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

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BoardofEducation

Superintendent:Dr.WendyGudalewicz

BoardMembers:

AnjaliKausar,BenLiao,

JosephineLucey,GaryMcCue,

PhyllisVogel

GARDENGATEELEMENTARY

CUPERTINOUNIONSCHOOLDISTRICT

10500ANNARBORAVENUE

CUPERTINO,CA95014

BrandiHucko-Principal

AzmehMalik-PTAPresident

SCHOOL CALENDAR FEBRUARY 14, 20132/14 HAPPY VALENTINES DAY2/15 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - STUFFED ANIMAL DAY

2/18-22 NO SCHOOL - MID YEAR RECESS2/26 YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST DEADLINE2/28 6:30 p.m. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS - LAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL3/5 4th GR. STAR WRITING TEST, 3RD & 5TH GR. CUSD WRITING ASSESSMENT3/5 6:30 p.m. CUPERTINO MIDDLE SCHOOL INCOMING 6TH GR. PARENTS (ONLY) NIGHT3/7 7:15 PTA MEETING3/8 SECOND TRIMESTER ENDS3/9 5:30 p.m. 2013 CEEF GALA RIO ON THE BAYOU FAIRMONT HOTEL, SAN JOSE3/10 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS - ADVANCE CLOCK 1 HOUR3/11 THIRD TRIMESTER BEGINS3/14 6:15 p.m. FAMILY SCIENCE NT. - ADVENTURES WITH CHEMISTRY - LAST NAMES A-O

7:10 p.m. FAMILY SCIENCE NT. - LAST NAMES P-Z3/16 7:30 a.m. GR. 3 - FISHING IN THE CITY3/20 3:45 p.m. SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING3/22 SCHOOL SPIRIT - BACKWARDS DAY3/22 REPORT CARDS GO HOME3/26 8:00 a.m. DISCOVERY DAY3/27 6:00 p.m. HAPPILY EVER AFTER SCHOOL THEATER PERFORMANCE3/28 6:00 p.m. MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOL INCOMING 6TH GR. PARENTS (ONLY) NIGHT

3/28 6:30 p.m. GR. 4 MUSIC PERFORMANCE - GLC

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 ato request the homework for pickup after 3:00 p.m.
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Garden Gate Elementary School 10500 Ann Arbor Ave., Cupertino CA 95125

MID YEAR RECESSThere is no school next week, February 18-22 due to our Mid-Year Recess. Enjoy some time relaxing with family and friends read, play, laugh. School will resume on Monday, February 25.

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS PARENT MEETINGPlease join me in the Lawson Middle School Event Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. for a Common Core StateStandards presentation to parents. Please see the last page of this Gatoraid for more information.

4th GRADE STAR WRITING TEST, 3RD AND 5TH GRADE CUSD WRITING ASSESSMENTAll fourth grade students will participate in the STAR writing test on Tuesday, March 5. On the samedate, our third and fifth grade students will participate in our District Writing Assessment. Please refrainfrom scheduling appointments or pulling children out of school on this date if possible. Thank you.

LITERACY NIGHT AND BOOK EXCHANGEA special "thank you" to our PTA volunteers for coordinating a wonderful event for our Garden Gatefamilies. The Literacy Night and Book Exchange was held on Wednesday, February 6. In the classrooms we enjoyed activitiesuch as writing a book about ourselves, jumping rope while reciting poetry, bingo, and more. Students left with gently usedbooks and DVDs after participating in the Book Exchange. Thanks to the dedicated Garden Gate staff for participating in this

evening event it makes for a long day. Parents we are always in need of additional PTA volunteers.

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT THURSDAY, MARCH 14Students and their families will explore Adventures with Chemistry at our Family Science Night, Thursday, March 14th. Tomake the night a success, we need 12 adults to work the stations provided to us by the Childrens Discovery Museum. Traininwill be from 5:45-6:10 p.m. The doors open to families whose last name begins with A-O at 6:15. That session ends at 7 p.m.The second session, hosting families with last names from P- Z, goes from 7:10-7:55 p.m. Please email Patti Wolf [email protected] with your name, your email and your childs name and room number if you can help. High school orcollege age siblings are also welcome to host a station.

STUDENT YEARBOOK COVER CONTESTThe yearbook staff would like to encourage students to design a cover for this years yearbook. The winning design will be usas the cover for the 2012-2013 Garden Gate School Yearbook. If you are interested in participating, please request specialYearbook Cover paper from your teacher and create a cover that includes our school name, year, and gator mascot.Submit your entry to your teacher no later than Tuesday, February 26. Garden Gate teachers and staff members will choose winning Yearbook Cover. Good Luck!

Further Instructions:Please make sure your name, grade, and room number are clearly written on the blank side of the paper.

-Design the cover with the paper folded in half.-Use lots of color.-Dont use tiny pictures- You mayinclude a theme/phrase/catchy title.- Sky is the limit. Create your own images; we cant print pictures that someone else has

designed (cartoons, movie characters, etc.)- Please submit your entry to your teacher

PROPELLERSDo you wonder how to connect better with your children? Do you wonder what matters to them, and how you can assist themgrow up to be healthy, caring and responsible citizens? I encourage you to try a "propeller" - a question intended to sparkconversations with your children. Try it around the dinner table tonight!

This week's Propeller: Have you ever grown apart from a friend? If so, why did you grow apart? How did you feel about it?
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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) NEWS & RESOURCES


HELLO GARDEN GATORSSECOND TEACHERS LUNCHEONGarden Gate PTAs second Teachers Luncheon, hosted by Second and Third Grade classrooms, was held on Friday,February 1st. The Luncheon, which had a Chinese theme, was very successful! It was catered by Hong Fu Restaurant anddessert was crme puffs from Beard Papas. The food was delicious and the teachers thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated thevent. I would like to thank all Second and Third Grade parents who contributed monetarily toward the luncheon fund, and asincere thank you to the room parents/representatives who helped Debbie, our amazing Room Rep Coordinator, bycollecting luncheon funds! Thank you also to the volunteers who helped on the day of the event. You are all amazing and youmake a huge difference at our school!

DISCOVERY DAY!Calling all Garden Gators to get ready for Discovery Day, which will be

held on Tuesday March 26th, 2013, from8:0011:15 am. This event invites people from our community to sharetheir work and hobbies with students. It is an enlightening, informative,and at times, very inspiring event! Our students love to learn about theimportant work that our community members do and how they contribute

to the society we live in.

If you would like to share your profession or hobby with the students, please email me at: [email protected] do keep in mind that we invite several guest speakers from outside the Garden Gate community as well, and we striveto arrange for students to have a variety of topics to learn about. I look forward to hearing from you!

BOOK EXCHANGE AND LITERACY NIGHTThe Book Exchange and Literacy Night was held last Wednesday, February 6th. I would like to especially thank our Librarian

Mrs. Mrudula Gokhale, for her hard work preparing for the Book Exchange. Thank you also to our awesome volunteers:Sophia Chan, Carolyn Young, Mary Hsieh, Clarissa Taitano, Lingjun Wu, Wei Wang, Meera Karthik, Vaishnavi Karthik, andSomia and Raghava Paruchuru for helping us manage the Book Exchange. These PTA events are a vital part of our childreneducation and we are grateful to the above volunteers for their invaluable support.

The children had a great time playing games and doing different activities in various classrooms during Literacy Night. Forthis, we owe sincere thanks to our wonderful staff members: Mrs. Stacy Smith, Mrs. Cris Lawson, Ms. Bonnie Libby, Mrs.

Katie Lanza, Mrs. Michelle Smart, Mrs. Teri Sulgit and Ms. Hucko, who ran and supervised these activities.

PLEASE SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEERWe need all Garden Gate volunteers to sign-up to help. Garden Gate School and the PTA need your help in various waysand capacities. By signing up, you can choose when and how you volunteer. This will help us to plan ahead and to be sure wewill have help available when it is needed. Please take a few minutes to fill the online form at the link below and help us buildan efficient volunteer database. Thank you in advance!http://tinyurl.com/8mg2afw

HopeyouallhaveawonderfulMidyearbreak!

AzmehMalik

GardenGatePTAPresident

[email protected]
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SIPPING, SNACKING ANDTOOTH DECAYNow more that ever kids are faced withan array of food choices from freshproduce to sugar-laden, processed,convenience meals and snack foods.What children eat and when they eat itmay affect not only their general health

but also their oral health. Americans are consumingfoods and drinks high in sugar and starches more oftenand in larger portions than ever before. A steady diet ofsugary foods and drinks can ruin teeth, especially amongthose who snack throughout the day.

When sugar is consumed over and over again in large,often hidden amounts, the harmful effect on teeth can bedramatic. Sugar on teeth provides food for bacteria,which produces acid. The acid can eat away the enamel

on teeth.

To reduce your childrens risk for tooth decay: Sugary foods and drinks should be consumed

with meals. Saliva production increases duringmeals and helps to neutralize acid productionand rinse food particles from the mouth.

Limit between meal snacks, offer your childnutritious food.

If your child chews gum, make it sugarless.Chewing sugarless gum after eating canincrease saliva and help wash out food anddecay-producing acid.

Monitor Beverage consumption: Instead of softdrinks, offer your child water and low-fat milk.

Teach your child good brushing and flossinghabits.

Schedule regular dental visits.Information from the American Dental Associationhttp://www. ada.org/5578.aspx

If your child needs assistance with any dental orinsurance concerns, please contact our school nurse.Jodi Quinton [email protected]

FLU FACTSThe flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused byinfluenza virus that can infect the nose, throat, andlungs. It can cause mild to severe illness.Signs and symptoms:

Fever (not every one with the flu has fever) Cough Sore Throat Runny or stuffy nose Muscle or body aches Headaches Fatigue Some people have vomiting and diarrhea (more

common in children than adults).

How Flu Spreads: Most experts believe that mainlydroplets made when people with the flu cough, sneeze ortalk spread the flu. Less often a person might also get fluby touching a surface or object that has Flu virus on itthen touching their own mouth eyes or possibly nose.Period of Contagiousness: 1 day before symptomsdevelop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick.

Complications of Flu: Bacterial pneumonia, earinfections, sinus infections, dehydration, and worseningof chronic medical conditions.Prevention of seasonal flu:

Get vaccinated Cover mouth when coughing (cough in elbow) Wash hands frequently If you are sick stay home to prevent

spreading the fluFor more information go to http:// www.cdc.gov/flu/

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COLD WEATHER REMINDERNow that the weather is colder, please send your child toschool with a jacket, sweatshirt, or extra layer of clothing.Whether at physical education, recess, or lunch, studentshave outdoor activities unless it is unusually cold, windy,or rainy. Please label all jackets, umbrellas, hats etc.This will enable items to be returned in case of loss.

PHONE NUMBER?Do Your Children Know Their Home PhoneNumbers?... Almost every afternoon, students comeinto the office to call home, but cant do it without our

help because they dont know a phone number tocontact a parent or care giver. Knowing a phonenumber to contact a family member is a life skill that allour students should have. It will make them feel moreindependent, and you will feel more confident that theycan reach you in an emergency. For those too young toremember multiple numbers, we suggest that you writedown important phone numbers and have your childkeep them in his/her backpack for easy access.
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OMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS PARENT MEETINGShe Cupertino Union School District is currently engaging in a systemiconversation regarding the implementation of the Common Core Statetandards (CCSS) across the District. The CCSS were established through aate-led initiative to establish consistent and clear education standards thatould better prepare students for success in the competitive global economy.he CCSS will be fully implemented by the 2014-2015 school year with the

urrent California Standards Tests being replaced with a national exam duringe same year.

he shift to the CCSS is providing an opportunity for the Cupertino Union School District and school sites to evaluate the waorld-class education can be delivered to our students utilizing essential skills such as critical thinking, communicollaboration, and creativity/innovation.

he parent community is a crucial part of the shift to the CCSS. The first step of this process is to hold a series of parent informghts to provide the community an overview and introduction to the CCSS.

awson Middle School, Collins Elementary, Eaton Elementary, Murdock-Portal Elementary, Garden Gate Elementary anaria Elementary School Parent Meeting - Thursday, February 28, 2013, 6:30 8:00 p.m. Lawson Middle School Evententer 10401 Vista Drive in Cupertino . If you are planning on attending, please RSVP at:

ttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LawsonCCSSParentNite If you cant attend the meetings we will continue to ou updated regarding the progress and ways that you can be involved.

CEEFS 2013 GALA: "RIO ON THE BAYOU"SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, March 9, 20135:30 p.m.

Fairmont Hotel, San Jose

ease join the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF) for Rio on the Bayou on March 9, 2013 at the Fairman Jose as we celebrate our CUSD Teachers of the Year and raise support for CUSD educational programs.

s in years past, 100% of the net proceeds from this fundraiser will be distributed equitably to each school within our district.ckets are now available on-line via the following link: http://ceefcares.org/get-involved/events/ceef-gala-2013/gala-tickets/

We look forward to celebrating with you!
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