Measure K wins! ow.ly/8Cte30kAWUV What an amazing result! A great day for the students of Belmont-Redwood Shores. Thank you to the Measure K Campaign ow.ly/LN7330kAWWl and volunteers, and thank you to the community for their support!

Back to School schedule for BRSSD: Aug 23: Fox at 6:30pm, Central and RWSE at 7pm; Aug 29: Nesbit at 7pm; Aug 30: Sandpiper 5:45-8pm, Cipriani and Ralston 6:30pm. Thanks for your support and engagement!

All Belmont-Redwood Shores schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Nov 16. This is due to the air quality index going above 200 and the high school district canceling school as well. A notice will go out by 5pm Sunday to confirm our plans for Monday.

BRSSD schools are open tomorrow and Tuesday. No penalty for students staying home (please call in absence). Heating systems will be off, so students attending school should wear jackets.

Congrats to Suvarna Bhopale, Rahila Passi, and Amy Koo for their re-election to the BRSSD board. Also, thanks to Huan Phan for serving as president this past year, to incoming president Passi, and to Rob Tashjian for serving 9 years now. We’re fortunate to have a strong board!

Footsteps is opening a new preschool at Redwood Shores Elementary in early 2019. Please share with others who may be interested! ow.ly/kJdo30mYDyI

A design challenge in 4th gr at Nesbit: “A baby will be visiting our classroom. Find something that might be dangerous for a baby. Design something that will fix this problem.” Answers: pencil cap, clamp to keep lamp upright, & hooks for electrical cords. Wow! Thanks SchoolForce!

BRSSD staff learning about engineering, science (notice the floating paper clip!), the evaluation of online content, reading strategies, and behavior management. Great stuff!

The 2019-2020 enrollment process has begun for incoming BRSSD students and current TK students! The 1st enrollment period has begun for current families and begins Feb 6 for all other students. Complete by Feb 28 to ensure assignment to a nearby school. ow.ly/Nv2K30nwZAl

Nesbit’s Family Science Night!

Congrats to our Ralston award winners! 7th grader Prithvi qualified for the National Spelling Bee in May, and his classmate Xavier won the San Mateo County Libraries’ Teen Film Festival with his animated short: ow.ly/HSt730oeDvK. Impressive!

Congratulations to Fox teacher Marey Richins earning a county Kent award for her program connecting students with children who are home- or hospital-bound due to disability or serious illness. Ms. Richins is retiring in June after 35 years of effective teaching! Thank you Ms. R!

Thank you to the Belmont-Redwood Shores Rotary Club for 14 teacher grants across six of our BRSSD schools!

Kudos to teacher Lynn Bjorkquist and her team of 11 students from Nesbit and Sandpiper who competed at the California State National History Day competition this past weekend near Sacramento. All 11 students advanced previously from the county competition. Impressive!

Impressive presentations today at the Cipriani 2nd Grade Insect Fair! Thanks to teachers Mrs. Crook, Mrs. Donoho, and Ms. Nasir, as well as all of the parents who helped!

Kudos to our Ralston music students and teachers for outstanding performances last week. Here is a link to a collaborative effort from the Honors Band, Chamber Orchestra and Animation students! ow.ly/RCMY30oSR5V

Discovery Day at Central, Nesbit, Redwood Shores and Sandpiper today. Thanks to all of the volunteers, local businesses and staff that made the day memorable for our students!

Impressive performance today from our Nesbit 5th grade!

Ralston Career Fair! Thanks to Counselor Shannon Smoot and the Ralston team for planning it. Thanks also to the impressive reps from tech, science, medicine, law, engineering, sustainable energy, trades, and city government!

Congratulations and welcome to our two new Trustees on the BRSSD school board, Jim Howard and Sam Leinbach! Photos from last week’s meeting including (l to r) Trustees Leinbach, Bhopale, Passi, Koo, and Howard.