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Next Week
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Monday, 3/24
- No Events Scheduled
Tuesday, 3/25
Wednesday, 3/26
- PTO Council Speaker Event: Madeline Levine, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 3/27
- No events scheduled
Friday, 3/28
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| Upcoming Events |
3/31 Chili's Dinner Fundraiser
4/3 Laurel Kindergarten Orientation
4/4 PTO District Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
4/9 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
4/16 Day of the Reader
4/16 Laurel Site Council Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
4/18 No School, Staff Development Day
4/21 No School, Staff Development Day
4/24 Art & Science Fair
4/25 PTO General Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
5/1 Laurel Kindergarten Orientation
5/2 PTO District Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
5/8 Laurel Open House/Fine Arts Festival, 6:30 p.m.
5/10 Laurel/Encinal Pancake Breakfast
5/14 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
5/16 Spring Fling, 5:30 p.m.
5/17 MPAEF Auction | |
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| Distinguished School Award |
Congratulations
to Laurel School
on being recommended for the
California Distinguished School Award!
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| Speaker: Madeline Levine |
- The Price of Privilege
- Wednesday, March 26
- 7 to 9 p.m.
- Hillview Middle School
- Event Flyer
Don't miss this important speaker event presented by your PTO Council and the MPAEF at no charge. New York Times bestselling author Madeline Levine, Ph.D., will speak on "The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids."
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| Art & Science Fair Volunteers Needed |
We have over 50 amazing workshops planned for the children during Laurel's Art & Science Fair on Thursday, April 24, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. A number of you have already volunteered to help us staff those workshops. Thank you! Unfortunately we still have a number of spots to fill, particularly for the Kindergarten workshops. We may have to cancel some of them if we can't get the volunteers we need to run these great workshops. We still need leaders and volunteers for:
1st/2nd Grade Workshops
· Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead (Leader needed)
· Cooler than Cool · Crazy Ears and Tin-Can Telephones
· Dia de los Muertos · Easy as Apple Pie
· Egyptian Hieroglypics · Imagination Theater
· Light, Prisms & Rainbows · Memory Boxes
· Origami
1st/2nd Grade Workshop Descriptions
Kindergarten Workshops
· Blow Your Top (Leader needed) ·
Kinder Magnets(Leader needed)
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Fantastic Fossils (Leader needed) ·
Yarn Stars (Leader needed)
· Easy As Pie · Fantastic Fossils
· Incredible Dinosaurs · Kinder Magnets
· Making Ice Cream · Optical Illusions
· Shake Your Sillies Out! · Terrariums
· Yarn Stars · General Guides
Kindergarten Workshop Descriptions
NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED! The 25-minute workshops come complete with detailed guidelines, which you and at least 2 other adults will present four times to groups of 8-12 students. Come spend two wonderful hours having fun with your child and others!
Alisa Francis Kinder coordinator 321-4660 alisakirkfrancis(at)yahoo.com
Becky Jackson 1st gr coordinator 327-4947 becjackson(at)comcast.net
Cristina Tato 2nd gr coordinator 521-0281 cmtato(at)earthlink.net
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Chili's PTO Fundraiser
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Monday, March 31st
Chill out at Chili's!
Come support our school - Dine in or Take Out
Details to follow
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PTO Council Volunteers Needed
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The Menlo Park PTO Council is a looking for volunteers to serve on its 2008-2009 Board. The purpose of the PTO Council is to foster cooperative relationships among the Laurel, Encinal, Oak Knoll and Hillview PTOs, the MPAEF, the District and the School Board. The PTO Council meets monthly with the District Principals, PTO and MPAEF leadership, and the Superintendent in order to facilitate communication in the District.
Nominate yourself or someone you know to serve as: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Parliamentarian, VP of Programs, VP of Recognition, or VP of Directories. Nominations will be received through April 1. Click here for job descriptions for each position. Email Irene Searles at isearles(at)comcast.net with your nomination.
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Spring Sing
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- Friday, May 16
- 5:30 p.m.
- Laurel School
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Spring Picnic and Sing! Students meet in their classrooms at 5:45 p.m. and the Sing begins at 6 p.m. Bring your own picnic dinner, a blanket/chairs, and a dessert to share. Volunteers are needed to help set out and sell desserts. Please email Rebecca Wang at rebs1(at)aol.com or Denise Kouzoujian dkouzoujian(at)sbcglobal.net to sign up for a 30- minute shift at the dessert table. See you there!
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| Box Tops |
The Spring Drive for the Box Tops was another successful one! Thanks to all your collecting, we brought in almost $500. Not too shabby, considering we had such a short collection window this time around. We're just short of our goal for the year, and we still have another drive to go. That's some excellent collecting! Your Box Tops Baggies will find their way back to you soon, but start collecting today! Every Box Top counts, and the next day to submit all those Box Tops, June 3, will be here before we know it!
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| Laurel-Encinal Pancake Breakfast Date Change |
- Saturday, May 10
- 8 to 10 a.m.
- Encinal School
The date has changed for the 3rd Annual Laurel Encinal Pancake Breakfast. Remember to save the new date for your Gourmet Bacon and Pancakes!
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Afterschool Programs - Spring Session
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After School Hoops
Other Programs:
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| MPAEF |
 The MPAEF Auction Needs Your Great Donations!
The Facts of Life are all about you! Mrs. Garrett desperately needs your help, parents! There is only one week left for donating items to MPAEF's "Step Into TV Land" auction! Tootie would love for you to donate event tickets, vacation homes, or parties. Blair reminds you that we also accept cash and checks, as our team has seasoned shoppers who will use donations to buy fabulous items that sell well at the auction.
Donate items or cash by March 31st by going to www.mpaef.org/tvland and completing an online donation form. Forms are also available in the school office.
Contact: Polly Berquist, pollyberquist(at)gmail.com, or Juliet Wilson, julietmwilson(at)yahoo.com.
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Community News
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Marine Science Institute Hosts: Earth Day on the Bay!
- Saturday, April 19
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Free Admission
- Marine Science Institute, 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94063
- More information: www.sfbaymsi.org
Marine Science Institute has planned a great day honoring Planet Earth, filled with family-friendly events geared towards providing fun, memorable, and meaningful experiences to bond you with SF Bay and the planet. If you like music, mud and sea creatures, you are bound to have a great time!
Menlo College Spring Basketball Clinics
Grades: K-5 (Co-ed)
Clinic Dates: March 23, 30, April 6, 20, 27, May 4 (Note no clinic on April 13)
Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
Location: Menlo College Gym
Contact: Jeff Nakamura, jnakamura(at)menlo.edu or 543-3777
Amateur Radio ("Ham") License course
Get a radio license to use certain frequencies in a disaster, etc. Classes are April 1, 8, 15, and 22 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Menlo Park Fire Station 77. The cost for the class is $40, which includes the study materials and the FCC exam. Register by sending an email to kdueker(at)powerflare.com. This class is sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District CERT program (www.menlofire.org/cert).
Kepler's Family Story Time
- Easter and Spring Story Time
- Sunday, March 23
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
Time
to shake off those winter blues and get ready for Spring! An
Easter-themed craft and stories about everyone's favorite time of year
will have you practically "blooming" in anticipation for warmer
weather, sunnier skies, and the colorful abundance of spring.
**Remember to mention Laurel School at the register and 10% of your Kepler's purchases comes back to our PTO.**
Menlo Park Easter Egg Hunt
- Saturday, March 22
- 10 a.m. to noon
- Burgess Park
- Free admission
- Event flyer
City of Menlo Park is hosting its annual Egg Hunt. Activities will include an egg hunt for ages 8 and under, a visit from the Bunny, rides on the "Old Tom" fire truck, bounce houses, and other springtime festivities. Parents remember to bring your cameras. We'll see you there! Please click here for more information.
Holbrook-Palmer Easter Egg Hunt
- Saturday, March 22
- 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton
- $5 per person
- Reserve with Veronica at vkogler(at)yahoo.com or 853-0503
Bring your own Easter baskets and collect candy and goodie-filled eggs. Gerald the Magician will perform after the hunt. The Menlo Park Fire Department's truck and Atherton Police's vintage Mustang will be there, too! Your children will get to take home a photo of them with the Easter bunny. Come enjoy delicious breakfast foods and specialty coffee drinks for the adults.
Children's Health Council
Children's Health Council offers a wide variety of resources to parents and their children, many of which are free. Here is just one example of a large number of courses:
Toughing It Out--Siblings of Challenged Children (Emotional, Medical, Behavioral and/or Educational). March 26, 7-9:00 p.m. No fee, but registration is required.
Anger Management with the Elementary School Age Child (K through 5th
grade), Thursday, April 3, 7:00-8:30p.m. No fee, but pre-registration is
required.
See the Children's Health Council Website for a detailed schedule of current classes for Parent Education held at Children's Health Council in Palo Alto.
Atherton GreenSTART Program
The Environmental Programs Committee of the Town of Atherton has officially launched the GreenSTART program! This program engages everyone in a collaborative community competition to reduce carbon in our homes, at our schools and around town! Check out the GreenSTART website at www.athertongreen.net and come join the fun closing the loop on carbon! All ten Atherton schools and their existing green teams have been invited, all area residents are urged to participate (you don't have to be an Atherton resident!) and all school-aged students from Kindergarten through college can qualify for exciting prizes that will be awarded at the GreenSTART Fair on May 4!
San Francisco Bay Area Autism Film Festival
- March 28, 29, and 30
- Spangenberg Auditorium, Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto
- Event Schedule
The first Annual San Francisco Bay Area Autsim Film Festival will be held March 28-30. The films will be shown on Friday evening, Saturday Evening, and Sunday afternoon. This unique film festival is part of Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a series of events held around the world in collaboration with the Society for Neuroscience to increase public awareness about the brain and the importance of basic neuroscience research.
Kepler's Family Story Time
- Story Time with Cynthia Chin-Lee: Amelia to Zora: 26 Women Who Changed the World
- Sunday, March 9
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
March
is Women's History Month and we are celebrating it Story Time Style.
Cynthia Chin-Lee, local author of the acclaimed Amelia to Zora, will
teach us a thing or two about history's most fascinating and fearless
females. **Remember to mention Laurel School at the register and 10% of your Kepler's purchases comes back to our PTO.**
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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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