The DPIE Press

Dublin Partners In Education

Volume 5 Issue 4

Fourth Quarter 2013

New Year, New Logo!

After-school Art Program at

the Middle Schools

President’s Letter 2

Board & Staff News 2

Celebrity Waiter Recognition 2, 3, & 4

Community Spotlight 3

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By Chris Bennett and Fawn Holman

Dublin offers art classes at the elementary and high school levels, but only offers lim-ited classes at the middle school level. DPIE is stepping up to help bridge this gap. As part of DPIE’s support of arts education, the Board budgeted funds to initiate after-school art classes at both Wells and Fallon Middle Schools this year.

DPIE staff members and art teacher, Pamela Williams, were excited to kick off the pro-gram at Wells Middle School in December, offering a three-hour Introduction to Water-color class to eager young artists. Monthly classes with various themes, such as Portrai-

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By Lacey Book

Many long-time DPIE supporters have be-come accustomed to the logo representing our organization. Logos are typically updat-ed every so often to keep up with the times. DPIE is no exception. The current logo was last updated in 2007. It has served us well.

Although we love our current logo, a lot has changed in the past seven years. Our organi-zation has grown as we have created new ways to give back to the Dublin Unified School District. For example, we’ve updated programs and started new ones, including the Enrichment Academy. The world of com-munication has also changed. In 2007, Face-book had been publically open for only four months and now over a billion people use it every month. In 2007, spending on digital advertising was $21 billion and in 2013 this amount had increased to $503 billion! Peo-ple are talking online all the time.

We now need a new logo that both reflects what DPIE is today and is more helpful for communicating in the digital age. Our new logo should reflect the updated version of the DPIE you know today and still maintain the look you have grown to expect.

In January, we will start officially rolling out a new DPIE logo (see it below). Let us know what you think! Tell us on our FACEBOOK page. If you haven’t yet liked us on Face-book, please do—and leave your comments.

As we bid farewell to our hard-working old logo, we’d like to point out a fun-fact. Even after seeing our old logo hundreds of times many may not know that the “leaf” over the apple is not a leaf at all. It is, in fact, a brief-case! We recognize that the briefcase has also gone out of style. But instead of ex-changing our briefcase for a smartphone we thought the leaf would do just fine.

2014

DPIE is Moving!

Before the end of January, we’ll be in our new home at Wells Middle School.

Watch for more Details!

To foster mutually beneficial business, community and education partnerships

in order to maximize resources and enrich the learning experiences for

all students in the Dublin Unified School District.

DPIE Board of Directors

Jeff Lemmo, President

Rich Boschetti, Vice President

Bill Moy, Treasurer

Edy Coleman, Secretary

Chris Bennett

Don Babbitt

Don Biddle

Lacey Book

Kathleen Schaub

Amy Miller, DUSD Liaison

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DPIE Staff Fawn Holman, Executive Director (925) 828-2551 x 5423 fawn@dpie.org Vickie Constantinides, Admin Assistant (925) 828-2551 x 8024 vickie@dpie.org Janet Lockhart, Academy Superintendent (925) 828-2551 x 5431 janet@dpie.org

DPIE Mission Statement

A 501(c)3 non-profit foundation of the Dublin Unified School District established in 1992. Federal Tax ID 94-3207780

Board and Staff News

Dear Friends,

As we all conclude a busy season and get ready for a fresh start, I wanted to take a moment and wish each of you a very Happy New Year.

Thanks to all of the individual and busi-ness contributors who have shown sup-port for DPIE and our public schools dur-ing 2013. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful community that makes education for our children a priority.

As we reflect on 2013, we see that it was another successful year for DPIE and our schools. Continued support for fundrais-ing activities and donations from local businesses have allowed DPIE to contin-ue to make progress in school program-ing such as the Enrichment Academy, Career Pathways, and re-invented Art Programs. Without your support nothing would be possible and we extend our sincerest appreciation.

2014 is sure to bring many opportunities and challenges for all of us. DPIE is no different. We continue to look for op-portunities to add value to our children and schools and are always challenged to find the resources to fulfill so many of the needs within our schools.

Whether it is your time and knowledge you can offer as a volunteer or a financial contribution to help fund programs, please consider DPIE and our public schools as a worthy organization when you make commitments for 2014.

Best Wishes to You and Yours in 2014,

Jeff

Janet’s New Role In our Q3 newsletter, we announced the retirement of former DPIE executive direc-tor, Janet Lockhart. We are happy to an-nounce that we spoke too soon! Janet has agreed to stay on with DPIE in a newly creat-ed role of Enrichment Academy Superinten-dent.

As DPIE approaches the Academy’s third year and now that the Enrichment Academy has received its WASC accreditation, Janet will be responsible to grow the program regionally and create a more robust oper-ating infrastructure. She will oversee the Academy program day-to-day in 2014. In her new role, Janet will report to DPIE’s Ex-ecutive Director, Fawn Holman.

From the President’s Office

January Visioning Retreat Planned On Saturday, January 18, 2014, the DPIE Board of Directors will meet for a half-day Visioning Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to review our current mission and it’s Four Pillars (CARE = Career Exploration for Stu-dents, Arts Education, Resources for Educa-tors, and Education Support); to recommit to or adjust these core elements; and to identi-fy pragmatic ideas to put these elements into practice. If you have ideas for DPIE, please contact Fawn Holman.

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The DPIE Celebrity Waiter dinner event held on October 25th at the Shannon Center was again a smash success. This year’s “Most Appreciated Waiter” (i.e., the biggest fund-raiser!) was Dublin City Council Member Abe Gupta. A shout out also goes to the Best Overall Table: Club Sport (“Under the Sea Prom” theme); Funniest Table: Brandon McGuire (“Caveman / Volcano” theme); and Most Spirited Table: Juliette Goodrich and Autumn Johnson & their “Roller Derby Girls”

A big thanks goes to our Head Celebrity Waiter, Supervisor Scott Haggerty, and all the supporters listed on pages 2, 3, & 4.

Celebrity Waiter Event Recognition

Celebrity Waiters / Website Links

Head Celebrity Waiter Scott Haggerty Alameda County Supervisor, District 1

Mona Lisa Ballesteros, Former DPIE Boardmember & Puran Moorjani

Dr. Lacey Book, DPIE Boardmember The Specific Chiropractic Center

Marian Catedral-King, Government Rela-tions Chevron Corporation Dr. Stephan Hanke, Superintendent, Dublin Unified School District

Third Graders at Dublin Elementary show their enthusiasm for their new dictionaries.

By Rich Boschetti

For the 6th year in a row DUSD third graders received Dictionaries in an ongoing partner-ship between the Rotary Club of Dublin and Dublin Partners in Education.

Given the broad use of computers these days, some might think dictionaries are a thing of the past, but you sure couldn’t tell that from the reaction of our young readers. One excited Kolb Elementary recipient ex-claimed, “Thank you so much for the dic-tionary, the pictures in it are so cool! It is so nice of you guys to give the dictionaries to us for free. There are so many words in it and the definitions are easy to read.” Anoth-

Community Spotlight

er young reader from Frederiksen Elemen-tary said, “It makes me feel so proud when I open the book and see my name on the front page, it feels like I’ve been rewarded. I love looking up words like dyslexia and kookaburra. It’s easy to read and the pic-tures are really cool.”

The Dictionary Project originated as an effort by the Dublin Rotary to help young people learn the power of words. Since the program’s inception, over 3,300 third grad-ers have been given dictionaries. “Words and how we use them make a difference in our lives”, explained Dublin Rotary Presi-dent, Janine Thalblum. “Our goal is to help

Rotary Dictionary Giveaway

make sure kids have the tools they need to be successful in school. With just a little bit of an investment, we can impact every stu-dent in our school district.”

Dublin Rotary allocated $7,300 and DPIE contributed $1,800 for the grade-appropriate dictionaries for this year’s 725 recipients. This year’s distributions were huge events that felt like parties as each of the schools celebrated Dictionary Day. “The kids just love getting these books,” said DPIE Executive Director, Fawn Holman. “It is so much fun to watch them open their books and start searching for words as soon as the dictionaries are in their hands.”

Student

Thank you Notes

Celebrity Waiter Sponsors Event Co-Host Amador Valley Industries (AVI)

Waiter Sponsor: Mayor Tim Sbranti

Table Sponsors: Alameda County Firefighters Association Blake Hunt Ventures, Inc. Brandon McGuire Insurance Agency, Inc. Chevron Corporation ClubSport Pleasanton Dannis, Woliver and Kelley Alameda County Deputy Sherriff’s Association Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl FedEx Kelling, Northcross and Nobriga Kevin Grier, Principal, Wells Middle School Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Sean Kenney, Trustee, DUSD Amy Miller, Trustee, DUSD The Specific Chiropractic Center

Volume 5, Issue 4 Fourth Quarter 2013

Dublin Partners in Education P.O. Box 2307 Dublin, CA 94568

Phone: 925-828-2551 x 8024 Fax: 925-803-9746 Email: info@dpie.org

www.dpie.org

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Art Program (continued from page 1) Recognition (continued from page 2)

Council Member Abe Gupta (second from left) accepts his trophy for Most Appreciated Celebrity Waiter. Joining him (from left) are: Vaishali Bhatnagar, Melissa Strah, Matt DelCarlo, and Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti.

ture Painting, Bookmaking, Street Chalk Art and Decorative Pot Mosaics (offered as part of a campus beautification project) are planned for the remainder of the school year. Plans for similar offerings at Fallon Middle School are in the works and we hope to kick off the Fallon program with the New Year. A small supply fee is collected from the participating students and the DPIE Board will donate 100% of these proceeds back to each school’s PFC.

Kevin Grier, Principal at Wells Middle School, said, "I am so happy to have the art program return to Wells as an elective op-tion for students. Thanks to DPIE, Wells is able to offer art as an after-school enrich-ment class so that even more students can explore their creative talents.”

The Roller Derby Girls, were voted the Most Spirited Celebrity Waiter table.

Dr. Tim McCarty, Assistant Superinten-dent, Dublin Unified School District

Juliette Goodrich, Channel 5 News & Autumn Johnson, Editor, Dublin Patch

Dr. Kevin Grier, Principal, Wells Middle School

Abe Gupta, Councilmember, City of Dublin

David Haubert, Councilmember, City of Dublin

Ted Hoffman, Jr., Owner, Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl

Greg Lewis, Assistant General Manager, ClubSport Pleasanton

Brandon McGuire, Brandon McGuire Insurance Agency, Inc.

Amy Miller, Trustee, Dublin Unified School District

Megan Rouse, Trustee, Dublin Unified School District

Heather Stanek, General Manager, ClubSport Pleasanton

Greg Tomlinson, President, Board of Trustees, Dublin Unified School District

Joe Washington, Producer, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area & Melissa Strah

Game Sponsors: Chevron Corporation SunCal Companies

Live Auction Donors: Juliette Goodrich & Autumn Johnson Supervisor Scott Haggerty, District 1, Ala-meda County Black Tie Transportation Lui Entertainment John & Mary Podesta SunCal Companies Alameda County Fair DeSilva Group ClubSport Pleasanton Dan and Janise Scannell Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

Special Thanks to: Minuteman Press - Dublin Valley Catering Brad Kinney Productions

Silent Auction Donors Supervisor Scott Haggerty, District 1, Alameda County Dublin Unified School District Jeff Lemmo Agency Wood You Design Creative Imaging Photography Dan & Janise Scannell AEG Management Oakland Warriors Oakland Raiders Lowes – Dublin

Prize Donors Elephant Bar - Dublin Big O Tires – Dublin Best Buy - Dublin Dublin Creek Kennel The Specific Chiropractic Center ClubSport – Pleasanton McNarama’s Steak & Chophouse The Hopyard Grill Leading Edge Pest Management Rich Boschetti, Boardmember, DPIE Chris Bennett, Boardmember, DPIE Don Babbitt, Boardmember, DPIE Edy Coleman, Boardmember, DPIE Fawn Holman, Executive Director, DPIE Amy Miller, Trustee, DUSD