PARKING & TRAFFIC REMINDERS
We have received multiple complaints from our neighbors about speeding and parking outside of designated parking areas on Eucalyptus and Avenue A. Please be reminded of the following traffic/parking rules:
- White loading zone is for drop off/pick up only. Please do not leave your car unattended.
- No parking is allowed on Eucalyptus past Avenue A. There are 3 spaces next to the Middle School fence allocated for the Gateway vans and faculty employee of the month. Please do not block these spaces.
- Please be mindful that we are in a neighborhood, so do not speed, and please make sure to make a complete stop at the stop sign at Avenue A and Lighthouse. From Avenue A, please turn left onto Lighthouse, not right.
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GRANDPARENTS DAY- Friday May 6th
Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help at this year's Grandparents Day. If you would still like to volunteer to help, please click here to sign up!
If you know of any last minute RSVPs, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can plan for seating accordingly by emailing to kristin.smith@gatewaysc.org.
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ART OPEN STUDIO RECEPTION
Friday May 6th, 4-5pm
Come view artwork by each student displayed throughout the building.
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LIFE LAB PLANT SALE
Begins Friday May 6th 3-5pm
Annual Mother's Day and May Life Lab Plant Sale! May 6th, 10th and 11th 3:00-5:00pm. Funds generated will benefit Gateway School's Life Lab Science program with a portion of proceeds to benefit Save the Frogs habitat restoration efforts this year!!
Student volunteers will be selling plants that they and other students have grown during Life Lab. Various grade levels have propagated plants that correspond to the theme gardens they are growing in their spring gardens in Life Lab. Your child can watch the same things grow at home all summer that they are growing in their life lab garden at school!
Sunflowers, gourds, popcorn, (K)
3 sisters garden - corn, beans and pumpkins, (1st grade)
Salsa gardens and CA native plants, (2nd grade)
Potato pots, spaghetti squash, pesto, tomato sauce gardens, (3rd grade)
Salad bowls of baby greens, pesto, and tomato sauce pizza gardens (4th grade)
Mother's Day Strawberry pots (5th grade)
Herbal lip balms and salves (Middle School Elective)
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40 Acts of Kindness Updates
Human Race Walk-a-thon: Gateway is putting together a Championship team to participate in the Human Race this Saturday, May 7, 2011. Our team will be raising money for Save Our Shores (Agency #181). Any parents and students who are interested in participating, please sign up now. If you have questions contact Virginia Ganley at virginiag@cruzio.com. The race will be in the morning so you can participate and still make the afternoon Spring Music Concerts!
The 6th grade advisories gave a check for $1,200 for Japan Relief to the Red Cross today! Thanks to everyone in our community who helped support this effort.
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HOS Book Club - May 11th, 7pm
The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development, by Richard Wiessbourd is our book for discussion. please come even if you haven't finished reading. |
PETROGLYPH BUY-IN PARTY
New Date: FRIDAY May 20th, 6-9pm
Tickets are still available for the Auction experience: Night Out at Petroglyph. Please not the NEW DATE - Friday May 20th, 6-9pm. This is sure to be a fun night for adults and/or children! Cost is $45/couple. Includes all the materials and firing of 2 ceramic pieces (one per person, choice of a mug or plate), dessert and wine, tea or milk! Please email laura.lucas@gatewaysc.org if you are interested in purchasing a ticket.
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GPA Upcoming Events
5/19 - Bonny Doon Wine Tasting, 6-8pm
Gateway's 2nd Annual Bonny Doon Night is Thursday May 19 from 6-8pm. Enjoy a private event for our school community (adults only please). $15 include 3 pours of amazing Bonny Doon wine & light faire from their Celler Door kitchen. Tickets are now available in the office.
5/31 - All-parent Meeting, 6-7pm Don't miss the final parent association gathering for the school year. The Parent's Association is your organization, so come and help us wrap up the year and look forward to 2011-12!
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Parent Resources
Summer Young Writers Camps:
Santa Cruz (5th-8th grades)
"Where the Wild Writers Are: discovering nature through writing". July 5-8, 2011, 8:30-12:30, Westlake Elementary. $100/student.
Aptos (8th-12th grades)
Creative Writing. July 6-15, 2011, 8:30-12:00, Aptos High. $100/student.
For more information, contact Central California Writing Project at theccwp@gmail.com or (831) 459-4506.
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