Good Afternoon
Look for Blast's throughout the summer keeping you informed of happenings around the campus, and district if necessary. We will check the strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com address during the summer so drop us a line if you have any questions or comments. Have a great summer. |
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Perfect Attendance Awards
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Last month we acknowledged students who received awards for having perfect attendance for 2008-2009. Perfect attendance means no tardies, no absences and no independent study contracts; in their seat every school day.
We inadvertently left off 5th grader Alexandra Flores.
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| Jump Start Day
August 24, 2009 |
Get the new school year off to a great start at the Strandwood Jump Start Day! Get a jump on all the beginning of the year paperwork, purchase some spirit wear and pick up your child's class assignment. When you are done catch up with friends around a pizza dinner.
Your Jump Start Day packets will be available for pick-up starting Tuesday, August 11th, at the school office. Hopefully, we will have the entire packet available on-line by then so if you can't make it to school you can still get most of the forms and flyers prior to Jump Start Day.
Attention Incoming 5th Grade Parents
The Jump Start Day Pizza Dinner is a fundraiser for the 5th grade Outdoor Ed program. This year Papa Murphy's Pizza will "cater" the event. In addition to drink sales, the Outdoor Ed Program will get a portion of every piece of pizza sold.
If you would like to help out with the 5th Grade Fundraiser or Jump Start Day please contact Jeff Eide at JEideVP@gmail.com.
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California's Education System Takes Another Hit
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From the Contra Costa Times....
"Bay Area
school districts and colleges, which have already slashed millions of
dollars from their programs this year, are bracing for more layoffs,
unpaid vacation days and a shortened academic year as a result of
California's tentative budget deal.
Crafted by top lawmakers on
Monday to close the state's $26 billion deficit, the agreement contains
the deep cuts to public education that the governor proposed in late
May. The new reductions will include an estimated $6.1 billion from
school districts and community colleges - including cuts made
retroactively for the 2008-09 academic year ..."
To read the entire article click here.
That's right, more budget cuts may be just around the corner. Stay informed of the situation by reading and listening. We will try and keep you up to date with all the changes and how they might affect Strandwood in the weeks to come with the summer Email Blasts. Because of the budget cuts there are a number of special fundraisers trying to make up for the loss of funding. A few are listed below. The Student Donation on Jump Start Day is the only one that directly benefits all Strandwood students.
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Measure "S" Garage Sale
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Join Strandwood families for the biggest school garage sale ever!
Each
family is asked to set up their own garage sale at their home and
donate the proceeds to Strandwood's Measure "S" campaign.
The
Measure "S" campaign has already raised more than $12,000 but we need
another $12,000 to provide instructional assistants in all first grade
classrooms and two aides for second and third grade.
If you'd
like to participate, contact Martha Alexander at Alexander9@aol.com. For those who are participating, your
address and items for sale will be published on a flyer the day of the
garage sale and other media i.e. Facebook to get the word out. For
those who cannot host a garage sale but would like to contribute
various items to sell, let us know. We'll get 'em sold.
For more information about Measure "S" click here. If you
would like to donate cash to Measure "S", please send your checks, made payable to
"Strandwood PTA," to Sue Noack at 307 Meadowood Ct., Pleasant Hill, CA
94523.
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Help Save MDUSD High School Sports
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Parents, students, coaches and staff from: Clayton Valley High School, Concord High School, College Park High School, Mt. Diablo High School, Northgate High School and Ygnacio Valley High School are planning a fun 5K Walk and Run in the Fall to help raise money to "Save Our Sports!" We sure could use a few more volunteers help to come help plan and run this event. Having great sports improves all of our schools and anyone is welcome to join.
Our next group meeting is TONIGHT, Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 6:30pm at Newhall Park at the picnic tables in Concord.If you are interested, please contact: Leanne Chapple at chapplemama@yahoo.com or 348-2957 or Rebecca Rader at 4caraders@comcast.net.Hope to see you there!
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Mt. Diablo Music Education Foundation
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Dear Music Supporters and MDUSD Community Members:
We would like to let everyone know that members of the MDUSD community have begun efforts to establish a foundation in support of music education within the Mount Diablo Unified School District. The initial efforts of the foundation will be to provide funding to restore instrumental music programs to the MDUSD elementary schools, with the medium- and long-term objectives to provide supplementary support to music programs at all of the MDUSD schools (Elementary, Middle and High School).
We are seeking community members who wish to actively participate in the foundation as members at large, committee members (Fundraising, PR-Marketing, Finance), board members and other operational positions.
The next meeting of the Mount Diablo Music Education Foundation (MDMEF) will be:
Date: Monday, July 27th Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Concord High School -- Multi-Use Room 4200 Concord Blvd, Concord
Tentative Agenda:
* Overview of MDMEF organization and mission
* Review Proposed By Laws
* Firm up assignments to committees
* Break-out sessions by committee
* Launch Strategic Planning
* Establish Initial Fundraising Plans
*Coordinate Public Relations/Marketing Tasks
If you are interested in attending the meeting, please kindly RSVP to Gary Coartney (email: neophonic@astound.net) indicating that you will be attending on July 27th. If you are unable to attend on the 27th, but would like to be assigned to a position, please contact Gary with the type of position or committee that would match your interest and skills.
Thank you for your interest and support,
Gary Coartney Email: neophonic@astound.net Greg Brown Email: browngjazz@comcast.net
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Another MDUSD Fundraiser
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You do NOT want to miss your chance to own a piece of HISTORY!
Concord's own Hollywood stuntman (really) has taken on a fabulous project in order to benefit MDUSD. Please check out www.ConcordMovie.com to pre-order your DVD. Watch the video to see your favorite local business owners and how they are supporting this effort. All profits will go to directly benefit MDUSD schools. Can you think of anything better than to provide opportunities for our local talented young actors and actresses, and they get to help benefit their own schools?
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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. August 24th - Jump Start Day
August 31st - 2009-2010 school year starts.
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