School Information

Come to Our First Community Coffee,

Friday Sepetmber 28th

All parents are invited to come to the Manor House, tomorrow, Friday September 28th at 8:30 am, for a social gathering with light refreshments. Administrators will be in attendance to chat and answer questions. We hope to see you there!

Tomorrow is the Last Day to Order!

Buy our new "One Big Happy Clairbourn Family" T-Shirts before the cut-off date. Parents, staff members, alums, and friends of the school can order shirts online in our new Clairbourn Spirit Store. Show that you're a proud member of our school family and get your shirts while they last. (Current students and staff have already been issued one free shirt to wear on Clairbourn Shirt Days and to school activities.) Shirts will be available approximately two weeks after the ordering deadline.

Help with YumClub Order Issues

Clairbourn has posted a new resource page in CougarNet designed to help families quickly solve issues with their YumClub orders. Visit this link to learn more.

CFA Information

Saturday is the Last Day to Join the Entrepreneurial Fair!

Please sign up right away! Clairbourn's 5th Annual Entrepreneurial Fair is on Friday, Oct. 19th. Students may sell any items they create, make, cook, build, or grow: arts & crafts, inventions, baked goods, plants, etc. (Please, no commercial video game booths unless the games were created by you!) Learn more about it here.

Turn in your Start-Up Deck and booth fee by September 29th. The power point Start-Up Deck is a requirement and is available for download at the Clairbourn Store. Submit forms and questions to Amber Pollard-Wilson at amberpollardwilson@gmail.com

"Donut Day" Treat to Sign-Up

Sign up for the Entrepreneurial Fair before the morning bell on Friday, 9/28 and get a FREE donut! Bring your $20 booth fee (cash or check) and stop by the Entrepreneurs table outside of the reception office. Already signed up to participate in the fair? No problem! Swing by to sign up for an Entrepreneurs Workshop and get your FREE Donut!

Join a Workshop Event

All participants in this years Entrepreneurial Fair are strongly encouraged to attend one of three Entrepreneurial Workshops. As a benefit for attending, you will receive a premium booth location.

Meeting Dates: Workshops will take place in the Orndorff Conference Room in the Admin building on Sunday, September 30th at 2 pm and 4 pm as well as Monday, October 1st at 3pm.

How to Participate in the Fair

Join the fair by submitting your Start-Up Deck and booth fee by September 29th. The power point Start-Up Deck is a requirement and is available for download at the Clairbourn Store.
Track product costs and determine retail price using an Activity Based Cost Tracker.
Follow this link to rent your booth to sell your items! You can also pay via cash or check. Make checks out to Clairbourn Family Association. Deliver all check and cash payments to the Entrepreneurial Fair box in the Admin. Building.
September 30th we will have an Entrepreneurs Workshop to learn best selling practices, selling and display tips, and pick up promotional tools. Choose from two sessions: 2 to 3 pm and 4 to 5 pm. Location to be determined.
Submit forms and questions to Amber Pollard-Wilson at amberpollardwilson@gmail.com

October 19th - Clairbourn's Book Fair

We are ramping up for our annual Book Fair! We have many volunteer positions to fill. Please take a look and see if you can help.

Are you good at decorating? We need people on the decorating team to help us create an underwater wonderland of books! Stay tuned, we will have a wish list of items for the library soon. Please contact Stephanie Nava or Ting Sung if you have any questions about the Book Fair.

We will be showing Disney's Finding Dory
at our Family Movie Night event starting at 6 pm following the Entrepreneurial Fair.
Further information regarding dinner options coming soon.

Book Fair T-Shirts on Sale Soon

Book Fair T-shirts are coming soon! Dive in and don't forget to pre-order your Book Fair T-shirt! You can purchase one at Transportation or on the Clairbourn Store website. They will arrive early so you can participate in a special free dress Wednesday before the Book Fair. The shirts are a long sleeved baseball style with a small design on the front and larger design on the back. See pictures below for front and back views of the shirt.

Parents Needed - Special Lunches

A friendly reminder to all 4th grade parents - October is your month to cover back parking lot duty for special lunch days! As part of the CFA, we are looking for your assistance to help serve lunch to our kids. The CFA brings in special lunch vendors on the first two Tuesday's and every Thursday of the month as a way to raise funds for Clairbourn. It also gives you a nice break from packing lunches! Each grade is assigned a month during the school year. Please sign up with your child's grade so that we may continue to provide this special treat for the kids.

Thank You for Ordering Scrip

Your orders should be in by early next week. We will have a table set up so that you can pick up your Scrip on Tuesday, October 2nd. Questions? Contact one of these parents: Shelley Wu, Vivian Chen, Jenny Kao, or Anna Ma.

Special Lunch Ordering

Special Lunch is an important part of the CFA's fundraising. Special Lunch happens every Thursday and on the 1st and 2nd Tuesdays of each month. We kindly ask that you order at least 3 days prior to the lunch date to ensure your child will receive their special lunch.

Order Special Lunches | Special Lunch Policies

Special Lunch Schedule

Important Notice

Parents, Please Activate Your Vidigami Accounts

Vidigami is Clairbourn's new password-protected photo sharing site for school photos and videos. This will replace our postings to Flickr.com. If you need a new invitation to be sent, please email nward@clairbourn.org.

We've already populated the site with photos for each grade, plus much more! Once you have activated and logged into Vidigami, you will be able to upload media to the school groups you are a part of, and share moments with others registered with Vidigami in the Clairbourn School community.

How to Get Access
Parents, check your email to see if you received, on Wednesday 9/19, your sign-in email from Vidigami with a green button at the bottom to login to your new account. If you need a resend of your Vidigami invitation please email nward@clairbourn.org.

Vidigami App

If you choose to download and use the free Vidigami mobile app, please note that is a VERY limited tool. You can't do much more than upload photos and video or view photos.

Android Mobile App Link | Apple Mobile App Link

Desktop View

Interacting with Vidigami.com through a desktop computer will give you a large amount of features to interact with photos. (You will be able to login to the mobile app with the same username and login you use for the desktop app.)

My Sets Feature
Parents can select photos to go into "My Sets." This feature lets you collect your favorite photos in one spot and then download as a batch what you have selected.

Questions?
Nancy Ward, Clairbourn's Communications Director is coordinating the Vidigami site. Please email her at nward@clairbourn.org if you have questions or need help.

Student Accomplishments

Send in Your Student Updates!

Did your student win an award, learn a new skill, make something cool, have an adventure, or do a service project? We'd love to post it in the eCourier! Email Annie Conner at aconner@clairbourn.org with the details including a photo or video if you have one.

Congrats to Skillful Artist, Irene X.

Irene X., in 5th grade, won first place in the "Reading Takes You Everywhere" bookmark contest in Covina, Ca. Irene was awared a certificate at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum. Irene has been taking art lessons since she was four years old. Her drawing, which took 5 hours to create, will be featured on printed bookmarks in all Covina libraries. She loves to read and recognizes the importance of using bookmarks with inspiring artwork. When Irene was a young child, her mother, Diana Han, would buy her bookmarks. By the time Irene was in 1st grade she decided she wanted to design her own. She hopes that her drawings will motivate young children to read and enjoy books.

Bravo, Competitive Fencer, Marcel Z.

Marcel Z., in 5th grade, participated
in a Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) tournament in Y10 division this past weekend.
He fenced with other competitors from all over Southern California. Marcel did five rounds of matches and fought his way through the pool. He did two rounds of Direct Elimination (DE) and ranked #6 for Men Y10 in Epee. Good job, Marcel!

School Pictures

Recent Photo Albums Posted to Vidigami.com