SCC Weekly Newsletter: March 25 - 31, 2019
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Upcoming Events
(click on event name for calendar details)
Wednesday, March 27
Monday, April 1 - Thursday, Apr. 4
Monday, April 1
Wednesday, April 3
Thursday, April 4
Friday, April 5
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Highlights in this Issue
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Director's Spotlight
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Fostering Your Own Education
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SCEF:
Important Video About School Funding & More
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Board of Directors
: Upcoming Information Sessions for BOD Elections
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Volunteer
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Volunteer Jobs Still In Need
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Library Corner
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Vendor Fair, Book Fair & Readathon
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PRT
: Recognize Graduating Parents by Apr. 8!
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Healthy Cities Tutoring
: New Tutor Orientation Apr. 9
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Educare
: Register for Spring Break Special Days
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Parent Ed
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Challenges for Boys
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Yearbook
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Last Chance to Order THIS WEEK
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SCSD/Community Events
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Sequoia Incoming Freshmen Event, Healthy Cities Tutor Tips & More
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Director's Spotlight On... Fostering Your Own Education
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During Conference Week, all focus was on learner growth. As you met with your child’s educator, you discussed areas of strength and opportunities for growth. One of the more powerful things that we can do as adults to support our children’s learning is to model growth and self-improvement ourselves. From learning to play an instrument or a second language as an adult to acknowledging and learning from our mistakes and fails – all are powerful ways to influence children’s attitudes about learning.
In this spirit, I am facilitating a parent book club this year. The topic of our second Parent Book Club book,
The UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World
by Michele Borba, is teaching our children to become empathetic. The book discusses specific habits that help develop empathy in children and concrete examples of how to do this. I was very interested in reading this book because I have always found teaching empathy to be very difficult. Our
book group is meeting this week on Wednesday, March 27, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM, in the staff room. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you haven’t read the book.
In the same spirit,
I wanted to appreciate Lorea Martinez for her commitment to our continuing parent education. Check out the list of opportunities that she curates each week for the newsletter down below. Lorea will also be sending out a survey asking parents about topics of interest to help us plan meaningful events. Finally, thanks to Lorea for arranging the Yoga and Mindfulness night last Tuesday for us all. We had a good turnout and I know that I certainly felt restored after participating.
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Why does SCEF exist?
Check out our new video about school funding and how SCEF works to bridge the gap for students in San Carlos:
REVEL AT DEVIL’S!
On May 4, 2019, join us at for the annual community event at Devil’s Canyon and enjoy live music by the Best of the 80s: Tainted Love! Ticket price is $75 per person and $35 per teacher/staff. Price includes entrance to Devil's Canyon, one drink ticket, as well as dinner from food trucks & dessert table. Buy your tickets now and pick one up for your favorite
Lucky on Live Winner
The lucky winner of the raffle was Jennifer Berry. She won Dinner for Four at the French Laundry. Congrats! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Lucky-on-Live raffle.
Did you miss out?
Did you miss out on Gala online auction items, grabbing a spot for your child to go on their teacher’s outing or sing the National Anthem? Attend one of our popular Parent Parties? The POST EVENT "auction" site has many items still available! All teacher outings are for sale at Fixed, Buy-it-Now prices. Check them out at:
https://scefkids2019.ggo.bid
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Board of Directors Update
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Hello again! For those who are interested in learning more about the Board of Directors (BOD), we have scheduled three information sessions. Please feel free to attend any session that works for your schedule. There is no need to attend more than one. Several current BOD members will be at each session to help discuss the BOD election process, opportunity, roles, and responsibilities.
- 1st Info session: Wednesday, April 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Charter’s Book Fair Family Shopping Night
- 2nd Info session: Friday, April 5, 8:30-9:30 a.m. on campus, specific room TBD. (likely 302 or 303)
- 3rd Info session: Wednesday, April 10th, 6:30-7:00 p.m. before the monthly BOD meeting in Room 302. Please also attend the BOD meeting!
- Candidate statement submission deadline: 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 23
- Town Hall Meeting to introduce candidates: April 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
- Voting details will be available well before the Town Hall.
- Voting closes Friday, May 3rd, 9 a.m.
- Results announced in the Newsletter, Sunday May 5th
If you are unable to attend any of the scheduled information sessions, please reach out to
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Volunteer Jobs Still in Need
3/4 Handy Person, Pizza Night Organizer, and Book Fair Volunteers still needed. See
here
for more information.
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SignUp.com
:
Please click the link below
to log any hours not covered by a Signup.
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Announcement: Vendor Fair
There will be a
Vendor Fair during the Book Fair Family Shopping Night Wednesday, April 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Vendors include SCC Community Members, current Learners, and Alumni! Contact:
Christine Levenson For the list of confirmed vendors, click
here.
Reminder: Book Fair Information
Book Fair Dates: Monday, April 1 - Thursday, April 4, 2019
Shopping Hours:
- Monday, April 1: 7:45 - 3:30
- Tuesday, April 2: 7:45 - 3:30
- Wednesday, April 3: 7:45 - 1:10
- Thursday, April 4: 7:45 - 1:10
Special Event: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
- Family Shopping Night, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
- Results of SCC Readathon announced!
SCC Readathon!
Record the minutes and titles of books, articles, essays, etc.* your learner reads AND hears read to them each day
Monday, March 18 to Monday, April 1, 2019. Turn reading logs in to Emma or your Educator the morning of
Monday, April 1. Results will be announced during the Family Shopping Night of our Scholastic Book Fair Wednesday, April 3 (5:30-7:30 p.m.).
If SCC readers break the school-wide goal of 250,000 minutes, Stacy and Emma will spend Wednesday night on the roof of the school!
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Audiobooks, graphic novels, comic books--they all count as minutes of reading towards the SCC Readathon goal!
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Recognize Our Graduating Parents!
Each year we like to recognize the contributions of our "graduating" parents. Please share your memories (personal stories, key contributions, acknowledgments) for these amazing parent volunteers
here by
Monday, April 8, 2019. Note: You can submit memories for any number of the parents listed (one or all). Thank you!
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Become a Tutor here at SCC!
SCC parents are encouraged to attend a Healthy Cities Tutoring training Tuesday, April 9, 2019 to become a volunteer tutor and help one of our students at SCC. Tutoring is just 45 minutes once a week, and timing is flexible.
Healthy Cities Tutoring Orientation for New Volunteers
Topic: Learn the basics of becoming a one-on-one Healthy Cities tutor and help students at Charter or other SCSD schools
When: Tuesday, April 9, 6:15-7:00 pm
Where: Arroyo/Central Middle School Library
For: Volunteers age 14-95 are welcome and needed at all of our schools.
Visit the HCT
website for more information.
This orientation will be followed by a
Parent Ed/Tutor Tips Math Workshop. See Community Offerings below for details
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Educare would like to thank all of our parents for being so on top of their schedules for Conference Week! It makes a world of difference when we don't have to solve attendance issues and we can focus on priority number one... your kids! Special shout-out to all of our Kinders who made the biggest sacrifice and shared their Kinder Time with the big kids this week. They did an amazing job!
Next up...
SPRING BREAK! Educare is open
April 15-18 (Closed April 19). Check out what's on our agenda
HERE and then go sign up ASAP via the Flex Plan in your
Parent Portal! Prices go up on April 8!
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Last week, we discussed the importance of helping girls say no with confidence. Let’s look at boys this week. What are some of the challenges boys experience?
Research shows that boys, compared to girls, are four times more likely to be expelled from school and two times more likely to be in special education. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third leading cause of death for boys. Some experts argue that young boys are hurting due to America’s narrow definition of masculinity. If you want to learn more, check out these two resources:
The Mask You Live In and
What Makes a Compassionate Man.
Coming up this week, you can learn about the importance of movement (Mon), navigating boyhood (Tue), raising compassionate kids (Wed), and babies, bodies and boundaries (Thurs). For details and other events, click on the button below. Happy Parenting!
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The 2018-2019 Charter Yearbook is now available for sale for $25.
The deadline to purchase is
Sunday, March 31st.
Please upload your photos from this school year to SmugMug ASAP. Click
here for instructions and the list of yearbooks & ads purchased to date.
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Greater San Carlos Community Information
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- Sequoia Incoming Freshmen Event, Healthy Cities Tutor Tips & More
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- Thank you to PRT and the community for the amazing breakfast spread this past Wednesday. The treat was very much appreciated by us all. Thank you for sustaining us during conference week.
- Thank you to the staff and educators for a great week of conferences and to Educare for managing extended hours.
- Thank you to Kimberly Woolley for organizing the Winter Skating Party again this year! It is such a fun event and a great way to bring the community together.
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