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| Next Week |
Monday, 2/16
- NO SCHOOL, Presidents' Holiday
Tuesday, 2/17
- Menlo Park City School Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 2/18
- Winter Box Tops Drive Ends
Thursday, 2/19
- No Events Scheduled
Friday, 2/20
- No Events Scheduled |
| Upcoming Events |
2/27 Kindergarten Priority Registration Ends
3/11 PTO Executive Board Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
3/9-13 Staff Appreciation Week
3/18 Dr. William Damon speaks on The Path to Purpose
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, 8:45 a.m.
4/15 Local Student Taylor Francis Speaks on Climate Crisis
4/23 Art & Science Fair
4/24 General PTO Meeting, 8:30 a.m. |
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| Help Build Our Schools Brick by Brick |
Here's the upside of
construction on campus: while beautiful, spacious new and
upgraded facilities are being built at each district school
campus, you have a unique opportunity to leave your mark and
support our district at the same time. Now is your chance to buy a
brick with a personal message which will be incorporated into your school's
construction and be a permanent part of our new campuses. Bricks are
available at each of the four schools: Laurel, Encinal, Oak Knoll and Hillview.
Buy one for the family, one for each child at
each school, or honor a teacher or staff member. It's easy at http://www.bricksrus.com/order/MPAEF/. This is a one time opportunity with a limited number of
bricks on each campus. In
addition, your total $100 brick donation is
fully tax-deductible and net proceeds will
support our district through the Menlo Park-Atherton Education
Foundation. Please follow the instructions
on the website and remember to return to the bricks-r-us website after
payment to complete the sale.
If
you have questions, please contact Laurie Sapp at sapp_laurie( at )yahoo.com.
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Traffic Safety Discussion
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If you couldn't make it to the Rules of the Road: Traffic Safety
Discussion last week, you can learn some of the important safety tips
shared with us by the experts by reading the meeting summary. Topics
such as cell phone use while driving, proper booster seat use and bike
and auto safety were covered, as well as an update on the Safe Routes
to School plan.
Thank you to Mari Chazen for taking notes and putting together such a helpful summary to share with our entire community! |
Business Alliance News
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 New Cheeky Monkey Toys PTO Gift Card Fundraiser is here!
For
every $25 gift card ordered, Cheeky Monkey Toys will donate $5 to our
PTO for the programs we love! Stock up on birthday gifts or use them
yourself all year long-- they don't expire! Support our local
businesses and our schools at the same time! Click here for form,
turn in with your child's blue folder or to the office envelope by
March 9, 2009. If you have questions, need yours mailed or need it sooner,
just email Katieferrick( at )comcast.net
 Box Tops Winter Drive
Those Box Tops Collection Baggies must be getting quite full by now!
Every little Box Top helps support all the fun activities our PTO's
support, like field trips, music, and recess programs - so keep it up!
Don't forget to total your Box Tops, fill in your Tally Sheet, and
send them in with your child on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.
Then, check out our posters for updates on our progress! Thanks for all
your enthusiasm participating in this fun fundraiser! Contact Amy Barry at aminibarry( at )hotmail.com with any questions.
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MPAEF News
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 Classroom Project Update!
Given
the economy and our desire to simplify Foundation efforts for our volunteers
and our donors, we've decided to go forward with classroom projects in a
scaled-down way this year. We'll only be creating and selling classroom
projects in the kindergarten and 5th grade classes.
Assuming success with our
"project in a box" approach (project supplies and directions provided
for each classroom) as well as a stronger economy, we hope to roll
classroom
projects back out to all grades in 2009-2010. The Kindergarten Projects
will be sold at the individual school open houses and an order form
will go home for the 5th grade
project in the April timeframe. If
you have any questions about this change, do not hesitate to contact
our
classroom projects coordinator, Eugenie Atherton at eugenie( at )athertons.net, or
the Foundation office at foundationoffice( at )mpaef.org.
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| Caring and Sharing Committee |
Laurel's
Caring and Sharing Committee Pennies for
Peace campaign started on Wednesday, February 11, 2009! Pennies for Peace is a program of the Central Asia
Institute, that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy
programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central
Asia.
The donation
containers will be in the classrooms for 7 weeks. Questions? Please contact Amy Hamilton Kratzer, Caring and Sharing Committee at adkratzer( at )yahoo.com.
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| The Laurel Art and Science Fair Needs You! |
| 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. If you are interested in helping out, please
contact Carolee Hazard at carolee1( at )yahoo.com or (650) 324-8019. |
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- Valentine's Day Story Time
- Sunday, February 15, 2009
- 11:30 a.m.
- Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino, Menlo Park
Menlo Park City Library - Author Pauline Young - Socks Adventure Workshop
- Saturday, February 28, 2008
- 11:30 a.m.
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800 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Menlo Park Strikers 98G (9-10 year old girls) Open Tryouts
This Class 1 club soccer team will be holding tryouts Tuesday March 3, 2008
and Thursday March 5, 2008, 4:45 p.m. - 6 p.m., at Lyle Park, at Middle Ave. and
Fremont St. in Menlo Park. Tryouts are open to high-impact players
interested in joining our championship team. Requirements: 1)
Girls born between 8/1/98 and 7/31/99; 2) Excellent soccer skills; 3)
Positive "team first" attitude.
For more information, contact Liz Pounders, team manager, at poundershouse( at )yahoo.com or 650-464-8196.
Parents and Children's summer 12-day China Adventure
Mandarin and Beyond offers students (entering grades 2-5 this summer) an opportunity to
visit China
with their parents. Events are organized jointly and separately. Joint events
will include guided cultural and historic visits and shows. Parents will enjoy local night life, art
galleries, tea house, massage, and shopping, while children will enjoy
supervised fun, including sports and activities with local school students, a children's
theater performance, and visits to the science museum, aquarium and zoo.
Details can
be found at: http://mandarinandbeyond.com/studytrips.aspx
or call (650) 561-9088
Something New from the Almanac
Here's an easy way to get the local news from the Almanac without
worrying about paper, ink and recycling: It is called Express, and will start
March 4, 2009. Express is a twice a week email sent to your inbox with news about
local events, sports and things to do. To sign up, go to
www.almanacnews.com and click on on the link at the top of the page. Dollars and Sense - Women's Wealth Management Workshop
- Tuesday, March 17, 2009
- 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- The University Club of Palo Alto, 3277 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto
- Cost: $25 - Buffet breakfast included
You can register online at www.thejuniorleague.org. For more information please click here.
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