Volume 4 | Edition 8 | 2021-2022
September 29, 2021
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
As September comes to a close, I would like to thank the Daves Avenue Community for helping our school year get off to a phenomenal start!

ONE Community Deadline This Friday, October 1
of Daves Avenue Families have participated in One Community LG!

This means 52% of our community still has time to support onecommunitylg.org in a meaningful way at a level that your family can afford. There are even options where a contribution can be divided into monthly contributions. Our goal is to reach 100% participation! We can do this!

5th Grade SPOTLIGHT
JOY is abundant as 5th-grade students engage in hands-on activities. Mr. Ducker, Mr. McCullough, and Mr. White are leading the charge with Salt Dough Projects to help students gain an increased awareness of physical features of the land of the United States!
Borrow a Chromebook and Wi-Fi Hotspots
Do you have a student who needs access to a Chromebook or Wi-Fi at home? LGUSD has a limited number of Chromebooks and Wi-Fi hotspots available to loan for students who would otherwise lack connected devices and/or broadband connections sufficient to fully engage in learning at home. We want to ensure access is available, especially if a student needs to quarantine at home. If you would like to request a Chromebook or Wi-Fi hotspot, please click here to complete this Daves Avenue Loaner Request Form. 

Have a PAWSitively awesome week!

Kind regards,
Jenna Mittleman, Principal 
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
The online school directory is now live! You should have received an email inviting you to register as a new user. If you did not receive an email, please contact H&SC Board Secretary Diana Chiu.
ONE COMMUNITY LG
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 $69,605 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 $179,870 to LGEF - funding counselors as well as art, music, library and PE teachers at Daves. 48% 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 this Friday, October 1st. 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.

 Daves Avenue Donors to One Community LG (as of September 28, 2021)
Anonymous (12)
Arnaudo Family
Barnickel Family
Barragan Family
Beerer Family
Bernhardt Family
Berris Family
Bonacorsi Family
Boskovich Family
Britz Family
Bromberg Family
Brown Family
Brunner Family
Brunner Family
Cardenas/Taban Family
Carl & Leslee Guardino
Casetta Family
Chambers Family
Chang Family
Chen Family
Chen Family
Chen Family
Chiu Family
Chuba Family
Chuba Family
Cono Family
Contro Family
Cosmin & Allison Pitigoi
Davoodi Family
Delling Family
Desmet Family
Dhanraj Family
Duan & Wu Family
Ekelund Family
Elvira Family
Ericksons
Family of Iris Tran
Fan Family
Figueroa Family
Fontenelle-Sutters Family
Forcier Family
Frank Family
Garner Family
Garrison Family
Gerade Family
Gettatly Family
Golden Family
Greg and Mary Rabitz
Grey/Pyle Family
Harbison Family
Hatch Family
Hatzievgenakis Family
Haug Family
Holst Family
Huang Family
Hulser Family
Humphries Family
Ishak Family
Jabbar/Yunis Family
Janda Family
Jebara Family
Jellen Family
Jeyachandran Family
Joe & Liz Mack
Johnson Family
Kail Family
Kalele Family
Komal & Chetan Khetani
Kurthy-Sorial Family
Kutting Family
Lam Family
Lambert Family
Lapcevic Family
Lee Family
Lee Family
Lee/Michaels Family
Lei Family
Lemenager Family
Leventon Family
Lewis Family
Liao Family
Liebman Family
Liebman Family
Lilly Family
Lim Family
Lin Family
Ling/Tang Family
Ljumanovic Family
Lopez Family
Lucq Family
Macias Family
Mahoney Family
Malinsky Family
Mark & Amy Hogenhout
Mazzoni Family
McAuley Family
McNeil Family
Megan and Braden Schrader
Menezes Family
Meng Family
Mennel Family
Meshcheryakov Family
Min Family
Miri Family
Munson Family
Muthukumar/Murugesan Family
Nair Family
Nakamura Family
Nguyen Family
Nielsen Family
Oh Family
Park Family
Pearl Family
Phan Family
Philbrook Family
Phongjaroen Family
Pierpont Family
Pioso Family
Qiu/Zhang Family
Rafia Family
Raj Family
Reichert Family
Reid Family
Rizo Family
Robinson Family
Roe Family
Romero Family
Rose Family
Roseman Family
Rutherford Family
Sabin Family
Sahandi Family
Sandell Family
Sandman Family
Schramm Family
Schwartz Family
Sean Rose and Caryn Ryan
Sharma-Evans Family
Shevelyov Family
Spitzer Family
Swenson Family
Tavakoli Family
Thong Tran Family
Toet/Cheung Family
Tommy & Becky Hanson
Torun Family
Tsai Family
Turaids-Tahaei Family
Unal Family
Verwer Family
Watt Family
Wend Family
Wright Family
Xu & Chen Family
Yamashita Family
Yang Family
Yue Family
Yusuf Family
Zandstra Family
Zarzhetshiy/Aho Family
Zeidler Family
Zhang Family
Ziegler Family
Ziswasser Family
*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.
Did you know that One Community LG, through the LGEF, funds our elementary music teachers, Ana George, Alyson Ancheta, Aryn Krijnen, and Corey Miller? Our music program introduces general music principals and theory as well as fosters a love of music in all our students. The Daves Avenue Home & School provides the funds to Music Boosters to purchase the musical instruments used in grades K-4 and the music curriculum software, Quaver, used by all students. 
  • Kindergarten students concentrate on music and movement. 
  • First and second graders focus on sounds, counting, and singing. 
  • Third grade students have the opportunity to learn the recorder. 
  • Fourth graders become familiar with the ukulele. 
  • Fifth graders are offered a choice of flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, voice or percussion. This prepares our students for the many Middle School music options that are open to our students. Music Boosters maintains the rental instruments available to fifth graders.  
Ask your child to tell you about what they songs they practiced this week in their music class. To find out more about what your contributions to One Community LG will benefit, please visit onecommunitylg.org.
Kindergarteners practice keeping a steady beat with Mrs. George.
Mrs. Krijnen works with the fifth grade orchestra students.
FOOD SERVICE UPDATE
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.

If you have questions, please contact Terese McNames at tmcnamee@lgusd.org

CALENDAR
SAVE THE DATE!
Mom's Night Out
Thursday, October 21st
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Wednesday, October 6th, 3:00pm
School Site Council Meeting

Thursday, October 14th
LGUSD Board Meeting
more info to come...

Friday, October 15th, 9:00am
Principal Chat
more info to come...

Monday - Friday, October 25th-29th
Red Ribbon Week

Wednesday, October 27th
FUN RUN!
more info to come...

Thursday, October 28th
Picture Day
more info to come...
Daves Avenue Elementary School
17770 Daves Avenue, Monte Sereno, CA 95030
Jenna Mittleman, Principal | jmittleman@lgusd.org
Phone: 408-335-2200 | Fax: 408-395-6314 | Attendance Line: 408-335-2245
Daves Avenue Home & School Club
Nykaj Nair, President | president@davesavehsc.org