Help the Student Council collect food for the Alameda County Community Food Bank from now until December 15th. Your class could win a prize! Download the PDF for a list of needed items. Remember: no glass containers please.
Canned Food Drive
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December 8th – Winter Dance
Brookvale’s Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Winter Dance will be on Friday, December 8th, 6pm to 7:30pm in the MPR. All proceeds benefit Sixth Grade Science Camp.
Computer Science Week and Hour of Code
December 4th through 8th is Computer Science Week at Brookvale!
Brookvale PTA is sponsoring a school-wide assembly on Monday, Lasers in Space. Students will discover how lasers transform space exploration, be amazed as laser projectors teach about the planets and the sun, and learn why today’s most advanced space probes carry laser-powered instruments.
What is the Hour of Code?
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Check out the tutorials and activities. This grassroots campaign is supported by over 400 partners and 200,000 educators worldwide.
When is the Hour of Code?
The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. The 2017 Computer Science Education Week will be December 4-10, but you can host an Hour of Code all year round. Computer Science Education Week is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).
December 12th – PTA meeting
Our next PTA meeting is Tuesday, December 12th at 6:30pm in P2. This meeting will be a short 15 minutes, followed by the Talking With Kids About Sex Workshop. The workshop is limited to 30 people, and if you wish to attend, please sign up on Konstella. Thank you!
December 12th – Talking with Kids about Sex Workshop
Brookvale PTA is sponsoring a parents-only workshop at our next PTA meeting, Tuesday, December 12th, 6:45pm-8:15pm. Workshop is limited to 30 attendees and reservation is required. Please sign up on Konstella if you wish to attend this workshop. The workshop will take place in P2.
Zinger questions can come out of nowhere. The chances are if parents do not give right amount information, kids will seek it elsewhere. Would you rather prepare you kids first before letting them out in the wild world?
In this workshop, parents will learn how to:
- Answer your child’s questions without giving too much or too little information
- Make “difficult” conversations comfortable for everyone
- Ensure that your kids will come to you with their questions in the future