FRiday Note - FEbRuary-26-2010

Head's Corner

Dear Saklan Community:

The CAIS/WASC Visiting Team will be on Campus Monday and Tuesday.   As you are aware, Saklan is currently accredited by both the California Association of Independent School (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).  Because of our dual accreditation, the Visiting Team is comprised of three administrators from CAIS independent schools and one assistant superintendent from the public sector.  The Chair of the Visiting Team is John Higgins, a seventeen year veteran as Head of School of Highpoint Academy in Pasadena. 

During the visit, Team members will be visiting classes, speaking with teachers and students, and meeting with the Parent Association officers.  It will be a very busy time for visitors and school personnel alike.  I am, however, a great believer in the accreditation process-looking at your school with the help of qualified and experienced professionals and seeking and embracing constructive criticism.  This visit, coupled with the in-depth self-evaluation process we undertook as we wrote our report, will provide us with a list of commendations, of which we should be proud, and recommendations that will make us a stronger and better school.  I am looking forward to hearing the impressions the Team.  Initial feedback has been very positive.

The school staff and I will be extremely busy the next two days.  We are literally at the beck and call of the Team.  The Team members have two days to “experience” the essence of Saklan and write their report to CAIS and WASC.   Please allow me to apologize in advance for the inconvenience this may cause in our usual operations.  After two days all will return to normal.

In closing, please allow me at to ask you to have your children dress in uniform or appropriately for the age group.  I have noticed that we are slowly slipping into casual, aka sloppy, dress.  Your help with this is much appreciated.

Reminder: Wednesday, March 3rd, is a noon dismissal. 
Teachers will be working on Report Cards.

Have a great weekend and stay dry-

David A. Hague
Head of School

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Admissions

2010-11 Early Re-Enrollment Contracts were due today, Friday, February 26th. Contracts returned after today, will automatically fall under the new 2010-11 tuition rate which you can locate on our website, under Admissions/Tuitions & Fees. If you you have any questions, please contact Debbie Parish at dparish@saklan.org

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GRANDPARENTS' DAY - Wednesday, March 17th

Grandparent Day invites were mailed out today to everyone who provided a Grandparent name and address in RenWeb. Students whose Grandparents live outside of California, or did not have a Grandparent contact listed, will receive an invite in their backpack to take home today. Please share this invite with someone special to share this experience with your child/ren; a relative, neighbor, babysitter, or family friend. Grandparents and Special Visitors are asked to RSVP by March 10, 2010 to Emoke Veres, everes@saklan.org. If you have any questions, please contact dparish@saklan.org.

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Student Highlights this week

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Yearbook Dedications

The Yearbook Committee is busy working on the Saklan Valley Yearbook for 2009/2010. We are offering parents, grandparents, children, businesses, and friends the opportunity to place special personalized notes in the yearbook. You may write, type, or computer generate the dedications. Special pictures, drawings, and notes are all accepted. They just need to fit within the space purchased. We have posted dedications from previous years on the breezeway bulletin-board to give you some ideas.

GUIDELINES:

* Be sure to include who the dedication is to and from
* Use BLACK INK only - A fine line marker works best
* You can email them, put them on a disk, or attach picture/s to a sheet of paper.
* No tape or sticky tack
* Stay within the lines
* Be creative and have fun!

DEADLINE: Monday, March 1st

Submit your dedications to the school office with payment or if sending by email, please send to KBeaubelle@gmail.com and drop payment to Emoke.

$15.00 = 1/8 Page 4 x 2 1/2
$25.00 = 1/4 Page 4 x 5 1/4
$50.00 = 1/2 Page 8 x 5 1/4
$95.00 = FULL PAGE 8 x 10 1/2

THANK YOU from the yearbook committee.

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Auction Update

The Auction is coming!
What to wear?
What NOT to wear?
Want to find out?

Then visit our Auction website by clicking on our surfing Auction Dude now...

Please RSVP today and remember, the cost is lower if you get those reservation cards in by March 12th.
The price per ticket goes up on the 13th!

We have this dream of California: Stylish yet comfortable attire, a little bit of wine, some great food, friends to share a moment with, a date night (at last), just the right item to bid on, a sense of community, hugs and smiles, supporting this magical school you found sitting in the Moraga foothills...Saklan Valley School!

Please come and share the Dream...come and help make the Dream a reality...we are all in this together and we want to share a moment of magic...California Dreaming Magic!

Carol & Kate, your Auction Chairs...
We believe in the dream...come dream with us!

For more up to date information please check our Auction blog at http://saklan.org/auction/

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The 2009-2010 Annual Giving Fund

We Are All In This Together: Goal: $130,000 Our Annual Giving fund is our top annual fundraising priority because it helps close the gap between tuition and the increasing cost of school operations. It provides essential flexibility and maximum benefit in directing resources to the areas of greatest need, such as teacher salaries. With your generous support, we are able to retain talented faculty, support language, art and music programs and fund needed facility improvements as well as our financial aid program. We invite you to help sustain our wonderful school through your generous support of our Annual Giving Fund each year. All gifts, large and small, directly benefit current students. You donation is put to immediate use on campus for your child today! Thank you for your support of Saklan. Kate Dey Annual Giving Fund Chair

We are ALL in this Together!

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Parent Coffee next Friday, March 5th After Flag

Be sure to join us for the Parent Coffee at the Flag Ceremony next Friday, March 5th, and be sure to stop by our Uniform Exchange.

The Uniform Exchange will be available during the entire school day,
from 8:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Please bring in any of your unused or outgrown uniform clothing. Donated items must be clean and in good condition. You are welcome to take any clothing your student can use. A donation bin will be available all next week for early drop off of clothing items – You can find it located behind the gate at the entrance to the school.

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Movies Archive

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