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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:Dr.WendyGudalewicz

BoardMembers:

AnjaliKausar,BenLiao,

JosephineLucey,GaryMcCue,

PhyllisVogel

GARDENGATEELEMENTARY

CUPERTINOUNIONSCHOOLDISTRICT

10500ANNARBORAVENUE

CUPERTINO,CA95014

BrandiHucko-Principal

AzmehMalik-PTAPresident

SCHOOL CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

11/16 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - GATOR DAY

11/19-23 THANKSGIVING RECESS - NO SCHOOL

11/30 REPORT CARDS GO HOME12/6 4:00 p.m. PTA MEETING12/19 6:00 p.m. H.E.A.S.T. PERFORMANCE - GLC12/20 NO SCOOL SPIRIT BAND12/21 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - PAJAMA DAY12/21 HOLIDAY CLASS PARTIES12/21 NO SCOOL SPIRIT BAND

12/24 - 1/4 WINTER RECESS - NO SCHOOL

1/7 STUDENTS RETURN

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:lastname_firstname@cusdk8.orgATTENDANCE: 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 ato request the homework for pickup after 3:00 p.m.

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES

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

Hello Everyone!Last Monday, all classrooms that participated in the schools Direct DonationDrive, celebrated with a Popsicle Party. Garden Gates Direct Donation Driveis the PTAs main fundraising event every year. Thank you to all of theparents who helped their children participate by returning their orange

envelopes (especially if they contained your donations)! This year, twenty sixclassrooms attained full participation. Once again, I want to thank Aravinda Chigatifor her tireless efforts to run an amazing Direct Donation Drive!

Reflection Art Contestongratulations to all of the following winners and to all of the students who participated!

Primary (KG, Gr.1 & 2) LiteratureOutstanding Interpretation Mahima ShettarAward of Excellence Shashank RameshbabuAward of Merit Saimedha Bellala

Photography

Outstanding Interpretation Rubika Honu SatchidananthamAward of Excellence Nikita KamathAward of Merit Hailey R ChenHonorable Mention Jannah Mansoor

Visual ArtsOutstanding Interpretation Rucha KulkarniAward of Excellence Akshara GaneshAward of Merit Joy HsiehHonorable Mention Medha Singamsetty

No entries in Dance Choreography, Film Production and Musical Composition .

Intermediate ( Gr.3, 4 & 5) Dance ChoreographyHonorable Mention Pavithra Ramakrishnan

Honorable Mention Anisha Anthuvan

LiteratureOutstanding Interpretation Meghana MuddireddyAward of Excellence Avantika VarmaAward of Merit Shivani VarmaHonorable Mention Safwan Mansoor

Musical CompositionOutstanding Interpretation Gaurav KamathAward of Excellence Nelson Mu

PhotographyOutstanding Interpretation Varun Wadhwa

Award of Excellence Shruthi NemlekarAward of Merit Nikitha RaviHonorable Mention Safwan D Mansoor

Visual ArtsOutstanding Interpretation Benjamin TangAward of Excellence Neha Washikar

Award of Merit Gaurav KamathHonorable Mention Pavithra RamakrishnanHonorable Mention Santosh RavindrabharathyHonorable Mention Vinay (Abhi) Patil

No entries in Film Production.

ave a wonderful Thanksgiving,

zmeh Malik, Garden Gate PTA President

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

DISTRICT HEALTH GUIDELINESIt is important that our children follow good healthpractices at all times and be kept at home when they areill. A child should not be in school when he or she is illand is experiencing one or more of the followingsymptoms:

Nausea or vomiting (must remain at home until freeof symptoms for 24 hours). Diarrhea (mustremain at home until free ofsymptoms for 24 hours). Severe headache. Continuous coughing or runny nose. Evidence of a communicable disease such as a rash,swelling or unusual sore throat. A temperature of 100 degrees or higher(mustremainat home until he/she has a normal 98.6 degreetemperature for24 hours without the use of a feverreducer such as Tylenol). Conjunctivitis-pink eye. Undiagnosed rash (rashes need to be verified by your

doctor that they are non-contagious; a note isneeded).If a student is sent home from school for feeling ill, thechild may not return that day. A doctors note forabsences over seven (7) days is required. Thank you foryour cooperation in helping to keep all children and staffhealthy.

REMINDERS:For the protection of the students, please remember thatstudents are not to be on the Garden Gate campusbefore 7:45 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 11:10a.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.

VISITING CAMPUSAll visitors entering classrooms as volunteers or meeting

with teachers, must sign in at the office and obtain avisitors name tag when school is in session. For thesafety of all, we need to know who is on the campus.The only exception is at student arrival and dismissaltimes. If you are taking your child out of school for anyreason, ALWAYS sign your child out from school throughthe office and then back in when he/she returns.

INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACTSIf you plan to be away from school for a minimum offive school days and a maximum of ten school days,please contact the school office and your childsteacher at least two weeks ahead of your departuredate to arrange for a special Independent StudyContract. The following guidelines must be followed:

A student must be enrolled for threeconsecutive weeks before an IndependentContract can be initiated.The contract and homework must bereturned the first day back to school with allthe work completed, so days missed do notcount as unexcused absences.Students who are absent for more than tenconsecutive days will be dropped from theschool roster. When the studentreturns, if space is available at his or herschool, the student will be reinstated with thepresentation of a current lease, PG&E bill andtwo of the following: drivers license showingcurrent address; bank statement or preprintedcheck; car registration or car insurance; payrollcheck. If no space is available, thestudent will be assigned to another school inthe district where space is available.

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CEEF & TINY PRINTS TEAM UP FOR THE HOLIDAYSThis Season Your Gift of Holiday Cards Benefits Our Great CUSD Schools!

Are you sending holiday cards to friends and family this year?Want to help CEEF benefit educational excellence in ouCupertino Union School District?

Thanks to a new partnership with Tiny Prints you can now order your holiday cards and benefit our great schools too: 13%of the proceeds from holiday card orders placed through the CEEF storefront will be donated to benefit CUSDschools. To place your order today go to: http://www.tinyprints.com/storefront/CEEFOrganized by the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF) A Community Partner for Excellence in LocaEducation

2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR

The Board of Education just approved the 2013-2014 school year calendar during the board meeting held on October 23

2012. The full calendar is available on the Districts website at www.cusdk8.org. Here are the important dates for theDistrict and Murdock-Portal Elementary School for next year:

2013-2014 District Calendar(All schoolsexcept Murdock-Portal)

2013-2014 Murdock-Portal Calendar

Students Return August 19, 2013 August 12, 2013

Labor Day September 2, 2013 September 2, 2013

October Break (Murdock-Portal only) October 7-18, 2013

Veterans Day Observed November 11, 2013 November 11, 2013

Thanksgiving Recess November 25-29, 2013 November 25-29, 2013

Winter Recess Dec. 23, 2013-Jan. 3, 2014

Dec. 23, 2013-Jan. 3, 2014

Martin Luther King Day January 20, 2014 January 20, 2014Mid-Year Recess February 17-21, 2014 February 17-21, 2014

Spring Recess April 14-18, 2014 April 7-18, 2014

Memorial Day May 26, 2014 May 26, 2014

Last Day of School June 11, 2014 June 25, 2014

ELEMENTARY NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE

The Cupertino Union School District is constantly striving to streamline and improve our communicatiowith our parent community. As such, starting in November 2012, all elementary schools will betransitioning to an every other week newsletter schedule.

Please be aware that the District will also be implementing several new communication tools to keep yobetter informed and engaged at your school site. You will start receiving periodic emails regarding specifinews items and phone messages from the school site regarding timely items or emergency information

These communication tools will not only save staff time, but will prevent you from receiving the saminformation over and over again. Many of our Middle Schools migrated to a monthly newsletter format several years agoand this schedule has worked well. Given the fact that the amount of parent involvement at the elementary school site ihigher than middle school, the every other week newsletter schedule seems to fit better.

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