Saturday Open House (Kindergarten - 5th)
January 8, 2011, 10am-12noon
Invite your friends seeking a school for their children to come and explore our school and discover why our students love learning! Come and meet our Kindergarten - 5th grade teachers in a relaxed setting and get your questions answered about our exceptional, student centered program. Musical presentation and Student and Alumni panel discussion. Program begins at 10am. Classrooms open for touring after program. RSVP to admissions@gatewaysc.org or 423-0341 ext. 302 |
Winter Alumni Gathering
Alumni students gathered with faculty on campus on Monday to visit and catch up. Vince Gianotti, Class of 2004, who is now at Pitzer College, showed slides and shared stories about his travels abroad and home-stay experiences in Italy, China, and Botswana. Click here for photos of the event.
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40 Acts of Kindness Updates
Please click on the following links to visit the Family News page with postings of recent 40 Acts of Kindness activities. Thank you to all of our students and community members for your ongoing generosity.
Second Harvest Canned Food Drive Results
Fourth Graders Donate Life Lab Produce to River St. Shelter
Another special act of kindness: 6th grader Jasper Sloss and lifelong friend Aedan Allen-Brower played the violin for nearly 2 hours on Pacific Avenue during Winter Break and raised $152.00 which they donated to the Rebele Family Shelter. The two musicians were featured in a photo in the Sentinel recently!
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Family Science Night - Wednesday Feb. 9th, 2011 5:30-8:00pm
Please remember to mark your calendars for Family Science Night! After countless hours of work on their projects, our Gateway middle school students will be revealing their Science Fair entries for the first time to family and friends. Come out to show your support for their scientific endeavors as well as to learn some new things!
In addition to the amazing student projects, Gateway Parents will lead science projects for the students throughout the evening related to their profession or hobbies. For more information click here, or to organize a parent project, please contact: Chris Woldemar cwoldemar@gmail.com or 831 345-3682.
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| After School Classes
There are still openings in our Winter After School Classes. We have two new classes this session: Lego Movie Maker and Jr. Engineering, in addition to previously offered Chess and Ukulele. For specific information and to register for classes select the after-school class flier on the website.
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Financial Aid for the 2011-2012 School Year
If you would like to apply for aid for the 2011-2012 school year, please click on this link for the complete packet of forms and instructions. In order to apply for aid, you must file a Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) with School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS). We recommend that parents file this form online, but parents can choose to file the paper PFS form instead if they prefer. To file online, go to sss.nais.org anytime from November 15th onward; to file the paper form, print out pages 16-21 from the attached financial aid packet and follow the directions in the packet. The Main Office also has a limited supply of paper PFS forms. In addition to filing your PFS, you must also upload or mail to SSS a copy of your complete 2010 tax return. We recommend that parents start preparing now to get their 2010 taxes done as early as possible during the month of February 2011, and file the PFS by February 1, 2011. As long as your PFS is filed by February 1, 2011 and the copy of your complete 2010 tax return is received by SSS by February 25, 2011, your application will be considered for the first round of financial aid awards (the round in which the bulk of our financial aid budget is awarded). If you are divorced, separated or never married, please be aware that each parent must file a separate PFS and each parent must submit a copy of his or her complete 2010 tax return to SSS. Please contact Rima in the Business Office at x 308 if you have any questions. |
Do you have a cabin in the mountains you'd be willing to donate for a weekend?
The new Middle School Ski & Snowboard club is trying to plan a trip to Tahoe in January or February. They are hoping that a Gateway family might be willing to donate the use of their cabin in the mountains for 4-8 students and 4 adults for any weekend in Jan. or Feb. If you can help with this, please contact Lauren Hulphers (6th Grade Core Teacher and Ski/Snowboard Club coordinator) at lauren.hulphers@gatewaysc.org.
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Our Gateway School Book Club is now officially registered with local, independent book store Bookshop Santa Cruz! Brain Rules by John Medina is our first book for discussion in the Head of School Book Club (discussion meeting is February 16th, 7 pm), so if you haven't gotten the book yet, be sure to take advantage of the 10% discount at Bookshop because we are registered as a Book Club there. You must tell them at the check-out that you are part of Gateway School's Book Club to receive the discount.
Remember that Dr. Medina is coming to Santa Cruz for the Brain Rules workshops: March 3rd at Cabrillo and March 4th at COE. Help spread the word to friends and colleagues. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to hear from him directly and ask questions!
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FOR MORE NEWS...
visit our Family News Blog page on the Gateway website, as well as on our new Facebook page. Stay informed through these links.
Happy New Year!
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