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Monday, 12/8 - No Events Scheduled
Tuesday, 12/9
- Menlo Park City School Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/10 - PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, 12/11
- No Events Scheduled
Friday, 12/12
- PTO Winter Craft & Bake Sale, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Winter Sing, 1st Grade, 8:45 a.m.
- Winter Sing, Kindergarten, 10:45 a.m.
- Winter Sing, 2nd Grade, 1:00 p.m.
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12/17 Site Council Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
12/19 MINIMUM DAY
12/22 NO SCHOOL, Winter Break Begins
1/5 School Resumes
1/9 PTO Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
1/13 Menlo Park City School Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
1/14 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
1/19 NO SCHOOL, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/21 Site Council Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
1/23 Head Room Parent Meeting, 1:30 p.m.
2/6 PTO Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
2/11 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
2/17 Menlo Park City School Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
2/13-16 NO SCHOOL, President's Holiday |
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| Winter Sing Craft and Bake Sale |
Laurel School Winter Sing Craft & Bake Sale
The annual PTO Winter Sing Craft & Bake Sale is fast
approaching! This year's sale is Friday, December 12, from 8:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. in the library. Shop for goodies, plants and gifts before
or after your child's performance in the Winter Sing. All proceeds
benefit the Laurel PTO.
We Need Your Help!
Contribute your talents by donating your homemade breads, pies,
muffins, gift baskets, preserves, note cards, gift tags, wreaths and
other crafts. Donations will be collected at the carpool lane the
morning of the sale, or you can bring them directly to the library.
Nonperishable items can be left in the library beginning Thursday,
December 11, after school.
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Winter Sing
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Winter Sing
Mark your calendars for the annual Winter Sing at Laurel! It will be held on Friday, December 12, 2008 in the Multi at the following times:
- Kindergarten: 10:45 a.m.
- First Grade: 8:45 a.m.
- Second Grade: 1:00 p.m.
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| MPAEF News |
 MPAEF Campaign Progresses Slowly
Donation Day was a great start for the Foundation, but there is
work to be done. We sincerely thank the 600 families who have generously
donated $979,737 to the Annual Campaign so far. Last year at this time,
680 families had donated $1.2 million, so our current pace is 16% behind
where we need to be. Our schools and our students are still
counting on every family to make a gift before the end of 2008. We know
these are challenging times but together we can stay strong and continue
supporting the excellent education we expect for our children.
New Way to Give Monthly
Want an easy new way to give? Make an automatic payment every
month by using our monthly charge option. It's simple to start and you can
set the amount and the number of months to fit your budget. If you need
help getting it set up, contact the Foundation Office at 325-0100. Now we
need you more than ever to help bridge the gap in public school
funding.
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| Caring and Sharing Holiday Gift Drive |
The Caring and Sharing Holiday gift drive has started! Laurel families can help provide gifts for other
families in our school community through online donations, cash or check contributions (which should be made payable
to Laurel PTO and can be delivered to the school office) or by adopting
a family and shopping for their needs.
Stop by the office today to pick up a wish tag (or more!) from the
"Giving Tree"! If you can't make it into the office, you can also view
the Toy Drive Wishlist online.
Be sure to click the box "Purchased" to show that you've committed to
buying that child's gift(s). Do NOT use the Amazon feature to buy and
mail the gift.
Drop off all gifts and wrapping paper in the toy drive bins at the front of the school by Friday, December 12, 2008.
Questions, please
contact Peckie Peters, Caring and Sharing Committee at 321-2423 or peckye@comcast.net.
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Business Alliances
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Holiday Trees & Wreaths
It's that time of year and once again Honey Bear Trees
on Woodside Road in Redwood City has generously offered to donate 15%
of all Holiday Tree and Wreath sales to the Laurel and Encinal PTOs.
Their trees really are fresh and beautiful, so if you haven't been
there before it's worth a stop. To ensure the school gets credit,
bring your flyer with you or ask for one at checkout. Happy Holidays!
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Community News |
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Kepler's Family Events
- Penguin Story Time. Where is Home, Little Pip? and Sergio Makes a Splash.
- Sunday December 07, 2008
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino, Menlo Park
Winter is coming to Kepler's! Our favorite arctic animals are popping
up all over the store. We hope you enjoy the stories of these two very
determined penguins just as much as we do.
Breakfast with Santa
- Saturday, December 6
- 8:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.
- Burgess Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park
The City of Menlo Park is hosting this annual event. Activities will include a pancake breakfast, letter writing to Santa, holiday crafts & music, visiting with Santa, and a fun time with friends and family. Reservations are available by calling (650) 330-2200 or online.
- Sunday, December 14, 2008
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Holbrook-Palmer Park Pavilion, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton
Join the Holbrook-Palmer Park Foundation / Atherton Dames for their Annual Children's Holiday Tea, featuring a visit from Santa and an enchanting puppet show, followed by tea. Prepaid reservations due by December 10, 2008. For reservations, contact Inna at inna@innabeardsley.com or 630-3323. Holiday on Horseback at Spring Down Equestrian Center! Give a gift of horses to the ones you love this holiday season and let us take care of the rest!
We offer riding lessons on our 55 well schooled, gentle horses 7 days a week, rain or shine.
Come by the office to purchase a gift certificate and special baskets for the horse crazy person in your life. Sign up for our Holiday Horse Camp on December 22 - January 2 (all week or just a few days). www.springdown.com or (650) 851-1114 for more information. Ragazzi Boys Chorus This Peninsula based, nationally-recognized performing arts organization, invites boys age 7-11 to join them for a free singing and
music workshop and optional auditions on Saturday January 10, 2008, in
Redwood City. For more info or to reserve a spot, please visit www.ragazzi.org/audition.htm or contact
Ragazzi at (650) 342-8785, info@ragazzi.org. Alpine-Menlo-Atherton (AMA) Girls Softball
Sign-ups for
Alpine-Menlo-Atherton (AMA) Girls Softball (ages 5-14) for this spring are now
open! Deadline is January 31, 2008 (late adds will only be taken on
a space-available basis). Please click here for more information. Parents' help is required to make the season a success -
please volunteer to coach, assistant coach, or commission an age group.
You can note that on the registration form or send an email to Fred Wang at fred@trinityventures.com.
Spanish Classes
For a list of programs that offer adult Spanish classes in the area, please click here. | |
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