Technology, Music, and Empathy- They all come together next week.

Hour of Code

If you scan down further you’ll find Ms. Craddock’s article on The Hour of Code that Springer, and all LASD schools, will participate in next week.  Not only is this a great way to emphasize computer programming- at all grade levels- but there are also multiple avenues for which you and your child can get involved next week.  Please check out the article below entitled: Participate in the Hour of Code!

Everyone Deserves Music, Sweet Music!

If you have an upper grade student, we’d love for you to attend the annual Winter Concert on Friday, Dec. 12th at 1:00pm in the multi.  This concert allows our students to showcase their musical talents- a true performance task!   The order of performances are as follows:

4th grade vocal

5th/6th grade chorus

6th grade Orchestra

6th grade Band

Thank you LAEF for making STEM possible- which helps us with the Hour of Code and Upper Grade Music happen for our students!

Springer Gives Back

On Thursday, December 11th, from 10:30 to noon, the entire school will go into “workshop mode”.  Working with their buddy classmates, students will make crafts that will be donated to local charities throughout the South Bay region.   Last year was the first time we participated in Springer Gives Back and it was enormously successful; in this case, success measured by student pride in their work, empathy towards those who are less fortunate, and the gratitude of those who received the crafts made by our students.

Rain, Yes!  Bad Driving, NO!

What a welcome sight it was to have a significant amount of rainfall this week.  Our reservoirs and aquifers can use all the water mother nature is willing to give us.   Rain also brings with it more traffic on our streets and in the Springer parking lot.    Now is a good time to remind you to be ever so careful when driving.   In particular, pay attention to the following:

• A new 15 mph speed limit on Rose Ave-  The city of Mountain View is one of the few cities in the state that has made all streets in front of schools a 15mph zone (down from 25mph).  This 15 mph zone extends from Springer Ave. to Fordham Ave.   Slow down EVEN MORE.
• On rainy days, with more cars in the parking lot, traffic tends to pile up along Rose Ave.  If trying to make a left-hand turn into the parking lot off of Rose, and seeing that the parking lot is jammed, it is better to continue down Rose than to sit and wait- clogging up traffic behind you.  Alternatives could be to continue down Rose and go around the block until traffic in the lot subsides or to park on a side street and walk to campus for pick up.  
• Rain or shine, it is ILLEGAL to make a u-turn in the middle of a residential street.  Not only is it illegal, but it is downright DANGEROUS to make a u-turn on Rose Ave. in front of the school!
• While weather forecasts are rarely 100% accurate, rain is predictable.  On days you know that wet weather is a possibility, leaving the house earlier than usual is a good strategy.