Topics Below:
- Principal Message: Student take action through art
- Health and Safety Update
- Your Thoughts Matter: California Healthy Kids Survey
- Congrats to Music Students
- Musical "13" News
- Yearbook News
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Principal Message: What a great week! On Monday students showed their Bobcat Spirit with lots of red and pink colored shirts. Many also turned in posters as part of their Recognizing Bullying and Harassment culminating activity in their homerooms. Check out the winners above. On Tuesday staff participated in a “Where I’m from” poem activity that they taught on Wednesday to build community. Also on Wednesday, students and staff showed their commitment to kindness, acceptance, and inclusion by wearing orange. Tomorrow, we will wear Bobcat blue!
Thank you so much for sharing your creative, empathetic, change makers with us. Together, we are learning with and from each other to make the world and school a safe and positive place to thrive.
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Health and Safety Updates: We are happy to report that COVID cases for staff and students have decreased dramatically. We are continuing to follow public health recommendations to ensure everyone’s safety. As the district communicated to all in an email on February 9th, masking outdoors will be optional at all school sites. The CDPH recommends that those who are not fully vaccinated wear a mask in crowded outdoor settings or during activities that involve sustained close contact with others who are not fully vaccinated. We will monitor this return to optional outdoor masking and will provide updates if necessary. Masking indoors continues to be mandatory for everyone in schools and district sites at all times.
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Your thoughts Matter: California Healthy Kids Survey The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), sponsored by the California Department of Education is an opportunity for you to help our school by sharing your opinions about Borel. Your opinions are important, and we are interested in hearing them. Parents and Guardians please take the survey by clicking this survey link between 2.7.22 and 3.11.22. Thank you!! If you have more than one child at this school, please think about the oldest of these children as you answer these questions. Answer all the questions based on your experiences at this school only. Remember, we appreciate your honest opinions.
Congrats to Music Students: Please say Good Luck to the following musicians that are headed to Fresno this week to perform as the BEST middle school musicians in the state of California! These students will perform with the All-State Music Ensembles this weekend! Congratulations to:
Hudson Atkinson
Alec Blair
Tyler Nichols
Kate Sato
Charlie Wilcox
Way to go Borel Musicians! Thank you for making Borel the best in the state!
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We can’t wait for YOU to come to our party! Get your tickets now to Borel Drama’s production of 13! 13, the musical is a high-energy pop rock musical about the trials and tribulations of being 13 years old. This musical deals with the hardship of leaving familiar places, the isolation and frustration felt when trying to fit-in, and the transition from childhood to adulthood. With equal doses of humor and heart, 13 is irresistible to anyone who ever has been, or is looking forward to becoming 13.
Where? San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA
When? March 4th @ 7:00pm; March 5th @ 7:00pm; March 6th @ 2:00pm
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Yearbooks are still for sale
There are two ways to purchase a yearbook:
Pay online!
search for "Borel" to pay with a credit card. Or you can drop off a check or cash to the front office.
1/1/22 - 6/1/22 $45.00
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ATTENTION ALL 8th GRADE BOBCATS
Yearbook club wants a baby photo of you. We would like it under 3 years of age Submit your photo to the office and it will be returned to you or you can upload it online- instructions are below. Don't forget to include your name.
1.) Download the app named “Yearbook Snap.”
Directions for submitting any pictures you’d like to possibly see in this year’s yearbook are below.
Click on the “Community Upload” tab and look for our school “Borel” on the dropdown menu. The access code for yearbook snap is Borel2022. Once you are there, you can upload the photos from your computer.
If you need help or have any questions submitting you pictures:
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Parent Workshops of Interest |
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Upcoming Important Dates:
Feb. 21
Presidents' Day Holiday--no school
Feb. 24
Pizza My Heart Dine & Donate
Mar. 3
8th Grade Gown Measurements
8th period
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If your child will be absent, please call the school's attendance line 650-312-7669 directly to report their absence.
Please contact Kristie Bales at: kbales@smfc.k12.ca.us to send in medical appointment notes.
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Incoming 6th Grade Address Verification Dates |
3/16/2022 Last Names A - M
1:30 - 3:30 pm
3/23/2022 Last Names N - Z
1:30 - 3:30 pm
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Click on yellow button to access your PTA Website |
Mar. 3
8th Grade Gown Measurements
8th period
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Cultural Fair - Country Booths for 2022
Countries/cultures confirmed this year include: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Burma, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Philippines, Holland/The Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Scotland and Spain. Your participation will have a direct impact on our students' education both through showcasing our community’s immense cultural diversity; and through the money raised at the food fair which helps fund PTA programs. Do you want to get involved but aren’t ready to put together your own booth? Come and help with one of our existing booths – share an artifact for display, donate food or volunteer during set-up. Contact our booth coordinator, Karina Alibudbud at CulturalFair@borelbobcats.org For more information on the Cultural Fair, click here.
All We Need is Love… and Auction Items!
It is all about love and kindness this week at Borel, so let’s show our Bobcats how much our community cares! The deadline for donation has been extended to Feb 25th for items to be donated to the PTA’s 2022 Online Auction. We are asking our Borel families to contribute a theme basket or pay-to-play experience to be auctioned off in March. If you even have a simple gift card or some funds you can contribute, it would be most appreciated and could be used/combined to make an auction item. Please take a moment today to see all the ways you can help make this year’s auction an enormous success! More info here. Giving a little, helps a lot!
Dine and Donate
Order dinner for the crew! February's Dine and Donate will be at Pizza My Heart, San Mateo from 4pm to 8pm on Thursday, February 24th. 30% will be donated when you mention Borel Middle School PTA! Click here to view the San Mateo menu. More details here on our Borel PTA website. Questions? Please email Cindy at vendorfundraising@borelbobcats.org.
PTA Parliamentarian - OPEN
Your PTA is looking for a Parliamentarian to work with a nominating committee in selecting nominees whose experience and qualities will help us continue to Build a Brighter Future for ALL Bobcats. If you are interested in finding out more information, please email Anna Kwok at leaders@borelbobcats.org.
Next PTA Association Meeting
Our next PTA Association meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at 6:30 PM. We'd love to hear what topics you'd like to hear about during our meeting. Click here to submit your feedback by Friday, March 11. The virtual meeting information will be posted a day prior to the meeting on our PTA web page.
Wellness Newsletter
In this February’s Wellness Newsletter, Dr. Tiffany Klein Wightman writes about how to help our teens set boundaries and how doing so helps them build healthy relationships. Her newsletter is linked here.
Borel Boosters 2021 -2022
We are getting closer to our goal of $140,000 for the year. As of 02/12, we are at 87%, coming in at $122,000. As always, we appreciate and acknowledge those who have already donated to the Borel Boosters, a list can be found here. This is the only Borel fundraiser that supports the entire student body with funds going to those areas that help to Build a Brighter Future for every single Bobcat. Donate here and join the PTA. Every contribution big or small helps a lot. Questions, email Shirley at Boosters@borelbobcats.org.
Join Us on Facebook!
Link up with our community of Borel parents on Facebook! Search for us at Borel Bobcat Boosters. This is a great way to get Borel community news and tips relevant to you and your student as well as interact with current Borel parents. Questions, please email Communications@borelbobcats.org
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