The PTA has supported this school for years. With the committed effort of Marielena, our community of parents have continued to raise funds for our most precious annual events. The Halloween Carnival is one of my favorites. Every year, parents volunteer to make games and offer prizes to 'trick' our crafty Gardnerville kids! Every year, the kids win and go home with smiles and memories. School days come and go, it is the punctuation of these events that mark the year and send the kids into life, brimming with positive memories. Community is one of the most positive ethics we can instill in our children and that is what the concept of Garderville is all about.
Remember to bring your money for the games and food. All proceeds go to the Gardner Street PTA.
Please see Marielena if you have any time to contribute to this event:
Gardner St. Elementary Halloween Carnival
Friday October 25th
1:30pm Costume Parade
3-6pm Carnival
Enjoy
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Congratulations! Gardner St. Elementary is a century old!
Many of you have met the indomitable Ms Christina Bulbenko. If you haven't met her personally, you have certainly been touched by her work here at Gardnerville; the STAR program – she brought it to our school. Have your children mentioned an experience with the "Meet the Masters" art program? Ms. Blubenko procured this arts learning program with PTA funds, while her children were still attending the school. Perhaps she has recently substituted in your child's class!
Her latest endeavor is the celebration of Gardner Street Elementary’s 100th birthday.
Her latest endeavor is the celebration of Gardner Street Elementary’s 100th birthday.
As serendipity would have it is also our opportunity to RE-dedicate the auditorium in the name of Michael Jackson (see related article here). In recent assemblies, Principal Urbina has outlined Michael Jacksons association with our school and his contributions as an alumni. It was in 1989, the auditorium was dedicated in his name and he continued with student scholarships for many years.
This event is sure to have an enormous amount of press and it is a wonderful opportunity to encourage community involvement in this emerging paradigm of the 'sponsored' public school.
A committee has yet to be created for this event!! The celebration will likely include past attendees of Gardner Street, key educators, community businesses, the City of West Hollywood and Hollywood, the greater neighborhood, and of course the current staff, students and parents (THAT’S YOU!) of our beloved school!
Would YOU like to have a voice in this celebration? Perhaps you would like to be included in the planning process, donate goods or services, or would like to offer ideas for the event, please let Christina know via your child's teacher, this blog, or call her directly at: (323) 868.2921.
The success of this event is dependent on the help and support of past, present, and future Gardnerville community members participating in whatever way they can. The possibilities are endless and we encourage anyone from the larger community to participate either as a performer, guest speaker, presenter, or support service. It will be an excellent business opportunity for any involved, with high profile media coverage!
Come one, come all! It is a century anew ~ an event worth celebrating!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Good Morning Friends of Gardnerville,
You may be wondering why I have gathered you here today...
We have an opportunity to do something great!
Principal Kenneth Urbina and his team of educators and staff have elevated Gardner Street Elementary academically under some of the most daunting financial constraints in recent history. Now, we as parents, have the chance to directly support our school like never before.
We are in the FINAL STAGES of securing a NON-PROFIT STATUS for Gardner Street Elementary. This means we can accept donations from corporations and businesses as well as from private individuals, on a tax deductible basis. Better yet, ALL supplemental financial support we raise will to go directly to the school.
Currently, with private donation money we are running a six part pilot Arts Program including:
Dramatic Arts
Instrumental Music
Visual Arts - Art History
- Art and Literature
- Art and Culture
Dance
There is no limit to the benefit we can offer our children through our private donation and ideas. We have talked about an Engineering program and participation in the MESA Math Competition for our 6th Graders!
This is OUR opportunity to give our children (yes, the ones who will be taking care of us in our old age - unless they program their robots to do it for them...) the start they deserve. The state of California is not in a position to offer our kids what WE truly know they should have. We live in a community with GRAND interdisciplinary opportunity. We have access to leaders in the: Arts, Sciences, Business, Literature, and so much more - all at our fingertips!
Further, we have a Principal who is eager to elevate the educational experience of our children. He has the knowledge, the connections and the commitment to do so, and he is just waiting for us, as parents and caregivers of the next amazing generation, to launch the academic success of our children, BEYOND what the current state standard allows.
So, in whatever form it takes; volunteering your time, offering your connections or contacts, financial donation, involvement in governance, smiling, and just being that much more proud to be a part of the Gardnerville community, we want you. We want you to know that we did something extra to give our children the most successful start possible. TOGETHER as a community we can really do something great!
You may be wondering why I have gathered you here today...
We have an opportunity to do something great!
Principal Kenneth Urbina and his team of educators and staff have elevated Gardner Street Elementary academically under some of the most daunting financial constraints in recent history. Now, we as parents, have the chance to directly support our school like never before.
We are in the FINAL STAGES of securing a NON-PROFIT STATUS for Gardner Street Elementary. This means we can accept donations from corporations and businesses as well as from private individuals, on a tax deductible basis. Better yet, ALL supplemental financial support we raise will to go directly to the school.
Currently, with private donation money we are running a six part pilot Arts Program including:
Dramatic Arts
Instrumental Music
Visual Arts - Art History
- Art and Literature
- Art and Culture
Dance
There is no limit to the benefit we can offer our children through our private donation and ideas. We have talked about an Engineering program and participation in the MESA Math Competition for our 6th Graders!
This is OUR opportunity to give our children (yes, the ones who will be taking care of us in our old age - unless they program their robots to do it for them...) the start they deserve. The state of California is not in a position to offer our kids what WE truly know they should have. We live in a community with GRAND interdisciplinary opportunity. We have access to leaders in the: Arts, Sciences, Business, Literature, and so much more - all at our fingertips!
Further, we have a Principal who is eager to elevate the educational experience of our children. He has the knowledge, the connections and the commitment to do so, and he is just waiting for us, as parents and caregivers of the next amazing generation, to launch the academic success of our children, BEYOND what the current state standard allows.
So, in whatever form it takes; volunteering your time, offering your connections or contacts, financial donation, involvement in governance, smiling, and just being that much more proud to be a part of the Gardnerville community, we want you. We want you to know that we did something extra to give our children the most successful start possible. TOGETHER as a community we can really do something great!
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