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JANUARY 2013
8th:   Information Evening &                 Parent Talk
10th: Parent Talk - postponed!
12th: Parent Workday
14th: Application Deadline IMS           (only for new students)
18th: ISD - In Service Day 
          (no classes but Hort                      offered)
21st: Martin Luther King Day             (no classes and Hort                    offered)
31st: Members Meeting &                     Board Meeting


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Dear GAIS Community,
 
Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope that you had a good start into 2013 and wish you all a happy, sunny, successful and most of all healthy new year! We are looking forward to working with you in 2013.
 
Below please find our first important news of 2013:
  • Re-Enrollment 2013 - coming soon!
  • Reminder - Extracurricular Program Spring 2013 is online
  • Reminder - New online carpooling system at GAIS
  • Parent Workday - January 12, 2013
  • ISD - In-Service-Day - January 18, 2013
  • Martin Luther King Day - January 21, 2013

  

GENERAL

  

1. Re-Enrollment 2013 - coming soon!

 

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The links and exact deadlines for Re-Enrollment as well as Enrollment of Siblings will be sent out by the end of January at the latest.

 

 

 

2. Extracurricular Program Spring 2013 - online

Extracurricular

 

This is a friendly reminder to let you know that the new Extracurricular (EC) Program is online!

 

Deadline for EC enrollment will be January 25, 2013 at midnight. After the deadline we will charge a fee of $50 for late sign-ups.   

 

In the 'NTM - News That Matters' on January 29, 2013, we will provide you with a final and detailed chart-overview of the EC Program Spring 2013. This will also be your confirmation. If a particular class should have to be canceled due to a lack of participants or if you are on the waiting list, we will inform you beforehand. Should you have any questions about the EC please contact Maike Silver at [email protected].

 

  

3. Carpooling at GAIS - new online system

 

Carpooling As already announced in our 'NTM - News That Matters' as of December 18, 2012, we set up an online carpooling system which makes it much easier for GAIS members to find/form carpools. Together with CarpoolAssist.com, a specialist in online carpooling solutions which serves more than over 260 U.S. schools, we have established a protected GAIS carpool system section on their website over the last few months. 

 

You should have received an email with the user and initial password as well as more information about the carpooling system directly from CarpoolAssist.com. If you want to access the protected GAIS section (once you are logged in and choose the school GAIS) you will need a password.

 

For more information about carpooling at GAIS, to access the new carpooling system and/or to read great GAIS carpooling stories please see our two new added sites on our GAIS website:   

 

  • Carpooling at GAIS: http://www.gais.org/resources-carpooling/
  • GAIS Carpool Stories: http://www.gais.org/gais-carpooling-stories/  
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    More information about the daily drop-off/parking system will follow.  

     

     

     

    UPCOMING EVENTS

     

    4. Parent Workday: January 12, 2013

    Parent Workday

     

    The first Parent Workday will take place this upcoming Saturday, January 12, 2013, from 10:00am - 4:00pm. If you are interested in taking part and helping please send an email to Tim Farris, our custodian, at [email protected].

     

     

     

    5. ISD - In-Service-Day: January 18, 2013

     

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    There will be no classes offered on Friday, January 18, 2013, due to the In-Service-Day. If you need Hort during the in-service-day, please send an e-mail, including exact dates and times, to Maike Silver at [email protected]. Spaces will be given on a first come first serve basis. Please do not forget to include NAME & GRADE of the respective student for whom you wish to have Hort.

     

     

    6. Martin Luther King Day: January 21, 2013 

     

    Martin Luther King D The School will be closed on Martin Luther King Day. Please take note that there will be no classes or Hort being offered that day.

      

     

     

     

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    I wish you a wonderful start in 2013!

     

    Yours sincerely,

     

    Roman Bruegger
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    Roman Bruegger
    Communications Manager
     
    German American International School 
    275 Elliott Drive 
    Menlo Park, CA, 94025
    Phone: +1 650 324 8617