| Issue: #10 | October 22, 2013
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TICK TOCK...Join the PTA by 10/31...Less Than 2 Weeks Left!
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Our PTA spends approximately $405 per student each year on everything from curriculum support to computers to classroom supplies--all essential parts of the excellent education our kids deserve.
We can't do it without everyone stepping up to join & donate! If you haven't already, please do so today. Any and every amount helps our kids. Click here to print a form or join online.
Classroom Contest: Remember, if your class reaches 100% PTA Membership Participation, your teacher gets $100 to spend on classroom supplies for YOUR kids! Check the charts outside each classroom to see where you stand.
Click here to print a form or join online.
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| Don't Forget the Meadows' Spooktacular Halloween Haunt is This Friday! | | |
Bring your ghouls, ghosts and goblins out this Friday October 25th from 5.30-9.00pm. For the spookiest spook around, join us if you dare in the Haunted House (5:30-7:00 for the "happy" house, and 7:00-9:00 for the scary haunted house). The lower field will be bubbling with activities including a hair and nail booth, rides galore and no tricks, just treats bake sale, popcorn, cotton candy and delicious food plates from Hennessey's ($8). Remember - bring LOTS OF CA$H (all food sales are cash only). Parents and kids under 3 are FREE!! Entry is $15 & includes ALL rides & the Haunted House. Tickets available at Friday ice-cream sales or on the night.
Please consider volunteering especially in the areas of pulling down the haunted house & final clean up.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448AEAD22A02-halloween1
Please contact Yuri Chien yyamad2000@yahoo.com or Madeleine Court mad_mccormack@hotmail.com with any questions.
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Today's librarians are truly the gateway to knowledge, on the internet as well as on the book shelves. Never have there been so many ways for a child to learn, explore and grow. Unfortunately, a vast number of California schools no longer have them. Ours do, thanks to your donations to MBEF. Mbef.org/Givetoday
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| Family Portraits - It's not too late! | |  There is still time to book a sitting for a fabulous family portrait through our PTA fundraiser. The $45 sitting fee will get you a bragworthy family portrait (great for Christmas cards!) taken by a professional photographer at the beach or park. And an 8x10 is included in the price. A portion of your sitting fee and portrait order goes to our PTA. Call JW Photography at 310-640-7212 and book your appointment. Appt: Sat/9a-12n/10.26 Polliwog, Sun/330p-550p/10.27/El Porto, Sun/245p-5p/11.3 & 11.10/MB Pier). For any questions you can email JJCorr1@yahoo.com. Fliers are avilable in the Meadows office. |
| Get Your Meadows Yearbook At the Lowest Price - Order by November 1st! | | |
Hey Mustangs! The 'Meadows School of Rock' is coming to our school in June! This year's book will be a hardcover (think a Shutterfly book)!! Basic presale price is $34 before December 2nd. But....get your book personalized with a name or phrase by November 1st - so it won't get lost!! - and you will get 4 FREE ICONS! If you place your order after December 2nd, the price will increase to $40 for a non-personalized book. Order directly from Jostens here. Questions? Email meadowsyearbook12@gmail.com
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| FUN-raising Party Book Updates! | | |
We all want to raise more money for our children's education. So, why not have some fun while supporting the PTA? Let's Party!
Domestic Divas Sewing Party was SEW fabulous and a success! Thank you, Katie Driscoll, Sally Peel and Kristal Lane.
Poker Party is selling fast! Las Vegas meets Manhattan Beach, you don't want to miss this night! Reserve your spot here!
Hosted by: Chris James, Nandan Kalle, Roger Spencer
Some Party Ideas Waiting for the Right Mustang!
Craft party for kids and/or adults
Book club/ meet the author and dinner night
Swimming Party
Lego Party
Tea Party
Mani/Pedi Pampering Party
Cooking Class
Wine Tasting
Sports themed party for kids
Do you have a party idea? Are you interested in hosting a party? Please click here! Or contact Kristal Lane.
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| Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk - This Sunday! | | |
The Skechers Friendship Walk is this Sunday - October 27th. If you have not signed up, please do so today! Even if you are unable to attend the event, you may sign up as a "virtual walker".
Please follow these instructions to register:
- Locate Register on top of page: Click!
- Select "Create a Friendship Walk Account" or log in if you are already registered in previous years.
- Fill in form and click "Continue"
- Click on box labeled "Join a Team"
- Type in "Meadows" A drop box will appear; select "Meadows"
- Then continue as instructed
We hope to see you on October 27th!
Shwetha Reddy
Friendship Walk coordinator for Meadows
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| Running Club Update - Congratulations to our Marathon Runners! | | |
We had a great week at Running Club last week! 88 students came out to run, completing 1494 laps (with a little help from a surprise Double Lap Day). We had three students complete the first marathons of the year: Zachary Chien, Malcolm Cutler and Christian Penczar!! Way to go runners!
Don't forget to sign up for the Sketchers Pier to Pier Walk that is going on this weekend! All students that join "Team Meadows" and walk will receive 17 laps credit for Meadows Running Club.
See you on the field!
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| Volunteers Still Needed | | |
If you are able to help out with either the Halloween Haunt or Mustang Trot, we are still in need of some helping hands. See below for details on how to sign up. Thanks in advance!
HALLOWEEN HAUNT - OCTOBER 25
We really want to ensure all goes smooth and having adults to help with the rides is really important. We also need volunteers to help create the Halloween Haunted House (a great way to help out if you're handy with a hammer) and to help with tear down and clean up at the end of the night. Shifts range from 1-2 hours. Please click on the link below to sign up and volunteer an hour of your time that night if you are able.
MUSTANG TROT
In addition to lots of hands on deck for the actual event, help is needed behind the scenes. Skills range from mail merge wizards to small event planning/logistics. Timing takes place a few weeks prior to the event to a few months after the event ends.
Thank you for helping to make these memorable and fun events for our children!
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| Meadows Gear - Order by October 31st! | | |
Still need to get your 2013-2014 Meadows t-shirt? And other Meadows gear, including the new sweatshirts? They will be on sale this Friday at the cafeteria from 2-3pm. Check the flyer here to see what awesome items we hav e for sale!! Or go to the Meadows website to order online.
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| The "Dive into Books" Book Fair is Coming to Meadows, 11/8-15! | | |
The book fair will open immediately following the Mustang Trot on 11/8 and stay open until 11/15, so please swim on by. For all of you "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" readers, we will have copies of Book 8 "Hard Luck" for sale on 11/5, its national release date. More details to follow.
"Dive into Books!" is the theme of this year's Book Fair and as always we are having a coloring contest! The lucky winners, one from each grade, will receive a $5 certificate to spend at the Book Fair as well as have their art work featured in the library during the Book Fair. See the flyer for more information and download the Coloring Sheet. Questions? Contact Kari Stewartson at kari@stewartson.com.
Want to help out another great cause while you are shopping at the book fair? A fifth grader at Meadows, Abbey Allen, is a Junior Ambassador at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. CHLA has a program called "Literally Healing" that enables every patient and their siblings to receive a brand-new book to take home with them after their hospital stay. Please visit this link to learn more about Literally Healing. We will have a basket set up at the book fair if you are interested in donating a book to this group.
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| The Mustang Trot Is Coming...... | | |
Can you believe it's less than three weeks until the Mustang Trot!?! Check your Tuesday Envelope for your child's Mustang Trot Donation Form. You'll see all the easy ways to make a pledge. Please contact your neighbors, Meadows alumni and extended family to support our school. Walk, Run, Trot! |
| TEDx is Coming to Manhattan Beach - November 16th | | |
Imagine ideas that take you on an unexpected journey -- one that inspires, disrupts, educates, and entertains. Imagine a day when ordinary people share extraordinary stories and creativity abounds. Imagine that!
Do you enjoy TED videos and TEDx events? Then join us for our spectacular annual event on November 16th from 9AM to 3PM at MBMS. We have curated an amazing group of live speakers who will inspire and inform you. To get an idea of what you will see, please click on this link: TEDxMB Videos.
To buy tickets, please go to www.TEDxMB.com. Please see the flyer for more information.
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Join the Meadows 6-Man Beach Volleyball Team
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 Attention Meadows Parent and Teacher
Volleyball Players. Meadows needs YOU for their 6-man Beach Volleyball Team for the MBX Beach Tournament to be held on Saturday, November 9 in Hermosa Beach. This fun tournament's purpose is to raise money for MBUSD Athletic teams. There is a suggested donation of $200 for each parent participant (teachers are free). But if you are unable to give that amount, please join us anyway! Please contact Erika Stevens at erikastevensmb@gmail.com or Greg Vena/Jim Walsh about being on the respective Women's or Men's team. You don't have to be a great volleyball player; just come out and have a great time with your fellow Meadows parents and teachers! Please see the flyer for more information. Go Mustangs!
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It's easy to earn money for Meadows! All you have to do is clip out Box Tops for Education!
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 The Box Tops are located on many of the products that you already buy. When you see Box Tops, clip them out and return them to school. There is a large collection box in the front office and also in your child's classroom. Every Box Top counts! If we all get in the habit of clipping out the Box Tops, we could literally earn thousands of dollars for our school! If you have any questions, please call Teresa Hymowitz 310-990-7665
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Turn In Your Unused or Expired Medications for Proper Disposal - This Saturday at the MBPD
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 On October 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Manhattan Beach Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Medications will be accepted for disposal at Manhattan Beach Police Department (420 15 th St, Manhattan Beach) and the service is free, anonymous and no questions asked. See the flyer for more information.
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| 2013 Reflections Art Contest - Due November 8th | |
 Celebrate your talents... Do you express your creativity through dance, music, film, photography, art or literature? Participate in the PTA's Reflections program...2013-2014 Theme "Believe, Dream, Inspire" Due Friday, November 8th, in the Meadows front office. For more information contact Charu Badhwar at cbadhwar@yahoo.com. See the flyer or the website for more information. |
| Halloween Art Activity at the Joslyn Center - Today! | |
 It's that special time of year to celebrate monsters, skeletons and spiders, oh my!!
Join us TODAY, Tuesday, October 22, at 4 PM for a collage of Halloween-themed art activities!
The program for ages 4 & Up is sponsored by the Manhattan Beach Library. No reservations required. See the flyer for more information.
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| COME SEE MIRA COSTA'S PRODUCTION OF THE CRUCIBLE | | |
The Crucible is a captivating play that dramatizes the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th Century. It centers around a series of hearings that lead up to the prosecution of people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts. It also demonstrates the consequences that can occur when people go off on an superstitious tangent.
Come see the talented MCHS Drama Department perform this play!
Dates and Times are:
Friday, 11/17:30pm
Saturday, 11/27:30pm
Thursday, 11/7 7:30pm
Friday, 11/87:30pm
Saturday, 11/92:00pm matinee
Saturday, 11/97:30pm Closing Night
Discount tickets ($12 adult/ $11 Student/Senior) are available until November 1st at 3:00pm at: Dietz Brothers Music, Patterson Cleaners & Tiffany Cleaners. Tickets are also available on-line at www.miracostadramaboosters.org or at the box office.
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| Girl Scout Information Meeting - October 24th | | |
Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Calling all Parents of girls interested in Girl Scouts, Prospective New Girl Scout Troop Leaders, and All Current Girl Scout Troop Leaders!
The Meadows Girl Scout Troop Mentors, Jennifer Friedlander and Adrianne Laurita, are hosting an informational meeting regarding Girl Scouting at Meadows. Please join us for a school-wide Girl Scout information meeting on October 24 2013 in the Meadows Cafe at 8:15 - 9:30. Our Meadows Girl Scout Community is growing! Meet other Meadows Troop Leaders and join us as we discuss important Girl Scouting information for the upcoming year. We look forward to seeing you there!
- Potential New Leaders: How and when to start a new troop
- Parents: How to find a troop for your daughter
- Current Leaders: 2nd Annual Meadows Girl Scout Holiday Party
- Big Sister/Little Sister Troop Match Ups
We will also answer any questions you have!
Adrianne and Jennifer 5th Grade Troop 3605 |
| Let's Celebrate our Awesome, Amazing Medal-Level Donors!!! | | |
These magnificent Mustang families have stepped up in a BIG way to support our school. Thank you!!!
Platinum
Blackman, Cochran, Damborg, Freelin, Gerken, Hory, Hunter, Hymowitz, Kim, Kraus, McKenzie, Macias, Saffon-Wilkinson, Shamaly, Stone
Gold
Aita, Bayiz, Becker, Berman, Boyer, Carey, Chien, Cohen, Cortez, Corzine, DeMartino, Dickinson, El Faye, Frankel, Gold, Gilmer. Halkias, Hankus-Biggs, Helmers, Hurok, Inoue, Kamachee, Kaplan, Kleinberg, Kouwenhoven, Kramer, Kupiec, Lam, Lowenberg, Martin, Mayer, McCalla, Murray, O'Hara, Park, Pennino, Robin, Rokosky, Salles-Spar, Schlehuber, Skolarus, Snyder, Spencer, Stuart, Trout, Tucker, Vena, Yokoyama
Silver
Allen, Arora, Beller, Berkes, Choi, Cigoianu, Crowley, Cruz, Friedlander, Galins, Gordon, Graham, Hall, Halvorsen, Herrera, Ibarra, James, Kalra, Khoddam, Kingston, Kubitz, Lerman, Lewin, Lin, Marcu, Matsuoka, McCraken, Melnick, Milstein, Miner, Ottinger, Prince, Shapiro, Stewartson, Watts, Winckler, Yakubik, Yip, Zainul-Rizam
Bronze
Aboutanos, Alexander, Alexander-Zitske, Ames, Anderson, Baca, Baldocchi, Barile, Bellasarian, Benz, Blanchard, Boll, Brennan, Brockmiller, Bynon, Cardenas, Chang, Cho, Chow, Contesini, Corelli, Corr, Court, Crawford, Cutler, De Baets, DeFrance, Dhillon, Doyle, Driscoll, Eastman, Fang, Ferguson, Flynn, Ganny, Garvey, Gentry, Gerrans, Hageman, Hedges, Hertlein, Hilliard, Horiguchi, Hunter, Hwang, Ip, Jackson, Johnson, Juo, Jutabha, Kawai, Keskinel, Khaleghian, Kim, King, Kiznis, Komatinsky, Kuhr, Lane, Larsen, Launsbach, Laurita, Lee, Leventhal, Levine, Little, Liu, Lizarde, Luis, Manabe, Marcoulier, Martinez, McCarty, Meidl, Merino, Miller, Molter, Morphew, Mullins, Nakawatase, Nelson, Nguyen, O'Brien, Owen, Palu, Pecorini, Peel, Peetz, Pell, Penczar, Popov, Riethmiller, Rosenfeld, Sandblom,
Sawlsville, Saypack, Schmidt, Shannon, Shea, Shintaku, Succari, Summers, Swartzlander, Sweet, Tarnapolsky, Torres, Towsley, Truong, Turman, van Doornewaard, Walsh, Warrier-Reddy, West, Yasuda, Young, Zheng
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