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Our Annual Food Drive kicked off Monday, November 3. Each grade level has been “assigned” food items the food Bank is in most need of. Flyer attached.

Congratulations to Zareen in Ms. Kim’s class. Her flag design flies proudly at Live Oak’s entrance. Another flag will be displayed in our MPR!

Our next special spirit day is November 19 - Monochromatic Day: Wear all the same color (shirt/pants)

Lunch Volunteers

Live Oak is looking for Volunteers to help with Lunch support. If you are available to help, please sign up here

PTA Updates

Message from the President

My name is Shipra Butail, and I have lived in San Ramon for the last six months with my husband and our two kids, who are in 5th and 3rd grade at Live Oak Elementary. I come from a family deeply rooted in community service and see this role as a chance to give back to the community.

Professionally, I work in as a coaching leader, training Project Managers and helping teams adopt better ways of working. I also own a local business, which has been a great experience in entrepreneurship and time management.

I am excited to collaborate with all of you to make this school year meaningful and engaging for our kids!

Regards,

Shipra

Open PTA Positions

We are looking to fill the following positions

* VP of Programs. This role is very fun, dynamic and perfect for someone who loves to plan events. The VP of Programs would work with committee and other Chairs to plan and organize programs for the school year.

* Teacher & Staff Holiday Lunch Chair. The volunteer helps with arranging the lunch for our amazing staff. Its takes less than a few hours to coordinate. The lunch is on Dec 17.

Family Movie Night is BACK ON!

Thank you Pack 997 for stepping in to help the PTA organize Movie Night 👏👏. We truly appreciate the help of your scouts and parents!

Join us for a FREE indoor Family Movie Night under the stars! Watch Bad Guys 2 on Friday, Nov 14 at Live Oak School. Bring your blankets, dress as movie characters and enjoy a cozy evening with family and friends,

Dinner from the food truck available after 6 PM. There will be snacks for sale. RSVP now for an unforgettable family night!"

Community Dine out

Dine and donate! Enjoy a meal out and help support our PTA! Dos Coyotes - in Crow Canyon Commons - is hosting a Live Oak PTA fundraiser. Go enjoy lunch or dinner from Monday, November 10 through Sunday, November 16 and 25% of your check will be donated to the Live Oak PTA. Show the flyer to the cashier. Thank you for your support!

Vintage spirit wear is now ON SALE!

Take a look at our online catalog on the Live Oak website to know whats in stock. All spirit wear listed are NEW and unused! This time, we also have some extra/left over spirit wear thats listed for sale on the website.

Choose the design and size and write to Spiritwear@liveoakpta.net with the details.
After we confirm the order via email, we will let you know when your order is ready to be picked up.
You can make a payment via cash in an envelope with your name on it OR write a check addressed to Live Oak PTA and drop it off with the office admin. The office admin will then handover your package to you.

Sister School Toy Drive

Donations will benefit students at our sister school, Michelle Obama Elementary School.

Donate a new and unwrapped toy (value $15-20). No nerf guns or toys resembling weapons of any kind.
Drop off donations to the bin in the front office at Live Oak November 3rd – December 2nd.

* Sister School Program is a philanthropic program that benefits Live Oak students by fostering civic responsibility, enhancing community engagement, promoting volunteerism, and by teaching the joy of helping others.

Event Highlights from the last few weeks

PTA Reflections 2025

The Reflections Program this year received an outstanding response. Within one week, we had 31 creative entries from our students for the theme “I Belong.”

Participants showcased their talents across six categories, with at least one submission in each category. Thank you for participating: Mehar F, Ikshan R, Sanvi S, Zariya I, Dael J, Sanvi Sarkar, Zareen F, Pristine G B, Siaa P, Hael J, Karthi N, Anaiya K, Reyansh R, Viraaj T and Aarohan V. You are all winners in your own right!

A big thank you to the teachers and staff who helped in selecting the winning entries. The Awards of Excellence have been submitted to the Council level for the next round of judging, which will take place in January. All this was possible because of the wonderful PTA volunteers Shipra Butail and Suchita Ghosh.

PTA Trunk or Treat

Thank you to everyone who helped make Trunk or Treat a big success. It was a spooktacular night with high attendance at both hours. Awesome to see so many young families at our sensory hour.

We had 19 stops in total and 10 had games or activities. Shout to Therese Kathka and Nazish Abder, our event chairs and to all who recruited families to donate or sign up. We received an abundance of candy and toys thanks to generous families and I happy to report all candy received by Friday was given away.

Thank you to event volunteers - Uyen Nguyen, Amisha Rai, Sri Sudha Keert, Nagi Radhakrishnan, Ram Shanka, Vikas Kumar Singh, Leila Hareb, Shawn Kathka , Daniel Owen without who we could not have run our event so smoothly,A special note to all families that lent their trunks for the event - Kiran Hansrai, Shawn Kathka, Therese Kathka , Lynnette Gomez, Shyamala Jayaraman, Cub Scouts Pack 997 , Elizabeth Nguyen, Jocelin Cardona, Kaitlyn Manighalam, Bhanupreeti Daggupati, Anum Brashir, Daniel and Madhv Owen, Tariq Hussain, Mahalakshmi V, Sandhya Singh Bidesi, Anna Koroleva, Jennifer liu, Nazish Abder.

We had over 125 children play PTA Ispy, it was a hit and the bucket overflowed with ballots for the PTA guessing game. *Prizes for the winners were distributed in class the following Monday.

🎃 Pumpkin Patch Fun!

We had such a wonderful time at our Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday, October 29th! Thank you to Jennifer Lui for organizing this special event. Each class got to visit our festive fall setup in the quad and pick out their very own pumpkin to take home.

Pumpkins were purchased from Windmill Farms, who also kindly lent us hay bales to help create our cozy autumn scene.

We’re so grateful to our fantastic volunteers — Shwetha Narayanan, Therese Kathka, Shawn Kathka, Lamba Haschemi, Cary Chan, Madhvi Owen, Sanju Bhattarai, Amisha Rai, Sandhya Menon, Priyanka Duvvuru, Shipra Butail, and Pam Sokukawa— for helping make the day such a success.

Special appreciation to our amazing school team — Mr. Shui, Mr. Fong, Helen Burrows, Monica Richard, and Joel Lopez — for their help and support in bringing this fall favorite to life. 🍂

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week was a fantastic reminder for our students to embrace "Healthy Choices." Throughout the week, students had the chance to dress up and show their commitment to these positive habits.

The event was a great success! Congratulations to Mrs. Samra’s third grade class for bringing home the trophy!

Live Oak students from Pack 997 also helped tie ribbons around the campus as a reminder to stay safe and care for both body and mind. They also took part in a campus clean-up around the Live Oak grounds demonstrating their commitment to community service.

Cardboard Challenge

On Wednesday, October 29, our students participated in our annual Cardboard Challenge, celebrating creativity, collaboration, and imagination! This year’s theme was “The Wonderful World of Color.” Students designed and built their very own games out of cardboard, decorating them in bright, colorful ways to match the theme. After completing their creations, everyone had the chance to explore, play, and enjoy each other’s games for 30 minutes. Some of the exciting projects included Plinko boards, basketball tosses, trivia challenges, marble launchers, and even cannonball games aimed at cardboard boats! It was such a joyful and hands-on way to celebrate problem-solving, teamwork, and the power of imagination.

Yearbook

Work has begun on creating the 2025-2026 Yearbook, If you need to order a book you can directly from Treering, You can also start adding pictures in the folders and creating your FREE custom pages, instructions can be found here https://www.liveoakpta.net/fundraiser/yearbook