December 22 – January 5: Winter Recess

Monday, January 15: No School, Martin Luther King Day

Friday, January 19: Report Card Distribution

Thursday, January 25: PTSA General Session Meeting, 5:30 p.m. in HUB

Friday, January 26: “Kindness” Assembly

February 19-23: Presidents’ Holiday Recess

Friday, March 2: Meet The Masters

Friday, March 9: “Courage” Assembly

We can all use more motivation and education to help heighten a skill or talent. Teachers throughout our District are taking their talent for teaching to great heights with a new model for growth. MBEF is funding a teacher/coach in several disciplines, including math, science and technology, across all grade levels to support this concept.   mbef.org/givetoday/

THANK YOU Schuyler Chang and Dina Stephens and to all the generous volunteers who are participating in the Holidays From the Heart program. More than 60 Robinson families are working together to help improve the lives of families experiencing financial hardships during their child's stay at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Joanie Plake, founder of Breathe & Learn, will be leading 3 mindfulness and yoga workshops in December for the Robinson School community. The goal of each workshop is to create time for parents and their children to connect and deepen their relationship through unique yoga and mindfulness activities.

The PTSA is our Riptide community and it unites every parent, teacher and student at Robinson.  The PTSA means your child can participate in Young At Art, Growing Great, the 3 Piggy Opera, and Hip Hop.  The PTSA means your child is learning with MakerSpace activities, writing resources and classroom supplies.  The PTSA means your child is safe because of campus improvements and on-site security cameras.  And the PTSA means your child is having fun with field trips, iPads and yearbooks. 

Here is a quick reminder of a couple of rules for Robinson students that can be found online in our School Handbook (http://www.robinsonelementary.org/about-us/school-handbook):

Studies by the U.S. Department of Education show that music in schools helps children learn math, as well as improve cognitive development. Over time, kids with music programs in their schools demonstrate higher math and science proficiency by a significant margin. The strong foundation in music developed in elementary grades has led to our Grammy winning program at Mira Costa. Investing in our Annual Appeal ensures that your child will have music in grades 1-12. mbef.org/givetoday/

Congratulations to our 2017-2018 Student Council:

President: Katie Phillips

Vice President: Win Gurney

Spirit Commissioner: Ford Finster

Character Counts Commissioner: Jenna Brodkin

Ambassador Commissioner: Sarah O’Grady

Community Service Commissioner: Sofia Stephens

Going Green: Caroline Chu

Recorder: Gray Rappoport

We're getting ready for school to start up again. Robinson Apparel is back again! Pick yours out today! Go online to the Robinson Store or visit the Apparel Sales table on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m.