Gage Community Newsletter

October 2: UTK-1 Character Assembly

October 2: PTA Meeting

October 3: 2-5 Character Assembly

October 4: School Closed

October 7: SSC

October 9: Jogathon

Dear Families,

Please be advised that Friday, October 4th, school will be closed. This is true of all schools, district-wide.

Please note that phones and smartwatches used for texting or calling are not allowed during school hours. If a student uses any device for outside communication, it will be confiscated and returned at the end of the day for the first offense. For subsequent offenses, parents will be required to pick up the device from the front office. We appreciate your support in ensuring a distraction-free learning environment for all students.

Unfortunately, we’ve noticed that despite clear signage and city regulations, many individuals are allowing their dogs off-leash on the field. This has led to multiple instances of left-behind dog waste, which poses health and safety concerns for our students and families who use the space. As valued members of this community, we kindly ask for your support in following the city's regulations and ensuring dogs remain on-leash. We also encourage you to speak with your neighbors to help keep our campus safe and clean for everyone.

The purpose of this report is to provide you with important information about how your child is performing in this subject at the start of the school year. Understanding your child’s strengths and areas for improvement can help you and the school to support their learning journey.

Teachers use this test to Identify early risk levels which allows us to work together to provide the necessary support and resources to help your child succeed. Please do not be alarmed because the test often covers material that may not have yet been taught in your child's class.

• we want to expand our efforts of recognizing our educator colleagues (both inside and outside the classroom) beyond a once a year celebration. We will begin a monthly celebration of educators across our district and across roles through a nomination process that can be accessed via this LINK
• We encourage everyone to have access to this nomination form (colleagues, students, families, community members, etc) and will be circulating it throughout our larger community. This is how we will Live Our Values Every (LOVE) day, week, and month.
• Please share the following pdfs that have a direct live link and/or QR code to help us spread the word:

• Print and Share Version: LINK

• Online/Clickable Version: LINK

• This nomination process will be celebrated monthly. Thank you for joining us in recognizing all of the hard working staff that contribute to the education of students across San Diego!

November 14, 2024

Tentative Schedule:

6:30 am - Event check in and breakfast

6:45 am- Event start and speakers

7:20ish – Event walk

If anyone is interested in planning or volunteering for our Ruby Bridges Walk to School event they may fill out a volunteer form. Meetings will be on Sundays on Teams every two weeks unless otherwise noted. See below for info.

Ruby Bridges Volunteer Form:

https://forms.gle/XNvBSrRre75rXCiF7

Ruby Bridges Meeting Information

Ruby Bridges Committee Meetings via Microsoft Teams

• Sunday, September 22 at 5:30pm-6:15pm
• Sunday, October 6 at 5:30pm-6:15pm
• Sunday, October 20 at 5:30pm-6:15pm
• Sunday, November 3 at 5:30pm-6:15pm
• Tuesday, November 12 - TBD

Microsoft Teams Meeting Information

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 286 016 087 441

Passcode: ybLiDs

This year's Jog A Thon will be held on Wednesday, October 9th. Gage's fundraising goal is $60,000! Families should start receiving their PledgeStar information flyers starting Monday (be on the lookout in your kiddos backpacks). Fundraising will begin NOW - October 10th with lots of cool prizes for top runners, top individuals fundraisers, and top class fundraisers.

USING YOUR COMPUTER'S BROWSER:

● Go to http://pledgestar.com/GagePTA

● Click “Not Registered For This Year’s Event”

● Enter your name and email address, choose a password, then click “Submit”

● Follow the instructions on-screen to register Runner(s) and add family and friends

USING YOUR ANDROID OR APPLE PHONE OR TABLET:

● Go to your device’s App Store and search for "PledgeStar" to download the Family App, or go to https://pledgestar.com/GagePTA/downloadapp.html

● On the home screen enter your event code: “gagepta” to locate your event

● Click “Not Registered For This Year’s Event”

● Enter your name and email address, choose a password then click “Submit”

● Follow the instructions on-screen to register Runner(s) and add family and friends

Huge Shout Out to this year's Jog-A-Thon Sponsors: Capable Kiddos Book Series, Gemstone Gymnastics, Pulse Endurance Sports, & Mission Trails Little League. Thank you for your continued support to Gage Elementary.

We need your help to plan the 2024 Fall Festival! Can you help with or take on a small task, plan crafts or activities, contribute ideas, build/repair/decorate games, do prizes, coordinate a food truck, help with communications, decorations, or one of the many other things it takes to put on this community event? If so, then please fill out an interest form HERE or use this address https://forms.gle/Cw7isZjNT7XyyzBSA if the link isn't working.

Volunteer in culinary and garden classes to see our amazing educators Aimee and Angela in action! SIGN UP HERE

Wednesday, October 2nd from 4pm - 8pm (CHIPOTLE - 8856 NAVAJO RD)
ORDER ONLINE FOR PICKUP USING CODE: HHZEWXC
OR SHOW THIS FLYER IN RESTAURANT

· Wednesday, October 2nd: PTA Meeting @ 6:30 PM

· Wednesday, October 9th: Jog A Thon (PledgeStar Fundraising Information above)

· Saturday, October 26th: Fall Festival

Make sure you are up-to-date on all Gage PTA/Foundation Events.

Stay connected here: https://linktr.ee/gagepta

Any Questions? Email GagePTA@gmail.com or GageGatorsFoundation@gmail.com