Laurel PTO Notes
Kindergarten Half Day
On October 31, all kindergarteners will attend school
from 8:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. This will allow all
students to participate in the Halloween Parade at
8:30 a.m.
Food Drive
The Laurel/Encinal Caring and Sharing Thanksgiving
Food Drive begins November 6 and runs through
November 17. Please start thinking about purchasing
grocery store gift cards, extra canned good items,
basic turkey day foods, and other essentials, or
donate directly to the food drive online. If you would like to help
with the
food drive or if you have questions, please contact:
Joanne Andrew at joandrew13(at)yahoo.com, Susan MacLeod at
macleod_family(at)comcast.net) or Peckie Peters
at peckye(at)comcast.net.
Speaker: Lunch Lessons
Wednesday, November 8, 7 p.m.
Encinal Library
The Encinal PTO is sponsoring a free talk by Chef Ann
Cooper on Lunch Lessons: Changing The Ways We
Feed Our Children. Chef Ann works to transform
cafeterias into culinary classrooms for students, one
school lunch at a time. She was the executive chef
of the Ross School in East Hampton, NY, and is
now the director of nutrition services for the Berkeley
Unified School District. For more information, check
out her website at www.chefann.com. Please RSVP to Renu
Nanda at 321-4058 or gonanda(at)yahoo.com if you can make this
exciting event.
Quick Links...
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Monday, 10/30
Regular Day
Tuesday, 10/31
8:30 a.m. Laurel Halloween Parade
Kindergarten Half Day 8:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/1
Regular Day
Thursday, 11/2
All-Together Day, all students attend school from
8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Friday, 11/3
School Spirit Day - Wear Royal Blue and White
Walk and Bike to School Day
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Weekly Action Checklist
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- Sign up for Deeelish Meals Made Easy
(see article below).
- Send your kindergartener to school at
8:10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31.
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Halloween
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- Tuesday, October 31, 8:30 a.m.
- Laurel Second Grade Field
Bring your kids to school on Tuesday already dressed
in costume, then stay for the parade! Don't forget
your camera for some great “Kodak” moments.
Children will follow along the pathways (great viewing
spots!) from their classrooms to the second grade
field, and then will return to their own playgrounds
for a grade-level parade.
Please send a change of clothes for your children, as
they will not wear their costumes the entire day.
Check your classroom communications to find out
when each party will be held. All Kindergarteners will
attend school from 8:10 a.m. until 12:10. p.m.
Also, please remember that NO weapons of any kind
are allowed at school, including swords or other
inappropriate costume props. Please use your best
judgment, and ask your teacher if you have
questions.
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Upcoming Events
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11/6-13 Caring and Sharing Food Drive
11/7 MPAEF Donation Day
11/8 Laurel Exec Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
11/8 Speaker "Lunch Lessons", 7 p.m., Encinal
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.
11/15 School Board Meeting, 7 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
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Business Alliance Fundraising
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Deeelish Meals Made Easy
Healthy, gourmet meals made easy! Deeelish Meals
Made Easy in Menlo Park if offering a great rebate to
our school PTO on orders and private parties during
November and December. This is a great way to
have healthy meals prepared ahead of time to feed
those out of town guests or if you don't have time to
cook during the busy holiday season. Please see the
attached flyer for all the details. Contact: Elizabeth
Ouren at eharris_ouren(at)yahoo.com.
Shutterfly Gift Cards
Buy Shutterfly gift cards to use when ordering your
holiday greeting cards, prints of your digital
pictures, calenders, etc. Do you have all your
digital pictures just sitting on your hard drive?
Here's your chance to finally get them printed and
earn 15% for our PTO at the same time! These gift
cards also make a great gift for family, friends, or
teachers.
Orders received by Will be delivered on
Thursday 11/2 Wednesday 11/8
Wednesday 11/15 Tuesday 11/21
Wednesday 12/7 Tuesday 12/12
Please see the Order Form for complete details.
Contact: Elizabeth Ouren at eharris_ouren(at)yahoo.com.
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The Reading Rainforest Was a Wild Success!
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The 2006 Book Fair raised over $5600 for each PTO
from new, used and author donated books,
purchased over 820 books for Encinal and Laurel
teachers, and donated over $1400 in books to the
East Palo Alto Charter School. The Book Fair
Committee would like to thank everyone who made
the Book Fair so successful:
To all our wonderful volunteers -- we couldn't have
done it without you! Check out our attached thank you flyer.
To our very special guest readers, Mrs.
Conn, Mrs. Wong and Mrs. Jacobson -- it was a
great treat to see you again! To Jane Kellam,
Maryanne Fernandez and the Show Biz Dancers --
what a fun party! To Joanne Andrew for Caring and
Sharing -- we really appreciated the chance to help
kids in our community. Finally, to our great Laurel and
Encinal families and friends for your support of our
kids, teachers and our larger community!
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Eco Squirrel
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Eco Squirrel here and I just checked in on how the
first and second graders are doing with composting:
in one word - FANTASTIC! Even without parent
volunteers they are doing a wonderful job of sorting
their trash from their compostables. It would help
me if you would ask your child about lunchtime
composting: how does it work? Can you compost
food? (yes) Where does the hot lunch go?(all
compostable) What can't go into the compost?
(plastic forks, yoghurt containers, plastic bags, juice
boxes, aluminum foil) We do not have recycling cans
out at lunch for students - it is too confusing to
have to sort to one more can. Please send drinks in
reusable containers whenever possible. Milk cartons
are compostable. Thanks to you parents for helping
us cut down on the trash we generate at Laurel!
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MPAEF - Donation Day is November 7
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Are You Ready For Donation Day?
By now you must have received an envelope in the
mail from the MPAEF – now you just have to open it!
With MPAEF Donation Day just two weeks away, it is
time to fill out those remit envelopes and do your
part to help us reach $2 million, granting the District
$900 per student. Donation Day is an opportunity for
the entire community to get out and give at any
level. Giving on-line at www.mpaef.org/donations counts too.
Remember – November 7 is Donation Day! Our 2200+
students count on the MPAEF and the MPAEF counts
on you!
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Community News
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The Laurel PTO does not sponsor or endorse any
of the organizations whose activities are listed
below.
Fiddler on the Roof
The Peninsula Youth Theater will be performing
Fiddler on the Roof at the Mountain View Center for
Performing Arts, November 11 through November 19.
Tickets are available at www.mvcpa.com or by phone at 650-903-6000.
Spook Night at Kepler's
Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:00 p.m.
Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Wear your costume! Join Dave Keane, the author of
the Joe Sherlock, Kid Detective Series, for some
spooky, funny fun. Joe wants to follow in the
footsteps of his hero Sherlock Holmes. He gets his
chance when things get spooky in his neighborhood.
Keplers' Halloween Story Time with Bob
Barner
Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:30 a.m.
Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Put on your costume and join us at Kepler’s
Halloween Celebration for the younger set, with multi-
talented Bob Barner, creator of Dem Bones, Dinosaur
Bones!, and many other books. Bob brings his music
and his easel for a fun drawing session and talks
about his work as a writer and illustrator. There will
be treats, crayons and stickers for all youngsters
who arrive in the Children’s Department at the
appointed hour!
**Remember to mention Laurel School at the
register and 10% of your purchases comes back to
our PTO.**
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Thank You - Caring and Sharing
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A HUGE thank you to our generous Encinal and Laurel
families for the 'caring and sharing' shown to East
Palo Alto Charter School. We had over $1300
dollars worth of hardback books purchased at the
bookfair and donated to EPACS' library. They were so
overwhelmed by all the wonderful books and would
like you all to know what a difference you have made
for the kids at EPACS. Thanks also to the book fair
organizers for making donating to EPACS so easy!
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