This is a great time of year to review the Blackford RAR expectations at home with your child. Please remind them that RAR stands for Respect, Achievement, and Responsibility. You can talk with them about how they can do this at home, at school, and in the community. When talking to them about their day, you can also ask them how many bobcat tickets they earned and why they earned them. Thank you for your continued support at home, as this supports us as well!
School News
Updated Thu, Jan 14th
Please join me in welcoming Ms. Shawnee to the Blackford family. She is our new clerk and will be located in the front office to assist students, parents, and staff with various needs. We are so excited to have her as a part of our team.
Updated Fri, Jan 22nd
Join us for our Kinder Tour on Tuesday, January 26th at 9:00 a.m. During this time we will visit the kindergarten classrooms and transitional kinder class and find out what Blackford can offer your incoming student. Meet the Principal, Assistant Principal, members of the PTA and ask some questions. Campbell Union School District's open enrollment begins on January 19th and ends on February 12th.
Updated Tue, Jan 5th
Starting February 1st, our school newsletter will begin going to parents/guardians via email. Watch for information about how to make sure you receive important weekly updates about school meetings, homework tips, events, and issues relating to your child’s education.
Updated Tue, Jan 5th
Spanish Classes coming to Blackford! Sign up now while there is stills space.
Class size maximum 15.
Class 1 for students in 1st-2nd Mondays: Grades 1-2nd 1/25-3/28 (28th will be the make up class for 3/22)
Class 2 student in 3rd-5th Thursdays: Grades 3-5th 1/28-3/31 (31st will be the make up class for 3/24)
Price $100
Any questions regarding registration please call Maria Ballesteros 408-364-4200 x 6204
Updated Mon, Jan 4th
The public is invited to have a say as Campbell Union School District updates its district-wide Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP). The LCAP is the District’s plan for using funds and being accountable for providing quality education to its more than 7,600 students in preschool through 8th grade.
District LCAP Community meetings:
- Tue., Jan. 12, at 9:00 a.m. and at 6:30 p.m.
- Tue., Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m.
All meetings will take place in the PLC Building at Monroe Middle School, 1055 S. Monroe St., San Jose.
More school-based meetings will take place in February and March to gather input specific to individual schools.
For more information, contact the District’s Administration Office.
Phone: 408-341-7254 Email: ask_us [at] campbellusd.org
Updated Mon, Dec 7th
Join us in a fun and exciting afterschool Spanish class offered at Blackford! Students will learn basic Spanish skills through vocabulary, creative activities, and interactive games. Space is limited to 15 students, Register today!
Grades: 1st – 2nd
Dates: Mondays, 1/25/16 – 3/28/16
*No class on 2/15/16 & 3/21/16
Time: 2:55pm -3:55pm
Price: $100
Grades: 3rd – 5th
Dates: Thursdays, 1/28/16 – 3/31/16
*No class on 2/18/16 & 3/24/16
Time: 3:00pm -4:00pm
Price: $100
Updated Mon, Dec 7th
Due to popular demand, Amanda Haughs and Lindsey Blass (CampbellUSD’s district math/tech coaches) are hosting additional parent math mornings for CampbellUSD families! We’ll cover the shifts in Common Core math instruction and the ways that parents can support their children at home with CCSS math. We hope you can join us!
Dates:
Friday, Dec. 11 at CMS from 8:30am-10am (middle schools only)
Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Marshall Lane from 8:30am-10am (K-5 parents)
Updated Fri, Dec 4th
This week, Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 7-13), Blackford Elementary School will join in the Hour of Code, a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. It is designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics of computer science.
Whatever work our students go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge upon their understanding of how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and fewer students are studying it than a decade ago. This is an opportunity for them to be introduced to the fast paced ever changing world of computer science.
For more information visit: http://hourofcode.com/us
Updated Thu, Dec 3rd
On Tuesday, Dec. 1st, 50 volunteers from the Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga distributed 1,296 dictionaries to 43 classrooms in 9 schools as part of Campbell Union School District's College and Career Curriculum Strand. Students get to keep the dictionaries for their personal use at home or at school.
As part of the presentation, each volunteer taught a short lesson on dictionary use, using games and suggestions. Typically, presenters wear their college sweatshirts or career uniforms and discuss how literacy will affect the students' lives and future education.
The Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga has been part of this annual tradition providing dictionaries for every third grader in the District for the past nine years.