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A Strandwood PTA Publication
DECEMBER 17, 2012
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In This Issue
Minimum Days Continue
Read & Dream Logs Due After Vacation
One Warm Coat
Winter Chess at Strandwood
Shopping for Strandwood
Educator of the Year Awards
Dates, Times and Places
Minimum Days Continue

Remember: Minimum days continue this week for conferences.

1st - 5th graders: 8:10 am - 1:40 pm on M, T, Th, F
1st - 5th graders: 8:10 am - 12:30 pm on Wednesday
Kindergarteners: Normal schedule, no changes

Please arrive to pick up your children on time and give yourselves plenty of time to find parking. Thank you.  
Read and Dream Logs Due After Vacation
by Laurie Anderson
Please remember to turn in your Read & Dream logs after vacation on Monday, January 7th by 3:00 pm. Note the day change due to the winter vacation schedule. You may turn it in to your child's teacher or to our box on the wall in the office. Books will be awarded on Friday, January 11th.  Keep up all that great reading over the holiday break!
Distinguished Flag
Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.
One Warm Coat

Strandwood GS Troop 30054
Coat Drive

One Warm Coat
 

Help those in need keep warm!
We are collecting gently used coats and jackets.
We need all shapes & sizes from infant to adult.

DECEMBER 3RD - DECEMBER 19TH

Collection bin in front of Multi-Use Room
Questions: kelgallagher@gmail.com 

   

 

Winter Chess at Strandwood
Join us for the winter session of chess at Strandwood!

Wednesdays 12:35 pm - 1:35 pm
January 9 through March 27
Grades: K-5
$156 for 12 weeks

Sign up today! https://www.berkeleychessschool.org/signups/signup/324 
Shopping for Strandwood

Do you have last-minute Christmas shopping to do? Just a reminder that Strandwood can earn a percentage of EVERY item you buy at Amazon.com! In a short amount of time, Strandwood has earned over $250 from JUST YOUR CLICKS. Please continue to support Strandwood as you finish your Christmas shopping by visiting strandwood.org and clicking on the Amazon banner on the left side of the homepage . You can also click the e-device link for iPhones & iPads (upper right). 

 

Shopping for your child's teacher this season? You can now find Wish Lists for teachers, the computer lab and the office at Amazon! Visit strandwood.org and click on an Amazon link. Go to "Find a Wish List or Registry" under the Wish List tab. Type in ''Strandwood'' and hit ''Go''. Happy shopping!


Educator of the Year Awards

The Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for "Educator of the Year" for their 2012 Community Awards Night on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at Back Forty Restaurant (click here for general info). Please email your nomination form (found here) to ann@pleasanthillchamber.com 

by Friday, January 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm or deliver to the Chamber office (Two Worlds complex, 91 Gregory Lane, Space #11). Please provide supporting documents such as testimonials and a photograph of the nominee for the event's program and slideshow.   

 

Questions?  Contact Martin Nelis, PH Public Information Officer, at mnelis@ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us or (925) 671-5229.

 
Dates, Times and Places

December 17th - 21st - Minimum Days (see above for schedule)
December 19th - Pajama Day!
December  24th - January 4th - Winter Recess - NO SCHOOL


 
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