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A Strandwood PTA Publication
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DECEMBER 13, 2010
Good Morning
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Final School Closure Committee Meeting Tonight
| Tonight is the final meeting of the School Closure Committee. They will choose between 2 and 4 scenarios to be presented to the MDUSD Board of Education. The board will either accept one of the scenarios at a January meeting or choose one of their own. Even though Strandwood isn't one of the schools mentioned for closure we can be impacted by a few of the committees scenarios. I'm sure there will be an article in Tuesday or Wednesday's Contra Costa Times and we will get those links out to you when possible.
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Important 2011 PTA Dates
2011 Speaker Series
| Get out your new 2011 calendar and mark these dates!!
Strandwood PTA is happy to ring in the new year with our Speaker Series for 2011. We will be providing four more parent education nights which will feature professional led discussions on topics that are valuable to all families.
Please join us on the following dates from 6pm-7:30:
Jan 20th -"Bullying" with Karen Lingenfelter
Feb 17th -"Capable Students" with Kim Koppenhaven-Klute
Mar 24th -"How to Talk so Kids Listen" with Kim Koppenhaven-Klute
Apr 21st -"Raising Respectful Children" with Torie Henderson
Free Babysitting will be provided! Please contact Lea Harrington harringtonlea@yahoo.com or Martha Alexander alexander9@aol.com with any questions
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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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Read and Dream Reminder
| Just a reminder that due to the Winter Break, reading logs will be due the Monday we return from vacation, January 3rd. Please remember to take your reading logs home over the two weeks vacation and write down your minutes. Awards will be given out on Friday, January, 7th, to those students who have read their grade level minutes. Thanks!
Question? Please email Noga at nogakessler@yahoo.com or Suzie at silvacrew@aol.com
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Register Now for the Winter Session of
After School Chess
|  The Winter session will be held from January 5 through March 9 (ten weeks) on Wednesdays from 12:35 to 1:35. Grades K-5 are welcome (but not late K friends due to the time, sorry) **Note the class starts right after we return from Winter Break.
To register, go online to www.berkeleychessschool.org and choose the link on the left to "sign up for a class". The fee for ten weeks is $120 for the first child, and siblings are half price. However, the first parent to volunteer to assist the chess class by remaining in the room during the class will receive free chess for their child this session. No chess experience necessary! Parent volunteers are required to have fingerprinting and a TB record on file at the school.
Click here for the chess flyer or contact the Berkeley Chess School for more information: 510-843-0150 or bcschool@pacbell.net |
Got Coffee??
|  Need that perfect gift for your teacher, music instructor, soccer coach, co-worker, neighbor, or friend? It's great to bring to a holiday party or just to have on hand for that last minute gift!!! 5th Grade Outdoor Ed will be selling Strandwood's very own custom blend organic coffee before and after school all week next week, Dec. 13-17th.
Find us on the primary playground in the mornings and after school. Each bag is only $12 and all proceeds will help to fund the 5th Grade Outdoor Education program. Happy Holidays.
For more information please contact Diane Kastel dikastell@yahoo.com |
Don't Cook. Get Out for Outdoor Ed
Your December Opportunity to Help.
|  Feel like you need a mid-season cleansing from the usual holiday fare? Join us for lighter cuisine to ease the guilty palate at Sweet Tomatoes on Thursday, December 16, between 5:00 - 8:00 PM and support Strandwood Outdoor Ed! In partnership with Sweet Tomatoes, the Strandwood Outdoor Education Program is on its 2nd attempt to encourage "goodwill dining" to raise money to send current 4th grade students to a week-long 5th grade outdoor education program next November 2011.
Fifteen percent of your bill at Sweet Tomatoes will support this highly anticipated 5th grade tradition. On that day, eliminate the worry of what to feed the family when you're working late, out doing errands, or holiday shopping. Pick up dinner or skip the dishes altogether, all for a good cause.
Please click here for the flyer and present it to the cashier.
For more information, please contact Belinda Sullivan at brcsullivan@sbcglobal.net
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| After School Spanish Classes
Sign up Now
| | Beginning in January, 2011, Strandwood will offer a new and improved after school Spanish class. Spanish for Kids runs from January 4th - March 31st. Registration deadline has been extended. Flyers are available in the office or by clicking here. For more on Spanish for Kids please click here. |
Nutcracker DVD Sales
Special Pricing is Extended
| In the spirit of the holidays, our wonderful videographer, LarryLogic Productions, is going to honor the discounted prices for all orders that come in in 2010!
$15 per DVD if you turn in your order before the Holiday break
$25 for 2 DVD's if you turn in your order before the Holiday break
Orders will be sent out in January. Extra order forms are in the office. Please make checks out to LarryLogic Productions and turn in all orders to the Nutcracker basket in the office. Be sure to get your orders in before it's too late!
Quesions? Please contact either Lorie Tuey at tuey@sbcglobal.net or May Hanecak at may_hanecak417@yahoo.com
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Claim Your Children's Clothes Today
| The lost jacket wall is filling up. Do you recognize anything in the following photos? Have your child check the clothing displays this week. Consider it an early Christmas present.
 
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| Support Strandwood With eScrip This Holiday Season! |  There are two ways this year to support Strandwood with eScrip contributions this year. Make sure all your debit and credit cards are registered with eScrip and then every purchase you make with participating retailers will earn money for Strandwood.
Or, if you are doing your shopping online, go to the eScrip Online Mall and shop all your favorite stores, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, LEGO and Pottery Barn. To get to the eScrip Online Mall, go to the Strandwood Elementary PTA Home page: http://www.strandwood.org/ , scroll down to the bottom and click on the eScrip box. From the eScrip home page, click on the Online Mall link and start shopping and earning money for Strandwood!
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| Join Diablo Ballet's Prima Ballerina Kids' Club for a Fun Holiday Event! | Costumed dancers from Diablo Ballet will ring in the holidays with a reading of the classic
The Nutcracker at Barnes & Noble in Walnut Creek on Saturday, December 11th starting at 10 AM. Barnes & Noble is located at 1149 South Main Street in Walnut Creek.
Hear the heartwarming holiday favorite of Clara, the Mouse King, and the Nutcracker.
Free photos will be taken. Members of Diablo Ballet's Prima Ballerina Club will receive a special surprise. Kids ages 5 -13 are welcome to join our free club.
For information on the Prima Ballerina Club, click here. |
Parenting Tip of the Week
From www.familyeducation.com
| What every parent needs to know about head lice.
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Dates, Times and Place
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December 20 - December 31 - School Holiday - Winter Recess
View the calendar on the Strandwood PTA website by clicking here.
Visit the Strandwood Elementary School website by clicking here.
Brain Teaser Answer: In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.
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In the Office or On-Line
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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Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park Department
Breakfast With Santa
Youth Classes and Activities - Winter/Spring
Parent Project Jr.® "Loving Solutions"Education, support and resources for parents of strong-willed children ages 5 to 10 years. This six-week course takes the successful principles used in Parent Project, Sr. and adapts them to the needs of younger children. You will learn basic principles that will bring you and your child closer together - not push you apart. Learn how to encourage self-respect and cooperation. Parents who complete the course will know how to: identify ideals, rules and tools for the family, respond appropriately to children's choices and structure concrete solutions for challenging situations. Click here for the flyer or here to visit the MDUSD Parent Project education home page.
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