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December 23, 2012
Encinal PTO / La Organizasión de Padres y Maestro
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See you back at Encinal on January 7th
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Dear Encinal Families
 On behalf of the entire Encinal staff, we want to wish all of our families a happy holiday season. I am so proud of our wonderful music teachers and students who spent many recesses and lunches jamming with our students to have them ready to lead last week's Winter Sing. I must admit that I was a little teary during "All you need is Love" and am so thankful that we were able to come together as a community and just sing and dance with our kids. We are truly blessed.
After a well deserved break, our staff is looking forward to hitting the ground running in January.
- Award winning author John Delandsteer will be here in the new year as upper grade teachers engage in professional development around going deeper into our curriculum with depth, complexity, rigor and creativity.
- We will continue to focus on building writing stamina with all of our students and have already seen tremendous growth in student writing.
- Dr. Carol Dweck will be speaking at Hillview on January 29th,
- Dr. Lit, author of The Bus Kids, will be joining our Jan. 30th School Site Council Meeting.
- 15 students will compete in Encinal's first Scripps Spelling Bee on January 11th.
Have a safe and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing all of our Eagles back here on January 7th.
Sincerely,
Sharon Burns
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Week At A Glance
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Important Dates
- Dec 24 - Jan 6 - Winter Break, No School
- Jan 11 - Encinal Spelling Bee Finals
- Jan 21 - MLK Holiday, No School
- Jan 29 - Speaker: Mindset author, Carol Dweck, Hillview
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Please Review Encinal Emergency Preparedness Procedures
Encinal School is committed to the safety of our students. Please take a few minutes to become familiar with Encinal's Emergency Preparedness Procedures. These procedures are for all major emergencies including earthquakes, fires, and lock down situations.
When you registered your child for school, you were required to fill out an Emergency ID tag which named adults who are authorized to pick up your child in case of emergency. If you'd like to add or edit names to this tag, you may do so by downloading and filling out this form and turning it into the Encinal office to process.
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Make Snowflakes to Support Sandy Hook Elementary
If families are looking for a way to support those affected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school, here is a family-friendly suggestion offered by the National PTA and Connecticut PTSA.
Welcome Students to a Winter Wonderland
When school resumes for Sandy Hook, it will be in a new building. Parent-volunteers are working to ensure that the students are welcomed back by a winter wonderland with the entire school decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible. We encourage senders to be as creative as possible, remembering that no two snowflakes are alike. Please make and send snowflakes by January 12, 2013 to the Connecticut PTSA address at the end of this email. Please send all snowflakes and donations to:
Connecticut PTSA
60 Connolly Parkway
Building 12, Suite 103
Hamden, CT 06514
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Get Involved: PTO Volunteers Needed in January
 We are grateful for the incredible group of parent and grandparent volunteers that coordinate and run PTO sponsored activities. We are seeking a few more volunteers to help us this Winter & Spring. Please consider these opportunities.
PTO Board Nominating Committee: Interested in a volunteer opportunity, know other parents who might be interested in doing more for the PTO Board, are you a connector? If you answered yes to any of these questions and have time to participate, submit your name to join the Encinal Nominating Committee. This committee will have monthly meetings from January to April. As part of this committee, you would receive suggestions for persons to serve as PTO Board officers next school year, brainstorm potential nominees and help to contact potential nominees to confirm their willingness to serve. This committee will then present the slate of officers to the Executive Board in April and at the General Membership Meeting in May. Contact Robin Soran to submit your name or for more questions.
SPINGO Chair/Co-Chairs: Coordinate Encinal family fun event on April 19th (SPINGO - Science, Pizza, Bingo)
Fifth Grade Picnic Chair/Co-chairs: Oversee plans for food and activities for this end-of-year event for 5th grade students on June 11th. There are numerous volunteers already wiling to help with the event, but we need an overall point person(s.)
Bike/Walk/Carpool Event Coordinator: Help plan an event (or two) this Spring to help promote bike/walk/carpools at Encinal.
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Do You Get the MPCSD Newsletter?
 Superintendent Ghysels and the Menlo Park City School District send out periodic newsletters and other important email blasts. Receiving the Encinal school newsletter does not guarantee that you are signed up for the MPCSD newsletter.
Click here to subscribe to all district newsletters and email updates.
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Congratulations to the Written Spelling Bee Winners!
Congratulations to the top 15 winners of the Written Spelling Bee. These students will advance to Encinal's Oral Spelling Bee on Jan 11, 2013 
3rd Grade Winners:
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Anoushka Bhow
Athmika Sriram
4th Grade Winners:
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Marco Menashe
Dawson Kennedy
Elizabeth Higgins
Isabelle Brahana
Mateo Sabio
Solie Cecil
5th Grade Winners:
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Jacob Richter
Ryan Cox
Samantha Cotto
James Ballard
Lauren Hall
Shreya Arora
Milo Brosamer
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Please Check Lost & Found!
 Take a few minutes during the break to check the Lost & Found area located across from the Large Multi and the bin on the Kinder playground.
Any items remaining after January 18th will be donated to local nonprofit organizations.
Questions? Please contact Anna, Lost & Found Coordinator
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Weekly Commute Tip: Win an Extra Recess for your Class - Sign up for Carpool to School!
 Get in touch with other parents to coordinate carpools, bike trains and walking groups at encinal.carpooltoschool.com by Jan 18! The class with the most families signed up will get an extra 10 minutes of recess!
For more commute tips or to sign up for Transit Notes, contact Kathy Schrenk
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Spots Are Filling Up Fast - Sign Up for Winter After-School Activities Today!
After-School Activities for the Winter (January - March) are now open for registration. Click here and scroll down to see the Winter 2013 schedule.
New Programs- Yogi Birds, Legos, Young Rembrandts Art, Hope Theater, Dance Expressions, Let's Play in Spanish, Speech and Debate
Continuing Programs
- Girls On The Run, One on One Basketball, Flag Football, Think Math, Mad Science, Wizbots, Bay Area Chess, Pacific Art League, Mandarin
Scholarships are available. Click here for more info.
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Writing Contest for Young Readers in Grades 4 & 5
Letters due Jan 9th to Ms. Healy
 Fourth and fifth grade students are invited to write a letter to an author and submit it to Ms. Healy in the library by Wednesday, January 9, 2013. See entry guidelines here for more information. Sample letters are available in the library.
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Calling All 5th Grade Families:
Important Info on Ship Trip & Outdoor Ed
 It's time to register for Ship Trip & Outdoor Ed, two wonderful enrichment programs for Encinal 5th graders. Please click here to download registration and payment details. You may also pay online. Click here to pay for Ship Trip and here to pay for Outdoor Ed.
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Encinal Shout Outs
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Thank You to the Hot Lunch Volunteers
A huge thanks to all the Hot Lunch volunteers that make it possible to offer our children delicious and healthy meals at school every day.
A special thanks to Kim Nguyen and Sue Leon, PTO Hot Lunch Coordinators, for their incredible work leading and organizing Encinal's Hot Lunch program and to the daily hot lunch leaders Claire Burks, Jennifer Commissaris, Christine Gertner, and Jill Kispert.
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MPAEF News
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MPAEF's Holiday Wish List
Have a wonderful holiday season!
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Thank You to our New Business & Realtor Partners
Please support those businesses and realtors who support our schools!
Thank you to these new 2012-13 business and realtor sponsors: Business Partners
European Styling Parlour
Intuitive Environments
Realtor Partners Mary Gullixson, Alain Pinel Realtors Carol MacCorkle, Coldwell Banker Click here to become a Business or Realtor partner!
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Shop Here & Earn Money For Our Schools
Whether it's holiday shopping or just your everyday purchases you can earn money for our schools by clicking here and making your purchases.
You can make a purchase on Amazon, and on average 5% of the purchase will be earned for the MPAEF. When you click through our link everything will look like it normally does on Amazon, just make your purchase and we will receive the credit!
Shopping elsewhere? The eScrip shopping portal provides access to numerous retailers, including Nordstrom, Macy's, J. Crew, Apple, Nike, Brookstone, and many others. If you have not signed up for eScrip, you will need to do so first. Click here to sign up for eScrip.
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Parent Ed Opportunities
For a complete listing of events,
visit the district's Parent Ed webpage.
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How can we help our kids thrive? What is most important in helping my child succeed in school academically AND in life? How can I show my child I support their efforts and dreams? These questions and more will be answered in a 6-week parent study group series, Take It Personally, facilitated by Linda Silvius of Project Cornerstone.
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"Mindset - An Evening for Parents" with Dr. Carol Dweck
Tuesday, January 29, 7 p.m., Hillview Performing Arts Center
The Friends of the Menlo Park Library present a special evening with Stanford Psychology Professor and Author Dr. Carol S. Dweck, PhD, whose work has demonstrated the role of mindsets in student motivation and has shown how praise for intelligence can undermine motivation and learning. For more info on this event, click here. To register, please click here. |
Family Community Service Opportunities
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| Looking for a way to get your kids involved in community service? Check out these opportunities
The Family Giving Tree - Become an elf! The Family Giving Tree needs your help to wrap and sort presents they collect to fulfill holiday wishes of low-income kids around the Bay Area. Volunteers are needed most days from now until January 4th at the Holiday Wish Drive Warehouse in Cupertino. Click here to see the volunteer calendar and find a day with open slots that works for your family. For more info, call 408.946.3111.
Haven House/InnVision Shelter Network - A nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness on the Peninsula. W e depend on the generous time and talent of our community to help homeless families and individuals return to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. Click here to find a variety of ways you can engage with IVSN to support our mission. For more info, contact Lynnelle Bilsey at lbilsey@ivsn.org. Riley's Place - Our Youth Volunteer Program offers kids aged 8 through 15, wonderful and meaningful opportunities to volunteer. Children gain hands-on experience and learn how to feed, exercise, groom, pet, socialize and care for all our animals, most of which were rescued. At Riley's Place, youth are very involved, have a whole lot of fun, and take pride in being the touchstone of our organization. For more information, contact Renette Rambeau: renhaugh@comcast.net.
Questions? Know other service opportunities? Contact Kari Riedel
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Local Community News & Events
For complete listings click here
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Sports, Classes, and Other Opportunities
Afterschool KidFit Class, Tuesdays; January 8 to February 19, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, Menlo Park. Kick-start your kids' knowledge of weights and structured routines for a life-long habit of exercise, respect, and health. For students of all ages.
Young Chefs Academy, Tuesdays at Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, Menlo Park. Learn to cook delicious recipes with age appropriate curriculum and recipes. Taught by Encinal mom! For details and to register, go to http://www.egovlink.com/menlopark/classes/class_list.asp and search on "Young Chefs." For preschoolers up to 5th graders.
Mothers and Daughters Needed for a Stanford Study on Social Interaction, The Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford is looking for mothers and their 8-10 year old daughters for a study of brain function during social interaction. If you are interested, please download our flyer here.
Creative Art for Young Children, Winter Session, January 9 to March 23, Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Focus on the color BLUE! Different days and times for different age groups. Teacher: Jeannie Goldman. Register online at portolavalley.net, beginning December 17. For pre-kinders to 5th graders.
Menlo-Atherton Little League, Registration for the upcoming 2013 Little League Season is open from now until January 13. Late fees and wait lists will apply after that. To register, follow this link.
Kidizens Winter/Spring Program, January-May 2013, 4546 El Camino Real, Ste. B9, Los Altos. Kidizens inspires kids to become good citizens and future leaders, one LEGO brick at a time! This highly interactive social learning framework inculcates analytical thinking, strategic problem solving and develops public speaking and leadership skills. Please visit www.thekidizens.com or call (650) 384-0412 for more information.
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Encinal PTO Communications
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