Miss B.'s Class of 2016-2017 : October 2015

NOTE THESE DATES

10/27 Board of Trustees Meeting

District Office, Board Room

10/28 H&SC Meeting

8:15am, Staff Room

Guest Speaker: Superintendent Mary Kay Going

11/2-11/6 CL Fundraiser Week!

Erik’s Deli (18800 Cox Ave) 4-9pm

11/6 NO SCHOOL

Teacher Work Day

11/11 NO SCHOOL

Veterans’ Day

11/13 Picture Make-up Day

11/12,11/13, 11/16, 11/17, 11/19, &11/20 Fall Conferences

Early Dismissal:

TK/K 12:05, Grades 1-5 1:40

11/17 Board of Trustees Meeting

District Office, Board Room

11/23-11/27 NO SCHOOL

Thanksgiving Week

Picture Make-up Day

Friday, November 13

If you missed picture day or need a re-take, the photographer will be here on Friday, November 13. If you are doing re-takes because of a problem with your photos, please be sure to turn in the original photos to the photographer that day.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We have had a whirlwind month here at the Country Lane Homestead! With the amazing Wild West Walk A Thon, the Spooktacular Halloween Carnival at the MEF Pumpkin Patch, the Charleston Wrap fundraiser, a couple of family dinner nights out, Kona Ice and Yogurtland sprinkled in, I am sure everyone is ready to put up their feet this week and just sit back and relax. Thank you again to all of you who donated your time and money to make every event here at Country Lane a success! Our village is strong because we work as one to get things done!

Monday evening our 3^rd graders dazzled their families with some toe-tapping tunes and a jig as they sang their way through various genres of music. I was so impressed with our performers and am sure that we will see several of them in the future on American Idol, Just Dance and other reality shows that show off the stuff they are made of.

Thank you to everyone who walked to school on the International Walk to School Day. We had 350 pairs of feet stomping the pavement making their way to school in a healthy effort to decrease traffic on the streets. Way to go walkers! We appreciate you!

Join us! On Wednesday, October 28 at 8:15, Superintendent Mary Kay Going will join our Home and School Club general meeting to share information with us regarding our district’s Strategic Plan and more. We will have hot coffee and morning treats in the staff room for you, so please plan on joining us.

Have a GREAT rest of the week and Enjoy your weekend!

Ms. Ruddy

Crazy Hat & Halloween Colors on Friday, October 30

Friday, October 30 will be a Crazy Hat and/or Halloween Colors (Black, Orange, White) Spirit Day. NO COSTUMES, PLEASE! We will also have NORMAL dismissal times that day.

Wanted: Donations for the Second Harvest Food Drive

More than 1 in 10 people in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties rely on food from Second Harvest Food Bank each month. Nearly 40% of these are children.

Please join us in supporting those in our community who do not have enough to eat. Bring your non-perishable donation to the school office during our annual Second Harvest Food Drive October 28^th through November 18th. You can make a difference for local families this holiday season!

Got Sick Kids?

We are experiencing a high volume of sick kids at school. If your student is not feeling well, please check their symptoms before sending them to school. 95% of the time, if you send your student to school ill and tell them to go into the office if they are not feeling well, they do come to the office and are sent home, but have spent enough time at school to pass on their germs to their classmates.

We want to keep Country Lane a healthy place to be and we appreciate your cooperation.

Tardies

We have had a run on students arriving to school tardy. Please make an effort to have your student(s) wake up at a reasonable time to prepare for the day and be on time to school. Coming to school late is a bad habit and your student is missing important instructional time. We want your student to be successful in life so please make the effort to get them to school on time. If your student needs to be tardy because of an appointment, a note from the doctor/dentist is required upon their arrival.

Traffic Safety Plea from the Superintendent

I am sure everyone in our district has noticed the increasing traffic in and around the Moreland School District. Some of our neighboring districts and schools have experienced terrible traffic tragedies. Please help us keep all our children safe by following the traffic rules around the schools and slowing down! We will be working with the City of San Jose's Project Passion Program and Walk and Roll

Program to evaluate our traffic flow around the schools. However, even with the best system in place, each driver is responsible for the speed of their vehicle and the observance of traffic safety around schools. Help us to keep all our children safe.

Join Us For a Town Hall Meeting

The Moreland School District is hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 6:00PM in the Moreland Community Center MU Room (same parking lot as the District Office, 4711 Campbell Avenue). If you have not had the opportunity to attend a meeting at your school site, join us as Superintendent Mary Kay Going gives a State of the District presentation. In addition, as the District

begins work on the renewal of the Strategic Plan, your feedback and insight is critical as we begin engagement for this process. If you're unable to join us on October 22nd, we will be hosting the same presentation and opportunity on November 5, 2015 at 6:00PM in the same location. Both opportunities will offer a chance for community members to write a letter to a future Moreland student, letting the District know about your hopes and dreams for our schools: http://bit.ly/LetterCampaign2015 Moreland is grateful to have such strong community support. Join us in helping to shape our future.