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Reminder:
7th Grade Parent Coffee Friday 10/8 8:30-9:30am.
6th Grade Parent Coffee
Friday 10/15.
Middle School Athletics:
Girls Basketball (7th-8th) vs. PCS Friday 10/8 at 4pm at PCS.
Go Sharks!
See our schoool calendar for other upcoming events
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40 in the Field - Thank you to the lead committee of volunteers who put together a gorgeous and truly memorable event: Virginia Ganley, Angela Chesnut, Sheri Corona, Jane Henry, Andrea Hultzen and Anne Rowley.
Thank you to Laura and Rich Everett for welcoming us all with open arms to their farm!
Thank you to Jeff and Merle Froshman, Rosemary Breedlove and Ken Lyons, and Lisa and Rafi Ortiz for hosting our former Heads of School last week.
And thank you to all the current and alumni parents who volunteered with set-up, clean-up, event planning, lighting, and donated generators, and brought desserts! We would especially like to thank: Erica and Rusty Berg, Rob Chesnut, Ross Clark, Elizabeth Clifton, George Delli-Santi, Christina Falco, Nick Folger, Jeff Froshman, Tim Ganley, Randall Grahm, Irene Holombo, Will Henry, Karen Hovekamp and Lisa Jensen, Bobby Hultzen, Ray Love, Dana Nichols, Doug Morrison, Lea Pittman, Mat Rowley, Patricia Skowrup, Lauren Tobin, Ginny Troyer, Alisa Van Dissen, Tony Walker, Terence Welch, Mercy Wilson, Marty Wiseman, Naomi Bendiner Woldemar and Chris Woldemar, alum Bruno Zicarelli, and thank you to 8th graders Austin Corona, Tali Lovitt, and Shannon Ganley, and alum Tess Doud, who volunteered to help put together the Swanton Berry Farm jam jar and napkin gifts.
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Reminder: Bike to School Day tomorrow! Pancake Breakfast will be served the Gateway School Dads Group, Thursday, Oct. 7th for all students and parents who either bike, walk, or ride their scooters to school.
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Gateway School Open House Thursday Oct. 14th, 9:00am. If you have friends, neighbors or colleauges investigating school options for their children, encourage them to come to one of our Open Houses for a tour of the school. RSVPs encouraged to Colleen Sullivan colleen.sullivan@gatewaysc.org.
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Middle School Dance - Friday, Oct. 15th, 7pm - 10pm
United Methodist Church, 250 California Street
Cost: $10
This dance is open to all Gateway 6th, 7th & 8th grade students and is a Washington DC fundraiser for the Class of 2011. Each student must have a signed dance contract to be admitted, these will be distributed in advisory next week. Looking forward to a fun night! |
Fall Festival is October 30th! As you all know, this year, Peace & Plenty and Harvest Festival will be combined to create a fun celebration of our community and the welcoming of fall. There will be games for the children, local growers and restaurants showcasing their wares (think Kelly's homemade ice cream!), and performances by Gateway School students. Please come and enjoy a wonderful day of fun, family, and fall spirit. The Fall Festival is from 12:00 - 4:00pm, with student performances beginning at 2:30pm.
We are asking for pumpkin donations - when you and your family go pumpkin shopping, please consider picking up one more for Gateway School! You can drop them off in the lobby now. Thank you! If you are interested in being involved with the event, please contact parent coordinators Jeannie Wholey or Shiva Hurvitz.
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Book Fair - Thurs. 10/21 and Fri. 10/22 (during K-5 Goal Setting Conferences) in Tess's 5th grade classroom.
The theme this year is "Here's to Our Heroes! - Reading Saves the Day!" During the book fair - put on by Scholastic books - you can purchase books for your child, or for your teacher''s classroom, specialists, or the Gateway Library - from their wish lists posted at the fair.
The Gateway library program will have a special contest for students before the book fair; winners will receive a $5.00 gift certificate to be used during the book fair.
Come to the Book Fair and support our library!
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The Environmental Advisory Panel (EAP) is launching a new green cleaning pilot program to address our environmental and toxic concerns about the cleaning products we are currently using. A group of Gateway teachers have agreed to receive training for the use of some new safe and effective green cleaning products in their classrooms, and will receive their trial cleaning kits this week. Please join us with your "Green Ideas" at our next EAP meeting in the Library on the 4th Tuesday of the month! Learn more at http://www.gatewaysc.org/EAP/index.html
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It's fall - that eScrip time of year! eScrip is a fundraising program where families can sign up and support the school of their choice by simply shopping. At Safeway, just use your Safeway Club Card. Other merchants, like restaurants, donate to the school when you use your credit or debit cards. Donations are made to Gateway based on the registered cards, so please take 5 minutes at www.escrip.com to renew or register your Safeway, credit, and debit cards. The Safeway cut off date for registration is October 31 - and is rapidly approaching.
After registering, please complete the raffle form and drop in the eScrip box in the lobby next to the computer. Raffle flyers are in the lobby and were also sent to you in a recent eScrip email from your room parent. The drawing is for a $25 gift card per grade!
New Leaf, Staff of Life, Whole Foods, and Nob Hill use a different method for school donations. This is being researched and I will have more information soon.
Please contact me directly if you have questions, comments or want to help with this project.
Thank you, Michelle Delli-Santi 831-239-1391 michelleds@comcast.net |
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Visit our school-wide Google Calendar to find out about more upcoming events!
Beyond the classrooms, don't miss other school news and photos posted on our Family News Blog page on the Gateway website, as well as on our new Facebook page. Stay informed through these links.
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