Topics Below:
-Principal Message
-Health and Safety Updates
-Testing Helps, Let’s get ALL IN
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Thank you! I hope this message finds you and your loved ones healthy and safe! I would like to express gratitude to each member of our community for their ongoing cooperation, patience, and resilience as we work to keep our students healthy, safe, and learning through the current COVID-19 surge. Here’s a couple important notes.
Please help us stop the spread and opt into weekly pool testing. It really helps and it’s really fast and easy. Register here. Access code: BOREL2021
Free Covid at Home Tests:I wanted to share this resource to get four free Covid tests mailed right to your house: Free at home Covid 19 Tests I just ordered mine. Also, I wanted to share that we passed out hard copies of our Covid pool testing form and we got many more back in. Please ask your child if they got a form and return it. We want everyone in our pool, testing each week.
VIrtual Meetings & Pause on Large Gatherings Our district reached out with additional guidance that we are following to stop the spread. If you plan to meet with a staff member, please note it will be virtual for awhile. Also, our music department will reach out regarding how next week’s planned concerts have shifted to a virtual format.
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Project Pantry’s mission is to help feed students at Borel! We are kicking off this new year with another snack drive for granola bars and fruit snacks. These will go directly to teachers in classrooms across the school for hungry students. We are collecting:
Granola Bars
Fruit Snacks (small, individual packs)
If possible, please donate and help feed Borel students. Nut-free snacks are preferred, but all donations are helpful! Donations can be dropped off at the front office starting today. Any questions, please contact Mrs. Spaulding at pspaulding@smfc.k12.ca.us
Thank you for your continued support!
The Project Pantry Team
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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 |
Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College
Becky Munsterer Sabky, Former Ivy League College Admission Director
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 5:30pm – 6:30pm PST, Online Event (Live)
In Valedictorians at the Gate, Becky Munsterer Sabky, a former Ivy League admission director, looks beyond the smoke and mirrors of the college admissions gauntlet and places the power firmly where it should be: in the hands of the students themselves.
Witty and warm, informative and inspiring, Valedictorians at the Gate is the needed tonic for overstressed, overworked, and overwhelmed students on their way to finding the ideal college for them.
Parents/caregivers, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
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Parent Forum #12 (English) – The One Thing You Can Do to Be an Even Better Parent
Eran Magen, PhD, Founder of Parenting for Humans
Friday, January 21, 2022, 12:00pm – 1:00pm PST, Online Event (Live)
Kick off the New Year right! What is the one thing you can do to become an even better parent? Join us for a new Parent Forum (English) with Eran Magen, PhD, communication expert and founder of Parenting for Humans.
Parents/caregivers, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission.
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Visible and Invisible Differences: Promoting Kindness, Empathy, Inclusion and Disability Awareness
Sam Drazin, Founder and Executive Director, Changing Perspectives
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 5:30pm – 6:30pm PST, Online Event (Live)
Have you ever heard of the term "disability awareness"? Join nationally recognized educator Sam Drazin, founder and executive director of Changing Perspectives, for an enlightening discussion on disability awareness.
This workshop will define the concepts around disability awareness and provide parents with practical strategies they can use to engage their children in authentic ways to promote disability awareness.
Parents/caregivers, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
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Upcoming Important Dates:
Jan. 31
PTA Virtual General Meeting 6:30-7:30pm
Feb. 1 ELAC-Virtual Meeting 8:30-9:30 am meet.google.com/aiy-vutm-xex
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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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DINE & DONATE
January's Dine and Donate will be at Refuge San Mateo on Monday, 1/24/2022. 10% of the day's sales will be donated to Borel Middle School PTA! Help get the word out by sharing the Borel and Refuge San Mateo fundraiser with friends and family. Please note, this can not be combined with 3rd party delivery apps. Questions? Please contact Cindy at vendorfundraising@borelbobcats.org.
ONLINE AUCTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We are excited to announce Borel’s first virtual auction, happening this March! Details are still in progress but we need your help. This will be one of the most important fundraisers for PTA this year. Any experience level welcome. Thank you so much! Please sign up here.
PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING
Our next PTA Association meeting will be held on Monday, January 31st 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 before Wednesday, January 26th. The virtual meeting information will be posted a day prior to the meeting on our PTA web page which is linked here.
BOREL BOOSTERS 2021-2022
We are still a bit shy of our goal of $140,000 for the year. As of 01/08, we are just under 83%, coming in at $116,000. As always, we appreciate and acknowledge those who have already donated to the Borel Boosters, a list can be found here. 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.
WELLNESS NEWSLETTER
In this month’s newsletter, Dr. Tiffany Klein Wightman reminds us to recognize unhealthy coping habits that may develop in ourselves and in our kids and how by simply setting boundaries and giving yourself time throughout the day to reset and recharge can go a long way to a healthier you. Her newsletter is linked here.
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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