach!