Good Morning
Every Monday, Email Club members receive important
information regarding upcoming events and communications from The PTA and
Strandwood staff via the Email Blast. The Email Blast also provides links to important flyers
and new items on the school website. The deadline for submitting your article is Thursday at 5:00pm. All submissions should be sent to strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com. |
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Budget Article Correction
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I hope everyone read the special Email Blast about how the budget can affect Strandwood. There was one error is the Pink Slips section. It should read "teachers are laid off according to their seniority with the district as a whole--last in - first out-- ...". If you didn't get a chance to read the article it will be available on the Strandwood website by Monday afternoon. You can click here to see if it is on the web yet.
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Well the results are in and as usual the families and friends of Strandwood have
outdone themselves. Despite our
difficult economic times, the Dinner/Dance Auction raised over $50,000!!!! Incredible.
I don't really know where to start in expressing gratitude but here
goes. First thanks to our chairpersons,
Lea Harrington and Cindy Turner. Without
their seemingly endless energy and organization this would not have happened. Thanks to the volunteers of which there were
many but let me name the committee chairs; Katherine Bracken, Trish Heaney,
Rose Bargmann, May Hanecak, Carolann Ianora, Kim Khalvati, Jennifer Baker, Gina
Rigley, Leslie Shanks, Noga Kessler, Margaret Casebeer, Katie Roarty and Elena
Hutslar. Thanks to the Liz Kim, the
teachers and staff for their participation and contributions. Finally, and most importantly, thanks to all
of you for your tremendous support.
At
our May 7th general meeting we will be voting on numerous ways to
use these funds and others raised this year to help our school meet many
needs. I hope you will all consider
attending and participating.
Thank
you again!
Sue Noack
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Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.
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Calendar
Click below to go directly to the Strandwood web site calendar.
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Fun Facts
Halley's Comet visits earth every 76 years. (so be sure to look for it in 2061)
An acute fear of water is one symptom of rabies. The fear develops because you have trouble swallowing.
Fish scales have been a key ingredient in lipstick.
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WHAT IS IT?
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This is a close up of an object. What is it? The Answer is at the bottom of the page.
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Turn Off TV Week
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 Get
ready for Turn Off TV week held this year from April 20 to 26, 2009. The theme
is I'm Unplugged!! Let's decorate Strandwood with amazing posters about what
you do when your unplugged.
Poster boards were picked up last Wednesday. If you still need one please contact Alice Burns at we4burns@comcast.net.
Your poster must be turned in by Wednesday, April 8th.
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LIGHTS!
CAMERA! BOOK FAIR!
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Come
walk the red carpet at the Strandwood Theater's spring book fair. Our premier and special engagements are
listed below. Book fair is a great
opportunity to show your teacher how much they are valued! Stop by and pick out a book from the
teacher's "wish bags" and present it during Staff Appreciation Week. We're still casting book fair
volunteers. If you are interested in a
role, please contact Stacy Monroe at stacymonroe@pacbell.net
for scheduling.
Monday,
March 30th - 2:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Lunchtime - 12:20 am -1:05
pm * Note time change
Story Time with with Oscar-worthy
performances by Mrs. Kim, Mrs. Burns
and Mr. Brown -6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday,
March 31st - 2:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Special Feature: Shop without Students! - 8:10 am - 9:00 am
Ice Cream Sundaes! - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Surprise Raffle - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday,
April 1st - 12:30 pm - 2:00
pm
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Wacky Wednesday is This Week
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 Wacky Wednesday for April is Hat / Sunglasses Day and will be held on Wednesday, April 1st. Show you spirit and participate in this fun event.
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Thursday's PTA Meeting and General Election
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Attention all Strandwood PTA members, next Month's PTA Meeting will be the general election meeting for the 2009-2010 School Year. Your attendance for this important meeting would be great.
Next PTA Meeting: (Elections)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 - 6:30PM, Library - Free Babysitting provided.
Following are the nominees for next year's open positions. In accordance with PTA bylaws, the floor will also be open for additional nominations during the election meeting. General Job descriptions of each position are available in the bylaws which can be viewed on the Strandwood website (www.strandwood.org). ;
Slate of nominees for 2009-2010:
VP - Communications - Jeff Eide
VP - Programs - Noga Kessler
VP - Hospitality - Stephanie Canon
Treasurer - Lisa Ahearn
Secretary - Jennifer Murov
Financial Secretary - Marta Senz
Parliamentarian - Blanca Nelson
Historian - Shanna Holden Long
Auditor - Katherine Bracken
PTA Executive Board Incumbents: (2 year terms - no nominations necessary)
President - Sue Noack
VP - Ways & Means - Lea Harrington
We are also looking for additional help next year so if there's something you are interested in or want to get more involved with the PTA next year, please contact the President or VP in charge (see the PTA section of www.strandwood.org) for your consideration as an assistant, coordinator, or volunteer next year.
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New After School Program - Creating Web Pages
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In this after-school enrichment class, students will learn to create
their own Web pages featuring photos and video that they take
themselves. Classes will be Tuesdays from 2:55 pm to 4:25 pm in the computer lab. The first class is scheduled for April 7th.
Class projects will encourage creativity while teaching students
valuable computer skills that they can apply to their school work. For more information about this new program, and to sign up for classes, click here or visit www.strandwood.net.
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Earth Day Art Contest
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Strandwood has been selected among all Pleasant Hill elementary schools for the Earth Day Art Contest, sponsored by Allied Waste.
This is open to all Strandwood students K-5.
Contest rules:
The theme of the artwork should be "What the Earth Means to Me". Students can use any medium or materials to show this. Sky's the limit. . . let your inner artist meet your inner environmentalist!
Please be sure to include student's full name, grade and class somewhere on the artwork.
Deadline: Please turn in all artwork in to the bin in the office marked "Earth Day Art Contest" by Friday, April 10th at the latest. If your student's artwork is too big or fragile for the bin, please contact may_hanecak417@yahoo.com to make other arrangements for drop off.
Three winners will be selected from each grade level (K-5):
Allied Waste will select the three best pieces of art from each grade level to display at the April 20th Pleasant Hill City Council meeting where Allied Waste and the City will recognize local schools and businesses who have gone above and beyond their recycling efforts.
Three winners from each grade level will also receive the following:
1st place: $25 certificate to Toys R Us
2nd place: $15 certificate to Toys R Us
3rd place: $10 certificate to Toys R Us
Questions?
Please contact May Hanecak at may_hanecak417@yahoo.com or 934-6828.
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Pleasant Hill Middle School Field Nomination
From Rebecca Rader
I have been receiving an extremely large amount of e-mail regarding
confusion with the Frosted Flakes Field Web Site. Instead of trying to
respond to everyone personally, I have decided to publish a short message of
information in the interest of saving time and for clarity sake.
Concerning the Field Contest that we are in for PHMS, I originally nominated
our school with the Frosted Flakes Web Site on February 24, 2009. I
filled out the requested story log and submitted pictures of our field.
In beginning the process of getting the word out for support I may not have
been clear in my instructions of how to vote for our school. Some folks
have either accidentally signed our school up again as a nomination or they
truly intended to make a new nomination. As a result, we now have six
nomination postings for our school. I have many contacting me saying that
they are becoming confused on which nod to vote for and questioning whether all
of the votes will be combined.
I can tell you the original nomination has the pictures of PHMS and more than 8,000 votes now. (Thank you!) If you are following my cue, this
would be the nod to vote on. I am told by Kellogg's that although they
recognize the flaw on their site, they cannot change and condense the
nominations. They have told me that they will most likely take all of the
"supporters" into consideration and count them as one.
Below are revised instructions of how to vote:
If you have a few minutes and would like to lend your support, please use this link and sign up as a "supporter."
The school has already been nominated, so make sure you are signing up as a
supporter.
If for some reason this link does not work for you, go to www.frostedflakes.com and click on "Search
for a Nominated Field" and input "Pleasant Hill Middle."
Click on "More info" when you see our school. Then click
"Support this Field." Then follow the prompts to sign up as a
supporter. You are welcome to also leave a note or comment on the web
site. I think your positive comments make our story even stronger, and I
encourage you to express your thoughts.
We have almost 9,000 votes! Keep the voting up; we still have
until April 30. I believe you can vote as many times as you want; I
cannot find anything in the rules that state otherwise. You just need to
put in the slanted code that appears and click "submit."
Thank you for all of your support,
Rebecca Rader
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Measure D
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On
May 19, 2009, voters in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District will vote on
Measure D, a $99 school funding measure to provide MDUSD with an estimated $7
million annually in local funding.The
32nd District PTA of which the Strandwood PTA is a part, has decided
to endorse this measure. Our PTA has not
had an opportunity to look at ourselves but we would like to encourage everyone
to get informed about the Measure, about MDUSD's budget issues and how the
State and Federal budget issues further impact us.
For information about the measure you can go
to www.ProtectOurLocalSchools.org
and if you want to volunteer or participate in some fashion, please contact
Cindy Turner, Strandwood's site representative, at pcturner@sbcglobal.net. Look for more information later this week or in next Monday's edition of the Email Blast on how the budget crisis will directly affect Strandwood Elementary and its staff, parents, students.
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Special Education Consent Decree Meeting
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You are invited to attend a meeting regarding the Consent Decree. The Consent Decree is a document handed down by the Federal Court in May 2000 to address systemic deficits in how special education services are delivered in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.
The four meetings scheduled in April will update parents/guardians of children with disabilities and Section 504 Plans, and others on the current status of the Consent Decree and provide the opportunity for input concerning special education programs and services within the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. The first meeting is April 6th at Pine Hollow Middle School. Click here to view the flyer with dates and times.
Usted esta invitado a
participar a una cita acerca del Decreto de Aceptación. El Decreto de Aceptación es un documento que
fue otorgado por la Corte Federal en Mayo 2000 para informar las deficiencias
sistemáticas en como el Distrito Unificado de Mt. Diablo provee los servicios
de educación especial.
Haga clic aquí para ver el folleto con las fechas y horas.
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| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? |
1st Grade Question - What were the rulers of ancient Egypt Called?
2nd Grade Question - Which of the following astronauts was the first American woman in space? A) Sally Ride B) Judith Resnick or C) Stephanie Wilson
3rd Grade Question - In The Wizard of Oz, is Glinda the good witch from the north, south, east or west?
4th Grade Question - The capital of the United State is Washington, D.C. What does the "D.C." stand for?
5th Grade Question - A cube has how many sides?
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Dates, Times and Places
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The 2009-2010 school year calendar has been approved and is on the MDUSD website. Click here to view that calendar. School starts on August 31st.
Important Dates and Times
April 1 - Last day of the Book Fair
April 1 - Wacky Wednesday - Sunglasses/Hat day
April 2 - PTA Meeting - 6:30 - 8:30pm in the library - General Elections
April 3 - Spotlight Assembly - 8:15am
April 6 - April 10 - Staff Appreciation Week
Monday - Breakfast Buffet & Coffee
Tuesday - Massage Therapist
Wednesday - Flower Day & Staff Luncheon
Thursday - Class Library Book Day
Friday - Dessert Buffet & Coffe
April 6 - Kaiser Assembly
April 7 - Vision Screening - K - 2nd
April 7 - Site Council Meeting - 3:15 in the library
April 22 - 3rd grade Science Day
April 22 - DARE graduation day - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
April 24 - Talent Show - 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
April 25 - Talent Show - 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
April 29 - Pleasant Hill Student Orchestra Showcase - 4:30 pm
April 30 - Pleasant Hill Student Band Showcase - 4:15 pm
April 30 - Spring Photo Day
Field Trips:
April 3 - 3rd Grade - DVC Planetarium Trip (Costa & Sinow 8:30) (Brown & Culbertson 9:30)
April 10 - 4th Grade to the California State Railroad Museum.
April 21 - Kindergarten to the Smith Family Farm - 8:10 - noon
April 24 - 3rd Grade - Chabot Space & Science Center
May 12 - 1st Grade - Botanical Gardens and Little Farm, Tilden Park
Holidays:
Spring Recess - April 13 - 17
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In the Office
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Answers |
1st Grade - Pharaohs
2nd Grade - Sally Ride
3rd Grade - North
4th Grade - District of Columbia
5th Grade - 6
What is it? Dental Floss
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