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Warwick Elementary School PARENT NEWSLETTER Each child valued, each child challenged; each child successful. 3375 Warwick Road, Fremont, CA 94555 (510) 793-8660 www.fremont.k12.ca.us/Warwick

Leanna Sutton, Principal September 17th Vol 3 OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 – 3:30

CALENDAR Sept. 18th Picture Day All Wednesdays are minimum days Show respect, make good decisions, solve problems Principal’s Message Dear Parents/Guardians, Please do not schedule family vacations during school time. There are only 180 days of school The students will be seeing a brief power point and students need to be present for every one of presentation about bullying and attending an anti- them, if possible. Therefore, independent study bullying assembly in October. Please help us to contracts will only be granted in extreme eliminate this at Warwick by speaking to your child circumstances. Requests for independent study about the importance of treating everyone with respect and kindness. The no tolerance policy applies to the must go through the principal at least 3 weeks bus also. before the proposed date and may only be for 5 to 10 days of school absence. Independent study Please do not enter the drop off area until 10 minutes contracts are not allowed the first or last 20 days before school lets out. People arriving early are causing of school. a blockage of traffic on Warwick Rd. making it difficult for the busses to drive down the street. District Science Fair

Parent Volunteers Needed This year, the Fremont Unified School District Science Warwick is need of parent volunteers to serve on Fair will be held earlier to allow students in grades 6 School Site Council or as GATE parent through 12 to compete in the Alameda County Science representative. Please contact Leanna Sutton or Fair held March 20th. Our Science Fair will be held on Cindy Alexander if you are interested. Saturday, February 7, 2015 from 1:00-3:30 in the Multipurpose Room of Centerville Junior High School, School Lunch located at 37720 Fremont Boulevard. Information Socialization is an important part of school. This is why we do not allow parents/grandparents to eat lunch packets will be sent home soon with each student in with their student. If you are bringing lunch for your elementary school. Science projects are due at our child, please drop it off in the office with their name school on January 27th to provide time to select and room number on it. If you are coming right at winning projects for the district fair. lunch time you may ask your child to meet you at the yellow line to collect it.

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Independent Study ATTENTION ALL 4th, 5th & 6th GRADERS JOIN THE BAND! Join the After School Band program this year and learn how to play a band instrument. No experience is Success Chess School necessary. Classes meet once a week after school right here on campus. Dear Warwick Parent, For more information go to www.fremont- education.org. Success Chess School is excited to be back at Warwick - starting October 3 on Fridays, come learn chess with us this school year! Our class nurtures your child's interest in chess while maintaining an academic learning environment that focuses on critical thinking and sportsmanship skills. For more info or to register, please visit our website at www.SuccessChess.com and click on the 2014-2015 Chess Programs link. Bullying / Cyber-Bullying & Healthy Friendships Zeb Wilkes A Talk for Parents Success Chess School Adolescents today are faced with more complicated (510)-657-1586 relationships in school, online, and in the community. [email protected] Come learn more about:  Signs that your child is being bullied  Qualities of healthy friendships/relationships Jano Hindi Classes at Warwick: Start Date-September 23rd, 2014; Level-1  Communicating with your teen  Relational aggression and female bullying The classes will provide a unique, creative, fun, highly  Cyber-bullying interactive environment and teach reading, writing, Help your teen to know that they are not alone in speaking and comprehending Hindi. navigating their social world. Learn how to offer support Games, puzzles and other interactive tools are used to and encouragement as they learn how to manage their make it fun. relationships. Please join us for this valuable, free one-hour talk! Online Registration:www.janohindi.org -Phone : 650-493-1566 email:[email protected] DATE: Saturday, September 27, 2014 TIME: 10:30am Instructor: Alka Phone: (510)353 - PLACE: Fremont Main Library, Conference Rm. A 0853 email:[email protected] 2400 Stevenson Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538 (offered by US Hindi Foundation (USHF), an

Presented by: Holly LaBarbera, MA, MFTI educational non-profit with 501(c)(3)) Registered Marriage and Family Therapist [email protected] 510-402-2855 Quality FUSD Pre-School

Do you have a 3- or a 4-year-old at home? Give your child the gift of a quality preschool experience and preparation for Kindergarten and beyond. Fremont Unified School District offers two excellent programs. State Preschool, for income-eligible families, is free again! Other families may choose our popular tuition-based program. Please call the FUSD Preschool office at 659-2579 for more information or come to the school district office, 4210 Technology Drive, Room 209, and pick up an application. Information is also comenzando el 1º de octubre hasta el 31 de available at www.fremont.k12.ca.us/fedstate octubre de 2013. Además, encontramos algunos estudiantes que inicialmente nunca tomaron el examen cuando se inscribieron. Dichos estudiantes también tomarán el examen durante este periodo. Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre el examen, por favor comuníquese al Cali forni a English L anguage Dev elopment T est Departamento de Projectos Federales y Estales (CELDT) 2013/2014 al (510) 659-2531. The State of California mandates that the California English Language Development Test Parent Project  (CELDT) be given to students who speak another www.parentproject.com language when they first enter a California public school. This test identifies students who are Parent Project is a thirteen-week class series that English learners (limited in English proficiency) delivers results. so that schools may immediately provide Parents learn effective prevention and intervention appropriate instruction to meet their needs. The techniques to help their teens grow into safe and CELDT must also be given to all English learners competent adults. every year to monitor their progress in learning  Never argue again with your child English and to help evaluate the programs they  Improve school attendance and performance receive. The test has four parts: Listening,  Recognize or intervene in alcohol and other Speaking, Reading, and Writing. For the drug use 2013/2014 school year, Fremont Unified will be  Prevent and intervene in gang and other giving this test starting October 1 until October criminal activity 31, 2013. Additionally, we found some students  Find solutions for violence, running away, and who were never initially tested upon registration. suicide These students will also be tested during this time  Improve family relationships and create peace frame. If you have any questions about the test, in the home please call Federal and State Projects at (510) 659- 2531. Class meets for 13 weeks: Tuesday evenings, beginning October 7, 2014, 6:00 to 9:00 pm Examen de Desarroll o del Idioma Ingl és de **No class held on November 25, December 23, and Cali forni a (CELDT ) 2013/2014 December 30**

El Estado de California ordena que todos los Fremont Family Resource Center, inside Pacific Room estudiantes que hablan otro idioma cuando se 39155 Liberty Street, Fremont, CA 94538 inscriben por primera vez en una escuela One time $35 material fee required to register. pública de California tomen el Examen de Additional weekly fee based on family income. Desarrollo del Idioma Inglés de California Parents and Guardians are strongly encouraged to (CELDT). Este examen identifica a los attend class together. Estudiantes de Inglés (dominio limitado de inglés) para que las escuelas puedan Instructors:  proporcionar inmediatamente la instrucción Jody Montgomery is a certified Parent Project adecuada para cumplir con sus necesidades. El facilitator with 20 years of teaching CELDT debe también darse a todos los Estudiantes de Inglés cada año para supervisar Anya Marquez is a licensed Marriage and Family su progreso en su aprendizaje del Inglés y para Therapist evaluar los programas que reciben. El examen incluye cuatro partes: Escuchar, Expresión Kristie Potter, a licensed Marriage and Family Oral, Lectura y Escritura. Para el año escolar Therapist 2013/2014, el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Fremont proporcionará este examen Space is limited, so please take advantage of our pre-registration. For information about this class or about YFS Scholarships, please call (510) 574- 2148 or (510) 574-2100.

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