A Strandwood PTA Publication
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OCTOBER 25, 2010
Good Morning
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Scholastic Book Fair is Here!
| Our theme - "Here's to Our Heroes! Reading Saves the Day!"-celebrates all types of heroes, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, inspired by a love for books. So come by to support the super student in your life and the Strandwood Library! Our hours are:
Monday, Oct 25th - 2:50-8:00pm 
6:00-7:30pm - Raffle/Popcorn/Hot Choc. Night: Get a raffle ticket for a chance to win $20 in books! The winner will be announced at 7:00pm and again at lunch on Tuesday. Need not be present to win. Popcorn and Hot Chocolate will also be served by 4th grade Girl Scout Troop #31125.
Tuesday, Oct. 26th - 2:00-8:00pm
11:40am-12:40pm - open at lunchtime for 3rd-5th grade
2:00-2:50pm Shop without Students
6:15-7:15pm Story Time with Mrs. Kim, Mrs. Burns and Mr. Brown!
Wednesday, Oct. 27th - close at 2:00pm
8:10-9:00am - Shop without Students
11:00am-2:00pm - Last day of Book Fair
See you at the library!
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5
| GET WIMPY - Jeff Kinney's newest book is scheduled to go on sale November 9th. The book fair is offering an exclusive paperback edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The ugly Truth. Each pre-order benefits our school. Click here to view and print the order form.
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Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.
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Calendar
Click the image below to go directly to the monthly Strandwood PTA web calendar.
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On This Day in History
OCTOBER 25,
1870 - The first U.S. Trademark was issued. The recipient was the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New Your City. 1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by the Tappan Company. It sold for $1,295. 2001 - It was announced that scientists had unearthed the remains of an ancient crocodile which lived 110 million years ago. The animal, found in Gadoufouua Niger, grew as long as 40 feet and weighed as much as eight metric tons. |
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| 10% Back to Schools Competition | Congratulations to 4th grader, Jordan Riggen, for turning in the most Safeway receipts in the eScrip 10% Back to Schools competition!
Thank you to everyone who turned in their Safeway receipts for this competition.
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Read and Dream Reminder
| Read and Dream logs are due on Friday, October 29. Awards will be given out the following Friday, November 5, to all students who have read their grade level minutes.
Questions? Please email Noga at nogakessler@yahoo.com or Suzie at silvacrew@aol.com |
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Fantastic Fall Fest 2010
| Wow! We had record-breaking attendance at this year's Fall Fest! Thank you to all of the wonderful Strandwood families who came out to enjoy the Fall Fest, volunteered their time to help set-up and clean-up, baked 81 homemade cakes, brought or bought more sweets for the cake walk and bake sale and participated in the 1st Annual Pie Eating Contest.
 | Cake Walk DJ's Mr. W and Mr. S
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Thank you also to all of the Scout troops and parent helpers who worked the games, bake sale and snow cone stand; Mrs. Guncheon for assisting Student Council with the Food Bank donation booth; Mr. Safarians and Mr. Wozniak for keeping us rockin' at the Cake Walk and Los Rancheros Taqueria who came out and fed us all from the Taco Truck. Special thanks to Mrs. Kim for her continued support and participation and Joaquin Salazar for his help during set-up and clean-up. This was truly a community effort and we could not have done it without your help!!!
Cake Contest Winners
FUNNIEST: Julianne Colbath (K), Kyle Hicks (1st), Wilder Long (2nd), Ethan Lerch (3rd), Zack Taylor (4th), Madison Simpson (5th), Ms. Hoffman, Nylund Family
ORIGINAL: Brayden Fettke (K), Melissa Morris (1st), Dante Ianora (2nd), Cassandra Heine (3rd), Mackenzie Hicks (4th), Will Bargmann (5th), Dajani Family
SCARIEST: Colin Ebding (K), Hanaleia Price (1st), Grace Gallagher (2nd), Jason Eide (3rd), Wesley Casebeer (4th), Jake Eide (5th), Mrs. Bartlett, Harrington Family
Pie Eating Contest Winners
K-2nd grade: Grace Gallagher, Dante Ianora
3-5th grade: Tyler Meienberg, Riley Jurow, Dominic Hanecak
Adults: Mrs. Kim, Armin Safarians, Perry Jurow
 | The Adult Pie Eating competitors dig in
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Pumpkin Carving Contestants, thank you so much for all of your fabulous and creative carvings! Your efforts and work are truly appreciated.
Congratulations to the Fall Fest Committee, Kelly Gallagher, Cindy Turner, Lea Harrington, Wendy Sarassin, Orlando Guzman and Jeff Eide, for your planning and execution of the event. If you have any suggestions for next years event (besides a second taco truck!) please feel free to contact us at strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com. |
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Red Ribbon Week
| This is the time we remember police officers whose lives have been lost in the fight against illegal drugs. Red Ribbon Week started with the family of Agent Enrique Camerena, tortured and killed by drug dealers, who wanted others to know the loss they sustained when Enrique died doing his job.Personal choices can affect others around us and society in general. We want the next generation to make good choices.
This weeks activities at school are:
Monday, October 25 - "You Gotta Have Heart" (Wear red to school)
Tuesday, October 26 - "Don't Let Drugs Sneak Up On You" (Wear sneakers to school)
Wednesday, October 27 - "Living Drug Free Is No Sweat" (Wear sweats to school)
Bring an especially healthy snack. Thursday, October 28 - "Hugs, Not Drugs" (Bring your favorite stuffed animal to school)
Friday, October 29 - "Say Boo To Drugs" |
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Student Council
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Our 4th and 5th grade classrooms have elected Student Council Representatives!
We are so excited to announce the beginning of a Student Council program at Strandwood. It is a great opportunity for upper grade students to become more involved in the decision making process that occurs on campus, as well as engage in community service projects and gain experience in a leadership skills.
Each 4th and 5th grade classroom provided the opportunity for students to give a speech in front of their class. Ballots were cast by each class and votes counted. The coucil will meet after school each week on Wednesdays from 12:30 - 1:00. They will work together to decide upon and plan events for students.
4th Grade Representatives are:
A-3 Katelyn D. and Ben L. Alternate is Jessica B.
A-5 Grace A. and Cydne G.
A-6 Nathan K. and Zach T. Alternate is Dylan N.
5th Grade Representatives are:
P-2 Nick S. and Ethan T.
P-3 Will B. and Marlo A. Alternates are Alexa H. and Trevor G.
P-4 Dominic H. and Courtney T. Alternates are Ethan M. and Sophia H.
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The Student Directory is Here
| The 2010-2011 Student Directory has been distributed. There are some new pages this year and we hope you like the changes. Thank you again to our advertisers. If you have any ideas for future directories please let us know at strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com.
This year we will distribute an update list for those people that want to be in the directory but were left off for some reason. Email your information to strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com by November 12th to be included in the update.
It is much easier to package and distribute one directory to each student so many families have multiple copies. You may return any unneeded copies to the office.
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Halloween Candy Drive - Nov 1st - 5th
| Not sure what to do with all of the Halloween candy your kids collect? Spare yourself the calories and late night snacking this year by donating your sweet treats to the Halloween Candy Drive.
Third grade Brownie Troop 30054 will be collecting candy after school in the PTA Room, Monday November 1st - Friday, November 5th. All candy will be given to the Blue Star Moms who will then package the candy in holiday care packages for our soldiers stationed overseas.
A collection box will also be located in the office. |
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Target Red Card
| Do you have a Target Red Card yet? Now the Target Red Card saves you 5% on every Target shopping trip, every day! Apply and get approved for a TARGET credit card (it only takes 5 minutes at the check-out). Enroll in Take Charge For Education and designate Strandwood as your school.
Start shopping and using your card. Target will track purchases and send a donation check to the school. Currently, we have only 27 families participating in the program but we received a check in August 2010 for almost $600!!!! This is the easiest money we've ever made - passive fundraising at its best!!
For more information, go to the Strandwood PTA website and click on the TARGET icon or click here.
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Safeway Annual Renewal Time!
| eScrip is an important part of our fund-raising program and we need your help. If you have signed up your Safeway Club card in the eScrip program, you must renew it by November 1 to ensure that your Club card contributions go uninterrupted all year long. This is quick and simple.
You can renew online by going to: http://www.escrip.com/ and clicking on the Check Mark to renew or look for the paper form coming home from school in the next week. Fill this out and return to the eScrip box in the office and we will take care of the renewal for you.
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PTA Donations via PayPal
| Have any relatives or friends that would like to contribute to the Strandwood PTA? The PTA website now has an "open donation" button that will accept any amount. Visit Strandwood.org and look in the lower right corner of the homepage or click here. This suggestion was brought up at a recent PTA meeting. If you have any other suggestions for the PTA website please let us know at strandwoodweb1@yahoo.com.
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Read the Latest MDUSD Newsletter
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Fifth Annual Day at the Races for Literacy, Budget and Solar updates.
"Budget Update: Although the State budget restored the $275 per-student reduction from the Governor's May budget proposal, and we will receive $6 million in new one-time Federal dollars, we are being very cautious about the District's budget. In a Los Angeles Times article dated October 10, 2010, by Evan Halper, Mr. Halper asserts that come January, a new governor and a new crop of lawmakers will have to confront the $19 billion deficit that the current governor and legislature failed to address.
Quoting the Los Angeles Times:
The most optimistic projections show that the spending plan Schwarzenegger signed will produce a shortfall of at least $10 billion - more than 11% of state spending - in the next fiscal year. Many experts predict it will be billions more. The leaders mostly papered over this year's gap, punting many tough decisions forward.
We have read many analyses of the State budget that reach similar conclusions. A commensurate 11% reduction to California's education budget would be approximately $5.5 billion. This would translate into an additional $20 million reduction to our District budget!"
Read the remainder of the budget article and articles titled Fifth Annual Day at the Races for Literacy and Shining the Light on Solar by clicking here.
The district has been making good on the promise to keep everyone informed with these
twice monthly updates. I hope everyone is reading them. |
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An Interesting October Fact (oops, Myth)
| "October, 2010, has something that occurs once every 823 years (or so I'm told). This month has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. An extra weekend, wow. "
OK, I got one email questioning this "Interesting Fact" last week. Since this was one of the very few things I didn't fact check this year it stands to reason that this "fact" was incorrect. The next time we will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays in one month is....... July, 2011. Oops...
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Dates, Times and Place
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October 26 - Field Trip - 1st Grade to the Mangini's Pumpkin Patch B-4 8:45 - 10:00
October 26 - Field Trip - 1st Grade to the Mangini's Pumpkin Patch B-3 12:30 - 2:00
October 27 - Opera A la Carte Assembly - 9:00am
October 27 - Field Trip - 1st Grade to the Mangini's Pumpkin Patch B-2 & C-4 10:30 - 11:30
October 29 - Strandwood Halloween Parade 10:00am - 10:45am
November 4 - Assembly - Stranger Danger
November 4 - Parent Education - Stranger Danger
November 4 - PTA General Membership Meeting - 2nd grade Teachers Presenting
November 5 - Assembly - Spotlight
View the calendar on the Strandwood PTA website by clicking here.
For more event information visit the Strandwood Elementary School 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.
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