Principal’s Message 

Dear Bubb Families,

The District has started its annual process of updating the LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan). This input collected will guide the update of our District plan for the 2025-26 school year. Your input is very important in helping Bubb plan for next year and in the creation of the SPSA (The School Plan For Student Achievement).  You should have received your link.  This link is unique to your household and can be completed by only one parent/guardian. Your responses are confidential. Students in grades 4-8 and staff members will also be taking the LCAP survey.  Please respond by 02/14.  To learn more about the LCAP: https://www.mvwsd.org/LCAP.  Please reach out if you have issues with your survey.

Gentle reminder, we have 50% of our students whohave completed registration for enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year.  If you haven't yet completed, do so before next Friday, February 7.

This week, we have been participating in “The Great Kindness Challenge”.  More than 121 countries are joining this challenge.  Our Bubb Cubs have been focusing on kindness in their class and taking part in kindness activities at lunch, by making hearts of kindness and snack bags decorated with kindness for Hope’s Corner. Bubb is a wonderful and welcoming community, and we continue to reinforce our Bubb way! 

We shall end our week by celebrating the Lunar New Year at lunch with the PTA.  And in February, we will be acknowledging Black History Month.  Thank you for being great partners in our work!

In Community,

Principal Jung

Important Dates 

School News 

Science at Bubb

Please read what our Bubb Cubs are learning about in STEAM:

Kindergarten: Weather

Kindergarteners have recently been on a deep dive of seasonal weather patterns and the ways humans, plants, and animals adapt. Some days it is sunny all day. Other days, it’s cloudy. Sometimes we get big storms. The weather forecast lets us know what’s coming. Coming up, students will be taking an interesting look at severe weather and exploring how to plan for it. 

1st Grade: Sky Patterns

Currently 1st graders are investigating the question: Where Is the Moon in the Sky? And acting as detectives to solve the mystery of the day time moon. Students will design a flip book that shows the different phases of the moon each month as well as a moon calendar showing where the moon will appear in the sky each night. Coming up, students will be taking a look beyond the moon to our solar system. 

2nd Grade: Earth’s Surface 

This trimester 2nd grade students explore the Earth’s surface and how it changes over time both rapidly and slowly. Recently our 2nd graders have been focused on map concepts and skills while designing and building their own models. They can identify parts of a map and are developing an understanding of scale. Coming up, 2nd graders will be focused on uncovering evidence of the ways both wind and water change the land and the ramifications of those changes.

3rd Graders are  finishing up the Weather Unit (Earth Science) and about to head into Living Things and the Environment (Life Science)

 

4th Graders will be starting Earth's Changing Surface unit (Earth Science)  where they will learn about erosion, weathering and deposition as well as the impact of humans on earth.

 

5th Graders are beginning the  Earth, the Moon and the Stars (Earth Science) unit where they will be learning about the sun and why it is brighter, day/night, earth's rotation and revolution, etc.

Canopy is Planting 54 Trees at Bubb!

If you missed our listening session on Tuesday, please do not worry.  You can still give your input here.  Please follow the QR code for the survey.  

YMCA Recycling Drive

Please bring empty cans and bottles to the office for the YMCA.  More information can be found in the flyer.

Flyer

District News 

The Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, Jan. 30. Closed session will begin at 5:00 p.m., and open/public session begins at 6 p.m.

Some of the topics include:

• Health and Wellness: Mental Health Continuum

• Superintendent’s Search

• Travel Policy

• Acknowledging Black History Month
  
  

For meeting details and agenda, please click here: https://www.mvwsd.org/trustees.

 

LCAP survey opening on January 27

The District is updating the LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan). Your responses to the survey will guide the update of our District plan for the 2025-26 school year.

 

Parents, please click on your unique survey link that will be sent to your email address on Jan. 27. Your survey link is unique to your household and only one parent/guardian can complete it.

 

Your responses are confidential. Students in grades 4-8 will also be taking the LCAP survey. More information found here: mvwsd.org/LCAP

 

Open Enrollment for 2025-26 ends February 7

The Mountain View Whisman School District’s open enrollment ends February 7.

 

For CURRENT students in transitional kindergarten-7th grade: Parents will be asked by email to confirm enrollment from January 21 to February 7.

 

For families enrolling NEW students: Please check www.mvwsd.org/register for how to locate your neighborhood school, how to explore school options and the four steps to register during the enrollment period held January 21 to February 7. 

 

If you missed the virtual elementary school info nights last week for neighborhood and choice schools, recordings and presentations are available on the school websites. Click on the links to each school's page below: Bubb, Castro, Imai, Landels, Mistral, Monta Loma, Stevenson, Theuerkauf, Vargas

 

There's help if you need it! In person registration help nights: (Sign up here to attend any of the help sessions: http://mvw.sd/help)

 

* Vargas Elementary  (220 N. Whisman Rd) January 30, 2025 @ 5-7 p.m.

* Theuerkauf Elementary (1625 San Luis) February 5, 2025 @ 5-7 p.m.

 

MVWSD Preschool Program: Apply now for August

Explore our flexible, low-cost and convenient options for all families in our high-quality preschool program. Preschool offers affordable tuition and an 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. class, in addition to extended/full-day class until 3 p.m. and part-day (3 hour) classes.

 

Our preschool offers age-appropriate early math, language, literacy and science inquiry instruction, as well as social-emotional development. Children who will be 3- or 4-years old are eligible (Minimum age: 3 years old by December 1, 2025. Maximum age: 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2025.)

 

Learn more at these parent meetings:

January 29 @ 4:00 pm (English) Zoom link: http://mvw.sd/PK129

February 6 @ 4:00 pm (Spanish) Zoom link: http://mvw.sd/PK26  

 

Preschool is currently located near Castro/Mistral Elementary Schools (1850 Latham St.) and Theuerkauf Elementary (1625 San Luis Ave.)

 

For more info go to www.mvwsd.org/preschool or call 650-526-3560.

 

MVEF - SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR SPRING GALA ON SAT., APRIL 26TH, FROM 6-10 pm!

Join Us to Celebrate 40 Years of MVEF!

Four decades of empowering students and strengthening our community - let's celebrate together! Save the date for an evening of fun, entertainment, inspiration and connection.

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for ticket info and more event details. It’s a great chance to unwind, connect with friends and other community members to support our students. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 06:00-10:00 pm | Los Altos Community Center

MVEF IS SEEKING NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES!

Do you care deeply about public education and want to make a meaningful impact in our community? Or do you know someone who would be a great fit for MVEF?

We are actively recruiting Board Members and School Representatives to join our team!

• Interested or have a recommendation?

• Learn more here.

• Email [email protected] to express interest or share recommendations.

Our recruiting committee will connect directly with all candidates.

Together, we can strengthen our schools and community! 

PTA News 

Join Team Green at Bubb! 🌿

Parents, are you passionate about eco-friendly and sustainable initiatives? Join Mr. Franklin and fellow Bubb adults as we come together to find ways to teach our kids and community how to care for our world—both locally and globally!

📅 Meeting Date: Tuesday, February 4

⏰ Time: 4:30 PM

📍 Location: Room 12

We’ll be planning for a Trimester 3 rollout of ideas and would love your input. Come be part of the conversation and help make a difference! Email [email protected] if you plan to attend or if you have more questions! 💚🌎

Dive into creativity and learning with new and ongoing AFTERSCHOOL programs! 

Sample classes: In Math Culture, students tackle fun problems and puzzles while honing their problem-solving skills. Success Chess School welcomes players of all levels, from beginners to tournament enthusiasts. With Brick Tech LEGO® STEM, explore robotics, Pokémon adventures, and even Mars colonization using the latest LEGO® technology. Join Nibble n’ Gobble Cooking Classes, where kids create delicious, nut-free vegetarian dishes while learning about healthy eating. Each program is hands-on, educational, and fun, designed for grades 1-5. Plus a Coding Design class.—learn more about all of these and sign up here!

The Bubb PTA is sharing these programs with sessions starting in January or February to help build community awareness but has not vetted and is not sponsoring the programs. Please review their websites to ensure it is a good option for your child and for more information about the program, timing, and registration.

Don't forget to report your hours!

Did you help out with the Walkathon or a Cultural celebration? Have you volunteered in your child's classroom lately? 

Each year we need to prove the Bubb PTA is a volunteer-based non-profit. To do this we need you to report the hours you have volunteered at Bubb.

As a reminder, you can consider all phone calls, meetings, emails, events (including set-up and clean up), any preparation work at home, travel time, etc. If your child's teacher or the PTA asked you to do it, include your time!!

Thank you! You can log your hours here

Community Partners 

MVLA Speaker Series: Accountable with Dashka Slater 

Join the next MVLA Speaker Series presentation, “Accountable: The True Story of a Local Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed,” with Dashka Slater on Tuesday, February 4 at 7PM at the Mountain View High School Theater. Join the author for a discussion of the propulsive and thought-provoking true story about the revelation of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question: What does it mean to be held accountable for harm that takes place behind a screen? Register for this free event here.

Silicon Valley Reads 2025 Program

Silicon Valley Reads is a community engagement program that features books and an annual theme to bring people together by providing more than 150 free, public events each year in February and March. The 2025 theme is "Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World."  We will learn from those on the forefront of the AI movement, explore ways in which technology impacts our daily lives and future, address questions related to ethics, and discuss how we can create a positive impact using the tools that are rapidly becoming accessible to each of us. For the featured books for adults and children and 2025 calendar of events, visit https://www.siliconvalleyreads.org/.

SCCOE Tobacco Use Prevention Education 

Join the SCCOE Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program for a bilingual event on the harmful effects of vaping and cannabis on adolescent health. This session will provide you with essential knowledge and resources to guide and support your children in making informed decisions. Learn strategies for starting conversations about these issues and connect with other parents dedicated to fostering a healthier environment for our youth. Sessions will be held at 5:30pm on February 6, April 2, and April 9. See flyer for more details or contact Alison Medeiros at [email protected].

Flyers

SCCOE Tobacco Use Prevention Education

 

January Lunch menu

2024-2025 School Calendar

2025-2026 School Calendar