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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 9:11PM
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* The 5th Grade Science Fair is Coming Soon - Friday, February 10th!! You can be a part of this fun and educational experience for our 5th graders. Whether you have an hour or want to participate the whole day, your contribution is essential in making this year's Science Fair a success! Parents of any grade are welcome and encouraged to take part. We need judges!! If you're NOT a 5th grade parent and are interested in judging the 5th grade science projects, no experience is necessary. If you are interested in volunteering or being a judge, please contact Shawn Jacob at sciencehelp2012@gmail.com. Thanks!
* Reusable Bag/Mixed Bag Fundraiser is Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 25th, 40-50% of the proceeds will go back to the school. Go Green! Eco-Fabulous bags and much more! The New Spring Samples will be at the Gift Card Table starting Monday, Jan. 23rd. Come check them out. Catalogs and Forms will be sent home in the Jan. 25th Wednesday Envelope. Please take the time to look through the Mixed Bag Catalog and support this fundraiser. Questions contact Sally Cumming or Paula Ould.
* Thursday, January 26th - Recycle Drop-Off before school on the corner of McCall and Rajokovich.
* Heritage Day 2012 - May 11, 4-7p "Sports from around the World". Williams Heritage Day is a key event that showcases Williams diverse community. We need lots of help from our community to run this event smoothly. If you like to represent your culture and/or have a performance or to help in any other areas please go to the i-volunteer page to sign up or Contact Mandana kompani@yahoo.com.
The following countries/cultures who were represented in previous years, that do not have any representative yet: British Isles, Chinese Region, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam. Please talk to your community and volunteer here to help. If you don't find your culture and would like to represent or need more information about the event please contact Mandana kompani@yahoo.com.
* Heritage Day 2012 Art Contest "Sports from around the World" We would like to invite all the children in our school to participate in the art contest for the Williams' 2012 Heritage Day. The theme of this year's Heritage Day is "Sports from around the World". This is a great opportunity for the children to become familiar with the tradtitional or popular sports played in different parts of the world. The drawing needs to be related to the theme. Children need to turn in their artwork on an 8.5" x 11" paper, with their name, grade and teacher on the back, to the office by Friday January 27th, 2012. The top 3 winners will receive gift cards and the 1st place art will be showcased on the Heritage Day passport cover. Questions? Contact Mandana kompani@yahoo.com. Click here for more information.
* NEW Credit Cards will be accepted for bulk Gift Card purchases of $600 or more: Stock up on your everyday shopping of Safeway, Costco, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Michael's, and more, with every card at FACE VALUE you buy, our school receives a percentage of profit. New cards to the program: Nordstrom, H&M, Chuck E. Cheeses ($10 are great stocking stuffers!) holiday gifts! The sales table is open M/W/F 8:45am under the shade structure and 2:45pm by the office. Please support this fundraising program!
* AppFairs: Apps have been updated! Buy Apps and support Williams! Williams will earn 50% of the proceeds from every sale! We put together the best selling Holiday cookbooks in the iBookstore, awesome app cookbooks and wonderful interactive children's books that will enlighten and engage your child. Click on this link to check out all the apps.We will be changing the apps on a regular basis.
* Shop Amazon for all your needs! Just Click here to get to Amazon's home page, or click the Amazon banner on the Wins' home page. Remember to pass along the link to your friends and family to earn FREE money for Williams! Thanks to all you Amazon shoppers, we had a great holiday season - making nearly $750 so far!!
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Fundraising Team
See how our Fundraising Events and Programs are doing here
* Upcoming Family FUN-raiser Night: Mark your calendar for the next family fundraiser night: California Pizza Kitchen March 13th.
* Williams Gift Card Program: Sold Mon/Wed/Frid mornings from 8:45-9:15am under the shade structure or Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons from 2:45-3:15pm by the office.
* Sign up for eScrip and earn free money for Williams: Sign up on www.escrip.com. It’s quick and easy! Click “sign-up,” and select Williams Elementary Group ID 137106631. Register your Safeway card, debit card, and credit cards. The first 100 people to print out a copy of their Registration/Renewal and turn it into the eScrip bin in the office or email the screen shot to Lisa Macintosh lisamack88@me.com will receive a Williams Wins tote bag (delivered to your child's teacher).
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Enrichment Team
* GATE: GATE has new information posted, please click here!
* All Chinese Parents We need you to volunteer in Chinese Cornerstone (ABC) Project. You just need to do a few presentations (Around 1-5 depends on your child's teacher's schedule). If you want, you can also find some other parents in the class to help you. We need you to bring and introduce our Chinese Cultures to the children at Williams. Sign up here to volunteer as a docent
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Administration Team
* Google Calendar has lots of updates. Get the latest one here and sync to your Outlook, Mac and your phone Simple import steps here.
* Join Yahoo Groups to communicate with fellow Williams parents and staff. Share and exchange information related to school, activities, recommendations, community concerns, and more. Just click the Yahoo Groups icon on the home page or click here to become a member. Questions about Yahoo Groups? Contact Laura Mukai (Yahoo Moderator) at lamukai@comcast.net.
*Become a Fan of the Williams Wins Facebook page and receive updates and reminders (click the "Like" button at the top of the page)
* Cultural Cabinet is tutoring EL (English Learner) Kids. If you would like to help please contact Karen Heverling at karen_heverling@sjusd.org
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Volunteer Operations Team
* SPLASHED BY A WHALE: Need volunteer hours? Don't have time during the day to get your 40 hours of volunteer time? Volunteer for SPLASHED BY A WHALE for a month! Hours are completed after 9 PM when you set-up and take down whales from people's yards. It's easy and who doesn't love sneaking around people's front yards at night to put a pod of whales on someone's lawn?!
Sign-up at: http://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/event_220
Questions? Contact Heather (heather_smith@mac.com) or Sepee (shattery1@yahoo.com)
* Volunteer for all Williams events and activities here http://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/
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Community & Sponsor Events
* Rising Sun Pilates Classes for Williams: Make a donation to Williams and take a Pilates Class (100% of the proceeds goes to Williams): Thurs., Jan. 26th 9:30-10:30am, Wed., Feb. 1st 8-9pm. If you are interested in taking a class email Kara Gant
* America's Best Karate (ABK) Supports Williams (click here for the schedule): Take 10 classes and get a uniform for $79 and 100% of the proceeds goes to Williams. Fill out the Registration Form here.Turn in your Registration form and Check to the America's Best Karate bin in the office.
* Almaden Pilates Supports Williams (click here for the schedule): Take 10 classes for $59 and 100% of the proceeds goes to Williams. Fill out the Registration Form here.Turn in your Registration form and Check to the Almaden Pilates bin in the office.
* Destination ImagiNation (DI) is an international problem-solving competition for kindergarten through college students. DI fosters creativity, team based problem solving, and the acquisition of important life skills. Roshni Desai has volunteered to be the Team Leader for Williams. Please email her at roshpt@yahoo.com if you would like to participate in the program. Learn more click here..
* Relay for Life Needs You! Relay For Life of Almaden, an overnight event for ALL ages, is a time to celebrate people who have or are battling cancer, remember loved ones lost to the disease, and to fight back against cancer that takes too much.
This year the event will be held at Leland High School on May 5th-6th 10am-10am. Relay is a 24 hour event where teams with up to 15 members keep a member walking on the track the entire time. It's challenging, fun and amazingly rewarding! There will be food, special performances, drawings, games, education and awareness! The highlight of the evening is our Luminaria ceremony where the track is encircled with hundreds of luminaria bags and in the distance the word "hope" is formed on the bleachers. Form a team, honor a loved one, support our community and join the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. Join us on January 29th between 2PM and 4PM at Amato's Pizza for our fun Kickoff Party event! Learn more about relay, get registered, and help us fight back! (20% of all sales during this time go to Relay) Call 1.800.ACS.2345 or visit www.RelayForLife.org/almadenca.
For more information and/or community service hours information please contact Jennifer Caselli, Event Chair at 408-472-3420 or Paula Myers, Volunteer Coordinator at 408-315-1907.
* Important News from the Garden Gang - FREE PRUNING CLINIC! Saturday, Feb 28th 9-11am It's the middle of January and the time to prune your roses, fruit trees, grape vines and delicious ornamentals. Would you like to learn to do the job well, increase the productivity of your roses/fruit trees, and help prevent disease organically? Then come to the FREE PRUNING CLINIC put on by the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County, right here on our Williams Campus. Saturday, February 28th 9-11am in the Williams Garden.
What to Bring: Garden gloves, pruners, loppers and a smile :)
What to Wear: Clothing and shoes appropriate for garden work
We'll learn what to do, how to do it, and then have a chance to practice with Certified Master Gardeners. RSVP Rhonda Kutche rjkutche@comcast.net (having an approximate count will be very helpful). Happy Winter and hope to see you there! If there is a slight drizzle we'll still have the clinic. If it's pouring please stay home and have hot chocolate.
* 'Make-A-Difference' Cash Drive has started. Donate now and help make a difference for every child, plus you will earn rewards and class credit! We need $350 per student to fully fund all the programs. Earn rewards and class credit when you donate by Sept. 30th. Every student benefits!
* Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities! Advertise your business at Williams! Deadline for your ad/logo to be in the eDirectory & logo on Spirit Shirts 9/2
* Family ID's have been posted. If you need to know your Family ID click on the link. Questions please contact Christy Carrasquilla at ccarrasquilla@sbcglobal.net
* Thursday, August 25th-Sept. 2nd: Book Fair! Williams Parents, We need your help staffing the book fair. There are still many time slots available. Volunteer here for the Book Fair
* Tuesday, August 30th: Back to School Night for Parents 6:15-8pm
* This Thursday, Sept 1st: Williams Winter Wonderland of Music Concert will take place on Saturday, January 7th. We are looking for students who would like to sing with the choir, or play an instrument. Starting tomorrow, September 1st, you may use the following link to enroll in the choir, sign-up to play an instrument, or purchase a ticket to the concert. All of the concert information you need can be found at this site. http://www.williamscommunity.com/winter-wonderland-concert/
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Directory Deadline to update your family data. Edit or opt out of publishing your address or phone here..
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Box Tops Deadline ~ students should turn in their Box Tops to their teacher, the class that turns in the most by this date will win a Jamba Juice party.
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Join us for a Love & Logic lesson/discussion in the Cafeteria at 9:15am. Learn about parenting techniques that work, get tips and tricks on how to be a better parent.
* Tues Sept 6th Directory goes live! Every family will receive 1 FREE secure pdf to save to your computer desktop (searchable and printable) and access to the online searchable directory with the Smart Phone app. Both version are new and improved from last year's versions!
* Tues Sept 13th 9:00: Asset Building Champions (ABC) Project Cornerstone Kick Off Meeting (flyer)
* Tuesday, Sept. 13th: Family FUNdraiser Night at Chili's. Chili's will donate 15% back to WINS. Good for dine in or take out, lunch and dinner. Flyers will be sent home the Wednesday before the event (Remember to bring your flyer with you). Print your flyer here for your server.
* Friday, Sept. 30th: Deadline to order Spirit Wear! Students can wear their Spirit Wear shirts to school every Friday for the entire year. We encourage them to wear Spirit Wear shirts for the Walkathon this year as we will not have Walkathon shirts. There will be many other fun prizes and incentives for the Walkathon this year! Please fill out the order form and leave in the box labeled Spirit Wear in the office along with payment. You can also purchase through Paypal.
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Volunteer Operations Team
Thank you Williams Parents for already starting to volunteer for so many wonderful events and activities in your children's classrooms, and throughout the school. Please be sure to keep track of the hours as you are working, via the Wednesday White Envelopes on your youngest child's envelope. You will submit your hours to the school three times this year via our on-line tracking system. (This is similar to last year). The 1st hour collection is 11/14-18.
* Popcorn Club - Want a volunteer activity that you can do at home, that is easy & fun? Your kids can even help you! Volunteer for the Popcorn Club. We have over 250 spots to fill throughout the entire school year, and you can pick the date that works best for you. Sign Up here
* Volunteer here for Picture Day Sept. 7th.
* Volunteer for all other events here http://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/
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Fundraising Team
* Jan 7, 2012: Winter Wonderland Concert. To register for the choir, an instrumental piece or purchase an audience ticket, click here .
* Jan 21, 2012: 3rd Annual Williams Elementary School Crab and Pasta Feed with Silent and Live Auction. Please mark your calendars! More Details to follow soon!
If you are interested in volunteering on the Crab Feed Committee Please Contact the Crab Feed Chairperson: Jenny Teixeira at jenny.teixeira@sbcglobal.net .
* Williams Gift Card Program: Sold Monday/Wed/Friday mornings from 8:45-9:15am or Mon/Fri afternoons from 2:45-3:15pm.
* Sign up for eScrip and earn free money for Williams: Make sure you renew by Nov. 1st! Sign up on www.escrip.com. It’s quick and easy! Click “sign-up,” and select Williams Elementary Group ID 137106631. Register your Safeway card, debit card, and credit cards. The first 100 people to print out a copy of their Registration/Renewal and turn it into the eScrip bin in the office or email the screen shot to Lisa Macintosh lisamack88@me.com will receive a Williams Wins tote bag (delivered to your child's teacher).
* Box Tops: Please continue to cut and save them over the summer. Especially look for those bonus Box Tops on products and Target and Safeway check out coupons in August. The class who brings in the most Box Tops by Sept. 2nd will win a Jamba Juice Party.
* Need to repair your car? LM Body Shop - 5755 Winfield Blvd (225-5053) will donate $100 to Williams when you repair your car with them.
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Enrichment Team
Registration is now open for Fun math Club, a GATE after school math enrichment program at Williams. Details and registration information is posted on the WilliamsGATE mailinglist yahoo group web site. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WilliamsGATE_mailinglist/
If you have a 4th and 5th grade GATE student and do not have access to the web site or didn’t get e-mail notification about the program, please send an e-mail to: williamsgateprogram@yahoo.com
* Wins GATE Committee: A new GATE committee is formed under WINS Academic program. Goals for this parent volunteer led committee is to help improve GATE education at Williams. Priorities for 2011-12 school year include: Bring in ideas from parents and teachers, set up GATE summer camp and afterschool enrichment programs, form competition teams in various subjects, create a forum for GATE parents to communicate with school and with each other. Volunteers are needed to run or support enrichment programs or competition teams.
* GATE parent mailing list: 4th and 5th GATE student parents should have received an invitation to join a Yahoo Group for Williams GATE programs. This is the ONLY communication channel for WINS GATE program. Joining the group is mandatory for receiving future GATE program related announcements. If you choose not to join or leave the group, you will not be receiving any announcements. If you don’t have an invitation, please check your spam folder, or e-mail williamsgateprogram@yahoo.com This is an announcement only Yahoo group, which means member information is not shared, members are not allowed to load file, post messages, etc. The tightest privacy control is applied. You and your student’s privacy is being protected.
We are planning some exciting enrichment programs for the fall. The proposals are uploaded to the Yahoo group web page. Please check them out and plan ahead.
* GATE program on face book: 4rd and 5th GATE student parents should have received a link to WilliamsGATE on face book. Participation is optional. This is the channel for Williams GATE student families to communicate with each other.
* All Chinese Parents, We need you to volunteer in Chinese Cornerstone (ABC) Project. You just need to do a few presentations (Around 1-5 depends on your child's teacher's schedule). If you want, you can also find some other parents in the class to help you. We need you to bring and introduce our Chinese Cultures to the children at Williams.
Would you please consider become a Chinese ABC Docent? By becoming a docent, you child and other children at the class will be benefited from your contributions. Please go to the i-volunteer https://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/ websites; pull down the arrow key on -select an event- and click on "Chinese Cornerstone (ABC) Project"
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Administration Team
* Yearbooks are on sale now! Pricing goes up Jan 1st. Paypal and order form here
* Join Yahoo Groups to communicate with fellow Williams parents and staff. Share and exchange information related to school, activities, recommendations, community concerns, and more. Just click the Yahoo Groups icon on the home page or click here to become a member. Questions about Yahoo Groups? Contact Laura Mukai (Yahoo Moderator) at lamukai@comcast.net.
* Become a Fan of the Williams Wins Facebook page and receive updates and reminders (click the "Like" button at the top of the page)
* Cultural Cabinet is tutoring EL (English Learner) Kids. If you would like to help please contact Karen Heverling at karen_heverling@sjusd.org
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Events/Promotions in the Community from our Sponsors
* Please join Rising Sun Pilates Studio in the fight against cancer, Save the date!: Tuesday August 23rd 9:30am, Thursday, August 25th 8pm, Friday, August 26th 9:30am. Pilates Mat Classes to those that make an online donation to Society RFL Almaden. Limited Space Available! Please make a donation then contact me to reserve your space: Kara Gant at kara@risingsunpilates.com 408-616-0862. In Memory of my friend, mentor, and role model: Ron
* Enopi Math, Reading Writing - Back to School Promotion: Enroll in one subject, get 2 lessons, Free trial on the second subject, Free Diagnostic Test $45 value, Offer ends 9/30
* 'Make-A-Difference' Cash Drive has started. Donate now and help make a difference for every child, plus you will earn rewards and class credit! We need $350 per student to fully fund all the programs. Earn rewards and class credit when you donate by Sept. 30th. Every student benefits!
* Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities! Advertise your business at Williams! Deadline for your ad/logo to be in the eDirectory & logo on Spirit Shirts 9/2
* Family ID's have been posted. If you need to know your Family ID click on the link. Questions please contact Christy Carrasquilla at ccarrasquilla@sbcglobal.net
* Thursday, August 25th-Sept. 2nd: Book Fair! Williams Parents, We need your help staffing the book fair. There are still many time slots available. Volunteer here for the Book Fair
* Tuesday, August 30th: Back to School Night for Parents 6:15-8pm
* This Thursday, Sept 1st: Williams Winter Wonderland of Music Concert will take place on Saturday, January 7th. We are looking for students who would like to sing with the choir, or play an instrument. Starting tomorrow, September 1st, you may use the following link to enroll in the choir, sign-up to play an instrument, or purchase a ticket to the concert. All of the concert information you need can be found at this site. http://www.williamscommunity.com/winter-wonderland-concert/
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Directory Deadline to update your family data. Edit or opt out of publishing your address or phone here..
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Box Tops Deadline ~ students should turn in their Box Tops to their teacher, the class that turns in the most by this date will win a Jamba Juice party.
* This Friday, Sept. 2nd: Join us for a Love & Logic lesson/discussion in the Cafeteria at 9:15am. Learn about parenting techniques that work, get tips and tricks on how to be a better parent.
* Tues Sept 6th Directory goes live! Every family will receive 1 FREE secure pdf to save to your computer desktop (searchable and printable) and access to the online searchable directory with the Smart Phone app. Both version are new and improved from last year's versions!
* Tues Sept 13th 9:00: Asset Building Champions (ABC) Project Cornerstone Kick Off Meeting (flyer)
* Tuesday, Sept. 13th: Family FUNdraiser Night at Chili's. Chili's will donate 15% back to WINS. Good for dine in or take out, lunch and dinner. Flyers will be sent home the Wednesday before the event (Remember to bring your flyer with you). Print your flyer here for your server.
* Friday, Sept. 30th: Deadline to order Spirit Wear! Students can wear their Spirit Wear shirts to school every Friday for the entire year. We encourage them to wear Spirit Wear shirts for the Walkathon this year as we will not have Walkathon shirts. There will be many other fun prizes and incentives for the Walkathon this year! Please fill out the order form and leave in the box labeled Spirit Wear in the office along with payment. You can also purchase through Paypal.
______________________________________________________________________
Volunteer Operations Team
Thank you Williams Parents for already starting to volunteer for so many wonderful events and activities in your children's classrooms, and throughout the school. Please be sure to keep track of the hours as you are working, via the Wednesday White Envelopes on your youngest child's envelope. You will submit your hours to the school three times this year via our on-line tracking system. (This is similar to last year). The 1st hour collection is 11/14-18.
* Popcorn Club - Want a volunteer activity that you can do at home, that is easy & fun? Your kids can even help you! Volunteer for the Popcorn Club. We have over 250 spots to fill throughout the entire school year, and you can pick the date that works best for you. Sign Up here
* Volunteer here for Picture Day Sept. 7th.
* Volunteer for all other events here http://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/
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Fundraising Team
* Jan 7, 2012: Winter Wonderland Concert. To register for the choir, an instrumental piece or purchase an audience ticket, click here .
* Jan 21, 2012: 3rd Annual Williams Elementary School Crab and Pasta Feed with Silent and Live Auction. Please mark your calendars! More Details to follow soon!
If you are interested in volunteering on the Crab Feed Committee Please Contact the Crab Feed Chairperson: Jenny Teixeira at jenny.teixeira@sbcglobal.net .
* Williams Gift Card Program: Sold Monday/Wed/Friday mornings from 8:45-9:15am or Mon/Fri afternoons from 2:45-3:15pm.
* Sign up for eScrip and earn free money for Williams: Make sure you renew by Nov. 1st! Sign up on www.escrip.com. It’s quick and easy! Click “sign-up,” and select Williams Elementary Group ID 137106631. Register your Safeway card, debit card, and credit cards. The first 100 people to print out a copy of their Registration/Renewal and turn it into the eScrip bin in the office or email the screen shot to Lisa Macintosh lisamack88@me.com will receive a Williams Wins tote bag (delivered to your child's teacher).
* Box Tops: Please continue to cut and save them over the summer. Especially look for those bonus Box Tops on products and Target and Safeway check out coupons in August. The class who brings in the most Box Tops by Sept. 2nd will win a Jamba Juice Party.
* Need to repair your car? LM Body Shop - 5755 Winfield Blvd (225-5053) will donate $100 to Williams when you repair your car with them.
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Enrichment Team
Registration is now open for Fun math Club, a GATE after school math enrichment program at Williams. Details and registration information is posted on the WilliamsGATE mailinglist yahoo group web site. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WilliamsGATE_mailinglist/
If you have a 4th and 5th grade GATE student and do not have access to the web site or didn’t get e-mail notification about the program, please send an e-mail to: williamsgateprogram@yahoo.com
* Wins GATE Committee: A new GATE committee is formed under WINS Academic program. Goals for this parent volunteer led committee is to help improve GATE education at Williams. Priorities for 2011-12 school year include: Bring in ideas from parents and teachers, set up GATE summer camp and afterschool enrichment programs, form competition teams in various subjects, create a forum for GATE parents to communicate with school and with each other. Volunteers are needed to run or support enrichment programs or competition teams.
* GATE parent mailing list: 4th and 5th GATE student parents should have received an invitation to join a Yahoo Group for Williams GATE programs. This is the ONLY communication channel for WINS GATE program. Joining the group is mandatory for receiving future GATE program related announcements. If you choose not to join or leave the group, you will not be receiving any announcements. If you don’t have an invitation, please check your spam folder, or e-mail williamsgateprogram@yahoo.com This is an announcement only Yahoo group, which means member information is not shared, members are not allowed to load file, post messages, etc. The tightest privacy control is applied. You and your student’s privacy is being protected.
We are planning some exciting enrichment programs for the fall. The proposals are uploaded to the Yahoo group web page. Please check them out and plan ahead.
* GATE program on face book: 4rd and 5th GATE student parents should have received a link to WilliamsGATE on face book. Participation is optional. This is the channel for Williams GATE student families to communicate with each other.
* All Chinese Parents, We need you to volunteer in Chinese Cornerstone (ABC) Project. You just need to do a few presentations (Around 1-5 depends on your child's teacher's schedule). If you want, you can also find some other parents in the class to help you. We need you to bring and introduce our Chinese Cultures to the children at Williams.
Would you please consider become a Chinese ABC Docent? By becoming a docent, you child and other children at the class will be benefited from your contributions. Please go to the i-volunteer https://williamscommunity.i-volunteeronline.com/ websites; pull down the arrow key on -select an event- and click on "Chinese Cornerstone (ABC) Project"
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Administration Team
* Yearbooks are on sale now! Pricing goes up Jan 1st. Paypal and order form here
* Join Yahoo Groups to communicate with fellow Williams parents and staff. Share and exchange information related to school, activities, recommendations, community concerns, and more. Just click the Yahoo Groups icon on the home page or click here to become a member. Questions about Yahoo Groups? Contact Laura Mukai (Yahoo Moderator) at lamukai@comcast.net.
* Become a Fan of the Williams Wins Facebook page and receive updates and reminders (click the "Like" button at the top of the page)
* Cultural Cabinet is tutoring EL (English Learner) Kids. If you would like to help please contact Karen Heverling at karen_heverling@sjusd.org
_____________________________________________________________________
Events/Promotions in the Community from our Sponsors
* Please join Rising Sun Pilates Studio in the fight against cancer, Save the date!: Tuesday August 23rd 9:30am, Thursday, August 25th 8pm, Friday, August 26th 9:30am. Pilates Mat Classes to those that make an online donation to Society RFL Almaden. Limited Space Available! Please make a donation then contact me to reserve your space: Kara Gant at kara@risingsunpilates.com 408-616-0862. In Memory of my friend, mentor, and role model: Ron
* Enopi Math, Reading Writing - Back to School Promotion: Enroll in one subject, get 2 lessons, Free trial on the second subject, Free Diagnostic Test $45 value, Offer ends 9/30
Want a volunteer activity that you can do at home, that is easy & fun? Your kids can even help you! Volunteer for the Popcorn Club. We have over 250 spots to fill throughout the entire school year, and you can pick the date that works best for you.