Live Oak Elementary Newsletter ----------------------------------- April 24, 2024

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Greetings from Ed. Fund,

I would like to thank all the following current Education Fund members for serving Live Oak Elementary School for the school year 2023-2024.

We are happy to report that we made a lot of valuable changes in the Ed. Fund during the school year 2023-2024:

• After multiple discussions with Mr. Fong and impacted parties, we calibrated the 2024-25 school year commitment letter based on declining enrollments for years and the Prop 28 funds. The commitment letter for the school year 2024-2025 has been reduced from $162,705 to $81,163. This translates to a much lower amount that we need to ask the parents to contribute.

• We created @srvef.org emails to maintain and pass on all historical conversations to future members

• We also started tracking volunteer hours for full transparency about the effort required for each role.

• There are many other changes, such as weekly meeting with principal, website updates, transaction plans, QR codes for donations, recruitments, creating business directors for sponsors and donations etc.

I would like to personally thank every volunteer who has put in their time and effort in making the programs happen, esp. our board.

• Joe Li (Treasurer): Joe is the only person with prior Ed. Fund committee experience, so we are super thankful.
• Jenny Lee (Treasurer Secretary): Jenny has never been in this role and quickly stepped in to learn the bookkeeping aspect of the Ed. Fund. She has always been on top of her work.
• Emma Castro (Recording Secretary): She stepped into the role and helped us document and maintain all monthly meeting minutes.
• Sudha Immaneni (Corporate Match Chair): Sudha also stepped into this role without prior experience. She was one of the key members of our process improvement and helped us increase corporate matches.
• Shikha Goyal (Auction Chair): Shikha stepped into this role without prior experience. We added over 30 new businesses to the auction list.
• Anum Bashir (Read-A-Thon Chair): Anum is full of energy and always there to help out. She stepped into the role without prior experience. We changed the event structure and detached the reading passion and monitoring side.
• Mr. Fong, Mr. Shui, and Ms. LeGate: I cannot thank you enough for your support throughout the year for all the events.
• Ms. Melanie and Ms. Sandi: Without your help and support, we would not be able to run the Ed. Fund.
• All teachers: You are the heart and soul of Live Oak Elementary school today. Ed. Fund cannot thank you enough for all your teacher experience.
• PTA members: From day one at the walk-in registration, during all the school events, and bringing opportunities to Ed. Fund, thank you for your continuous support.
• Wendy Sanchez and Lisa Corpus (Super power volunteer!), without your help and guidance we may not have operated this year the way we have. Tons of thank you for your time and effort. 
• Thank you so much to our event sponsors:
• Read-A-Thon event sponsor, Mariam Sherdil (Mortgage Loan Originator) at Cal Coast Financial Corp.
• Auction sponsor, Anil LekkyReddy (Realtor Broker) at AnilRe.

Due to my work location change, I may not be onsite at the school side as much as I would like to be to run the Ed. Fund committee at Live Oak Elementary School, so I would be stepping down next year.

I am grateful that we have Mr. Danny Bae stepping up as Ed. Fund president for the school year 2024-25. Based on our election, the following are the Ed. Fund Members for next school year.

Many important positions are still vacant. Please fill out the Volunteer interest form if you'd like to volunteer with us:

• Ed. Fund President: Danny Bae
• Executive VP: OPEN
• Treasurer: Sudha Immaneni
• Recording Sec: OPEN
• Corporate Match Chair: OPEN
• Event Chair: OPEN

Thank you,

Naresh Desai

Ed Fund President, 2023-24

Summer Grams are back! It’s only been a few years, and a pandemic!

Want to wish your friends a Merry Summer and let them know how much you will miss them? Send them a Summer Gram. Each gram includes a handwritten card and bubbles, and are still $1.00!

Grams will be soon be sold at morning recess!



PTA needs your help!

Without your support, many programs we have come to cherish WILL BE CANCELLED! As things stand today, without some of you stepping up, we simply DO NOT have the bandwidth to organize these programs!

We currently are in search of two board member positions

Exec Vice President and Vice President Programs and many other chair positions.

See all Vacant positions here. (There are many event based co-chair positions open!)

Fill this form here or email liveoakpta@gmail.com to let us know which event you can help with.

To learn more about the various PTA positions, responsibilities and time commitments - Click here

We would like your feedback!

As we get closer to end of the year, we would like to know which programs you enjoyed the most this year. You are also welcome to add comments/feedback. It will help us plan programs for the upcoming year!

Please click to fill up the feedback form - PTA Events Feedback form

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week! 

Let's celebrate our amazing superstars during our annual Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, May 6-10. Students and families are encouraged to participate in our daily activities (see the flyer for details). 

Sign up to support our specially planned events during Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week. Contact Vidhi at roomparent@liveoakpta.net with questions. 

Fifth Grade Promotion Volunteers

Fifth Grade Promotion: Wednesday, June 5



The Fifth Grade Promotion is a wonderful celebration of our fifth-grade students' accomplishments, and it is attended by parents and staff. This year's event will take place on Wednesday, June 5th. Fourth grade parents/guardians traditionally help with the event itself, so our fifth-grade families may enjoy the day with their students.

Sign up for one or more time slots.

Contact Lili at roomparent@liveoakpta.net with questions. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Spirit Wear Design Contest

Live Oak PTA is bringing the Spirit Wear Design Contest for all the students of Live Oak across all grade levels.  The theme for the Spirit wear for upcoming year is -

"Golden Eagles- United We Rise."

Last Date for submitting your entries is May 17, 2024.

For more information visit https://www.liveoakpta.net/school-programs/spirit-wear-design-contest

Spring Carnival

What a great evening it was! Thank you so much for all the support in making our Inaugural Spring Carnival event a grand success!

Thank you to vendors and sponsors for supporting the Spring Carnival Event!

Measure E&F are now in Mailboxes!

Parents play a key role in passing Measures E & F!  



The first report from the elections office shows that 90% of parents have not voted yet. Does this surprise you given that we parents and our children have the most at stake in this special election?  

You should also know that the most consistent voters are those over 65, who don’t have kids in school. This is why it is so important that each of us parents who can vote do vote!  

Please find your ballot and complete it TODAY! Then drop it in a mailbox (no stamp required) or in one of the secure official ballot dropboxes. 

Measures E and F will provide stable, locally controlled funding that is needed to protect the high-quality education our community expects and our students deserve.

Measure E renews expiring funding that keeps excellent teachers and award-winning academic programs in our local schools. This locally-controlled voter-approved funding currently funds 56 teaching positions across the district. Our schools have relied on this supplementary funding for the last 20 years. If not renewed by Measure E, it will expire and those positions will have to be eliminated or other significant cuts made.

Measure F is an additional assessment that would fill the gap created by the loss of one-time state funding that was provided to address student learning loss and social-emotional well-being. The system of support to address students’ academic and social-emotional needs that was implemented with these funds at each of the schools has proven to be invaluable, and so the district is asking for the local community’s help to sustain it by passing Measure F. If Measure F does not pass, these critically important support services for our most vulnerable students are at risk of drastic cuts.

You’re welcome to reach out to below listed representatives or check out the Frequently Asked Questions on the YesonMeasuresEF.com website, if you have questions about these measures.

Live Oak Site Team Representatives:

Peter Fong, Principal

Ana I Bosch, Classified Staff

Sri Sudha Pandrangi, PTA President

Naresh Desai, Ed Fund President

Kelly Samra, Certified Rep



Truck Time 2024 – Tickets on Sale Now!

Turn imagination into real life! This fun, interactive, outdoor family festival encourages children (and their adults) to explore the trucks and vehicles they see around them all the time, and maybe some they've never seen before.

Saturday, May 4th, 9:00 am to 1:00pm

Parking lot of 2700 Camino Ramon, San Ramon

Visit TruckTimeSanRamon.org for additional details and to pre-purchase tickets. Tickets are $7 per person (age 1 and over) if purchased before April 29, or $10 at the door on the event day.

This event is presented by the Rotary Club of Dougherty Valley/San Ramon. It benefits the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation, the San Ramon Historic Foundation, the Dougherty Valley/San Ramon Rotary Club, and its Foundation.

PLATINUM SPONSOR 2023-24

If you are interested in being a sponsor for any Live Oak PTA event, please reach out to Sapna at waysmeans@liveoakpta.net

Vintage Spirit Wear Sale!