Dear Cool Cat Families,
Today was the first time in over 18 months that our student body was reunited together for a Wednesday Wave Outdoor Assembly! Students and Staff exhibited resiliency as we navigated a few audio difficulties and the heat, nevertheless, we were together in one place! Our Cool Cat joined us as selected students gave shoutouts at the microphone. Afterwards, we reviewed our PAWS expectations and how students can earn character cards. Character cards will be collected and placed into a community bucket where three names will be chosen every Friday. These lucky Cool Cats will visit our treasure chest and become a part of the PAWS Club!
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Wishing you a PAWSitively awesome week! |
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CLUBHOUSE & AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT |
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Registration available for on-site before and after care K-5 grade. Visit this link for more details.
After School Enrichment registration now open. First session begins August 30th. Visit this link to view and register for available classes at your campus.
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Thank You from One Community LG!
One Community LG, on behalf of the Daves Avenue Home & School Club and LGEF, thanks the families who have donated to our One Community LG Campaign for the 2021-2022 school year.
To date, Daves families have contributed $17,850 to the Daves Avenue Home & School Club - funding school supplies, technology, STEAM programs and supplies, student enrichment, and community building events. Our families have also contributed $69,278 to LGEF - funding counselors as well as art, music, library and PE specialists at Daves. 15% of Daves Avenue families have already participated in the One Community LG Campaign.
If you have not yet contributed, please consider contributing at any level before our campaign ends on September 30th. All contributions are welcomed and appreciated as our goal is 100% parent participation. You can pledge now if you wish to defer your contribution to a later date, or choose a monthly payment plan. Also, many companies will match your contribution. Double the Match lists companies that generously offer matching programs.
To contribute, please visit One Community LG. Thank you again for helping to continue our amazing programs and level of excellence at Daves Avenue.
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Daves Avenue Donors to One Community LG (as of September 7, 2021)
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Anonymous (4)
Beerer Family
Bernhardt Family
Boskovich Family
Bromberg Family
Brunner Family
Brunner Family
Chambers Family
Chang Family
Chen Family
Chen Family
Chiu Family
Desmet Family
Duan & Wu Family
Fontenelle-Sutters Family
Forcier Family
Frank Family
Gettatly Family
Greg and Mary Rabitz
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Grey/Pyle Family
Harbison Family
Haug Family
Holst Family
Hulser Family
Ishak Family
Janda Family
Joe & Liz Mack
Lei Family
Leventon Family
Lewis Family
Lim Family
Mahoney Family
Malinsky Family
Mazzoni Family
McNeil Family
Meshcheryakov Family
Muthukumar/Murugesan Family
Phongjaroen Family
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Reichert Family
Rose Family
Rutherford Family
Sabin Family
Sandman Family
Schwartz Family
Sean Rose and Caryn Ryan
Thong Tran Family
Tommy & Becky Hanson
Turaids-Tahaei Family
Wend Family
Yue Family
Zhang Family
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*Please note: If you contributed to One Community LG directly through your employer, we have not received that information yet as there is a delay in their processing of up to 60 days. If your name is not on our list of donors, please complete the Payroll Deduction Form so that we know to expect your contribution and can properly thank you.
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Did you know that One Community LG, through the LGEF, funds our elementary counselors Linda Williams and Laura Macfarlane and our K-8 counselor Savannah Henry? Our dedicated counseling staff proactively works with our students to provide the social/emotional support and education our children need to navigate through these challenging times. Students are supported with literature based social/emotional lessons in their classrooms as well as check ins with our counselors. LGEF funded counselors support parents as well through Facilitated Conversations, such as “Confident Parents, Confident Kids,” currently being offered to all families. The Daves Avenue Home & School Club also supports our students through Project Cornerstone and many community building activities such as our Ice Cream Social to start our school year, New Family Welcome, and Kinder and First Grade Playdates. To find out more about what your contributions to One Community LG will benefit, please visit onecommunitylg.org.
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K-5 Counselor Linda Williams helps students brainstorm how they can help themselves and others. |
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Help Is Needed on the Following Committees |
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Bingo Night
Carnival
Champions of Math
Family Movie Night
Fun Run
Green Team
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Parenting Continuum
Play Producer
Project Cornerstone
Science Fair
Yearbook
Safe Routes 2 School
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WINCHESTER BLVD BIKEWAY PROJECT UPDATE
The Winchester Boulevard Class IV Bikeway Project is designed to improve safety for people walking, biking, and driving along the corridor and to transform Winchester Boulevard into a street that provides comfortable bicycle and pedestrian facilities, connecting bicyclists to more destinations and encouraging more bicycling trips!
This project will:
- Protected bike lanes (Class IV) between Blossom Hill Road and Albright Way;
- Remove one of the northbound lanes;
- Construct ADA curb ramps at multiple intersections;
- At the Blossom Hill Road intersection, add a green bike box and two-stage bike left-turn box for cyclists turning left from southbound Santa Cruz to BHR. Remove the westbound free right-turn from BHR to Santa Cruz. Add shark teeth yield markings and new crosswalks;
- At the Daves Avenue intersection, remove the southbound right turn lane to allow the bike lane to continue through the intersection. Add a raised median to lower vehicle speeds for right turns.
- At the Lark Avenue intersection, remove travel lanes, tighten right turn radius, add new crosswalk and pedestrian markings, add buffer bike lanes, and improve signage;
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Add “Two-Stage Turn box” at Wimbledon Drive
As a part of the Town’s FY 2020/21 Street Repair and Resurfacing Project, the contractor, “Pavement Coatings” completed isolated asphalt repair work on Winchester Boulevard the week of August 16.
They will be performing crack sealing on Friday Sept. 9 and Monday Sept. 13.
They are anticipated to complete resurfacing work by the end of September and begin installation of Class IV bikeways in early October.
All construction activities are expected to complete by the end of October.
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Outdoor Learning Spaces - Community Feedback Opportunity
Please join us on Tuesday September 14, 2021 4:00 pm at the Fisher MPR.
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The construction of the N40 development and the associated developer fees has provided LGUSD with a unique opportunity to implement our outdoor improvement plan. Verde Design group will present the schematic designs for these improvements to our elementary school fields, outdoor classroom spaces and safety measures. Verde has developed these plans based on the priorities established by site staff, community members and district administration. The community feedback at this meeting will help inform the board when they finalize the designs within the approved facilities budget at the October 14, board meeting. |
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Thank you for your support of the universal meal program. This program is provided free of charge to all students through Federal grants and does not require any signup. Since the beginning of the school year we have begun serving over 1800 meals per day. This is a new program for our staff and we have had some challenges securing supplies and meeting the published menus. We have been improving each week and expect, with your patience and participation, to move toward more scratch cooked meals with fresh ingredients.
The menu is updated each week and the link is Menu Link.
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*The Town is looking to fill one permanent crossing guard position and also wants to hire a few people to be substitute guards to cover illness and planned vacancies of regular crossing guards. |
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Never Miss an Important Date! 🗓
To subscribe, clink the link above to be taken to the H&SC website calendar page.
Above the calendar, click the appropriate link to subscribe via Google or iCal.
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Thursday, September 9th, 4:00pm
LGUSD Regular Board Meeting
Friday, September 17th, 3:30pm
H&SC Member Meeting #1
Via Zoom (Info to Follow)
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Daves Avenue Elementary School
17770 Daves Avenue, Monte Sereno, CA 95030
Phone: 408-335-2200 | Fax: 408-395-6314 | Attendance Line: 408-335-2245
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Daves Avenue Home & School Club
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THE AVENUE is approved by Principal Jenna Mittleman and the H&SC Board to provide pertinent information weekly to the Daves Avenue community.
*The Avenue newsletter is written exclusively to provide the Daves Avenue community with school information. Articles, information, calendars, etc. may not be duplicated or re-printed in any manner without the permission of the Home and School Club or the Daves Avenue school administration.
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STAY CONNECTED, visit the Daves H&SC Facebook page!
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