Volume 7, Issue 34 May 11, 2016

The Mission of Daves Avenue Elementary School, as the premier school site of leaders, learners and teachers, is to create a community of life-long learners and productive contributors to an ever changing society.

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President’s MessageDear Daves Ave Families,

It is hard to believe this year is coming to an end. It has been an honor to be part of and to work with the AMAZING Daves Home & School Club Board and Parent Community. I am truly blessed to be part of this Village!

A BIG SHOUT OUT to all of our chairs, co-chairs, committee members, room parents, parent volunteers, and all that have made such a huge difference in our children’s lives. It is because of each and everyone one of you that Daves is an incredible school! And THANK YOU to Rhonda Farber and Patricia Larkin for your support and dedication to us during these past four months.

You don’t want to miss the Daves Ave Carnival & Talent Show on Friday, May 20th starting at 4:00pm. This is FUN for the entire family. Please click HERE to purchase your wristbands, that cover the cost of admission to all of the fun activities – inflatables, photo booth, arts & crafts, cake walk, talent show and more. THANK YOU to Lee Ann Wade and her committee for organizing the carnival and Roxanne Panicacci for orchestrating the Talent Show.

Also, please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 25th at 8:15am. The entire school will sing and perform on the blacktop. It is incredible to see 600 kids and teachers grooving together!

And finally, our last Home & School Club meeting will be on Thursday, May 26th. Come and celebrate a great year! In appreciation for all you do, the Home & School Club Board will host a yogurt bar. All are welcome to come.

The Home & School Club Board would like to extend a warm welcome to our new principal, Iqbal Chadda. We are excited to partner with you on all the many events and activities at Daves.

It has been a great year and thank you for letting me be part of this truly awesome community!

Have a wonderful summer!

Nicole Reginelli Home & School Club President

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May

11 Talent Show Applications Due!! 12 Open House, 6:30 - 7:30pm, Classrooms MINIMUM DAY 17 Safe Routes to School Meeting, 6pm, MU 18 Staff Appreciation Party 19 5th Grade Music Concert, 1:45pm, MU 20 Daves Avenue Carnival, 4pm, Blacktop

23 LGEF Board Meeting, 7pm, DO

24 Fisher Picnic & Pops, 4:30pm, Fisher Quad

25 School Wide Dance, 8:15am, Blacktop

26 FINAL H&SC Meeting, 8:30am, MU

27 5th Grade Party 30 Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL June 2 Last day of School (minimum day)

6 District Board Meeting, 6:30pm, DO

9 Office Closes for Summer, 3:30pm

August

17 Class Lists Displayed in Library Window

18 First Day of School 18 Back to School Coffee, 8:15am

19 Ice Cream Social, 2:45pm Blacktop

19 New Parent Orientation, 3:30pm

25 Back To School Night, 6pm

MU = Daves Multi-Use RoomDO = LGUSD District Office

Save The Date! 5th Grade Year End Party

Friday, May 27th

It’s time to celebrate! All 5th graders will spend a fabulous day (9am to 2pm) at Saratoga Springs ~ Swimming, Photo Booth, Water Balloons, Giant Inflatable Slide and Obstacle Course, BBQ Lunch, and More! Students will be driven to/from school by parent volunteers.

Parents of 5th graders: we need snacks and parent volunteers to make this a very special day for all our graduating 5th grade students. If you can help, please sign up on VolunteerSpot.

(This event is exclusively for 5th graders; no siblings please)

Watch for a separate email from your 5th grade teacher regarding parent volunteer drivers.

Barb Vais, Vivian Gabel & Nicole Reginelli: 5th Grade Party Co-Chairs

SCHOOL NEWS

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Daves Avenue Year-End Staff Luncheon

The End of Year Staff Luncheon is quickly approaching and we're hoping for your help to celebrate our great Daves staff. The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 18, at 12:30pm. We’re seeking volunteers to contribute items including a salad, homemade dessert, beverages, ice, or simple flower arrangements. If you can support the effort in some way, we'd greatly appreciate it. Please contact me and specify what you're able to contribute. Thank you!

Anne Cristofano, Co-Hospitality Committee Chair

Daves Avenue H&SC Survey - ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO

PARTICIPATE We want to hear from you!

Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief Home & School Club survey to help us better represent our community and support our children and our school. The survey will close THIS Friday, May 13th. Thank you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3VKPQ6F

Open House is THIS Thursday!

Please come with your child(ren) and see what they and their classmates have been up to all year! • Kinder presentations will be from 6-6:30pm in the Kinder

area • All 1st - 5th grade classrooms will be open from

6:30-7:30pm!

Please also remember this is a MINIMUM DAY to allow our amazing Daves Avenue teachers to prepare their classrooms for you!

Ladies, Laser Tag & Lemon Drops

Thank you to all of the fabulous Daves Avenue moms who came out to support the school at our Ladies, Laser Tag &

Lemon Drops party this past weekend. We greatly appreciate the support and hope you all had a wonderful time as well. And a special thanks to our hosts: Barbara Black, Carolyn Harnish, Liz Olson, Nicole Reginelli,

Danielle Rooney & Pamela Wilde.

H&SC NEWS

FRIDAY, MAY 20TH

The Daves Avenue Carnival & Talent Show is Friday, May 20th from 4 to 7:30pm. This is our annual school wide end of the year event where families enjoy our Daves Ave Student Talent Show, DJ, cake walk, carnival games and prizes, photo-booths, face painting, inflatables and more. $10 wristbands for kids cover the price of admission to all of these fun activities. Food is available for purchase during the carnival. Enjoy fresh-from-the-oven pizzas, delicious sliders and shaved ice from Kona Ice.

TICKET SALES: Avoid the lines and pre-purchase wristbands for the kids in advance. Click here to order.

TALENT SHOW REGISTRATION FORMS: DUE 5/11 Registration Forms are available by clicking here or in the front office. The due date is Wednesday May 11th. Please contact Roxanne Panicacci with any Talent Show questions.

CARNIVAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are looking for several volunteers to assist with various Carnival duties on Friday, May 20th between 2-7:30pm. Carnival hours run 4-7:30pm and shifts are also available for pre-event set up and post-event clean-up. If you can help out by taking a shift or two, please sign up here. If you have Fisher or Los Gatos High students who would like to volunteer at the event and earn community service hours, please email Leah Williams.

BAKERS NEEDED FOR THE CAKE WALK The cake walk is one of our biggest hits, and to make it successful we need YOUR baked goods! If you are able to whip up (or pick up) some delicious goodies, please sign up here. Contact Cathy McDonald with any questions.

Carnival questions? Contact Lee Ann Wade, Carnival Chair

CALLING ALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS!!

Are you looking for a way to receive YEAR ROUND robust advertising, WHILE enriching programs and materials at Daves Ave Elementary? Well, look no further as we have you covered with our ANNUAL COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM! With this program at Daves, you donate ONCE, and receive advertising though out the school year at Home & School Club events. Not only that, but your contribution is fully tax deductible and will enhance educational opportunities at Daves. With four different levels to choose from - there is a little something for everyone!

We are currently looking for participants in our 2016-17 Annual Community Sponsorship Program (ACSP). For more information, please contact Nicole Reginelli or Bryce Wend, ACSP Chairs.

2016-2017 Open Chair Positions! We are still looking for a few people to step up and help chair or co-chair events/groups next year. If you are interested in getting more involved or would like more information about any of the following positions, please contact, Carolyn Harnish.

The Wednesday Wave Co-Editor Our school's main source of communication is the Wednesday Wave. The Wave editor collects, edits and lays out the content which is produced in Pages (Mac environment). The editor should have some experience with graphics, layout and basic editing. Each edition takes 3-5 hours to produce, spread over a few days. The newsletter is produced weekly but responsibilities are shared between two co-editors. It's a fun job and great way to be connected to all the happenings at Daves! Cool Cat Auction Our annual spring fundraiser for adults only. Starting in late fall with a kick-off meeting, it will really ramp up right after the Holiday Break. With a solid team of volunteers (many already in place), you can make this fundraiser a huge success! This involves all aspects of a big event – marketing, auction solicitation and management, volunteer recruitment, venue procurement, food selection, decorating… Lots of time involved on this one – but a very fun event to plan! Bingo Night Bingo Night will happen once a year. Based upon other scheduled annual events, we recommend early-mid February or early Spring as an ideal time. Responsibilities include: MCing the event, logistics/facilities planning, marketing (flyers, H&SC site, Wednesday Wave, Volunteer Spot, signage), determining food offerings/pricing, recruiting volunteers and collecting prize donations. This is a fun event to plan, so grab a friend or two and co-chair the event together.

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DISTRICT NEWS

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LGEF:  Serving  Blossom  Hill,  Daves  Avenue,  Lexington,  Van  Meter,  and  RJ  Fisher  schools  since  1982.

May 11, 2016

SCIENCE  MUSIC  

ART  SOCIAL-­‐EMOTIONAL  LEARNING

Visit  lgef.org  or  find  us  on  Facebook  and  Twitter.  For  general  questions,  e-­‐mail  us  at  admin@lgef.org.

Sereno Group Selects LGEF for "1% For Good" Did  you  know  that  Sereno  Group  Real  Estate  and  its  Los  Gatos  agents  have  selected  LGEF  as  the  recipient  of  the  agency's    "1%  for  Good"  program?  During  the  months  of  May  through  August  2016,  Sereno  Group's  local  agents  will  contribute  1%  of  their  gross  commissions  to  LGEF!  

These  funds  will  support  LGEF  K-­‐8  programs  and  resources  for  science,  music,  art  and  social-­‐emoNonal  learning-­‐-­‐all  criNcal  to  ensuring  a  well-­‐rounded,  compeNNve  educaNon  for  the  students  of  Los  Gatos.  

Look  for  Sereno  Group’s  ad  in  Los  Gatos  Weekly  newspaper  and  online  during  the  promoNonal  period.  And  thanks  to  district  mom  and  photographer  JaneCe  Canare,  who  took  the  ad  photo,  and  to  the  district  students  who  gave  their  Nme  to  appear  in  it.  

Thanks,  Sereno  Group!

It's the Home Straight! Make It a Victory for the Students of Los Gatos Give $100 @ lgef.org Today! As  our  final  push  to  ensure  LGEF-­‐funded  art,  music,  counseling  and  science  programs  are  fully  funded  for  your  children  in  the  new  school  year,  we’re  asking  all  parents  and  guardians  to  help  LGEF  “Sprint  to  the  Finish”  with  an  affordable  donaNon  of  $100  TODAY.  Make  your  giV  at  LGEF.org  and  tell  ‘em  Ben  sent  you.

#SVGives Raises Over $8K for Our Students Our  thanks  goes  to  the  generous  donors  who  made  over  $4,000  in  donaNons  to  LGEF  during  the  May  3  Silicon  Valley  Gives  (#SVGives)  charity  event.  Their  giVs  meant  that  the  full  $4,000  donaNon-­‐match  grant  from  the  district's  McEnroe  family  was  also  awarded  to  LGEF.  The  McEnroes  also  spearheaded  this  drive.  Thanks,  #SVGives  donors  and  McEnroe  family!  

DISTRICT NEWS

Fisher Picnic & Pops The Fisher Music Department welcomes 5th grade families and the entire

Fisher Middle School community

Enjoy performances by all Fisher music groups as well as the Elementary Honor

Orchestra, Band and Choir

Tuesday, May 24th from 4:30– 8:15 PM

Fisher Middle School Quad

Pizza My Heart

Picnic Dinner Menu

$10 choose one

1 slice, sm salad, 1 drink

or

2 slices & 1 drink

or

All you can eat salad, 1 drink

Baskin-Robbins

$3 Bakery sweets

$1 drinks

CASH OR CREDIT

Questions? Donations? Support? Contact: Margaret Kvamme

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Proceeds benefit Fisher

Music Programs!

Performance Schedule

4:30-5:00- Elementary Honors- MPR

-Orchestra

-Choir

-Band

5:00-5:15- Open Band (outdoor stage)

5:15-5:30- Open Strings (MPR stage)

5:30-5:45- Jazz Band B (tech central stage)

5:45-5:52- Fisher Drum Line (outdoor stage)

5:52-6:00- Principal Fraser’s Welcome

6:00-6:15- Concert Band/Int Orchestra outdoor

6:15-6:30- Open Choir (MPR Stage)

6:30-6:45- Chamber Strings (MPR stage)

6:45-7:00- Women’s Choir (MPR stage)

7:00-7:15- Mixed Choir (MPR stage)

7:15-7:30- Symphonic Band (outdoor stage)

7:30-7:45- Advanced Orchestra (MPR stage)

7:45-8:00- Jazz Band A (tech central stage)

8:00-8:15- Sing A Cappella Choir (MPR)

Questions or concerns?

Daves Avenue Elementary School 17770 Daves Avenue Monte Sereno, CA 95030 Rhonda Farber, Interim Principal rfarber@lgusd.k12.ca.us

Phone: 408-335-2200 Fax: 408-395-6314 Attendance Line: 408-335-2245 Website: www.daves.lgusd.k12.ca.us

Daves Avenue Home & School Club (H&SC) Nicole Reginelli, President president@davesavehsc.org Website: www.davesavehsc.org

Are you a H&SC Committee Chair, Daves Teacher or Administrator, or Community representative? Do you have school-related news or events you want the Daves community to know about? Submit your item by Friday at noon to the Wednesday Wave editors at wednesdaywave@gmail.com. Items should be in text (email, Word, Pages, etc.) format, not in PDF or other image file type.

The Wednesday Wave is approved by the H&SC Board and Principal for posting to the Daves Avenue and H&SC web sites on Wednesday, with an email link sent to parents the same day.

The Wednesday Wave Newsletter is written exclusively to provide the Daves Avenue community with school information. Articles, information, calendars, etc. may not be duplicated or re-printed in any manner without

the permission of the Home and School Club or the Daves Avenue school administration.

DISTRICT NEWS

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Safe Routes To School Announcement

Recently, Daves Avenue Elementary School has had a number of complaints about the children riding their bikes dangerously around the school.

Some of the recent complaints that have been received are: bike riders weaving in and out of traffic, riding in the middle of the road, riding on the wrong side of the road, jumping on and off the curbs/sidewalks, riding on school grounds, and riding across pedestrian crosswalks.

Children should be riding their bikes and scooters on the side of the road with traffic, not against traffic. Please remind children to walk their bikes when using pedestrian crosswalks, such as: the pedestrian crosswalk from the Baptist Church to the school, across Poppy Avenue, and across Daves Ave at the traffic signal.

Thank you for taking the time to discuss these very important Safety Rules with your children.

Donna Leu SR2S Daves Ave

Share Your Ideas On Traffic Around School

The Town, the Los Gatos Union Elementary School District, the Los Gatos –Saratoga Joint Union High School District, and Hillbrook School have partnered to improve traffic around local schools. The project is looking at ways of creating Safe Routes to School, to help alleviate vehicle traffic congestion, and to manage parking. Join the team for an opportunity to provide your input.

A drop in open house style meeting will be held as follows:

May 17 - from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Daves Ave Multi Purpose Room

At the meeting you will see Walk and Roll Maps, recommended infrastructure improvements, and other ideas to help improve traffic and safety.

Don’t miss this chance to provide input!