There will be a Parent Meeting with Menlo Atherton High School Principal Matthew Zito and Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent Jim Lianides regarding SUHSD boundary changes

Monday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hillview Middle School Performing Arts Center (PAC)

For more information, please click here to read Superintendent Ghysels September 30 Announcement.

Join Superintendent Maurice Ghysels and millions of people around the world in walking to school this Wednesday. Here is what to do:

• Pick up free safety vests for adults & children from the school office. Being visible = more safety.
• Wear your safety vests and walk to Oak Knoll on Wednesday 
• Check the Safe Routes to Oak Knoll map and study these Pedestrian Safety Tips.
• Make plans to walk with friends and neighbors.
• If your student rides the Sequoia bus, please watch for a permission slip for your student to walk with an Oak Knoll staff member from Hillview to Oak Knoll.
• If Hillview is on your route to Oak Knoll, please bring your student and join the Bus Riders in walking
• Walk your bike for the last block and participate too! Wear a safety vest & helmet.  

It's time once again for Oak Knoll's annual caring & sharing book drive. Please donate your gently used books (Pre K - 8th grade) from October 15 - 17.  Books will be donated to local kids and area non-profit organizations.  Oak Knoll's Brownies and Girl Scouts will be out collecting your donations each morning.   We are also looking for volunteers to help with sorting the books after the drive.

For questions or to volunteer, please feel free to contact Kathy Motamedi, Lisa Langer or Nancy Lieberman. 

Please clean out your shelves to make room for your new book fair books!

Thank you!

Come One, Come All, to the World's Most Magnificent Book Fair!

Marvel at some of the Amazing Activities planned for the week:

Parent Author Talk with Sheryl Sandberg. Tuesday, October 22 at 8:30 am.

Sheryl is the author of the number-one bestseller Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. See Save the Date and RSVP information below.

Family Night, Wednesday, October 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Bring the whole family and join us for a night of magic and wonder with performers who will dazzle children of all ages while you shop at the book fair!

Questions? Contact Alison Fleming, Jennie Lang or Mary Speiser.

Save the Date! Tuesday, October 22 at 8:30 am. Book Fair Author Talk with Sheryl Sandberg, author of the number-one bestseller Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and founder of LeanIn.Org, a global community supporting women who lean in to their ambitions. Sheryl's electrifying talks and book have inspired millions around the globe. Come hear her humor and wisdom on how we can all lean in to create the lives we want in this private, Oak Knoll community-only event!  

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Planning on reading Lean In before the Author Talk? Buy your book at school to benefit Oak Knoll! We will have copies of Lean In available for purchase on campus during afternoon pick-up time outside the multi on Monday, October 7 and Tuesday, October 8. Please bring cash or a check payable to Books, Inc. for $27.20.

PTO Membership Team                                                                 MPAEF School Team 

Cyndy Hogan                                                                                    Jennifer Levey

Kathy Motamedi                                                                                Dimitra Anderson

Tamara Russel                                                                                  Linda Knoll

Meg Scherer                                                                                      Sharon Purcell

Jill Wurster                                                                                         Ashley Honerkamp

Tracy Watt

ING Run For Something Better® School-Based Running Programs Help Students 

Learn Healthy Choices and Take Responsibility for Their Own Fitness

ING U.S. announced Oak Knoll School (Menlo Park, CA) as one of 59 recipients from 26 states across the U.S. to receive $2,500 grant to inspire students to be more active and adopt healthy choices to carry into adulthood. The money from ING Run For Something Better grant will be used to expand Oak Knoll's current running program, the Otter Mileage Club. The monies will be used to purchase program materials; equipment to document and record student laps; and materials to recognize and celebrate student achievement and the attainment of personal fitness goals.  Otter Mileage will conclude with Menlo Park City Schools, Are You In RUN in June, 2014.

To learn more about the ING program, visit www.orangelaces.com. For more information about Oak Knoll's running program contact  Sarah Westfall  or Kristen Gracia,  or visit Oak Knoll's Otter Mileage Fusion Page.

Please remember there is NO LEFT TURN out of the school driveway.  This helps to ensure our students' safety and keeps the car line running smoothly. 

For a complete listing of all the parent education events in and around our community, please visit the district's ParentEd webpage.

Women Basketball Players.   Sundays at 10:00am.  Looking for additional players for a women's basketball group. Oak Knoll/Hillview/Encinal/Laurel moms that play basketball on Sundays at 10AM in the Oak Knoll multi.Whether you have played before or would like to learn, we would love to have you join us.  It is a great workout and a lot of fun.Please email Margie Roginski at margieroginski@yahoo.com for more info.

Bake a Cake for a Kid In Need.  Cake4Kids is seeking volunteer bakers to bake one or two cakes a year to give at-risk youth a birthday cake who otherwise wouldn't have one. This is a great opportunity for a service project you can do mostly from home with kids of all ages. To sign up or learn more, click here.

Halloween-tastic craft session.  Wednesday, October 30 at 4:00pm. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park.  The Menlo Park Library will provide a Halloween-tastic craft session for your enjoyment.  Please join us to create your own special Halloween creation. Check out the flyer for more information.

Trick or Treat Street.  October 30, 5-7pm.  Menlo-Atherton High School; bring your 0-10 year old for a night full of fun activities and door-to-door trick or treating at Menlo-Atherton High School. Email trickortreatstreet2013@gmail.com if you need a costume.

Vote on Measure W! Please vote on Measure W -- a bond for the Menlo Park City School District to build an additional elementary school in the Willows to alleviate overcrowding at Laurel, Encinal and Oak Knoll schools and accommodate the district's growing student population.  Measure W is a $23 million bond which is estimated to have a 25-year term and cost property owners $8.70 per $100,000 of assessed (not market) value each year. You should be receiving your ballot this next week to vote on Measure W.   If you are a permanent absentee voter, please vote as soon as you receive your ballot (and before October 28th).   If you need to register to vote, please register at www.shapethefuture.org.   Anyone who registers before October 20th will be eligible to vote in this election.