Volunteer Appreciation Reception - 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Immediately preceding the open house, the Strandwood Staff will honor those parents that have put in so many volunteer hours. Refreshments and baby sitting will be available. 

Attention parents of current 5th graders. Sign up now to start receiving the Pleasant Hill Middle School newsletter, The Ram Slam. The newsletter is produced twice a week and is a "convenient way to stay "in the know" about all aspects of PHMS". 

The MDUSD 12th Annual Millennium Mile Track Meet is this Saturday, May 19th at Ygnacio Valley High School. It begins at 8:00 AM. We are so proud of our Strandwood students who qualified to attend this event by having the fastest personal mile times at their grade level. It is an exceptional accomplishment as all the 4th and 5th grade students practice all year to improve their times with the bonus of improving their cardio vascular fitness!

The Strandwood students are:

4th Grade girl: Payton H. Qualifying time: 7:00

4th Grade boy: Israel C. Qualifying time: 6:52

5th Grade girl: Robyn T. Qualifying time 7:11

5th Grade boy: Isaac B. Qualifying time: 6:51

Join us on Saturday morning as we cheer our "Roadrunners" on! Yea Roadrunners!

Anyone working with students must be fingerprinted by the Mt. Diablo School District and have a negative TB test on file. Your fingerprinting remains valid for the duration of your volunteering within the school district. How do you get fingerprinted? Click here to download the Parent Volunteer Fingerprint Form. The district offices are open during the summer so make sure you get everything done before school starts on August 29th. 

Evidence of a negative tuberculosis test done within the last 60 days must be provided to the Personnel Office at the time of your scheduled fingerprint appointment. TB clearance remains valid for 4 years  The TB test spans 2 or 3 days so don't leave it to the day before your fingerprinting date.

Your family doctor can usually administer the TB test or there are two Muir Diablo Occupational labs and one local Dr.'s office that can perform the tests.

Pleasant Hill Wellness Center 140 Gregory Lane, suite 280 (same building at the Red Rross) 

Test available Monday-Wednesday

MDO Lab, Concord: 2231 Galaxy Court 685-7744 

Test available everyday Mon - Fri from 7 AM-7 PM, Sat 9 AM-2 PM 

No TB after 2 PM on Thursdays

MDO Lab, Walnut Creek: 1981 N. Broadway, Suite 190 932-7715 

Test available everyday Mon - Fri, from 8 AM-5PM

Thank you to all who supported the lunch program this year. Due to the end of the school year approaching, there will be no more credit issued for lunches as of today, Monday, May 21st. Please make sure your child has money on their account or please pack them a lunch. Any funds remaining on your account will be carried over to next year. 5th graders will have the excess monies refunded.

For questions on refunds or carry over balances please feel free to email me. 

Thank you, Sandy Reeder, Cafeteria Manager Email - StrandwoodCafe@mdusd.k12.ca.us

Parents, this week will be the final week of check out in the library this year. All materials will be due the week of May 28th. Please remember, your child will not receive his or her report card until all materials have be returned or paid for.

May is the last month to earn a book for this school year.  The due date for reading logs this month is Friday, May 25th.

Please take the time to fill out a reading log with your child.  If you need a new reading log you can print one from the Strandwood website (you'll find the Read and Dream section under PTA).  You can also pick a log up in the office.

It is hard to see the disappointment on the kids faces who did not get a log turned in.  On the other hand it is wonderful to see the excitement on the students faces when they get to select a book! 

SPECIAL END OF THE YEAR AWARD

Any classrooms that have 100% participation this month will win double books.  If all the students in a class read their minutes and turn in a log each student in the class will get to pick out two books. 

We hope to have lots of readers this month!!  Keep on reading!!!

Providing your child with the most appropriate classroom placement in order to maximize learning opportunities is valued at Strandwood Elementary School. Parents and guardians are an important source of information and a part of this process. Therefore, parents and guardians are provided the opportunity to give the school information regarding their child.

As you can imagine, many factors need to be considered when classes are created. The following criteria will be considered in this process: 

A. Total number of students divided equally in each class 

B. Balance of boys and girls, including ethnic balance 

C. Structure of class 

D. Assessment of students' needs 

E. Parent information regarding students' needs 

F. A reasonable range of ability and achievement in each class 

G. Separation of some students 

H. Academic balance; leadership balance 

I. Last-minute class configuration changes due to over/under enrollment 

A Student Information Form will be available in the office on May 1st, 2012.  Click here for a copy of the form.In order for this information to be considered, the required form must be returned to the school office no later than May 23rd, 2012. 

Notification of class assignments will be at Jumpstart Day on August 28th, 2012.

Please remember that student enrollment changes over the summer because some students move and others enroll. Flexibility must be maintained to readjust class placements to reflect these changes. 

Early Enrollment for 2012-2013 After School Spanish 

Viva el Espanol is opening up their registration for 2012-13 early.  Families signing up for next year's classes by June 15 will receive a 10% discount on their tuition.  To register and receive the discout, a $50 non-refundable deposit is required. Click here to the Viva el Espanol flyer.

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