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Join us this Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7pm in the MPR for our next PTSA General Meeting, where our featured guest is Principal Sean Priest.  

Also, we are still looking for a few helpers:

1. Shadowing/Saturday Tour Support for ASB: Using signup website, recruit parental support for Wednesday shadowing and Saturday tours.
2. Junior Basketball Concessions coordinator (Class of 2026 parent/s): Coordinate and enlist volunteers to sell concessions at Sequoia home basketball games. (Basketball is a Winter sport, which means this job runs from Oct. to approximately Feb.)

Reach out to Karen Gebhart at karendonna@yahoo.com with your interest.

Thank you to Mike Bolander for volunteering to be the PTSA’s website manager!

GO RAVENS!

Karen Gebhart

Sequoia PTSA President

PTSA

2024 PTSA Mini-Grants are coming!

The Sequoia PTSA is offering an exciting funding opportunity for your club or organization. Are you looking for money to help fund your club’s programming? Maybe you need equipment or other materials to implement an innovative educational project or a creative social initiative to benefit students and/or staff? The PTSA encourages efforts that enhance education or benefit your community. 

If you need financial assistance, consider applying for a mini-grant. Grants of up to $750 are available to clubs and other organizations. Funding for mini-grants is provided to the PTSA from the Sequoia High School Education Foundation (SHSEF). 

The application window for submitting grants is Sept. 23–⁠Oct. 7. More information can be found on the mini-grant page of the PTSA website. A mandatory meeting for those interested in submitting grant requests will be held on Monday, Sept. 30, at lunch in front of Carrington Hall. Contact the mini-grant co-chairs at sequoiaminigrants@gmail.com with any questions.

¡Las Mini Becas de PTSA 2024 vienen en camino! 

La Sociedad de Padres, Profesores y Estudiantes de Sequoia (PTSA por sus siglas en inglés) ofrece una oportunidad de obtener fondos para tu club u organización. ¿Estás buscando fondos para programar en tu club? ¿Quizás necesitas equipo u otros materiales para implementar un proyecto educativo de innovación o una iniciativa creativa social que beneficie a los estudiantes y/o personal de la escuela? La PTSA incentiva tu esfuerzo de mejorar la educación o beneficiar a tu comunidad.

Si necesitas asistencia financiera, considera en aplicar para una mini-beca. Becas de hasta $750 pueden ser otorgadas a clubes y otras organizaciones. El fondeo de las mini-becas de la PTSA proviene de la Fundación de Educación Preparatoria de Sequoia (SHSEF por sus siglas en inglés).

La ventana de aplicación para entrega de becas es desde el 23 de septiembre hasta el 7 de octubre de 2024. Más información puede encontrarse en la página de mini-becas en el sitio de internet the PTSA. Una reunión mandatoria para todos aquellos interesados en aplicar a las becas se llevará a cabo el lunes, 30 de septiembre a la hora del lunch, frente a Carrington Hall. Para cualquier pregunta, contactar a los copresidentes al correo electrónico sequoiaminigrants@gmail.com.

You‌ ‌know‌ ‌you've‌ ‌been‌ meaning‌ to...

...so‌ ‌JOIN‌ ‌NOW! With‌ ‌your‌ PTSA ‌membership ‌you‌ ‌can:‌‌

• Be‌ ‌part‌ ‌of‌ ‌Sequoia's‌ ‌community‌ ‌of‌ ‌parents,‌‌ teachers‌, ‌and‌ ‌students‌ ‌who‌ ‌make‌ ‌our‌ ‌school‌ ‌welcoming,‌ ‌united‌, ‌and‌‌ engaged!‌
• Empower‌ ‌the‌ ‌California‌ ‌State‌ ‌PTA‌ ‌to‌ ‌speak‌ ‌up‌ ‌on‌ ‌behalf‌ ‌of‌ ‌our‌ ‌families. ‌‌

Our‌ ‌State‌ PTA‌ has‌ ‌a‌ ‌long‌ history‌ ‌of‌ ‌protecting‌ ‌and‌ ‌supporting‌ ‌California's‌ ‌most‌‌ valued‌ assets: ‌our‌ ‌children. The‌ ‌greater‌ ‌our‌ ‌numbers,‌ ‌the‌ ‌stronger‌ ‌our‌ ‌voices.‌‌ Not‌ ‌sure‌ ‌if‌ ‌you‌ ‌have‌ ‌joined‌ for the ‌2024-25‌ ‌year? ‌Email Dana Rechin for questions.

SHSEF

Help Support Sequoia’s Clubs

Isn’t it incredible that Sequoia has over seventy clubs on campus? At Sequoia, we know that our kids connect with each other and learn in many different ways. Not all learning happens in the classroom. This month, more than seventy student clubs recruited new members at Club Day. SHSEF funds the mini-grants that PTSA disperses when student clubs apply.

Invest today and support the student clubs of 2025. Invest Now.

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Culinary & Hospitality Professionals wanted as guest speakers!

Who: Chefs, pastry chefs, restaurateurs, food scientists, hotel professionals, dieticians

What: Speak to Culinary Arts

When: Wednesdays 9:27 a.m.-2:43 p.m. We’d love for you to stay the whole day, but if you can only come for one class, please attend 2nd period (9:27-10:17 a.m.).

Please contact: fvelschow@seq.org

Would you like to transform the trajectory of a Sequoia student?

Become a Sequoia Academy ​Mentor. For less than two hours a month from November-May, Sequoia Academy ​Mentors work one-on-one with students from the Digital Arts Academy or Health Careers Academy on career-related skills. Adults can support students by sharing their knowledge and experience in​ pursuing a successful and rewarding career.

Join our team! Whatever professional stage you are in, our students can learn from your career journey. To learn more, and sign up, visit our website or contact Greg Stein or Gregory Schmid .

Home games this week

See SEQSports.com for complete home and away schedules and don’t forget to follow @seqboosters on social media.

• 9/30 Girls Water Polo vs Burlingame - Varsity 5:00 pm, JV 4:00 pm
• 10/2 Girls Water Polo vs San Mateo -Varsity 5:00 pm, JV 4:00 pm
• 10/3 Girls Tennis vs Aragon - Varsity and JV 4:00 pm

Come Hear from Sequoia District Board of Trustees Candidates!

Join us at the Menlo Park City Council Chambers for an in-person forum on October 3 from 6-7:30 p.m. with candidates vying for a spot on the Sequoia District Board of Trustees. The event is hosted by The Almanac. It will give you the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates about their visions for the district. Don't miss out on this chance to be informed and make your voice heard! Learn more here.