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A Strandwood PTA Publication
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OCTOBER 1, 2012
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 roadrunner@strandwood.org.
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| Last Week of Fall Fundraiser! | | This is the last week to collect orders for our Fall Fundraiser, so be sure to ask friends and family to help support our school by purchasing items from the Believe and Otis Spunkmeyer catalogs. Deadline to turn in order forms is this Friday, October 5th. |
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Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.
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| PTA Meeting This Thursday
October 4, 2012
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This month's General Membership PTA Meeting is Thursday, October 4th. As always, parents and teachers are invited and encouraged to join us in the library from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Babysitting is provided at no cost.
A few topics that will be covered are the Soul Shoppe's Peace Program, G.A.T.E. Program, Fall Fundraiser feedback session, and a general PTA feedback session. We would really like to hear from you and meet the people that support our PTA!
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Update Your Cafeteria Payment Info
New System Effective Oct. 8th
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 The MDUSD's cafeterias are switching over to an online credit card payment system for student and teacher meals. This change will be fully effective Monday, October 8th. Please see the attached flyer to update your payment information.
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Strandwood Costume Swap
Now through October 8th
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Join us in celebrating National Costume Swap Day on Oct 8th!
Collect any costumes you no longer use. Find all their parts & package them up in a bag or box. Drop your costumes in to the labelled boxes by the Multi-Use Room (MUR) over the next couple of weeks. Then come back to the MUR on Monday, Oct 8th, between 2:00-3:30 p.m., and pick up a new costume! It's that simple!
Anything not swapped will be donated.
If you would like to volunteer to help on the 8th you just might get first dibs! Please contact Shanna Holden at shanna.holden@att.net, or by phone at (925) 588-9291 for more information.
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| Calling All 4th Grade Parents! | |
There will be a Parent Meeting on Monday, October 29th to discuss the Sutter's Fort Environmental Living Program. The meeting will be held in the Library at 7:00 pm.
This is an informational meeting for parents only. For those of you who are not familiar with this
program, the Sutter's Fort Environmental Living Program allows students to relive a part of history. The students, along with program directors and trained parent helpers, will spend 24 hours (from May 2nd - May 3rd) as a living museum, portraying characters of 1840s California at Sutter's Fort, Sacramento. Those involved partake in the various trade activities and entertainment of the era. Weekly courses will be held on Wednesdays, February 27th - May 8th (12:45 - 2:00pm) in the MUR. This experience is one you and your child will never forget.
For questions, please contact Program Directors:
Kelly Gallagher at kelgallagher@gmail.com
or Jill Olivier at jillolivier@yahoo.com
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 Nutcracker News
Strandwood's 17th annual production of "The Nutcracker" will take place on Saturday, December 1st. This year's flyer with important dates and times can be found here. Please mark your calendars for this very special event. For general information on this year's performance, please click here. On this site you will also find informational packets for grades K-2, as well as the 3rd grade packet. Remember, auditions for the role of Clara are being held on Wednesday, October 3rd, and 5th grade auditions are held October 10th. More information, including permission slips, will be coming home with your child soon. |
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Book Fair is Coming!
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We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experience a celebration of reading that provides families the opportunity to get involved in a universal mission: encouraging kids to read every day so they can lead better lives. This is an event that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and affordable books kids want to read. The more kids practice reading, the better they'll get. Hope you will join us in the library on the dates below:
- Friday, Oct. 19th 2:50pm - 8:30pm (Same day as Fall Fest)
- Monday, Oct. 22nd 2:50pm - 8:00pm
- Tuesday, Oct. 23rd 2:50pm - 8:00pm
- Wednesday, Oct. 24th 11:30am - 2:00pm
NOTE: On Tuesday (10/23) there will also be:
Hot chocolate, popcorn, and a raffle from 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Storytime with Mrs. Burns from 6:00pm - 7:00pm
And on Wednesday (10/24) the Book Fair will be open during school hours to provide kindergardeners, parents, grandparents and community a chance to shop. This is a perfect opportunity for early Holiday Shopping!!!
SHOP OUR BOOK FAIR ONLINE: here or here.
Now friends & family can shop from home anywhere in the world and have the books delivered directly to your child at school! (Online fair available 10/11-10/31)
All Book Fair profits benefit Strandwood Library |
Library Book Club
by Laurel Burns
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The library is once again sponsoring the Library Birthday Book Club. A new hard cover book will be donated to the library in honor of each child who donates $15 to the club. The book will be presented to the student during his or her library time. A custom book plate will be placed inside the book with the child's name and birth date, and it will become part of the library collection to be enjoyed for years to come. If you would like to participate, please click here to fill out the Library Birthday Book Club form. Thank you for supporting the library!
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Deadline for PTA Reflections is 10/29
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Is your child creative? Each year, kids create art works inspired by a common theme in the National PTA Reflections art program. See the official flyer here. Your child will participate with hundreds of thousands of others all over the country! (Students are recognized at the local level before moving on to regional and national levels.) Encourage your child to use his/her imagination! It's more about creative interpretation of the theme than about technical skill. Visit this site to find out more about this year's program. For rules and more information, click here.
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Dates, Times and Places
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October 3 - Nutcracker auditions for the role of Clara
October 4 - General Membership PTA Meeting from 7 - 9 pm in the Library
October 5 - Fall Fundraiser forms and money due
View the calendar on the Strandwood PTA website by clicking here.
Visit the Strandwood Elementary School website by clicking here.
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