Week 10

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What a great week at Serra! We had exciting lessons and or eighth graders had a great time at Serra when visiting.  Have a great week! Halloween is Tuesday. Please see below for guidelines around this event.

Prospective Parent Tours: ALL WELCOME!!!
No Appointment needed!

10/30-10/31: Parent Tours of Serra
10/30: Tours at 12:15 pm-2:20 pm
10/31: Tours at 9am -11a

HALLOWEEN:
We are excited for Halloween!  If your child chooses to dress for the occasion, please make sure they follow our guidelines.

Globe For All - Twelfth Night--HERE AT SERRA!
Come out for an exciting night of community, good food, and excellent theater as the San Diego Military Family Collaborative partners with The Old Globe and Serra High School to host a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, kicking-off the 2017 Globe For All Tour on Thursday, November 2nd in Serra High's Media Center. The entire night is FREE of charge and includes a community dinner at 4:45 pm and performance at 5:45 pm. No reservations necessary. Please contact Amy Eernisse-Liang if you have questions: aeernisse-liang@saysandiego.org or 858-496-0044

Tutoring
We have tutoring available on campus at lunch and after school. Go to Room 902 if you need tutoring. Coming soon we will be linking a master calendar we are working on to get everyones tutoring schedule to advertise. STAY TUNED.

ASB:

PROM: YES! We have our best venue yet! PROM this year will be at the Hilton Torrey Pines and will come slightly earlier than usual on May 19th.  Stay tuned for pricing information.

Parking

Please remind all students to park in the "south" parking lot.  This is the parking lot that is closest to the bungalows and tennis courts.  The other parking lot is reserved for staff.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
Please make sure you are referring to our calendar. Throughout the holiday season periodically I will update this page with important dates:

November:
11/1-Foundation 630 : Media Center to start
11/1-Financial Aid Night- Media Center
11/3: PHYSICALS--WINTER: Bunglow's behind PE: 30.00
11/4- Band and ColorGuard at Mt. Carmel
11/10-VETERANS DAY--NO SCHOOL
11/11- WINTER Sport Tryouts
11/14- Basketball Cheer Tryouts
11/14-PTO Meeting 630 Media Center
11/16- GovernanceMeeting: 230 Media Center-ALL Welcome
11/20-11/24: THANKSGIVING

Teacher Feature!

Jarod Martin

Led a Professional Development for teachers on how to use technology. Flip chart benefits and ease of creating lessons that utilize visual, , paragraphs, graphs and charts. Step by step instructions and hands on practice gave teachers attending a new tool to use in the classroom.  Jarod made the presentation easy to understand and fun to learn. They talked about creating an environment where students want to learn.

Athletics
Field Hockey SENIOR NIGHT  Oct. 30     Game Time - 3:00pm
Cross Country  SENIOR NIGHT Nov. 7    Race Time - 2:00pm
Girls Volleyball: UNDEFEATED LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!

Foundation Meetings/PTO Meetings:
The next Foundation meeting is November 1 at 630 in the Media Center. Foundation help fund projects and items that regular funds cant. It is an amazing group to be a part of and give back to Serra.

Just this past month the Foundation did the following:

"We would like to thank the foundation for sponsoring a Special Education Enrichment trip for 17 students to attend Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin patch. The students had a wonderful time and really appreciate the chance to attend !"

--Alison Middleton, SPED Teacher

PTO:
PTO just funded a brand new Teachers Lounge! Pictures Coming Soon!! Next PTO Meeting is 11/14 at 630 i the Media Center!

"I have a problem with my child's grades or class placement"
We are not allowing schedule changes unless it is a circumstance such as safety. However when you have a concern that is academic please follow the proper procedure.

1. Contact your child's teacher
2. Set a meeting with the teacher
3. Follow up with the teacher
4. Contact the counselor
5. Contact the Head counselor
6. Contact the VP for your child
7. IF none of these people can resolve the issue and you have exhausted all of these than please feel free to contact me directly at erenfree@sandi.net.

Thank you

School Site Council
SSC approved the following items: School Safety Plan, Title 1 Parent Information, Home School Compact, and Budget transfers. If any of these thing interest you please show up to the next SSC Meeting which is November 30th at 230 in the Media Center.

Principals Coffee:
Principals Coffee (coffee provided) is this Friday December 1, 2017. Starts promptly at 730 am - 830 am. In addition we will have a afternoon coffee from 430 until 530 with the same information for working parents. We look forward to seeing you!

Did you miss last weeks??? Well check it out here:

https://docs.google.com/a/sandi.net/presentation/d/1yjmPFgn8QoqNLO1Z3q7KhNTV5QJl7Uh4zeveTZygRQg/edit?usp=sharing

Scholarships!
There are lots of great scholarship available to our students.  Click the link below and see if one is right for you!
Click Here for SCHOLARSHIPS!