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

GATORAID

BoardofEducation

Superintendent:PhilQuon

BoardMembers:AnjaliKausarBenLiao,

JosephineLucey,GaryMcCue,

PhyllisVogel

GARDENGATEELEMENTARY

CUPERTINOUNIONSCHOOLDISTRICT

10500ANNARBORAVENUE

CUPERTINO,CA95014

NancyWood-Principal

KathleenMcCulloch-PTAPresident

AliciaHancock-Shepard-SSCChairperson

SCHOOL CALENDAR MARCH 25, 2010

3/25 6:30 p.m. LAWSON INCOMING 6TH GR. PARENT NIGHT3/25 7:00 p.m. MUSIC CONCERT - GR. 4, GLC3/26-4/5 PARENT SURVEY3/26 2:30-3:30 p.m. USED BOOK SALE - OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL OFFICE

4/1 6:30 p.m. TOWN HALL MEETING - GLC, BUDGET UPDATE WITH MRS. WOOD4/1 7:15 p.m. PTA MEETING4/2 SCHOOL SPIRIT - CRAZY HAIR DAY4/5 YEARBOOK ORDER DEADLINE4/5-4/9 GRADE 5 - MARIN HEADLANDS SCIENCE SCHOOL4/6 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MTG. - DISTRICT BOARD ROOM4/7 6:30 p.m. H.E.A.S.T. PERFORMANCE - GLC4/12-16 SPRING RECESS4/20 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MTG. - DISTRICT BOARD ROOM4/21 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MTG.4/23 WALK-A-ROUND EVENT4/26-5/7 STAR TESTING

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 a.

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

Parent Traffic Duty: March 29 - April 2 - Parents from Rm. #15

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MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: GARDEN GATE CHILDREN HELPING OTHER CHILDREN

Our student council has adopted the Make a Wish Foundation as our charity this year. Our students are collecting everythrom loose change to larger donations for this very worthy cause. Please read the excerpt below from the Make a W

Foundations website:Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through

wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish experience has on childreamilies, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris Greicius realized his heartfelt wish to becom police officer. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon, reaching more th74,000 children around the world. Although it has become one of the world's most well-known charities, the Make-A-W

Foundation has maintained the grassroots fulfillment of its mission.

A network of nearly 25,000 volunteers enable the Make-A-Wish Foundation to serve children with life-threatening medionditions. Volunteers serve as wish granters, fundraisers, special events assistants and in numerous other capacities. As t

Foundation continues to mature, its mission will remain steadfast. Wish children of the past, present and future will have pportunity to share the power of a wish.

All of our classes are participating in the fundraiser and they have set goals for themselves. They and their teachers haecided on class rewards if they meet their goals. If we raise $2,000 as a school, I will happily dress up as a chicken for the dnd visit classrooms (in no pecking order) to thank our children for helping other children who so need the power of a wish.

Please help us meet our goal! Thank you.

WHAT CHANGES MIGHT GARDEN GATE FACE NEXT YEAR?

HOW COULD THOSE CHANGES AFFECT YOUR CHILD?

Join Us in a Town Hall Meeting in Garden Gates GLC

Thursday, April 1 @ 6:30p.m.Please join members of our School Site Council, our PTA, the Garden Gate Their Future is Now (TFIN) liaison Sophia Chahe TFIN spokesperson, Melissa Neumann and me to hear the latest updates on what will likely happen at Garden Gate with t

urrent budget cuts forecast for next year. We hope that you can stay for the PTA meeting beginning at 7:15 p.m. All of oarents are welcome. Our PTA has been instrumental in providing many enriching and engaging activities for our Garden Gatudents! The PTA is a can do group. They are a force for positive action and, if you are not a member, I encourage youoin!

PARENT SURVEY TIME - PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WERE DOING!This years Parent Survey will be on the Garden Gate website starting Friday, March 26, 2010. You will have until Monday, Ap, 2010 to complete it. You can access the survey online, through the Garden Gate website. We will also have some hardopies available in the office. Please complete a separate survey for each of your children at Garden Gate. Were giving ourtudents Gator pencils for proof of completed surveys. We had 77% participation rate last year. We hope to surpass that!

Thank you, in advance, for your participation.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CEEF 2010 TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD GRANTEES!

Congratulations to Garden Gate teachers Stuart Rosenberg, Mariana Alwell, Cris Lawson and Sarah Hastings for being namecipients of CEEF 2010 Technology Innovation Award Grants. Mr. Rosenberg, Ms. Alwell and Mrs. Lawson will share one of t1,000 awards for their fifth grade classroom Wiki project. Mrs. Hastings received her award for a fifth grade Colonial Resear

Project. I am delighted that our teachers will receive recognition for the excellent technology instruction and learnipportunities they provide for our students!

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES

Garden Gate Elementary School 10500 Ann Arbor Ave., Cupertino CA 95014

Hello Gators!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND PARATICIPANTS OFINTERNATIONAL DAY!It was a wonderful experience for our children to work with parent volunteers and to create anperform terrific dances and festive music focused on cultures from around the world. A specialthank you to Chairperson, Mahalakshmi Ramesbabu and to all of the volunteers who madepresentations to the students and created booths to enhance this day of global learning.

TOWN HALL MEETING WITH NANCY WOODSUBJECT; SCHOOL BUDGET CUT QS & A

NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST at 6:30 IN THE GLCCome join Mrs. Wood, School Site Council members, PTA members and the Their Future is Now spokesperson,Melissa Neumann and hear the latest updates on what will be taking place at Garden Gate as a result of the budget next year. Mrs. Wood will give updates, and answer questions about what has already happened at Garden Gate anwhat to expect next year. Seven teachers have been given layoff notices here at Garden Gate and many more GardGate teachers will be moved around inside the district. You will also receive information about the parent lead effortraise $3 million to save 115 teachers in our Cupertino Union School District (CUSD), including our Garden Gate teac

The Town Hall meeting will be followed by the April PTA meeting at 7:15 also in the GLC.Please plan to stay and be part of what we can do to assist Garden Gate next year.

NOMINATE A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER TO RECEIVE AN HONARY SERVICE AWARD!The Honorary Service Awards are for people at Garden Gate who consistently give their time and energy to the schoand other community activities. The PTA honors these hard working volunteers with some much deserved appreciatat a dinner that sponsored by the Council level PTA. So please spend a few minutes telling us why that person-that-always-see-volunteering should get an HSA award! Look for the forms in your green folder!

The deadline for nominations is March 30, 2010. Turn in the forms to the office or your childs teacher. If you dont haform, simply write a note giving the nominees name and the reason for the nomination. Please nominate as manypeople as you wish!

Kathleen McCulloch

Garden Gate PTA President

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USED BOOK SALEA group of Monte Vista students from Project Lit will sellused childrens books on Friday, March 26 from 2:30-3:30p.m. in the front of the school. Proceeds from the sale willgo to build a library at a girls school in Nepal. Thebooks will be in the $1-$3 range.

YEARBOOK REMINDERThe 2009-2010 Garden Gate SchoolYearbooks are now on sale! Capture manymemories for your child and order your full,colored-copy of the yearbook by Monday, April5th for $20.00. Additional copies will beavailable on a first come/first serve basis in Junefor $25.00, so be sure to order early and save! Yearbookswill arrive in June, in time for the annual yearbook signingevent. Students look forward to this event every year, soplease consider buying your children their own personal

copy of the yearbook.on file at Garden Gate. Please bemindful of our policy when volunteering in the classroom.

MAKE A WISHGarden Gate studentsare participating in aquarter-drive

fundraising program,Pocketful of Wishes, which benefits children with life-threatening illnesses. Money raised in the next month willbe given to the Greater Bay Area Make-A-WishFoundation, so they can provide magical wishes for localchildren. Students can drop their quarters and otherchange into a box located in each classroom. As a school,if we can raise $2,000 for this worthy cause, there will be aspecial school-wide prize involving Mrs. Wood! Classes willalso set individual goals and could earn additional prizes.Please donate your quarters (or more) if you can!

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATIONWe are continuing to collect Boxtops for our school. Simplycollect 25 Box Tops (10 value each) put them in asandwich bag with the students name and bring them toschool on Tuesday, March 30h . Your child can exchangethem for a prize from the Box Tops table outside the schooloffice at dismissal (1:30-1:45 pm). For more informationplease go to http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/Products.aspx) Together, let's earn cash forour school!

T.B. TEST FOR VOLUNTEERSThis is just a reminder that all adults that volunteer in theclassroom need to have a TB test on file in the schooloffice. T.B test results are good for 4 years. If you haveone on file at another school in our district, or in the districtoffice, we still need one on file at Garden Gate. Please bemindful of our policy when volunteering in the classroom.

DONT LOSE YOUR PLACE AT GARDEN GATEWe have noticed that many families are startingto make travel plans for the summer break. This

is just a reminder that CUSD policy states that allstudents must be in class on the last day ofschool. Students risk losing their placement at GardenGate School for the 2010/2011 school year if they are notpresent on the last day of school, June 10th. Studentsmust also be present on the first day of the 2010/2011school year, August 19th, 2010.

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DISTRICT NEWS SECTION

THEIR FUTURE IS NOW!FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNThe Cupertino Union School District is facing unprecedented funding cuts from the state. In ourcommunity, where excellence in education is a shared value, a unique partnership between the CupertinEducational Endowment Foundation (CEEF), the parent community, and the Cupertino Union SchoolDistrict has formed to step in where state funding leaves off. Their Future Is Now!is a community widcampaign to raise local donated funds to preserve our excellent school programs.

Their Future Is Now!has raised over $340,000 in our first week! Thanks to over 400 district familieswho have donated to keep our schools great and CEEF for donating $100,000 at the kick-off event.

Get More InformationAttend an upcoming Their Future Is Now!information session at your school. Checkwww.CEEFcares.org for a listing of information sessions available throughout the district.

Help Contact SponsorsEmail Sponsors.TheirFutureIsNow@gmail.com if you can help contact sponsors. This week, TheirFuture is Now!received a Proclamation from the City of Cupertino and an endorsement from theCupertino Chamber of Commerce. We are eager to engage the local small business community to jointhis critical effort.

Together, we will keep our schools great! Join the solution today at www.CEEFcares.org

2010 STAR TESTING DATESSTAR Multiple Choice Testing for grades 2-8 will begin the week of April 26, 2010 and continues for two weeks. The STAProgram is a state accountability measure that helps us assess how we are meeting the needs of our students. You can heprepare your child for the test by ensuring your child goes to bed on time, eats a good breakfast, and leaves for school withpositive attitude. Please do not schedule any family trips or doctor appointments during this time.

2009-2010 DISTRICT CALENDAR

April 12-16, 2010 Spring RecessMay 28, 2010 Staff Learning Day

May 31, 2010 Memorial DayJune 10, 2010 Last Day of School

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