Topics Below:
- Principal Message: Celebrate our students!
- Student Council Spirit Week Coming up
- Still time to share your thoughts on CHKS
- Drama Production
- Yearbook
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Principal Message: In Homerooms on Wednesday, students received award certificates and a treat for their Academic Excellence and/or their demonstration of Bobcat Pride! We’re compiling pictures to show you too. Please ask your child about the awards and celebrate them. Also, please consider asking them Thursday at dinner about their homeroom lesson. I went into several classrooms and it was great to hear 6th grade students talking about the topic of change, 7th grade students talking about what are some reasons why conflict escalates, and 8th grade students identifying important character traits.
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Student Council Spirit Week Coming Up: Student Council is hosting a Spirit Week from February 28 - March 4! Here are the themes for each day:
Monday:Pajama Day(wear your comfiest clothes)
Tuesday: Twins Day (match with your friends)
Wednesday: Anything But a Backpack Day (find a creative way to carry your school supplies)
Thursday: Shades Day (rock your favorite sunglasses)
Friday: Borel Blue Day (show off your school spirit by wearing something blue)
Participating students will be entered into a raffle to win a tasty treat or other fun prize!
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Still time to share your thoughts on CHKS: Parents and Guardians please take the survey by clicking 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.
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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 |
Join Dr. Tauheed Zaman, Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a critical presentation on cannabis, tobacco, addiction, and adolescent brain development on March 2nd from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Register here: tauheedzaman2022smcoe.eventbrite.com
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Upcoming Important Dates:
Mar. 3
8th Grade Gown Measurements
Mar. 4 & 5
7:00pm
Mar. 6
2:00pm
Mar. 14
8th Grade Panoramic Photo Day
Mar. 15
PTA Virtual meeting 6:30pm
Mar. 23
Cultural Fair
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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
Gown Measurement Day
Mar. 14
Panoramic Photo Day
Process to order panoramic photo:
We will send Lifetouch flyers home with the kids by 3/9. Students can use the info on those to go online and order up until 11pm cst the night before picture day. Otherwise, then can bring the flyer filled out with cash or a check on picture day. No late orders will be collected after picture day so they should try to order on or before picture day.
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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! Dine-in or call in orders for take-out.
Cultural Fair
Get excited for our 31st Cultural Fair on March 23! Countries/cultures confirmed this year include: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Burma, China, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Holland/The Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland. Adult Volunteer Sign-Up Sheets coming soon. THANK YOU Students! We have more than 300 student volunteers for our Social Studies Tours. Stay tuned for details about booth assignment and training! Questions? Please email Karina Alibudbud at culturalfair@borelbobcats.org.
PTA’s 2022 Online Auction
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!
Open 2022-23 PTA Board Roles
We thank the current PTA members for their invaluable contributions this year! Our PTA election season has begun and we are looking forward to engaging with all of you to nominate and approve next year's PTA Board. Below are next year's open roles. You will receive a form describing the roles and allowing you to submit your nominations soon. Our PTA's role is more critical than ever to connect parents, teachers, administrators, and students in supporting Borel's important school needs. We encourage you to participate in this key process because we can do more together to Build a Brighter Future for all Bobcats!
President
VP Community
VP Fundraising
VP Membership
Parliamentarian
Auditor
Financial Secretary
Extracurricular Liaisons
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 which is linked here.
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 02/19, we are at 87%, coming in at $122,000. As always, we appreciate and acknowledge those who have already donated to the Borel Boosters. 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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