PTA Events 

Thank you to our amazing Live Oak families for making Teacher Appreciation Week a huge success! We are truly grateful for your generous donations and volunteers: Suchita, Soumya⁩, Sindhya⁩ and family, Shawn K.⁩, Priyanka, and Ms.Lopez's family! for treating our teachers to an unforgettable week.

Live Oak Talent Show

 Mar 27, 2026

Our students shined on stage with incredible performances full of confidence and creativity! We are so proud of each participant for their courage and effort.

A big thank you to our Principal, Mr. Fong, and Vice Principal, Mr. Shui, along with our amazing volunteers, teachers, and families for making this event a success. We also had a fundraiser dinner for 5th grade promotion, with Cub Scouts helping manage it—thank you for your support!

Trophies were awarded at the end, making it a perfect celebration for our talented stars. It was truly a wonderful evening for our community!

Spring Book Fair 

Mar 16-20, 2026

Thank you all who graciously volunteered for the Live Oak Book Fair this year! All of your hard work made this fair one that was truly special, and that the kids really enjoyed! Tiffany Johnson, Madhvi Owen, Cary Chan, Shyamala Jayaraman, Sri Sudha Pandrangi, Therese Kathka, Priyanka Gajanur, Sanju Bhattarai, Nagi Radhakrishnan, Tori Dombroski, Daniel Owen and Suchita Ghosh

Again, thank you all so much for taking the time to make a great event!

We officially kicked off our first Spring Book Club with a fun filled breakfast meeting. Students connected and shared their favorite characters and set the stage for a great season of reading. 

Huge thanks to Neeta Morankar and Prachi Shah for organizing and to all the families who brought their kids out.

Live Oak Game Night and Association meeting,

 Jan 21 - 2025

Live Oak PTA hosted a fun and engaging Game Night on the evening of Wednesday, January 21, combined with a PTA Association Meeting. We had a great turnout, exciting games, prizes, and happy kids enjoying snacks and time with friends.

We’re grateful to our generous sponsors—Baskin-Robbins, Menchie’s, Safeway and Jenn’s Cupcakes for their support in making this event a success. Thank you to all the families who joined us and helped build such a wonderful sense of community!

We plan to have many such fun events every association meeting. Watch this space for upcoming events! 

Reflections – “I Belong” 25-26

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 32nd DISTRICT PTA REFLECTIONS WINNERS!!

The Council level Award ceremony was held on January 13, 2026. All of the Award of Excellence winners have moved to California State PTA where they will be judged with all other entries from all over the state!!  

Thank you for all your hard work to make Reflections the wonderful program that it is!!

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! 

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

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.

That’s a Wrap on a Fantastic Run Club Fall Season!

We have officially crossed the finish line! We want to send a massive thank you to every single participant who laced up their sneakers this season. From our energetic TK students to our determined 5th graders, your enthusiasm was truly inspiring.

Our 19 participants put in an incredible effort, completing a grand total of 364 laps—that's an impressive 72.8 miles run collectively! We also want to recognize our top three distance runners who could clock their laps consistently: Ikshan R, Wyatt K, and Jacob R.

A special shout-out goes to the parents and guardians—thank you for the early drop-offs and for the unwavering support. Finally, to our volunteers and staff: this event would not have been possible without your help. Thank you for making this season a runaway success!

We wish the participants all the best, and hope all can join us next season.

Red Ribbon Week was a fantastic reminder for our students to embrace "Healthy Choices." Throughout the week, students had the chance to dress up and show their commitment to these positive habits.

The event was a great success! Congratulations to Mrs. Samra’s third grade class for bringing home the trophy!

Live Oak students from Pack 997 also helped tie ribbons around the campus as a reminder to stay safe and care for both body and mind. They also took part in a campus clean-up around the Live Oak grounds demonstrating their commitment to community service.

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

We had such a wonderful time at our Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday, October 29th! Thank you to Jennifer Lui for organizing this special event. Each class got to visit our festive fall setup in the quad and pick out their very own pumpkin to take home.

Pumpkins were purchased from Windmill Farms, who also kindly lent us hay bales to help create our cozy autumn scene.

We’re so grateful to our fantastic volunteers — Shwetha Narayanan, Therese Kathka, Shawn Kathka, Lamba Haschemi, Cary Chan, Madhvi Owen, Sanju Bhattarai, Amisha Rai, Sandhya Menon, Priyanka Duvvuru, Shipra Butail, and Pam Sokukawa— for helping make the day such a success. 

Special appreciation to our amazing school team — Mr. Shui, Mr. Fong, Helen Burrows, Monica Richard, and Joel Lopez — for their help and support in bringing this fall favorite to life. 🍂

Thank you to everyone who helped make Trunk or Treat a big success. It was a spooktacular night with high attendance at both hours. Awesome to see so many young families at our sensory hour. 

We had 19 stops in total and 10 had games or activities. Shout to Therese Kathka and Nazish Abder, our event chairs and to all who recruited families to donate or sign up. We received an abundance of candy and toys thanks to generous families and I happy to report all candy received by Friday was given away. 

Thank you to event volunteers - Uyen Nguyen, Amisha Rai, Sri Sudha Keert, Nagi Radhakrishnan, Ram Shanka, Vikas Kumar Singh, Leila Hareb, Shawn Kathka , Daniel Owen without who we could not have run our event so smoothly,A special note to all families that lent their trunks for the event - Kiran Hansrai, Shawn Kathka, Therese Kathka , Lynnette Gomez, Shyamala Jayaraman, Cub Scouts Pack 997 , Elizabeth Nguyen, Jocelin Cardona, Kaitlyn Manighalam, Bhanupreeti Daggupati, Anum Brashir, Daniel and Madhv Owen, Tariq Hussain, Mahalakshmi V, Sandhya Singh Bidesi, Anna Koroleva, Jennifer liu, Nazish Abder. 

We had over 125 children play PTA Ispy, it was a hit and the bucket overflowed with ballots for the PTA guessing game. *Prizes for the winners were distributed in class the following Monday. 

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. Many thanks to Ms Legate and our chairs Vidhi Mody and Therese Kathka for co-ordinating the event. 



Here are the names of the wonderful Book Fair volunteers: Vidhi Mody, Priya Thakkar, Shawn Kathka, Kaitlyn Manighalam, Suchita Ghosh, Shyamala Jayaraman, Jenny Lee, Nagi Radhakrishnan, and Jeanna Aydelotte without whom we could not have had a successful event.

Last Sunday, Live Oak Elementary students and staff, along with their friends and family participated in the 42nd Annual Run for Education. Post race, participants enjoyed the kids’ zone, inflatable games, face painter, SRVFPD fire engine, SRPD patrol car, exhibitor booths, and more at the expo. 

What is the race?

The Run for Education is a community tradition in the San Ramon Valley spanning more than 40 years. By participating, we helping fund STEAM grants and innovative programs across our 35 San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) public schools representing the communities of Alamo, Danville, and San Ramon. The Run for Education is the largest run that supports education in Northern California.

Missed out this year? Join us next year! Registration is now open. https://srvef.org/the-run/

On September 17, Live Oak Elementary’s PTA hosted a delightful Ice Cream Social in partnership with Baskin-Robbins. Families enjoyed three delicious flavors of ice cream with a variety of fun toppings including gummy bears, sprinkles, chocolate, and caramel syrup.

The event was perfectly timed for a hot day, and it was heartwarming to see smiles on the faces of both kids and parents. This was our first time partnering with Baskin-Robbins, and it was a wonderful success!

Some fun numbers: 140 ice cream cups were served, totaling 21 lbs of ice cream (including dairy-free options), enjoyed by students, parents, teachers, and staff.

A big thank you to our volunteers Suchita Ghosh, Shipra Butail, Madhvi Owen, Joanne Lucero, Jeanna Ayedelotte, Rajesh Padiyal and everyone who joined us in making this event such a great turnout.

It was a family fun filled evening as we welcomed TK- 3rd grade parents for Back to School Night earlier this week. Parents had an opportunity to sit down with their child's teacher in their new classroom and learn more about the wonderful activies and curriculum planned for the upcoming year school year. A warm and big Thank You to Kids Country our onsite daycare who provided free childcare during our teacher presentations. Following our teacher meet and greet was Family Fun Night open to all grades. It was a fantastic evening filled with giggles and play on bounce houses and giant games in the quad. Our LO artists filled the sidewalks with sweet chalk drawings and enjoyed sticky sweet treats from our concessions. Thank you to Menchie's for serving up the best frozen yogurt treats. Families lined up for specials from our food trucks Waffle Rooster and Crazy Empanada's and stoped by our troop tables for fun activities with the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts. Our LO student body had an opportunity to check out and order the 25-26 spirit wear GO GOLDEN EAGLES, purchase yearbooks or sponsor an adopt-a-book from the libary. Special thank you to Bouncy Bounce, Code Ninja's and all the AMAZING volunteers who came together to kick off what will be a wonderful year at Live Oak!

Special thanks to the school admin, PTA and Ed Fund volunteers for making this a successful evening. Thank you Therese Kathka, Shawn Kathka, Sudha Pandrangi, Madhvi Owen, Tori Dombroski, Prachi Shah, Liela Hareb, Luisa Guaderrama, Jamie Guaderrama, Shipra Butal, Shwetha, Danny Bae, Wendy Sanchez and Lisa Corpus for your time and effort.

Teachers Welcome Lunch and Breakfast

We kicked off the school year with a Techer Taco Tuesday, serving up tacos and side of "positive taco" cards to start the year off right. Thanks to Chamitos for the yummy eats. The staff were also welcomed with a breakfast of fresh bagels, croissants, muffins, fruits and coffee on the 1st day of school.

Special shout out to Jenifer Lui, Luisa Guaderrama and Sindhya Govind for volunteering their time for procuring and setting up the treats.