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		<title>Faculty News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Parents, This has been a very busy time at Gateway School, and we want to fill you in on more staff changes for next year. 4th Grade We are pleased to announce that we have hired a replacement for Sari during her maternity leave next fall.  Dana Thomsen will join our staff in August..... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/05/01/9891/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exciting Staffing News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Parents, We have some exciting staffing news to announce. Kindergarten After an exhaustive, national search for a kindergarten replacement for Liz Cass, it gives me great pleasure to welcome to our community the newest member of the Gateway School faculty, Sarah Hernandez.  Sarah comes to us from Hualalai Academy in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii where she..... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/04/25/exciting-staffing-news/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Council Raises Money for Jacob&#8217;s Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gateway School student council raised $340 from bake sale proceeds to support Jacob&#8217;s Heart. Anna Jakobsen from Jacob&#8217;s Heart came to school to speak to student council classroom representatives and thank them for their leadership and generosity.]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Black History Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child I met February’s arrival with a combination of dread and elation.  February, as you well know, is Black History Month, and in the 70s and 80s served as one of the few opportunities to recognize the contributions African-Americans have made to history, science, math, politics, law, architecture, industry, agriculture and economics.  When..... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/02/13/reflections-on-black-history-month-2/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>5th Graders Restore Native Habitat in Lighthouse Field</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5th graders partnered with the Center for Ocean Health and the State Parks for this project. They propagated the plants in Life Lab which they will use to replace the non-native ice plant which they removed.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Grit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/02/06/grit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our last faculty meeting, our staff discussed some of the research presented in Paul Tough&#8217;s book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character. In particular, we were interested in &#8220;grit&#8221; (not the southern breakfast staple kind) and its importance in predicting success in schools. The concept of grit in How..... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/02/06/grit/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NY Theater Director Teaches 2nd Graders Theater Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 2nd graders were treated to a visit from Simon Hanukai, a theater director from New York City and friend of Gateway parent, Tera Martin. Simon had the children practice theater arts skills which integrated with their current study of Civil Rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Gateway Students Participate in Poetry Maker 2.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gateway&#8217;s Creative Writing Elective shared their enthusiasm for making poems by creating Poetry Maker 2.1 booth at the MAH this past weekend. Participants created poems by responding to a series of prompts provided by the students.]]></description>
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		<title>Gateway Alum and Parent JoeBen Bevirt speaks to faculty and alumni</title>
		<link>http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/01/09/gateway-alum-and-parent-joeben-bevirt-speaks-to-faculty-and-alumni/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Gateway alum AND current parent JoeBen Bevirt (Class of &#8217;85) for speaking to our faculty and alumni yesterday at the Winter Alumni Event. JoeBen shared about his experience at Gateway as well as his career as a mechanical engineer and inventor. Thank you also to the recent alumni who attended yesterday &#8211;..... <a class="readmore" href="http://www.gatewaysc.org/2013/01/09/gateway-alum-and-parent-joeben-bevirt-speaks-to-faculty-and-alumni/">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Council Coat Drive</title>
		<link>http://www.gatewaysc.org/2012/12/07/student-council-coat-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big thanks to our school community for donating coats to the annual Coats for Kids collection which is sponsored by Classic Cleaners. The coat drive is led by our student council, who did a fabulous job inspiring our community to donate. We collected approximately 250 coats for children in Santa Cruz County!]]></description>
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