Show our wonderful teachers and staff at Meadows how much you value them with a contribution to their year-end SCRIP group gift! Need a form? Download one here and return it to the office with payment by 2:30PM Friday, May 31st! This is an extended deadline (as requested) but please note that no forms can be accepted beyond this date. The teachers/staff will not have time to order their gifts if we push this back further. Thanks for understanding Meadows! Questions? Contact Carol at cgerken@gmail.com.

Don't forget to sign up today (www.gvpta.com) to run/walk in the Grand View Gator 5k this Saturday June 1st at 8.00am. There will be goodie bags, music, a post-race expo and cool giveaways. The best part, all funds raised benefit MBEF. Remember to wear your Meadows t'shirt & show your mustang spirit!

Please join your fellow Meadows classmates at the annual Yearbook Signing Party - to be held this year at Union Pizza Company. Come between 4-8pm for some pizza and to sign your friends' yearbooks!! See you there!

Boys going into 1st through 4th grade in the fall of 2013 are welcome to join Meadows Cub Scout Pack 275 where our goal is to have "Fun with a Purpose." Annual Scout activities include camping, hiking, community service, Pinewood Derby, leadership development, bike rodeo and much more! Please stop by our booth outside the kindergarten area Friday, June 7th during drop off/pick-up, or from 2-3 in the patio area of the cafeteria, to meet some of our Scouts and leaders and learn more about the program. Incoming first grade parents interested in leading a Den or otherwise volunteering are also encouraged to stop by. Questions? Contact Sue Skolarus at sudello@yahoo.com. Thank you! Hope to see you there!

Stop by the SCRIP table on Friday!  Return your order form from the Tuesday envelope or stop by our Friday SCRIP table. We'll be there from 2-3pm this week! Any questions, contact Alissa at MeadowsScrip@gmail.com. 

We had another fantastic week at Running Club! 41 more students earned their 25 lap Meadows Running Club bracelets. Making a grand total of 96 official members of the Meadows Running Club. This is our last week to come out and run!! Please come join us Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings at 7:40am. All students, parents, caregivers and teachers are welcome! There may be some surprise runners next week, you will have to join us to see who shows up!

Relax this summer knowing your child has exactly what his/her teacher requests! your school supplies for next year through Innisbrook. All sales will be online. Sale runs May 1st- May 31st. Details in the Tuesday envelope or click here for more info.

Join the MBUSD instrumental music teachers for an informative event! Learn about the music class options available to third grade students. Basic guidelines and considerations for choosing an instrument will be offered. Students will have the opportunity to hold and try musical instruments as well as listen to instrument demonstrations.

When?  Friday, May 31, 2013, 5-6PM
Where?  Manhattan Beach Middle School, multi-purpose room

The Mira Costa Symphony has the honor of playing a concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra Mentorship Program! For elementary students, this is a chance to see kids just a little older than them play at a world class concert hall in a 1 hour concert. Plus it's an economical way to see Disney Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, who is one of the architectural icons of L.A! The concert is Sunday, June 9th at 4pm, and we invite you to bring your family! Tickets can be purchased by either submitting the order form to the school office by June 4th, visiting any of three stores in MB, or online. Please see the attached ticket form and flier for more information.