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Encinal School Newsletter
April 17, 2011
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翻译, pagsasalin, תרגום, अनुवाद, 翻訳, 번역, terjemahan, traducción
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Encinal Calendar
See you back at school Tuesday, April 26. No school Monday 4/25.
April
26 School resumes Tuesday April 26
4 Chevy's PTO fundraiser, 4-9:30pm ( see below) 5 Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring tacos, 5-7pm, small multi ( see below) 5-7 Spanish Immersion Book Fair, small multi, Encinal ( see below) 11 Flower Day
12 Open House. Grades K-3 at 5:30-6:30. Grades 4-5 at 7:00-8:00pm.
12 Encinal Art Festival, concurrent with Open House, 6pm - 8pm
14 Girls on the Run Lollipop Run in Golden Gate Park (see below)
19 Hillview Open House, 6:30pm, Hillview campus, ( see below) 25 PTO General Meeting, 8:30am, followed by Principal's Coffee
26 Mentor Lunch
27 Hillview student orientation, 10:30am, 5th grade students only ( see below) 30 No school, Memorial Day holiday ( MPCSD calendar)
June
1 School Service Awards & volunteer appreciation event, 8:30-10:30am
1 Meeting of 2011-2012 PTO Executive Board
2 Honorary Service Awards ceremony ( see below) 7 4th & 5th grade talent show
9 Fifth Grade Celebration
10 Cultural Arts Day featuring Polynesian islands ( information) 13 Field Day, 8:15am-noon
15 Last day of school Wed. June 15. Minimum day 11:20 dismissal all grades.
Dates for next year click here. School begins August 24, 2011 & ends June 1, 2012
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 Spanish Book Fair May 5-7
Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 5th from 5 to 7pm For more information contact Traci Christie
If you are interested in Spanish books for kids, please come to the Spanish Book Fair at Encinal in the small multi from May 5-7. Our book vendor is "Let's Read in Spanish" and they will bring a wonderful selection of Spanish books for children from many countries. You can preview the books on their website.
10% of the proceeds from book sales will be given back in books to build our Spanish book collection. For families in the Spanish Immersion Program at Encinal and Laurel, please be sure to check out the wish boxes of books that the teachers selected for each grade level. Book Fair hours in the small multi at Encinal:
Thursday, May 5, 1-3pm and 5-7pm Cinco de Mayo Family Event
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Cinco de Mayo Family Event Thursday May 5th, 5-7pm
On Cinco de Mayo from 5-7pm we will have a family celebration event along with extended hours for the Spanish book fair. Bring your appetite and some cash to purchase yummy tacos and beverages from the Taco Truck and enjoy eating with other families! You can browse for books and let your children play on the playground. There will also be a fun pinata game for the kids.
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Pancake Breakfast Saturday, May 7th, 8-10am
To buy tickets to the Pancake Breakfast click here.
This year's Pancake Breakfast fundraiser will take place on Saturday May 7th 8-10am. Please come support your PTO and enjoy hot pancakes, juice and coffee with your Encinal friends!
To volunteer to help with the Pancake Breakfast email
Jim Preston. To buy tickets online click here.
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4th & 5th Grade Music Assembly
 Through a Jeanie Ritchie Grant from the Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation, we will have a performance by "The Traveling Trio" for the 4th and 5th grade students at Encinal. The musicians will perform music from around the world on flute, viola, and guitar. The assembly is scheduled for Fri., May 6 at 12:30 pm.
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After School Programs for Encinal Students 
Click here for information about after school programs.
Click here to offer to help with planning an after school program. New Yoga after school program for grades K-2 starts this Wed, Apr 27 in the small multi. Click here to register New Yoga program for grades 3-5 starts Mon, May 2 in the science room. Click here to register. New Hip Hop Dance sessions start this Thurs, Apr 28 in the multi-use room: K-2:click here to register 3-5:click here to register Click here for details about Yoga for Kids and all Encinal After School Programs. |
March Read-A-Thon Reaches Goal of 1,000 Library Books
by Joni Weseloh, Encinal PTO President 
Dear Encinal Families:
Our Read-A-Thon program was a fabulous success! Thanks to the strong support of school community, we achieved our milestone goals. By actively promoting reading -- including fun activities like dressing up as our favorite literary characters and compiling Best Seller Lists -- we raised student interest in reading. Students responded by logging more than 225,000 reading minutes during the month of April. This equates to over five hours for EVERY enrolled student! Class and individual winners will be announced after we return from Spring Break. Your pledges allowed us to meet our financial goal of raising $20,000, which will used to directly fund over 1,000 new books for our Library.
Thank you for your continuing support of our school -- together we ARE making a difference.
Joni Weseloh
PTO President
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News from the Eagle's Nest
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| PTO Fundraiser at Chevy's 4-9:30pm, Wed., May 4th
Click here to print flyer
 Join your friends from school at Chevy's Mexican Restaurant in Redwood City on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, for dinner between 4pm and 9:30pm! Chevy's will donate 25% of food purchase sales for take-out or dine-in to Laurel & Encinal PTOs. You must print the attached flyer to present with your guest check. Have fun and thank you for supporting our schools! |
New PTO Executive Board Nominations
The following PTO members have been nominated for the 2011-2012 Encinal PTO Executive Board. A motion to approve this slate of officers will be placed before the PTO membership at the PTO General Meeting on Wednesday, May 25th. The Encinal PTO Nominating Committee would like to thank all of the candidates who were contacted about a position and we look forward to moving into another exciting year of excellence!
2011-12 Encinal Executive Board Slate:
President - Elizabeth Ouren
Vice President - Katie Ferrick
Treasurer - Cristy Barnes
Financial Secretary - Kristy Moesler
Secretary - Priti Khare
Community Coordinator - Lara Sellers
School Support Coordinator - Lauren Calhoon
Volunteer Coordinator - Kelly Martin
Communications Coordinator - Susannah Hill
Auditor - Jill Kispert
Parliamentarian - Joni Weseloh
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Hillview Band & Friends Play Giants Game, Monday, June 6
From Mr. Vaughan For more information click here 
On Monday, June 6, the Hillview Band will be performing the National Anthem at AT&T Park for the Giants vs. Nationals baseball game. This will be our 13th consecutive performance and in the spirit of community, the La Entrada and M-A bands have also been invited to join us on the field.
I hope that many of you have already marked this on your calendar and will make an effort to invite your family, friends and neighbors to come out and hear our wonderful young musicians, as well as take in a great game. The ticket cost is only $10 for the Upper Level View Reserve seats. Performer Tickets cost just $5.
If you know of anyone who plays a band instrument and would like to join us on the field, please feel free to have them contact Mr. Vaughan for more information and sheet music. Encinal & Oak Knoll 5th grade band members can join us based upon the recommendation of Mr. Crabb. After all, the more the merrier! The only stipulation is that they can actually play. No kazoos, please.
There are a number of great raffle prizes, including Owners Box seats right behind home plate, the "Play Ball Kid", batting practice visitation and marching onto the field with the band carrying our nation's flag. To take part in the raffle, make sure that an order/raffle form for each ticket is filled out and turned into the baseball box at the Hillview Office.
The Ticket Order form can also be downloaded from the Hillview PTO Website, just go the Hillview Band page or click here. See you at the game!
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The Drive Less Challenge Reaches Encinal
Click here for information about the Drive Less Challenge 
Help the environment and win great prizes! Join the Drive Less Challenge, a grass-roots effort to decrease driving in Menlo Park and other towns in the Bay Area! Sign up here to track your progress, join the Encinal Drive Less Team and win great prizes!
The fun starts Earth Day, April 22, and lasts for two weeks, so use your time over Spring Break to practice a bike ride to school or to poll other parents to see if there are any carpool possibilities. Check the school directory to see who lives nearby!
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Encinal 2nd Grade Girl Scouts Collecting for SPCA 
For questions please contact Liza Webb-McMichael Encinal 2nd Grade Girl Scout Troop 61702 is sponsoring a Caring for Critters supply drive. We would like to share our service project with the Encinal community by helping collect the following items. The collected items will be donated to the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. A collection box labeled Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA will be placed outside of the front office 4/26/-4/29. Items Needed:
- clean used blankets & towels
- old newspapers
- new rope toys, hard rubber balls, Kongs & Nylabones
- nylon leashes, collars & harnesses
- unopened soft dog treats to use for training classes
- tennis, golf, & pin-pong balls
- large shoe boxes for cats to nap in
- Booda Comfy perches for exotic birds
- paper towels & toilet paper for nest
- electric heating pads
- empty tissue boxes
- untreated wicker plate holders, heavy plastic toy keys & shower curtain rings
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Green Tip of the Week
from the Encinal PTO Green Team 
Earth Day is April 22nd. What small change might you or your family members make to honor it this year? Some ideas here. To read more about Earth Day, click here. |
Encinal PTO Listing of Summer Camps
 The Encinal PTO has assembled information from summer camps that sent announcements for our newsletter. It is on the Encinal web site and you can visit it by clicking here. |
Encinal PTO Listing of Volunteer Opportunities
The Encinal PTO maintains a listing of volunteer openings for parents. Please take a look online and you may find something meaningful to you. |
Thank You From the Foundation
In case you missed this...
Did We Rock the Foundation on April 9? Yes we did! We raised over $300,000 for our schools!
A few highlights from the evening:
More than 800 attendees dancing the night away to the sounds of Pride and Joy
A head-bobbing, toe-tapping performance by our own Hillview Jazz Ensemble
Five spectacular, larger-than-life musical instruments crafted from recycled sheet music and made especially by district students
Beautiful original pieces of artwork painted by Oak Knoll art teacher Barbara Cottrell specifically for our auction
Special thanks to our wonderful art and music teachers who kicked up their heels and joined the party: John Ashfield, Mary Beckstrom, Barbara Cottrell, Bob Crabb, Bee Tee, and Richard Vaughan.
More information about total event revenue will be shared in the coming weeks. In the meantime, THANK YOU for making sure our schools continue to ROCK!
Congratulations to our lucky raffle winners!
Jody Buckley
Michelle Rhyu
Una Srejic
Colin Stewart
Carolyn Tom
Stephanie Woodworth
Rock the Foundation's photo booth mayhem!
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Magic Tree House Live Reading Tour Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30PM. Passport to Adventure! A Magic Tree House Live Reading Tour. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park. Mary Pope Osborne's beloved Magic Tree House series comes to life in its first-ever live character tour. Brother-sister duo Jack and Annie will arrive in a Magic Tree House-decorated bus to bring their time traveling adventures to life. A tribute to the magic of reading, this includes a captivating performance by the two cast members, lively audience participation, and original songs. Come and be inspired to read and travel the world just like Jack and Annie. This event is made possible by Kepler's Books. Click here for more information.
La Entrada 50th Anniversary Celebration! Friday May 6, 2011 from 5:00-8:00 pm at La Entrada Are you a La Entrada alum? Join in the fun with other alumni and current and past teachers. Reconnect with old friends and teachers and reminisce about your middle school days with videos, memorabilia, musical performances, and campus tours. For more information click here. Spread the word to your La Entrada friends!
Miss Suzannah, a visitor from the 1850s, is coming to the Menlo Park Library! Monday, May 16 at 7:00PM. Calling all 3rd & 4th graders - Listen to her stories as she recounts her journey by covered wagon from Missouri to California. You'll be amazed by these funny, frightening, and sometimes revolting tales of life on the Overland Trail, in San Francisco in the 1850s, and in the rowdy mining camps of the Gold Rush. Be on Time for the 7:00 pm surprise! The Menlo Park Library is located at 800 Alma Street in Menlo Park. This event is FREE and is made possible by the Friends of the Menlo Park Library. Click here for info.
AYSO Region 109 Menlo Park-Atherton Fall 2011 Registration begins May 1
Learn soccer skills, make friends, and have fun as everyone plays! Starting May 1 go to www.mpsoccer.org to complete and print forms. Then bring your completed paperwork (along with valid proof of age for first-time players) to one of the mandatory walk-in registrations at Hillview Middle School on Saturday, May 14 and Saturday, May 21, 9 am to 1 pm.
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