gatoraid 082913

7/30/2019 Gatoraid 082913

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/gatoraid-082913 1/5

School Phone: 408-252-5414 ~ Absence Line 408-252-5414-6 ~ FAX 408-996-9725

GATORAID

B o a r d o f E d u c a t i o n

S u p e r i n t e n d e n t : D r . W e n d y G u d a l e w i c z

B o a r d M e m b e r s :

A n j a l i K a u s a r , B e n L i a o ,

J o s e p h i n e L u c e y , G a r y M c C u e ,

P h y l l i s V o g e l

G A R D E N G A T E E L E M E N T A R Y

C U P E R T I N O U N I O N S C H O O L D I S T R I C T

1 0 5 0 0 A N N A R B O R A V E N U E

C U P E R T I N O , C A 9 5 0 1 4

B r a n d i H u c k o - P r i n c i p a l

G r a d y W r i g h t - A s s i s t a n t P r i n c i p a l

S o p h i a C h a n - P T A P r e s i d e n t

SCHOOL CALENDAR AUGUST 29, 2013

8/29 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - PARENTS ONLY6:00 p.m. GR. 3-5 PARENTS IN CLASSROOMS6:45 p.m. ALL PARENTS IN THE GLC7:00 p.m. Gr. K-2 PARENTS IN CLASSROOMS

9/2 LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL9/4 8:15 a.m. COPIER TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS9/5 6:00 p.m. PTA MEETING - STAFF RM.

9/10 8:00 a.m. PROJECT CORNERSTONE ORIENTATION - STAFF ROOM9/10 6:00 p.m. CUSD BOARD MEETING AT NIMITZ SCHOOL9/11 8:15 a.m. REFLECTIONS ORIENTATION FOR PARENTS - ART RM.9/12 8:15 a.m. SPECTRA ART ORIENTATION9/12 6:30 p.m. S’COOL SPIRIT BAND NIGHT9/17 7:00 p.m. SCIENCE CAMP MEETING - GRADE 5 PARENTS9/18 8:00 a.m. ROOM REPRESENTATIVE MEETING9/18 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MTG.9/19 6:00-7:30 p.m. SAFETY NIGHT9/20 NO SCHOOL - STAFF LEARNING DAY9/24 6:00 p.m. CUSD BOARD MEETING10/3-10/11 PARENT - TEACHER CONFERENCES10/3 7:15 p.m. PTA MEETING - GLC10/4 12:00 noon REFLECTIONS - ENTRY DEADLINE

10/8 6:00 p.m. CUSD BOARD MEETING10/11 SPIRIT WEAR - ORDER DEADLINE10/14-10/18 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR - GLC10/16 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MTG.10/17 5:30-7:30 .m. BOOK FAIR & ICE CREAM SOCIAL

EVERY TUESDAY IS EARLY DISMISSAL – Students are dismissed at 1:30.PRE-PAY FOR CUSD LUNCHES at PAMS (Parent Account Management System) Lunchroom! You can make payments andview your students account balance online by going to http://www.pamslunchroom.com or by calling 1-888-994-5100.TO EMAIL STAFF:[email protected]: If your child will be absent, please call 252-5414. Ext. 6, by 8:30 a.m. to report the absence.HOMEWORK: Homework may be requested for illness absences of three days or more. Please call the office before 9:00 a.m.to request the homework f or pickup after 3:00 p.m.

mailto:[email protected]



























http://www.pamslunchroom.com/






7/30/2019 Gatoraid 082913


Garden Gate Elementary School 10500 Ann Arbor Ave., Cupertino CA 95125

Back to School Night is Tonight!Please join us for this parents only event. This is your opportunity to meet your child's teacher and hear about the curriculum and the activities planned for this school year. Since the eveningfollows a presentation-style format with the teacher talking to the group of parents, this is notthe time to ask the teacher about your child's performance. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be

scheduled for October 3 through 11, and your child's teacher will contact you for an appointmenttime. Please note that Back to School Night is a parents-only event. The schedule for theevening is as follows:

6:00-6:45 - Grades 3-5 in classrooms6:45-7:00 - All Parents In GLC For Principal's Message And Introduction of Staff 7:00-7:45 - Grades K-2 in Classrooms

Labor Day HolidayThere will be no school on Monday, September 2 due to the Labor Day Holiday. Enjoy the three-day weekend!

Dismissal TimeParents, please remember the designated area on campus where we'd like you to wait for your 4th or 5th grade student to bereleased from class: The "snack tables" in front of the Café window. Please do not wait in the hallways, as low noise such asconversation, can be disruptive to classes still in session. Similarly, for safety and security reasons, children are not permittedplay on the play structures or the blacktop areas after school. Instead, please have your children wait, seated with you. TheGarden Gate Staff appreciates your support with maintaining our learning environment and keeping students safe.

Traffic and Parking LotStudent safety is our first priority. Follow these simple rules to ensure student safety:

• Always drop off along the curb. Do not allow your child to exit thcar in the parking lot alone and attempt to walk across the lot.

• The curb is a "no parking anytime" zone. Drivers must remain intheir vehicles. Drivers who leave their vehicles unattended couldbe ticketed by the Sheriff's Department.

• Always cross at a cross walk. Hold your child's hand and teachyour child to always look both ways.

• Avoid getting stuck in traffic. Leave home earlier to make sure yochild arrives at school on time. Students may be on campusbeginning at 7:45 a.m.

• Never use your cell phone while driving – this includes insidethe Garden Gate parking lot.

Propellers

Do you wonder how to connect better with your children? Do you wonder what matters to them, and how you can assist themgrow up to be healthy, caring and responsible citizens? I encourage you to try a "propeller" - a question intended to sparkconversations with your children. Try it around the dinner table tonight! This week's Propeller:

If you could invent a holiday, what would it be? What traditions would it include?

7/30/2019 Gatoraid 082913


PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES


!!!!!!!!!!!!Greetings Garden Gate Families,

I can’t believe we are already into Week 2!

I hope you are all planning to attend Back to School Night tonight. This is definitelyone not to miss as it provides you an opportunity to hear about your child’s class fromtheir teacher, and to meet and see other parents in your child’s classroom.

Our Direct Donation Drive is in full swing! So far we have accounted for 102 “orange envelopes” that havebeen returned since last Friday. Please remember that all funds collected will go towards programs and grants thatthe PTA sponsors that will enrich your student’s school experience. In addition, each class has a road map to apopsicle party, if they are able to obtain a 100% “orange envelope” return rate. Please do your part and return the“orange envelope” today.

Flyers for the Reflections contest are in today’s green folder. The theme for this year is“Believe, Dream, Inspire…”.Mahalakshmi Remeshbabu, our Reflections Chairperson, will be having an orientation for parents on Wednesday, September 11th at 8:15 am in the Spectra Art room. She will begiving instructions, providing guidelines and answering any questions that you may have.

Spirit Wear flyers are also in today’s green folder. Show your school spirit by purchasing Gator Wear. This year weare offering a forest green t-shirt ($10), a forest green pullover sweatshirt ($25), and a black full-zipper sweatshirt

($30). Samples are available in the school office at the volunteer sign-in table. Gator spirit days are the first Fridayof each month.

Please mark your calendar for our first PTA meeting on Thursday, September 5 th at 6 p.m. in the Staff Lounge. Thisis a great opportunity to see and meet other Garden Gate Parents. An agenda will be posted next Tuesday in thePTA window that is located in the corner of the office buildig. I encourage you to come and be involved.

That’s it for this week and I hope you have a fantastic long weekend!! See you back next Tuesday.

Sophia ChanPTA President

7/30/2019 Gatoraid 082913



COPIER TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERSThere will be a training for volunteers on our newcopier by a Canon technician on Wednesday,September 4 at 8:15 am in the Productivity Room. If you will be doing any copying for a teacher during theschool year, you are encouraged to attend thisimportant training. Thank you.

DOCTOR AND DENTIST APPOINTMENTS

The state of California allows medical/dentalappointments as excused absences. Garden Gate’spolicy for all of these must be accompanied by amedical note. Please try to make appointments for after school or Saturdays. When this is not possible,children must be signed out by a parent (or someoneauthorized on the enrollment card) in the school office.

After signing a child out, the teacher will be notified andyour student will come to the office. Students are notallowed to come to the office to sit and wait to bepicked up as they often lose valuable class time.

Again, this is for the safety of your children.

VISITING CAMPUS All visitors on campus, whether entering classrooms asvolunteers or meeting with teachers, Must Sign In atthe office and obtain a visitor’s name tag when schoolis in session. For the safety of all, we need to knowwho is on the campus. The only exceptions are atstudent arrival and dismissal times. If you are takingyour child out of school for any reason, ALWAYS signyour child out from school through the office and thenback in when he/she returns.

SCRIP AND eSCRIPScrip Gift Cards and eScrip are two fundraisingprograms that parents (also family and friends) canparticipate in to raise money for the PTA at “NO COST”to the participant. Scrip gift cards can be purchased

on Tuesdays from 1:15-1:45 and also on Fridays from1:45-2:45. Scrip is spent just like cash on everydayexpenses.

eScrip also provides an easy way to earn money for the PTA. Participating merchants donate a percentageof purchases to the school. Parents (also family andfriends) should visit www.escrip.com to register their credit/debit cards, Safeway Card, and PW SupermarketCard. Be sure to specify Garden Gate ElementarySchool (eScrip number is 139188329.) For those whodon’t have internet access, please fill out and turn in aneScrip registration form (available during scrip salestimes or in the school office.) Already Registered

eScrip Participants: Please visit www.escrip.com andclick on “YES RENEW” or turn in an eScrip registration

form to renew your Safeway Club card. Questions? E-mail us at ggscrip.com or see us during scrip salestimes. Thank you, Carolyn Young

ABSENCES AND TARDIES Attendance and punctuality are importantin establishing good behaviors andbuilding responsibility in young children.Please ensure that your child is at school

everyday and that they arrive on time. If your child will be absent, please call theattendance line promptly (252-5414, ext. 6). If your child arrives after 8:00 a.m. they must report to theschool office for a late slip before entering theclassroom. Under state law, three unexcusedabsences or tardies may be considered truancy.

EARN FREE CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL WITHBOX TOPSEarning cash for our school with Box Tops for Education is simple and easy! You don't have to spendany cash to be involved in this profitable project. Most

food items that you purchase for home comes with a“Box Tops for Education” coupon that is located directlyon the “box top” and is worth 10c. Please look for thesecoupons especially on products by General Mills. Someof the product brands to look for are; Cheerios, Fruit Rollups, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Cottonelle, Ziploc etc.

http://www.escrip.com/





7/30/2019 Gatoraid 082913



DISTRICT NEWS SECTION

2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR PRIORITIESThe Superintendent of the Cupertino Union School District has made a short video outlining the District’s priorities for the 2013-2014 school year and beyond. The District’s Executive Leadership team spent last year collecting data andexamining the systems, processes, and practices at all 25 of our school sites. The video and result of the data collectionare located on the District’s website (www.cusdk8.org).

Looking at our District’s data last year, it has become clear that we need to further examine the services we provide toour English Learners. Last spring we re-organized the Instruction Department adding additional staff to focus on our English Learners. The District will continue to review our ELD programs and services and will work with the CUSDcommunity to revise our English Language Development Master Plan to ensure we are providing all English Learnerswith high quality services and are compliant with all State and Federal requirements.

PUPIL FEES, DEPOSITS, AND OTHER CHARGESThe California Constitution mandates that public education be provided to students free of charge, unless a charge isspecifically authorized by law for a particular program or activity. This constitutional right of free access encompasses alleducational activities, whether curricular or extracurricular, and regardless of whether credit is awarded for theeducational activity. A process that allows for a waiver for an otherwise mandatory fee, charge or deposit does notrender it constitutionally permissible.

The law does allow the District to request voluntary parent donations to support school-sponsored trips, activities, and

after school sports; however, no child will be denied participation for these activities. All donations collected will go tosupport the total costs of the school-sponsored trip, activity and after school sport.

In addition, the law allows the District to ask students to assist with fundraising for school-sponsored trips, activities, andafter school sports. Fundraising is voluntary and no child will be denied participation due to lack of participation in thefundraising activities.

CELDT TESTINGThe Cupertino Union School District will administer the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) Augustthrough October 31, 2013. Based on your child’s CELDT scores from last year, if their proficiency is limited, withdrawnor transitional, your child will be included in the annual CELDT test at their school. A letter will be sent home with your child prior to the testing date at your school.

The initial CELDT will be given to kindergarten students whose primary language on the Home Language Survey is alanguage other than English.

The test consists of four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Students in grades K–8 are tested in all four areas. You will receive the official results after January 2014. If you have any questions, please contact your schooloffice.

District Calendar 2013-2014 (all schools except Murdock-Portal) September 2, 2013 Labor Day

September 20, 2013 Staff Learning DayNovember 1, 2013 Staff Learning DayNovember 11, 2013 Veteran's Day (Observed)November 25-29, 2013 Thanksgiving RecessDecember 23, 2013-January 3, 2014 Winter Recess

January 20, 2014 Martin Luther King Day

February 17-21, 2014 Mid-Year Recess

March 31, 2014 Staff Learning DayApril 14-18, 2014 Spring RecessMay 16, 2014 Staff Learning DayMay 26, 2014 Memorial DayJune 11, 2014 Last Day of School

http://www.cusdk8.org/

http://www.cusdk8.org/

gatoraid 082913

Documents