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Blossom Hill Vision Statement – (Abilities and skills we expect our students to acquire and take-out into the world) All students will have the necessary skills to become enthusiastic, life-long learners and productive, empathetic, respectful members of society.
Blossom Hill Mission Statement – (What we need to do as a school community to ensure this happens) The Blossom Hill School community takes pride in providing an enriched standards-based curriculum in a safe, nurturing environment. We strive to appreciate an awareness of students’ developmental needs to help them progress toward independence.
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Blossom Hill School’s Weekly Newsletter 16400 Blossom Hill Road Los Gatos, California 95032 ©2016 Blossom Hill School October 5, 2016 Page 1
IMPORTANT DATES October
10/5 - Last Day to Pre-Order Harvest Festival Food & Tickets (See page 2 for details)
10/7 Blossom Hill and Daves Avenue Play Applications Due (See page 2 for details)
10/7 - Harvest Festival Family Sponsorships End
10/10 - Mom’s Night Out 6:00 - 9:30 pm, Viva!
10/10 - LGUSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 10:30 pm, District Office
10/16 - Harvest Festival 11:30 am - 3:00 pm, Blossom Hill School
10/24 - LGUSD Board Meeting 6:30 - 10:30 pm, District Office
10/24 - 10/28 - Red Ribbon Week
10/31 - Halloween Parade to the Terraces 1:00 pm
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Blossom Hill Families:
Please save the date and join me on Sunday, October 16 at the annual Harvest Festival sponsored by the Home & School Club. This beloved school tradition will be held from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm on our campus. If you are participating for the first time, the Harvest Festival is a family event that includes Carnival Games and Prizes, a Rock Climbing Wall, Pony Rides, a Petting Zoo, Human Hamster Balls, Karaoke, Culinary Treats, a Vendor Fair and the ever popular Cake Walk. Students may also enter a cake into the cake decorating competition where prizes are awarded to the top cake in each grade level. All cakes entered into the contest will be donated to the Cake Walk. A guaranteed highlight of the festival is the Teachers’ Brew Booth. For more information about tickets, volunteering, or entering the cake-decorating contest, check our website at: http://hsc.blossomhill.org. Please note, the Harvest Festival is a family event and parent supervision is required at all times. I hope to see you there!
In education together, Lisa Reynolds, Principal
The Beehive is written exclusively to inform the Blossom Hill community of school information. Articles, information, calendars, etc. may not be duplicated or reprinted in any manner without the permission of the Home and School Club and of the BHS administration.
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H&SC CALENDAR IS ONLINE! Did you know that our Home & School Club Calendar in online? Click here to see our Google Calendar, which you can subscribe to: http://hsc.blossomhill.org/hsc-calendar.html
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MRS. MARTIN’S ART LESSONS Please visit Mrs. Martin’s Art blog at: http://www.mrsmartinartclass.blogspot.com/ for updates on what is happening in your student’s art classroom, student artwork from across the district, and parent child activities that connect to each lesson!
LGUSD Elementary Art Program is funded by LGEF
HARVEST FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!
Have you signed up to volunteer at a food or game booth for the Harvest Festival? If not, please click here to help at the event. Some of the game booths will be canceled if there are not enough parent volunteers. See more details on page 2.
WEEKLY WISDOM FAQ of the Week Q: I parked in the Cherry Blossom parking lot and was told to walk through the bushes to the sidewalk. Why? A: For the safety of the students we ask you to make your way to the Cherry Blossom sidewalk so that you may cross at the supervised crosswalk by the Cherry Blossom gate. Walking between drive-through cars to get the sidewalk along by the school and walking on the drive-through next to the drive though cars is very dangerous.
Important School Contact Information Office: 408-335-2100 Attendance: 408-335-2145 Fax: 408-358-6438 Office Hours: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm [email protected] [email protected]
What’s the Buzz?
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Last day to pre-order food and tickets! TODAY is the last day to place your pre-order for food and tickets. Pre-order tickets are available for food and tickets that can be used for games, drinks, the Bake Sale, and the Scarecrow raffle. Lunch will be from JJ Magoos and Los Gatos Meats, plus you can pre-order ice cream sundaes and fresh-made churros. Today is the last day to purchase food and tickets at a discounted price! Order and pay online HERE, or pick up a form in the front office and turn it in with your check. PLEASE NOTE: Food from JJ Magoos and Los Gatos Meats will be available from 11:30 – 2:30. Ice cream & churros will be available from 12:30 – 2:30. Meals must be picked up by 2:00 to ensure availability.
Be a Pumpkin Patch Sponsor This year we would love to have as many families as possible participate as Pumpkin Patch Sponsors at our 2016 Harvest Festival. In order to achieve this, we have one sponsorship level of $25, or you may choose your own sponsorship amount. All of our sponsors will be recognized before the event in our newsletter and honored in our pumpkin patch at the Harvest Festival. Family Sponsorship forms can be found HERE or in the front office. Turn in completed forms with your check in the front office.
We Need Volunteers! • We can’t run all our games and booths without parent support!
Click HERE to volunteer in your child’s classroom-assigned booth, and/or have your middle/high school student volunteer to help by clicking HERE!
• Help us set up for the Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 14, 9:30-11:30 am, or on Sunday, October 16 starting at 7:30 am! Click HERE and scroll to the bottom to sign up!
• Lend us an easy up shade or canopy to use at the event, email [email protected] if you have one available.
Teacher Adventures There will be sign ups for Teacher Adventures at the Harvest Festival! This year the teachers are offering activities such as a sailing trip and a movie night. Come check out the offerings for your child’s grade at the Teacher Adventure Booth!
Cake Decorating Contest Your children and/or you can enter a cake into the cake competition. Prizes are awarded to the top cake in each grade level, plus there is a grand prize winner! Please note that entries for grade level should be made by the student with no or minimal adult assistance. There is a separate division for 6th grade and up, including adults. Click HERE for information and rules, then fill out an entry form and turn it in with your cake on October 16. ALL CAKES ENTERED INTO THE CAKE DECORATING CONTEST WILL BE DONATED TO THE CAKE WALK.
Thank You to Our Harvest Festival Sponsor!
Since 1947, our families have been residents of Los Gatos and K-12 students. Our focus has always been on how we can give back to this wonderful place in which we live, go to school, and raise our families. The betterment of our surroundings and the connection to our community is at the forefront of our thoughts and efforts at Hall & Burnett Orthodontics.
BLOSSOM HILL’S HARVEST FESTIVAL Sunday, October 16 11:30 am - 3:00 pm
BLOSSOM HILL AND DAVES AVENUE 2016-2017 PLAY
Application due date extended to this FRIDAY!
All 4th & 5th graders are encouraged to participate in this year’s musical with Daves Ave...no experience necessary! Be sure to complete your application online by Friday, 10/7 at http:// hsc.blossomhill.org/the-play.html. Each year, 150 or so kids and their families participate in the play along with their other extracurricular activities...and they keep coming back to do it again! So join us for the fun and Nonsense in the North Woods!
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MOM’S NIGHT OUT! (Yes, just the moms!)
If you didn’t sign up for this fun event with your One Check donation, it’s not too late!
Monday, October 10, 2016 6:00 - 9:30 pm
Viva! 15970 Los Gatos Blvd.
(Write your $20 check to Blossom Hill H&SC & leave it in the box in the office.)
ANNUAL COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
This year we are once again offering The Annual Community Sponsorship Program, a 5-tier donation system. This allows you to sponsor multiple events, but only donate once. In exchange you will receive heavy promotion to our parents and largest donors at all major H&SC events, a spot in the weekly Beehive, and an ad on our Community page on the H&SC website.
For more information on this amazing new program visit, click HERE or email Heidee Lopez at [email protected].
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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
CORNERSTONE CORNER The October theme for Project Cornerstone / ABC Reader is Stand Tall. The book, Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon, demonstrates the far reaching power of finding a caring adult. It also reminds us to stand tall, walk proud, and sing loud. Over the month, every class will explore this book in detail. We encourage all Blossom Hill Families to continue the discussion about this great book at home. Click here to listen to an audio version of the story. Ask your child(ren) to share what they learned
about: • Caring Adults • Positive Self-Talk • Using Positive Energy to Change Negative Behavior
NOTES FROM THE NURSE
Returning to school, many children and staff are sharing assorted viral and bacterial infections. And the flu season is quickly approaching.
Following a night’s sleep, it may be difficult in the morning to determine whether or not to send your child to school. The following are the guidelines we use. Keep your child home if he or she has:
• A fever of 99.4 or more • Chills • Vomiting, diarrhea or stomach cramps • Nausea • Sore throat or difficulty swallowing • Unusually red, watery, itchy or burning eyes • Says he or she does not feel well
Please keep your child home if he or she is generally not feeling well or is unable to actively participate in school activities. Children must be symptom-free, without any medication, for 24 hours before returning to school.
As a preventative and protective measure, wash your hands frequently and thoroughly and keep them away from your eyes, mouth and nose.
Please, keep your child home if there are signs of illness.
Join your music teachers in the
LOS GATOS HOLIDAY PARADE Calling all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders!
We invite you to join us in the Los Gatos Children’s Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 3. This year, the Los Gatos Education
Foundation (LGEF) will showcase some of our wonderful music students. We need 3rd grade students to play percussion
instruments in a jingle squad and 4th and 5th grade students to play the recorder.
Children will need to be able to attend both rehearsals and the parade. We will provide the instruments. Each participant will
receive a shirt and Santa hat to wear for the parade.
Rehearsals Tuesday 11/10, 3:15 - 3:45 pm, Van Meter Room 14 Thursday 12/3, 3:15 - 3:45 pm, Van Meter Room 14
Parade Saturday, 12/3, 9:00 am-1:30 pm, Downtown Los Gatos
If you are interested, please email us at [email protected] or [email protected]
by Friday, October 28th.
Thank you, Alyson Ancheta and Ana George
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DONATE at www.lgef.orgArtMusic Counseling Science
Study finds arts, music can be the “secret” to STEM successSuccessful tech entrepreneurs seem to have a surprising “secret” to their accomplishments -
studying art, music, and hands-on creative activities.
A study published in the journal Economic Development
Quarterly (1) found that participation in artistic activities
boosts the chance of entrepreneurial success in technical
fields.
Researchers followed a group of Michigan State University
honors college graduates from 1990 to 1994 who majored in
science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM).
Graduates who were successful entrepreneurs — those who
went on to found companies or produce patents — were
significantly more likely to have had participation in art, music
and hands-on creative activities than those who did not.
And its not just entrepreneurs who benefit from the arts; a
strong link was found with STEM graduates overall. In fact the
STEM practitioners in this study were 62% more likely to have
had classes in visual arts than the general population, 59%
more likely to have been taught music, 39% more likely to have
had dance instruction, and 38% more likely to have taken
acting lessons.
So how does their music, arts, and hands-on creative
experience help these engineers and scientists in the real
world? It seems artistic thinking is crucial to their work.
The study asked participants to identify the types of tools they used for problem solving and found,
“as one would expect of science and engineering professionals, the vast majority reported using logic
while doing their work…[but] an overwhelming majority also reported using ‘artistic’ styles of thinking:
95.3% reported using exploratory play as a method of problem solving; 80% reported using either
intuition, imagination, or both; and about 80% reported using analogies. In other words, these
successful STEM professionals use ‘artistic’ types of thinking at work just as often as they use
stereotypical ‘scientific’ modes of thinking.”
(1) Arts and Crafts: Critical to Economic Innovation LaMore et al., Economic Development Quarterly, August 2013, 27 (3), p. 221
LGEF Priorities for 2016-17
THANK YOU TO OUR ONE CHECK DONORS A TREMENDOUS THANKS to the Blossom Hill families who have supported our 2016-2017 One Check campaign this year. We couldn’t do it without you!
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Donors Anonymous Alessandro Fin & Maria Felix Avlas Family Breen/Gill Family Brown Grandparents De Nolfs Dudum Endweiss Family Garner Goel Family Gupta/Verma Family Hawley Family Hsia Family Jhamb Family Johnson Jones Family Lee Lopez Family Murray Family Nicole Hancock Okonkwo/Schneider Family Pappas Perkins Family Satya Chelamkuri & Satya Toram Susan Raisty The Barrier Family The Bhargava/Thakur Family The Chen Family The Cruz Family The Graystone Nydam's The Hutchinson Family The Kehr Nguyen Family The Kim Family The Leitch Family The Lin's Family The Lu Family The Muthukrishnan Family The Newsom Family The Park Family The Reardon Family The Salma/Sajjad Family The Shamain Family The Sun Family The Takaichi Family The Torrecillas Family The Torres Lopez Family The Wodrich Family The Zhao Family Yannoni
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