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2013 Spring Lunch Menu
There are changes to the school menu this year due to new federal nutrition standards. Take a look at the Spring 2013 Lunch Menu and discuss with your students the options available daily for school lunch.
Learn more about the school meal program.
Hot Websites
Seven billion people– Check out this BBC website for some graphics on world population, including your place in the story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515
Google Art Project– Google continues to branch out. Here’s a new art project with extraordinary resources:
http://www.googleartproject.com/
Real-world math– In this website, math teacher Thomas Petra shares practical math lessons, lesson ideas, examples, and downloads, including how to find the volume of the Great Pyramids of Giza, converting currency, working with time zones, and tracking a storm’s progress: http://realworldmath.org.
iPads and Learning
As iPads continue to become an important tool for student learning, Apple continues to offer information we need for our planning. Join Apple experts for online seminars and learn how Apple education solutions are enhancing teaching and learning and increasing student achievement. Find weekly webcasts for iOS devices (iPads and iPods-touch) which feature a different topic each day of the week. In addition, the Tune-In-Series are available on-demand. Catch some if you can and enjoy!!!
Visit :
Apple Online Seminars
App Corner
Here are some great apps for the iPad...
 Science 360
Immerses visitors in the latest wonders of science, engineering, technology and math
Khan Academy
Allows you to learn almost anything for free
 Mars Globe (Free)
Take a tour of the Red Planet
And for the entire solar system:
 A Solar System Journey (Free)
Nice app for exploring all the planets
 Declaration of Independence (Free)
Includes text, notes and images of original document. Also has thumbnail bios of the signers.
For Building Brains:
 A Year of Riddles (Free)
This puzzle-a-day app will keep your students intrigued and challenged.
 The Life of Art (Free)
This beautiful new app was created in conjunction with a 2012 exhibition at the Getty Center in L.A. It is focused on the question "How do objects end up in a museum?" Beautiful photographs, animations, video and 360° rotations.
 National Geographic Today (Free)
This mash-up combines news, videos, quizzes, articles and photos in a daily offering.
 Minds of Modern Mathematics (Free)
Explore nearly 1000 years of mathematics history.
 Funny Alphabet (Free)
Interactive learning game for the young student who needs more time to connect letters with sounds.
Celebrating the Earth
The Four Seasons - An Earth Day Interactive children's story book
This app was released for Earth Day in 2011 and is now free. Earth Day is being observed on April 22 this year. This interactive story book has lots of engaging seasonal activities: grow a tree, help a gardner, shovel snow.
Free Podcasts...
Say It Plain: Great African American Oratory
Here's a collection of notable African American oratory, including downloadable transcripts and profiles. When you download printed material from iTunes U, it will show up in the iTunes Library in the iTunes U section.
Virtual Missions Field Trips - Great info for 4th grade students, teachers, and families...
California's Gold
Huell Howser, as part of his California Gold TV series, visited all 21 California missions. You can download these episodes from the iTunes store. Look for the word "mission" in the podcast description field, Also the podcast titles includes the word "classic".
Home & School Connection is a newsletter for parents of elementary aged children that is packed with practical ideas any family can use.
Parents will learn how to:
- Improve school success.
- Strengthen the home and school partnership.
- Make learning fun with simple activities.
- Enhance parenting skills and discipline.
- Strengthen family life.
- Build positive character traits.
Newsletters
January 2013
December 2012
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Have a Safe and Relaxing Summer!
We look forward to seeing you in August.
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Change to lunch program!!!!
Starting this coming school year, the school lunch price will increase to $2.75 a lunch. Please note the change in price...
5th Grade News
Students Study States of the United States of America
submitted by Jeanine Giacomini
In March, students in Ms.Giacomini's 5th grade class chose a state in the United States to focus on for a report. Students wrote a letter to each state's tourism board and about 2/3 of the states responded with letters, brochures, maps, etc. From that information, each student researched their state's history, economy, government, symbols, famous people, laws, mottoes and anything else that interested them. After completing their report, they were to choose ANYTHING from their state and build a model of it. It could be a landmark, a historical site, nature, a symbol, or a famous company...anything that they would think about when they heard their state. The class created everything from Pike's Peak in Colorado, to Oklahoma's state animal--the raccoon, to a basketball made to represent Massachusetts being the state that invented the game of basketball. The students then presented their state to their entire class and parents attending Open House.
Silver Oak Sponsors Making a Difference
Support Silver Oak Sponsors
Silver Oak PTO has been able to continue offering enrichment programs during these difficult economic conditions thanks in large part to our generous sponsors. Please show your appreciation of their financial commitment to your child’s enrichment by supporting them! 2012-2013 Sponsors and matching donations helped Silver Oak raise over $20,000.
2012 - 2013 Silver Oak Sponsor List
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Many Thanks!
Silver Oak PTO Sabercat Summer Carnival
Thank you for all of your support in our first PTO Fundraiser. We raised close to $30,000 from the carnival, online auction, and our generous sponsors. This event was a huge success due to the time and effort of many people. Some of the people we want to thank:
- Special thanks to all of our sponsors.
- All of the teachers who were kind enough to spend their afternoon getting dunked by all of the students.
- Mrs. Gellman for being such a great sport putting on lipstick to kiss Rosie the pig.
- We could not have had the event without all of the volunteers who stepped up and donated their time. It truly takes a village.
We wish everyone a great summer.
Silver Oak PTO
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2013 - 2014 School News
First Day of School &
2013 - 2014 Class Placements
- The first day of the 2013 - 2014 school year is Wednesday, August 21. Kindergarten placements and orientation is Tuesday, August 20.
- If you want to be able to see your child's classroom assignment for 1st - 6th grades for the 2013-2014 school year online, you MUST register on Power School. This information will be available for viewing on the Power School Parent Portal on Tuesday, August 20 at 5 p.m. If you still need to register, please click Power School to get started. If you have any problems in registering, please call the office at 408.223.4515 for assistance.
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Math Olympiad
Silver Oak Math Olympiad Elementary Team
Wins the Plaque for Highest Achievement Award
The Silver Oak Math Olympiad Team has made the school proud! The team has been ranked among the Top 10% among over 6000 participating teams and has won the plaque for Highest Achievement Award.
Over the past year, a team of 33 students has been meeting weekly to prepare for the Math Olympiad Elementary (MOEMS) tests and has taken five tests set by MOEMS. The Highest Achievement Award is a team award given to the top 10% scoring teams, and is a result of the hard work put in by all the students. This was the first year Silver Oak participated in the MOEMS tournament, and we are glad to see the team win this plaque.
Arul M.
Anaya K.
Avi M.
Ethan T.
Fadi B.
Isabel L.
Kashyap C.
Meera B.
Narmina K.
Raiyah A.
Rohan R.
Ronak D.
Rutvik G.
Safa S.
Satvik S.
Skyler H. |
William W.
Allison L.
Bryan W.
Chelsea H.
Cindy L.
CJ L.
Kavya K.
Megana A.
Rishabh A.
Sasha A.
Simren B.
Anish B.
Ishani S.
Logan W.
Malina H
Saadi S.
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In addition to the team award, the following students have also won the individual awards:
- Gold Pin for Top 2% individual score: Tony T., Bryan W.
- Silver Pin for Top 10% individual score: Rishabh A., Logan W, Ethan T, Kashyap C, Anish B, William W
Over all, 24 of the students had an individual score among the top 50%. This is among a pool of nearly 150,000 students.
Well Done Silver Oak Team! And many congratulations! For more information, visit the Math Olympiad website. Look for information about the next year in coming fall!
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Summer Math
MathNuggets
FREE 10-week Summer Program
Helps Children Hone Math Skills
MathNuggets is a math enrichment site designed to challenge your advanced Math learner. We have FREE 10-week Summer Program for children to hone their math skills over summer.
The Summer Program gives daily 15-minute quizzes for practice. The idea is to have short, daily sessions of solving questions that are designed enhance analytical and logical skills. We focus on making each question interesting and challenging to make your child think - no drills here. Each question has a detailed solution to facilitate learning. We believe its a great way to keep honing those math brain cells and get set for the coming year.
To enroll:
- Create a Parent and Student login, password at www.mathnuggets.com/register.
- Select course to enroll student
- Students must use their login to access quizzes
We love hearing from you. If you need help or just want to share some thoughts, please reach out to us at people@mathnuggets.com.
Happy Quizzing!
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Grocery Purchases Make Money for Silver Oak
Lucky/Savemart SHARES Card
Makes $2,407 for Silver Oak School
Thank you so much for using your SHARES cards when you make purchases at Lucky and Savemart stores. In 2012 the PTO received $2,407 just because you showed your card when making purchases!
Don't forget to use your card through the summer so that Silver Oak Elementary can continue to receive a portion of your total purchase price from Lucky, which we use toward enrichment programs for our students. The SHARES card is not a credit card. You simply show this card when making purchases at Lucky, Savemart, etc.and they donate a percentage of that sale to our school. It's that easy with now cost to you!.
The SHARES card is different then the Lucky Rewards card that goes towards gas purchases. If you don't have a SHARES card, please contact Tracy Garfinkel at davidgarfinkel@comcast.net or Sue McNelly at mcnellyd@pacbell.net.
Thank you and have a fun and safe summer!
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PTO Sabercat Summer Carnival
Mrs. Gellman Kissed The Pig!
A great time was had by everyone that attended the PTO Sabercat Summer Carnival. And as promised, thanks to your generous donations, we all got to see Mrs. Gellman kiss a pig!
Math Excellence
Four Silver Oak Students Place in
2013 Math Kangaroo National Competition
We are very proud to recognize that four Silver Oak students placed in the 2013 national competition. Our winners are:
- Linus T. - GOLD medal - 1st place Nationwide in Grade 1
- Ethan T. - 6th place Nationwide in Grade 4
- Ronak D. - 10th place Nationwide in Grade 4
- Alex L. - 14th place Nationwide in Grade 4
Many congratulations to our winners! And a huge round of applause for all the students and their parents who worked hard for taking these challenging tests! The school is grateful to Silver Oak parents Atul Mathur and Snehal Khandkar for bringing this program to our school.
Silver Oak participates in the American chapter of Math Kangaroo International Competition in Mathematics. Competitions are held annually in the third Thursday in March. Math Kangaroo is for students in grades 1 through the senior class of high school. The objective is to encourage young people to master mathematical skills. For more information about Math Kangaroo see their website at www.mathkangaroo.org. Look for information about next year's competition this coming fall.
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Announcing the 2013 Battle of the Books Reading Lists
Battle of the Books II
Coming Fall 2013
This school year is nearly done, but it’s not too soon for our 2013 - 14 school year 3rd - 6th graders to begin looking forward to the return of Battle of the Books next fall, again hosted by our own Principal Gellman!
All new reading list!
All new quizzes!
Prepare now by reading from the book list over the summer!
3 & 4 Grade Reading List
5 & 6 Grade Reading List
Next school year, compete in teams with your friends to see who knows their books best! If you have questions about Battle of the Books, please contact Corinne Bordelon at cdbordelon@gmail.com.
Many thanks to Lillian Moore of State Farm for generously sponsoring Silver Oak's Battle of the Books.
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School Site Council
Make a World of Difference at Silver Oak
Two Parent Volunteers Needed for School Site Council
Silver Oak’s School Site Council (SSC) plays an important role in the decision making in academics, financials and governance of Silver Oak. For the upcoming 2013 – 2014 school year, we are looking for two parents interested in leadership positions on SSC:
- Chairperson of School Site Council
- Vice Chairperson of School Site Council
If you view yourself as being an individual contributor who would enjoy the collaborative efforts of our group of Silver Oak teachers, parents and classified employees that work with Principal Rosey Gellman then School Site Council would welcome your place on our team. The School Site Council combines their professional experience and intellectual assets to develop, review and evaluate Silver Oak's improvement programs and school budgets.
If you are interested in becoming a part of this decision making team or learning more about SSC, please contact Cat Urbas at caturbas@gmail.com.
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California’s summer nutrition programs
California’s summer nutrition programs can help feed your children by serving healthy lunches during the summer months. The summer nutrition programs serve all children through age 18 at no charge. The programs also operate activities for children that are safe and fun. Children receive complete, wholesome meals and parents receive help in stretching their food dollars.
You can look for a location offering this program by:
Evergreen School District is not a Summer Program site but information will be available on the Evergreen School District website under the Child Nutrition tab after June 10 with specific sites within or close to the Evergreen area.
Inquiries from parents regarding student accounts should be directed to the Child Nutrition Services (CNS) office at 408.223.4500.
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Summer Enrichment
a San Jose Out-Of-School
Academics & Extracurricular Program
Looking for things to do and ways to continue your child’s learning this summer?
A Guide to Summer Learning and Activities
www.sanjosebeyondthebell.com
Over the summer most children lose over one month of cumulative skills especially in math and reading. To ensure that this does not happen to your child, the City of San Jose has developed an online tool called Beyond the Bell to help parents find the best summer programs for their child. This tool enables parents to easily find camps, activities and events within their local area and budget. The site also has a summer learning guide with links to articles and activities to help parents support learning outside of school.
Summer learning loss is a huge issue in education and one of the biggest contributors to the achievement gap. Make sure your child does not fall behind by visiting www.sanjosebeyondthebell.com.
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PTO Needs Your Help!!!!
Some of your child's favorite programs could be cancelled next year!
We Need Leadership
in the following PTO program positions!
Thank you to the many parents that have signed up to chair an event for next year! We are still looking for a few more amazing parents to chair our kids favorite programs next year. If we do not find leadership and chairs for the following programs, your child's favorite could be cancelled.
- Talent Show Co-Chair (with returning chair Sri Shridhar) (May commitment)
- Dandia Chair (short term commitment in October)
- Sabercat Summer Carnival - Need 2 Co-Chairs! (Spring)
For more information, please contact Michele O'Brien at petiteone@comcast.net or Cheryl Brashears at cheryl_pto@brashears.org
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Silver Oak Elementary
California Distinguished School
2012
Imagine...Innovate...Instruct
Read About Us
Administration
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Gellman, Rosemary
Principal
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Giannotta, Cassie
Office Assistant
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Vargas, Paula
Secretary
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Student Absence Line
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Please call to report your child's absence
223-4515
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April & May 2013 Birthday Book Club
Thank you to our winter Birthday Book Club participants! Each of these children chose a book to be donated to their classroom library in honor of their birthday.
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April - May, 2013
Aaryana A.
Wasi A.
Michael A.
Farah B.
Fadi B.
Caitlin B.
Meera B.
Renuka B.
Isabella B.
Lyndsey B.
Tyler B.
Shreya C.
Preston C.
Ethan C.
Gabriel C.
Maddox C.
Ronak D.
Gianna D.
Zachary D.
Emma D.
Rohit D.
Aksithi E.
Kirsten F.
Hunter G.
Noah G.
Rohin G.
Sarehl G.
Jayce G.
Evan G.
Rishik G.
Melanie H.
Skyler H.
Janine H.
Jacob H.
Hoai-Phuong H.
Romina J.
Hannah J.
John Jr. K.
Laila K.
Julius K.
Jennifer K.
Tuomas L.
Allison L.
Christopher L.
Jesse L.
Charles L.
Christopher L.
Anjali L.
Kevin M.
Siddhartha M.
Casey M.
Emily M.
Ryan M.
Isha M.
Rohan M.
William N.
Mailan N.
Katherine N.
Nicholas O.
Jessica O.
Warren P.
Ananya P.
Thalia P.
Dennis P.
Sydney R.
Juntao R.
Kyreece R.
Ryan R.
Siddhant S.
Emma S.
Luca S.
Amani S.
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Traffic Safety
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Traffic safety concerns continue to present a problem for the Silver Oak community. Please be reminded that:
- Traffic tickets will be issued for parking violations.
- Cars CANNOT be left unattended in red and white zones.
- Pull your vehicle up as far as you can when dropping off or picking up a student to avoid congestion.
If we all work together, the neighboring community and our Silver Oak family will benefit.
For more information please review the Student Drop-Off and Pick-Up Protocol.
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Zain T.
Aleeza K.
Romina J.
Pooja C.
Kaitlin K.
Rachel H.
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Silver Oak School would like to congratulate the following students on being "Upstanders" during this school year. Great job on being an outstanding citizen!
John T.
Cole H.
Ashwath V.
Aidan B.
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Submit News
Do you have news you'd like to share with the Silver Oak Community?
Use this form to submit news for the school's home page. (You will be redirected to supportsilveroak.org to complete the form.)
All news will be reviewed and approved by the Principal before posting to the website.
Truancy Defined
At Silver Oak, we believe that a student's success in school is directly proportionate to being at school and on time daily. The California Department of Education agrees!
The California Legislature defines a truant in very precise language. In summary, it states that a student missing more than 30 minutes of instruction without an excuse three times during the school year must be classified as a truant and reported to the proper school authority. This classification and referral helps emphasize the importance of school attendance and is intended to help minimize interference with instruction. The California Education Code (EC) section that defines a truant reads as follows:
EC Section 48260 (a): Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse three full days or tardy or absent more than any 30-minute period during the school day without a valid excuse on three occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof, is a truant and shall be reported to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district.
In compliance, Silver Oak will be sending out truancy letters accordingly. Should you have any questions about letters received, please contact the site Principal. Parents are reminded that a student absence from school is considered "excused" when it is due to illness, a medical/dental appointment, funeral service for a member of the student's immediate family, a court appearance, or religious observance. All other absences are considered to be "unexcused."
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