Important Dates:

Monday, December 12th-Wednesday,

December 14th:

Live Oaks Holiday Shoppe

Wednesday, December 14th:

PJ DAY! Live Oaks Community Fundraiser

Friday, December 16th:

Snowflake Sale—EXTENDED!

Friday, December 23rd:

Early Release

Monday, December 26th-Monday,

January 2nd:

Holiday Recess

Thursday, January 5th:

After School Chess Club

January 6th:

Picasso Parties After School Art begins

Monday, January 16th:

Martin Luther King Day, No School

Monday, January 25th:

Early Release, Professional Development

Day

In this issue:

News You Can Use I-II

Live Oaks PJ Day III

Hour of Code Information IV

Snowflake Sale! -EXTENDED to 12/16 V

Health Insurance Information VI

Live Oaks PTA—Kids Night at Launch VII

Chess Club Registration VIII

After School Art—Picasso Parties IX

Friday, December 9, 2016 Volume 2016-2017, Issue 15

Live Oaks School 575 Merwin Avenue

Milford, CT 06460

(203) 783-3564

Rose Marzinotto Bonnie Etense

Principal Teacher Leader

Live Oaks School Connections

News You Can Use

WE ARE….LIVE OAKS!

LOS Community Virtual Giving Tree!

The Live Oaks Community Giving Tree tradi-

tion continues this holiday season. This tradition

has brought joy to many families for many years.

We need your help to make this holiday just as special.

The “mitten tree” is still in the main lobby. You may choose an

item from the tree. This year, our Giving Tree has gone virtual! Click

here to access the LOS Community Virtual Giving Tree.

When signing up, please write your last name or Friend of LOS so

we know that item will be purchased. Please wrap the gifts and label

with the item number in the left hand column to help us sort gifts as

they arrive. Gifts may be left under the tree in the lobby. THANK YOU!

Have an idea for the Live Oaks Friday Folder?

We’d love to hear from you! Click here to share your ideas with the LOS Staff.

Hour of Code!

This week we began our Live Oaks Hour of Code experience. Stu-

dents in K-5 will all have an opportunity to partic-

ipate in in an introduction to computer science

through interactive activities. Interested in trying

these with your children at home? Visit https://

hourofcode.com. Learn more on the attached

flyer.

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Whooo’s Reading Update!

Congratulations to Sonny M! He won the drawing for a

Kindle Fire! Happy reading!

Miss Sokol’s Class raised the most money for Live Oaks!

Miss Lynch’s Class read the most minutes—10,695!!

WOW!

Both class get to celebrate with a Frisbee SpinArt Party!

Congratulations to the Live Oaks Fifth Grade Band, Strings,

and Chorus on a very successful winter concert!

We are proud of you!

III

Live Oaks

PJ DAY

WEDNESDAY, December 14th

Wear your favorite PJs and donate $1.

Classes with the highest participation get to “decorate”

Mrs. Marzinotto and Mrs. Etense with their favorite holi-

day decorations. (No glitter, please!)

All proceeds benefit the

Live Oaks Community Giving Fund.

The largest learning event in history

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching over 100 million students in over 180 countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. Join us at hourofcode.com!

What is the Hour of Code? A one-hour introduction to computer science. Students and teachers can choose from a variety of activities for kindergarten and up. Activities work on any modern browser, tablet, smart-phone, or even with no computer at all.

No experience needed by students or teachers. Activities are available in over 45 languages!

Code.org’s own activities feature Minecraft, Star Wars, Disney’s Frozen, Angry Birds, and Plants vs. Zombies.

Inspiration to learn computer science. Hour of Code lesson plans and activities can be used to inspire students in many different classes—math, physics, history, English, and more. After doing an hour, many students want to continue!

During Computer Science Education Week December 5-11, 2016

Why computer science?Computer science is foundational. Every 21st-century student should have the opportunity to learn how to create technology. Computer science is changing every industry on the planet.

The basics of computer science also help nurture creativity and problem-solving skills, and prepare students for any future career.

Computing is the #1 source of wages in the U.S. There are more than 500,000 computing jobs open nation-wide. Computer science graduates enjoy the second-highest starting salary and the highest full-time employ-ment rate (76%) within six months of graduation.

Students also love it! Recent surveys show that among classes students “like a lot,” computer science and engineer-ing rank near the top—only performing arts, art, and design are higher.

But most schools don’t teach computer science.

“ I challenge girls in every single country to learn one Hour of Code”

— Malala Yousafzai Nobel Peace Prize winner

Get involved

Host your own Hour of Code.

Spread the word with

#HourOfCode!

Hour of Code Accomplishments:

The Hour of Code is organized by Code.org, a public non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science and increasing participation by women and underrepresented students of color. The Hour of Code is celebrated during the annual Computer Science Education Week in December.

Over 100M students have participated at over 200,000 events worldwide.

More girls have tried computer science than in the last 70 years.

1 in 3 students in US schools have tried an Hour of Code.

Code.org®, the CODE logo and Hour of Code™ are trademarks of Code.org.

Celebrities, tech visionaries and even President Obama Support Hour of Code• Every Apple Store in the world hosted an Hour of Code in 2014 and 2015.

• Hour of Code has been featured on Apple, Amazon, Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, Bing and Disney homepages.

• Celebrities Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Alba and tech leaders Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates and Jack Dorsey have talked with classrooms in live video chats.

• President Obama wrote his first line of code to kick off Hour of Code in 2014.

• Hour of Code students opened the NASDAQ at a special event in 2015.

Over 300 partners have come together to support this grassroots campaign, including DonorsChoose.org, The College Board, Microsoft, Infosys Foundation USA, Google, Salesforce, BlackRock, Verizon, Disney, Teach for America, Khan Academy and more.

Together, we can fix the diversity gap in computer science

“ I have never, ever seen my students so excited about learning.”

— Michael Clark Teacher

Mark your calendars for

December 5-11, 2016!

Snowflake Sale Support our Live Oaks Community Giving Fund by purchasing

snowflakes for our main lobby. Each snowflake with be personalized with your family name, a loved one, or how you choose. A

beautiful way to honor a loved one or someone special.

$5 per Snowflake Cash Only!

Please purchase your snowflakes by Friday, December 9th.

Order you snowflakes today and look for them hanging up soon! _____________________________________________________

LOS Community Giving Snowflake Sale!

Name: ______________________ Teacher: ____________________ Total Number of Snowflakes: _____ Total Enclosed: _____

Name(s) for Snowflakes: ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________

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