Roadrunner Masthead
A Strandwood PTA Publication
JANUARY 26, 2014
Good Morning 
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In This Issue
No School TODAY, 1/26
Mad Science Starting in February
Dinner Dance Auction News
Healthy Fundraiser with Doorstep Farmers
Online Spiritwear Orders
Dates, Times and Places
No School TODAY, 1/26

Please remember there is no school today, Monday, January 26th. 

We will see you back at school tomorrow!

Mad Science Starting in February
Eureka! The Inventors' Academy

 

Inventing means curiosity, practicality, necessity, cooperating and dreaming! Join us as we take students on a historical journey with a hands-on approach learning about some of the worlds' greatest inventors, from Leonardo da Vinci to Tesla, to Thomas Edison to the Wright Brothers. We challenge our class to use their imaginations and creativity to survive on a deserted island by designing devices to capture food and water: building bridges, shelters and even a boat to make it off the island. We will put our heads together to imagine the future in space focusing on creating inventions to protect spaceships from damaging space rays, and designing a safety capsules for payloads returning from space. These are only a few examples...come discover and create!
 
Tuesdays: February 3rd - March 24th
8 week session
Grades 1-5
3:00-4:00 pm 
$106 per child 
 
Registration is currently open 
Search for Strandwood under the tab labeled 'Search for Locations.' See flyer for more information HERE.  
 
*Please note we are seeking a parent volunteer to sit in on 
class each week and supervise. We will offer free tuition for their child; 
please contact the Mad Science 
office to volunteer at (925) 687-1900.
Dinner Dance Auction News
Tickets on sale now!

Ticket sales for this year's Dinner Dance Auction are open! To purchase tickets, go to: http://www.biddingforgood.com/strandwood. Tickets are $55 each until March 1st or until they sell out. Any tickets remaining after March 1st will be $65 each.  


 

Want to donate to the auction? 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, baked goods...and that's just to name a few.

  
If you are ready to donate or have questions, please contact Molly McCabe: president@strandwoodpta.org. In order to be included, we need your donation by March 1, 2015. Thank you!  
 
Healthy Fundraiser with Doorstep Farmers

 

Did you know that Doorstep Farmers is carrying out an ongoing Healthy Fundraiser with Strandwood? Instead of a fundraiser with candy bars and cookies, this fundraiser is for in-season, locally grown organic produce that is conveniently delivered right to your doorstep! Each box has a lot of variety and is customizable. You can also easily add vacation holds.

 

When you sign up for this healthy service, you support several things, including the health of your family, local agriculture, and Strandwood. Doorstep Farmers will return 5% of the revenue to Strandwood as a healthy fundraiser!

 

To sign up, visit www.DoorstepFarmers.com and enter "Strandwood" as your coupon code. Or you can call (925) 349-4568 and let them know you're part of the Strandwood Elementary Healthy Fundraiser. Thank you!

 

Online Spiritwear Orders

If you have placed an online spiritwear order, please send your order confirmation to vpways@strandwoodpta.org. Due to a clerical error from Spiritwear.com, we cannot match what you ordered to what we received. Please confirm your order by sending it to the above email. Thank you!  










 

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Dates, Times and Places

January 26 - Teacher In-Service - NO SCHOOL
January 30 - Read and Dream Logs Due 
January 30 - Box Tops Due

 


 
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