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Next Week
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Monday, 10/29
- No Events Scheduled
Tuesday, 10/30
- No Events Scheduled
Wednesday, 10/31
- Halloween Parade, 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, 11/1
- No Events Scheduled
Friday, 11/2 - PTO District Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
- Walk and Bike to School Day - School Spirit Day - Wear Blue and White |
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11/6 MPAEF Donation Day
11/12 NO SCHOOL, Veteran's Day
11/14 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
11/14-16 MINIMUM DAYS, classes dismiss at 11:35 a.m.
11/14-16 Teacher Conferences
11/21-23 NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Vacation
11/27 Picture Make-up Day
11/28 Site Council Meeting, 3 p.m.
12/7 PTO District Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
12/7 Teacher Holiday Luncheon, 12:00 p.m.
12/12 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
12/14 Winter Sing, 1st show, 8:45 a.m.
12/14 Winter Sing, 2nd show, 1:15 p.m.
12/21 MINIMUM DAY, classes dismiss at 11:35 a.m.
12/22-1/6 NO SCHOOL, Winter Break |
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Laurel Halloween Parade
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- Wednesday, October 31
- 8:30 a.m.
- Laurel School Campus
All families are invited to join us around the parade pathways throughout the school. Students will travel the full circuit around the school once, and then each grade level will break off to circle their own blacktop play areas for a grade-level photo moment. Check with your classroom teacher for information about individual class parties.
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| Eco Squirrel |
Eco Squirrel here to tell you that Saturday, October 27, is Compost Giveaway Day! Take your kids, some bags and some gloves and go to one of the following locations to get your free compost. This is the same compost made from our students' lunches. You can put a layer over your garden or sprinkle some on your houseplants - your plants will love you.
- Menlo Park: Bayfront Park entrance at the End of Marsh Road, 9 a.m. to sunset
- East Palo Alto: Corporation Yard, 150 Tara Road, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Fair Oaks: Flood Park, 215 Bay Road, 8 a.m. to sunset
For more details and places to pick up compost, visit www.rethinkwaste.org.
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Deeelish! Free Tasting and Party for Laurel and Encinal Families
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- Friday, November 2
- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Deeelish! 700 El Camino Real, Suite 170, Menlo Park
- Click here to RSVP
Come see what Deeelish Meals Made Easy is all about. It's a great way to socialize with other school parents and try Deeelish's gourmet offerings for free at the same time! |
MPAEF
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 MPAEF Annual Giving Campaign is Underway!
Last spring, the MPAEF granted $2 million to the Menlo Park City School District for teaching excellence, technology for learning, and curriculum enrichment. Did you know that these MPAEF funds will enrich your child's science education this school year by providing hands-on science kits, 3 science lab aides and a district science aide?
Our goal for 2007-08 is to raise $2.3 million from at least 1,000 families to support essential programs and personnel in all four schools. Join your fellow district parents in supporting hands-on science education! Every family matters, and every gift matters. Your gift of $20 can help the MPAEF upgrade a classroom science kit, or $650 can help us buy an additional kit.
All parents who donate to the annual campaign on or before Donation Day will be entered into a prize drawing! Lucky winners could receive a special prize, donated by members of the community, including a parking pass for open house night or a winter concert, lunch with a principal, certificates to Cold Stone Creamery and more delicious options! Visit us online at www.mpaef.org for more information or to make your gift early, or bring your donation to school on Tuesday, November 6, our second annual Donation Day! |
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| Community News |
Stanford Program for Gifted Youth Presentation
- Thursday, November 15
- 7 to 8:30 p.m.
- 100 Cordura Hall, Stanford
Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) is sponsoring a presentation on education options. For more information about the event, including directions, call Vicki Hobel Schultz at 968-3266 or link to giftedadvocate.org. For more information about EPGY, contact Ray Ravaglia, Deputy Director, at 723-4117, or link to epgy.stanford.edu.
Learning Disability/ADD Simulation
- Tuesday, November 13
- 7 to 9 p.m.
- 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, Board Rooms A&B
- RSVP: Vanessa Chavez 650/802-5462 or e-mail: vchavez(at)smcoe.k12.ca.us. Please indicate if you need an interpretor for Spanish.
Put yourself in someone else's shoes! Join us for a hands-on simulation workshop designed to increase awareness of the difficulties and frustration children with learning differences encounter on a daily basis. This workshop is hosted by the San Mateo County Department of Education SELPA Community AdvisoryCommittee and is open to all parents and classroom teachers of children with diagnosed or suspected Learning Disabilities/ADD. The workshop is being taught by Steve Cordelis, MA Ed.
"Oliver!" by Peninsula Youth Theater
- November 10 through 18
- Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
"Oliver!" tells the story of an orphan who runs away to the bleak streets of Victorian London where he's taught to pick a pocket or two before finding the love he seeks. The Peninsula Youth Theater cast features actors age 8 to 18. Ticket prices are $18 for adults, $15 for kids 12 and under and seniors 65 and older. To order, visit www.pytnet.org or call 903-6000.
"Narnia" by The Bay Area Educational Theater Company
- November 2 through 11, 2007
- at the Caņada College Main Stage Theater in Redwood City
Plan now to see the beauty and warmth of the mythical musical Narnia. Treat your family to the exciting experience of live theater. You won't want to miss this wondrous tale of magic and love, based upon the timeless stories of C.S. Lewis. Reserve your tickets now by calling 802-8423 or 802-0493, or visit us at www.bayareaetc.org.
Kepler's
- Spook Night with Dave Keane
- Saturday October 27
- 6 p.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
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your trick or treating romp through Menlo Park, make sure that your
last stop is at Kepler's for Spook Night! All ages are welcome and
costumes are encouraged. Join us for tricks and treats and a highly
entertaining and "ghoularious" presentation from local author Dave
Keane.
- Story Time with Jon Agee
- Sunday, October 28
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
San Francisco resident and ALA Notable Book author Jon Agee takes the
journey down to Kepler's to read his latest picture book tale Nothing.
A silly predicament occurs in this humorous parable when the residents
of a town decide that nothing is the new something. Halloween Hoopla Parade and Carnival
- Saturday, October 27
- 11:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Burgess Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street
The City of Menlo Park Community Services Department and the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Halloween Parade and Carnival. The costume parade will start at the Burgess Recreation Center on Alma Street and end at Fremont Park on Santa Cruz Avenue. After the parade, trick or treat in downtown Menlo Park stores. All children ages 12 and under are invited to participate in festive activities and Halloween Carnival at the Burgess Recreation Center. For more information, click here.
MP Strikers U-9 Girls Soccer
MP Strikers U-9 Girls Soccer Team is looking for two additional players. The team is particularly keen on recruiting players interested in playing goalie. Players born after August 1, 1998 (currently GU9) who are interested in trying out for this Class One-aspiring CYSA team, playing any position, should contact Liz Pounders at 650/464-8196. | |
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or phone: 473-1299
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