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Congratulations SC County Science Fair Award Winners!
Six of our Middle School students were recognized at the Santa Cruz County Science Fair awards ceremony last week. Congratulations to each student for their hard work, creativity and amazing accomplishments!
Talia Bernstein
-2nd Place, Medicine and Health
-California State Science Fair Invitation
Hanna Fleming
-Project Of Merit, Physics and Astronomy
Jeremy Hanlon
-2nd Place, Mathematics and Software
-Certificate of Achievement from the US Air Force
-California State Science Fair Invitation
-Nominee, US Broadcom MASTERS National Science Competition
Jaime Kvaternik
-1st Place, Earth Science
-California State Science Fair Invitation
-Nominee, US Broadcom MASTERS National Science Competition
Emma Laurits
-Project of Merit, Electronics and Electromagnetics
-Plantronics Special Award
Chloe Ortiz
-2nd Place, Energy and Power
-California State Science Fair Invitation
-Nominee, US Broadcom MASTERS National Science Competition
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NEW LEAF Cards
Get your New Leaf cards in time for Passover/Easter!
Gateway Parent Association (GPA) has New Leaf cards available in the front office. Each New Leaf gift card is worth $100, and can be charged to your account, or you can pay by cash or check. Your GPA earns money from each card you purchase from Gateway, which is how we fund International Day, Grandparents Day, campus improvements, and much more!
Thank you for your support, we appreciate it!
Audrey Chavez and Virginia Rodriguez
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Gateway International Day
April 18, 2013
Our Third Annual Gateway International Day is coming up!Thursday April 18 noon to 2:30pm, the Gateway courtyard will be transformed into a spring celebration of cultures from around the world. Some highlights of this special event are:· A Gateway Parents hosted Potluck Feast· Regional dishes created by Life Lab students using their garden grown ingredients· One World Salad from the garden prepared by the 8th graders· An afternoon of music and dance from around the world· An International Village focusing on education, art, music, crafts, and more, hosted by Gateway families.
This is a Gateway Parent Association (GPA) event, and run by parent volunteers. Please sign up to contribute, by running/working a booth, helping with set up and/or clean up, and/or bringing a dish to share for our International Day Potluck. We appreciate your time and energy to help us to bring an afternoon taste of various cultures to our students.
You can either sign up by clicking here or email Andrea Hultzen: drehultzen@gmail.com with your potluck dish. Email Kristyna MacLaurin: kpmaclaurin@gmail.com or Virginia Rodriguez: vmrodriguez@yahoo.com to sign up to run or work a booth.
Thank you for all that you do our school!Kristyna MacLaurin and Virginia Rodriguez
Gateway International Day 2013 Co-Chairs
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REMINDER: Dessert Contest/Spirit Day
Friday, March 22nd
Instructions for entering the contest:
Bring desserts to the faculty kitchen in the morning of 3/22 and pick up your dish after-school. Entries must include the recipe, grade, teacher and child's name attached on the bottom of the dish.
Spirit Day theme is BLACK and WHITE.
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EAP Meeting - Tuesday March 26th
3:30 - 4:30pm, Library
Come to Gateway School's Environmental Advisory Panel and help us continue our efforts to Green Gateway!
We are excited to sink our teeth into the environmental projects that will be required by our Green Schools re-certification process. We will discuss these next steps and anything else you'd like to bring to the panel at this month's meeting. Seasonal snacks are always served!
Please contact Caprice at 479-4769 or caprice@cruzio.com with any questions and to get on our email list.
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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). There are a few copies of the book available in the Main Office.
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SAVE THE DATE - May 17th,
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Celebration of Liz's Career!
At the home of Maria Greaves and Greg Wolkstein. Look for your invitation coming in the mail soon!
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Parent Resources
Visit the Parent Resources page for information on upcoming workshops, articles and other great links.
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