Live Oak Elementary Newsletter ----------------------------- Dec 13, 2023

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Important Dates

Dec 14 - Teacher and Staff Luncheon

Dec 19 - Last day to submit recipes for Little Chefs

Dec 20 - Special Spirit Day (Theme - Culture)

Dec 21 - Next PTA newsletter

Dec 21 - Jan 08, No School, Winter Break

Jan 15 - No School - MLK day

Jan 17 - PTA Association meeting

SRVUSD Calendar 2023-24

Live Oak Bell Schedule

Live Oak PTA Calendar

General PTA Updates

Teacher and Staff Holiday Luncheon

Thank you for your overwhelming support towards the Teachers and Staff Holiday luncheon! With immense joy, we would like to inform you that we have reached our goal of raising $2000 towards the cause.

The PTA team is hard at work making arrangements to show our teachers and staff how much our community loves and appreciates them.

The link to contribute will continue to stay open till the end of the day today. All funds collected will be used towards staff appreciation. To contribute to the holiday luncheon, please click here. Thank you so much for your generosity!

Book Club

Fall Book Club wrapped up this week. Great job readers! Everyone did an AMAZING job reading, thinking, and discussing the books. Some enjoyed the books and others did not, but everyone tried 3 new books this Fall and had a great attitude. Keep reading!!

Thanks to the parent volunteers for each grade level - Anum Bashir, Joseph Mainò, Deepti Khare, Prasanna Muthireddy, Kiran Harsrai, Reshma Govind, Sindhya Govind and Nagi Sudhir for all your help.

Special thanks to Wendy Sanchez and Shilpy Kapoor for chairing the book club.

Keep an eye out for Spring Book Club 2024!!

Community Dine Out

Our PTA team took this opportunity to break bread together with Mr Fong at Mendocino Farms to celebrate and bond. Thank you to all the Live Oak families who participated in the community night out. Keep an eye out for future community night outs, it’s a great way to meet other Live Oak families and get to know each other.

Toy Drive

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the community for their incredible generosity this holiday season. Thanks to your overwhelming support, we not only met but surpassed our goal of providing 450 toys to Michelle Obama Elementary School, our Sister School! This is a combined effort of both Live Oak and Cal High communities!

We want to express our deepest appreciation to the Student Council, PTA, representatives from Cal High, and every member of our community. Your unwavering commitment has truly made a difference and we are immensely grateful for your contributions. Many thanks to Perin Sabuwala for chairing this initiative.

Vintage Spirit Wear is up for SALE!

We have vintage spirit wear for sale now on the Live Oak PTA website! Write to us at spiritwear@liveoakpta.net with the spirit wear design and size you need. We'll get back to you with how you can purchase the same.

*Vintage spirit wear counts towards spirit credit on regular spirit days .

Student Council Updates

Special Spirit Days

Culture Day is on Wednesday, December 20. Wear attire that celebrates your culture!

Upcoming Special Spirit Days:

* Wednesday, January 31 is Winter Day

* Wednesday, February 28 is Pajama Day

Yearbook Info

Yearbook Cover Contest Announcement!

Congratulations to Enaya A. (Mrs. Lopez’s class)! Your artwork will be featured on this year’s yearbook cover. 👏

Thank you to our 17 artist participants in this year’s Live Oak Yearbook Cover Contest! They did a phenomenal job with their artwork.

We held two rounds of judging. The Live Oak PTA leadership team voted in round one and narrowed the field of seventeen down to six. We then invited a few Live Oak staff members to judge the final round. The judges were truly impressed with the art; all the kids should be proud of their work.

Click here to Purchase your ad NOW!

5th Grade Yearbook Recognition Ads

Purchase a Recognition Ad today! - Proceeds from the Recognition Ad sale will support our fifth graders’ end-of-year celebrations!

Go to www.treering.com/validate
Enter our school’s code: 101597072601646
Click the Buy Yearbook Ad button and follow the steps
Yearbook editors will determine final ad placement on a page.
Your ad will be printed in every yearbook.

Yearbook Photos

The yearbook committee wants your photos! Our goal is to include as many students as possible in our yearbook. Please upload your photos to TreeRing today. To order a yearbook, visit the LOPTA Yearbook Webpage.

Live Oak's Little Chefs - Recipe Showcase

Presenting this week's Star Chef - Aarohan V, 3rd Grade!

Congratulations Aarohan! 🎊🎉 We love your recipe!

Here are few words from this week's judge, 4th grade teacher Ms Jacqueline Green - "This Sweet Potato and Dates Pudding sounds delicious and offers a fun nutritious twist to traditional pudding. Adding Sweet Potatoes and Dates adds natural sweetness so you don’t have to add a lot of additional sugar, and I also love the short prep time! Lastly, the addition of cranberries and pumpkin seeds is a great idea for texture and added flavor. I might even add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg.

Overall, it's a creative and healthy dessert option, especially for those looking for alternatives to traditional puddings. I hope everyone enjoys this yummy pudding!

Want to see your recipe showcased in the PTA newsletter and website? Click on the link shown to upload the recipe! The last day to enter is December 19th. Upload Now!

Are you enjoying the recipe showcase? How would you like a dedicated section in every newsletter where we showcase contributions from Live Oak students? We'll pick a topic every few months and ask the kids to send in their entries - The topics could range from literature, art, science, cooking or anything else we think would interest the kids.

District and Community

Inclusion Matters at SRVUSD!

Inclusive Schools Week - January 22-26, 2024

SRVUSD celebrates all students with disabilities and strives to model respect, empathy, and high expectations for every student with disabilities during Inclusive Schools Week on January 22-26, 2024.

To celebrate inclusion of all of our students with disabilities at all of our schools, PTA through Gryco Sportswear are selling Inclusion Matters t-shirts which will be worn on the final day of Inclusive Schools week in January. The shirt is the disability pride flag which aims to promote awareness of the positive pride felt by those in the disability community and says Inclusion Matters @ SRVUSD. Click here to Order Deadline to order is December 20, 2023.

Disability Pride Flag (2020)- the meaning of the Disability Pride Flag

SRVUSD is Seeking Members for New Resource Parent Network

The Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in SRVUSD is seeking dedicated special education parents to become part of our Resource Parent Network. By becoming a Resource Parent you can inspire, uplift, and empower others while fostering a sense of togetherness within our special education community. Your experience and wisdom can make a world of difference to other parents navigating the complex world of special education. Do you ever wish there was another parent there to guide you when you embarked on your special education journey? We invite you to become the support you wished for! If you are interested we invite you to learn more and please take this short interest form no later than January 12, 2024.

Video Recording of Social Media & SEL in Middle School Virtual Event is Available for Viewing

On December 6th, SRVUSD and the San Ramon Valley Council of PTAs co-hosted a virtual parent/caregiver education event, Social Media & SEL in Middle School, featuring Jamie Nunez from Common Sense Media. Jamie delved into the Practical Guide for Families, discussing how it’s so important for families to talk about their values related to social media use and sharing ideas on how to establish usage guidelines. If you missed the event, you can watch the recording on the SRVCPTA YouTube page.

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If you are interested in being a sponsor for any Live Oak PTA event, please reach out to Sapna at waysmeans@liveoakpta.net

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