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| Next Week |
Monday, 1/26
- No Events Scheduled
Tuesday, 1/27
- Celebrate Chinese New Year and support the PTO with dinner at Su Hong in Menlo Park
Wednesday, 1/28
- Rules of the Road - A Traffic Safety Panel Discussion, 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, 1/29
- Parent Information Night - Spanish Immersion Kindergarten, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, 1/30
- Head Room Parent Meeting, 8:30 a.m. in the Library
- School Spirit Day - wear blue and white!
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| Upcoming Events |
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2/2 Kindergarten Priority Registration Begins
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
2/25 Site Council Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
2/27 Kindergarten Priority Registration Ends
3/6 PTO Council Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
3/11 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
3/11-15 Staff Appreciation Week
3/18 Site Council Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
4/2 Kindergarten Orientation
4/3 PTO Council Meeting, 8:30
a.m.
4/6-10 Spring
Break - NO SCHOOL
4/15 PTO Executive Board Meeting,
8:30 a.m.
4/22 Site Council Meeting, 3:00
p.m.
4/23 Art & Science Fair
4/24 General PTO Meeting, 8:30
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| Rules of the Road - A Traffic Safety Panel Discussion
THIS WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH! |
- Wednesday, January 28, 2009
- 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Whether you DRIVE, CARPOOL,
BIKE or WALK your children to school, this discussion is for you!
We are all concerned about traffic safety around our schools, and there
are a number of factors that can make the area around Laurel School
particularly hazardous. The Laurel PTO has assembled an expert
panel of traffic safety professionals from the local community to share
with us the latest news and answer your questions regarding car and
bike safety laws, right of way, hands-free cell phone laws, booster
seat laws, and the Safe Routes to School Initiative. Please
join us in the Laurel School Multi on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at
6:45 p.m. to have these questions and many others answered.
The Traffic Safety Panel will include:
- Jerry Gruber, City Manager, Atherton
- Duncan Jones, Director of Public Works, Atherton
- Rene Baile, Transportation Engineer, Menlo Park
- Representatives from the Atherton Police Department, Menlo Park Police Department and California Highway Patrol
Babysitting will be provided free of charge. RSVP with the names and ages of your child(ren) to becjackson( at )comcast.net by Tuesday, January 27, 2009.
Transporting
our children safely to and from school is a top priority for all of
us. Please join us for this important discussion. |
| Business Alliances - SU HONG THIS TUESDAY FROM 5 P.M. - 9 P.M. |
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Su Hong and Support the PTO!
Bring
your friends and family to celebrate the Year of the Ox with dinner at
Su Hong in Menlo Park on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 from 5 p.m - 9 p.m.!
Su Hong Fine Dining and Su Hong To Go have generously offered to
donate 20% of your bill to the Laurel / Encinal PTO!!! See the flyer
for more details. Hard copies will go home with your student and
a few will be at each restaurant the night of the event. Remember
to present or ask for a flyer to make sure the schools get credit! Guo
Nian Hao! See you there! |
| Laurel PTO Executive Board Nominations |
| The
Laurel PTO Nominating Committee is looking for interested parents to
serve on the 2009-2010 Laurel PTO Executive Board. Open positions
include Vice President, Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary, Historian, Head Room Parent Coordinator and
Auditor. All positions are for a 1 year term, except for
Vice President and Financial Secretary which are 2 year posts,
transitioning to President, and Treasurer respectively in the second
year. You can click here
to find out who currently serves on the Executive Board. The
Nominating Committee will accept nominations through February 12,
2009. If you or someone you know would be interested please fill
out the attached flyer or email name and position interest to Darcy Leschly at darcy( at )leschly.com. Thank you! |
| Kindergarten Priority Registration (Including Spanish Immersion) |
- February 2 to February 22, 2009
- On January 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., a
mandatory Parent Information Night for the Spanish Immersion
Kindergarten is scheduled at the District Office.
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| Laurel Art and Science Fair |
The
Laurel Art & Science Fair will be held on Thursday, April 23rd from
9 to 11 am. Parent volunteers are needed to assist with student
workshops at this very popular annual event. We need a number of
parents for various workshops and are in particular need of a parent
with a medical background to assist with the ABC's of Anatomy - ideally
someone who would be willing to spearhead the workshop next year. Our
current leader has graciously offered to run the workshop again this
spring, even though she no longer has children at Laurel.
If you are interested in helping out, please contact Carolee Hazard at carolee1( at )yahoo.com or (650) 324-8019. |
| MPAEF News |
 Thank
you to everyone who called and answered on behalf of the Foundation
Phone-a-thon last week. You helped push us to 870 families strong and
working together we believe we can reach 1100 participating households
by the end of the school year!
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- Story Time with Diana Spieker and Krista Skehan - Alphabetica
- Sunday, January 25, 2009
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino, Menlo Park
Celebrate Chinese New Year
- Family Story Time with author Kim Xiong
- Tuesday, January 27, 2009
- 7:00 p.m.
- Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park
"Bullying" Speaker Series
- Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, PPSC, LCSW - Breaking the Cycle of Bullying: Building a Caring School and Involved Community. Thursday, January 29th, 2009. Target audience are parents and educators of elementary and middle school age children.
- Karen Friedland-Brown, MA - Relational Aggression: How Girls Bully. Thursday, March 19th, 2009. Target audience are parents and educators of late elementary and middle school age children.
- Erica Pelavin, LCSW, PhD - Cyber-Bullying. Thursday, April 16th, 2009. Target audience are parents and educators of middle school and high school age children.
All
events will be held from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran
Church, 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park. This is an adult only
event and advance registration is required. Call 854-5897, ext
217 or email lindab( at )bethany-mp.org.
Menlo Park Library Story Time
- Mark Reibstein, Wabi Sabi
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
- 11:30 a.m.
- Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park
2008-09 Menlo-Atherton Parent Education Series
- Lloyd Thacker, Founder of The Education Conservancy and Author of College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy
- Wednesday, February 4, 2009
- 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Menlo-Atherton High School, New Gym
All Parent Education Series offerings are FREE and open to the community, sponsored by the Menlo-Atherton PTA. Please click here for more information.
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