• Send Box Tops to school with your child.
• Order Little Caesar's Pizza for curbside delivery.
• Order any additional hot lunches for your child.

Mark Your Calendars - The First Annual MPAEF Donation Day is Tuesday, November 7!

Every year, families across our District support the Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation (MPAEF) to fund the Fab Five essential programs - libraries, science, technology, music and teaching excellence. This year we are centering the Annual Giving Campaign around a single Donation Day on Tuesday, November 7. Donation Day gets giving to our District done in a day! An MPAEF information packet (including a donation envelope) will be mailed to you in the next few days with details about the Foundation and Donation Day.

Make giving fast and easy! On Tuesday, November 7, drop your donation envelope in the MPAEF box at Laurel, Encinal, Oak Knoll or Hillview or log on to www.mpaef.org and donate on-line. Remember, every dollar donated will bring us closer to our $2 million goal, so please give at whatever level you feel comfortable. Don’t Forget to Get Out and Give!

10/24	Box Tops for Education Deadline
10/24	Picture Day (please note date change)
10/25	Special School Board Meeting
10/31	Laurel Halloween Parade, 8:30 a.m.
10/31	Kindergarten "All Together Day" 8:15 to 1:30
11/7	MPAEF Donation Day
11/8	Laurel Exec Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m. 
11/8	School Board Meeting, 7 p.m. 
11/10	No School - Veteran's Day
11/13-15	Minimum Days, 11:35 a.m. Dismissal 
11/13-15	Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/15	Laurel Site Council Meeting 3 p.m.
11/22-24	No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
11/28	Picture Make-up Day
12/8	Holiday Luncheon, noon
12/13	Laurel PTO Exec Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
12/13	MPCSD School Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
12/15	Laurel Winter Sing, 10:45 and 12:45 a.m.
12/21	Minimum Day, 11:35 a.m. dismissal
12/22	No School - Holiday Break 

• Wednesday, October 18
• 7 p.m.
• Encinal School Library

October 19 is the cutoff date for ordering hot lunch for your child's first term. After October 19 the MyKidsHotLunch website is closed until January 23, at which time you will be able to order for the second term. Please order and pay for your child's first term hot lunch by October 19. If you have any questions about ordering online, please contact dennis.walker@laurelpto.org or ann.hutchinson@laurelpto.org.

Kepler's Supports the PTO
Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park offers a 10% rebate to our PTO! Any time you shop at Kepler's, please mention Laurel or Encinal School at the register and they will give 10% of your purchase back to us! Remember this when ordering for your book club or shopping for yourself or for gifts.

Ski Lift Tickets
Ski at Northstar or Sierra at Tahoe and support the PTO! Direct-to-lift tickets have no blackout dates, AND are fully returnable if you don't use them. Adult tickets are $57, Young Adult tickets are $47, and Child tickets are $18 (regular prices are $63/$53/ $22) Use the Lift Ticket Order Form by October 27 to place your order. We will not be able to participate if we don't have a minimum order of 50 tickets. Contact: Andrea Palmer, newsletter@laurelpto.org, 473-1299.

Little Caesar's Pizza Curbside Pickup
Get ready to order pizzas for pick up at the curb in front of the Laurel office on Friday, October 27. Order forms were sent home in your child's blue folder last week. Extra order forms are available in the Laurel and Encinal office, or you can print out the Pizza Order Form. Orders and payments must be submitted in your child's blue folder or to your school office by Tuesday, October 17. No more orders will be accepted after the first 300 pizzas have been purchased, and no same-day orders will be accepted. A portion of the purchase price of each pizza will be shared equally by our PTOs!

BOO!!! Now that we have your attention....The Laurel and Encinal PTO Caring and Sharing Committees' first event of the 2006-2007 school year is collecting new and gently-used children's costumes and accessories (hats, boas, scarves, etc.). Bring costumes to the Caring and Sharing Giving Boxes at Encinal and Laurel October 9-20. Costumes are available to anyone who is interested and will be distributed at lunch time beginning October 18 (parents are welcome to come and help). This is an opportunity to recycle costumes, share with those who may need a costume or find something that will be perfect for your child! If you have any questions, please contact Peckie Peters at 321-2423 or peckye@comcast.net.

The Laurel PTO does not sponsor or endorse any of the organizations whose activities are listed below.

Kepler’s Family Story Time

• Madeleine Dunphy
• Sunday, October 15, 11:30 a.m.
• Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park

Girl Scouts
Interested in Girl Scouts? We have strong interest from several Laurel parents in helping to start a new Daisy Girl Scout troop for kindergartners and a new Brownie Girl Scout troop for first graders. For more information, contact Debbie Hall at halldla@gmail.com or 322-8470.

Keplers' Family Story Time

• Sunday, October 8, 11:30 a.m.
• Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park

Thanks to the Book Fair Committee: Polly Berquist, Elizabeth Katz, Ellen Mouchawar, Julie Roth, Alice Hom, Alice Valentine, Cathy Ricke, Joyce Baker, Lexi Bisbee and Michelle Bercow for their amazing work at this year's annual Book Fair. Thank you to Book Fair Bake Sale Chairs Eileen Rozanski and Shana Middler. Thanks also to the scores of parent and kid volunteers - we couldn't have done it without you!