Wednesday, October 16th-20th - Santa Rita Silent Auction!
Saturday, October 19th- Witches' Delight Halloween Carnival
Thursday, November 7th- New Family Night: 7:00pm Multipurpose Room
Monday, November 11th- Veteran's Day- No School
Wednesday, November 13th- PTA Meeting
November 18th-22nd- Linden Tree Book Fair
*BOBCAT STRONG REGISTRATION INFORMATION*
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LASD 2024-2025 Calendar
Reporting Attendance: Santa Rita Student Attendance
Santa Rita Website: https://www.santaritaschool.org/santaritaes
Third graders are building their math skills by using connecting cubes and talking with partners about their mystery books.
Dear Santa Rita Families,
Tomorrow is our big Santa Rita Parent Teacher Association Event, Witches’ Delight. Thank you to our Witches’ Delight parent volunteer team for all your hard work in planning this event. I know this has taken many, many hours to get everything ready for tomorrow. Thank you to our Silent Auction volunteer team. They, too, have been working tirelessly for many months to gather items and experiences for the auction. Another big thank you to our PTA for hosting the Family Math Night. We had a great turnout of students and families.
We are still in need of decorated cakes. Please drop off your donated cake either today from 2:00-4:00 or tomorrow morning from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Thank you for supporting our school.
I look forward to more community events in the future.
Let’s Go, Bobcats!
Denise Khalid
Principal
SILENT AUCTION IS LIVE! ENDS OCTOBER 20 @ 8PM
It's finally here!! Time to join together as a community, have fun and raise funds for our important programs that the PTA funds at Santa Rita.
Our silent auction is officially LIVE! ONLY 2 more days to bid and buy tickets to some amazing events!!
- Sweet Shop Server
- Special teacher parties and outings
- Linden Tree Bookseller
- Restaurant gift cards
- Kids camps, classes and much more!
COMMUNITY PARTIES- Quantities are limited!
- End-of-Year Class Parties
- Moms and Margs Party
- Curry and Cocktails
- Family Camp Out & more!
MVLA Speaker Series: Jennifer Wallace, Wed. 10/30, 7PM @ Crittenden Middle School
Join us for an evening with Jennifer Wallace, author of Never Enough
Never Enough: Mattering as a Solution to Toxic Achievement Pressure
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7PM, Crittenden Middle School Auditorium, Mountain View (please note venue change)
Today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. The drive to optimize performance has resulted in skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and self-harm in teens and adolescents. Parents, educators, and community leaders face the same quandary: how can we teach our kids to strive towards excellence without crushing them?
In this eye-opening talk, Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture, explores its harmful impact on our kids, and delivers the powerful solution: Mattering, the psychological concept of feeling like you add value and are valued regardless of your external achievements. Wallace provides a practical mattering framework that parents and educators can use to tackle achievement pressure at home and in the classroom.
About Our Speaker
JENNIFER BREHENY WALLACE is an award-winning journalist and author of the instant New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. Her second book Mattering: Building A Life of Value At Home, Work, and in the Larger World will be published in 2026. Wallace is the co-founder of The Mattering Movement, a nonprofit whose mission is to create cultures of mattering in schools, workplaces, and communities. After graduating from Harvard College, Wallace was a broadcast producer for CBS “60 Minutes" and was part of the team that won The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. She is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and frequently appears on national television programs to discuss her work.
Audience: Parents, caretakers, teachers, and counselors of elementary, middle, and high school age children
Registration: Register for this free event
Book: Never Enough
For more information, visit mvlaspeakerseries.org. Events are free thanks to our generous sponsors: MVLA High School Foundation, Los Altos Educational Foundation, Mountain View Educational Foundation, and the Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council.
Únase a nosotros en una tarde con Jennifer Wallace, autora de Never Enough
Nunca es Suficiente: La Importancia como Solución a la Presión Tóxica del Reconocimiento
Miércoles, 30 de octubre de 2024, 7pm, Escuela Secundaria Crittenden Auditorio, Mountain View (por favor tenga en cuenta el cambio del lugar)
Los estudiantes de hoy enfrentan una presión sin precedentes para tener éxito. El afán por optimizar el rendimiento ha dado como resultado cifras muy altas de ansiedad, depresión y autolesiones en adolescentes y jóvenes. Los padres, educadores y líderes comunitarios enfrentan el mismo dilema: ¿cómo podemos enseñar a nuestros hijos a esforzarse por alcanzar la excelencia sin comprimirlos?
En esta reveladora charla, Wallace investiga las raíces profundas de la cultura tóxica del logro, explora su impacto nocivo en nuestros hijos y ofrece la poderosa solución: Importar, el concepto psicológico de sentir que agregan valor y eres valorado independientemente de tus logros externos. Wallace proporciona un marco práctico de importancia que los padres y educadores pueden usar para abordar la presión del logro en el hogar y en el salón de clases.
Sobre Nuestra Oradora
JENNIFER BREHENY WALLACE es una periodista galardonada y autora del libro Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It, que se convirtió en un bestseller instantáneo del New York Times. Su segundo libro Mattering: Building A Life of Value At Home, Work, and in the Larger World se publicará en 2026. Wallace es cofundadora de The Mattering Movement, una organización sin fines de lucro cuya misión es crear culturas de importancia en las escuelas, los lugares de trabajo y las comunidades. Después de graduarse en Harvard College, Wallace fue productora de transmisión para "60 Minutes" de CBS y formó parte del equipo que ganó los premios Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Es colaboradora de The Wall Street Journal y The Washington Post y aparece con frecuencia en programas de televisión nacionales para hablar sobre su trabajo.
Audiencia: Padres, cuidadores, maestros y consejeros de niños en edad escolar primaria, secundaria y preparatoria
Registration: Regístrate para este evento gratuito
Books: Nunca es Suficiente
Para obtener más información, visite mvlaspeakerseries.org. Los eventos son gratuitos gracias a nuestros generosos patrocinadores: MVLA High School Foundation, Los Altos Educational Foundation, Mountain View Educational Foundation, y Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council.
Santa Rita School
Email: dkhalid@lasdschools.org
Website: https://www.santaritaschool.org
Location: 700 Los Altos Avenue, Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone: (650)559-1600
Facebook: santaritaPTA
Twitter: @BobcatsSR