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January 6, 2013
Encinal PTO / La Organizasión de Padres y Maestro
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Week At A Glance
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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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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: This committee will 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. We will have monthly meetings from January to April and 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's Spring family fun event on April 19th with family fun night committee. (SPINGO - Science, Pizza, Bingo)
Fifth Grade Picnic Chair/Co-chairs: Plan for food and activities with help of committee volunteers 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 coordinator or co-coordinators.
Bike/Walk/Carpool Event Coordinator: Help plan an event (or two) this Spring to help promote bike/walk/carpools at Encinal.
Spring 3rd grade Laurel/Encinal family social: Plan family event to welcome Laurel families and students to 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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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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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 at 1:00 p.m. in the large multi. Parents are welcome to attend.
3rd Grade Winners: ----------------------- Anoushka Bhow, Athmika Sriram 4th Grade Winners: ------------------------ Marco Menashe, Dawson Kennedy, Elizabeth Higgins, Isabelle Brahana, Mateo Sabio, Solie Cecil 5th Grade Winners: ------------------------ Jacob Richter, Ryan Cox, Samantha Cotto, James Ballard, Lauren Hall, Shreya Arora, Milo Brosamer
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Weekly Commute Tip #1: Park-n-Walk Location at Roger Reynolds Nursery begins Wed, Jan 16
 Would you like to walk to school, but live a little too far away? Good news! Our friends at Roger Reynolds Nursery have agreed to serve as a park-n-walk location for Encinal!
Starting Wednesday, Jan 16, park in the Roger Reynolds lot at 133 Encinal Ave (just on the other side of the railroad tracks) and walk the half-mile to school. Enjoy coffee and bagels at the nursery before or after your walk on the 16th.
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Weekly Commute Tip #2: 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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Please Check Lost & Found!
 Take a few minutes 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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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 Wish List
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Parent Ed Opportunities
For a complete listing of events,
visit the district's Parent Ed webpage.
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Wed, January 16, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm, Hillview PAC
Parenting during the digital age presents special challenges. Parents typically don't have role models themselves and there are few clear guidelines about how to manage their children's behavior. My Digital TAT2 specializes in how today's children are growing up in a "living out loud" digital world and believes in creating an online community based in kindness and respect. Through short video clips and group discussion, parents will learn about cyber-bullying, digital 'footprints,' social networking sites and common sense strategies for cyber-safety. Overuse and supervision will also be explored. Parents will leave with better cyber-sense along with tools to help guide their children to become smart, ethical producers and consumers of technology.
Discussion will be led by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, PPSC, LCSW and Erica Pelavin, LCSW, Ph.D of My Digital TAT2.
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Building assets in our children might be some of the most important work we do as parents. 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 facilitated by Pam Von Wiegand, founder 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. |
Other Upcoming Parent Ed Events
"The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life"
Ama Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, Thurs, January 17, 7:30pm, Kepler's
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Family Community Service Opportunities
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Did you know MLK Day is a National Day of Service? Here are some great ways for your family to serve together.
Collective Roots - Monday, January 21, 9AM - 12PM: Martin Luther King Day Community Work Day. Join us at Collective Roots in East Palo Alto for lots of garden tasks, planting seeds and getting the garden in tip-top shape for spring! Contact Eron for more information or to RSVP.
Palo Alto JCC, Mitzvah Day - Monday, January 21, times vary based on project. Join hundreds of your neighbors for a community-wide day of tikkun olam (repair of the world) as part of a National Day of Service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over 20 hands-on service projects available for participants to work in small groups addressing issues of poverty, hunger, housing and homelessness, aging, the environment, and more. Open to all ages. Advance registration required.
"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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Community Events
Friday, January 11, 6:30 p.m., 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park. Join the amazing Fratello Marionettes as traditional music and intricate costumes showcase storytelling from ancient cultures of the Far East.
Sports, Classes, and Other Opportunities
Menlo-Atherton Little League, Registration deadline for the upcoming 2013 Little League Season is Sunday, January 13. Late fees and wait lists will apply after that. To register, follow this link.
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.
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Encinal PTO Communications
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