Roadrunner Masthead
A Strandwood PTA Publication
JANUARY 6, 2014
Good Morning 
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In This Issue
Dinner Dance Auction
Winter Chess
Nominate an Educator for a Chance at $1,000
Looming for Life
Mad Science Coming Soon
General PTA Meeting this Week
Dates, Times and Places
Dinner Dance Auction 
Can you help with a donation??

Our Annual Dinner Dance Auction is rapidly approaching. We have reached out to over 600 local and national organizations and have already received a number of great donations. We have found, however, that the best donations come from within our school community. There are literally hundreds of ways to help: rental houses, timeshares, airline miles, professional services, baking, and gift certificates just to name a few. Click here for more ideas! 

If you are ready to donate or have questions, please click here. In order to be included, we need your donation by February 1, 2014. Thank you!!
Winter Chess
The Winter Session for Chess begins January 8th & registration is open! It's taught by Berkeley Chess School on Wednesdays after school at Strandwood. Chess is fun and can be learned quickly and easily. Studies have found that chess helps improve test results in reading, science, and math, and produces growth in critical cognitive skills. Beyond academia, chess influences social behavior including self-esteem, respect, patience, and good sportsmanship. And did we mention...it's FUN! Boards and sets are provided for our classes. The minimum class size is 10; maximum is 20. 
 
Strandwood After-School Chess Club
Wednesdays, January 8 through March 26, 2014 
12:35 pm - 1:35 pm* 
Grades: 1-5 
On the first day, go to B-9; thereafter, class will be held in B-7 & B-9
$156 for 12 weeks 

*Please remember to be on time to pick up your child after Chess Club. The parent volunteers for the chess program cannot be responsible for supervision after 1:35 p.m. Parents: please pick up your children promptly at 1:35 pm on Wednesdays. Thank you for your cooperation! 


Nominate an Educator for a Chance at $1,000!
 
Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education (FPHE) is sponsoring the 2014 Educator of the Year award to be given at Pleasant Hill's 43rd Annual Community Awards Night on February 18, and seeks nominees for the award. Through a separate FPHE fund established by a private donor, FPHE will award $1000 to the award-winning educator's school, and issue a generous gift card to the winner.

Please submit your nomination by January 27 to Martin Nelis at mnelis@ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us or mail to City of Pleasant Hill, 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, 94523, Attn: Martin Nelis. Please carefully reference the nomination information/forms included at http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/10401. For questions or to receive FPHE newsletters, email contact@fphe.org.
Looming for Life
Please help our wonderful Strandwood students make a difference for sick children by participating in "Looming for Life." Bring your completed loom bracelets to the main office between now and January 10th. The bracelets will be taken to hospitals in late January.

 

Click here for more information. 

 

Thank you!!
Mad Science Coming Soon

Calling all agents, calling all agents! Step into the shoes of a
detective with Mad Science! Students will create, collect, and analyze evidence, and discover what skills are necessary as a crime scene lab
technician. From edible messages to decoding clues, this is a hands-on journey into the world of espionage. Test your skills and
learn how the pros do it through careful observation, and build your own collection of Secret Agent tools!
 
Mad Science Secret Agent Lab
 
8 week session: Tuesdays Jan. 28th - March 18th
Grades K-5
3:00-4:00 pm
$104 per child
 
Registration begins Jan. 6th at http://register.madscience.org/mtdiablo/.
Search for 'Strandwood' under the tab labeled 'Search for Locations.'
 










 

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General PTA Meeting this Week
  
The first general PTA meeting of 2014 will be held on Thursday, January 9th in the Strandwood library. The focus of the meeting will be fundraising. We will provide an overview of each of our PTA fundraisers: what the programs are, what they entail, how many volunteers are needed, and how much money each raises. This is your chance to give us input on the types of fundraising events you'd like us to include in the 2014-2015 PTA budget. We'll also give you an update on our biggest fundraiser, The Dinner Dance Auction, coming up in March!
 
Hope you can join us. As always, free babysitting is provided.
Dates, Times and Places
January 8 - Winter Chess begins
January 9 - General PTA meeting, 7pm in Library
January 10 - Last day to turn in loom bracelets to office
January 10 - Turn in uncrushed recyclables to front of MUR to help Outdoor Ed fund
January 10 - December Box Tops winners announced




 



 
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