Be a part of the 33rd annual Borel Cultural Fair (March 25-27) by organizing or contributing to a booth with information and artifacts from your culture and sharing traditional food. Booths confirmed so far: Brazil, Colombia, China, Fiji Islands, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland/The Netherlands, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan.  We are especially looking for families of younger students to help continue this important tradition and for additional families to contribute to the following booths: China, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russia, South Korea & Spain. 

We can accommodate up to 30 booths, and the deadline for accepting new booths is February 29, 2024. Sign up to help here (Spanish)(English) or email CulturalFair@borelbobcats.org. 

Is your student interested in being a student docent for this year's Cultural Fair scavenger hunt? It's not too late! Sign up here(Spanish) by February 14th! For more information, visit our student docent webpage.

We are looking forward to Borel's 1st ever Live Auction .....Wild Wild West!  Yee Haw! Get your cowboy boots ready and saddle up! Join us on Saturday, April 13th at 6:00 pm at Beresford Recreation Center for an evening of food, drinks, games, and dancing. You will also have the opportunity to bid on a number of great items and experiences. Buy your tickets HERE

We are looking for Donations and Corporate Sponsorships. Please reach out to auction@borelbobcats.org for more information

Join us for our next in-person Principal Pizza chat on March 19 at 6:30 pm followed by the PTA Association Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Borel Library. Important agenda items will be covered during this PTA meeting, such as electing our 2024-2025 PTA Board. Please view the below list of nominees whom the nominating committee has selected. We are particularly looking for the ELAC Liaison, Historian and Extra Curricular Liaison. The meeting agenda will be posted here. Please contact Dawn at leaders@borelbobcats.org with your questions or Elisha at parliamentarian@borelbobcats.org with any PTA Board nomination questions or to request information about open PTA positions

Click Here for the Nomination Form

Click Here for the List of Nominees

Tomorrow from 2:30- 3:30pm PST Link here 

Parenting Tips For A Teen Loneliness Epidemic. Despite increased online connectivity, we are facing an "Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," especially among young people. Parents face a tough choice: encourage offline social interaction and risk resistance, or let them be, potentially increasing the risk for depression and anxiety. Join us to learn practical parenting tips on how to help children and teens build social bonds without appearing to be pushy. Dr. Harold Koplewicz,  Dr. Matthew Biel, and Research Scientist Zach Rausch for a roundtable discussion as well as a live Q&A. A recording will be available for everyone who registers.

ARTICLE: Cyberbullying and Children, answering questions including:

How is cyberbullying defined?

How prevalent is cyberbullying? 

Which youth are at risk for becoming cyberbullying victims and/or perpetrators? 

What strategies and interventions might parents and caregivers implement to prevent or cope with cyberbullying? 

How can adults best support youth dealing with cyberbullying?

Please support Student Aid Programs!

Sign-up to purchase and deliver snacks for Project Pantry and/or make sandwiches for Homework Central, click here for more information!

SNACKS FOR DAYTIME!

Borel Teachers need 4,000 snacks per month to help students thrive and ensure kids have a little something during the scheduled brunch time. Please just bring them by school office any time this week and let the desk know they’re for Ms Wolf.

SANDWICHES FOR HOMEWORK TIME

Homework Central LOVES having 40 sandwiches for their meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school! If you shop at Costco the deli packs, cheese packs, and bread are really reasonable!  Again, please follow this link to sign up as the need is great right now!

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