Steindorf STEAM School

3001 Ross Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124

Main Office: (408) 377-3022

24-HOUR ATTENDANCE LINE: 408-377-3022 x7102

Health and Attendance Secretary: Sylvia Ta ext. 7103

email: tas@cambriansd.com

FX: (408) 377-3093

https://www.cambriansd.org/steindorf

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Twitter: @steindorfsteam

Instagram: @steindorfsteam

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2024.25 CAMBRIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CALENDAR

See our Bell Schedule here

August 15th - Sep. 6th - Kindergarten Early Release @ 11:45

Sept. 2nd - NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

Sept. 3rd - 8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip Information Meeting@ Price Rm 40 6pm

Sept. 4th - Walk N Roll Assembly

Sept. 4th - Bike Rodeo after school 1:45pm - 3:45pm

Sept. 9th - Kindergarten Starts Full Schedule

Sept. 9th - 20th - Kinder Color Spirit Week!

Sept. 10th - Picture Day

Sept. 24th-27th - 5th Graders to Science Camp

Oct. 4th - International Fair 5pm-7pm

Steindorf Families,

What a wonderful turn-out for our 2024 Back to School Night! I was able to visit every single classroom and snap a few photos. Thank you so much for partnering with our stellar staff as we provide a world-class education for our scholars! If you did not have a chance to attend, please reach out to your scholar’s teacher and they can send you the slide deck.

Calling ALL Parents/Guardians!

We are in need of parent/guardian leaders to serve as the voice of Steindorf to join a few key positions. If you are interested in learning more or would like to join any of these positions, please email me as soon as possible at leet@cambriansd.com. Positions need filling, immediately include the following:

School Site Council (SSC) - 2 Parents - SSC is made up of five parents/guardians and five Steindorf staff members. We are so thankful for the continued leadership of parents/guardians Howard Greenfield, Anna Orwin, and Jessica Berger. We meet five to six times a school year and are instrumental in looking at student performance data, developing, and implementing our Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

• Meeting Location, Day & Time: Via Zoom, 4:00-5:00 or 5:30 pm

• Meeting Dates: September 23, 2024; October 28, 2024; January 13, 2025; February 24, 2025; May 28, 2025

Currently, we have two open seats. You can also learn more about SSC through our Role of SSC & ELAC and SSC Bylaws documents.

As of this moment, members of the SSC for 2024-2025 include:

• Trisha Lee - Principal

• Mandy Jeziorske - Classified

• Kate Moody - Certificated

• Maya Broadnax - Certificated

• Howard Greenfield - Parent

• Anna Orwin - Parent

• Jessica Berger - Parent

• Open - Parent

• Open - Parent

District English Language Advisory Committee (DELAC) - 1 Parent - This committee advises the governing board at the district level, on concerns that pertain to our multilingual learner community. Specifically, you would serve as a representative of the Steindorf multilingual student and family community. You can learn more about this role on our district website.

• Meeting Location, Day & Time: District Office on Thursdays, 9:30-11:00 am

• Meeting Dates: November 14, 2024; January 23, 2025; February 27, 2025; May 1, 2025

District Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) - 2 Parents - One key aspect of the LCAP process is the engagement of all community members. Staff, teachers, administrators, bargaining partners, community members, parents/guardians, and students — including foster youth, homeless youth, and those from low-income and English learner communities — will be consulted to provide feedback on the plan. The input provided by the LCAP AC informs the development of the LCAP, which influences the district's strategic actions and services to improve student outcomes. You can learn more about this role on our district website.

• Meeting Location, Day & Time: District Office; Tuesdays, 12:30-3:00 pm

• Meeting Dates: November 5, 2024; January 14, 2025; February 11, 2025; March 18, 2025; April 22, 2025

CALL TO ACTION!

This is a call to action for our Steindorf community. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that we all contribute to the positive and safe learning environment and community that is Steindorf Strong. In light of recent events, this is a reminder that we all need to do our part and be vigilant.

There are many pathways for which our students can come to school in the mornings, and return home. They can ride their bike, scoot, or walk with an adult, or when old enough, with peers or on their own.

For parents and guardians who drive their students to school, you too have multiple options. You can park in the community neighborhood. You park your vehicle in an identified parking stall, exit your vehicle, and walk your child to the front gate using our designated crosswalks. However, if you choose to enter the drop off lane, which begins shortly after you enter the parking lot, this is an indication that you will remain in that lane until you pass our front gates. Do not allow your child to exit your vehicle, then pull out of the drop-off lane. Wait until your vehicle is well within the ‘safe zone’ for your child. In the past week alone, we have had two incidents where staff have been yelled at for simply caring for our students safety and wellbeing. Together, we can be Steindorf Strong, today and every day!

Distracting, Non-school Related Items on Campus

While at school, our teachers work very hard to provide each student a uniquely personal learning

experience. However, we have observed the number of non-school related items being brought to

school, skyrocket. This has caused an increased level of distraction not only of students who brought the items but others in their classroom. Please keep all non-school related items at home. This includes stuffies, toys, footballs, and other similar items. If your child is bringing an item to share from home as part of a teacher assigned activity or assignment, those items must be kept in backpacks until they receive instructions from their teachers, and should not leave classrooms/backpacks during snack/brunch and lunch.

Water Bottles and Other Student Property

Students continue to become more familiar with our daily school routines, but we continue to see lunch

bags and water bottles left behind. Please take a moment to label all of your child’s items so that we can quickly return them when left out at snack/brunch and lunch.

Please check out our latest episode of STEAM TV!

EPISODE 1

To all of our wonderful volunteers - Please make sure you have filled out and signed a Volunteer Code of Conduct Agreement. You are not able to volunteer in the classroom without it. It must be done at the beginning of every school year. If you aren't sure whether you have, go ahead and fill out another one! See link below.

VOLUNTEER CODE OF CONDUCT

Please consider signing up to help with lunch supervision! We need your help to supervise and support students. This is also a great way to see your kids in action and get to know the Steindorf Community! Just one day a week for a month could help in a huge way. See tabs at the bottom to select the month of your choice. *Please note this is for the 1st-8th Grade lunch areas, not for the Kindergarten playground

Yard Duty Sign Up Sheet

NOTE: The city has installed a "Right Turn Only During School Hours" sign at the exit of our parking lot. This is now enforceable by police. TURNING LEFT OR TRYING TO GO STRAIGHT is a danger to our students. Especially those crossing in the crosswalk across the street. Please only turn right.

Do’s

• Walk or ride your bike when possible. You can lock your bike at the small bike rack at the end of the middle school wings.

• Pull forward in the drop-off zone.

• Drive slowly through our parking lot and look for pedestrians crossing at any point.

• If transporting your child via car, park in a designated parking spot or in the neighborhood.

• Please ensure that your child is fully buckled when driving through our parking lot.

• Wear a helmet, it’s the law! Children under the age of 18 in California are required to wear a helmet when riding or operating a non-motorized scooter, bicycle, roller skates or skateboard.

• To reduce the risk of an accident, abide by the posted sign installed by the City of San Jose and only turn right out of our exit between 7:30 am and 3:30 pm.

Don'ts

• Don’t drive through our parking lot with distractions that could cause a student injury - In the first six days of school, Principal Lee has noted children scooting without a helmet, drivers with a phone in their hand, and dogs in drivers’ laps (which is not illegal, but a potential distraction).

• Don’t park in designated disabled spots without a disabled placard.

• Don’t bring your pet with you to campus.

Attendance Matters

School attendance is a top priority. When children miss school days, they miss the opportunity to learn from their teachers. The more children miss, the harder it is for them to keep up with those who attend school regularly.

• Research shows that missing 10 percent of school, or just 2 days a month, negatively affects a student’s academic performance in reading and math.

• Students who are chronically absent in grades TK-2 are far less likely to read proficiently at the end of grade 3.

Help your child be a HERO (Here at school, Every day, Ready to learn, and On time). Attending school every day helps students build their super powers like reading, writing, and math skills, and provides opportunities to connect with friends.

Medication Authorization

This is a reminder that all medications have to be stored in the office with the appropriate medication authorization form. To ensure your student's safety, over the counter and prescription medications that are used on campus must be accompanied by forms signed by your doctor. You can find all forms on our district website.

*All medications must be new and unopened. Cough drops and over the counter medications also follow the same guidelines.

Short-Term Independent Studies

If you are planning on scheduling family vacations, please make every effort to schedule around our instructional calendar. You can also find early release days outside of our regularly scheduled early release Wednesdays for scheduling appointments for your scholar. If your plans include your scholar missing 3-14 days of school, please notify the front office to discuss a short-term independent studies contract to minimize the impact of missed school days. You can find more information about absences on our district website.

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Sylvia Ta

Steindorf STEAM School

Health/ Attendance Secretary

For Health, Attendance, or Independent Study questions please call or email our Health and Attendance Secretary, Sylvia Ta.

Phone: 408-377-3022 ext. 7103

Email: tas@cambriansd.com

Please bring your bikes and helmets and join us for a bike rodeo led by the City of San Jose! Students will have an opportunity to learn and practice bike safety, have their bikes repaired, and more! Please note a parent or guardian must be present.

Now that we have returned to school, there has been a surge of Securly notifications that students are visiting blocked websites or using search words that raise a flag of concern. Securly is a system we utilize to monitor what students are accessing when logged into their Cambrian School District account. Some of these notifications are received in the middle of the night, when our scholars should be fast asleep. Please reiterate safe online computer practices and decision-making at home. The sole purpose of our student accounts and devices are for educational reasons, not gaming and not searching topics that are not related to their schoolwork. Please check out this article recently published by the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development of the impact of digital media on youth attention and focus and these Common Sense Media parental guides and resources.

Cambrian School District is pleased to offer all students complimentary breakfast and lunch meals. Meals will be available for pickup in the cafeteria during scheduled meal periods. Please consider taking advantage of our FREE school meals by clicking here and signing up. It extends your grocery budget, saves time planning and preparing meals, and is comforting and familiar for kids to have school meals. In addition, every meal served is reimbursed by the USDA and funds go toward Child Nutrition staff wages. Please note that you are not taking food away from someone who needs it more – we have plenty to go around!

School Menus

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CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025 SEASONS

BOYS’ BASKETBALL: AUG 26 – FINALS OCT 9

CROSS COUNTRY: SEPT 3 – LEAGUE FINALS OCT 9

GIRLS’ SOCCER / BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL OCT 14 – FINALS DEC 4

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: DEC 9 – FINALS FEB 5

*TENTATIVE FLAG FOOTBALL: DEC 9- FINALS FEB 5

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL / BOYS’ SOCCER: FEB 10 – FINALS APR 2

TRACK AND FIELD: APRIL 14

First HSC Meeting August 26th at 7pm in the Design Hub

Zoom link

· Meeting ID: 395 400 2920 · Passcode: 3001

Volunteering and Parent/Guardian Leadership

At Steindorf, we have a variety of opportunities for parents and guardians to be involved in our

students’ learning programs. Below are a few opportunities at this time:

Home and School Club (HSC) - Our HSC is a force to be reckoned with! Part of the fabric of Steindorf’s success is our HSC. Please consider contributing your skills, talents, influence, expertise, and passions! - https://steindorfhsc.com/

2024-2025 HSC Board Positions and Openings

Co-President - Jessica Bryant/ Open

Treasurer - Deena Motiram/ Liraz Oeschli

Secretary - Eunice Chi/ Open

CEF Rep - Open

VP Middle School - Amy Hung/Open

VP Elementary - Supriya Molina Wunsh/ Shadin Saah

Auditor (non-voting) - Open

Room Parent Coordinator (non-voting)- Kristen Steffeck

(You will be trained! The Board doesn’t do ALL the work - we have amazing parent volunteers who help us!)

Open HSC Coordinator positions:

Fall Festival

Auction

and more…

2024-2025 HSC Calendar coming soon!

Join our Steindorf HSC Facebook group to stay up to date with the latest.

Access the latest HSC financial updates

HSC Member Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Have a submission for the newsletter? Contact: steindorf.president@gmail.com

2024.2025 Information Coming Soon

Please see our Giving Campaign link for more information

We are excited to share this Fall’s enrichment schedule, starting the week of Sept 9. Sign up now to secure your spot!

Take our quick Interest Survey! Steindorf Enrichment wants your input so we can provide classes that our students want to take. Please take a moment to let us know what you’re interested in. Please email us at steindorf.enrichment@gmail.com with any ideas, contacts, feedback, etc.

Does your 4th-8th grade child love math? Would s/he enjoy learning how to tackle challenging problems? The Math League will meet after school weekly to prepare students to participate in several math contests throughout the year. Please fill out this form if your child might be interested in Math League. Parents of students new to Math League are asked to attend the virtual information session on Tuesday, Sept 3rd at 8:00 pm. Survey respondents will receive the meeting link.

Our school is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels! They offer personalized, durable, waterproof labels & they are great for everything including shoes, clothing tags, water bottles & backpacks. You can customize them with your name & a design, & they are dishwasher, laundry & microwave safe. It is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the lost & found! To support our fundraiser, click HERE & select Steindorf STEAM School HSC (San Jose). Shipping is for free! Thank you for supporting us!

Let’s bring on the Steindorf spirit! Click HERE for ordering instructions & HERE to start shopping.