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APRIL 19, 2010 Good Morning
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A Message From The PTA President
End of the Year Activities
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 While the end of the school year still seems far away, there is a lot the PTA needs to accomplish before it arrives.
First, we need nominations for Honorary Service Awards. Every year, the PTA requests nominations for these special awards which will be announced at Strandwood's Open House. You will be receiving more detailed information this shortly. Keep an eye out for nomination forms in your child's communication folder.
Second, the PTA is fortunate enough to have had fundraising in excess of our annual expenses. A portion of these funds will be maintained to ensure payment of instructional assistant positions for the next school year but we will still have excess funds. Decisions as to how this money will be spent or saved for future use will be decided at upcoming PTA meetings. We encourage as many people to attend as possible.
Third, our newly elected Vice Presidents will be looking to fill open coordinator positions for next year. Many of our coordinators are returning next year but have children going into fifth grade. We will be looking for people to shadow these coordinators so they can take over the position in the 2011-2012 school year.
Lastly, there are a lot of activities still planned: Talent Show, Bike-to-School Day and Open House. Check the Roadrunner and our new Bulletin Board (outside office) for all the information.
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Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.
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Calendar
Click here to go to the Dates, Times and Places section.
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Fun Facts
The largest blue whale ever weighed was almost 400,000 pounds.
Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second
The term for synchronizing of watches by one central watch is called "hacking".
Walt Disney was the voice of Mickey Mouse in his first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie.
Carl and the Passions was one of the early names of the Beach Boys
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Student Information Forms
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will have the opportunity to provide information to assist the Strandwood
staff in the classroom placement process for the 2010-11 school year. A
Student Information Form will be available in the office for parents to
complete between April 19th and April 30th. The forms must be returned by the30 th. Mrs. Kim is always happy to meet individually with parents.
Please call for an appointment.
This is an
ideal opportunity to share with staff the special needs and learning
environment insights that you consider to be vital to support your child
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After School Basketball Program Starts Today
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Do you like to play basketball? Do you want to be a better shooter, dribbler, passer, defender? Do you want to have fun learning how to become a better player?
Join ONE on ONE BASKETBALL for After School Hoops at Strandwood Elementary School. Throughout the spring, skilled and experienced basketball instructors will conduct a one hour clinic, once a week, for you and your friends. These clinics will help you become a better basketball player through drills, contests, and game competition.
After School Hoops will meet on Mondays from April 19th thru may 24th. The cost is $65 for the 6 week session.
If you have any questions please contact Brent Wyse at brent@1on1basketball.comor (925) 451-5888. Please send the checks and registration form to: P.O. Box 2486 Danville, CA 94526. Click here for the flyerand here for the online registration. Students will meet on the outdoor basketball courts.
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Dine At Back Forty BBQ Tomorrow
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Please
help support Strandwood by dining at Back Forty in Pleasant Hill! 15% of
carry-out, dine-in or bar orders will be donated to Strandwood Elementary. Take
a break and go out for lunch of bring in the family for dinner on April 20th.
Simply
print and present this flyer and 15%
of your bill will be donated back to the school. It's that easy!
Click here for the
Back Forty dine-in menu or here for the
carry-out menu. |
Music Foundation Fundraiser
It's not too late to help instrumental music!
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Wished you had bought a chance drawing ticket to support restoring 5th grade band? Well, you still can. For the rest of April, you can purchase a ticket from Martha Alexander (Alexander9@aol.com), Susan Dailey (daileychat@att.net) or Amanda Szakats (gszakats@yahoo.com). Hurry. Tickets are going fast. They are $10 for one chance to win and $20 for three chances to win. Checks can be made out to Mt. Diablo Music Education Foundation, which also gladly takes donations.
There are three vacation packages that you could win:
1. A 7-night Alaskan Pacific Sail Disney Cruise, departing from Vancouver, Canada with ports of call throughout Alaska. Includes airfare from Bay area. Valued at $9,000.
2. A 5-day, 4-night Disney World vacationin Orlando, Florida, including airfare from the Bay area, 5-day hopper passes, Disney Dining Package and stay at Disney's Boardwalk Inn. Valued at $6,000.
3. A 4-day, 3-night Disneyland vacationincluding airfare from the Bay area, 4-day hopper passes, stay at the Grand California Resort, and a Disney Dining Package. Valued at $3,500.
The winners will be announced at the foundation's music festival at Concord Pavilion on May 15. You need not be present to win.
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Spring Photo Day
| Spring Photo day is Tuesday, April 27th. Look for more information in your child's communication folder.
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Bike to School Day - April 30th
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Get in the Spirit of Spring
Friday, April 30th
* Come join schoolmates in riding your bike to school
* Earn a compass/whistle by taking a Bike Safety Quiz on-line at Strandwood's website.
* Complete the quiz and print out a certificate to bring on Bike To School Day
* Strandwood water bottles and snack available while supplies last.
Question: Please email Noga at nogakessler@yahoo.com
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Read and Dream Team Book Exchange
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When: Friday, May 7th
All Read and Dream Team members can join in our Read and Dream Team Book Exchange
How it Works:
*Just hand in a grade-level, Read and Dream book, received this year
*Turn the book in by Friday, April 30th,
along with your reading log
*Attach your name and log to your book that is to be exchanged.
*Bring to your classroom on the date above.
If you have any questions, please email: Noga at nogakessler@yahoo.com or
Suzie at silvacrew@aol.com
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PTA Meetings
| Like Sue Noack noted in her article, spending of PTA funds will be discussed at the next PTA meeting Thursday, May 6th.
In addition to those important discussions, our fantastic 3rd grade teachers will be informing the membership what is happening at that grade level.
If you want to be part of the fantastic PTA we have please come on by. Free babysitting is available.
At the April meeting we voted in the new officers for the 2010 - 2011 school year and talked about bullying (click hereto visit the Olweus Bulling Prevention Program website), STAR testing, Staff Appreciation Week, future programs and fundraisers.
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STAR Testing Starts In May
Check out the sample test questions
| STAR testing starts on May 4th. We will be bringing you more information and tips on STAR testing in future Roadrunners.
Here are a few great web pages with STAR information from the
California Department of Education.
STAR Sample Test QuestionsChoose your grade, subject and performance level. When you choose the first question you can then use the "results" arrows near the top of the page to advance to the next question. 2003 - 2008 CST Released Test QuestionsFirst on the pages that follow are lists of the standards assessed. Next are released passages and test questions. Following the questions is a table that gives the correct answer for each question, the content standard that each question is measuring, and the year each question last appeared on the test |
Recreation Summer School 2010
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Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District's Recreation Summer School, now in its 32nd year, continues to provide a very affordable, safe, exciting, summer experience containing enrichment opportunities for children entering first through 8th grade, next fall.
Recreation Summer School will be held at Pleasant Hill Middle School, 1 Santa Barbara Rd., Pleasant Hill, June 22-July 29, Tues.-Thurs., 9:30 am-12:20 pm. Children entering first (Locomotion Kids) and second grades (Sliding into Second) are in "block" programs and work out of one room. The 3rd through 8th graders travel to three 50-minute classes each morning such as acting, art, CPR, photography, sports, tennis, and much more.
Registration is by mail only. Look for the Recreation Summer School 2010 brochure at your school in mid-April or call 798-3824. For other youth programs, check out the PHR&PD website, www.pleasanthillrec.com.
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| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | 1st Grade Question - True or False? First, second and third are examples of ordinal numbers.
2nd Grade Question - How many pints in a quart? 3rd Grade Question- The color green is formed by combining what 2 colors.
4th Grade Question-It snowed two days in one week. What fraction of the week was snowy?
5th Grade Question - True or False? The Supreme Court consists of 9 justices. |
 Dates, Times and Places | April 20th - Field Trip - Kindergarten to Smith Family Farm
April 21st - Field Trip - B-9to the PH Library, 10:00 - 11:00
April 22nd - Field Trip - 3rd Gradeto Chabot Observatory - 9:00 - 2:00
April 23rd - Field Trip - P-2to DVC Planetarium
April 27th- Spring Photo day
April 29th - Field Trip - E-1, A-5- John Muir Historic Site - 9:30 - 1:30
April 30th - Field Trip - A-3, A-6- John Muir Historic Site - 9:30 - 1:30
April 30th- Bike to School Day
April 30th - Pizza Lunch - Blue slips must be turned in by Wednesday, April 28th
May 4th- STAR Testing begins
May 6th- PTA General Membership Meeting - 6:15 pm in the library
May 7th- Spotlight Assembly - 8:15 am
May 11th- Site Council - 3:15 pm in the library
May 13th- Kindergarten Orientation
May 14th- Last Day of STAR testing
May 21st - Field Trip - B-2, B-5, C-4 to Tilden Park - 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
May 22nd- Talent Show - MU Room
May 26th- Field Trip - All Kindergarten to SF Aquarium
May 26th- Open House - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
May 28th- Principal Pizza Lunch
Check all the calendars on the Strandwood website by clicking here.
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In the Office
Flyers regarding the following items are available in the office this month.
You can also click on the link, if there is one, to go directly to that site.
I saw a few flyers in the office last week but didn't get a chance to post them here.
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| Answers | Are you smarter then a 5th grader?
1st grade - True
2nd grade - 2
3rd grade - Blue and Yellow
4th grade - 2/7
5th grade - True
What is it? Flute
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