News from Gateway School

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Possible Traffic Delays Tomorrow

The motorcade of 200 Santa Cruz County law enforcement vehicles will begin at 8:45 a.m., traveling from the Boardwalk, up Ocean Street to Highway 17. Please plan accordingly for drop off tomorrow and allow yourself extra time if needed. Thank you!

Re-enrollment for 2013-14 School Year

Only 9 days left to enter the drawing to win 10% off of your child's 2013-2014 tuition!

Is your name in the drawing?

Don't miss your chance to receive 10% off tuition when you re-enroll before the deadline of 5:00 pm March 15th. Only fully complete enrollments are eligible to enter the drawing.

Admissions Open House

Wednesday March 13th, 9-11am

We are still accepting applications for all grades, so please encourage your friends and neighbors who are considering school options for their child next year to attend next week's open house. The school-day open house is a fantastic way to see our classrooms in action! RSVP to colleen at colleen.sullivan@gatewaysc.org.

GROW Auction THANK YOU

We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary commitment of time and talent made by the lead volunteers who coordinated the creation and implementation of the 2013 Auction Gala and On-line Events: Jenny Barchas, Joanna Blattberg, Jenny Bogomilsky, Petra Bryan, Angela Chesnut, Priscilla Cinque, Rachel Conable, Freny Cooper, Jessica Delgado, Christina Falco, Virginia Ganley, Christie Hausmann, Lisa Jensen, Renee McCormick, Joanna Manoff, Laurel Perotti, Virginia Rodriguez, Pushya Wahl, and especially to Karen McCormick for her leadership, patience, and thoughtful dedication to creating such a spectacular evening and important fundraising event for our school.

"GROW... Beyond"

Buy-In Experiences Available

There are still a few spots left in these fun, community "Buy-In" experiences which have been generously donated by members of the Gateway community. Please look over the options and join in the fun! (Click here for detailed descriptions). To secure a spot (first come, first serve), please e-mail Meg at meg.corman-hall@gatewaysc.org. Thank you for supporting our school!

Join the Zumba Party - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, 9:00-10:15am. Buy-In $20 per person.

Kids Yoga Class with Rachel - Sunday, Apr. 14, 2013 1-3 p.m. Buy-In: $50 per child

Volleyball Clinic with Kirsten Mehl - Thursday June 27, 2013 10 a.m. - 12 Noon. Buy-In $50 per person. Only 3 spaces left!

3-Craft Holiday Party at Petroglyph - Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, 6-10 p.m. Buy-In: $100 per person.

Fungi Foraging Festivities -

Saturday, December 7, 2013, 8:30am. Buy-In $100 per person. Only 4 spaces left!

CAMP GATEWAY

REGISTRATION

Opens March 15th

Camp Gateway Registration opens Friday, March 15th but all of our 2013 Specialty Classes are ready to view online. We have added a ton of new classes and partnered with some exciting organizations! Visit http://www.gatewaysc.org/campgateway/classes/ to see all of our classes. Be on the look out for:

Succulent Gardening

A.N.T.S. Tennis Stars

Ballet

Family Farm II

Challenger Sports: Soccer Camp

Inside Santa Cruz: Farms

Fantasy Architecture

Video Game Design

Film Making

Sand Sculptors

AND MORE!

We are also hard at work on improving and expanding our Day Camp. We plan on having a lot of returning staff this year (as well as some new but familiar faces)! Like Camp Gateway on Facebook to see photos from last year and spotlights on some of our staff and faculty.

After School Chess Class

We have room in the After School Chess Class starting next week!
Tuesdays--3:10-4:10 $165
11 Sessions- 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 *no class 4/2 (Spring Break)
Email kim@gatewaysc.org to sign up!

Head of School Book Club

April 25th, 7-8pm

Start reading our next Head of School book, Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character. Available at Bookshop Santa Cruz (mention Gateway School Book Club to receive a 10% discount).

Student Council Presents Check to

Jacob's Heart

Gateway School student council raised $340 from bake sale proceeds to support Jacob's Heart. Anna Jakobsen from Jacob's Heart came to school to speak to student council classroom representatives and thank them for their leadership and generosity.

CAIS Team Visits and Wisdom 2.0 Conference

We have been working with our CAIS Accreditation team this week. The team of 6 members of other independent schools arrived Sunday afternoon and have been meeting with Trustees, staff, faculty, students, parents, visiting classrooms and reviewing our self-study document against standards and criteria for CAIS accreditation. The team leaves later today, after giving a summary of findings and recommendations. Accreditation teams typically visit a school every 3 - 6 years.

Percy recently attended a conference called "Wisdom, 2.0," which is designed to address "the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world." Here is an excerpt from a blog by Arianna Huffington about the conference:

"We all know that technology is taking over practically every aspect of our lives -- mostly for the better. But there is also a growing awareness that our increasing dependence on technology puts us at risk of becoming disconnected from ourselves. The fact that this awareness, and the desire to do something about it, is no longer confined to the touchy-feely crowd was amply demonstrated in the conference's list of speakers, which drew from nearly every sector of society. They included:

Bill Ford, Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company.
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii.
Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology & Strategy Officer of Cisco.
Jared Smyser, a Marine Corps veteran who, since leaving the military, has been working on a mindfulness project with the Marines at Camp Pendleton in California.
Congressman Tim Ryan, of Ohio and author of A Mindful Nation.
Sherry Turkle, psychologist and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.
Thupten Jinpa, Buddhist scholar, writer, principal English translator for the Dalai Lama, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford's School of Medicine.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and author of the mindfulness classic, Wherever You Go, There You Are.

To read more see the full blog posting at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/my-weekend-at-the-happies_b_2776604.html

Parent Resources

Yelling at Your Kids? Why It Doesn't Work, by Debbie Pincus MS LMHC. Read more: www.empoweringparents.com

Upcoming Local Parent Education Workshops

Positive Discipline Classes on Parenting of All Ages
Wednesdays March 6th & 13th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For more information and to register visit www.adultedreg.com/santacruz.

Visit the Parent Resources page for information on upcoming workshops, articles and other great links.

2013-14 Financial Aid

Financial Aid for the 2013-2014 School Year: Please click here to download the complete 2013-2014 financial aid packet which which provides all of the information and forms you will need to apply for financial aid. This packet can also be downloaded from the Tuition & Financial Aid section of the Admissions page of the Gateway School website (www.gatewaysc.org).

In order to apply for aid, you must file an online application through the FAST (Financial Aid for School Tuition) system and you must mail to FAST a copy of your complete 2012 tax returns. If you are divorced, separated or never married, please be aware that each parent must file a separate FAST application and each parent must submit a copy of his or her complete 2012 tax returns to FAST. When you are ready to file your FAST application, you will find a link to the FAST online application itself on the page of our website listed above.

Families who completed their FAST applications by February 15th and mailed in their 2012 tax returns to FAST by February 25th will be considered for the first round of financial aid awards (the round in which the bulk of our financial aid budget is awarded). Families who complete their financial aid process after these dates will be considered for awards on a rolling basis, until the funds in our financial aid budget are exhausted. Please contact Rima in the Business Office at x 308 if you have any questions.