Live Oak Leaflet
October 2, 2015
www.liveoakcharter.org • 100 Gnoss Concourse, Petaluma CA 94952 • 707.762.9020
In This Issue... Page 2
Event Calendar School Photos Foundation News C3 News
Page 3
Rhythm and Consistency in Kindergarten
Page 4
Live Oak Sports Page 5
Parent Evening: Addiction and Substance Abuse for Adolescents
Handwork Spotlight: Gr 4 Winter Spiral
Page 6
Bulletin Board Appreciations Credo Corner Community Events
Volunteers: A Place for Everyone!
Substitute Teachers and Aides Needed
If you have a California Credential in single or multiple subjects and would like to be a substitute teacher at Live Oak, please contact the Live Oak office at 762-9020 and we will be glad to walk you through the nec-essary paperwork.
If you enjoy working with children and would like to be a substitute classroom aide, please contact the office at 762-9020.
Thank you for your consideration!
HELP WANTED: Girls Basketball Coach
Do you want to volunteer at Live Oak but aren’t sure how to get started? Here are some tips to help you find your way:
• If you are interested in attending board meetings, working on a board committee, or running for an open seat on the board, contact Board Chair Karna Dawson at [email protected]
• If you are interested in working with the fundraising arm of the school, the Live Oak Foundation is the place for you. Contact Foundation Chair Debbie Elam at [email protected]
• If helping to put on our signature fundraising event sounds appealing, the Auction committe will begin meeting soon. Contact Auction Chair Corryn Degelabert at [email protected] • If you would like to help organize community-building events and projects, try C3 (Community
Con-nection Committee). Contact C3 Chair Erin Wrightsman at [email protected]
• Do you have skills and/or energy to give to campus improvement tasks, big or small? Contact Julie Beckner in the school office.
• Would you like to give your time in support of your child’s class or teacher? Contact your Class Coor-dinator.
Still not sure where you fit? Talk to any of the people listed above, or any other Board, Foundation or C3 member. They will be happy to help you find a match.
Do you have experience playing or coaching Basketball? Live Oak is in need of Coaches for the middle school Girls Basketball team. League play runs January through February with practice starting in November or December. Time com-mitment includes 2 days per week after school for practices and games and additional time for coordination. Practices and games are held at the Cavanaugh center.
EVENT CALENDAR
Fri Oct 2
11:30-11:50am Dragon Pageant Herzog Hall
1:15-2:45pm Dragon Pageant Festival Upper Campus
3:10-4:10pm Chess For Kids, Handwork Rm
Sat Oct 3
All day Rip City Riders
2pm - 4pm Boys Basketball Practice
Mon Oct 5
10-10:30am Fire Drill
Tue Oct 6
2:30-6pm Cross Country Meet Rincon Valley Charter 3:30-5:15pm Boys Basketball Practice
Wed Oct 7
8:30-10am Class Coordinator Meeting 10:10am-3pm School Photos, Grades 1,2,4,5,6,8 4-6pm Volleyball @ St. Luke
6-7:30pm 4th Grade Parent Meeting
Thu Oct 8
8:30-10am Campus Tour (Adult Only) 8:40-10:40am School Photos, Kindergarten 10:45-12:30 School Photos, Grades 3, 8 2:30-4:30pm Boys Basketball Practice 7-10pm Live Oak Board Meeting
Fri Oct 9
8:30am-5pm 7 & 8 Grade Ropes Course Four Winds, Occidental 3:10-4:10pm Chess For Kids, Handwork Rm
Sat Oct 10
8am-3pm Volleyball Tournament, Grade 7 Sonoma Academy, Santa Rosa
Mon Oct 12
9am 6th Grade Departs on Field Trip Lassen Volcanic National Park 6-7:30pm 1st Grade Parent Night
Tue Oct 13
2:30-6pm Cross Country Meet
Sonoma Country Day School 3:30pm-5:15pm Boys Basketball Practice 6-7:30pm 3rd Grade Parent Night 6pm Parent Ed Night (info on pg 5)
8th Grade Classroom
Wed Oct 14
8:30am-12pm Ks Pumpkin Patch 9am-3:30pm 3rd Grade Field Trip
County Line Farm 4-6pm 7 & 8th Grade Volleyball
SunRidge Charter
6pm 6th Grade returns from Lassen 6:30-8pm Foundation Meeting
Thu Oct 15
All day 4th Grade Field Trip, Fort Ross 10-10:30am Earthquake Drill
2:30-4:30pm Boys Basketball Practice
Fri Oct 16
All day 4th Grade Field Trip, Fort Ross 8:30am-3:30pm 6 Grade Ropes Course
Four Winds, Occidental 3:10-4:10pm Chess For Kids, Handwork Rm
Sat Oct 17
8am-3pm Volleyball Tournament, Grade 8 Sonoma Academy, Santa Rosa
Every year Live Oak raises funds to fill the gap between the amount we receive from the state and the amount needed to sustain our inspiring curriculum. Gifts of every size help fund music, science, theater, art, sports, field trips and more for our students. If you haven’t had a chance to give yet, you can be counted! Drop your donation in the office, or visit us online at www.liveoakfoundation.org. Feel free to ask me any questions. Thank you!
Jerusha Ogden, Annual Fund Administrator [email protected]
Foundation News
Community Connection Committee News
A beautiful collection of ocean imagery is on display in the Middle School Hall. The images were taken on and in the wa-ter at the Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary, just off our coast. The collection of images will hang in the middle school through November thanks to NOAA.
Go to cordellbank.noaa.gov/about/welcome.html for more information. Please be sure to see the exhibit!
We have an upcoming Dine and Donate at Rosso Pizzeria in Petaluma on Tues Nov 3. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to Live Oak. Families who dine in or take out at Rosso between 4:30-9pm are “counted” in the sales. No need to bring a flyer or even mention the school. We hope to see you all at Rosso! Bowling! Save the Date! More info to come on LOCS Family Bowling in Petaluma. 10am-12pm on Mon, Nov 23.
Our next C3 meeting is Thurs Nov 5 at 8:30am in the Aftercare room. We are seeking volunteers for individual events or long-term committee steering.
Questions? Come to a meeting or contact Erin Wrightsman, Committee Chair at [email protected] or 707-480-4855.
School Photos
Wed, Oct 7: Grades 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 Portraits and Class Photos Thur, Oct 8: Kindergarten and Grades 3 & 8 Portraits and Class
Photos
• It is recommended to wear solid, dark autumn colors. Please avoid wearing bright colors, white t-shirts, busy prints or anything with decals or advertisements.
• An online gallery and proof paper order forms are creat-ed for each child, so you can order what you love when you’re ready.
• Please ensure the school has your correct email address for online proofing.
• Make-up/retake date: Tues, Nov 10
by Rebecca River-Teague, Rosemary Kindergarten Teacher
Rhythm and consistency are the primary themes of kindergarten. Rhythm guides us through the day, the week, and the school year. It guides us through all of our activities as we strive to be consistent from day-to-day, week-to-week, and throughout the school year. In our Waldorf kindergarten we base our daily rhythms on breathing outwards and inwards, expansion and contraction, free activity and focused activity. We also follow rhythms that reflect the changing seasons, traditions, and celebrations.
Circle time is an in-breath, a concentrated activity. It introduces academic and pre-academic skills. The seeds are sown for future math and literacy skills through the memorization of seasonal songs, poems, rhymes, and physical movement. In planning circle and other activities we integrate seasonal and thematic songs and verses that address Common Core Standards for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. These may include practice with phonemic awareness, sound recognition, number sense, and mathematical reasoning to name a few.
Integral to circle time is developmental movement in order to support spatial awareness, sensory inte-gration, and imitation skills. Walking, skipping, hopping, jumping, rolling, crawling, catching, clapping, snapping, singing, and reciting are all integrated into circle activities with the intention of awakening and nurturing the four lower senses (balance, touch, self-movement, and life). These help form the foundations for future physical and academic wellbeing.
Story time introduces children to oral stories without pictures that are warmed and enlivened by the teach-er’s (and then by their own) imaginations. The ability to tell a story and bring it to life for the children mod-els the importance of memory and recitation. Stories are told for a period of 2-4 weeks. They are first told while the children quietly listen, and then are experienced through puppetry and theatric drama, bringing the children’s inner imaginations to life.
Snack time actually incorporates many skills both cognitive and social. Setting the table requires placing and ordering placemats, napkins, bowls, and spoons. It requires the children to follow sequential direc-tions, count objects to 25, and understand and remember a specific spatial arrangement of a group of ob-jects. Setting the table is also a social interaction requiring cooperation and problem solving with other children. It is real work vital to our routine—therefore the children have the experience of providing an important and meaningful service to the class.
Many life skills are learned through circle time, story time, snack time, and class jobs, but it is through play—free unstructured creative play—where the children get to practice all of the skills and experiences, both physical and social, that lay the foundation for future development and learning. Our class rhythm nourishes the whole wellbeing of young children and frees their creative and intellectual capacities to en-gage in the real work of childhood—which is play.
One of my teachers once said, “The work of childhood is play, and anything that takes them out of play—takes them out of play.” However, we live in a time in which the culture of childhood is more and more dictated by the schedules and anxieties of adults. Children today have very little free and unstructured (let alone unsupervised) time to play and to ex-plore the complexities of human nature and human experi-ence. In our kindergarten we strive to teach and guide chil-dren towards life and social skills necessary for a parent to be able to say, “Yes, I trust my child to…” (Know the right thing, do the right thing, make the right choice, say the right thing, etc.). It is through play that these skills are experienced, mod-eled, practiced, and expanded upon.
Through creative play, circle time, story, snack, real work, and handcrafts the children in our kindergarten experience the rhythm of the day, the week, and the year. All of these rhythms and consistent routines are intended to provide the children with authentic practices that nourish their whole being—head, heart, and hands.
The greatest gift parents can give their young child (and their children’s teachers!) is strong rhythms at home that include consistent expectations and consequences, regular meal times, plenty of sleep, and lots of unscheduled time to play and be together as a family. These consistent rhythms provide young children with the sense of security and safety, and of being loved, that will lay the strongest foundation for life.
Live Oak Sports News
Volleyball, Coach David Woodbury
As our volleyball season nears its end, both of Live Oak’s volleyball teams are playing extremely well and are receiving much praise from opposing coaches. The 8th grade team is undefeated (6-0) and needs only one more win to capture the banner. The 7th grade team (5-1) only lost to the undefeated team from Presentation and is well on their way to placing second in the division (seven
teams). With these records, Live Oak should be seeded well in the year-end tournaments. I invite you to cheer on our teams at the tournaments. The 7th and 8th grade teams play on Saturdays, Oct 10 and 17, respectively. The venue is Sonoma Academy gym. We will start at 8:30am and conclude in mid-after-noon. If last year is any indication, the atmosphere will be electric.
Cross Country, Coach Cath Caddell
Tuesday October, 13, 6:00pm 8th Grade Classroom
Every year our 7th and 8th grade students participate in presentations on addiction and substance abuse prevention. In preparation for this visit, we invite our parent community to attend an evening presenta-tion (for adults only) to discuss parenting strategies and the latest research on addicpresenta-tion prevenpresenta-tion. Our guest presenter is from FCD, Freedom from Chemical Dependency, which is an international education and support organization for addiction and substance abuse prevention.
As parent consent is required for student participation the following day, this is an opportunity for 7th and 8th grade parents to preview the content that students will experience in class as well as to meet the presenter and have questions answered.
Though the primary focus of the content is on adolescent children, parents from all grades are encouraged to attend as the information is of great benefit to understanding brain development and effective parent-ing strategies. This conversation is also an opportunity to further develop your relationship with fellow parents and staff as we work together to build a comprehensively supportive environment.
Please join our middle school team and our guest presenter from FCD on Tues, Oct 13 at 6pm in the 8th grade classroom in Madrone Hall (at the end of the Concourse).
Please contact Mr. Morgan ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
Parent Evening: Addiction & Substance Abuse for Adolescents
Handwork Spotlight: 4th Grade Ft. Ross Bags and Hats
This beautiful ceremony is held for grades 1, 2 and 3 during the first week of December. We are already starting to plan our meetings.
If you are interested in joining our Winter Spiral committee contact Julie Beckner at (707) 762-9020 or [email protected]
Community
Bulletin Board
This is a space for parents in the Live Oak community to post notic-es about items or servicnotic-es for sale or trade, or to give away, or simply to share information with one another. Send your notices to
---Professional Office Rental- Furnished office for rent in downtown Petalu-ma. Private, Light and Bright space, bathroom and kitchenette, Off street parking, “B” Street. Great for therapist or similar. Part time office: $110 / day / month. Reduced rates for multiple days / week.
Contact Erin Wrightsman at [email protected] ---Laptops for sale, Refurbished by Live Oak alumnus Sage Shue.
• Asus ul30a-x5-$450
• Lenovo Thinkpad 0199- $350 • HP 17-e049wm- $470
• Dell Optiplex 780- $120
If you are interested in any of the com-puters or have questions about them please email [email protected]
Appreciations and Gratitude
Thank you for all who share your old ink cartridges with the school for recycling, it allows us to purchase addition-al items at Staples.
Thank you to Ms. Lois for directing this year’s Dragon Pageant, and to M Hampton, Lisa Modica and Muriel Ber-tucci for your hard work in organizing the Dragon Festi-val.
Email [email protected] with your appreciations.
Community Events
Children’s Museum of Sonoma County 1835 W. Steele Lane, Santa Rosa
Global Cardboard Challenge Day, Sat, October 10 10am-1:30pm.
Free with admission. We challenge you to build whatever your imagination can dream up as part of the Global Cardboard Challenge Day. Creations will be judged by visitors in a variety of categories at 1:30pm. We’ll provide the cardboard, you provide the imagination!
Circle of Hands
6780 McKinley St, Ste 120, SebastopolButterfly Fairy Peg Doll Workshop & Book-Signing, Sat October 17, 1 -4pm
Learn how to easily create lovely fairy peg dolls for your nature table. The authors of Making Peg Dolls, Making Peg Dolls & More and Forest Fairy Crafts will be on hand. Margaret Bloom and Lenka Vodic-ka-Paredes will demonstrate this art form and autograph their books which are available for sale here. Make up to 3 peg dolls free with the a book purchase. ($1 cost without purchase.) All supplies included. No pre-registration needed - the dolls take minutes to make!
Upcoming performances schedule for Credo High:
• Club Credo - Fri Oct 23, 7pm (a two-generation night club for adults and students, 8th grade or older) • Orchestra and Choir Concert - Fri Nov 6, 7pm
• Winter Faire and Performance of Scrooge’s Christmas - Fri Dec 4 at 2pm and Sat Dec 5 at 2 & 7pm
• World Percussion Performance - Thurs Dec 10, 7pm • Club Credo, Poetry Slam - Fri Dec 11, 7pm
• American Music Performance - Tues Dec 15, 7pm Please feel free to be in touch with any questions you have about upcoming events. I hope you will be able to join us sometime in the coming months!
Jodi Boyle, Enrollment Coordinator (707)664-0600 x 4
Credo Corner
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