Crocker Viking News

Sept 3: NO SCHOOL

Sept 6: Labor Day, NO SCHOOL

Sept 8: RISE Kickoff Coffee @ 8:45-10:30am

Sept 9: 6th gr networking coffee @ 8:45am

Sept 10: 7th gr networking coffee @ 8:45am

Sept 10: 6th gr parent & new parent reception @ 5-7pm

Sept 13: HCSD Board Meeting @ 6pm

Sept 14: Superintendent's coffee @ 8:45am

Sept 17: 8th gr networking coffee @ 8:45am/ SPIRIT DAY!/ 7th&8th gr Back-to-School dance

Sept 20: 7th gr Cotillion @ 6:30pm

Sept 23: HSF Giving Day

Sept 27: 7th grade Parent Reception @ 6-8pm

WTEN Presentations

6th Grade

https://youtu.be/xwK0nWxJS2o

7th Grade

https://youtu.be/LjKz_2hZdPE

8th Grade

https://youtu.be/hJGK7yXQmdE

Asynchronous presentation links:

World Language

Electives - Music, Art, Maker-Space, HTV

• Bell Schedule
• Crocker Calendar - Month at a Glance
• 2021-2022 Academic Year at a Glance
• Crocker Parent Group Website
• Crocker HCSD Main Website
• PowerSchool
• Crocker Remote HTV
• Counselor's Corner

Hello Vikings,

After 12 days in session, we thrive, learn, and celebrate our return to school in person. Our educators have been excellent teachers, leaders, and caregivers as we embark on our journey through the 2021/22 school year. Collectively we are focused on our theme of Care, Connections, and Community. As educators, it is our responsibility to approach learning and teaching with a lens of building relationships and self-care. Building relationships with our students, parents, and colleagues while focusing on self-care will strengthen the social-emotional learning competencies for us all. Our student’s academic success is intertwined with their social-emotional learning competencies. Together in partnership, we can ensure that our students are caring young people, connected to the world around them, and positively engaged in their community.

Please join me in thanking our educators for their informative WTEN presentions last night. The WTEN recordings are linked above. Thank you, parents, for attending. We had an excellent turnout.

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend,

Maria Brady

Care Reminder:

Thank you to our families for your support. Please continue to monitor your child's health daily. Staff members and students with symptoms of infection should stay at home when sick and get tested when symptoms are consistent with COVID 19. Please report student absence and the reason for absence to crockerabsence@hcsdk8.org. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Photo Day Is Coming!

Hello Crocker Middle SchoolFamilies!

iClickSmiles will be taking individual photos of your student in three weeks!!

Thursday, October 7th & Friday, October 8th!!

There are no envelopes to fill out prior to photo day, and no pre-payment is necessary – All Students will be photographed. You will be able to view and order photos online 7-10 days after photos are taken.

Please mark your calendar now so photo day doesn’t sneak up on you! Visit our website at www.iclicksmiles.comfor more information about us and tips for a successful photo day.

Questions or concerns? Email help@iclicksmiles.comor (888) 298 - 0744

On behalf of the entire 2021-2022 Crocker Parent Group Executive Board, thank you for getting involved! We welcome your participation.

If you have any questions about the process of signing up or require more detailed information about a specific committee, please feel free to email

Karen Crawford (karenbcrawford1@yahoo.com) or

Shelby Van Doren (shelbyvandoren@gmail.com), Co-VP of Volunteers.

Sign Up Genius Link:

https://signup.com/client/invitation2/ae48cbbb5de1622bea1082daea1cc1ec7ca84f84/296991158836448091/false/#/invitation

Simplify school lunches by ordering Choice Lunch A La Carte

Click the link below for details

Choicelunch.com

Parent volunteers are welcome. If interested, please email

Tiffany Tsurudome at drtiffanylt@gmail.com

Dues are Due! Pay here: http://crocker.corecommerce.com/

Welcome back everyone!!

In addition to paying for the school directory and yearbook, parent dues help fund grade level social events, teacher appreciation efforts and more! CPG committee members are already busy in the works planning for a great school year. Thanks to those families who have already paid their dues for the 2021-2022 year.

If you still need to pay, the deadline is September 15th. Please use our commerce site below (same as link above):

http://crocker.corecommerce.com/

Any questions please email Katrina at crockertreasurer@gmail.com

Friday, September 10th from 5 - 7pm:

Grossman Residence

888 Irwin Drive, Hillsborough

We hope you can join us to meet fellow 6th grade Crocker parents and parents new to the Hillsborough school district and to celebrate the start of a great school year!

Cocktails will be served

Casual cocktail attire

Adults only

Details and Evite to follow

Principal Maria Brady, Vice Principal Mr. Dave Miller and Counselor Ms. Bonnie Slater will present valuable information to support your sixth grader in transitioning to middle school.

Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 8:45am (location TBD)

Principal Maria Brady, Vice Principal Mr. Dave Miller and Counselor Ms. Bonnie Slater will present valuable information on seventh grade positive behavior supports for social emotional learning and to promote academic achievement.

Please join us on Friday, September 10th at 8:45am (location TBD). We're excited to have this parent group come together in person!

While Covid took away a lot of milestones, fortunately for our 7th graders, we are making sure they get to participate in "6th Grade Cotillion" this year!

While it may look different, we will still teach the middle schoolers respect, manners and how to dance! We will follow all Covid safety protocols and it will be outside.

Look for an evite in the coming weeks with dates and times this fall. Thank you!

Any questions, contact our chairs Elizabeth Gomez, Vanessa Shew and Debbie Crisp

Monday, September 27th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm:

Wickam Residence

10 Greenview Lane, Hillsborough

Since we couldn’t get together last year because of COVID, let’s do it this year!

We hope you can join us to meet, catch up and toast to the start of a great school year!

Details to come.

Hello 8th Grade Families. Every few weeks I will be sending these short emails and clips about the high school enrollment process for both public and private schools. Take care.

High School Process

Bonnie Slater

Crocker Middle School Counselor

650-548-4247

Crocker Counselor, Ms. Bonnie Slater will present information on Public and Private High School Application/Registration Process. Please join us on Friday, September 17th @ 8:45 am (Location TBD)

• Private High School Application

• How to request transcripts, letters of recommendation

• Important Crocker dates and deadlines

• Standardized Testing (ISEE, SSAT, etc.)

• 504/IEP transitions to private schools

  
  

• Public High School Registration

• Student assessment and programming

• Special education and 504s

• Important registration, shadow, and transfer dates

• Spring programming at Crocker

  
  

***If you cannot attend, the presentation slide deck can be provided.***

2020 High School Parent Panel

Crocker parents highlight our local public and private high schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REJCReLO3V8&t=27s

(The panel begins at approximately 9:20 on this video)

Mercy has opened the school year with students back on campus!

Events

For those who have been wanting to learn more about Mercy's dynamic program and to explore our All Girls Advantage, here is your opportunity to hear directly from their school leadership as well as current parents.

There will be opportunities to tour Mercy's beautiful campus in the near future! Girls on the Green event will take place on September 27th (for 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls) and their Open House will be held November 7th. Students can visit Mercy's Website to learn more about these events and to register to attend!

Please click here for more information on Mercy HS.

We are hosting our 19th Annual San Francisco High School Fair for Public and Parochial Schools. Please save the date: Monday, September 13 from 6-7:30pm.

Counselors, students and parents are invited to join high school admissions representatives from throughout the Bay Area to learn about the high school application process and a variety of high schools. A registration link to the fair for your families to sign up will be sent out next week.

Get To Know Us Better

Virtual Tour - Check out our new 360 campus tour!

Virtual Admissions - Links to admissions brochures

International Profile - overview of the academic and co-curricular programs, college acceptances, and facilities.

La Lettre - highlights of our most unusual 20-21 academic year that has a powerful DEI emphasis

Important Dates

Events published to Ravenna - August 30, 2021

Virtual events begin - September 15, 2021

Virtual Open House #1 - October 17, 2021, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Virtual Open House # 2 - November 21, 2021, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Live Open House #3 - December 8, 2021, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (SFDPH permitting)

Application Deadline - January 6, 2022

Financial Aid Deadline - January 6, 2022

Decisions Released on Ravenna - March 18, 2022 (4pm)

Enrollment Contracts Due for Financial Aid Recipients - March 24, 2022 (12pm)

Enrollment Contracts Due - March 25, 2022 (12pm)

The fair will be virtual this year, on Monday, September 13 from 6-7:30pm. Click here for the flyer.

Eighth grade public and parochial middle school students and their families are invited to join high school admissions representatives from throughout the Bay Area to learn about the high school application process, financial assistance, software platforms and event registration. Additionally, you will have a chance to connect with a panel of students from a variety of high schools who attended public or parochial schools for middle school.

Traditionally there are 30+ high schools represented at this fair, so please distribute this flyer to your 8th grade families. I encourage you to join as well. The registration link is on the flyer. If you have any questions about the fair please let me know. And if you're interested in learning more about Lick-Wilmerding High School, let me know as well or fill out this google form.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

On behalf of the APG board, I'd like to welcome you to the 2021-22 school year! The Associated Parents' Groups of Hillsborough (APG) is the representative parent board of all four HCSD schools and we work together with our Superintendent and President of the Board of Trustees to support our schools, educators, students and parent community. We are committed to collaborating across all four school sites this year to make the HCSD community the best that it can be.

APG Board 2021-2022

President: Courtney Bocci

Secretary: Merrin Thompson

Treasurer: Rosemary Chiang

Communications: Esha Sinha

Crocker President: Jen Salma

North Co-Presidents: Marlo Stroud and MJ Wasim

South Co-Presidents: Nahall Fells and Carolyn Lorber

West Co-Presidents: Mirra Desuasido and Liz Koo

HSF President: Breigh McCall

RISE President: Grace Leung

Mark your calendars for "Sharing the Journey: RISE Kickoff Coffee" on Wednesday Sept 8 from 8:45-10:30am!

Please RSVP at this link for the location and agenda details. Both outdoor in-person and Zoom options are available. We ask in person attendees to please wear a mask when not eating or drinking. Come hear RISE's new Mission and Goals for 2021-22, and meet our new Director of Student Services, Bhavna Narula! We will hear from her, Superintendent Carlomagno, HREC, and HPD about the supportive services and resources available to students of ALL abilities. Principals and RISE reps will lead school-specific breakouts to collect feedback from parents that will guide RISE efforts for the year. Hope to see you there!

Click image above for link.

HSF Giving Day is when we ask families to make their commitment to support Hillsborough's tradition of excellence in education. These funds help provide students with the Hallmarks of a Hillsborough Education: exceptional teachers and staff, excellence in math and reading, smaller class sizes, dedicated counselors and specialists and 1:1 devices. Look for us in our HSF green t-shirts at your school sites on September 23rd, or simply make your donation today.

Head to “Centre Court” with the return of the Hillsborough Classic!

The HSF Classic has long been a vital part of the fundraising efforts of HSF benefiting our distinguished schools and you're invited to “Centre Court" with this fall's Wimbledon Picnic theme bringing the Classic back to its tennis roots! Tennis games will be played Thursday 10/21 8:30-11am at courts throughout Hillsborough and open to all skill levels and gentlemen for the first time in its long running history! Luncheon & Fashion show will take place on Friday 10/22 9am-2pm at the San Mateo Marriott’s courtyard. Consider forming a group for lunch from our class for a table of up to 10. Let's continue to grow our HCSD/HSF community starting where it matters most -- within our classrooms! Get tickets for one or both events later this month.

If you have a tennis court, please consider donating the use of your court in support of HSF for this charitable event. For more information, please contact Mireya Maciel at events@hsf.org

Email: crockervikingnews@gmail.com
Website: http://crocker.hcsd.info/
Location: 2600 Ralston Avenue
Phone: 650-342-6331