PTA  programs rely on a cadre of volunteers who donate their time to these events and programs. It is not unusual to see people working on more than one activity or at multiple events.  The Holiday Faire is a wonderful success each year because of the many, many volunteers who are involved. A special thanks to Libby Beasley, Kristin Galvin, and Carla Sakrison for leading the effort this year.

 

If your New Year's resolution was to do a little good in your community, the Tutoring Program is still in search of volunteers to work one hour a week with a child who needs a little extra help. Your attention will provide tangible benefits to a student. Contact Renee Greenstein wnay@greensteinfam.com to realize your New Year's resolution.

 

If you have one spare hour at lunch once a week or every other week, the Hot Lunch team could use a few more volunteers on Tuesday and Friday. This is a great way for working parents to help at school. One mother who works in the area touts hot lunch volunteering as an excellent way to get on campus, see her kids and help out with a PTA program. All you need to do is commit to being there--no preplanning is involved-and you get to experience the very lively and social noon time recess AND chat with other parents. Contact Julia Massa gershenberg@sbcgloabl.net if you are intrigued by the idea.

 

Last week, the Science Fair completed the PTA's lineup of large sponsored events for  the year.   We'd like to thank the Science Fair team-PJ Utz, Sarah Bodary, and Bardia Pezeshki for their efforts in organizing the fair itself and inspiring the students to create these experiments through a series of lunchtime sessions where they discussed the scientific process,  advised on experiments and  helped organize posters. The Science Fair team was also helped by the La Entrada Science Department team-John Akers, Whitney Thwaite and Joanne Tinkham-who volunteered their time to judge the Science Fair and helped their students with their projects outside of the classroom.  This was a remarkable effort  and we thank the volunteers and teachers who were involved and the students who participated.

 

We'd also like to thank Bobbie Woods, Catalina Vail, and Sandra Cheek for organizing the Spelling Bee the first week of January. Students from all five grade levels competed for bragging rights as the master speller of La Entrada. This is a traditional event the PTA is thrilled to sponsor each year.

 

While sitting in a district-wide meeting today, Sue Sartor mentioned the 100^th day of school was rapidly approaching....it hardly feels like school started in August and here the home stretch is just around the corner.

 

Our next PTA General Meeting is Wednesday, February 9, 9:15 am in the MUR. Please join us for this meeting. We promise delicious Peets' coffee (thanks to Michael at the  El Camino store) and some social time afterwards.

 

See you there!

Marsha Abbott and Lucia Tedesco

Anthony W, Zoe O, Erin N, Hannah P, Ally T, Amrita B, Mani S, Aarthi P, Kate F, Sasha W, Sam E, Martha M, Caroline F, Emma R, Ethan F, Kaveh P, Christo V, Allison G, Nicole S, Casey O, Mia P, Nick D, Patrick Q, Alex H, Spencer G, Jaya B, Alexa F, Mathilde B, Sophia S, Giannina Y, Kelsey R, Lexi L, Maddie W, Austin M, Gregory C, Olivia F, Erin S, Megan B, Tucker L, Nick O, Jorge P, Kiki C, Caroline K, Chelsea T, Conner B as well as ALL participants who did an exceptional job with their posters.

We encourage the 5-8th grader winners to participate in the San Mateo Science Fair that will take place the week of January 30 at the Hiller Aviation Museum. 

We hope to see you next year.