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Issue: #10
| October 25, 2011
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Last Week of PTA Membership Drive!
| |  Earn $100 For Your Classroom!
For each classroom that gets 100% participation, your teacher receives $100 for classroom purchases! If you haven't joined yet, please consider joining at any amount to get your classroom to 100% participation. See standings outside your classrooms.
The PTA spends almost $400 per student on everything from classroom supplies to programs (your classroom Halloween parties, Young at Art, Winter Program, Smart Boards, computers, supplies for the science lab, paper, pencils and SO MUCH MORE). Your help is critical in giving our students the quality education they deserve. Donations to Meadows PTA will be used at Meadows THIS YEAR!
In order to take advantage of the free Meadows t-shirts with membership, donations must be in by October 30th. Questions? Contact Krishna Berkes at ak.berkes@verizon.net or Trudy Marschall at trudy.marschall@mattel.com. You can find membership forms in this Tuesday's envelope, the front office and www.meadowsschool.org. |
| Welcome Super Stangs! | |  The Super Stangs are our involved and supportive Meadows families. We can thank the families on the list below for keeping small class sizes, programs, events and supplies at Meadows! If you haven't become a Super Stang family yet, information and forms are available on the Meadows website at www.meadowsschool.org. Our growing stable of Super Stang families - Yee-haw! Aboutanos, Atallah, Badhwar, Barrett, Berkes, Bowman, Boyer, Brenneman, Brockmiller, Cochran, Cortez, Crow, Damborg, Dave, DeBaets, Denton, Doyle, Driscoll, Eastman, El Faye, Fang, Flynn, Foster, Friedlander, Fujioka, Galins, Garrell, Garaci, Gerken, Gerrans, Gilmer, Gordon, Hall, Hankus-Biggs, Hawkins, Hedges, Hershkowitz, Hong, Hory, Hurok, Hymowitz, Ireland, Jaeger, Kalle, Kantamneni, Karlin, Kennedy, Kim, Knizewski, Komatinsky, Kraus, Kupiec, Launsbach, Laurita, Lee, Lerma-Harding, Levine, Lin, Lindberg, Lizarde, Lowry, Macias, Manabe, Marcu, Marschall, Martinez, Maruyama, Matsuoka, Mayer, McCalla, Milewski, Misch, Molter, Navejar, Nelson, Nicols-Julien, O'Brien, Paden, Panaro, Peel, Pell, Peterman, Prince, Pusateri, Ramey, Randolph, Ruiz, Sawlsville, Saypack, Shea, Shintaku, Skolarus, Stone, Tarnapolsky, Thomas, Torres, Trout, Tucker, Turman,van Doornewaard, Vena, Watts, Weiss, West, Worrilow, Yasuda, Young. THANK YOU!!!!! |
| MBEF | |  You Give Therefore We AreOur schools rank #3 in CA! Your donations help provide opportunities for our students that the state does not provide. Give to the MBEF Annual Appeal. Just $1250 per child and we are able to maintain small classes and excellent programs. Click here to donate today. |
| Manhattan Village's Boo Bash | |  Manhattan Village Mall will be having their annual Boo Bash and Food Drive on October 28 from 5-7pm. The evening features face painting, art workshops and sing-a-longs. Don't forget to participate in their 4-day food drive benefiting the LA Regional Food Bank, October 28-31. The first 300 children who donate will receive a starter bag filled with candy and toys (while supplies last/one goodie bag per child). Meadows will receive 200 Shopping for Students bonus points per item donated. All ages may donate food for points - no limit!
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| Pier to Pier Friendship Walk | |  Cheers to the Meadows Family!
Thank you for your wonderful support of the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk this Sunday, Oct. 30 at MB Pier. If you are walking with the Meadows Team, please meet us on the strand level near the MBEF table by 8:45 am; the walk will start at 9:00am. Please wear your school spirit shirt or school colors (or even your Halloween costume!). In this last week before the walk, please continue promoting this fabulous event. The Walk not only benefits MBEF, it supports children with special needs and special education. Donate or join the Meadows team here. See you walkers this Sunday at 8:45 am sharp! |
| Halloween Costume Fundraiser | |  Save $$ on Your Costumes and Support MeadowsOrder your kid's Halloween costume and save 20-40%! We've partnered with WholesaleCostumeClub.com, the only website that sells costumes at wholesale prices (with no minimum orders) to raise money for our school. Anyone can use our code and support Meadows PTA. It's easy: go to www.WholesaleCostumeClub.com and find your costume(s), select check out as "New Member," (unless you ordered last year) at checkout enter your shipping and billing info, enter promo code FUN507 in the promo code box. You will receive the member pricing ($5 membership fee waived). Questions? Contact Julie Misch jjmisch@live.com. |
PTA Reflections Competition
| |  Get your kid's creative juices flowing! Don't miss out on the chance for your child to be recognized! The Reflections competition gives students the opportunity to express their creativity by creating a project based on a given theme. This year's Reflections theme is "Diversity Means...." Students in kindergarten through grade 5 are encouraged to create and submit works of art in six areas: dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. Grade divisions: primary: preschool-grade 2; intermediate: grades 3-5. Only new pieces of artwork inspired by the theme may be submitted. Entry forms, general rules and category rules are available on the Meadows website. Student entry forms are available in the Meadows office. Each entry requires a completed student entry form. Entries due by Thursday, Nov. 3. Questions? Contact Shubhee Gokarn-Dave at shubhee@gmail.com or (310) 465-9806. |
| Winter Program | |  Please join us for our annual holiday choral concert at Meadows. This year the theme will be Winter Magic from Around the World, directed by Chad Scheppner. Forms can be found here. Limited space available and registration deadline is November 4th. Registration forms are available on the Meadows website. Questions? Please contact Suyen Pell at suyen.pell@yahoo.com ASAP. |
| One Warm Coat Drive | |  Meadows Girl Scout, Brownie and Daisy Troops are at it again...helping the community! Collectively, Girl Scout Troop 11635 (5th grade), Brownie Troop 3605 (3rd grade), Brownie Troops 7575 and 8895 (2nd grade) and Daisy Troop 7585 (1st grade) are collecting clean and gently used jackets, sweatshirts, sweaters and coats of any size to donate to the needy through the One Warm Coat Organization. All items will be given to the Los Angeles Mission to keep adults and children in need stay warm this winter. Please look through your closets and donate to this worthy cause. Donation bins are located in front of the office and near the Rowell side entry gate. We will be collecting until November 4. Thank you for your support! |
| Mustang Trot 2011 | |  Get ready to trot Mustangs! The Mustang Trot will be held on Thursday, November 10th. By now, you've received your 2011 Mustang Trot donation forms. Please hold on to them for the next few weeks, and try and collect as many donations as you can! Ask friends, relatives, and neighbors to support our student "Trotters" with flat donations or per lap pledges! Donation forms should be returned to the Meadows office the first week of November. If you need a new copy of the donation form, you can find it on the Meadows website. This year, we also have an option to donate ONLINE!! Please visit www.mustangtrot.bbnow.org for more information, or to process a donation online through PayPal. This is the perfect option to share with out-of-town relatives! If you have any questions about Mustang Trot, please email Mustang.Trot@yahoo.com. |
Meadows Book Fair & Coloring Contest
| |  Reading Takes You Places! is the theme of Meadows' Book Fair this year. Get your budding artists to color in the Book Fair flyer and turn it in by Nov. 1st to enter the coloring contest. One winner will be selected from each grade. And remember to save the dates and plan on getting a jump on your holiday shopping at the Book Fair from November 10th thru 17th. For more information, or to print a flyer for the contest, go to www.MeadowsSchool.org or contact Carol at cgerken@gmail.com. |
| Meadows Science Night | |  Science Fair Applications Due Nov. 18
Fourth and fifth grade student applications and hypothesis for the Meadows Science Fair are due to Mrs. Michael by November 18. The hypothesis must be approved ahead of time, so the students will be able to proceed with their projects. If parents were not able to attend the Oct. 6 meeting, please contact Joanne Michael for packets and instructions...there is still time! She will be available after school for questions and guidance on projects. Details and forms can be found on the Meadows Science Week website at http://www.meadowsscienceweek.weebly.com. Please check the site for updates, schedule or Science Night tickets. Have questions or like to volunteer? Contact Barbara Randolph at bdrando@verizon.net. |
| Grades of Green: Tip #1 | |  |
Recycling Old/Used Batteries, Cell Phones & Ink Cartridges
Did you know that when batteries and electronics go into our landfills from your trash can, heavy metals like cadmium and mercury have the potential to leach slowly into the soil, groundwater and surface water? We make it easy for you to safely recycle these items: just put them in the bins under the counter in the Meadows office and our Grades of Green volunteers will recycle them properly. Even better, we send the old cell phones and used ink cartridges to eScrip, so it's an easy fundraiser for the Meadows PTA as well!
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| Classroom SCRIP Challenge Update | |  This year's Classroom SCRIP Challenge if off to a great start! Congratulations to Mr. Chao's 5th grade class for taking a quick lead. But Ms. Simon's class should also be commended for already having 15 families purchasing SCRIP! We'd love to get 100% participation this year so jump in and start supporting Meadows while you shop. The full challenge update will be posted outside the classrooms this week - check to see where your class is!! And remember, it is based on the amount earned for Meadows so choose those high rebate cards whenever possible. Don't forget to stock up on your Manhattan Bread & Bagel scrip - the Schools Need the Dough gift card sale and contest ends Oct. 31!! Questions on getting or using SCRIP? Contact Carol at cgerken@gmail.com. Thanks and Happy Shopping!! |
| Meadows Gear | |  Orders for Meadows Gear were delivered last week. If you have any questions about your order, please email meadowsgear1112@gmail.com. Don't miss out - you can still get your free Meadows shirt(s) with your PTA membership by Oct. 30!
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