Family Movie Night will be taking place on Friday, October 2nd. This year, we will be showing the movie, The Incredibles, on the upper field. Bring a blanket, low back lawn chairs, and your snacks or dinner at 6:30 to claim your place on the field. The movie will start at 7:15.
School News
Updated Thu, Sep 10th
One of our biggest family events of the year will take place on Saturday, October 24th. Our Pumpkin Walk is a fun event with activities, games, and food. We do not celebrate Halloween by having children wear their costumes at school, so this is the perfect time to have your child/ren dress up and have some fun. Join our costume parade at 11:30 a.m. in front of the Knowledge Center. See you there!
Updated Tue, Sep 8th
Hello everyone,
We hope your school year is off to a great start. We are filled with joy and gratitude to be a part of your school community.
Each year, we choose a theme to guide both our learning as professional educators and our teaching in schools. We are both inspired and motivated by our theme for the 2015-2016 school year: Mindfulness.
Each month, we create a newsletter to share with each of our schools. We encourage each school to distribute this newsletter with their school communities as there is important health news for mindfulness, fitness and nutrition. This newsletter can be distributed in paper or electronic format. We will send a .pdf format electronically on the first Friday of each month. The goal of the monthly newsletter is to share information to inspire and empower as many people as possible to live a healthy lifestyle by taking care of their body, mind, and heart each day.
We are excited to share our September newsletter. Attached is the September newsletter. Some highlights include:
Introduction to New Theme - Mindfulness
Mindfulness Focus - Breath Awareness
Fitness Focus - Hold That Plank
Nutrition Focus - Strive for Five (Fruits and Veggies)
Other News - Celebrate National Yoga Month
We look forward to working with each student, teacher, parent and staff within your school community as we learn and practice of mindfulness and continue to learn and practice fitness, sports and nutrition. If there are any questions, please let us know. We value your feedback, time and support. Enjoy your weekend.
Thank you,
The Team at Rhythm and Moves, Inc.
Jessica De Leuw
Rhythm and Moves, Inc.
Pedagogy Mentor / BTSA Coordinator
650.678.0716 / jessica.deleuw [at] gmail.com
Learn more at our website: www.rhythmandmoves.com
To view the Newsletter, click the following link:
Updated Wed, Sep 2nd
Marshall Lane's Back to School night for grades 1-5 is Wednesday, September 2nd. There will be a general meeting from 6:00-6:30 on the 1st grade field. Following the general meeting, 1st through 3rd grades will meet in your child's classroom from 6:30-7:00. 4th through 5th grades will meet in your child's classroom from 7:00-7:30. This is an adults-only event. See you then!
Updated Wed, Aug 26th
Marshall Lane Elementary School’s a new website is more attractive, easier to see on mobile devices (e.g. tablets and smartphones), and more user friendly than our old site. Now you can easily check the events calendar, find school news, contact our staff, see what’s for lunch, and much more. You can even change the language.
We’ll be refining it and adding new features as time goes one. For now, we invite you to take a look around, try it out, and let us know what you think. Thank you!
Updated Fri, Aug 21st
Dear Marshall Lane Community Members,
Welcome back to school, for all of you who are continuing at Marshall Lane. To those of you who are new—welcome to our school! It is a fantastic place to be and I know that you and your child/ren are really going to enjoy it here!
As we begin the new school year, I hope that you will consider joining the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at Marshall Lane. This group does so much to enrich the children’s experience at school that they are invaluable partners.
I also hope that you will attend all of the important events that are coming up this month. The first one is tomorrow—Friday, August 21st. It is a Back to School Family Picnic that will take place on the upper field from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy some socializing with other Marshall Lane families. Jamba Juice will be sold along with slices of Round Table pizza. I will see you there!
The next event will be on Wednesday, August 26th. It is Back to School Night for our Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes. This is an important event for our TK & K families. It takes place from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. We hope to see all of our TK & Kindergarten parents there.
Back to School Night for students in first to fifth grades will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.. We hope to see all 1st to 5th grade parents at this event.
I am excited about this new school year at Marshall Lane. Enthusiasm and optimism are in the air. Here’s to a great 2015-2016! Let’s work together to make it the best year yet!
Regards,
Priscilla Spencer, principal
Updated Fri, Aug 21st
I am pleased to report that our entire talented group of teachers will be returning to Marshall Lane this year, with the exception of one teacher. Ms. Andrea Lawryk decided to return to Rosemary where she did her student teaching. She will be teaching 4th grade this year. We wish her well.
Former Campbell Middle teacher, Kim Sisemore will be joining our 5th grade staff. We are very fortunate to have a former middle school teacher at our school to assist us in preparing our students as they move on to 6th grade. Please join me in welcoming her into the Marshall Lane family.
Also joining our teaching staff this year are three teachers from Rhythm & Moves, an outside agency that assists us in providing preparation periods for our teachers. Tavia Harwell and Sky Swab will be teaching p.e. to our students. Linda Jacoben will be teaching music along with our district music teacher, Sharon Rosen. Our preparation periods continue to been aligned on Mondays and Wednesdays to allow more time for our teachers to collaborate during the school day and still provide the students with the correct number of instructional minutes.
Updated Fri, Aug 21st
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the first day of the 2015-2016 school year such a smooth one.
Many of our teachers came back from their well-deserved vacations early to begin preparing their classrooms for your children. They worked tirelessly to get ready for the year to begin. We are grateful for their dedication and strong work ethic.
Our PTA has already held two events—Kindergarten Round-Up and the First Day Back to School Event for our community. They are a group of very energized and intelligent folks who want what’s best for our school. Thanks to them for all of their hard work so far on behalf of our students.
Updated Fri, Aug 21st
At Marshall Lane, we practice Positive Behavior Intervention and Support. This is based on the STARS expectations that we have for all students. STARS stands for:
- Safety First
- Take Responsibility
- Act with Integrity
- Remember Kindness
- Show Respect
Updated Fri, Aug 21st
Although we love animals, our campus is not the proper place for them. Dogs are not allowed on campus during the school day or before or after school. Please respect this rule to protect all of our children.
Our upper field is open to the public at night and on the weekends and, as a result, we have noticed a lot of piles of dog excrement that are left on the grass. This is problematic since students step into these piles. We prefer that dogs are not at school. If you do bring your dog onto the campus when school is not in session, please clean up after them. Thanks so much!