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A Strandwood PTA Publication
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FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Good Morning
Every Monday, Email Club members receive important information regarding upcoming events and communications from The PTA and Strandwood staff via the Roadrunner. The Roadrunner also provides links to important flyers and new items on the PTA and school websites. Do you have any comments about this Roadrunner or suggestions for future Roadrunner articles or features? Drop us a line at strandwood_emailclub@hotmail.com.
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Are Our Budget Worries Over?
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All we need to do is find the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow from last week and we are set. Thanks to Jen Boyle for the great photo.
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Read and Dream Reminder
| Read and Dream logs are due this Friday, February 25. Awards will be given out the following Friday, March 4, to those 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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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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What is it?
What is the object in the close up photo below?
Find the answer in the Dates, Times and Places section at the bottom of the newsletter.
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Box Tops for Education
| Keep clipping and saving - our next deadline is Monday, February 28th.
Do you shop online? If so, please visit the Box Tops Marketplace at www.boxtops4education.com or click on the link via our website. Over 100 retailers give eBox Tops to our school when you shop at the Marketplace. Popular stores include Aeropostale, Best Buy, Gap, Expedia, iTunes and more.
Check it out today! |
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Strandwood Dinner Dance Auction Tickets On Sale
|  Packets went out last week regarding the upcoming Dinner Dance auction. If you do not receive a packet, please contact Cindy Turner at pcturner@sbcglobal.net. DDA tickets are on sale now for the discounted price of $45.00 each. Please submit a check to the PTA basket located in the office or pay online via our website (www.strandwood.org). Ticket sold out quickly last year. Buy now and don't be left out. The Dinner Dance and Auction committee is hard at work to bring you another successful and fun event. We are so excited to introduce new families to our annual tradition and give them a warm welcome as we open the doors on April 9th!! We have reached out to over 600 businesses and have begun to collect a great variety of donation items, but we are always looking for more. If you have a business in mind that may be willing to donate their services or items, please contact CindyTurner. There are donation letters and forms available on www.strandwood.org, in the auction section, or in the school office. It is very easy to print some up and have them on hand when the opportunity arises. Please let Katherine Bracken know if you have acquired a donation. We are also organizing the sign-up parties, which are always a big hit, as well as big money maker! Contact Martha Alexander or Melaine Huth with your idea or if you need one! Class projects are underway and look great so far. These items will be available exclusively on-line. So when the auction goes live on March 7th, make sure you check them out. The kids are always excited and proud of what they contribute to the auction ! |
Parenting Tip of the Week
From www.parents.com | |
4 Ways to Deal with Whining Kids
Although this article is about a 4 year old it still applies to children of all ages.
Click here for the article. Remember to click through all the pages of information by clicking Next.
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FPHE No Cooking on Tuesdays!!
February 22nd - Back Forty Texas BBQ
| Support the Pleasant Hill public schools by participating in FPHE's Dine Out for Education event every Tuesday from January 18 - March 15. The event includes lunch, dinner, or take-out at the participating restaurants. Restaurants will donate a % of your meal to FPHE. Click here to print the event flier and learn more about the nine-week event. Be sure to present the flier when you dine at the restaurant.
February 22 - Back Forty Texas BBQ - 100 Coggins Drive
March 1 - Jack's Restaurant - 60 Crescent Drive
March 8 - BJ's Restaurant - 385 Sun Valley Mall
March 15 - Devino's Pizza & Pasta - 2221 Morello |
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Pleasant Hill Community News
Items of Interest
|  The Pleasant Hill Community Foundation is accepting proposals for community grants now, with a deadline of March 15:
Click here for the grant application.
The Pleasant Hill Library Fund, a project of PHCF, is surveying the community about priorities for the PH library. The link to the survey is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T8BMFLN |
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Help Schools Thrive - Give $55!
FPHE 2011 Annual Campaign - Goal: $60,000
|  FPHE Annual Campaign Update: Midway through the campaign, we have raised over $17,000 toward the $60,000 goal. (The FPHE donor list is updated weekly at www.fphe.org)
In order to enhance our schools and get $60,000 to them in 2011, the second half of the campaign needs your support. FPHE awards grants in May 2011. Without campaign funding, there will be fewer grants.
Please donate now at www.fphe.org or send a check with the attached campaign flier.
Thank you to those who have already donated to the campaign and to those who attend our Dine Out events. Your support is greatly appreciated.
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Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District
Fairytale Princess Party, March 23rd
| For ages 2-6 yrs old
Be a princess for a day with your Mom or Dad. Wear your princess dress. Includes Fairytale Princess Story Time, a snack, and creating a very special princess crown. Register by Mar. 18.
Wed. March 23, 3:30-4:30 pm
* Admission: $9 / child, $6 / adult
* Community Ctr.: Parkside Rm. |
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Education News and Information
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A Message From the California State PTA
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Speak up today! Send this message to Sacramento legislators: let the voters decide! Protect education funding by putting a tax extension on the ballot.
- Public education in California continues to be threatened.
- Despite more than $18 billion in cuts in recent years, a further reduction of at least $2 billion (or $350 per student) will occur unless the Legislature takes action soon.
- March 1 is the deadline for lawmakers to place a ballot measure before California voters to extend current tax rates.
Your legislators need to hear from you right now!
California State PTA supports a balanced approach to solving the state's $26 billion budget deficit. This approach includes additional revenues to protect against even deeper cuts to education and children's services. The Governor has proposed putting an extension of certain current tax rates for five years on a special election ballot. This proposal will provide voters with a direct opportunity to help stabilize the budget and protect education and other essential programs from further cuts.
The first step is to persuade two-thirds of legislators in both the Senate and the Assembly to vote to place this measure on the ballot for a special election in June. Contact your legislators TODAY to urge them to place this measure on the ballot.
Speak up for children! We are PTA--if not us, then who? It's easy to do! Here's how:
- Click here to find your Senator and Assembly members' contact info. Call them TODAY in their district or Capitol offices (click here for a sample phone script).
- Fax or mail in a letter from you and/or your children about the importance of public education to your family (click here for a sample letter).
- Urge your PTA to send a letter to the representatives in your area (click here for a sample letter).
- Attend a school board meeting in your community or contact your local school board members and urge the board to adopt a resolution calling for extension of the temporary tax increases (click here for a sample resolution from the California School Boards Association).
Remember: the time to act is now!
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Dates, Times and Places
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March 1 - Field Trip, P-4, E-1 - 8:50 am Bollman Water Treatment Plant field trip
March 1 - Field Trip, P-3 - 10:30 am Bollman Water Treatment Plant field trip
March 1 - All 4th grade students STAR/CST Writing Test
March 2 - Read in Day - Dr. Seuss's Birthday
March 2 - Field Trip, P-2 - 10:30 am Bollman Water Treatment Plant field trip
March 3 - PTA General Membership Meeting with 4th grade teachers presenting.
March 4 - Field Trip - A-3 Sutter's Fort/Indian Museum field trip
March 8 - School Site Council Meeting - 3:15pm in the Library
March 9 - Student Council Spirit Day - Crazy Hat Day
March 11 - End of 2nd Trimester
March 11 - Field Trip - 2nd Grade - 11:00am Percussion Discussion at the Lesher Center
March 15 - Field Trip A-5, A-6, E-1 Sutter's Fort/Indian Museum field trip
Next week we will include the events from the second half of March.
View the calendar on the Strandwood PTA website by clicking here.
Visit the Strandwood Elementary School website by clicking here. 
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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, underlined if there is one, to go directly to that site.
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Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education Annual Campaign - Help Schools Thrive - Give $55
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