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YEAR: 2016 | ISSUE: 6 | JUNE 1, 2016 HACIENDA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL HAWKEYE 1290 Kimberly Dr. | San Jose, CA 95118 | 408.535.625

LETTER FROM SPRING FLING CHAIR

Happy summer everyone! It may be the end of the school year, but how can we Thanks, Spring Fling and Auction Committees! start the summer without recognizing all of the people who made Spring Fling

a success? Our Spring Fling newsletter is SPRING FLING WALK-A-THON Hacienda students, family, and friends walked or jogged to earn money one way that we recognize and celebrate for the school from pledges. the many people it takes to make Spring Fling happen. Hacienda community comes together to pull off That said, let’s start with all of you another great Spring Fling. BY CATHERINE LAVIN who showed up and participated! There s Chairperson for the event, I don’t sweat the small stuff: were 492 Hacienda students who had the pleasure of working • Cathy Teves - Walk-a-thon participated in the walk. Many parents Awith so many enthusiastic and registration walked away excited about their winning motivated people both leading up to • Michelle Crespin - Walk-a-thon the event, as well as on the day of. I prizes bids at the auction. We enjoyed tasty love that part of this job, and I am • Dennis Hall - Field/course set-up food all day, and our side booths kept sure you will love to meet these folks and design us entertained. Thank you all for your if you don’t already know them. So • Jen Doane - Volunteers and photo attendance and for helping create a let me introduce to you some of the booth people and families from our Hacienda • Keith Flemming - T-shirt design welcoming environment with your community who pitched in to make • Jeff Renda with Michelle Unger - positive spirits! We hope you enjoyed Spring Fling a success... T-shirt solicitations the day. First, our Chair people: • Noreen Nishimura - T-shirt orders • Chris Jelesky - did all the work as and solicitations Thanks again to all of you for making Walk-a-thon Chair • Michelle Scripoch - Event packet the day special! I hope you have been • Michelle Scripoch - who else could and auction catalogue inspired to take part next year...you pull it off as Auction Chair • Jessica Zinkevich - Registration • Gary Butera - can’t go without our materials prep won’t regret it! Food Chair • Ashley King - Pep Rally Director Wishing you and your families a ...and our fabulous coordinators who • Marjene Louie - Event Set-up >4 fabulous summer! Hacienda Hawkeye articles and features are collected two weeks in IN THIS ISSUE advance of publication. For publishing information and/or to submit Regards, content, contact [email protected]. Catherine Lavin HIPS FUNDRAISING RESULTS FOR SPECIAL THANKS...... 4 AUCTION COMMITTEES!...... cont. 4 THIS SCHOOL YEAR...... 5 T-SHIRT SPONSORS...... 4 TOP MONEY EARNERS...... 4 Spring Fling Chair HIPS PLANNED EXPENDITURES THANK YOU, AUCTION DONORS.. 2 WALK-A-THON AWARDS...... 5 FOR 2016-17...... 5 THANKS, SPRING FLING AND . . . June 2016 hawkeye HACIENDA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL 1290 Kimberly Dr · San Jose, CA 95118 · 408.535.6259

• Boomers! Livermore • Bottle & Bottega • FORESTBowlmor Bowling FINDINGS Alley • Automobile Museum • California Living Museum (CALM) • California Theatre Center • California’s Great America • Camera Cinemas • Camp EDMO • Campo di Bocce of Los Gatos • Capers Eat & Drink • Castle Air Museum • Center for Classical Chinese Medicine • C’est Si Bon Bakery • Charles Paddock Zoo • Cheesecake Factory • Children’s Creativity Museum • Children’s Fairyland • Children’s Musical Theatre San Jose • City Lights Theater Co. • Classic Car Wash Thank You, Auction Donors • Classic Kids • Clos La Chance Winery • Computer History Museum AUCTION ITEMS were donated by Hacienda families and staff as well as numerous businesses, giving • Concannon Vineyard everyone plenty to bid on during our silent auction. • CooperGarrod • Estate Vineyards Remember to thank the auction donors for supporting our • Costco • Creative Memories / Karen BY CATHERINE LAVIN school when you visit their businesses. Siegel Fitting • Crepevine hat can we say about the • Al Castello Ristorante • Crystal Ballroom Dance Studio donations this year? What an • All Natural Day Spa • Crystal Springs Golf Course amazing assortment of items • Almaden Swim & Racquet Club W • CuriOdyssey up for auction! There were so many • Almaden Valley Athletic Club • Dance Arts Academy wonderful cool things to choose from. • Almaden Valley Nursery • Dance Attack Many thanks to all of the families who • AMC Theatres • Destination Science donated to the auction, and to the • American Girl • Dick’s Sporting Goods companies who contributed. As you look • AMF Mission Lanes • Dio Deka over these donors, take a mental note • Amici’s Pizza • Disneyland of who they are and remember to thank • Ant Swim School • Eagle Ridge Golf Club them for helping our school the next • Aperture Academy • Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden time you see them or stop by their shop • Apex Gymnastics • Emerald Forest Bird Gardens or restaurant. Let them know how much • Aqua Adventure Water Park • Erik Fong you appreciate their contributions! • Aqui CalMex • Evergreen Aviation Museum • Archery Santa Cruz • Exploratorium • Armadillo Willy’s • Farmigo • Athena Camps • Fiesta Village Family Fun Park • Bagel Guys Willow Glen • Filoli • Bakersfield Museum of Art • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco • Barnes & Noble • Forestiere Underground Gardens • Bath & Body Works • Fresno Chaffee Zoo • Bay Area Brewery Tours • Funderland Park • Bay Area Dinner Show • Galileo: Innovation Camps for Kids • Bay Area Discovery Museum • Gallagher, Reedy & Jones • Bay City Bike • Gibbon Conservation Center • Beach Blanket Babylon • Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park • Big 5 Sporting Goods • Giorgio’s Italian Food or Frankie, • Bill’s Café Jonnie & Luigi Too! • A Work of Heart • Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad • Go Car Tours • Adventure Cat Sailing Charters • Black Angus Restaurant • GoKart Racer • Adventure City • Bloomster’s • • Aerospace Museum of California • Blossom Hill Crafts Pottery • Golden State Model Railroad Museum • Affordable Treasures • Blue & Gold Fleet • GourmetGiftBaskets.com • Airborne Gymnastics • Blue Rock BBQ

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• Green Planet Yarn • Pacific Edge Climbing Gym • Spring Hills Golf Course • GreyLearning • Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier • Steve & Kate’s Camp • Grounds for Change: Fair Trade Coffee • Paintball International • Strike Brewery • Guitar Center • PayLess Shoe Source • Susie Cakes • Gypsy Rose Online Store/Catalog • Peju Winery • Symphony Silicon Valley • Hacienda Family *FORBES* • Peninsula Beauty • Tahoe Donner • Hacienda Family *HERRERA* • Pet Food Express • The Container Store • Hacienda Family *KWAYKE* • Petroglyph Willow • The Counter Santana • Hacienda Family *LAM* • Glen • Row • Hacienda Family *LIPARI* • Pizza My Heart • The Garret Restaurant • Hacienda Family *PEREZ* • Planet Granite Sunnyvale • The Golden Skate • Hacienda Family *TEVES* * • Poor House Bistro • The Grammy Museum • Hacienda Family *UNGER* • Psycho Donuts • The Hiller Aviation Museum • Hacienda Student *Paige Unger* • Raging Waters - San Jose • The Holt Family • Hakone Estate and Gardens • Railtown 1897 • The Music Place • Happy Hollow Park & Zoo • Rain Chains Direct • The Petrified Forest • Hayes Mansion • Rainforest Café • The Studio Climbing • Hearst Castle • Rancho ObiWan • The Table • HeartShare Training • Ravine Water Park • The Tech Museum of Innovation • Hicklebees Children’s Books • Rebecca Rountree Photography • The Wooden Horse • Hobee’s California Restaurants • Ridge Vineyards • Turtle Bay Exploration Park • Honig Vineyard and Winery • Ross Stores • Under the Son Horsemanship • In Spa • Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill • USS Hornet Museum • InNOut • Ruth Bancroft Garden • Vena’s Skin & Body Treatments • Burger • Sacramento Zoo • Visual Eyes Optometry • Inns of California Sonora • Safari Run • Walt’s Cycle • Irvine Park Railroad • Sally Beauty Supply • West Valley Gymnastics School • Jake’s of Willow Glen • San Carlos Flight Center • Whitewater Voyages • Jungle Island • San Diego Model Railroad Museum • Willow Glen Creamery • Just Windows • • Winchester Mystery House • Kendama USA • San Francisco Botanical Garden • Winter Lodge • Kidizens (Lego camps) • San Francisco Cruises (Red & • Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours • Kyoto Palace White Fleet) • Woodzee Sunglasses • La Vie Nails & Spa • • Yard House • Laser Quest • San Francisco Zoo • YMCA Camp Campbell • Lawrence Hall of Science • Baseball Club • Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad • Lee’s Martial Arts • San Jose Improv • Zanotto’s Market • Legacy Republic / Karen Siegel Fitting • San Jose Museum of Art • Lindsay Wildlife Museum • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles • Lisa’s Tea Treasures • • Loft Bar & Grill • San Jose Spiders Frisbee • Lovejoy’s Tea Room • SanJose.com • Main Street Burgers • Santa Ana Zoo • Marie Callenders • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural • Martinelli & Company History: Sea • Mathnasium • Center • Merry Mart Uniforms • Santa Barbara Zoo • Micke Grove Zoo • Santa Clara Kenpo Academy • Motif Spa • Santa Cruz Childrens Museum • Mountain View Center for the of Discovery Performing Arts • Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History • Nicole’s Classes • Saratoga Chocolates • Niles Canyon Railway • Scandia Family Center • Nilou Day Spa • Sea World San Diego • • Segway Santa Cruz Tours • Oakland Zoo • Sharks Ice at San Jose Plus all the class baskets and Teacher • Off the Wall • Shoreline Amphitheatre Time! So many parents helped collect • Old Faithful Geyser • Silicon Valley Ballet and assemble the baskets, and how • Omni Nail Spa • Sky High amazing are our teachers who come • Opa! Restaurant • Smart Shopping & Organizing for registration, stay for more fun, and • Opera San Jose • Sonoma Raceway (Infineon raceway) offer their time with fabulous activities • Oregon Garden Resort • Sonoma Train Town for our kids to participate in??? Thank • Oriental Trading Company, Inc. • Spartan’s Sports Camp at Mountain you, thank you!! • Pacific Car Wash View High School

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Thanks, Spring Fling... T-Shirt Sponsors CONTINUED FROM P1 • Lisa Schafer - Baked Goods • Bill & Jackie Lam - Drinks Hacienda gets our very • Annabelle Ruiz and Jen Goins - first platinum level Crazy Hair • Millie Crosby - Button Station t-shirt sponsor! (Hacienda Alum) • Adina Pierce - award certificates BY CATHERINE LAVIN • Riley family - Overnight The list doesn’t stop with our auction Security donors. We also have a number of • Leif Maertens - Photographer businesses who sponsor our Spring • Julie Herning - Signs Fling t-shirts. The shirts, by the way, • Diana Wilson - Ticket Booth are designed by Hacienda parent Keith • Jennifer Inouye - Water Station Flemming. Thank you, thank you to the • Sherry Palmer with studio92 - t-shirt sponsors! In particular, please DJ (Hacienda Alumni) note our very first Platinum Level • Marissa Bacon - Auction Bidder Sponsor for Hacienda, Kim Adams with Registration Adams Advantage who brought the • Meredith Stotzner - silent auction fliers, catalogue bubbles to Spring Fling at her table and whose sign you will see hanging from SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS T-SHIRTS, as worn by collaboration,facebook and Mr. Marcelo at Spring Fling, were designed by Haci- buzz posts our backstop and next year along our enda parent Keith Flemming. • Amanda Dawson - Solicitation outside fencing. assistant and database manager • Adams Advantage Realtors Who Care • NG, Nancy L. Gum, DDS, MSD Board • Shannon Piexoto - Solicitation • Calmar Bicycles Santa Clara Certified Orthodontist. Braces and assistant • Garcia Teague Architecture Interiors Invisalign for Adults and Children • Lorin Baeta - Auction catalogue • Footwear, etc. • Zapo Marks, Inc and table fliers • John McCleve, DDS Invisalign • Athena Camps • Danielle Jenkins - table fliers Certified Provider • Vizual Identity Corporate Design • Laura DiMario - Class Baskets • Santa Clara Kenpo Academy & Photography • Anna Lilly - Teacher Time & • Heritage Bank of Commerce • Wright Lighting and Fireside Raffle, auction consultant • Walt’s, Sunnyvale • Lorna Okada DDS, Inc. Family & • Janis Wright - auction check out • Clayton Design Services Cosmetic Dentistry manager • Jim Busche, Tiffany Overbo, Rebecca Rubio-Trejo - auction round leads and set up Special Thanks • Marty Zinkevich - Event Take- down • Delia Booker - Post-Event id you all get a chance to see the 5th grade teachers, Michelle Unger, data entry Sharkie truck? Thanks to Darren Stephanie and Keith Flemming, Peggy • Anna Given - grand depositor of DWallace, we had Sharkie and a CPR Beck, and many more helpful parents $, data entry tally sheet set-up training station. How cool was that?! • Michelle Maynard - $ collector and student alumni. and distributor, tally sheet set up What an amazing group of people!! And there are many more of you who volunteered supplies, set the field on Friday, worked on the day of and who stayed to pitch in with the clean up. There are also many more who helped tally the $ on Sunday and who were general helpers throughout pitching in ideas and offering help. We truly appreciate your time. I know I STUDENT MAKES TIE-DYE SHIRT at the tie-dye enjoyed seeing the many student SHARKIE TRUCK made a visit at Spring Fling. A t-shirt station. Did you know that these tie-dye alumni (including my own) who special thanks to Darren Wallace! t-shirts pass as Hacienda-approved uniforms? came back to help out and take part in the day. Also cool was the tie-dye t-shirt This year we also had a booth run station, back with thanks to the by some of our very own 5th graders.

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A group of students who participate in their band, The Treble Lites, reached out to us to have a table out where they could promote their band and also raise $ for Walk-a-Thon Awards not only their band but for Hacienda as well. Thanks, girls - you rock! BY CATHERINE LAVIN to Mrs. Granado’s class with 231)!! Speaking of rocking students - the pep rally this year was a terrific mesh nd now for the award winners AWARD FOR HIGHEST CLASS of songs and dances through the ages. from our walkathon. While What a spirited bunch of kids who got everyone who came out to the PARTICIPATION the school moving and grooving and A event for any part of the day deserves We also recognize the classrooms ready to rock Spring Fling. Thanks our thanks for contributing to the that have the highest level of Ashley King for leading the effort!! She overall success of the day, we do like to participation. The classroom with the would like to let all of the performers recognize those who lead the charge by most students participating this year know that working with you all meant a way of miles walked and money raised was: Mrs. Roth’s first grade with 87% lot to her and that you are all wonderful. for the school. So here they are: (that’s 26 of 30 students)! Top Three K-2nd Grade Class 20 MILES OR MORE Participation: These students walked 20 miles or more: • Mrs. Roth’s 1st grade 87% • Gabriella Vasquez • Ms. McClure’s 2nd grade 83% • Samuel Stenshamn • Mrs. Ravizza’s 2nd grade 77% • Joshua Roundtree Top Three 3rd-5th Class • Kevin Pierce Participation: • Kirsten Hoelzer • Mr. Bjorngeld’s 5th grade 83% • James Garcia • Mr. Hayes’ 4th grade 83% • Lur Denney • Mrs. Granado’s 5th grade 79% • Shea ChoyMarshall • Kyle Louie • Conner Lavin PEP RALLY STUDENTS got the school excited and • Israel Sanchez ready to rock Spring Fling! • Tomas Nieto • Lola Herning We would also like to give hearty • Alex Dawson thanks to the folks who donate to a • Caleb Chen most worthy cause... our food!! We • Paige Unger would like to thank those of you who • Diego Rosillo donated baked goods and drinks. We • Olivia Herning had such a nice selection. Many thanks • Adam Hoelzer also to the following for your donations: TOP WALKER AWARDS These students walked the most number of miles: • Top Girl K-1st: Lia Denney (13 miles) • Top Boy K-1st: Noah Morales (13 miles) • Top Girl 2nd-3rd: Lola Herning (24 miles) • Top Boy 2nd-3rd: Caleb Chen (24 miles) • Top Girl 4th-5th: Olivia Herning and Paige Unger (26 miles) • Top Boy 4th-5th: Adam Hoelzer (30 miles) SELAC was back again with their delicious food, one of the many food options available at Spring Fling! GOLDEN SHOE AWARD • SELAC - they handmade their food Last year we introduced a new recog- items and their menu was delicious nition: The Golden Shoe Award for the • Pizza Factory class that walks the most collective • Yogurtland miles. For our inaugural year, the award • Hasslett Ace Hardware on Lincoln Ave for the Popcorn Machine was presented to Ms. Masterson’s class for walking a combined 224 miles. This — BY CATHERINE LAVIN year, the award was presented to Mr. Hayes’ fourth grade class for walking a combined 233 miles (with a close second

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Top Money Earners HIPS Fundraising Results for this School Year

BY CATHERINE LAVIN Spring Fling is a fundraiser, and the While the year is not quite over yet, we wanted to share the preliminary results of money earned helps fund our school our annual fundraising efforts. As you can see, we have slightly exceeded the goals programs. Much of our success comes we set - thanks to all of your efforts, HIPS families!! from the dedication of the students who — BY ANNA GIVEN AND HEATHER STENSHAMN collect pledges from family, friends, neighbors and other community members. Every dollar counts, and we want to give special recognition to those students who brought in top dollars for our school: TOP FUNDRAISERS Top Fundraising: • 1st place: Lucy Elliot ($2,530) • 2nd place:Bonnie Stottlemyer ($1,420) • 3rd place : Logan Alderete ($1,085) $300 PLUS CLUB All students who earned $300 or more in pledges*: • Lucy Elliot • Miranda Prijatel • Bonnie Stottlemyer • Logan Ford • Logan Alderete • Michael Gomez • Kate Stottlemyer Quintero • Adyson Mitchell • Kaelyn Madrigal • Shea Choy-Marshall Greer • Andrew Booker • Alexandra Ormsby • Orion Geray • Nicole Renda

*These names are accurate at the time of HIPS Planned Expenditures for 2016-17 the publication - more families may have submitted this amount after the article The amounts below represent our preliminary budget for next school year. There deadline! Thank you for your donations!! will be one more budget meeting in August to finalize the plan; contact Michelle RAFFLE WINNERS Maynard if you are interested in participating!!! For top money earners, we hold a — BY ANNA GIVEN AND HEATHER STENSHAMN raffle for prizes. This year we raffled off Scholastic Book Orders. Drawing winners: $100+: 10 winners received $10 gift card • Alejandra Wright • Kacie Ng $9,700 | 4% • Camila Melgoza • Kadin Solpon • Conner Lavin • Kaleah Taylor $18,000 | 8% • Elysse Yepiz • Paige Unger • Joshua Farley • Tomas Neito $4,500 | 2%

$30,000 | 14% $250+: 5 winners received $25 gift card • Mirana Prijatel • Alexandra $2,500 | 1% • Logan Ford Ormsby • Kaelyn Madrigal • Nicole Renda $103,800 | 46% Greer $4,425 | 2%

$500+: all received $50 gift card $27,000 | 12% • Kate Stottlemyer • Shea Choy- • Adyson Mitchell Marshall $24,000 | 11%

$1000+: all received $100 gift card • Lucy Elliott • Logan Alderete • Bonnie Stottlemyer

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