March 9, 2025
IN THIS ISSUE
- Principal’s Message
- Breakfast/Lunch Menu
- School News: Heritage Day, White Oaks Stanford Day at the Ballpark
- PTA News: PTA Meeting
- SCEF News: Starlight Gala and Silent Auction
- Community News: Ability Awareness Week
IMPORTANT DATES
Wed, 3/12: PTA Social and Meeting
Mon, 3/17-Fri, 3/21: Ability Awareness Week
Wed, 3/19: Heritage Day 8:25 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Mon, 3/24-Thur, 4/3: SCEF Starlight Gala Silent Auction
Fri, 3/28: SCEF Starlight Gala (SOLD OUT)
Fri, 4/25: School Dance 6-8 p.m.
Principal’s Message
Dear White Oaks Families,
As we strive to improve attendance, know that we are here to support your family in overcoming and identifying obstacles to attending school daily. If your family is struggling with missing more than 18 days of the school year for any reason (excused or unexcused), here are some tips from Attendance Works to help your family get to school regularly. Please see the definition of chronic absenteeism pictured below.
Here is some additional information regarding illness with guidelines about when to stay home.
If your child is absent, please email our administrative assistant, Annie Stevenson,and cc your child’s teacher or call (650) 508-7317. Whether emailing or calling the absence, please provide your child’s full name, their teacher’s name, and the reason for the absence.
If you are planning trips now for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year, please consider the school calendar and plan accordingly. (Here is the 2025-2026 calendar for your reference.)
Weekly Menu
School News
Chess Wizards at White Oaks Starting in April!
Join Chess Wizards this semester for tons of challenging chess lessons, exciting games, and cool prizes. You'll improve your chess skills, and work out your most powerful muscle - your brain! Our classes are geared to suit children of all skill levels; from chessling to checkmate artist, students will build upon their knowledge through lessons, variation games and more! More than just a game of winning and losing, we make learning chess fun! Class meets weekly on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m. starting April 15. Cost is $274 for 8 classes. Register at www.chesswizards.com.
Piano Class at White Oaks with Hummingbird Music School Starting in April!
Does your child want to learn how to play piano, in a fun group environment? Hummingbird Music School's popular after-school Piano Class is now enrolling for Spring Session! Students will learn the fundamentals of piano, including note-reading, hand position, chord vocabulary, and rhythm, in a relaxed and supportive environment that emphasizes fun. Each child is provided with their own keyboard, headphones, and lesson book. Parents can track their children’s progress online through Hummingbird’s partnership with MySkillChart. Class meets weekly on Thursdays from 2:30-3:20 p.m. Apr 17-Jun 5 in Room 5. Cost is $50 per class and is open to K-3.
Read more and register here.
White Oaks Owls Soar at Stanford Day at the Ballpark!
Join us for our annual White Oaks Stanford Day at the Ballpark on March 22 at 2 p.m. at Sunken Diamond! This beloved tradition brings together students, families, and alumni for an afternoon of baseball and school spirit as we cheer on the Cardinal. Wear your White Oaks gear, bring your Owl pride, and enjoy a fun-filled day with our community. Don’t miss this special event—see you at the ballpark!
Buy Tickets here.
PTA News
Recruit, Refresh, Reconnect - PTA Social Wednesday 3/12 @ 5 p.m.
Please join us Wednesday, March 12th at 5 p.m. at the Romeo House (149 Alberta Ave.) for a PTA social. Mix and mingle with parents, and learn more about the PTA and how you can get involved. Our PTA plays a crucial role in supporting our school and enriching the experience for our students. To continue our mission effectively, we need passionate individuals like you to join our team. Whether you have ideas to share, skills to offer, or simply a desire to make a difference, there's a place for you in our PTA. Feel free to bring along friends who might be interested in learning about the PTA. You can RSVP here.
Our March PTA meeting will start at 6 p.m. following the social. We hope to see you! Questions? Contact Kohar Kojayan ([email protected]) or Jennie Romeo ([email protected]).
Help your child get a tree sapling to celebrate Earth Week
Reserve by Mar 15 your child's free sapling made available through the nonprofit Neighborhood Forest. Trees will be delivered to us on campus on or around Earth Day (Apr 22) and we’ll arrange to get the trees in the hands of your children to plant at your homes. Exact species will be revealed in early April; 2024 was a black mission fig. Feel free to share the link with others. Children do not have to attend White Oaks to receive a free tree.
Register here.
SCEF News
Starlight Gala Friday, March 28, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
Wow! Our Starlight Gala sold out in 70 minutes! Thanks to everyone who purchased tickets. We are maintaining a waitlist as seats do usually open up. Click here to add your name to the waitlist. Good News! You can still participate in the very popular Starlight Raffle. Our team has organized some amazing prizes including Dinner at the French Laundry for 4. The winning ticket for the Starlight Raffle will be drawn and announced at the March 28, 2025 Gala but you don’t need to be present to win! Order tickets here.
You can also participate in the Online Auction which includes travel, gift cards, shopping, dining, orthodonture, museums, summer camps, a Pickleball tournament AND activities donated by teachers and staff. Please note that this year many of the teacher outings will be “buy it now”, so check out the auction early and often when it opens on March 24th.
Welcome to the Inaugural SCEF Real Estate Sponsors! We are grateful for their support. Click here to learn about the new SCEF Real Estate Sponsor Program.
- Heckenberg Realty, Emerald Sponsor
- Chuck Gillooley, Ektra Real Estate, Gold Sponsor
- Alana Corso, Real Estate, Silver Sponsor
- Michelle & Maxine Dumas, Dumas & Co. Realty, Silver Sponsor
- Hopelain Homes Real Estate, Bronze Sponsor
- Fridman Realty, Bronze Sponsor
- Jessie Myers Real Estate, Supporter Sponsor
- Val Vandervort & Liz McGee Min, Veritas Homes, Supporter Sponsor
SCEF Night at the Warriors - March 18! -- Grab the hottest ticket in town with NO extra Ticketmaster fees!
**KIDS VIP HIGH FIVE EXPERIENCE! Kids get to High Five with Steph, Draymond, Jimmy Butler and all the Warriors in the players tunnel! "I'll never wash this hand again!" Only 14 spots available! Order HERE
GAME TICKETS Warriors vs. Milwaukee Bucks. Buy Tickets HERE
Community News
Ability Awareness Week starts March 17-21
Throughout the San Carlos School District, at all levels, we will be celebrating Ability Awareness Week. Our shared mission this week will be to help one another promote understanding and appreciation of how inclusive we are and can hope to be across a range of differences in our students, including neurodivergent individuals and those with ability/learning differences.
During Ability Awareness Week, students will have a chance to engage in a set of common experiences through activities already taking place on campus to spark discussion, increased understanding and to celebrate our differences. SEDAC (Special Education District Advisory Council) strives to educate our students and learning communities about ways to honor and include the unique strengths and many differences each member of our community contributes. SEDAC takes a leading role in helping us all take an assets-based, strength-first approach when considering any individual person, before compassionately including and accommodating our differences and limitations.
Please join us for the district-wide Ability Awareness Week Movie Night on Friday, March 21 at Heather Elementary School. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the movie, Inside Out 2, starts at 6:30 p.m. Popcorn will be served and there will be door prizes for attendance. Please bring blankets and pillows.
Parent Education Opportunities
Mark your calendars for these terrific events coming up in March!
NEW! Jess Lahey, teacher, speaker, and NY Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation, joins us for The Gift of Failure: Increasing Motivation, Competence and Self-Efficacy (March 12).
NEW! In this Neurodiversity Education Series webinar, Emily Kircher-Morris, LPC, author of Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools, offers Helping Neurodivergent Kids Manage "All the Feels" (March 19).
PUPS event! Bill Stixrud, PhD, and Ned Johnson, national bestselling authors of The Self-Driven Child and What Do You Say?, will discuss their new book, The Seven Principles for Raising a Self-Driven Child (March 27).
Visit the Parent Venture Series of Upcoming Events page for more information.
- Parent Venture Series Events
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