Dear Parents,
Welcome back!!!
I begin each year with the same anxiety,
hope, fear, and promise as that of a kindergartener approaching the doors of
the school on his first day. I am eager to see the students' smiling
faces in the classrooms, in the Life Lab, on the athletic fields, and singing
joyfully in the West
Cliff Room. I look forward to spending the first precious
weeks in the fall talking with our students, hearing about their interests, and
discovering how Gateway School can support their educational aspirations and
their developmental needs.
Each new year provides our faculty and staff
with a fresh opportunity to nourish our students' minds, their sense of self,
and their love of learning. We look forward to collaborating with our
parents to build upon the school's culture of compassion and its forty year
history of producing ethical, reasoned, and engaged learners. Here's
hoping that Gateway's fortieth year is our best year ever.
Warm regards,
Percy
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What Is the GPA and Why Do They Need Me?
All Gateway parents are members of the Gateway Parent Association,
or GPA. Just as a tripod provides a
strong and stable platform on uneven terrain, the foundation of our school and
its success in engaging the uneven terrain of the future are dependent on three
critical groups of individuals: students, faculty & administration, and our parents.
The GPA was founded on the principle that parent engagement and
talent are the hallmark of a vibrant independent school community. The GPA
supports family involvement with Gateway and is a communications channel to
ensure that parents, the Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff work synergistically
towards achieving our shared vision of creating a school and school community that
can best benefit our children.
Our children are in for a very special experience at Gateway. The GPA, however, strongly believes that our
children should not have all the fun. We
also exist to help YOU have a fulfilling and rewarding experience while your
children attend Gateway. To this end,
the GPA is committed to affording our parents opportunities to be engaged in,
and derive value from, their children's activities at Gateway. The Volunteer Sign-Up Form you received with
your 2010-2011 school packet lists these opportunities. Please keep in mind, however, the very last two
options on the form: the GPA is always open to new ideas, suggestions, and
integration of our parents' special skills and talents into our plans for the
year.
In a nutshell, the GPA is here to help you better know your
school, enjoy the company of other Gateway families, and to facilitate having
you take part in your child's Gateway experience. Please take advantage of us.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to our 2010-2011 GPA
Executive Committee:
Community Events Coordinator:
Naomi Bendiner-Woldemar
Secretary: Michele Darnell
Treasurer/Fundraising Coordinator: Lara Marotta
Room Parent Coordinator: Laura Lucas
Vice President: Sheri
Corona
Thank you and best regards as we start this new school year
together!
George Delli-Santi, GPA President
georgeds.gpa@gmail.com
Did
You Know?
All employers with 25 or more employees are enjoined by CA state
law to support volunteer hours spent at your child's school. This law is known
as the Family School Partnership Act
and you can access a brochure on this program here.
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