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ALMOND THURSDAY WORD
March 2, 2017
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
SCHOOL MESSAGE
...from Mrs. Benadom
Last night’s Science Family Night was truly amazing! There was a forensic fingerprint station, three tables of animal organs and parts, sound makers, laser challenges, bees, bats & other live animals, a Lego building room, and more...it was SO MUCH FUN!
Children were enthralled and running from one spot to another. Sixth grader volunteers hosted stations with a partner parent. The excitement in the room was audible and it was the perfect way to end the day.
Science is a field that fosters curiosity, creativity, predictions, overcoming failure, experimentation, risk, the translation of ideas in words so others can understand, modeling, looking into the past, looking inside of things, looking to the future, observing, etc…
At Almond, our goal is to foster thinkers, not acquirers of knowledge and skills. Tonight was a terrific example of what it looks and sounds like when minds are active and engaged.
Here are a few Tweets that captured the evening.
Mission Impossible, Batty, Photo Collage
Thank you Bronwyn O’Malley, Christi Crosby, and Tara Larson for organizing this remarkable evening. We are so blessed to have a PTA that sponsors such events. Thank you also to the many parent volunteers and organizations that set up, served as educators for the evening, and who cleaned up. YOU are a huge part of what makes Almond a very special place.
PTA & SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS - NEW
IT’S NOT JUST A SCIENCE FAIR, IT’S A STEM EXPO!!!!
STUDENT COUNCIL
LASD NURSE
The District Nurses will be conducting Hearing screening at Almond for all Kindergarten, 2nd, 5th grades on Friday, March 3. If your child has a known hearing loss, please notify the Health Services Staff before the day of the screening. The nurse will mail a referral form and call the parents of students who do not pass the Hearing screening.
PTA Almond Community Service - Planting Vegetables at Hidden Villa! RSVP Required
LASD EdTalk – The LASD Student Math Experience
Wed, March 15, 2017, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Covington School Multipurpose Room, 205 Covington Road, Los Altos, CA 94024
PTA & SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS - REPEATED
REMINDER OF LOST & FOUND PURGE PROTOCOL
Starting with January, we will clear out the Lost & Found at the end of each month to keep it from getting ridiculously full. Please put your child's name or at least a family name in your children's clothing and we will do our best to return it to you. Remind your children to look in the Lost & Found regularly.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Girl Scout Junior Troop 61025 is Partnering with Kids for Peace
The 4th grade girl scout troop 61025 is working on a community service project along with Kids for Peace. We are collecting the following items to help a new school in a small village in Kenya! We need glue sticks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, pencils, GOOD STRONG pencil sharpeners, markers, kid scissors, gauze, bandaids. We have put a box for the donations inside the Almond Office until Friday, March 10. Any donations will be matched with the money we earned from our cookie sales! We appreciate your help.
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