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

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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

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A l i c i a H a n c o c k - S h e p a r d - S S C C h a i r p e r s o n

SCHOOL CALENDAR June 10, 2010

6/10 8:00-11:20 A.M. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL EARLY DISMISSAL FOR ALL STUDENTS.

ALL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ATTEND 8:00-11:20.

BRUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE MORNING RECESS 10:00-10:30.REPORT CARDS GO HOME.

Please note that there will not be any adult supervision after 11:30 a.m.!

2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR

8/18 4:00 p.m. CLASS LISTS ARE POSTED IN THE OFFICE WINDOWS8/19 8:00 a.m. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR

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 for pickup after 3:00 p.m.

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ear Parents:

hank you for another wonderful year. This has been a year of manytremes for Garden Gate. On one end, we were facing deep budget cutsd employee lay-offs. On the other end, Garden Gate was named a

alifornia Distinguished School. What a contrast!

ur community and district employees set the standard for what can happenhen you put your mind and heart to it. All of our employees agreed to fiverlough days in order to save positions. Our community, both parents and

usiness, banded together under TFIN and CEEF to raise over $2,000,000 to saveass size reduction in grades one through three.

hrough all of the upheaval and uncertainty, life went on at our school sites. Your children received thest we could give them in educational experiences and we asked for their best in learning in return. Wed lots of exciting learning experiences, lots of laughter and fun. Although some may argue with me,eres no better vantage point to enjoy life than working at an elementary school!

hank you, again, for everything you do for Garden Gate!

ave a wonderful summer and I hope we see you back at Garden Gate on August 19, 2010. If youre notturning, we hope that you will remember that you were part of our Gator community and, when you

member, you smile!

ongratulations to the Destination Imagination Team: Inventing Stars!ongratulations to the Inventing Stars! They placed 8 th among 65 teams participating in their category ine Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee! Teams from around the worldmpete in different categories at the Global Finals. What an accomplishment for our students! Our tors on the team were:

Pranav Muthuraman - Grade 4

Swetha Alachi - Grade 4Varun Soma - Grade 4Vishal Swaminathan - Grade 5

Amrita Nagasuri - Grade 5

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES

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

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UNITY

I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched twosculptors there.

The clay they used was a young childs mindand they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher;the tools she used were books and music and art.

One was a parent with a guiding handand gentle loving heart.

And when at last their work was done, they wereproud of what they had wrought.

For the things they had worked into the child could

never be sold or bought.And each agreed she would have failed

if she had worked alone.

For behind the parent stood the school,and behind the teachers stood the home.

Ray A. Lingenfelter, Elementary Principal

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LOST AND FOUNDBe sure to have your children check for lostitems in our Lost and Found area locatedbehind the administrative building.Remind your child that it often takes a fewdays for an item to find its way to the Lost andFound, so checking more than once is

commended. Lost non-clothing items, such as glasses,eys, and jewelry, can be found in the office. Pleasemember to label your childrens clothing and lunch boxes.his will help us return lost items. Any clothing itemsmaining after June 10th will be donated to a local charity.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,AUGUST 19 , 2010School starts promptly at 8:00 a.m. onThursday, August 19. A tentative listof classes will be posted on thewindows of the office on Wednesday,August 18 after 4:00 p.m. Please remember thatyour child must be in school the first day inorder to reserve his/her space at Garden Gate.

NURSES NOTES: MEDICATION IN THEHEALTH OFFICEJODI QUINTON, PHN

If you have stored your childs medications in the schoolhealth office, please make arrangements to take them homeon the last day of school. Any medication that remains after the close of school will be discarded. If your children areattending summer school and will need the medicationduring the shortened day, please take it to that school sitesmain office on the first day of classes.

If it will be necessary for your child to receive medicationduring the school day next year, please pick up a blueMedication Authorization form at the school office before thelast day of school. In order for either prescription or over-the-counter medications to be given at school, both the doctor and the parent must sign the form. When completed, bring

the Medication Administration form and the medication (inthe original container) to the secretaries in the school office.Have a happy and healthy summer.

OFFICE HELP NEEDED!The school office will need additional help inAugust to prepare for the opening of the2010-2011 school year. If you will be availableand willing to help, we would appreciate youfilling out and returning the portion below to theoffice. We will contact you in August. Thankyou in advance.

Name_______________ Phone #_______________

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DISTRICT NEWS SECTION

010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR FURLOUGH DAYSn response to the unprecedented reductions in education funding from the state all district employees have agreed to amporary work year reduction of five days for the 2010-2011 school year. This represents $2.5 million in salary savings,hich will help minimize the severity of employee layoffs and lessen the impact of budget cuts on the districts educationrograms. This furlough agreement only applies for next year. As a result, next years school calendar will be adjusted withhe following furlough days:

November 22 and 23, 2010 (the first 2 days of the week of Thanksgiving) The last 3 days of school:

o June 8, 9, and 10, 2011 (all schools except Murdock-Portal Elementary School)o June 15, 16, and 17, 2011 (for Murdock-Portal Elementary School)

fter much consideration, both of these blocks of time were selected to minimize the impact on classroom instruction.pecifically, the district traditionally experiences abnormally high absence rates during the two days of school held during

he week of Thanksgiving.

ROTECT ARTS & TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AT OUR SCHOOLoin CEEF in raising funds that will directly benefit all school arts and technology programs.

EEF Donation Drawing Grand Prize : 2 BR/2B beach villa at Seascape Resort on Monterey Bay for five days withMores Beach Bonfire Package. Tickets $20 each or 6 for $100. Our school will win 2 tickets to the 2011 CEEF Gala if weell the most drawing tickets! Register to win on the CEEF website at www.ceefcares.org

EEFs 24th Annual Golf TournamentMonday, June 21, 2010, 11:00 a. m. Shotgun Start Stanford Golf Cou rse

250 tournament fee includes: Tee prize, golf, cart, range balls, lunch, unlimited drinks on course, awards dinner, anduction. You dont need to be a scratch golfer to enjoy CEEFs Benefit Golf Tournament. Sign up your regular foursome or elp form a team to represent our school in the District Championship. Enjoy a relaxing day on the course while helping toaise critically needed funds for arts and technology resources at our school! For more information, please call Eleanor

Watanabe at 408 446-2333, email her at [email protected] , or visit the CEEF website at www.ceefcares.org .

DISTRICT CALENDAR 2010-2011 (NEXT S CHOOL YEAR) ote: Due to the addition of the furlough days (November 22,23 and June 8,9,10), Thanksgiving recess has been

xtended and the last day of school will now be June 7.August 16, 17 and 18, 2010 Teacher Work DaysAugust 19, 2010 Students ReturnSeptember 6, 2010 Labor DaySeptember 17, 2010 Staff Learning DayOctober 25, 2010 Staff Learning DayNovember 11, 2010 Veterans DayNovember 12, 2010 CEA Non-Duty DayNovember 22-23, 2010 Furlough DaysNovember 24,25,26, 2010 Thanksgiving RecessDecember 20-31,2010 Winter RecessJanuary 17, 2011 Martin Luther King DayFebruary 21-25, 2011 Mid-Year RecessMarch 14, 2011 Staff Learning DayApril 18-22, 2011 Spring RecessMay 27, 2011 Staff Learning DayMay 30, 2011 Memorial DayJune 7, 2011 Last Day of School
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