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Our 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.

For everyone who placed an order for the Innisbrook fundraiser: keep and eye out for your order to be delivered on Wednesday. Orders will be placed outside your child's classroom at pick up. If your child attends EDP, please look for your order there. Thanks for your support of this fundraiser!

Get ready to trot Mustangs! The Mustang Trot is this Thursday, November 10th. 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. 

Book Fair Opens Thursday!  

Meadows Book Fair opens Thursday, 11/10 right after the Mustang Trot!  The Fair runs through 11/17. Your child(ren) will be bringing home 'wish lists' of books that they like during the first few days. And guess what, we will have Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever on Tuesday, 11/15 (the first day it goes on sale)!!  Look for hour on today's Tuesday envelope flyer and plan on getting a jump on holiday shopping at the Book Fair.  All proceeds support Meadows' library. Questions? Contact Carol at cgerken@gmail.com.

Please get your SCRIP order forms in by this Thursday, 11/10 to ensure you get the scrip you need for the Thanksgiving break. Online orders can be placed up until Friday, 11/11.  The Friday SCRIP Table will be closed this week for Veteran's Day so don't delay. Order forms are available online (click here).  Or you can log on to www.ShopWithScrip.com (Meadows enrollment code for new families: B77E79BF79L1).

As you know, we have made a big environmental and educational impact on the kids at Meadows in the last few of years. But we need help to do it again this year!!  Prior to Grades of Green we were contributing 9-10 bags of trash to the landfills per day just from the lunch program. Our Trash Free Lunch program reduces our waste to about 1 bag. Volunteering at lunch is a great way to see what your children are and are not eating at lunch, plus you get to meet other great volunteers.  You might be shocked to see how many kids take one bite and toss the rest.

Need more one-on-one time with your child?  Does your child have a test to study for?  Take a walk to school on Wednesdays. On the way there, you can practice the times table or even just have a good chat with your child. If you can get to school 15 minutes early, you can also help us pass out wrist bands to others who joined in on the morning stroll.  Next to coffee, it is a great way to start the morning. Can't make it to lunch or have too hard of a time just getting out the door in the morning?  We have plenty of other opportunities to help make our environment better for the next generation. Please contact Carol Paden at carol@teampaden.com or Maroun Aboutanos at maroun88@gamil.com to get involved.