The fall session of enrichment classes begins the week of September 11th and runs through the week of December 4th. We have many new and exciting classes this fall, including: Glee Club, ECE Cooking & Science, Cartooning & Science Fun, and Soccer with Soccer Stars!
Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and some classes already have a wait list. To learn more about the class offerings and enroll your child in a fall enrichment class, please check out Saklan’s Enrichment webpage.
Want to learn more about Soccer with Soccer Stars? Ask your K-5th grade students about the fun Soccer Stars demo they attended this afternoon!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Saklan’s Back-to-School BBQ Social last Friday afternoon. It was so nice to see all the smiling faces and feel the positive energy of the 285+ attendees. What a wonderful way to kick off the new year!
Thank you to the PA for setting up the Uniform Exchange, helping attendees make name tags, and helping us build community through volunteer opportunities. Additionally, thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with community events this year.
On Wednesday morning, we honored and celebrated The Saklan School’s Graduating Class of 2023. It was a heartfelt ceremony in which the middle school teachers introduced the graduates, and the graduates shared short speeches with their parents, teachers and fellow students.
Each year we create a slideshow that highlights the memories of our graduates from their first years at Saklan all the way through the end of 8th grade. Take a moment to watch this video and relive their journey.
There are several people that made the graduation events possible this year. We would like to extend a special thank you to Lori O’Keefe, Jen Tompkins and Mel Zippin for organizing the graduation dinner. It takes a lot of planning and coordination, but the dinner was beautifully orchestrated. Thank you to Christina Nguyen, Jennifer Lettieri, and Kim Parks for helping the students express themselves so eloquently in their graduation speeches. Additionally, a special shout-out goes to Grace Chaffey, John Miazga, Shay Sager, Emoke Veres, Emily Williamson and Javier Yacarini for all their behind-the-scenes work handling the logistics of the graduation dinner and ceremony.
As we reflect on the 2022-2023 school year, we are reminded of the impact that every Saklan family had in making the year such a joyful experience. Parents, we truly appreciate your partnership and support throughout the year.
Thank you to all the family members that volunteered their time and talents. Your help was instrumental to making the following activities successful:
Uniform Exchange
Annual Giving Fund
Parent Coffees
Lower School Musical
Auction Fiesta
Concert
Grandfriends’ Day
Teacher Appreciation Week
Middle School Musical
Yearbook
Field Experiences
Class Celebrations
Open Houses
Fall Festival
Movie Night
Spring Social & Service
Spirit Wear
Graduation Dinner
Graduation Ceremony
Additionally, thank you to everyone who cheered on and showed support for our students during the following events:
CLAS
Halloween Costume Parade
Fall Follies
Lion King Kids
All-School Concert
Art Show
The Drowsy Chaperone
Graduation
Presentations of Learning
It was a wonderful year. Thank you, Saklan families, for your help, flexibility, and partnership in making the 22-23 year a success!
A huge thank you to everyone who supported Saklan through financial gifts this year. As a community we have raised $167,716 of the $170,000 we hoped to raise for this year’s Annual Giving Fund (AGF). AGF gifts are tax-deductible donations that allow us to provide the many extras that make Saklan the incredible school that it is: personal attention from dedicated teachers, an engaging curriculum, arts, music, Spanish, STEM, and physical education at all grade levels.
If you haven’t made a gift yet, it’s not too late to contribute! Gifts towards this year’s AGF campaigns will be gratefully accepted through the end of June.
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to this year’s auction. Our Fiesta raised over $63,700. We are especially grateful to our fund-a-need donors; together you gave:
$6,900 to Flexible/Collaborative Seating
$5,800 to the Summer Reflection Fund/Professional Development for Saklan Faculty & Staff
$15,000 to Media Arts Literacy
$1,500 to a Water Refill Station on the PS – Kindergarten Playground
$1,500 to an Indoor Vertical Garden for the Science Lab
$500 to an All-Weather Library Book Return Station
Your generosity will provide many exciting new opportunities for our students and teachers in the year ahead.
If you are interested in giving to these initiatives it isn’t too late. Fund-a-Need donations will be happily accepted through June 30th. Additionally, all Fund-a-Need gifts at the $100 level are eligible to be matched by the Moorhead Family (meaning your gift will go twice as far!).
On behalf of all of us at The Saklan School, thank you very much for your support.
Saklan’s annual Family Group Field Day took place last Friday afternoon. In their family groups, the 1st to 8th grade students delivered fun and entertaining cheers to a panel of judges (faculty and staff) to start the festivities!
Following the cheers, the family groups faced off against each other as they rotated through the following activities:
Super Volleyball
Sponge Relay
Marbles, Marbles
Sack Relay
Charades
Next up was the water-balloon toss!
Finally, the family groups ended the day on the sports court where the top 3 teams were announced and popsicles were enjoyed by all. It was a terrific day, filled with exemplary sportsmanship, great team spirit, and tons of fun. It was also a great final family group activity for the year, as students were able to showcase their understanding of all the Social Emotional Learning topics they learned this year:
We are excited to invite you to a graduation ceremony celebrating the Saklan Class of 2023! This year’s ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 7th at 10:00 a.m. on the Saklan Sports Court. RSVP is requested for those who will be joining us.
Seating: Will begin at 9:45 a.m.
What to Bring: The event is being held outdoors and weather can vary this time of year. Please prepare for potential sun (hats/sunscreen/glasses/water bottle) or for breezier cool weather (sweaters/jackets).
As we shared at the beginning of the year, the sixth grade partnered with GotSneakers, an organization that helps keep sneakers out of landfills by recycling and reusing them. Each pair of shoes donated can earn their class money, which they are using to symbolically adopt a species affected by climate change as part of their way to give back.
To date, 12 bags of sneakers have been sent to GotSneakers. Thank you to everyone who helped support this initiative. Your donations have really helped the environment:
Shoes displaced from landfill: 206
Carbon Dioxide: 6180 Pounds Displaced
Water: 464,942 Gallons Saved
It isn’t too late to donate sneakers! The 6th graders will be collecting sneakers through Friday, June 2nd.
During the month of May, all Saklan students are focusing on being resilient! Students are discussing what resiliency means and practicing having a positive attitude and not giving up when faced with challenges.
Later this month, the 1st – 8th graders will showcase their resiliency and teamwork skills when they participate in Family Group Field Day!
On April 11th, Saklan celebrated Earth Day early by doing a service learning project of building wood duck egg boxes. The boxes built will be placed in the wild for wood ducks to use for nesting, hoping to increase survival rates their young.
Additionally, students got to learn about and see several animals from Wildmind, an animal rescue organization. Wildmind shared the stories of Pugsley the turkey vulture, Sonora the grey fox, Taborri the red-tailed hawk, Oscar the opossum, and Sherman the desert tortoise. The goal was to inspire students to help support our beautiful animal kingdom. The students were excited to see the animals and learn their stories, and took away a greater understanding of ways to help support our local animal species.
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