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Live Oak Elementary School Newsletter
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September 25, 2018
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UPCOMING DATES
September
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9/26 7:25am Run Club
9/26 Special Spirit Day: Crazy Hair
9/26 World Character Day
9/26 1:20pm Menchies on the Blacktop
9/26 1:45-3pm Street Smarts Bike Rodeo
9/30 Deadline to Order Yearbooks at Discounted Price
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UPCOMING DATES
October/November
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10/1
Live Oak Mural Contest Deadline
10/1 Wear BLUE in recognition of NO BULLYING MONTH
10/2 Minimum Day - Early Dismissal
10/5 No School - Staff Development
10/8-12 Book Fair at Live Oak
10/12 Box Tops Submission Deadline
10/13 SRVEF Mini Run and Health and Wellness Fair
10/14 SRVEF Run for Ed
10/15 Reflections Entry Deadline
10/20 Harvest Festival
11/3 CogAT Test
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Principal's Message
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Welcome to the Fall/Autumn season. Live Oak is busy and bursting with learning and school events. Thank you to our parents who came to our PTA Association meeting last Thursday evening. As promised, here is the link to
Mr. Duran's presentation.
October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. To signify its importance, STOMP Out Bullying™ created WORLD DAY OF BULLYING PREVENTION™ which is observed on the first Monday of each October.
Please join our troop on Monday, October 1st and
WEAR BLUE to STOMP out bullying in our community and worldwide.
Have a great week!
Ms. R, Mrs. Hurlburt, Mr. Shui
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Street Smarts Bike Rodeo
September 26, 1:45-3pm
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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Join your friends for a free educational after-school bike skills training program on the blacktop! Have your child ride their bike to school or you can bring their bike after school.
- Complimentary bicycle checks and helmet checks
- Obstacle course teaching
- Bike handling skills
- The rules of the road
- Games and activities
- Giveaways and much more
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Live Oak Book Fair
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Our
Online Scholastic Book Fair
will open tomorrow September 26th and run through October 16th. During this period, you may place your orders online, and the books will be delivered to the school. Your order will then be handed out directly to the student listed on the order form. Feel free to share with family and friends
Great parent volunteers like you are what makes the Live Oak Book Fair so successful. It is a great way to meet other families and support our school. If interested, please
SIGN UP HERE
for as many slots that work in your schedule. Please note that it is conference week and students are on conference week bell schedule.
Volunteers need to be cleared through the SRVUSD Volunteer Management System. Adult volunteers only please. Thank you! If you have any questions please contact bookfair@liveoakpta.net. Visit our
PTA webpage
for more information.
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iTunes Phishing Scam Alert
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 There is a new scam where someone sends an email that looks like it comes from the principal of a school asking parents to purchase iTunes gift cards and send the codes in. We want to make sure our parents know that we do not use iTunes gift cards in the district and will not ask for this ever. Unfortunately we have no control over these emails as they are going directly from the fake account to parents. We recommend you delete this email and when in doubt, please ask us.
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Attendance Awareness Month
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 September is Attendance Awareness Month. Last year Live Oak's rate of attendance was 97.66%. This was a .25% increase over the 2016-17's rate of 97.41%. We want to continue that trend this year, to ensure that all our students are receiving the instruction they need to be successful.
Today's Live Oak students learn the curriculum through a combination of direct instruction, discussion and interaction with peers, and hands-on experiences that they participate in every day. These cannot always be replicated in exactly the same way for students who are absent. We know that children get sick and if your child is experiencing fever or vomiting, we want them to stay home for 24 hours. However, often Live Oak students miss instruction due to family vacations or trips. It is vital that you try to schedule your vacations during regular school breaks. While an independent study contract does provide assignments for students to complete, it can never replicate the interactive and experiential learning that happens every day in our classrooms.
Your student is relying on you to get them to school each and every day on time - remember Attendance Counts!
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Student Council Update
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 On Thursday, September 27th we announce our monthly student of the month for the character trait,
RESPECT
. Students will also be selected and receive extra bonus recess time this week for receiving CARE tickets.
No Place for Hate students are getting ready for their training on October 5th. In the meantime, the students have all visited classrooms on campus and have shared info on our No Place for Hate Pledge and are working on posters to put around the campus as we get ready for
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month in October.
We are asking everyone to Wear
blue
on Monday, October 1st.
This Week:
Wed 9/26 - Special Spirit Day - Crazy Hair
Wed 9/26 - World Character Day
Thurs 9/27 - Student of the Month - RESPECT
Mon 10/1 - Special Spirit Day - Wear Blue for No Bullying Month
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Box Tops for Education
Clip, Collect and Earn!
October 12 Deadline
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Clip the boxtops, collect them and turn them in to your teachers in a ziploc before October 12.The top classes will receive a prize/treat after each collection.
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LOES Mural Design
Submit Designs by October 1
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 LOES is looking for mural designs! Do you want to leave your mark on Live Oak Elementary? Live Oak PTA is proud to partner with the Live Oak Elementary staff to create a mural on the ball wall reflecting the Live Oak priorities of inclusiveness and positivity. Design entries must also incorporate the C.A.R.E. and/or No Place for Hate themes. Winners will receive a Prize!
All the Important Details:
1. Designs should be submitted on large poster paper (18"x24").
2. Designs are due to the Office by 2:45pm on October 1. No late submissions.
3. Designs must relate to CARE/No Place for Hate themes and be inclusive and positive.
4. Artists may use any medium, but know that the final design will be painted.
5. Artist must be a current Live Oak Elementary student.
6. Submissions may come from individuals or pairs.
7. Questions? See Mrs. Rosenzweig.
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6 Weeks to Go Until the Run for Education
Have You Signed Up?
October 13 and 14
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Everyone in the community is invited to join us on
Sunday October 14 for the 35th Anniversary of the SRVEF Run for Education. There are many ways to participate!
- Take part in the Friendship Run (for students with special needs) on Saturday 10/13 at 10am at Iron Horse Middle School.
- Take care in the Mini Run (for 2-6 year olds) Saturday 10/13 at 2pm at Iron Horse Middle school.
- Register for the 5k timed/5k fun run/10k run/5k-10k virtual runner, all on Sunday 10/14.
Live Oak, let's show our spirit and join the Run for Education! Money received for Live Oak's participation will be used to maintain and repair our playground and replenish sports equipment, among other things. If you can't participant in the run, you can also sign up to volunteer or sign up as a virtual runner.
Don't want to run? Become a Virtual Runner and still support your school (you get a shirt, too!)
Don't want to run or walk? We can still use your help! You or your student can VOLUNTEER. Students get valuable experience, do something great for the community and middle and high school students may earn hours/points with their school clubs.
Sign up to volunteer for any of these event. Volunteers are needed for various pre-event and day of event tasks. Locations and dates are listed below.
- Forward Motion Sports Danville - Monday October 8
- Sports Basement San Ramon - Wednesday October 10
- Iron Horse Middle School - Friday October 12
- Iron Horse Middle School- Saturday October 13
- Race Course - Sunday October 14
- Iron Horse Middle School- Sunday October 14
- Charlotte Wood Middle School- Sunday October 14
Not all the positions are appropriate for youth under 16, so please check requirements of each spot and if you have any questions email the SRVEF volunteer chair at
volunteers@srvef.org
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Reflections Art Program
Heroes Around Me
Deadine to Submit Artwork: October 15
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Calling all Golden Eagles to create art! Enter the Live Oak PTA Reflections Art Program by submitting an original piece of art for the theme 'Heroes Around Me." The Reflections program aims to encourage creative expression and positive recognition through the arts. The deadline for receiving entries is October 15th.To view the Official Entry Rules and download the Student Entry Form, visit
Reflections 2018-19
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Volunteers are needed.
