FRiday Note - May-01-2009

From The Head of School

Dear Saklan Community:

As many of you are aware, few days ago American health officials declared a public health emergency because of the increasing number of cases of swine flu in the United States. Thus far, most cases in the United States have been relatively mild.

Although it is unknown at this time how much the virus has spread, the Center for Disease Control expects the number of cases to grow. Because we are residents of California, where cases of swine flu have been confirmed, it is important for all of us to take precautionary measures to prevent spreading the virus to others. We urge all students and parents to take the following precautions to ensure staying healthy:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners (like Purell) are also effective.
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.

And most critically for Saklan students, families and staff:

• If you get sick, stay home from school or work and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
• The school will work with students to help them make up their work. In these circumstances, it is better to be cautious.

If you develop flu-like symptoms of fever, aches and pains, sore throat, coughing, trouble breathing, runny nose, or nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, you should contact your health care provider. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing and treatment is needed.

We will keep Saklan students and families advised as more information becomes available about the swine flu outbreak.

For further information on swine flu, please check the CDC website:

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm

David Hague
Head of School

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Night At Saklan - Thursday, May 7 5:00-7:30pm

Night At Saklan Thursday, May 7, 2009 5:00~7:30pm Cost is $25.00 per child.

Does an evening at Saklan sound like lots of fun?
Spending time with your teachers and friends?

There will be lots to do and loads of fun too!!

• Pre School & Pre Kindergarten…come in your Pj’s, bring your favorite pillow & blanket, your favorite stuffed animal, watch movies, eat yummy pizza, snacks and dessert, outside time, arts & crafts…lots more!!
• Kindergarten ~ Second Grade…Free time in the big yard, dress up relay races, movies, pizza and make your own sundaes!!
• Third Grade ~ Fifth Grade…Rock Band Interactive Video Game or Twister, Art Station, Sport Court Activities, Pizza and make your own sundaes!!

You don’t want to miss out on a night at Saklan, so talk to your friends and see who can be the first class to have everyone signup to come!!

Have your parent sign you up either in the office with Miss Karen or at Friday Flag!

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Saklan Carnival- Thursday, Saturday May 16

Please save the date for our annual Saklan Carnival, May 16th! If you would like to help out at carnival, there are many ways you can do this. You can bake a cake for the cake walk, work at a game booth, or bring your children to have a fun time!

Please downoad there reservation forms here.
Please return all forms and money to the Front Office by Wednesday, May 13th.

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From the Parent Association

Many thanks to all of the parents who helped out on Teacher Appreciation Week!
And especially to Kellie Beaubelle, who coordinated the entire week!

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Student showcase - Coloma Field Trip Blog

The students are back from Coloma! This was a wonderful opportunity to learn about pioneers and "experience the Gold Rush" for themselves. The Coloma trip is a great Saklan tradition along with other field trips designed to enrich the student through first hand experiences. We are now excited to present the students' articles in this first blog for the elementary school at Saklan.

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Please update your information in the School Database

To update your information please access RenWeb - the online school database as follows:

• Open any Internet browser (there are some limitations with Safari so please use Firefox instead if you have a mac at home).
• Go to our website: saklan.org and find the link under COMMUNITY/SCHOOL DATABASE or click on this link
• Log in as follows:

Once you have logged in we would like to ask you to visit the Web Forms section (see the link on the left side) - then click on Family Demographic Form link and verify or update your information in case the information we transferred is not accurate.

Here you will have the option to decide what kind of information you would like to list in the online School Directory for the entire community to see. You could block your name, your address, your phone, your email or all ofthe above according to your preferences.

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Scholastic Book Fair

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