***FAMILY CONFERENCE NIGHT***

TUESDAY, APRIL 8th, 4-7PM

Families should have received their student's third quarter report cards (along with other important school information).  We hope you have reviewed this report card carefully with your child, as it provides valuable information about progress, strengths and areas for improvement. 

Please join us for Family Conferences on Tuesday, April 8th, between 4pm and 7pm.  These meetings provide valuable opportunities for you, your child, and key teachers to meet and create action plans for success.  It is our expectation that students will attend and be full participants in these meetings as their input and buy-in is essential.

Family conferences are by appointment; if you would like to meet with one or two of your child's teachers, please call our main phone number by noon, April 8th: 415-749-3600.  Joanne Wells or Iris Smith will be happy to help you set up a time with one or two of your child's teachers.

Conferences are 15 minutes long. 

If Tuesday night is not good for you, please don't hesitate to contact teachers directly and arrange another time for a meeting or phone conference.  Faculty e-mail addresses can be found on our web page: www.gatewayhigh.org

We are looking forward to seeing you!

PS. There will be no tutoring on Tuesday, after school as we need the classrooms for conferences.

Family Conference Night = Teacher Appreciation Night
Tuesday April 8

Please join the Gateway Parents Association and the greater Gateway community in acknowledging the wonderful work our dedicated faculty and administrators do every day with our students.

We are looking for contributions for the teacher potluck dinner:  Appetizers, salads, side dishes, entrees, desserts and beverages are most appreciated.

Food, to serve 6-8, can be dropped off in the Main Office when you arrive for your conference or during the day.

Assistance is also needed for clean up at 7:30pm.

Please contact Tracy Pore if you plan on contributing food or can assist with break down. tpore@sfspca.org or 415-740-1933.

Other news from the Gateway Parents Association:

Gateway's 10^th Anniversary Celebration party Auction Committee
Join fellow parents for this fun party to celebrate Gateway. Few meetings, but lots of fun. We're planning for early October. Alum parents and guardians are welcome. The auction, planned to be both silent and live, will be centerpiece of this event, along with great food, drink and outstanding entertainment.

Contact Tracy Pore to help: tpore@sfspca.org

 
Mark your calendar. The next GPA Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, 6:00-7:30pm (at the latest), Jack A. Sullivan Library at Gateway. Please join us.

You're invited to a Garden & Health Festival at Gateway!
Saturday, April 19th, Gateway Plaza

Gateway's Garden Coordinators would like to invite students, families and community members to a Garden & Health Festival on Saturday, April 19th.  With the support of the Mt. Zion Foundation, our student garden coordinators have created an amazing garden and have planned a day full of activities to promote healthy eating and fitness.  Come check out the garden and join in the fun!

When:  Saturday, April 19th from 11am-1:30pm

Where:  Gateway's Plaza (basketball courts and garden area)

What's going on:  Lots of fun events, including the following fitness and garden-related competitions:

Iron Chef competition:  Student chefs will be competing to make the best healthy meal using a "secret" ingredient from Gateway's garden

3-on-3 basketball tournament:  Teams will compete for 1st prize to promote fitness

Organic / healthy foods quiz and raffle:  Show your knowledge and be entered to win an iTunes gift certificate

Interested?  Want to help out?  Questions?  Contact Aaron Watson awatson@gatewayhigh.org

Summer school information - Corrected

 Please note that Upward Bound is full.

CCSF no longer has the African American Scholarship program.  Therefore, the applications for CCSF, College for Teens are no longer useable.

 If you want a College for Teens application, send your son or daughter to Ms. Grimes to get one.  You must complete it and turn it in at:  #88  4th street, on the second floor, in the College for Teens office.  The classes range from $250 to $300.00  Scholarships are available for low income students who received a D or F in the courses they want to retake.

 The blue SFUSD applications are still useable.  The student must have failed the courses they are to retake, failed the CAHSEE and score Below Basic in math and English on the STAR tests.  If you are not sure about the grades and test scores, fill out the blue form anyway and Ms. Grimes will figure it for you.  Gateway will submit the application to SFUSD but notification will come from the school itself directly to you.

 Mercy High applications are still useable.

 Extended Deadline for all applications is April 11th.   Any application received after that date will not be guaranteed a spot in any summer program.

Thank You,

agrimes@gatewayhigh.org  

PE credits are due before or by April 30th.

Seniors must get their final PE hours into Joe Killmaier by or on April 30th in order to graduate.

Seniors who are on spring teams (baseball and soccer) will get their credits via Coach Killmaier when the season ends and they have turned in their uniforms and equipment.

Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors -if you have any old PE hours to turn in from previous years, you must turn them in this year or loose the validity of those hours.

5 credits = 60 hours. All students by their senior year must have 240 hours or 20 credits complete.

Turn in all documents for PE hours to Coach Joe Killmaier: jkillmaier@gatewayhigh.org
 
-Ms. A. Grimes, Assistant Principal of Academics