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SCHOOL CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
10/1-10/5 10/1 10/1 10/2 10/4-10/12 10/4 10/5 10/9 10/12 10/15-10/19 10/17 10/18 10/22 & 10/23 10/22-10/25 10/23 10/26 10/29 10/31 CEEF - GREAT SCHOOLS WEEK INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PICTURES - GLC SPIRIT WEAR ORDERING DEADLINE PROJECT CORNERSTONE PARENT MEETING - STAFF RM. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES PTA MEETING - GLC REFLECTIONS ENTRY DEADLINE CUSD BOARD MEETING DIRECT DONATIONS DEADLINE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR - GLC SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING BOOK FAIR & ICE CREAM SOCIAL HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW (FOR GRADE 5 PARENTS) COLLINS SCHOOL - GLC RED RIBBON WEEK C.U.S.D. BOARD MEETING FALL CELEBRATION - GARDEN GATE FIELD STAFF LEARNING DAY - NO SCHOOL HALLOWEEN PARADE

8:00-9:00 7:15 p.m. 12:00 noon 6:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 6:00-7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00-5:00 p.m. 8:15 a.m.

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 and view 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.org ATTENDANCE: 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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Parent Conferences

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Please mark your calendars for the upcoming goal setting conferences, which will take place October 4-12. All Kindergartners attend 8:00-11:25 a.m. Grades 1-5 will be dismissed at 12:40 p.m. Please arrange to have your child picked up promptly. Trimester conferences are an opportunity to: Share information about student strengths, interests, and needs. Establish a caring and collaborative relationship. Develop mutual goals for student learning and behavior.

Teachers, parents, and students (when appropriate) set goals directly related to district standards for student learning as well as specific social, emotional, and behavioral goals appropriate to the student and the grade level. They also identify strategies to support student attainment of grade level standards. In addition, the goal setting conference held early in the year allows teachers and parents to identify students at risk of retention and design interventions to help them meet grade level standards.

A Successful Safety Night!

A very special thanks to our PTA for providing our students and families with a wonderful Safety Night last Thursday. Students enjoyed hearing from Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters, and Emergency Medical Technicians as they learned about the services these men and women provide to our community. Students were thrilled to see the K-9 Unit, squad cars, fire trucks and the ambulance. Parents enjoyed a presentation by the Cupertino Sheriff's Department, as well as the City of Cupertino, in our GLC. Thank you to PTA Parent, Carolyn Young the organizer of this event, to our PTA President, Azmeh Malik, and to the parents who generously volunteered their time to make this event a success! Make Sure You are Giving Your Child Praise in the Right Ways One of the best parts of parenting is admiring your childs accomplishments. But is it possible to give too much praise? Experts say yes. Too much praise can cause the same problem as too little praise: Your child may feel unmotivated and incapable! When asked to try something new, for example, an over-praised child may think, Dad makes a big deal about everything I do. What if I fail? Id rather not try. The solution: Instead of focusing on how many compliments you give, make every compliment count. You can make sure your praise is meaningful by: Meaning what you say. When your child hears nonstop praise, he is probably going to tune it out. Save your compliments for meaningful times when theyre likely to sink in. Including details. You studied every day for your math test and earned an A! is better than, Great job! Highlight behaviors you want your child to repeat. Being honest. Rather than saying, Youre the best piano player ever! try, You kept working until you got that song right! You want your child to be able to trust what you say. Encouraging novelty. Support your childs efforts to try new things, such as ice skating or knitting. Emphasize that making mistakes is a part of learning. Emphasizing effort. Put special focus on things your child works hard to do, even if they arent a big deal to others. Perseverance is something to acknowledge and reward! Source: H. Hatfield, The Right Way to Praise Your Kids, WebMD, www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/the-right- way-to-praiseyour-kids.

Propellers

Do you wonder how to connect better with your children? Do you wonder what matters to them, and how you can assist them to grow up to be healthy, caring and responsible citizens? I encourage you to try a "propeller" - a question intended to spark conversations with your children. Try it around the dinner table tonight! This week's Propeller: What do you think adults misunderstand about young people? How could you help them to understand better?

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES

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HelloGardenGateFamilies, SAFETYNIGHT LastThursdaywasourAnnualSafetyNight.Wehadthreedifferenttypesof:iretrucks,the SheriffsPatrolCar,theSheriffsSUV,theK9UnitandaParamedictruckforthechildrentoseeand explore!Theeventwasveryinformativeandenjoyableforthechildren.TheTraf:icDeputytalkedto parentsaboutsafetyandtraf:icrulesatandaroundGardenGate.Parentshadanopportunitytomeet representativesfromtheSheriffsDepartmentandtheCityofCupertinoandaskquestionsabout safetyandemergencypreparednessandalotmore!IwouldespeciallyliketothankCarolynYoung fororganizingtheeventandouramazingvolunteers:AngeliaKan,RekhaPuthalath,JamieWu,Olga Katalides,ShawnCartwright,KarenKilcy,SophiaChanandtoeveryonewhoseinvaluablehelpmade theeveningaroaringsuccess!
SPIRITWEAR The last day to order Spiritwear for your child (or even yourself) is Monday, October 1st. This year, the color choices for T-shirts are cardinal red and black and the hooded sweatshirts are navy and black. These are the perfect clothing items for your childs wardrobe and makes a great clothing choice to wear on School Spirit Days, at school events and especially on FIELD TRIPS. Your child will enjoy wearing Spiritwear! Show your Garden Gate school spirit and place your orders before time runs out! Samples of the sizes that are available are in the school office along with additional order forms.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FALL BOOK FAIR Garden Gate's Fall Book Fair begins on Monday, October 15th. The Fair will be open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday (Family night and Fall Social) and 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19th. We will need volunteers to help set up, run the Book Fair and finally pack away the books once the Fair is over. We have sent home a volunteer sign-up form in your childs green folder today. If you can help in any way, please fill out the required information and return it to the school office asap.

REFLECTIONSENTRIES IfyourchildisparticipatingintheRe:lectionscontest,youcanturnintheirentries beginningMondaymorning,October1st.Therewillbespeciallymarkedboxesin frontoftheschoolof:iceforyoutodropofftheentries.Thesebinswillbetaken insideattheendofeachday.TheabsolutedeadlineforALLentriesisFriday, October5that12p.m.Youcan:indtheentryformbygoingtothisaddress: http://www.edline.net/-iles/_gZKpV_/91009329ed2904f63745a49013852ec4/PTA Re-lection.pdftherulesandguidelinescanbefoundhere:http://www.edline.net/ ExtLink.page Haveawonderfulweek! AzmehMalik GardenGatePTAPresident

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EPI-PENS AND MEDICATION If your child has a prescription for an Epi-Pen or is presently taking medication that needs to be given during the school day, please remember to bring the completed medical orders from the doctor along with the medication and/or Epi-pen to the school office as soon as possible. VOLUNTEER TB POLICY
We are always grateful to those of you who want to volunteer and share your time and talents with our students. It is important for all of us to continue to keep our school a safe and healthy place. In order to accomplish this, classroom volunteers, and others who regularly interact with students, must supply the school office with a record of a negative PPD Skin Test (dated within the last four years), or a negative X-Ray result.

SPIRIT WEAR ORDERS!

Monday, October 1 is the last opportunity to place your order for a 2012-2013 Garden Gate t-shirt and/or sweatshirt. These are available in both adult and children sizes (sample of sizes are in the school office). This is the only window of opportunity to place an order this school year. Additional forms are available in the school office.

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DISTRICT HEALTH GUIDELINES

It is important that our children follow good health practices at all times and be kept at home when they are ill. A child should not be in school when he or she is ill and is experiencing one or more of the following symptoms: Nausea or vomiting (must remain at home until free of symptoms for 24 hours). Diarrhea (must remain at home until free of symptoms 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 (must remain at home until he/she has a normal 98.6 degree temperature for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducer such as Tylenol). Conjunctivitis-pink eye. Undiagnosed rash (rashes need to be verified by your doctor that they are non-contagious; a note is needed). If a student is sent home from school for feeling ill, the child may not return that day. A doctors note for absences over five (7) days is required. Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep all children and staff healthy.

All visitors on campus, whether entering classrooms as volunteers or meeting with teachers, Must Sign In at the office and obtain a visitors 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 any reason, ALWAYS sign your child out from school through the office and then back in when he/she returns.

PRE-PAY FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES ONLINE

For your convenience, you are encouraged to pay for your childrens school lunches online. If you do not have an account set up, go to http://www.paypams.com. You will need to provide your childs PIN and billing information. Payments may be made by credit/debit cards or by electronic check withdrawal from your bank account. You can make payments, view your childs payment history and change payment preferences 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This web site can also be used by parents to check account balances. If parents choose not to pay on-line, the inquiry service is still free to use. Parents can simply use their childs PIN to set up an account with no payment required. The lunch price is $2.75 for students. The milk and juice price is 75 cents. Lunch menus are posted on the district web-site. www.cupertino.ca.campusgrid.net/home

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BE A HERO! PROTECT OUR GREAT SCHOOLS!

Get ready to dine, shop and play during Great Schools Week, October 1-5. Grab your family, friends and colleagues and show your support for educational excellence. Great Schools Week is an annual community-wide event to support high quality education in the Cupertino Union School District. Local business partners pledge to donate a percentage of sales from the event, and 18,000 district students, their families, as well as thousands of local residents are encouraged to DINE, SHOP, and PLAY throughout the week. More than 150 local businesses have participated in the event since 2010. All funds raised during Great Schools Week are applied towards exceptional classroom programs. Additional information is available at: http://CEEFCares.org/gsw Great Schools Week is sponsored by the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF), a community partner for excellence in local education.

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS PREVIEW

Children need to acquire accurate information about the growth and development of boys and girls so that they can make responsible decisions. In keeping with this concept, the Cupertino Union School District promotes informed, responsible action through instruction, which supports the home in this important area of human behavior. Parents will be provided an opportunity to preview a sampling of the Grade 5 Human Growth and Development videos that will be shown to your children. The previews are scheduled for two nights Monday, October 22 and Tuesday, October 23, 6:00 7:30 p.m. at Collins Elementary School Guided Learning Center, 10300 N. Blaney Avenue, Cupertino. Children are not recommended to attend no childcare provisions are available.

DISTRICT CALENDAR 2012-2013 (ALL SCHOOLS EXCEPT MURDOCK-PORTAL)

October 29, 2012 November 12, 2012 November 19-23, 2012 December 24, 2012-January 4, 2013 January 7, 2013 January 21, 2013 February 4, 2013 February 18-22, 2013 April 15-19, 2013 May 24, 2013 May 27, 2013 Staff Learning Day - No School Veterans Day Observed Thanksgiving Recess Winter Recess Students Return Martin Luther King Day Staff Learning Day - No School Mid-Year Recess Spring Recess Staff Learning Day - No School Memorial Day

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