Roadrunner Masthead
A Strandwood PTA Publication
JANUARY 21, 2014
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In This Issue
Dinner Dance Auction
Get Ready to Run!
Nominate an Educator for a Chance at $1,000
Strandwood Talent Show
Dyslexia Discussion Group
Nutcracker DVDs
Flag Football Coming to Strandwood
Common Core Night
We Need Your Bottles and Cans!
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!!
Get Ready to Run!
Strandwood Girls on the Run Spring Program
Girls on the Run is a non-competitive, curriculum-based running program dedicated to educating and building confidence in girls grades 3-5. SIGN UP TODAY! Enrollment is first come, first served and registration forms are due online or in the school office by February 12th. Encourage your daughter to invite her friends to join the fun as well!

 

Enroll online at http://www.gotrbayarea.org/ or complete the registration forms (available in the office) and turn them into the office (attention Tina Ochoa).

 

Program Details:
DATES:   Feb 24 - May 10
DAYS:     Mondays & Thursdays
TIME:    3:00 - 4:15pm
LOCATION: Strandwood Upper Grade Playground (Ball Wall)
COST: $150 (includes 20 lessons, t-shirt, water bottle, healthy snacks and registration for end of the program 5k run in SF!)

 

***NO GIRL TURNED AWAY - scholarships are available - obtain the scholarship application online or email tb-ochoa@att.net to request one.***

 

We look forward to another fun and successful GOTR program! If you are interested in helping with the program or being a running buddy, email Tina Ochoa.
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.
Strandwood Talent Show

 

Attention:  All Strandwood Performers!

It's time once again to start preparing your act for the Annual Talent Show!

Get your dancin' shoes out, your musical instruments tuned, warm up your voice...and GET READY!

 

SAVE the DATE

Performance dates for the 2014 Strandwood Talent Show are:

Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th.

 

More info to come!

 

Kathy Brown

Talent Show Coordinator

Dyslexia Discussion Group
A discussion group is forming for parents of children with dyslexia and other language-learning differences. The group will meet on the first Monday morning of the month at Church of the Resurrection/Peter Pan Preschool, 399 Gregory Lane. The first meeting will be February 3rd at 8:30 a.m. in the Plaza Room. For more information, please e-mail Amanda Szakats at gszakats@yahoo.com.
Nutcracker DVDs
Did you miss out?

If you missed buying your 2013 Nutcracker DVD, Larry Logic Productions is still taking orders. DVDs of shows going back to 2010 are also available. Please contact Larry via email at LarryLogic@gmail.com or call 925-674-0700 regarding orders. Click here to access the DVD order form. 

Flag Football Coming to Strandwood

Does your child love football? Do they want to learn more about the game in a fun environment? Or are you interested in your child learning and playing football without all the contact? Then join our coaches as they teach the fundamentals of passing, catching, throwing, offensive and defense strategies, teamwork skills, and sportsmanship! All levels welcome, both boys and girls. 

 

Please register by filling out a form in the office or going here: 

 

 

Day: Thursdays

Date: 1/30 - 4/3 (10 weeks)                         

Cost: $120 for 10-week class

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Location: Field

Common Core Night for K-5th grade Parents
Tuesday February 4, 6:30-8:00 PM at the Pleasant Hill Library
Find our what Common Core really looks like in the classroom and get answers from educators. Teachers will be sharing Common Core aligned mini-lessons in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.  
Parents will have an opportunity to take home curriculum materials to support Common Core learning at home. Please join us.










 

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We Need Your Bottles and Cans!

 

To help raise funds for next year's 5th grade Outdoor Education program, we are asking you to bring all your California Redemption Value (CRV)-eligible plastic, aluminum, and glass bottles and cans to the school on the days listed below.

 

Here's how it will work. On the designated Friday morning drop-off, bring your CRV-eligible recyclables in a plastic bag to either the front of the school by the flag pole or the back of the school by the picnic tables. Please make sure that you follow all city and school policies regarding parking.

 

Please do NOT crush or collapse the plastic and aluminum.

 

Talk to your neighbors, grandparents, and friends to see if you can have their CRV recyclables, too! Please join us in helping the environment AND next year's 5th graders!

 

Here is the list of Friday mornings on which collection will occur:

           

January 24                

February 7                

February 21              

March 7                     

March 21                   

April 4

April 18

May 2

May 16

May 30

June 12 

Dates, Times and Places
January 23 - 4th Grade Field Trip to Oakland Museum
January 24 - Bring Bottles and Cans to Front of School!
January 27 - Teacher In-Service Day - NO SCHOOL
January 31 - Box Tops Due
January 31 - Read & Dream Logs Due





 



 
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