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

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BoardofEducation

Superintendent:PhilQuonBoardMembers:

AnjaliKausar,BenLiao,

JosephineLucey,GaryMcCue,

PhyllisVogel

GARDENGATEELEMENTARY

CUPERTINOUNIONSCHOOLDISTRICT

10500ANNARBORAVENUE

CUPERTINO,CA95014

NancyWood-Principal

MeravTalmor-PTAPresident

SCHOOL CALENDARDECEMBER 2, 2010

12/2 6:30 p.m. PARENT ED. NIGHT WITH AUTHOR, KATHRYN OTOSHI12/2 7:15 p.m. PTA MEETING12/3 REPORT CARDS GO HOME12/6 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. STUDENT PICTURE MAKE-UP12/10 6:30 p.m. GRADE 5 & ROOM #9 MUSIC PERFORMANCE - GLC

12/14 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING - D.O.12/15 6:30-8:30 p.m. HAPPILY EVER AFTER THEATER PERFORMANCE12/17 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - PAJAMA DAY & HOLIDAY PARTIES

12/20-31 WINTER RECESS - NO SCHOOL1/3 8:00 a.m. STUDENTS RETURN - SCHOOL RESUMES

1/6 7:15 p.m. PTA MEETING1/11 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING - D.O.1/13 6:00 p.m. ART NIGHT - GLC1/17 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL1/19 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING

1/19 7:00 p.m. SCOOL SPIRIT WINTER BAND CONCERT - GLC1/21 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - EACH GRADE LEVEL WEARS A SPECIFIC COLOR1/25 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING - D.O.1/29 5:30 p.m. CEEF GALA - FAIRMONT HOTEL IN SAN JOSE

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.to request the homework for pickup after 3:00 p.m.

Parent Traffic Duty: December 6th - December 10th, Parents from Rm. 17
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Garden Gate Elementary School 10500 Ann Arbor Ave., Cupertino CA 95014

Kathryn Otoshi Visit Thursday, December 2, 2010 @ 6:30p.m.Parents, please join us for a chat with author, Kathryn Otoshi this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Having seen two Kathryn Otoshipresentations, I can tell you that she is very talented, engaging, humorous and has a special gift of being able to tap into thehuman psyche. Much of what she writes and shares tugs at your heartstrings. I promise you it will be 45 minutes well-spent.Please remember that this session is for our parents only. Our students will attend morning assemblies with her on

Thursday and a number of the students will have an opportunity to participate in workshops with her either illustrating, writing,and/or story-telling in the afternoon.

Many thanks to our Garden Gate PTA for sponsoring the Otoshi assemblies for our students, as well as afternoon workshopswith her for many of our students, and her parent presentation in the evening.

Sponsoring authors visits is just one of the many wonderful ways our PTA supports Garden Gate School. We invite you tostay for the PTA meeting following the session with Ms. Otoshi on Thursday evening. If you arent a member, please consideroining. If you are a member, please consider becoming an active participant in the PTA. If you are both, we thank you! Astrong Garden Gate PTA helps to ensure a strong Garden Gate School. We are very much connected after all, we sharehe same children!

Traffic Problems - Very Important -Please ReadOn Tuesday, we had our usual traffic gridlock during dismissal time. Parents were double parking and some were trying to

riple park. Triple parking turns our parking lot into gridlock. Obviously, this is an unsafe situation. It is compounded by theact that some of our pedestrian traffic often ignores basic safety rules, too. Yesterday, I was standing by one of the traffic

deputies. Three sets of parents and children jaywalked across the street right in front of the deputy and me. Aside from anexpensive ticket and the boldness of breaking the law in front of a peace officer, I am most concerned about the safety of thechildren and the adults. Those laws exist for a reason. Remember, too, that when you either deliberately or obliviously breakhe law, its important to think about what you are teaching your children.

Since my arrival nine years ago, we have consistently looked for ways to help make the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times safer and more efficient. We are continuing to do that. Some of our efforts have been successful and others not.We are hampered by physical limitations in that access to our school is not easy because of the limited number of availableoutes to use. In addition, our parking lot was designed for a school with half the number of students it now has. You multiplyhose students by the number of adults, cars and other forms of transportation needed to get all of the students to Garden

Gate and, well, you get the picture.

Over the next few months, we may try to implement some procedures that are different than the ones currently in place. Wewill keep you updated and ask for your help in making the whole process more efficient and safer for all. In the meantime,ets try to remember these few things:

1. When dropping off your child, pull your car as far forward as you can curbside.Your child should be ready to get out, when you stop the car. Please dont take the time to look for books, lunches orto say long goodbyes.

2. Form only one line for drop-off or pick-up of students.More than one line means that students need to dart between cars. These are cars that are in the process of arrivingor leaving the parking lot. They are not parked. This will be a radical change for some of us, but it is the safest andmost efficient one if we can get everyone on board.

3. Under no circumstances park your car curbside and leave it.If it is necessary to go on campus, then please find a proper parking place in the parking lot or park on the street andwalk onto the campus.

4. Be patient and work with us.All of us have the same goal! I want to thank our parents who have valiantly braved traffic over the years to help all ofus, as well as our student valets who have been so responsible about doing their morning duty over the years.

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES


HelloGatorFamilies,HopeyouhadagreatThanksgivingbreak.

Survey

IntodaysgreenfolderpleasefindthePTAsurvey.WeaskandencourageyoutoparCcipatei

thesurveytohelpusdecidewheretheGardenGatePTAshouldallotthedonatedmoneytha

exceededourbudget.Wewouldreallyliketogetyourfeedbackonthistopic.Thisisyour

chancetoletyourvoicebeheardandinfluencethedecisionthatwillbemade.

IanCcipatethatwewillbevoCngontherevisedbudgetinJanuary.Ifyouareamemberofth

PTAforatleast30daysyouwillbeabletovoteonthebudget.PleasenotethatallGarden

GatefamiliescanparCcipateinthesurvey,butonlyPTAmemberscanvote.Sopleaseusethi

opportunitytogetamembershipformfromtheschoolofficeandbecomeaPTAmemberify

haventalreadydonesothecostisonly$5!

CPRTraining

OnSaturday,January8th2011,from8:00a.m.4:00p.m.GardenGateteacherswillhave

trainingintheGL.IfyouareinterestedinaQendingthistrainingthereareafewspotssCll

availableforparents.PleaseletmeknowasapifyouareinterestedinaQendingat:

[email protected]

ParentEducaonNightMeetAuthorKathrynOtoshi

AuthorandIllustrator,KathrynOtoshiwillbevisiCngGardenGateonThursday,December2

2011at6:30p.m.Shewillbespeakingaboutherawardwinningbooks,OneandZero,which

focusonbuildingselfesteem,acceptance,andtolerance.Thiseventisforparentsonly!

ImmediatelyaXertheEducaConNightwewillhaveourmonthly PTAmeeng.

Youareallinvitedtojoinusandlistentothelatestreportsandupdates!

Sincerely,

MeravTalmor

GardenGatePTAPresident
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KATHRYN OTOSHIVISITS GARDEN GATE!

Author and illustrator,Kathryn Otoshi, will bevisiting Garden GateSchool on Thursday,December 2nd at 6:30p.m. She will be speakingto parents about heraward-winning books,One and Zero whichfocus on building self-esteem, acceptance, andtolerance. She will have

these books for sale, as well as her other books, Marcellothe Movie Mouse, Simon & the Sock Monster and WhatEmily Saw.

Please come to this parent educational night which is forparents only. Ms. Otoshi will be speaking to thestudents during two assemblies that will be taking placeduring the school day on December 2nd. Please markyour calendar!

Reminders for ParentsPlease do not send glass containers to school in yourchilds lunch. The potential for broken/shattered glassmakes it unsafe for students.For the protection of our students, please remember thatstudents are not to be on the Garden Gate campus before7:45 a.m. There is no adult supervision until 7:45 a.m.Please do not congregate outside of the classroomswhile school is still in session. This is very disruptive toboth the teacher and the students and could be adistraction from valuable learning time.Every Tuesday is early dismissal day. Please rememberthat all a.m. Kindergarten students are dismissed at

11:10 a.m. and all p.m. Kindergarten students along withstudents in grades 1-5 are dismissed at 1:30. Pleaseremember to pick up your children promptly.

***SPECIAL ORDER SCRIP BY DECEMBER 10 ***Gift Cards are available for immediate purchase. Shopearly for best selection. Visit www.glscrip.com and clickon the Order Scrip tab to see what can be specialordered. Order scrip by December 10 to receive thembefore the holiday break.

Garden Gate Gift Certificates can also be purchased forteacher gifts. This provides a way for the teacher toselect their own gift cards.

Stock up on AMC Gold ($8) and Silver ($6.50) tickets forthe holiday movies. AMC and Century EntertainmentCards are also available for bargain matinees.

Still looking for a good gift or stocking stuffer? Below is asample of gift cards: Specialty: Chuck E. Cheese, Toys R Us, Baskin

Robbins, Bath & Body Works, Michaels, PeetsCoffee, Starbucks.

Books: Borders, Barnes & Noble. Clothing: Macys, JC Penney, Sears, Gap. Groceries: Whole Foods, Safeway, Lucky, Marina,

Ranch 99, New India Bazaar Gas: Arco, Chevron, Shell

Happy Holidays! Jamie Wu, Angelia Kan, Carolyn Young

SPECIAL SCRIP HOURS DEC. 13 to DEC. 17

Monday 1:45 2:45 p.m.Tuesday 1:15 1:45 p.m.Wednesday 7:45 8:15 a.m.

Thursday 1:45 2:45 p.m.Friday 7:45 8:15 a.m.

1:45 2:45 p.m.

Orders can also be turned in and picked up at the schooloffice.

DONT FORGET TO RECYCLEThank you to everyone who continues toparticipate each week in Garden Gatesrecycling program by bringing in yourrecyclable items. All of the proceeds thatwe receive for the recycling items go

directly toward Science Camp. Pleaseremember that we can no longer take theplastic milk jugs so please discontinuebringing these items to school. Your continued help andeffort is appreciated!
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IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Students must be residing in the district at the time of registration and be available for any necessarytesting. Registration and Open Enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year is as follows:

Kindergarten registration for all Attendance Area Schools: January 24 February 3 at the respectiveattendance area school. Only parents/guardians may pick up a registration packet at their area attendanceschool beginning January 14, 2011. Registration packets are numbered sequentially. The registration numberon the packet is valid for packets returned between January 24 through February 3, 2011. Sibling priority will begiven to siblings of in-district students currently attending their area attendance school who register during theregistration window.

Kindergarten registration for Stocklmeir and Eisenhower Schools: January 24 February 3. Onlyparents/guardians may pick up a registration packet at their area attendance school beginning January 14,2011. As the potential for new kindergarten enrollment at Stocklmeir and Eisenhower may exceed the schoolscapacity, parents are encouraged to ensure that the prospective kindergarten student (residing in theStocklmeir/Eisenhower attendance area during the Kindergarten Registration Window) is registered during theregistration window from January 24 February 3, 2011. A Kindergarten Lottery for Stocklmeir Elementary andEisenhower Elementary will be held on February 7, 2011 for Kindergarteners who registered during the

Kindergarten Registration window only. Sibling priority will be given to siblings of in-district students currentlyattending Stocklmeir/Eisenhower who register during the registration window and live in the Stocklmeir/Eisenhower attendance area.

Open Enrollment requests: February 11-17, 2011 at the school of desired attendance. Parents/guardiansmay only apply to one school or program other than their area attendance school.

Alternative Education Program requests (Faria and Murdock-Portal grades K-5, McAuliffe, MandarinImmersion grades K-8): February 11 - 17, 2011 at the alternative program of your choice.

Sibling priority will be given to siblings of in-district students currently attending the respective school whoregister during the registration window.

Registration for new students in grades 1 8 begins March 1, 2011

Detailed registration and open enrollment information is available on the district website www.cupertino.k12.ca.us, bycontacting the staff in your neighborhood school office or by contacting the Student Assignment Office, (408) 252-3000,extension 110.

DISTRICT CALENDAR 2010-2011

December 20 - 31, 2010 Winter Recess

January 17, 2011 Martin Luther King Day

February 21 - 25, 2011 Mid-Year Recess

March 14, 2011 Staff Learning Day

April 18 - 22, 2011 Spring Recess

May 27, 2011 Staff Learning Day

May 30, 2011 Memorial Day June 7, 2011 Last Day of School
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