Starr King Elementary School News
May 16, 2012
1215 Carolina Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-695-5797
Two weeks left of school
For your calendar:
- May 17, Thursday, 9:00am — Prop A input meeting — Library
- May 17, Thursday, 9:00am — Achievement Breakfast
- May 17, Thursday, 12:00pm — Volunteer Luncheon
- May 18, Friday — Spirit/Sports day, grades 3–5
- May 22, Tuesday — Spring Music Concert — Auditorium
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- May 23, Wednesday — Pre-K graduation at 9:00am, Kindergarten graduation at 10:00am
- May 24, Thursday, 10:00am — 5th grade promotion
- May 25, Friday, 1:45pm — Staff vs. 4th grade kickball game
- May 25, Friday — Last day of school
- August 20, Monday — First day of school 2012 – 2013!
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Starr King’s getting money to update our building — your input is needed!
Please attend the Prop A input meeting on Thursday, May 17, in the library at 9 a.m. This is our chance to discuss what we need when it comes to physically and structurally updating the school.
If you have 10 minutes to spare, below are links to download a survey that Starr King staff have received. Its purpose is to give the Prop A team the information they will need in order to do the kinds of upgrades we will need. Please feel free to review and complete the survey so that the team will have as much collective input as possible.
Download the survey as a PDF:
http://www.starrkingschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/survey.pdf
Download in Excel format:
http://www.starrkingschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/survey.xlsx
PROP A
For more info on Prop A:
- www.sfusd.edu/en/doing-business-with-sfusd/bond-program.html (http://www NULL.sfusd NULL.edu/en/doing-business-with-sfusd/bond-program NULL.html)
- www.sfusd-cboc.com (http://www NULL.sfusd-cboc NULL.com/index NULL.php)
Disaster Drill
When the big one hits, Starr King will be one of the best places to be in the city, because of our exceptional preparedness. Thanks to all the staff and students who made last Thursday’s drill such a success. We’re ready! And thanks especially to parents Dan Tan and Sara Buecher who played the role of “distraught parent” so very well. Their screams of “They’re too young to die!” and “Where is my child?” added a great deal to the realism of the event. We also had two ‘hurt’ kids – one in the upper grade and one at the primary and a guest star appearance by Gerry Gomez as ‘The Injured Teacher.’ The students evacuated well and staff were able to get to the second stage of preparing kids for parent pick up. We got good reviews from the SFFD on our level of preparedness. Next year there will be four drills (plus the monthly) that will be a bit more involved each time.
StageWrite Show
Starr King sold out all 370 seats at the Brava theater on Friday for the annual StageWrite show. This remarkable program begins with our Kindergarten classes and each year the same actors and writers work with all Starr King students to learn to express, act, create and write, culminating in 5th grade project in which each student writes a play. Seven of those plays were performed at Brava to a standing-room audience. It even got mentioned on TV: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8658691&pid=null&syndicate=syndicate§ion= (http://abclocal NULL.go NULL.com/kgo/video?id=8658691&pid=null&syndicate=syndicate§ion=)
Spirit Day!
Grades 3 – 5
Friday, May 18, 1:30 – 2:30
Each student will receive a passport from his or her teacher, then they will go between various activity centers on the play yard, organized by Coach DJ. They may include Basketball, a 4-Square tournament, dodgeball, a relay race, dance in Bungalow B, bowling, a sack race and an arts and crafts center. Students who collect at least 5 stamps will earn a popsicle from their classroom teacher.
Spring Concert
Tuesday, May 22, 2pm. The fourth and fifth grade instrumental Spring Concert. All performers report to the auditorium at 1:30pm.
Got outgrown uniforms?
As you clear out drawers getting ready for summer, please consider donating any outgrown uniforms to the office for next year’s students. If they’re clean and still in good condition, they can be used for students who’ve had accidents or gotten dirty or who forget to wear theirs. And as you buy uniforms this summer, consider grabbing and extra set to donate to the office for families who can’t afford the.
SCHOOL NEWS
2012 Summer Playdates
Come meet incoming Starr King families. Let’s welcome our new families and relieve some of those pre-kindergarten jitters. If you have a child in the incoming Kindergarten class, stay connected to your fellow kindergarten families by signing onto the class of 2018 yahoo group. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SK2018 (http://groups NULL.yahoo NULL.com/group/SK2018). Oh, and if you’d like, bring a snack to the playdates to share.
Saturday, June 2
10am – 12pm
Potrero del Sol Playground
between Potrero Ave. and San Bruno St.
@ 25th St.
Potrero Hill
Sunday, July 8
2 – 4pm
Jackson Playground
Mariposa and Arkansas Streets
Potrero Hill
Saturday, August 4
10am – 12pm
Precita Playground
Alabama and Precita Streets
Bernal Heights
Rainbow, Good Life, Canyon Market & Goat Hill Pizza Scrip
If you shop at Rainbow, Good Life or Canyon Market or eat at Goal Hill Pizza, don’t forget to stock up on Starr King scrip! When you use scrip to pay for your groceries, Starr King earns 10% at no additional cost to you. Think of it as a prepaid grocery purchase with a nice commission to the school. You can buy scrip from Maureen Persico in multiples of $20 and $50. Make checks payable to STARR KING PTA. You can also send a SASE to Maureen Persico, 4026 Folsom St., SF 94110 with a check made out to Starr King PTA and a note specifying which grocery store scrip you want.
Compiled by Beth Weise, Starr King PTA Newsletter Chair. If you have items you’d like to have in an upcoming newsletter, please email me at weise@well.com (weise null@null well NULL.com) or call 452-0311. Deadline is Tuesday morning.
MEETING
Everyone in the Starr King community is urged to attend the Prop A input meeting on Thursday, May 17, in the library at 9 a.m. This is our chance to discuss what we want when it comes to physically and structurally updating the school. Please attend the meeting if you can.
SURVEY
Below are links to download a survey that SK staff has received. Its purpose is to give the Prop A team the information they will need in order to do the kinds of upgrades we will need. Please feel free to review and complete the survey so that the team will have as much collective input as possible. It will take about 10 minutes.
Download the survey as a PDF:
http://www.starrkingschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/survey.pdf
Download in Excel format:
http://www.starrkingschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/survey.xlsx
PROP A
For more info on Prop A:
- www.sfusd.edu/en/doing-business-with-sfusd/bond-program.html (http://www NULL.sfusd NULL.edu/en/doing-business-with-sfusd/bond-program NULL.html)
- www.sfusd-cboc.com (http://www NULL.sfusd-cboc NULL.com/index NULL.php)
Starr King Elementary School News
May 9, 2012
1215 Carolina Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-695-5797
Last three weeks of school
For your calendar:
- May 10, Thursday, 9:30am — Emergency/Disaster Prep Drill
- May 11, Friday, 10:00am — K–2 performance, Music in Schools Today
- May 11, Friday, 7:00pm — 5th grade StageWrite plays performed at the Brava Theatre (24th St.). Tickets $10.
- May 15, Tuesday — 5th grade field trip to Yerba Buena Bowling Center
- May 17, Thursday, 9:00am — Achievement Breakfast
- May 17, Thursday, 12:00pm — Volunteer Luncheon
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- May 18, Friday — Spirit/Sports day, grades 3–5
- May 23, Wednesday — Pre-K graduation at 9:00am, Kindergarten graduation at 10:00am
- May 24, Thursday, 10:00am — 5th grade promotion
- May 25, Friday, 1:45pm — Staff vs. 4th grade kickball game
- May 25, Friday — Last day of school
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Nutrition Education ending, long live the Nutrition Program!
The Nutrition Education Project has been at Starr King for the past four years, with Ms. Frances Wong as our Site Nutrition Coordinator (SNC) for the past three years. Students have tried papaya, tasted cucumbers, and learned to love and ask for kale as part of this wide-ranging effort to get them to eat more fruits and vegetables.
This month marks the end of the Nutrition Education Project, as Starr King’s student population has shifted. With less than than 50% of our school population qualifying for free and reduced lunch, we are no longer eligible for the funding which made this program possible. We would need to be at 60% free/reduced lunch in order to qualify to have a SNC on site.
On the bright side, as a school we raised funds through our Wellness Walk-a-thon that will be allocated to continuing Nutrition Education in some capacity next year. Exactly what that will look like will be clearer next year, but for now – munch on a tasty mango or chomp on a crispy carrot in tribute to this popular and worthwhile program!
Disaster Drill
Starr King will be having a disaster drill on Thursday, May 10, at 9:30 AM. Our drill will be an earthquake simulation that will include “variables” that we might expect to occur in the event of a real emergency. Emotionally distraught parents, an injured staff member, and injured students will likely be among some of the “curves” we introduce into our process.
We are one of the few sites in the city practicing emergency preparedness to this level. The drill will give our staff, teachers and students the skills they need should The Big One ever hit during school hours.
 (http://stagewrite NULL.org/tix)
StageWrite Advanced Playwriting Show
This will feature plays by seven Starr King 5th graders.
STUDENTS: Wednesday May 9th 11am @ DeYoung
PARENTS: Friday May 11th 7pm @ Brava Theatre (24th Street)
Tickets for sale for the Friday evening performance: http://stagewrite.org/tix (http://www NULL.stagewrite NULL.org/tix).
Spirit Day!
Grades 3 – 5
Friday, May 18th
1:30 – 2:30
Each student will receive a passport from his or her teacher, then they will go between various activity centers on the play yard, organized by Coach DJ. They may include Basketball, a 4-Square tournament, dodgeball, a relay race, dance in Bungalow B, bowling, a sack race and an arts and crafts center. Students who collect at least 5 stamps will earn a popsicle from their classroom teacher.
Got outgrown uniforms?
As you clear out drawers getting ready for summer, please consider donating any outgrown uniforms to the office for next year’s students. If they’re clean and still in good condition, they can be used for students who’ve had accidents or gotten dirty or who forget to wear theirs. And as you buy uniforms this summer, consider grabbing and extra set to donate to the office for families who can’t afford the.
SCHOOL NEWS
Rainbow, Good Life, Canyon Market & Goat Hill Pizza Scrip
If you shop at Rainbow, Good Life or Canyon Market or eat at Goal Hill Pizza, don’t forget to stock up on Starr King scrip! When you use scrip to pay for your groceries, Starr King earns 10% at no additional cost to you. Think of it as a prepaid grocery purchase with a nice commission to the school. You can buy scrip from Maureen Persico in multiples of $20 and $50. Make checks payable to STARR KING PTA. You can also send a SASE to Maureen Persico, 4026 Folsom St., SF 94110 with a check made out to Starr King PTA and a note specifying which grocery store scrip you want.
Compiled by Beth Weise, Starr King PTA Newsletter Chair. If you have items you’d like to have in an upcoming newsletter, please email me at weise@well.com (weise null@null well NULL.com) or call 452-0311. Deadline is Tuesday morning.
Starr King Elementary School News
May 2, 2012
1215 Carolina Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-695-5797
Last month of school
For your calendar:
- May 3, Thursday — 2nd Grade Ballet Field Trip to Opera House
- May 3, Thursday, 5:00–7:30pm — International Potluck & Nutrition Night in the Cafeteria
- May 4, Friday — Last Free Dress Day
- May 4, Friday — Room 100 Field Trip to the DeYoung
- May 4, Friday, 7:15pm — Starr King Community Baseball Night,
Giants vs. Milwaukee Brewers
- May 9, Wednesday — StageWrite field trip to the De Young, grades 3–5 (kids only)
- May 9, Wednesday, 6:00–7:30pm — PTA General Membership Meeting (food & childcare provided)
- May 10, Thursday, 9:30am — Emergency/Disaster Prep Drill
- May 11, Friday, 7:00pm — 5th grade StageWrite plays performed at the Brava Theatre (24th St.). Tickets $10.
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- May 15, Tuesday — 5th grade field trip to Yerba Buena Bowling Center
- May 17, Thursday, 9:00am — Achievement Breakfast
- May 17, Thursday, 12:00pm — Volunteer Luncheon
- May 18, Friday — Spirit/Sports day, grades 3–5
- May 23, Wednesday — Pre-K graduation at 9:00am, Kindergarten graduation at 10:00am
- May 24, Thursday, 10:00am — 5th grade promotion
- May 25, Friday, 1:45pm — Staff vs. 4th grade kickball game
- May 25, Friday — Last day of school
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Shine the Light: Good news here at Starr King
From Carrie Wonzer, SK PTA president:
The outlook for the coming school year at Starr King is very bright. At Tuesday’s SSC meeting, Principal John announced that the school should be able to fill 18 full teaching positions and fund all enrichment activities currently offered (Stagewrite, Playworks and MUST), and a new enrichment activity (Gardening Program). This is all made possible because of additional funds made available by the school district, and the unprecedented success of the PTA’s fundraising efforts.
We went from 16 to 18 teachers, Mr. John said, because we came together as a community to advocate successfully and to raise important funds.
While the school can always use additional resources, we have concluded that we are in a strong enough position to move forward without a late Spring ASK campaign. Those of you who made pledges to a Spring campaign, and those who were planning on contributing, are not off the hook: We’ll be putting together an early pledge effort for the upcoming Fall ASK campaign, which we hope will be the most successful yet.
But for now, we get to end this often tumultuous but always amazing school year at Starr King on a very high note, and with high hopes that we’ll continue to work as a united community towards making Starr King an even better school in the coming year and beyond.
I would like to thank each and every one of you personally for your inspiring commitment to all children at our school. So please come to our final PTA meeting of the year, Wednesday, May 9, at 6:00 at the school cafeteria. We’ll have child care. We’ll have dinner. But most importantly, we’ll have a chance to celebrate the end of a terrific school year, and the beginning of even greater things to come for our children.
Starr King – The Movie!
Thanks to Starr King 2nd grade parent and videographer Seth Grant, who created a fabulous video tour of our school for prospective families. This lets parents who may not have the time or ability to come to our school get a wonderful sense of our community – and it great advertising. You can view it on our website at starrkingschool.net (http://starrkingschool NULL.net). Be warned, though, your kids may make you play it multiple times.
Spring Fling
This year’s Spring Fling was not only the social event of the year, it also netted our school over $34,000! Thanks to all our families for their support and generosity.
And special thanks to the 2012 Spring Fling Committee whose hard work make it all possible: Joanne Lee & Tracy Lee (co-chairs), Iolande Bloxsom, Judy Shei, Olivia Boler, Marie Ciepiela, Larry Winum, Claudia Assis, Carmen Cordovez, Teresa Wong-Jones, Kathy Ramsey, Lani Way; entertainment by Helen and the Starr King Stompers and the many many volunteers.
International Potluck
Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00-7:30 pm in the cafeteria. This year, we will feature a Nutrition Health Fair during the first hour from 5-6:00 pm where you can visit stations, make healthy snacks, and exercise! You don’t want to miss it!
Starr King Community Baseball Night
The PTA is organizing a Starr King baseball night on Friday, May 4. It’s the Giants vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. The game starts at 7:15. Stay tuned for details. The first 20,000 fans get a pair of Orange Friday Texting Gloves.
(http://stagewrite NULL.org/tix)
StageWrite Advanced Playwriting Show
This will feature plays by seven Starr King 5th graders.
STUDENTS: Wednesday May 9th 11am @ DeYoung
PARENTS: Friday May 11th 7pm @ Brava Theatre (24th Street)
Tickets for sale for the Friday evening performance: http://stagewrite.org/tix (http://www NULL.stagewrite NULL.org/tix).
Spirit Day!
Grades 3 – 5
Friday, May 18th
1:30 – 2:30
Each student will receive a passport from his or her teacher, then they will go between various activity centers on the play yard, organized by Coach DJ. They may include Basketball, a 4-Square tournament, dodgeball, a relay race, dance in Bungalow B, bowling, a sack race and an arts and crafts center. Students who collect at least 5 stamps will earn a popsicle from their classroom teacher.
SCHOOL NEWS
Rainbow, Good Life, Canyon Market & Goat Hill Pizza Scrip
If you shop at Rainbow, Good Life or Canyon Market or eat at Goal Hill Pizza, don’t forget to stock up on Starr King scrip! When you use scrip to pay for your groceries, Starr King earns 10% at no additional cost to you. Think of it as a prepaid grocery purchase with a nice commission to the school. You can buy scrip from Maureen Persico in multiples of $20 and $50. Make checks payable to STARR KING PTA. You can also send a SASE to Maureen Persico, 4026 Folsom St., SF 94110 with a check made out to Starr King PTA and a note specifying which grocery store scrip you want.
Compiled by Beth Weise, Starr King PTA Newsletter Chair. If you have items you’d like to have in an upcoming newsletter, please email me at weise@well.com (weise null@null well NULL.com) or call 452-0311. Deadline is Tuesday morning.
International Potluck
Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00-7:30 pm in the cafeteria.
This year, we will feature a Nutrition Health Fair during the first hour, 5 – 6pm. You can visit stations, make healthy snacks, and exercise!
Please bring a homemade dish to share, 6:00 – 7:30pm.
You don’t want to miss it!
STARR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
School Site Council
AGENDA DRAFT
May 1, 2012
4:30 – 4:35 – Norm Review
· Assume good intentions but otherwise, check assumptions at the door
· Let members finish sentences
· Listen for the workable parts of individual members input
· Who is taking minutes?
· Seek shared interests
Minute Taker (Who?)
4:35 – 4:45 Review of Minutes and Confirmation of Agenda
4:45 – 4:45 Good News from English Learner Advisory Committee:
· Role of ELAC in shaping the academic plans for Starr King
· Update on Scope of Work/Lau Protocol for 2012 and beyond provided by Lisa Huang.
4:45 – 5:30 Good News and Hopeful Budget Updates
· Hiring Update
· If 18, then . . .
· Next steps on budget for California (and Starr King)
5:30 – 6:00 Last Word for 2011-2012:
· Advice, for the record, to next year’s SSC
· Topics that the Fall Agenda should include
6:00: Calendar and Adjourn
Starr King Elementary School News
April 25, 2012
1215 Carolina Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-695-5797
STAR testing is over!
For your calendar:
- April 27, Friday, 9:00am — Welcome breakfast for incoming Kinder families
- April 29, Sunday, 1–5pm — Spring Fling!
- May 1, Tuesday – School Site Council
- May 3, Thursday, 5:00–7:30pm — International Potluck & Nutrition Night in the Cafeteria
- May 4, Friday — Free Dress Day
- May 4, Friday, 7:15pm — PTA Baseball Night,
Giants vs. Milwaukee Brewers
- May 9, Wednesday, 11:00am — 5th grade StageWrite plays performed at the de Young Museum (school groups only)
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- May 9, Wednesday, 6:00–7:30pm — PTA General Membership Meeting (food & childcare provided)
- May 11, Friday, 7:00pm — 5th grade StageWrite plays performed at the Brava Theatre (24th St.)
- May 17, Thursday morning — Achievement Breakfast
- May 17, Thursday afternoon — Volunteer Luncheon
- May 18, Friday — Spirit/Sports day, grades 3–5
- May 23, Wednesday — Pre-K and Kindergarten graduation
- May 24, Thursday, 10:00am — 5th grade promotion
- May 25, Friday — Staff vs. 4th grade kickball game
- May 25, Friday — Last day of school
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Shine the Light: Good news here at Starr King
The Learning Garden
Starr King would like to welcome the newest member of it’s teaching staff, our new Garden Coordinator Ms. Jenny. Jenny Woodward is a graduate of Mills College with a degree in Art. She brings a passion for sharing the natural world through exploration, investigation and observation to our students.
Ms. Jenny will spend the remainder of this school year working with the teachers to develop curriculum and helping the students become familiar with the garden. The kids have already weeded all the beds, added fresh soil and begun to plant herbs, vegetables and fruits.
In more garden news, Starr King was accepted at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Workshop, an absolutely amazing week long workshop in ecoliteracy, gardening and integrating the outdoors into the classroom curriculum. The workshop is a give-day residential program in Sonoma; the dates are June 11-15. Two Starr King teachers and Jennifer, will attend. The program will provide us with 18 months of support for our garden and continued free workshops. For more information check out the website at http://www.oaec.org/school-garden.
Spring Fling Raffle
Not to introduce a note of competition into your lives, but most years, one of the Kindergarten classes wins the competition to sell the most raffle tickets for the Spring Fling. So everyone, get selling!
As of Wednesday, we have a new leader in the raffle competition and some fresh contenders! We on the Spring Fling Committee are oh so bolstered by all of your enthusiasm and good-natured trash talk. This is what it’s all about, people—raising funds in a friendly way to support the kids and staff of our fabulous school.
But enough of the preamble. You’ve probably already skipped to the stats! Here they are:
- 1st place: Room 109 — 248 tickets
- 2nd place: Room 114 — 225 tickets
- 3rd place: Room 100 — 120 tickets
- 4th place: Room 105 — 108 tickets
- 5th place: Room 211 AND Bungalow B — 60 tickets each
- 6th place: Room 205 — 41 tickets
- 7th place: Room 107 — 34 tickets
- 8th place: Room 210 — 20 tickets
- 9th place: Room 111 — 8 tickets
Remember that the top three classes to offload the most raffle tickets win either a 4Cats Art Studio splatter paint party, a pizza-making visit to California Pizza Kitchen, or a tour (with treat!) of Victoria Bakery.
Funds raised from raffle ticket sales go towards the overall goal of raising $25,000 at Spring Fling.
If you need tickets, contact Olivia Boler (oliviaboler@me.com (oliviaboler null@null me NULL.com)), Iolande Bloxsom (iolande@bloxsom.org (iolande null@null bloxsom NULL.org)), or Teresa Wong-Jones (tntsf@pacbell.net (tntsf null@null pacbell NULL.net)). Turn in your filled out ticket stubs and money (cash or checks made out to STARR KING PTA) to any of us or to Ms. Carmen or Ms. Christina in the office.
Put your ticket stubs and money in a sealed envelope with your name and classroom number. Include a note with number of stubs and amount of money enclosed.
PLEASE TURN IN YOUR STUBS AND MONEY BY 4:30 PM, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, TO THE OFFICE.
You can also bring stubs and raffle money to Spring Fling on Sunday, April 29, but they will NOT be counted for the classroom competition. Sorry, we have to draw the line somewhere.
Olivia will be at drop-off on Thursday and Friday mornings; at 2:40 pick-up on Thursday; and at the office on Friday at 4:30, to collect the last of the tickets before the Big Day on Sunday!
Thank you so much for all your support!
New Family Welcome
Friday, April 27, 9am in the cafeteria. Welcoming new families to Starr King, so they have the chance to connect with each other and with current school parents.
Spring Fling
Our 3rd Annual Spring Fling fundraiser will be on Sunday, April 29, 1–5pm at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (953 DeHaro). Come join us for an afternoon of great food, silent auction, raffle prizes, specialty items for sale, and music by Helen and the Starr King Stompers with surprise guests! Childcare available on-site. Suggested donation $15, kids are free. You can preview the auction items now — the auction catalog is posted on the SK website at http://starrkingschool.net/springfling (http://starrkingschool NULL.net/springfling). And watch for the online auction on select items during the week of April 23 —a great way for your family and friends to support SK. To see the auction catalog, go to our website at http://starrkingschool.net/springfling/catalog (http://starrkingschool NULL.net/springfling/catalog).
International Potluck
Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00-7:30 pm in the cafeteria. This year, we will feature a Nutrition Health Fair during the first hour from 5-6:00 pm where you can visit stations, make healthy snacks, and exercise! You don’t want to miss it!
Starr King Baseball Night
The PTA is organizing a Starr King baseball night on Friday, May 4. It’s the Giants vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. The game starts at 7:15. Stay tuned for details. The first 20,000 fans get a pair of Orange Friday Texting Gloves.
(http://stagewrite NULL.org/tix)
StageWrite Advanced Playwriting Show
This will feature plays by seven Starr King 5th graders.
STUDENTS: Wednesday May 9th 11am @ DeYoung
PARENTS: Friday May 11th 7pm @ Brava Theatre (24th Street)
Tickets for sale for the Friday evening performance: http://stagewrite.org/tix (http://www NULL.stagewrite NULL.org/tix).
Spirit Day!
Grades 3 – 5
Friday, May 18th
1:30 – 2:30
Each student will receive a passport from his or her teacher, then they will go between various activity centers on the play yard, organized by Coach DJ. They may include Basketball, a 4-Square tournament, dodgeball, a relay race, dance in Bungalow B, bowling, a sack race and an arts and crafts center. Students who collect at least 5 stamps will earn a popsicle from their classroom teacher.
SCHOOL NEWS
STRANGERS
Aptos Middle School received a report of a car approaching one of their students after school and asking for directions. The group of four adult males in the car then asked the student to get into their vehicle. The student backed away and refused and was unharmed. Please remind all of your children that if strangers approach them to stay away and to report it to an adult as soon as possible. If they are able, they can run to the closest house and ring the bell, return to the school, or run into a store or a fire department building. Report the incident to the police immediately.
Rainbow, Good Life, Canyon Market & Goat Hill Pizza Scrip
If you shop at Rainbow, Good Life or Canyon Market or eat at Goal Hill Pizza, don’t forget to stock up on Starr King scrip! When you use scrip to pay for your groceries, Starr King earns 10% at no additional cost to you. Think of it as a prepaid grocery purchase with a nice commission to the school. You can buy scrip from Maureen Persico in multiples of $20 and $50. Make checks payable to STARR KING PTA. You can also send a SASE to Maureen Persico, 4026 Folsom St., SF 94110 with a check made out to Starr King PTA and a note specifying which grocery store scrip you want.
Compiled by Beth Weise, Starr King PTA Newsletter Chair. If you have items you’d like to have in an upcoming newsletter, please email me at weise@well.com (weise null@null well NULL.com) or call 452-0311. Deadline is Tuesday morning.
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史达京小学英语学习生顾问委员会(ELAC)会议
星期二, 4/18/2012
下午6:00-7:20
与会人员: Greg John, Guo Qiang Wei, Lisa Huang, Gordon & Shirley Ma, Jennifer Teu, Powen Li & Orson Kong (6:15到达), Joe Zhongxia Qi & Hui Zeng (6:35到达)
会议记录: Jennifer Teu
会议日程: 基于Lisa Huang以电子邮件形式提出的问题，校长Greg John作出如下安排
- 表决2011-2012学年英语学习生顾问委员会的人事安排:
- 英语学习生顾问委员会主席/负责人及校际理事会(SSC)联络人: Lisa Huang
- 英语学习生顾问委员会副主席/副负责人: Powen Li
- 秘书: Jennifer Teu
- 附记: 每次ELAC会议都会邀请校长John参加，但是校长并非本委员会负责人，因此一般而言不负责组织会议。
- 2012-2013学年开始前预计达成的目标:
- 出席周二，5/1/2012下午4:30召开的校际理事会(SSC)会议(已由Lisa Huang完成)
- 本学年结束前至少再组织一次ELAC会议(下次会议日期: 周三，5/16，下午6点)
- 下学年开始时召集会议，并决定2012-2013学年ELAC人事安排。
- 2012-2013学年预计达成的目标:
- 至少每月组织一次会议
- 审查史达京小学对于刘氏协议实施的评定和目标达成情况，并依此情况决定组织ELAC会议的频率，以推进刘氏协议的实施。
- 出席DELAC（联合学区英语学习生顾问委员会）会议
- 与PTA(家长教师联合会)执行委员会会面并就教学目的等项目进行商讨。
- 不同语言群体的注意事项:
- 时间安排: 讲西班牙语和萨摩亚语的家庭一般能在早晨送小孩上学后会面，而晚上6点以后或周末更适合说中文的家庭。
- 语言问题: 多数情况下，在ELAC参与讨论/评估和作出回应要求委员会成员具有英语阅读能力。ELAC将会尽量将会议讨论和材料翻译为中文和西班牙文，使委员会的所有成员得到相同的信息。
- 每月将安排两次聚会，一次早晨，一次下午/晚上。现在校长John将作为中间联系人，负责两个会议间的交流。如有可能，每两个月可组织一次全体ELAC成员会议，会议需要翻译人员在场以协助不同语言群体之间的交流。
- 下次会议的任务:
- 确认史达京小学英语学习生名单: 负责人: 校长John
附记: 现在大多数英语学习生家庭语言为西班牙语，但是家庭语言为中文的英语学习生的数目在增长，萨摩亚语家庭人数比较稳定。
- 收集关于如何协助英语学习生的信息: 负责人: Jennifer
信息来源: Linda Chang, Jennifer Vail (有过去两年的经验)，和Rosa Visali (有10年经验)——大多数经验来自于西班牙语方面，但同时需要考虑到中文家庭的要求，这方面没有太多的经验。
- 发现在史达京小学影响英语学习生的主要因素，并进行简要分析: Lisa将和Zeng老师商讨，Jennifer会和Jennifer Vail讨论。
- 找到一些有效的干预方法，列出简短清单 (有效性基于学生的成绩考核数据): 负责人: Jennifer
来源: Jennifer Vail
- 总结针对英语学习生及其家庭的延伸(outreach)项目的现状: 负责人: 校长John
- 弄清当前经费紧张情况下，针对英语学习生的经费状况 (包括延伸项目的经费，家庭可利用资源，辅导员，课后项目，等等): 负责人: Powen Li 和Orson Kong协助校长 John
附记: 希望能确保英语学习生家庭对语言问题感到放心——需要与周边所有社区建立联系，使在校学生感到受欢迎，并争取吸收更多新学生。
- 收集以前校际理事会(SSC)对来自英语学习生顾问委员会(ELAC)的意见建议的履行落实情况的历史评估: 负责人: Gordon
附记: 史达京小学保存有以前所有的校际理事会会议记录和议事日程，可以对以往SSC对英语学习生关心的事作出回应的情况做历史评估——大多数历史信息来源于西班牙语方面，有一些萨摩亚语方面的信息，但中文社区刚刚加入，基本上没有什么历史资料。
来源: 校长John，Christina Quiroz
- 英语学习生家庭的希望清单: 负责人: Joe
部分希望包括:
- 雇佣通晓目标语言(例如中文)的工作人员
- ELAC成员参与教师选拔和教科书选择
- 增进不同语言群体之间的交流
- 附记:
Powen和Orson家庭下学年将离开史达京小学，去尤方玉屏学校。Powen和Joe可以帮助将会议记录翻译为中文。校长John将协调西班牙语翻译。
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