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September 16, 2012
Encinal PTO / La Organizasión de Padres y Maestro
Boletin en espanol - haga clic aqui
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|  Dear Encinal Families,
We are off to an amazing start with our focus on Writer's Workshop this year. We know good writing instruction is grounded in tasks that are authentic, meaningful, and relevant to the student. As I spent time in all classrooms this week, students were engaged with creating memory list books and recalling events and times in their lives that had strong emotions attached to them. This exercise generates lots of ideas to write about as students focus on writing personal narratives this Fall. Even our kindergarteners were busy drawing about events in their lives! I can't wait to read their writing and hear their stories!
Sincerely,
Principal Burns
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Week at a Glance
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Things to Do
Upcoming Dates
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Encinal PTO and MPAEF are Working Together to Support Our School
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It's For Our Kids! Support their education by supporting your PTO and the MPAEF. We'll be reaching out to our whole community on Monday. Check it out on Santa Cruz Ave near El Camino. Together our community can support our great schools.
Thank you to Dana Shields Design for contributing the design and creation of the banner.
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13 days to go! Are you IN for Encinal? We are counting on your  donation by Sept 27th to fund our PTO programs for this school year. Please take the time to DONATE NOW so that we have the funds we need at the start of the school year. Plus, you'll receive a free Encinal bag as a thank you gift!
Thank you to all of you who have already donated. Don't forget to consider Corporate Matching. Make your PTO donation go twice as far by submitting it for corporate matching from your employer. Last year, Encinal PTO received an additional $10,000 through corporate matching.
One of the most frequently asked questions about the "Are You In" joint campaign is "Why does my family need to support both the Encinal PTO and the MPAEF?" It can be confusing. These two organizations are partners and both support Encinal, but they are complementary - each with a different funding focus.
- The PTOs fund specific school-based programs, supplies and events that are important to Encinal's community of students, teachers, and parents.
- The Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation raises money for the District's operating budget. The MPAEF's grant to the District funds classroom teachers (9 this year!) and the District's credentialed librarians, art teachers, music teachers, and elementary science aides. This funding is essential to maintaining small class sizes and a comprehensive curriculum.
 Click here to donate to the Encinal PTO.
 Click here to donate or pledge to the MPAEF.
If you have other questions about the joint campaign, the PTO, the MPAEF, or school funding, click HERE for the answers.
Do you want to be a Ninja too? Click this link to hear what our kids have to say about their favorite times at school and how the PTO & MPAEF support them.
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Principal's Coffee on Sept 19th, 8:30-10am
A great way to meet and welcome our new Encinal Principal, Sharon Burns. Principal Burns will share more about her ideas and plans for the coming year. Join us! Wednesday, Sept 19th from 8:30-10:00am in the Small Multi located in the front of the school next to the carpool lane.
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 Fall Family Picnic & Bike Rodeo
Sept 21st, 4:30-7:30pm Enjoy this fun Encinal community tradition! Bring a picnic and a blanket for this school-wide event for all Encinal families. You also have the option to pre-order food from Jeffrey's Hamburgers! Please click here to order. All items come with chips, water, and lemonade and prices include sales tax. Orders must be placed by Tues. Sept 18 at 10:00 p.m. Food will not be available for sale at the event. Event Schedule:
- 4:30-6:30: Bike Rodeo - safety station and courses on campus
- 4:30-6:00: Crafts and other activities
- 4:30-6:30: Encinal Spirit Wear will be on sale
- 5:00-7:00: Fall Family Picnic - on the field
- 5:00-6:30: Pre-ordered food from Jeffrey's available for pick up at Encinal Kitchen
- 6:00-7:00: Learn to Zumba Dance with Eva Parra
We encourage families to bike to campus and join in the bike rodeo.
You can also get in the rodeo spirit by putting on some Country/ Western attire! Yee haw!
Questions? Email Carrie, Jim & Tara, Fall Family Picnic Coordinators
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Aft er-School Activities Start This Week!
Please make sure your child and their teacher know what activity they are doing after-school so they can get to the right place! There will be parent volunteers helping direct students on the first day to make sure they know where to go, too.
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 Please Help "Safe Routes to Schools" Complete a Transportation Survey by Sept 21st
Last week your child's teacher conducted a survey of students to determine how many kids walk, bike, carpool or take the bus. This is an important aspect of the District's Safe Routes to Schools funding. Parents can help by filling out an online survey about how kids get to school and why. Thanks to the families who already completed the survey. If you haven't filled it out already, please take 5 minutes and do so here. The district that gets the highest parent participation rate wins 150 bike helmets!
Questions? Please contact Kathy Schrenk, Transportation Safety Coordinator. |
Hope Musical Theatre at Laurel this Fall
Encinal Students Welcome!
Come sing, dance, and act on stage! Hope Musical Theatre is offering three exciting workshops this Fall. We will explore a different Broadway Musical number during each 3 hour workshop. The last 10 minutes of the workshop, we invite parents and friends to come and watch a mini show with costumes and all!!
Workshops will be held from 1:50-4:50, with adult supervision starting at 1:20 on:
- Thurs, Oct 4th
- Thurs, Oct 18th
- Thurs, Nov 1st
To Register:
Print the registration forms here, just click on Laurel/Encinal. Please, be sure to fill out both pages!
Questions? Please contact Sarah Hope from Hope Musical Theatre.
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Register for a Free Parent Education Event, Oct 11th
Dr. Madeline Levine, "Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success"
 Presented by Kepler's Books and the M-A Parent Education on Thursday, October 11, 7:00 p.m.
at the M-A Center for the Performing Arts (PAC)
Psychologist Madeline Levine brings together cutting-edge research and thirty years of clinical experience to explode once and for all the myth that good grades, high test scores, and college acceptances should define the parenting endgame.
To learn more about Dr. Levine and this talk, click here.
Get your tickets here. This is a free event, but tickets will go quickly, so please register early for this special event!! Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
Questions? Please contact Charlene Margot, M-A Parent Education Series, Program Director.
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PTO Volunteer Opportunities
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Be a Hot Lunch Volunteer!
This is a great way to serve the school, meet other parents, see your child for a moment, and get a peek at what school is like during lunch! Volunteers also get one Choice Lunch credit for a free lunch for their child for each shift completed.
Volunteer once a month or as often as you can. Pick which day of the week works for you; shifts offered daily from 11:15 am-12:30 pm.
Please contact Kim and Sue, Hot Lunch Co-chairs, to get added to the schedule or if you would like to join the sub list.
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Help the Encinal Spirit Wear Team
Please consider volunteering 30 minutes of your time to help with Encinal Spirit Wear this year. You can help with setting up the Spirit Wear table display, selling Spirit Wear, or helping break-down the Spirit Wear table at various fun events such as the Fall Family Picnic or Book Fair.
If interested, please sign up by clicking here to choose the time slot and school event that work for you. It's really fun and it's only half an hour! Thank you!
Questions? Email Karla, PTO Spirit Wear Coordinator
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 Art Volunteer Training
Training for Art Volunteers is on Monday, Sept 17th at 2:00PM in the
Art Room (Room 11.) This meeting is for all Art Coordinators and/or Head Room Parents as well as any interested Art Volunteers.
Questions? Email Ed, PTO Art Coordinator.
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Last Call for MPAEF Holiday Boutique Vendors
This is the final chance to sign up to be a Holiday Boutique vendor for the 3rd Annual Holiday Boutique benefiting the MPAEF.
The boutique will be at Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park on:
- Thursday, 11/15 (Champagne and Shopping from 6-9pm)
- Friday, 11/16 (Boutique Shopping from 8:30am-2:30pm)
If you are interested in becoming a Boutique vendor/sponsor, please fill out this vendor application and email Margie Klapper by Sept 18th. 20% of sales go to the MPAEF, which includes a $250 pre-paid non-refundable Boutique sponsorship.
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New Parent Social on Mon, Sept 24th, 6-7:30pm
 Parents of kindergarteners and new families are invited to an evening with Superintendent Ghysels and Principal Burns. Come meet other parents, learn more about our schools and how our community supports them. Drinks and appetizers will be served. Work casual attire suggested, but not required. The event is hosted by the Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation, in partnership with Encinal PTO.
Please RSVP to Jodi Robbins by Sept 18th or email her with any other questions.
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Local Community News & Events
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New Community Listings
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Community Events Meet the Candidates: Education Forum, Monday, September 24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, College of San Mateo Theatre, 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo. Please join us for an opportunity to meet the candidates running for state senate and assembly in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and hear their views regarding public education. Please RSVP by registering at: www.smcsba.org/events/.
4th Annual Active San Mateo County Conference, Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., San Mateo Main Library Oak Room, 55 West Third Ave., San Mateo. Join us as we discuss new strategies and programs to make our public places desirable destinations that promote healthy living. Workshops will explore the connections between urban planning, public health, parks and recreation.
Sports, Classes, and Other Opportunities
Library Volunteers Needed for Ravenswood District. Check books in and out to students and shelve books when they are returned during school hours; needed at all of the elementary schools in the Ravenswood City School District. Contact Julie Gaston. Captivating Dance by Nona - Fall Dance Classes located in Menlo Park, in many styles including jazz, hip hop, break dancing, lyrical and ballet. Visit their website. 4-H Clubs Enrolling Now. Kids 5-19 engage in projects from science to livestock production.Canada 4-H in Redwood City and San Carlos/Eaton Hills 4-H are enrolling now.To learn about launching a Menlo Park based chapter, contact Julie Wong. Register for Ragazzi Boys Chorus, Monday and Wednesday afternoons through September, by appointment, Redwood City. Ragazzi Boys Chorus offers a complete music education through a proven, award-winning choral program. No-stress auditions for boys between the ages of 7 and 10; no previous singing experience is required. Appointments: 650-342-8785 or ragazzi@ragazzi.org.
Love and Logic Parenting Course, with Janada Clark, 5-Week Course Begining 9/25, Free Introduction 9/18, Redeemer Lutheran School, 468 Grand Street, Redwood City
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Encinal PTO Communications
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This email and the Encinal School web site are delivered to you by the Encinal PTO Communications committee. For more information about Encinal School, please visit www.encinalschool.com.
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