Live Oak is looking for Volunteers to help with Lunch support. If you are available to help, please sign up to help.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0544A5AF2CA6F49-50983010-volunteer#/
Live Oak is looking for Volunteers to help with Lunch support. If you are available to help, please sign up to help.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0544A5AF2CA6F49-50983010-volunteer#/
Work has begun on creating the 2025-2026 Yearbook, If you need to order a book you can directly from Treering, You can also start adding pictures in the folders and creating your FREE custom pages, instructions can be found here https://www.liveoakpta.net/fundraiser/yearbook
Save the date for Live Oak Elementary’s first ever Family Bingo Night on Wednesday, January 21st, followed by the PTA Association meeting.
All Live Oak families are welcome to stay back and attend the PTA General Association Meeting.
* It will be a fun way for families to bond and enjoy time together.
* Sensory/Kinder session: 5:00–6:00 PM
* All kids/families: 6:00–8:00 PM
* Expect board games, puzzles, concessions, and
* More details coming soon!
Get ready to shine, Live Oak Elementary!
Our Talent Show is coming soon, and we can’t wait to see students share their creative skills like singing, dancing, magic tricks, comedy, instruments, and more!
Important timing:
* Entry forms available early January
* Entry period opens end of January
* Audition period will be in mid-February
* Dress rehearsal and the Talent Show will take place in the last two weeks of March
*Exact Dates to be confirmed.
Fall Book Club
Sep -Dec, 2025
Our Fall Book Club was a success! Beginning in October students read three age-appropriate books (one per month) based on their grade levels and engaged in lively book discussion over a yummy breakfast filled with sweets and treats during their meetings. Thank you to our amazing parent volunteers Neeta Mohankar, Nazish Abder , Dave Maino and Prachi Shah who led our passionate younger readers on this adventure filled journey. Your support and enthusiasm were invaluable.
Stay tuned for details on our next book club in the spring!
Staff Holiday Luncheon
Dec 17, 2025
Thanks to your generous donations, Live Oak PTA hosted a special winter holiday luncheon for our amazing teachers and staff on December 10th. A thoughtfully curated menu offered something for everyone, along with a generous spread of 8-10 desserts. This lunch was a small way of saying thank you and sharing gratitude for our wonderful teachers and staff as we head into the holiday season together.
Thank you Nagi Radhakrishnan, Daniel Owen, Varsha U, Shipra Butail
Soumya Madabhushi, Therese Kathka & Shawn Kathka for bringing in the yummy desserts.
Thank you to all volunteers Madhvi Owen, Shipra Butail, Shawn Kathka,Therese Kathka, Sandhya Menon, Tiffany Johnson, Leila Hareb, Shwetha and Jennifer Lui for devoting their time in putting together this wonderful event for our teachers.
Family Movie Night
Nov 14, 2025
Thanks to volunteers from Cub Scout Pack 997 last week’s Bad Guys 2 movie night was a great success. We had great food truck options, a full house with more than 200 attendees and lots of freshly popped popcorn!
Thank you to all volunteers who helped out with the event planning - Therese Kathka, Shyamala Jayaraman, Jeanna Aydelotte, Tori Dombroski, Brian Gee and of course the wonderful scouts from pack 997 for the set up, popcorn and clean up.
Thank you to Dilli 6, Cosina Azul and Menchies for providing delicious food and beverages - and donating over $160 from their sales to our PTA! Every purchase that families made on Movie Night brought more funds in to our PTA. We appreciate all of these contributions from our families.
SRV Council PTA Statement on Inclusive Event Planning
“PTAs everywhere must understand and embrace the uniqueness of all individuals, appreciating that each contributes a diversity of views, experiences, cultural heritage/traditions, skills/abilities, values and preferences. When PTAs respect differences yet acknowledge shared commonalities uniting their communities, and then develop meaningful priorities based upon their knowledge, they genuinely represent their communities. When PTAs represent their communities, they gain strength and effectiveness through increased volunteer and resource support.” CAPTA Inclusion & Diversity
The San Ramon Valley Council of PTAs (“Council”) is committed to supporting our units in their efforts to continue to develop effective family engagement opportunities that are inclusive. PTA leadership, as community representatives, should collaborate with school administration to identify and eliminate barriers to family engagement related to race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, family structure, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, and religion.
Council strongly encourages units to offer inclusive events. We value inclusion and diversity of our various communities. Culture, family structure, gender and sexual orientation should not deter participation in PTA events. Families and students should not need to call out their differences to feel included.
Gender-neutral events are more welcoming and culturally inclusive. A majority of units in the SRVUSD have replaced gender-specific events with gender-neutral ones. Parent-child events need not be cancelled; rather, the nomenclature is changing with the times. Units have received positive responses to events such as “Pastries with Parents,” “Family Dance,” “Sweetheart Dance” or “VIP Dance”. These are just a few creative ways to use language to foster inclusion.
PTA stands for “All Children, All Families” and our motto is “Every Child, One Voice.” National and California PTA have long encouraged PTA units to plan events that are inclusive. Inclusive events more effectively serve all children and all families and lead to greater parental and community engagement, which benefits every child. We recommend that unit Presidents collaborate with their principal on inclusive language and events so that students and families are always welcome to events sponsored by the PTA.