Dear Bayside STEM Families,

This week you will notice that we have a Wednesday PTSA meeting at 7:30 a.m. in the Staff room. Please attend this important meeting, as Superintendent, Dr. Cynthia Simms, will be providing information about the challenges and promise of the future in the District. Her overview includes information about growing enrollment, facilities improvements, and technology upgrades among many important topics.  Dr. Simms will provide parents the opportunity to respond to her presentation and to ask questions. This is a great opportunity to learn about the District Vision. I hope we see you there.

On a different note, please take a moment to congratulate yourselves for organizing snacks for our students during STAR testing. It has been exciting to see requests for donations and helpers have been answered far and wide. Thank you to all who contributed to make testing sessions food ready! Students are super grateful as they complete testing and make-ups this week.

Finally, thank you for future contributions to our Parent Survey and Focus Groups. We will send our survey via email using lists available through Schoolloop and Constant Contact. Randomly selected parents will be invited to attend Focus Groups to discuss the successes and challenges inherent in raising children, the role of the middle school, and what Bayside STEM can do to be more responsive to your respective wish lists.  We will use this information as we reflect upon our year and plan for 2012-2013. You may recall that students also take a survey at the beginning and the end of the year. We do find the information enlightening, so please participate.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

PTSA Association Meeting 

Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 a.m.

Check out the last edition of the 

Bayside Gazette!  

Thanks,

The Newspaper Club

Scholastic Book Fair

Scholastic Book Fair will be held June 10-14. Students are really excited about it! We need parent volunteers to make it work. If you can spare a morning, afternoon (or more) please email Angela Abeyta at aabeyta1111@sbcglobal.net. Angela is organizing the volunteer schedule. If you can only come in at lunchtime, that would help too.

Want to learn a new language?  If so, go see

Ms. King in the library and get your Rosetta Stone account information. Rosetta Stone is a computer-assisted language learning software that uses a combination of images, text and sound, with difficulty levels increasing as the student progresses.

STEM School Loop: To join the Bayside STEM School Loop today:

• Visit http://stem.schoolloop.com or www.baysidestem.com
• Click on the "Register Now" button on the upper left part of the web page
• Click on "Parent Registration" and follow the instructions
• To register, you'll need your child's student ID number (it's on their schedule and other documents, or you can call the office to get it)

Once you are subscribed to School Loop:

• Read your "STEM: Your homework email" message that arrives at 5:00 pm daily.
• Watch for regular emails about school activities and for School Loop trainings.

If you have questions, contact the school office at (650) 312-7660.

Have you signed up for eScrip yet?? 

Don't delay because eScrip is an important part of our school's fundraising program. We ask that every family help us make our fundraising goal. Please register for eScrip.

• Log onto www.eScrip.com. Enter the School (Bayside Middle School) or Group ID (6600715).
• You can also register your debit and credit cards.
• Shop at eScrip merchants!
• Use your eScrip registered cards for all your purchases.
• A percentage of purchases will be automatically contributed by the merchant.

That's it! It's that easy----your family shops-our school earns dollars.Get grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members to signup at eScrip and start making money for the Bayside STEM Academy.

Please email all items to Vickie Miller at  vmiller@smfc.k12.ca.us

We can also include digital photos and attachments.

Thank you!!!!