Parents will meet with teachers in their classrooms to discuss their educational programs, learn about the school day, and find out how to help their child be successful in school.

This is a very important evening designed for PARENTS ONLY. Children are not allowed to wait for parents on the playground or in the corridors as there will be no supervision, and the noise is a distraction to those listening to the presentations. Please make arrangements now for babysitters to watch your children at home. Thank you for your cooperation.

Last week your child's Enrollment/Health Card came home in the blue folder. If you haven't done so already, please review and update the card as soon as possible. Please make changes or additions directly on the card and then sign and date the bottom of the card. Be sure to include emergency contacts, so that we have family and friends to contact in the event that you cannot be reached. It is very important to have these returned as soon as possible and that you notify the school office immediately if any changes take place during the school year.

The festival will be held at the Cupertino Civic Center Field on Torre Avenue (between the Library and Pacifica Drive). Come cheer on our Kindergartners!

In an effort to save paper and reduce duplicating costs, we strongly encourage all Nimitz families to join our email group. This email group will be used only by Nimitz school staff for school announcements and the Dolphin newsletter. It's not too late to sign up. Please fill out the yellow form that is in this week's blue folder or email nelsen_kristen@cusdk8.org with the following information:

• Your name
• Your child(ren)'s name(s)
• Your child(ren)'s grade(s)
• Your child(ren)'s teacher(s)
• The email address(es) where you prefer to receive your Nimitz information.

Please return the form or send an email by Friday, September 11th. Thank you to those of you who have already joined the Nimitz email group this year.

If you want your son to have some fun, excitement, outdoor opportunities, and a chance to participate in a program where he learns how to "Do your best" and how to be helpful to others - then we have just the program for you!

Cub scouting is a family and neighborhood-centered program designed to support and encourage quality family involvement for boys in the first through fifth grades. Each Cub Scout learns to respect his home, country, and other people.

Come with your son to our information night at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, at the flagpole between the GLC and school office so you can learn more about Cub Scouts. See if the Scouting program is right for your son and your family. For more information, contact Cubmasters James Liu, (408) 720-8095, jcliu@liu-family.org, and Andy Wadsworth, (408) 235-7738, fritztdog@wadsworld.com.

On behalf of the PTA, Mr. Ottey, and teachers, I want to thank you for your support of the PTA's first school supply drive. Nimitz parents donated approximately $500 in school supplies - in only two weeks! Although our first drive is over, a donation box will be available inside the office and your donations are always appreciated. Thank you again for your support and keep reading the Dolphin for information about future supply drives. If you have any questions, please email Debbie at johnczyz@att.net.

DO YOU KNOW IF MUSIC IS TAUGHT IN YOUR CHILD'S CLASSROOM? Music for Minors provides music education for K-3 at Nimitz by placing trained music docents in the classrooms. This year we need more music docents at Nimitz in order to have a docent for each teacher. We want every child in K - 3 to have a chance to experience a hands-on approach to learning music including songs, games, rhythm and movement activities, basic music theory and listening to music.

The trainings are FUN and the only qualifications are that you enjoy singing, like working with groups of children and can be available to teach one thirty-minute class per week throughout the school year. You are not too late to begin the training, which is offered only in the fall. The training begins on Tuesday, September 15th and is twice a week through mid-November.

If you want to get more involved in your child's classroom, and you want to make sure music is taught in your child's classroom, do consider becoming a music docent. For more information, email me, Kathleen Virmani at kvirmani@aol.com or call 408-732-9598 (press # to skip the greeting) and leave a message for me. You can also call Music for Minors directly at 650-237-9130 and say you would like to become a music docent at Nimitz. The MFM office is open Mon-Thurs. You may call the Programs Director, Jean Tyan at 650-619-6842. For more information on Music for Minors, please go to the website: www.mfm.org

   -Kathleen Virmani, Music for Minors Docent and Liaison for Nimitz

It's a fact that schools need $$$. It's also a fact that grocery shopping through the eScrip program is the easiest way to raise money for our school. Everyone grocery shops; therefore, everyone can easily raise money for Nimitz! Your participation can help raise up to $4,000 per year simply by doing your grocery shopping at eScrip merchants such as Safeway, Pak -n- Save, PW Supermarket, and Andronico's! For even more earning power for Nimitz, register your credit and/or debit cards and shop at participating merchants such as Eddie Bauer, Macy's, and Sierra Trading Post. For a complete list of participating merchants, visit the eScrip website at www.escrip.com. Your contributions through your grocery shopping help support Nimitz school wide assemblies and other wonderful programs that students enjoy throughout the year. If you are not yet an eScrip member, sign up today! It's fast, simple, and FREE!

It's so easy to sign up!

• Go to www.escrip.com.
• Click on "welcome" then "sign up".
• Enter our group ID#: 138057496.
• Register your grocery club cards, credit and/or debit cards.

Want more information about eScrip? Visit www.escrip.com or contact your eScrip Coordinator, Fiona Sadowski, at (408) 530-9440 or at fiona_mackellar@yahoo.com. You shop - our school earns dollars!

CUPERTINO FALL FESTIVAL
Saturday and Sunday September 19-20, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cupertino Civic Center Library Field
Free Admission
The Cupertino Fall Festival is an evolution of the very successful Cupertino Jubilee and Fall Festival that has been held for the past three years. The event is organized by the Rotary Club of Cupertino and will incorporate the Health and Safety zone, which will be offering flu shots, in addition to an Environmental Earth Zone hosted by the City of Cupertino. The key elements of FallFest 2009 are: Kids Fun Zone; Health and Safety Zone; Environmental Earth Zone; along with great food, beverages and wonderful entertainment. Additional information is available at www.cupertinofallfest.com.

PARENT SPEAKER SERIES
SELPA II (Special Education Local Plan Area II) is proud to host the following guest speaker presentation to parents of students with special needs. The event takes place at Bishop Elementary School (450 N. Sunnyvale Avenue in Sunnyvale) in the auditorium from 6:30-8:30 PM. There is no registration required to attend the event. Onsite childcare is available, but registration is required for childcare and closes one week prior to the event, with no exceptions. For childcare contact Linda Toda at (408) 522-2474.

Thursday, September 17, 2009
"Emotional Intelligence", Dr. Anabel Jensen
Dr. Jensen is a world-leading expert on emotional intelligence. She has worked as an educator, principal, and professor of education. Her talk will cover the importance of emotional intelligence and show how emotional intelligence skills are a core need for life, school, and work.