Stevens Creek Superstars Newsletter Quon Superintendent: Phil

2012 California Distinguished School Cupertino Union School District Stevens Creek Elementary School * Vivian Franklin, Principal 10300 Ainsworth Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 May 31, 2012 Week 37 of 38 Website http://www.edline.net/pages/Stevens_Creek_Elem_School March 29, 2012 Week 29 of 37 August 25, 2011 Week 2 of 43 EVERY TUESDAY IS EARLY DISMISSAL Students are dismissed at 2:30pm Board of Education: Anjali Kausar Ben Liao !!!!!!! Josephine Lucey Gary McCue Phyllis Vogel

PRE-PAY FOR CUSD LUNCHES at PAMS (Parent Account Management System) Lunchroom! You can make payments and view your students account balance online by going to http://www.pamslunchroom.com TO EMAIL STAFF: lastname_firstname@cusdk8.org ATTENDANCE: If your child will be absent, please call 245-3312. Ext. 6, by 11:00 a.m. to report the absence. HOMEWORK: Homework may be requested for illness absences after three days or more. Please call the office before 9:00 a.m. to request the homework for pickup after 3:00 p.m.

PrincipalsMessage
Staff!Learning!Day!focused!on!Common!Core!State!Standards!
Last!Friday!the!teachers!spent!the!morning!discussing!Common!Core!Standards!and!how!to! redesign!existing!lesson!plans!and!teaching!tools!to!incorporate!the!new!standards!and! expected!teaching!strategies.!!The!teachers!met!at!six!different!schools!with!other!grade!level! teachers!from!the!other!19!schools.!!It!was!a!very!productive!and!informative!morning.!!In!the! afternoon!the!teachers!met!at!grade!level!to!focus!on!curriculum!planning!and!forming!next! year!classes. Calendar
May 31: Rm 17 Play in GLC 11:30/1:30 June 1: Walkathon Post Assembly 1:15-2:15 June 1: Town 2:15-3:00 at lunch tables June 5: 4th gr: Gold Rush Day 9-3 Field June 5: Kinders Varian Park 10:30-12:00 June 6: 3rd gr picnic Varian Park 10:15-12:15 June 6: 1st gr picnic-Varian Park 12:20-2 June 6: Peace Patrol Appreciation Party 12:30-2:30 in GLC June 7: 2nd gr picnic-Varian Park 12:15-2:15 June 7: 4th gr-Homestead Lanes 1-3 June 7: 5th gr-Living History Day 9-3:30 GLC/Outside June 8: Talent Show GLC 11-12:15 1:15-2:45 June 8: Spirit Day-Hawaiian Day June 11: Kinder F/T- Happy Hollow 9-1:30 ALL KINDERS ATTEND AM SESSION June 11: 5th gr picnic Stevens Creek Reservoir 9:30-3:00 June 12: Last Day of School Dismissal at 12:20 pm

School News

Peace Patrol Appreciation Party If you were a Peace Patroller in the Fall or Spring, you are invited to the GLC for a special end of year party. June 6th from 12:30-2:30 in the GLC. We will be having pizza and watching a movie.

Things to Remember Before the End of the School Year Check the Lost and Found for any lost items. All unclaimed items will be donated to charity tomorrow Friday, May 25 th . Library books were due Tuesday, May 22 nd . If you have a library book in your possession, please return all library books as soon as possible. Report cards and yearbooks will be withheld for students with any outstanding balance from the library. Return all school textbooks and Take Home Reader books. Notify the office if you will not be returning next year or will be starting late. Students return on Monday, August 20, 2012. Make sure your students Health/Enrollment card is current with phone numbers, employment information and emergency contacts. If your child has medication in the school office, please pick it up on the last day of school, Tuesday, June 12 th . All hot lunches must be pre-paid for the remainder of the year. Students who owe for past lunches are expected to pay these charges prior to the last day of school. If your child has a balance at the end of the school year. It will be carried forward to the next school year. Dismissal time for the last day of school, June 12 th is 12:20 pm.

News from our school nurse, Jodi Quinton, RN, MS, CNS If you have stored your childs medication in the school health office, please make arrangements to pick them up on the last day of school. Please note: All medications will be released only to a parent or guardian. Any medications that remain after the close of school will be discarded. If your student will need medication during the school day for the next school year, a Medication Administration form must be completed. The form is available in the school office. Please note that in order for medications to be given, both the doctor and the parent must sign the form. When completed, bring the Medication Administration form and the medication (in the original container) to the secretaries in the school office. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at Quinton_jodi@cusdk8.org

PTO NEWS
Walkathon Post Assembly and Wrap up!!! This Friday the students will have their post Walkathon assembly. The top pledge and top lap winners will be announced, as will the raffle winners. Thanks to the entire Stevens Creek Community for making this years walkathon successful. Between the pledges, and family and business sponsorships we raised almost $62K. Thanks to everyone for your support. Please also thank our community business sponsors (listed below) who supported the walkathon this year. We are still waiting for a few more pledges to be collected and turned in. If you still have pledges left to collect, please return your envelopes before the end of the school year. Thank you to the vast majority of students who have returned their pledge envelopes!! Thanks for your continued support! If you have any questions, please contact Yulan Cole (Yulan@yahoo.com). Thank you Walkathon Business Sponsors for your support!!! Stevens Creek PTO sends out a big THANK YOU to our business sponsors, who help support our valuable programs. The following businesses supported the walkathon this year through generous donations of money or prizes for our pledge and lap winners or raffle prizes. Please let them know that Stevens Creek appreciates their support!!! Agape Dental Group Amici's East Coast Pizzeria Anime Palace David T. Constant. DDS Cupertino Auto Care Cupertino Kung-Fu Club Curves Los Altos Mahnaz Gorgani, DMD Dr.Charles T. Kao DDS Neeshat S. Khan DDS Lakeshore Learning Store Lehigh Southwest Cement-Permanente Plant Dr. Hengsheng Lin's Dental Office Pump It Up Referral Realty Cupertino San Jose Scientific (scienceshopusa.com) Saratoga Star Aquatics (ssta-swim.com) Saratoga Vision Center Vardy's Jewelers

Important News about next years co-op program Co-op is a PTO sponsored program that supports all Stevens Creek families with children in both upper (4-5) and lower (K-3) grades. For those families, the co-op program provides a safe, supervised environment for younger children to play while they wait for older siblings to be released. The program runs from 3:05-3:35 each day, and requires parents of those participating to volunteer a couple times each month to supervise the younger children.

We are looking for someone to organize and run the co-op program next year. If you are interested in participating in co-op next year, please be aware that the program can only operate if we have a parent who will run it. If you are willing to take on this important role, or would like more information about what is involved, please contact Cris Vaughan (cavaughan28@gmail.com) or Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek (sfulsmen@comcast.net). Available PTO positions PTO has several committee positions available for next year. If you are interested in taking a more active part in PTO activities or operations next year, please contact Cris Vaughan (cavaughan28@gmail.com) or Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek (sfulsmen@comcast.net) to learn more about the positions and get involved!

Auditor Needed!!! PTO is looking for an auditor for next year. The auditor is crucial to the operations of the PTO and maintaining our non-profit status. Individuals with an accounting or auditing background are an especially good fit for this position. The position requires the auditing of the PTO books on a quarterly basis and consulting with the co-presidents and PTO board on policy issues. The auditor is independent of the PTO board and this position does not require regular attendance at PTO meeting. If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact Cris Vaughan (cavaughan28@gmail.com) or Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek (sfulsmen@comcast.net).

DISTRICT NEWS SECTION Vol. 32 2011-2012 Elementary School

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION Summer Registration Registration will continue at the home school sites through June 22, 2012. After this date, registration will begin at the Cupertino Union School District Office, Student Assignment Department from June 25 through August 10, 2012 for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade, and June 25 through August 7, 2012 for grades 6th through 8th. The District Office is located at 10301 Vista Drive in Cupertino, and will be open for registration from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Due to increased enrollment across the District, space is not guaranteed at home school. The District does guarantee a space at an overflow school within the District. Change of Residence Please be aware that parents/guardians are required to notify the school site or the District Office of a change in residency within 10 days of moving. Parents/guardians may complete a Request for Transfer form at the time the change of residence is submitted if they wish to remain at the current school site. Approvals are based on adequate space availability and there are no guarantees that a student may continue at the current school site. All other Request for Transfer forms will be available on August 10, 2011 at the school of choice.

Important Attendance Policy reminder Students who leave early before the last day of school will be placed on the registration priority list after any students registering in the spring. If the number of neighborhood students exceeds capacity at the school site, students will be designated to an overflow school site until space becomes available at the neighborhood school. SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Wendy Gudalewicz as the next Superintendent of the Cupertino Union School District at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 22, 2012. Dr. Gudalewicz succeeds Phil Quon who will retire on June 30, 2012, after six years as Superintendent. Dr. Gudalewicz brings a wealth of experience to the District, as she possesses 23 years of experience in the education field. Most recently, Dr. Gudalewicz has served as the Chief Academic Officer for the New Haven Unified School District since 2009. In this role, she supervises all aspects of instruction, curriculum, and assessment for 13,000 students. Dr. Gudalewicz has also served as an Area Superintendent for the Oakland Unified School District and a number of years as a school site administrator in several school districts in Santa Clara County. She was honored in 2011 as the Curriculum and Instruction Administrator of the Year for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 6. Dr. Gudalewicz has also recently earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Saint Marys College. Additional information regarding the search process is available on the Districts website at www.cusdk8.org. STATE PRESCHOOL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The Sedgwick Child Development Centers (CDC), in partnership with the Cupertino Union School District, is currently taking applications for its free State Preschool Program for the fall of 2012. The program, which serves low-income three- and four-year-old children, is located at Sedgwick Elementary School, 19200 Phil Lane in Cupertino. Children who will be three or four-years-old by November 1st may qualify. Priority is given to children who will be four by November 1, 2012. This 3 hour preschool program offers children many exciting learning experiences including math, prereading, cooking, science and creative arts, as well as the opportunity to work and play in both small and large group situations. Preschool activities are designed to help children make a successful transition to kindergarten. Children attend three hours per day, five days a week. If your family does not qualify for the state funding, monthly tuition rates are available as well. Parents interested in enrolling their children should contact Denise Reid at (408) 725-0909.