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A Strandwood PTA Publication
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FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Good Morning
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Talent Show Information
|  "Born to Perform!" The 2011 Talent Show Registration Forms went out last week are due to the PTA Basket in the Office by Friday March 4th. *Please be sure to keep the first page of the form, with important dates and information. You only need to hand in the second page of the registration form. If you need another registration form please click here.
**IMPORTANT: If you are a 4th or 5th grader and want to be an MC for the 2011 Talent Show (announce the acts), please let us know. We will collect names at Pre-views on Wednesday, March 16th , OR you can write a note and put it in the PTA Basket as well. Just make sure we have your full name and contact information (either phone number and/or email). You DO NOT have to be performing in an act in the show to be considered for this opportunity! We will draw names shortly after the Pre-views and let everyone know the results.
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March PTA General Membership Meeting
Listen to our 4th Grade teachers present
|  Please join us for the March PTA meeting on Thursday evening from 6:30pm to 8:00pm in the library.
If you have a 3rd grader this is the time to come listen to our wonderful 4th grade teachers tell you what 4th grade is up to and what to expect next year. Don't miss it. Free babysitting is provided. |
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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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Dinner Dance Auction News
|  Thanks to all of you who have purchased your tickets to the auction! It is going to be a great night! To check out the latest auction news click here for the auction web page. If you paid by check you will receive confirmation of payment by the end of this week. There are still some tickets available, but don't wait too long! The online portion of our auction goes live in one week....March 7th!! Please log on to www.biddingforgood.com/strandwood to check out all the great items that will be available. This is the only place that you can purchase your child's class project, teacher experiences and Strandwood only items. Keep checking the site often, as we are still adding items that come trickling in! Take a look at the March Newsletter by clicking here. |
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Strandwood Students Receive a Free Ticket To Diablo Ballet
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Diablo Ballet wants our youth to be exposed to the arts! Diablo Ballet of Walnut Creek is pleased to offer children ages 4 - 13 a free ticket to any of our upcoming March 4th & 5th performances.
In addition, we're offering a special discount $20 ticket for an adult or guardian to accompany the child (Children 12 years and under must be accompanied by an adult at all Diablo Ballet performances).
Performances of Diablo Ballet's Inside the Dancer's Studio are Friday, March 4th 7:30 PM, and Saturday, March 5th 2 PM and 7:30 PM at Shadelands Arts Center - 111 N. Wiget Lane in Walnut Creek.
To receive this offer, the parents should sign up the child for Diablo Ballet's Prima Ballerina Club. This free club for children ages 4 - 13 brings children up-close to all the action of our dance company with special member-only events and offers. For more information on the club, please click here.
Diablo Ballet's Inside the Dancers Studio is the acclaimed, innovative series that combines a fully staged dance performance with audience participation, where you become part of the performance. Interviews are conducted by celebrity moderators. These interactive programs are followed by an exclusive complimentary gourmet reception to meet the artists. For more information on Diablo Ballet, please click here.
Deadline to sign up and receive this ticket offer is next Wednesday March 2nd 5 PM.
We hope your child will become one of Diablo Ballet's Prima Ballerinas!
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FPHE No Cooking on Tuesdays!!
March 1st - Jack's Restaurant
| 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.
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 |
Parenting Tip of the Week
From www.parents.com | |
36 Ways to Save Money
Save money on energy bills and give an energy-saving duty, like turning off unused lights, to everyone in the family. "A child can make a great sergeant-at-arms over electricity-he or she will be relentless about making sure the older siblings turn off lights," says financial expert Susan Beacham.
Click here for the article. Remember to click through all the pages of information by clicking Next.
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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.
You can also check out the new website at www.fphe.org and · Learn who is on the FPHE Board.
· Review our list of business donors. FPHE encourages you to frequent and thank the businesses and business people that have generously supported FPHE.
· Read up on past minutes and FPHE news.
· See your name on our donor list (if you'd like us to make a correction, please reply to this email).
· Determine when you can attend a future FPHE Board Meeting. The meetings are open to the public and you are welcome to attend. Feel free to bring a friend.
· Make a donation to the 2011 Annual Campaign! It's easy to do using our online PayPal system.
A special thank you to Orlando Guzman for his time and talent revising the FPHE website.
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 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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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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By Theresa Harrington
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 7:37 pm in Education, Mt. Diablo school district.
Mt. Diablo schools Superintendent Steven Lawrence persuaded the school board to unanimously approve his recommendation not to close any additional schools Tuesday, without giving trustees a cost savings analysis to back up his claim that the district would save $1.5 million.
His PowerPoint presentation - which included answers to many questions - was missing one very important question and answer: How do the recommendations add up to $1.5 million? Read the remainder of the article by clicking here.
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For Parents With Older Children - From Drugs to Mugs
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With disturbing before and after photos of drug users' faces, a new anti-drug campaign may succeed where others have failed, grabbing teens' attentions by appealing to their vanity.
The pairs of mug shots, which graphically display the damage drugs can do to the face, were collected by the sheriff's office in Multnomah County, Ore.
Faces that were normal - even attractive - in initial photos, shot when addicts were first arrested, metamorphose over years, and sometimes just months, into gaunt, pitted, even toothless wrecks.
Click here for the MSNBC story |
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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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