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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 : P h i l Q u o n 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

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SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

9/8 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - PARENTS ONLY6:45 p.m. GR. 3-5 PARENTS IN CLASSROOMS7:30-7:45 p.m. ALL PARENTS IN THE GLC7:45-8:30 p.m. GRADES KINDERGARTEN - GR. 2 PARENTS IN CLASSROOMS

9/15 WHOLE FOODS GROCERY DAY - CUPERTINO9/15 8:15-10:00 a.m. SPECTRA ART ORIENTATION FOR PARENTS - SPECTRA ART ROOM9/15 7:30-8:30 p.m. SCIENCE CAMP GR. 5 PARENT INFORMATION MTG. - GLC9/21 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING9/22 6:30 p.m. SAFETY NIGHT

9/23 STAFF LEARNING DAY - NO SCHOOL9/30 SPIRITWEAR ORDERING DEADLINE10/3 & 10/10 6:00-7:30 p.m. HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW -

GR. 5 PARENTS @ COLLINS SCHOOL10/6-10/14 PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES10/6 7:15 p.m. PTA MEETING - GLC10/7 DIRECT DONATION CONTEST DEADLINE10/7 12:00 p.m. REFLECTION ART CONTEST DEADLINE10/11 C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING - DISTRICT OFFICE10/17-10/21 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR - GLC10/19 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING10/20 5:30-7:30 p.m. BOOK FAIR10/20 6:00-8:00 p.m. FALL SOCIAL10/24-10/28 RED RIBBON WEEK

10/25 6:00 p.m. C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING10/26 INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PICTURES10/28 8:15 a.m. HALLOWEEN PARADE10/28 3:00-5:00 .m. FALL CELEBRATION - GARDEN GATE FIELD

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.

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Dear Parents,

t's difficult to believe we've been in school for three weeks and our Back to School Night is alreadyhere! The classrooms look amazing. The decorations are colorful and welcoming, and each day I seemore and more student work up on the walls. The students are eager to have you visit their classroomsand the teachers are excited to share with you their plans for your children. Please join us for thisparent-only event:

6:45-7:30 Grades 3-5 in classrooms7:30-7:45 Principal's Welcome in GLC (for all parents and staff)7:45-8:30 Grades K-2 in classrooms

’m looking forward to seeing you tonight!

Dismissal TimeAll children must be picked up immediately after dismissal time and are to go directly home unless theyare in an after school program. Primary students (grades K-3) may not remain at school unsupervised

while waiting for an older sibling. Parents with students waiting for older siblings must wait in thecourtyard area between the cafe window and Rooms 1 and 2, or at the picnic tables under the shadestructure. Students may not play on the playground equipment after school. This policy can be found inour Parent Handbook, on page 11. Thank you for your cooperation.

Bonding with Your Child's Teacher Your child's teacher will be a very important person in his life this year. So it's a good idea for the two of you to build a strong bond. That way, you can work together, share information and head off troublebefore it ever starts. Make sure you:

1. Attend Back-To-School Night. While this isn't the time or place for a long one-on-one talk, it willhelp each of you put a name with a face.2. Share information. There may be things you want the teacher to know. Changes at home (even the

birth of a baby) can affect children. So write a note, send an email or ask if the teacher can callyou to talk. The more she/he understands about your child, the more she/he will be able to help.

3. Let your child know you respect his teacher. Your attitude will affect your child's behavior in class.

Reprinted with permission from the September 2011 issue of Parents make the difference! ®(Elementary School Edition) newsletter. Copyright © 2011 The Parent Institute®, a division of NIS, Inc.Source: L. Calkins, Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide, Addison-Wesley, a Pearson Educationmprint.

PropellersDo you wish to have a stronger connection with your child? Do you wonder what matters to them, andhow you can assist them to grow up to be healthy, caring and responsible citizens? I encourage you totry a "propeller" ; a question intended to spark conversations with your children. Try it around thedinner table tonight! This week's propeller: What is a quality that makes you a good friend?

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES

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

Hello Gator Families,

The Reflections Contest is Kicking Off!Last year we had an amazing 13 winners from Garden Gate at the district level! This year thecontest theme is ‘Diversity means……” To get more information about this contest you canvisit the PTA website or if you have any questions, please contact MahalakshmiRameshbabu at [email protected]. The deadline to submit entries is Friday,

October 7th. Entries can be turned in beginning October 3rd in the school office.

The PTA’s mission is to enrich the students’ academic and non-academic environment. ThePTA sponsors (partially or fully) many school programs and grants such as; Music Instructionfor grades K-3, Library Media Clerk, School Technology Media Clerk, an Instructional Aide for Kindergarten and upper grades, the Spectra Ar t Program, Teacher Grants, Math Night,Science Night, Art Night, Literacy Night, Safety Night, Discovery Day, Book Fairs, FallCelebration, Project Cornerstone and much more. We cannot do any of the above mentionedactivities without YOUR HELP. How can we continue doing all this?

We NEED:

Donations – “The Direct Donation Drive” which is presently in progress, is our main effort toraise the money that enables us to keep these programs going. Please return the orangeenvelope with your donation today!

Volunteers – The PTA members are mainly parent volunteers who step up to help the schooland our children. We ALWAYS need volunteers! If you can help in any way, please email meat [email protected]. Each volunteer helps to make a difference! I look forward toand appreciate your help and participation. Please contact me with your questions, concernsor suggestions.

Thank you.Azmeh Malik.Garden Gate PTA President.






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LUNCH FROM HOMEIf your child forgot their lunch from

home in the morning and you arebringing it to school, please placeyour child’s name and room number directly on the lunch bag and place itin the lunch bin located in front of the

office before 11:00 am. Student office helpers will deliver the lunch to your child’s classroom. Please note: Parentsare not permitted to sit at the lunch tables with their child.

PRE-PAY FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES ONLINE

For your convenience, you are encouraged to pay foryour children’s school lunches online. If you do nothave an account set up, go to http://www.paypams.com or call 1-888-994-5100. You will need to provide yourchild’s PIN and billing information. Payments may bemade by credit/debit cards or by electronic check withdrawal from your bank account. You can makepayments, view your child’s payment history and change

payment preferences 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thisweb or phone site can also be used by parents to check account balances. If parents choose not to pay on-line orby phone, the inquiry service is still free to use. Parentscan simply use their child’s PIN to set up an account withno payment required. The lunch price is $2.75 forstudents. The milk and juice price is 75 cents. Lunchmenus are posted on the district web-site.www.cupertino.ca.campusgrid.net/home

SPIRIT WEAR ORDERS!Friday, September 30 is your last opportunity to placeyour order for your 2011-2012 Garden Gate t-shirt and/or sweatshirt. These are available in both adult and childrensizes (sample of sizes are in the school office).This is the

only window of opportunity to place an order this schoolyear. Additional forms are available in the school office.

HEALTH/ENROLLMENT AND DISASTER CARDSPlease remember to send in your Health/Enrollment cardand Disaster card to your child’s teacher if you haven’talready done so. Thank You!

VISITING CAMPUSAll visitors, whether entering classrooms as volunteers or meeting with teachers, Must Sign In at the office andobtain a visitor’s name tag when school is in session. For the safety of all, we need to know who is on the campus.The only exceptions are at student arrival and dismissal

times. 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.

DOCTOR AND DENTIST APPOINTMENTSThe state of California allows medical/dentalappointments as excused absences. Garden Gate’spolicy for these must be accompanied by a medical note.Please make appointments for after school or Saturdays.When this is not possible, children must be signed out bya parent (or someone authorized on the enrollment card)in the school office. After signing a child out, the teacher will be notified and your student will come to the office.Students are not allowed to come to the office to sit and

wait to be picked up as they often lose valuable classtime. Again, this is for the safety of your children.

SCRIP AND eScripScrip Gift Cards and eScrip are two fundraising programs thatparents (also family and friends) can participate in to raisemoney for the PTA at “NO COST” to the participant. Scrip giftcards can be purchased on Tuesday afternoons between 1:15 -1:45 p.m. and also on Friday mornings between 7:45-8:15 a.m.Scrip is spent just like cash on everyday expenses. eScripalso provides an easy way to earn money for the PTA.Participating merchants donate a percentage of purchases tothe school. Parents (also family and friends) should visitwww.escrip.com to register their credit/debit cards, SafewayCard, and PW Supermarket Card. Be sure to specify Garden

Gate Elementary School (eScrip number is 139188329.) For those who don’t have internet access, please fill out and turn inan eScrip registration form (available during scrip sales times or in the school office). Already Registered eScrip Participants: Please visit www.escrip.com and click on “YES RENEW” or turnin an eScrip registration form to renew your Safeway Club card.Questions? E-mail us at ggscrip.com or see us during scripsales times.Carolyn Young, Scrip

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DISTRICT NEWS SECTION

SILICON VALLEY FALL FESTIVALSaturday September 10, 201 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Memorial Park in Cupertino Free Admission

This year’s Silicon Valley Fall Festival focuses on a celebration of the earth and the moon. The evenorganized by the Rotary Club of Cupertino. Free Parking is available at De Anza College. Additionformation is available at www.cupertino.org. Highlights this year include:

• Health & Safety Displays• Going Green Exhibits• Multi-Country Cultural Fair • International Food Court

WHOLE FOODS GROCERY DAYSTurn your grocery purchases into dollars for Great Schools! Shop at Whole Foods Cupertino - 20955 Stevens Creek Blvd.Thursday, September 15, 2011 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Stock your pantry and freezer or grab lunch or dinner to go!5% of net sales all day will benefit all CUSD students. Look for upcoming Great Schools Grocery Days at www.ceefcares.org!Organized by the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF) A Community Partner for Excellence in LocalEducation.

AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMThe City of Cupertino and the Cupertino Union School District have collaborated the last 16 years on providenriching after school classes for students throughout the Cupertino Union School District. The After SchEnrichment program offers a variety of educational and recreational classes for your children no further than classroom next door!

The Fall 2011 brochure will be delivered to the schools the week of September 26, 2011. Registration will also beMonday, September 26, 2011. In addition, there will be a brochure available online at www.cupertino.org and in Quinlan Community Center front office located at 10185 North Stelling Road, Cupertino 95014. Classes for the session will begin the week of October 17, 2011. For more information please call (408) 777-3120 or log onwww.cupertino.org.

CELDT TESTING INFORMATIONThe Cupertino Union School District will administer the CELDT (California English Language Development Test) through Octo28, 2011. Based on your child’s CELDT scores from last year, if their proficiency is limited, withdrawn or transitional, your cwill 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 school. The initial CELDT will be given to kindergarten students whose primary language on the Home Language Survey anguage other than English. The test consists of four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Students in grades are tested in all four areas. You will receive the official results after January 2012. If you have any questions, please conyour school office.

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