PTA Events 

2024-2025

Dec 2024

Fall Book Club

Sept-Dec, 2024

We had a successful fall book club thanks to all the parent volunteers and everyone who participated in the book club. Everyone participated and enjoyed their early morning breakfast. The groups were engaged and had great in-depth discussions with parent volunteers. It was great to hear their feedback on the books as well as what they enjoyed reading this fall book club and their preferences for spring book club. It was a great way for the students to see why it's important to read a variety of books to help them discover new interests and find their favorite book genre, 

Many thanks to our librarian Ms LeGate for picking these great books for the students.

A special thanks to our amazing parent volunteers; Madhvi Owen, Dave Maino, Shyamala Jayaraman, and Priyanka Kumari, for their time and dedication to the book club discussions. Thank you Wendy Sanchez for guiding our new team.

Lastly, thank you Nazish Yousuf and Shilpy Kapoor for chairing the event, coordinating the book sessions and arranging the breakfast this season.



Staff Holiday Luncheon

Dec 16, 2024 

Thank you for your overwhelming support towards the Teachers and Staff Holiday luncheon! We were able to show our immense appreciation for our teachers and staff due to your contributions. Food was catered from 'The Kebab Shop' restaurant, and holiday treats were also on order. The staff lounge was decorated to usher in the holiday spirit. Thank you to all who volunteered to make this a successful celebration. PTA will be restocking the Teachers Lounge with the remaining funds.

Thank you Shravanthi Mora for chairing the event. Thank you PTA volunteers Sudha Pandrangi, Sapna Ramanan and Suchita Ghosh for helping with the teachers lounge decoration, food pick up and set up.



Eagles Holiday Market

Dec 13, 2024 

Live Oak students' amazing creativity and hard work was on display last Friday where they set up booths to sell their handmade products to the community. The student participants did everything from writing business proposals, making products, jotting down the inventory list, marketing and logging sales. Participation certificates and goodies were distributed to all participants.

Thank you Live oak community for showing up in big numbers to encourage the kids. Much to the kids' excitement a lot of stores were sold out! The bubbles show was a big hit with the kids. Everyone also enjoyed the food and hot chocolate catered by local vendors.

We would like to thank the school, esp. the front office staff tremendously for helping out with the logistics and being patient with the children's questions. Many thanks to our sponsor Mr Yogi Sharma for your support. Thank you everyone for your co-operation in making this event a grand success!


Nov 2024

Sister School Toy Drive 

Nov 4-Dec 4, 2024 

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the community for their incredible generosity this holiday season. The final count of accumulated toys was 658 with the goal of around 450. We surpassed our goal of providing toys to Michelle Obama Elementary School, our Sister School! This is a combined effort of both Live Oak and Cal High communities! Thanks to your overwhelming support!



We want to express our deepest appreciation to the Student Council, PTA, representatives from Cal High, and every member of our community. Your unwavering commitment has truly made a difference and we are immensely grateful for your contributions. Many thanks to Perin Sabuwala for chairing this initiative.


PTA Reflections Awards

Nov 20, 2024 

Congratulations to all winners! Thank you for your submissions! All were unique and beautifully  captured this years theme "Accepting Imperfections"


Thanks much to our Reflections chair Saiqua Sidra and JoAnne Lucero for coordinating the effort. You can view all reflection entries here. Reflections council showcase was held on 12/03 at 6pm in Cal High music auditorium!

Fall Run Club

Sep-Nov, 2024 

We're thrilled to announce the successful completion of the Run Club's Fall 2024-25 season!

A huge thanks to all 27 participants for their incredible dedication and enthusiasm. Together, we logged an impressive 709 laps, totaling 141.8 miles!

We're also grateful to the parents for their unwavering support, both on and off the course.

Special congratulations to our top three runners: Anoushka, Garrett, and Ikshan. And a round of applause to Garrett for achieving the remarkable feat of completing a half marathon during the season!

We're excited to see the continued growth and success of our Run Club. We look forward to another fantastic season ahead!


Community Food Drive

Nov 20, 2024

A big shout out to the Live Oak community for their generosity with the Community Service Drive organized by PTA today with the support of Live Oak Student Council, Planet Protectors, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts.

Oct 2024

Halloween Party

Oct 29-31, 2024

Many thanks to our room parents and Halloween party volunteers! We hope your students had a wonderful time at their class celebrations and getting to pick their pumpkins from the PTA's pumpkin patch.

Volunteers, please upload your class party photos to TreeRing for yearbook consideration. Our goal is to include as many students as possible in our yearbook. If you have photos from any school event (example: First Day of School, Ice Cream Social Run for Education, Movie Night, Red Ribbon Week, Trunk or Treat, Halloween parties), please upload them to Tree Ring.  

From the TreeRing app, you may upload pictures directly from your phone. Under "Shared Photos," you will find labeled folders for each class as well as folders for specific school events. Please upload your photos to the appropriate folder.




Trunk or Treat

Oct 25, 2024

We had our third annual Trunk or Treat event at Live Oak last Friday, October 25th. A huge thanks to all of the families who decorated their car trunks: Chi Shui, leila Hareb, Srilakshmi Maram, Lynnette Gomez, Elizabeth Nguyen, Dmitry Labutin, Russhel Sysum, Mariam Sherdil, Kiran Hansrai, Lindsay Alcantra, Tariq Hussain, Therese Kathka and Janyce Spencer. It was a spooktacular event! Thank you to all of the families who also donated candies, donated non-candy items and to our amazing volunteers. We couldn’t have this event without all of you!

 

Many thanks to Janyce Spencer for chairing the event and our NHS school volunteers for helping us run the event. 

 

We also want to take a moment to thank our generous sponsors: Mariam Sherdil and Code Ninjas!



Run for Education

Oct 13, 2024

A huge THANK YOU and applause to all the Live Oak families who registered and participated in the 41st Run for Education. This year, we had a total of 83 registrants in different race categories. A big shout out to the Live Oak community for participating in the run in big numbers and supporting our school! YOU ROCK! 


FALL BOOK CLUB

SESSION 1

Oct 15, 2024

The students had a great time at our first Book Club session last Tuesday morning. Everyone participated and enjoyed breakfast. The groups were engaged and had great in-depth discussions about the characters and what they liked and disliked about the books. It was a great way for the children to see why it's important to read a variety of stories to help them discover new interests and find their favorite book genre. 

Thank you to Mrs LeGate for selecting the books for this fall and a big thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped lead the discussions. 

Thank you Nazish Yousuf and Wendy Sanchez for coordinating the first book session and Shilpy Kapoor for arranging the breakfast.

Book Club will meet again on Nov 19 and Dec 17.



FALL BOOK FAIR

Oct 8-11, 2024

Thank you so much Live Oak for supporting the Fall book Fair! As always, your purchases help the school build a better library for our children.Plus, it is always great to see our kids discovering new books. Many thanks to Ms Legate and our chairs Tori Dombroski and Vidhi Mody for co-ordinating the event.

Here are the names of the wonderful Book Fair volunteers: Madhvi Owen, Arti Dixit , Shyamala Jayaraman, Therese Kathka , Jenny Lee , Soumya Madabhushi and Nazish Yousuf without who we could not have had a successful event.


Sep 2024

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Sep 27, 2024

We had a successful movie night event last week. Both indoors and outdoor screening were a big hit with our families.  

A big shout out to Ms Shui for helping us arrange audio/video equipment and staying with us through the entire evening. Thanks to our principal,  Mr Fong  for facilitating it all. 

Thanks to our event chairs Anand Taralika, Manu Malhotra and Santoshkumar Vishnupurkar and the PTA board and event planning for doing a fantastic job.  

Many thanks to our parent volunteers  Suchita Ghosh, Sri Sudha, Anum Bashir,  Sapna Ramanan, Shyamala J and Sindhya Govind. 


Thank you Live Oak for all cooperation in helping us run a smooth event.


To cherish these and many other memories from the school year, remember to order your yearbook today!

TWIN DAY

Sep 25, 2024

Thank you to all our twins, triplets, and quadruplets for your participation! Live Oak's Special Spirit Day, hosted by our Student Council, was fun for all. 

Thank you, Student Council, for your leadership in organizing such a wonderful event! 

To cherish these and many other memories from the school year, remember to order your yearbook today!

PTA Association meeting

Sep 18, 2024

Thank you Live Oak families!


Thank you for joining the Ice Cream Social and Association Meeting last week. It was wonderful to have so many families come together! Our little friends loved trying different varieties of Ice cream sundaes. Our Principal Mr. Fong shared the CAASSP scores. PTA shared a detailed presentation on the importance of Measure Q and how it benefits our schools. Our community is now gearing up to participate in Destination Imagination (DI) and First Lego League (FLL).

For those who missed the event, here are the DI and FLL presentations.

*A shout out to Harsimran Singh and Madhvi Owen for leading the event. We thank PTA leadership team and volunteers for making this event a grand success.


Aug 2024

Family Fun Night

Aug 12, 2024

Live Oak PTA and Ed fund together welcomed all the families back to school night with Family Fun Night. We had a great turn out from the community. 

Kids enjoyed the Cotton Candy, Henna, face painting, bouncy house, while parents enjoyed meeting the families, visiting Vendor booths and dining their favorite food with the friends & family. Thanks to Crazy Empanadas, Wrap It Up Dosa, Cousins Maine Lobster and Menchies Frozen Yogurt for supporting Live Oak.

Thanks to all the Principal, Asst Principal, School Staff, NHS volunteers, parents, PTA and Ed Fund leadership team for making the event a grand success!

Welcome Breakfast/Lunch for Staff

Aug 13/14, 2024

LOPTA welcomed our wonderful Teachers & staff back to school with a welcome lunch on Aug 13th 2024 and Welcome breakfast on Aug 14th 2024! We catered food from Pizza My Heart. Special shout out to Melanie Jensen, Harsimran, Anum, Suchitha, our little volunteers  and Sri Sudha for planning and organizing the event.

Tk-Kinder Welcome Coffee/New Families Popsicle Meet and Greet

Aug 14, 2024

Live Oak  PTA welcomed New families to Live Oak. Thanks to Mr Fong and Mr Shui for the new family meet & greet and the school tours for the new families. All our little friends enjoyed the little icy treats and meeting the Principal! 

Welcome to all the new families to Live Oak once again! We are excited to have you join our wonderful community and look forward to a great year ahead!

We also welcomed our TK and Kinder parents to a Welcome Coffee organized by the PTA

Click here to look at the LOPTA events from the previous year.