Gator Family Newsletter
June 5 - 9
Gage Elementary School Website
Upcoming Events
June 5 - 13: Running club will be open, but laps will no longer be counted. Students are welcome to come and run each morning. Anyone entering the field area before school will be expected to go to the track to run or walk laps.
June 12: Yearbooks will be handed out to 5th-grade students and those in UTK-4 that have purchased one.
June 14: Fifth-grade promotion
June 14: Last Day of School!
Summer School
UTK, K and 1st graders: Returning any devices
Fifth-Grade Promotion
Our Beautiful new mural
Bianca is a 12th grader who loves to draw as a hobby, and she was excited by this opportunity to create something beautiful for the school. Her inspiration was to create something that our children would like. Our students LOVE it! Bianca and the high school volunteers did an AMAZING job. A huge thank you to Bianca and her 2 fellow Patrick Henry students who painted our beautiful new mural!!
Summer Reading Program
Local Control Funding Formula Questionnaire in Power School parent portal
Dear SDUSD Families,
Each year the district is responsible for collecting information from our students’ families to support the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) process. The LCFF is hallmark legislation that fundamentally changed how all local educational agencies (LEAs) in the state are funded, how they are measured for results, and the services and support they receive to allow all students to succeed to their greatest potential.
We are collecting information now and it will be applied to the 2023 – 24 school year.We believe that starting now will reduce the burden of collecting information during the busy time of opening school in the fall and will potentially yield more complete information that will increase the amount of funding that schools and the districts receive from the state.
We are starting with our online system accessed through the Parent Portal in Power School. In the portal, we ask parents and families to complete a very short questionnaire that increases the district’s opportunity to receive funds from the state. The information is kept confidential and only used for allowed purposes.
Please complete the form in Parent Portal as soon as possible. If you do not have a Parent Portal account, please contact your school to set one up. (Note: some schools do not yet have Parent Portal available.) Paper survey forms will be available later this spring. By completing the survey, you will not only be supporting the district’s efforts, but increasing the chances of your child's school receiving more of this valuable funding.
Thank you in advance for your support,
Thomas P. Liberto, Director
Strategic Planning for Student Achievement
Preschool Priority Application Window Opens June 1st
The preschool priority application window for the 2023-2024 school year will be June 1-15, 2023. During this priority window, families may apply for any SDUSD preschool sites. Returning students (currently enrolled) must also complete an application as their current enrollment ends on June 14, 2023. Families who miss the priority application window will be able to apply in July (exact date to be determined). Please see district website for information about preschool. Information is available on the Part-Day Preschool Program page under the Enrollment tab.
PTA News
Thank you to the Gage Community for a wonderful year! With your support during our fundraisers we were able to provide many fun events/activities including: Running Club, Garden & Culinary classes, Art Enrichment (art/drumming), Kinder Social, monthly lunchtime bingo, GrandGators Day, Fall Festival, Fall & Spring Movie Nights, Veteran's Day, Spring Fling (Dance) and Field Day. We were also able to fund: campus technology (RazKids and Starfall for all classrooms), buses for field trips, grants for classroom supplies, Safety Patrol and Leadership, new PE/Recess equipment, Administrative Professional and Staff Appreciation Weeks and the new Native Garden!
Thank you so much for your support during both the JogAThon and Fiesta! Your support has made this year and all these events possible! Looking forward to a wonderful summer break and can’t wait to see what we can make possible next school year!
Thank you so much!
Amy & Sarah
On behalf of the Gage PTA
Please continue to support all of our wonderful programs by Joining PTA.