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[April 16]

Subject: 8th grade yearbook farewells due today

8th Grade Yearbook Farewell Ads: Eighth grade families, today is the last day to purchase a special BIS message to include in the yearbook for your 8th grader. Farewells are $50 for 1/8 of a page. (2/8 page =$100, and up etc.) Design them online, or attach photos and the script, and the yearbook staff will put them together. Examples below. Deadline to submit is April 16. Please reach out to Principal Land with any questions or issues.

Helpful tips:

1. They had implemented a due date of 4/15 not 4/16 so anything you tried in the past 24 hours would have failed.

2. There was a minor issue with a url that was causing issues too. If you still get 'stuck', try going to a higher level on site, i.e. start at yearbookforever.com and then search and find Burlingame Intermediate School from there vs. using a direct hotlink you may have seen in some PTA/BIS emails. Should work more consistently.

[March 21]

Subject: 8th grade updates about Promotion Week

Hello 8th grade parent volunteers,

8th graders will kick off with the 8th grade dance on Saturday, June 7th at the Burlingame Community Center, and wrap up with the Promotion Ceremony on Thursday, June 12th from 2 to 4pm. To help make this a special week, we need volunteers to both lead and help out on the following committees and subcommittees listed below. Please complete the volunteer form here (even if you already indicated you would like to help on a previous form).

Please join our Zoom call Wednesday evening March 26th at 8pm:

BIS 8th Grade team is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 8th grade promotion activities call
Time: Mar 26, 2025 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87801293550?pwd=20SjX7WT8aERT3dcpQ2S43ef37TNxm.1

Meeting ID: 878 0129 3550
Passcode: 363610

Dance Committee (Dance on Saturday, June 7th)
-Setup
-Cleanup
-Decorations (plan, order, and help setup if possible)
-Food
-Drinks (last year they had a soda fountain)
-Registration
-Chaperones

Yearbook Signing Committee (Yearbook Signing on Tuesday, June 10th)
-Order and bring pizza for lunch (optional)
-Bring popsicles for an after signing treat

Promotion Breakfast Committee
-Coordinate food/drink to be served in advisory classes

Promotion Committee
-Decorations and Setup
-Hydration Station
-Photos (help find a photographer to take photos at promotion, and oversee photo station)
- Decorations breakdown and pack up (doesn't have to be that day if everything can be moved to a safe place following promotion ceremony)

Thank you for your support as we celebrate and send our 8th graders off to high school! We cannot do this without your help!

Any questions, please reach out to us at 8th-team@bistrojans.com

Thank you,
Shan, Debbie and Marlyanne

[March Newsletter]

Subject: 8th Grade Panoramic Picture

This Tues, March 18, 8th Grade Panoramic Photo will take place at 8:50-10am

[January 31, 2025]

Subject: 8th grade updates

Hello and Happy New Year 8th grade parents!

Separately, we are starting to prepare for Promotion Week for our 8th graders. If you are interested in being part of the planning committee please let us know by filling in this interest form. It’ll be a great way to get involved in making this a special week for your graduating middle schooler! Overview of promotion activities:

June 7(to be confirmed): 8th Grade dance @ the Burlingame Community Center

June 9: 8th Grade field trip to either Great America or Santa Cruz

June 10: Pizza, yearbook signing and promotion rundown

June 11: Promotion practice

June 12: 8th Grade Breakfast, Promotion practice and Promotion! Last day of school.

Lastly, as per the Yearbook teacher Ms. Bosnich, a lot of parents request too late to do a special message/Farewell for our 8th graders to include in the yearbook. She isn’t seeing a lot from our grade this year compared to previous years and to let you know that the deadline is early April. Farewells are $50 for 1/8 of a page. (2/8 page =$100, and up etc.) Design them online, or attach photos and the script, and the yearbook staff will put them together. Attached is ab example. HERE's the link.

As always, please email us at 8th-team@BIStrojans.com with any questions, comments, or to volunteer.

Warmly,

The 8th Grade Team

P.S. FYI San Mateo Union High School District Enrollment and Intradistrict Transfer application deadline is 2/7/2025. Click here for online enrollment.