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Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Lunar New Year! February edition of the Redwood Reporter is online.

District Calender:

2009-2010 school year

2010-2011 school year

2010-2011 School Year Registration

Registration for the 2010-2011 school year begins on February 1. Please use this link for the registration time line, incoming Kindergarten information, visitation days and more. http://www.saratogausd.org/index.php/2010-2011-registration

For families moving into Saratoga this current school year, use this link http://www.saratogausd.org/index.php/welcome-registration for information about 2009-2010 registration.

Superintendent, Mr. Lane Weiss speaking at Redwood on February 9th – Mark your calendars!

Please join us on February 9th at 8:45am in the Redwood library when our SUSD Superintendent Mr. Lane Weiss will be the guest speaker at our monthly PTA meeting. Take advantage of this opportunity to hear firsthand how our California budget environment is influencing our school district. We hope to see you there!

Unity In Community : Redwood Gives Back

Redwood has 42 homerooms and each one has chosen a non-profit organization and designed a project to support it Parent volunteers have signed up to assist each homeroom. If you'd like to help in a homeroom, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to be put in contact with the lead parent volunteer. Many parent volunteers are needed from March 8^th to 12^th during the week long celebration to make it a success. Some of them with very short time commitments. Click on this link to get more information about parent volunteering opportunities available during this week.
Project Warm Heart : Clean out your closet and help save a life! Bring clean, reusable coats, jackets, blankets, sleeping bags, sweaters, scarves, gloves and new socks to your homeroom. Miss Kirwan's homeroom (Room 23) and Mrs. Gochnauer's homeroom (Room 21) is organizing this collection drive till February 23rd.
Operation: Care and Comfort Project : Please help Mrs. Demertizis's 7th grade homeroom (Room 34) celebrate the "Spirit of Giving" by donating toiletries, batteries, paper back books, wrapped hard candies and powdered drinks. Please have your student drop off the items to room 34.
In African Shoes : Got Labtops? Mrs. Roux's homeroom (Room 9) is collecting used Labtops for learning center in South Africa. Drop off your Labtop running Windows or Vista in the office or room 9.
Gift of Literacy : Mrs. Yakulis’ 8th grade homeroom (Room 76) has adopted local non-profit, Friends of the Saratoga Libraries. Donate your used books to support them. Books may be dropped off in room 76.
Click here for more information about Unity and Community.

SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS THEY SUPPORT THEIR WORLD!

Redwood PTA Parent Education

Heather Zadel at The Saint Andrew’s Community has generously invited Redwood parents to attend a parenting education on Thursday, February 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Center.

The topic: Dr. Lucinda Katz will be speaking on: Respecting diversity in the classroom
Dr. Lee Katz, Head of School at Marin Country Day School, will address the family's and school's role in helping children navigate issues of diversity and building community in a multicultural world. Using stories from her own past, she will illustrate complex aspects of local and global identity and the importance of race, gender and class, and explore avenues for integrating these often-misunderstood topics into the school's curriculum. Dr. Lucinda Katz is a leader in education and multi-cultural and bilingual education. Since 1990 she has been the Director of the acclaimed University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park. Lucinda grew up in San Francisco, in a Chinese household. They spoke Cantonese at home and she studied in a Chinese school. She began her career in education as a bilingual teacher in San Francisco, back when bilingual education was not available.

The Redwood PTA would like to express our appreciation to the Saint Andrew's school community for generously inviting our parents to attend this event free of charge.

Winter/Spring After-School Enrichment Brochure Now Available

The After-School Enrichment Brochure for the Winter/Spring is now available online. There are a number of enrichment classes being offered during our second semester of the school year. Most classes begin in late January, and registration is open now. Some of the classes that are being offered are: Best of the Artists, Engineering, Game Design, Japanese, Java Programing, and Mandarin.