Live Oak Elementary Newsletter -----------------------------Aug 08, 2023 |
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August
Aug 09 BTSN Preschool K1, K4 & D9 - 3pm
Aug 09 BTSN TK, K and 1st room C-4 (Mrs. Green) - 5pm
Aug 10 Back to School Night (2nd to 5th)
Aug 10 The First Day of School (Minimum Day)
Aug 10 TK/Kinder Welcome Coffee (In Person)
Aug 15 Community Night Out @ Yersen Gelato Cakes
Aug 25, 28 Room Parents Meeting on zoom
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SRVUSD Instructional Calendar
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Have you completed all the three steps?
LOES Registration
- SRVUSD Annual Update (see information below)
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The Parent Update portal is open and accepting your updates (email address changes, etc.) Sharing your information allows you to receive timely information via email from your students’ schools and the District Office. Click here for online enrollment and annual update FAQs.
Don't forget to log into the Parent Portal to make your annual updates.
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Teacher Assignments are posted |
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Teacher assignments have been posted as of Monday, August 7 at noon.
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Thursday, August 10th, 8:00 am
First Day only Schedule:
TK/Kindergarten: 8:00am - 9:30am
1st - 5th Grades: 8:00am - 12:00pm
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Friday, August 11th - August 18th (except Wednesday)
Shortened Schedule (Assessment Days)
TK/Kindergarten: 8:00am - 11:30am
1st-5th Grades: 8:00am - 1:25pm
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Thursday, August 10th 9:00am-9:30am
MPR
TK/KG parents please join us for coffee and snacks.
Meet your PTA, principal, and say hello to old and new friends
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I would like to talk to you about how to get involved at Live Oak. First and foremost, please connect with your child’s teacher and keep the lines of communication open. The relationship between your family and your child’s teacher is at the center of everything. If ever you need anything, please start by contacting your teacher first as they can best help you navigate the system of education.
I would also like to encourage all of you to join the PTA. The PTA is a fabulous way to get involved. Their goal is to bring the community together in support of the school. They coordinate numerous community events, run our room parent program, help facilitate volunteerism opportunities around the school and generally support the school with the people power necessary to create an optimal learning environment.
Contribute to our Live Oak Education Fund. Our school cannot do anything without funding. Currently, our school runs on a budget of approximately $54,000. This covers everything from copier costs, office supplies, some maintenance and operational costs, para educators, classroom supplies, instructional materials, enrichment, staff and extra duty hours and more. As you can imagine this is not adequate to fund everything you see at Live Oak. It actually isn’t enough to fund basic supplies let alone the cost of staffing positions.
This is where the Education Fund comes to save the day. Our Education Fund asks for money for a one-time donation of $595/student or $995/family however any amount donated towards our goal of supporting our kids is truly appreciated.
Here is what you get (Please know that this list is FAR from comprehensive):
- Para Educators - Our Education fund contributes $165,000 (That is 3 times the amount of the overall school budget allocation!) towards staffing para educators that support learning.
- Art Para Educator - They also fund the Art Para that teaches art classes to our students.
- School supplies. That’s right, you do not get a donation list nor are you asked to purchase any school supplies for Back to School. I don’t know about you, but I would personally pay you if I knew I didn’t have to go to Target, Office Depot and Walmart looking for what my kid’s teacher needs. (Last year the contribution towards supplies was almost $44,000.)
- Classroom supplies - Our teachers are given funding directly from the Ed fund and that pays for whatever they need.
- Copier costs
- Funds toward our maker space, The Eagle’s Nest.
Here is what you don’t get:
- You and your child don’t get asked to sell candy, magazines or wrapping paper
- You don’t have to ask your family and co-workers to contribute or buy all of the above
- You don’t have to make your child be a door to door salesperson to pay for their education
At the end of the day, you get to enjoy and focus on being a great parent. Your child gets to focus on being a great student and our school gets to focus on how best to support your student’s learning without the fear of not having the funds necessary to achieve our goals.
I would like to thank every single person who already donated to our Education Fund. We would NOT be able to do what we do without your support and generosity. Thank you for allowing all of this to be possible.
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Greetings from Live Oak Education Fund! |
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Hello Live Oak family,
Welcome to Live Oak elementary school! I hope you all had a great summer. I am Naresh Desai, serving as Ed Fund President for the 2023-24 school year. Our goal is to raise $250,000 this school year to continue supporting the same program as last year. As of Aug 8th 2023, we have only raised $109,781. Please donate to Live Oak EdFund to reach the goal: https://liveoak.futurefund.com
Last Year's fund was used for the following activities:
- Para educators
- Vocal music teacher
- Art teacher
- Increase of the Librarian hours
- Headphones for all grade level
- Other programs like
a. Eagle’s Nest
b. Soul Shoppe
c. 3D printers
and other essential supplies
that help staff to support kid's well rounded growth.
The Ed fund committee serves the school on behalf of all the Parents to ensure that all grade levels benefit equally through your donation. Your donation will help your kids get exposure to science, art, music instruction, extra library hours, and year around classroom supply. Your help has never been more important for the education foundation. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your support. Feel free to reach out to any Ed Fund board members if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you in the Fall. Thank you and have a great school year!
Thank you
Naresh Desai
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Hello Live Oak Families!
I can’t believe we are approaching the first day of school! I am so excited and honored to introduce myself as your PTA President for this school year. My name is Sri Sudha Pandrangi, and I am a proud mom to my incoming second grade son. I am filling some big shoes with my amazing predecessors, Shilpa Nandigama and Dharshana Eeshwaran and will do my best to be a resource and advocate on campus. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected], with questions, concerns, and feedback - and especially if you'd like to get involved!!
We are excited to have you back and look forward to a great year ahead!
Thank you so much for all your continued support and dedication to our children, school, teachers and administrators. We are so fortunate to be part of such a warm community!
Note: There will be Welcome back signage before the school library. Don't miss to snap your kids' picture on the first day of school.
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LO PTA welcomed New families to Live Oak. Thanks to Mr Fong and Mr Shui for the new family meet & greet. The student council organized the school tours for the new families. All our little friends enjoyed the little icy treats and meeting the Principal!
Welcome to all the new families to Live Oak once again! We are excited to have you join our wonderful community and look forward to a great year ahead!
Thanks to all the volunteers for helping with the onsite registration.
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LOPTA will be celebrating Teachers & staff back to school with a welcome lunch on Aug 9th 2023!
Thank you Live Oak Teachers and Staff!
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Community Night Out
Yersen Gelato & Cakes!
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Wanna be your child’s Superhero? |
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LOPTA would love to have you be a Parent Volunteer this year! We have many opportunities for you to choose from to enrich your child’s education. If you or anyone you know, is interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please contact Live Oak PTA Team.
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