Friday November 13, 2020
Good Afternoon BRSSD Community,
Today Fox Elementary School was named a National Blue Ribbon School! U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized 367 schools nationwide and only 16 in California as National Blue Ribbon School for 2020, including Fox Elementary School in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District. The coveted National Blue Ribbon Schools award affirms educators, families, and the communities' hard work in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content. With a rich tradition of outstanding student achievement, sound, standards-based education, and promotion of high moral character of all students, Fox Elementary School ensures all students' success. Congratulations to the extended Fox Elementary community!
We are hopeful to see you at one of our Community Town Hall meetings next week. All meetings will be recorded, live-streamed, and subsequently posted to each school’s website within 24 hours. Please mark your calendars! (Note: calendar link includes Zoom information)
Tuesday, November 17th
Wednesday, November 18th
Thursday, November 19th
BRSSD will be hosting an expert panel of medical professionals to discuss health and safety as schools reopen. Our panel discussion on November 30th from 6:00-7:30 pm will be geared towards families. Our panel discussion on January 12th from 3:00-4:30 pm will focus on questions from educators. More information will follow.
A quick correction regarding lunch pickups from last week: families from Sandpiper and Redwood Shores will pick up at Redwood Shores, not Sandpiper. Pickup times are available at https://www.brssd.org/lunch-program. For families who have ordered lunch, please remember to pick them up during the pickup windows. The District only receives reimbursement for lunches that are picked up, so any lunches that are ordered but not picked up will incur a cost. As always, a big thank you to PTA volunteers for delivering to families in need. If you are able to help volunteer to support this expanded lunch access program, please sign up to volunteer here.
The next Second Harvest "Food Distribution @ Nesbit" is this Saturday, November 14th at 8 AM. The December distribution will be on December 12th . Distribution dates have been updated due to the upcoming holidays.
Finally, we want to share links to our BRSSD’s Reopening Plan. We’ve also developed an easy to access reopening website which provides an abridged version of our plan in an easy to navigate format. You can access the site by clicking the banner at the top of the www.brssd.org.
Sincerely,
Dan Deguara
Superintendent
