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Next Week
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Monday, 1/7
- School Resumes
Tuesday, 1/8
Wednesday, 1/9
- 8:45 a.m. PTO Executive Board Meeting
- 7 p.m. Special School Board Meeting, Encinal Multi
Thursday, 1/10
- No events scheduled
Friday, 1/11
- 8:30 a.m. PTO District Council Meeting, - School Spirit Day - Wear Blue and White - Walk or Bike to School Day
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| Upcoming Events |
1/15 School Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
1/16 Site Council Meeting, 3 p.m.
1/21 No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/25 Head Room Parents Meeting, 1:30 p.m.
2/1 PTO District Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
2/13 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
2/15 No School, Staff Development
2/18-22 No School, February Break
2/27 Site Council Meeting, 3 p.m.
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Second Grade Reading Buddies Needs YOU!
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This amazing program has parents come in and read for a short period of time with students one on one. You can come in when your schedule allows and it makes a huge difference to some of our second graders who need just a little more individual attention reading. This is so rewarding and you can participate as much or as little as you are able. Contact: Daren Tuchman, dbtuchman(at)hotmail.com, 906-4070 or Sue Marianacci, suemar01(at)pacbell.net.
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Stay Green in the New Year
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As you get ready to transfer your contacts into the new cell phone you received as a gift this holiday season, save your old one from ending up in a landfill. Put it to use at our schools. Please drop-off your old cell phones at the Laurel and Encinal offices. We will recycle your old phone and convert it into dollars for our schools. Please do not drop-off cell phone chargers, headsets and other accessories.
We also recycle empty printer cartridges. Laser cartridges earn more, so please donate used laser cartridges from your office/business.
Contact: Nanhi Singh at nanhi_s(at)yahoo.com.
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| Parking Reminders |
The staff parking spots are for STAFF ONLY between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Some teachers go to and from other district sites, and may have to keep your own child waiting while they search for neighborhood parking when staff spaces are filled with parent cars.
Please do not park along the curb at morning drop-off. We need this area for unloading only. Parked cars cause a backup of others trying to get through the area, and some are even letting children out in the second lane where they must cross unsafely to the curb.
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Afterschool Program Registration
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Although Berlitz runs for the entire year, the other afterschool programs have two or more sessions during the year. Fencing, Lego, Math, Sports 4 Kids, and Hoops have all completed their first session, so you will need to register for the next session before continuing to send your child to these programs. Chess finishes their first session at the end of January, but it is not to early to re-register. Use the links below to access registration websites or registration forms:
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- Fencing: January 9 to May 28 (no class 2/20, 3/19)
Wednesdays, 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. in the Laurel Multi
See flyer for details.
- Lego Engineering: January 11 to March 14
Fridays, 2:45 to 4 p.m. in the Laurel Multi
Register online at www.play-well.org.
- Know Chess!:February 7 to June 5
Thursdays, 1:30 to 2:30 or 2:30 to 3:30, 1st Grade Arbor
See flyer for details.
- Math/F4Ed: January 14 - March 10 (no class 1/21, 2/18)
Mondays, 2:45 - 4:15, in the Multi
Register online at www.F4Ed.org
- After School Hoops!: January 28 - March 10 (no class 2/18)
Mondays, 2:45 - 3:45, 2nd Grade Playground
See flyer for details.
- Sports 4 Kids: February 26 - May 20 (no class 3/18)
Tuesdays, 2:45 - 4:15, 1st Grade Playground
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| MPAEF |
SAVE THE DATE! The 2008 MPAEF Auction is May 17, and it's time to start getting organized! Interested in helping create this fun and worthwhile event? Please come to a volunteer coffee:
- Tuesday, January 15
- 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
- at the home of Mark Box (825 Cotton Street)
Co-chairs will present this year's theme and share some of the exciting changes planned. You'll have a chance to learn about and sign up for different volunteer opportunities. Contact any of this year's chairs (Polly Berquist, Janet Devereux, Kim Guthrie, and Juliet Wilson) if you have questions. Please join us on January 15 and help us raise money for our schools!
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Community News
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Free Throw "Hoop Shoot" Contest
- January 12, 2008
- 9 a.m. to noon
- Palo Alto Elks Lodge Gym 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306
The Palo Alto Elks Lodge is holding it's Annual Elks National Free Throw "Hoop Shoot" Contest for all boys and girls, ages 8 -13. There is no charge for participation and winners from each age bracket win prizes and advance to District, State, Regional and National Competition. National Champions are enshrined in The Basketball Hall of Fame! You can register on the day of the event, but starting times are based on age bracket, so please pre-register. Contact: Jan Poelott, 493-4249 x221. For more information visitwww.elks.org/hoopshoot.cfm.
Speaker: "It's Hard to Be Your Friend" with Rick Lavoie
- Tuesday, January 29
- 7 p.m.
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Hillbrook School, 300 Marchmont Drive, Los Gatos
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Thursday, January 31
- 8:45 a.m.
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Foley Center at St. Joseph's School of the Sacred Heart, 50 Emilie Avenue, Atherton
Parents
feel great pain and powerlessness when they watch their child being
rebuffed by other kids at school, on the playground or in the
community. Rick Lavoie will explore the root causes for this lack of
successful socialization and present practical advice that parents can
use to help their kids improve their social standing and success.
Drawing on his research, Lavoie offers hope and assistance to the
parents of ALL children who are experiencing social difficulties. $20
admission at door. Presented by Common Ground, www.commongroundspeakerseries.org.
Speaker: "Misunderstood in My Family" with Rick Lavoie
- Wednesday, January 30
- 7 p.m.
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The Nueva School, 6565 Skyline Blvd., Hillsborough
In this special presentation designed for parents, teachers and counselors of students with learning differences, Lavoie explores the impact these kids have on family relationships. Because they don't look different than other children and may have significant talents in some areas, kids with learning disabilities are often misunderstood by family members. This can become a source of significant conflict and confusion among parents, siblings and extended family. Lavoie will demystify this situation and offer practical advice to help increase and improve communication within the family. $20 admission at door. Presented by Common Ground, www.commongroundspeakerseries.org.
Kepler's Author Event: Sara Pennypacker
- Thursday, January 10, 2008
- 6 p.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
The creator of Clementine, America's favorite precocious curly-haired carrot top, is stopping by Kepler's for a special Meet the Author Event. Sara Pennypacker will speak about her hilarious and
effervescent books, Clementine and The Talented Clementine which have earned her quite a following among kids and adults alike!
Kepler's Family Story Time
- Celebrate Who You Are
- Sunday, January 6, 2008
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Do you like to tell jokes? Play sports? Is your favorite food peanut butter? Can you whistle or write your name backwards? No matter what it is that makes you you, Kepler's wants to celebrate
who you are! We've selected some special stories about unique
characters that enjoy being themselves-no matter what anyone else might
think.
**Remember to mention Laurel School at the register and 10% of your Kepler's purchases comes back to our PTO.**
Little League Registration
Online
registration for the Menlo-Atherton Little League 2008 season is now
open! M-A Little League includes six levels of Baseball and three
levels of Girls Softball. All K-12 boys and girls between the ages of
5½ and 16 (by April 30, 2008) are eligible to participate if they
submit a completed registration form by the January 17, 2008,
deadline. Go to the league's web site at www.m-all.org
to sign up your son or daughter for the 2008 season and access
information on the various levels of play. Play begins in late February
and extends through the end of the school year. Menlo-Atherton Little
League boundaries are west of US-101 and east of El Camino in Menlo
Park, and all of Atherton.
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Submit newsletter items by Wednesday at noon or attachments by Tuesday at noon to newsletter(at)laurelpto.org
or phone: 473-1299
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