Welcome back to campus, Grizzly Families! The GHSC Board and the staff are excited about another great year on the Guadalupe campus. Our favorite programs, events, and activities are back- along with some new treats for the students and the whole family. Read below or join us at our first GHSC All Member meeting later this month on 9/13 @ 8 PM (see calendar below.)

The Guadalupe Classroom Giving Drive is winding down and right now we have only reached 27% of our overall goal. Below is a detailed breakdown of each grade's current percentage of their overall goal. 

 CURRENT % REACHED   (AT RISK)

• TK = 50%   

• Kinder = 44%  (Hidden Villa)

• First = 42%   (Oakland Zoo)

• Second = 37% (Tech Museum)

• Third = 49%  (Marine Institute)

• Fourth = 49%  (Fraction Pizza)

• Fifth = 46% (5th Grade Pool Party)

Parents and family members- this fundraiser is vital and 100% of the funds go directly to your students and their classrooms. If you have already donated, THANK YOU! If a grade level cannot raise funds, they risk canceling a field trip (or two) and class events and celebrations will cost more or suffer the fate of the field trips.

Please be sure to submit your donation with your employer's matching program. Our Company Matching page offers a search tool to guide donors through their matching process. If you have not yet donated, please click the button below to donate on GHSC Toolkit.

Classroom Giving Drive are grade-level specific. If you wait until the Walkathon Drive to donate, those donations go to the general fund for programs and school-wide events.

(Please note- in early August we removed a Professional Development Day (PD) that incorrectly carried over from last year.  If the 9/1 date still appears on your calendar, please unsubscribe the GHSC calendar or delete that calendar from your app. Please resubscribe to the GHSC Calendar using the url below.)

1) Use Subscribe Option on your Calendar App

2) Copy/Paste URL below into the field provided

(do not click on the link)

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/jp0bedtjgvoaj9m81pi00tolgg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

If you take a great photo of your students dressed up, please share your photo on the GHSC Facebook group post or email it to yearbook.ghsc@gmail.com.

If you are interested in any of the above volunteer opportunities, please sign up on the GHSC Toolkit Volunteer Interest Form. Your Program/Event Chair will reach out about what kind of help is needed when it's time to launch. Volunteering is flexible and much appreciated! If you have a question about any volunteer opportunity, please contact volunteer.ghsc@gmail.com.

IMPORTANT ITEMS FROM MRS. HAMCHUK

1. District Illness Absence Policy: If your student has vomited, had diarrhea, or run a fever of 100˚F or above in the last 24 hours. Please keep your student home until they are symptom-free for 24 hours. Please report your student's illness and absence daily by calling the Guadalupe Attendance Line - Please call ‭(408) 927-9452‬
2. District Independent Study Change: The district has changed its Independent Study Contract Guideline. The guideline now states, "The minimum period for any short-term independent study option shall be three consecutive school days and no longer than 14 days." Parents are still required to contact their student's teacher at least two weeks in advance to request a contract to be set up. 
3. Arriving After 8:15 AM: Students coming to school after 8:15 AM are officially late. All late students must go to the front office to check in and get a late slip. If you try to sneak your student in downstairs, your student will be asked to return to the front office for a late slip. Reduce the time your student loses in class because they are late by dropping up in the front parking lot.
4. YARD DUTY SHORTAGE: The front office is still short on Yard Duties for lunchtime. They are just asking for a dedication of one lunch shift weekly. If you are interested in helping, please get in touch with Mrs. Hamchuk <hamchukj@unionsd.org>.
5. Volunteering/Visiting Campus this Year? If you haven't filled out USD's code of conduct or submitted your Driver's License to the Raptor System in the office, please let your Teacher know.  
6. WARNING "One Chip Challenge": Students are bringing extremely hot/spicy chips to school, challenging students, or giving them to classmates without warning. Please keep an eye on these chips if you have them at home.  
7. Forgotten something at home? Parents should leave lunches, water bottles, glasses, etc on the table outside the office to avoid interrupting class instruction.
8. Label Bottle/Lunch Boxes/Clothing: Cooler weather will be here sooner than you think; please label all the items your student carries or layers of clothing they can take off. Please help us keep our Lost & Found empty.
9. Have a non-urgent question or comment for the office? Please avoid the office first thing in the morning- it's a busy time when Mrs. Hamchuk is helping tardy students get to class.

All district guidelines are provided in the Union District Parents' Annual Rights Notification.

If you have any questions please email Mrs. Hamchuk <hamchukj@unionsd.org>

This year's Fair will be hosted on Friday, 10/13. Following the close of the Fair, Guadalupe families can stay or return for the Outdoor Family Movie Night. More details on this two-event evening will be announced in the October GHSC Newsletter. 

15 minute 

Christmas Tree Farm Mini Session

(regularly $250, Guad price $199) - Offered November 4, November 5

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30 minute 

Mini Sessions 

(regularly $425, Guad price is $399). 

Offered October 7, October 8, October 22, October 29, November 18

SPACE IS LIMITED, Guad deal runs out on October 1st!

Guadalupe Elementary

6044 Vera Cruz Drive

San Jose, California 95120