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IMPORTANT NEWS
SCHOOL PICTURES- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
JW Photography will be clicking away pics of your beautiful kids! Proofs and information to order will be sent home by September 29th . If you do not receive a proof or if you have any picture questions, please call JW Photography - 310-640-7212.
DRAGON JAMBOREE- FRIDAY, SEPT. 19TH
- 4:30 p.m.- Carnival Games, Silent Auction, Dunk Tank, Photo Booth, Food Vendors, DJ and much more!
- 7:30pm-Movie starts
BUY TICKETS: Click on form to purchase tickets.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please contact Jennifer Cohon at jennifercohon@sbcglobal.net or Lara Protiva at laraprotiva@gmail.com to volunteer.
SILENT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED: This is the ONLY Silent Auction of the year! Click for the form to host a party, for donating to the silent auction or for other sponsorship opportunities.
PARKING SPOT RAFFLE: Enter for your chance to win the Pennekamp Exclusive "Parking Spot"! Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Click for the form to purchase tickets and submit the form to the front office.
A designated spot will be available for you at the following times:
7:45 - 8:00am For the TK/Kinder Drop off (M, T, Th, F)
8:00 - 8:15am For Grades 1-5 Drop off (M, T, Th, F)
1:15 - 1:30pm Wednesday ONLY Pick up (Wednesday)
2:00 - 2:15pm For Grades 1-3 Pick up (M, T, Th, F)
2:30 - 2:45pm For Grades 4-5 Pick up (M, T, Th, F)
SUPPORT PENNEKAMP
- PK T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS
- Filling Orders only THREE times this year! Form in Tuesday Envelope.
Order by 9/12 for delivery by 10/3
Order by 10/17 for delivery by 11/7
Order by 11/14 for delivery 12/12
Not sure of your size? Check out sizes at Dragon Jamboree. For questions, contact Julie Iko (jiko1331@gmail.com, 310-486-5154) or Julie Kwon (jkkwon@yahoo.com, 310-780-1643)
- GIFT-WRAP FUNDRAISER- SEPT. 12TH KICK-OFF
Kids will be pumped to sell after the gift wrap assembly and will be receiving their Charleston Wrap Catalog this Friday, September 12th! Please help them by purchasing gift-wrap and gifts for yourself as well as passing it along to other family members and friends! Questions? Feel free to contact either Jill Levine at MrsJillLevine@gmail.com, Sindu Sheth at SinduSheth@yahoo.com, or Elizabeth McDonald at MewMcdonald@yahoo.com.
- DRAGON DINNER- SEPTEMBER 18TH
Why not let someone else do the cooking? Order from Fresh Brothers, and they will donate 20% of sales back to PK PTA. Flyers will be sent home in the Tuesday Envelope and must be presented when ordering. Fresh Brothers: (310) 546-4444.
- YEARBOOK- ONLY $25 UNTIL SEPT. 26 (LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR)!
- Eighty pages full of your child's year at PK. AND BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...order a yearbook with the Personalization Package and receive up to FOUR free icons. Order at http://pennekampschool.org/yearbook.
- Student Art in Yearbook! The Yearbook Committee is accepting student art submissions in the front office until Sept. 24th. Submission forms were sent home in the Tuesday Envelope and are also available at the front office. Questions? meganezimmer@gmail.com.
- AMAZON SUPPORTS PK
Please visit www.pennekamplibrary.com and click on the Amazon tab. Make ANY purchase, and Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase to PK!
- BOX TOPS COMPETITION- FREE ICE CREAM FOR A YEAR
If you have 100 or more box tops, put them in a bag with student's name, room number and the number of Box Tops and give them to the teacher or turn them in at the office no later than SEPTEMBER 30th. If you have less than a 100, save them for the Monthly Classroom Contests, which begin on October 1st.
- GIVE TO MBEF, SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS
Parent donations to MBEF will fund educators' jobs in grades K-12 this year. One in five Pennekamp elementary teachers is funded through your donations to MBEF. Add to that your new PE teacher Mr. Newman, your librarian Ms. Barbara, science specialist Ms. Holton, reading specialist, elementary music teachers, and much more, and you have the third best school district in the state. We hope we can count on you again. Please visit https://mbef28206.thankyou4caring.org/pages/annual-appeal-donation to donate.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
- PACE AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT- ENROLL NOW!
Check out classes and enroll at http://www.mbxfoundation.org. Classes begin on Monday, September 29, and will run for 9 weeks. Questions contact Tamara Mentges at (310) 503-6410 or TamaraMentges@aol.com.
Sign-up now for Manhattan Beach Parks and Recreation classes! This Fall we're offering a ton of fun classes such as soccer, sports, ballet, swim, gymnastics, yoga and much more!
http://www.citymb.info/city-officials/parks-and-recreation/manhappenings-activity-guide
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS AT PK
- CHANGES TO DISMISSAL PROCESS
Please note there will be campus security changes for early dismissal at 2:15 p.m.. The pedestrian gate near the 5th grade portables and the middle driveway gate will now be opened at 2:45 p.m.. All students with parent supervision waiting for 2:45 dismissal will be directed to the lower playground, please look for signage to direct you. Thanks in advance for your support as we protect instructional time for our upper grades and keep campus secure until all students are dismissed.
Much of our website, pennekampschool.org, is operational. However, volunteers are at still hard at work updating and creating new content and putting the finishing touches on the site. Thank you for your patience.
- REPORT AN ABSENCE ONLINE OR TO OFFICE
If your child is absent from school, please report the absence by calling the Office at (310) 798-6223.
- FREE LUNCHBOXES FOR 1ST GRADERS
All incoming 1st graders will receive a free Go Green lunchbox courtesy of Waste Management. For more information, please go to www.gogreenlunchboxes.com.
Every child is required to have an Earthquake kit while attending Pennekamp.
Pennekamp and all MBUSD schools are tobacco-free campuses. | 
