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Issue: #2August 28, 2014


Hi Mustangs! We hope you are having a great start to the new school year.  Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!!
Welcome Message from our PTA President

Hi Mustangs,

 

I hope your kids had a wonderful first day of school! We have so many new and exciting things going on at Meadows this year, first and foremost, our new Principal, Ms. Whitt. If you didn't receive her Welcome Back letter yet, you can read that here.  We are so lucky to have her, and if you haven't met her yet be sure to introduce yourself.

 

Campus

As you can tell, our campus is having a serious facelift! Our district painters have been hard at work painting our school and putting down a new slurry coat/painting lines on the upper and lower playgrounds. They are working as fast as possible to finish the project, so please be patient with the areas that are still in progress. A few notes:

  • We have backpack hooks that should be installed in the next few weeks, they were on backorder
  • Our muralist is working on different areas around campus this week
  • Thank you to Sofia Rodriguez-Luis, Becki Winckler and all our Pride Day volunteers - the front planters look amazing!

PTA Membership/Events

Please look out for your PTA Super Stang Membership materials coming home in your child's white envelope today (Thursday). If you already joined PTA and/or became a Super Stang Family on Pride Day, thank you so much!

 

Our PTA partners with our administration and teachers to create a truly unique educational environment; without everyone's donations and volunteer efforts, our children's experience would not be nearly the same, so thank you for your participation.

 

Calendar

  • Back to School Night is Thursday evening, 9/18 (1st through 5th grades, parents only)
  • Our first PTA General Meeting is also Thursday, 9/18 at 7:30pm, directly following your time in the classrooms
  • Meadows Movie Night will be Friday, 9/19 on the lower playground. All families are invited to this PTA sponsored event. Bring blankets and beach chairs, reconnect with some friends and enjoy an outdoor movie! Food will be available for purchase (details to follow)

Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions about Meadows!

 

Becky McCalla

Meadows PTA President
Join & Donate to the Meadows PTA - Every Donation Makes a Difference!
Our PTA funds technology, science lab, library books, classroom supplies, Cultural Arts and more. Please support the Meadows PTA with the amount that is right for your family. Click here to join & donate and be sure to check out our list of exceptional medal-level donors at the bottom of this email! Questions? Email Carrie Gilmer and Jeanne Mayer at [email protected]
  
How to Be a Super Stang in 5 Easy Steps!
Our Super Stang Families do 5 KEY THINGS to make our school the best it can be...
  
We celebrate these exceptional school supporters by posting their names in front of the school and awarding them with snazzy Super Stang car magnets. Complete all 5 of your Super Stang tasks by 9/18 to be entered to win the iPad Mini! Email Carrie Gilmer and Jeanne Mayer with questions at [email protected]
  
3 Cheers for our AWESOME PTA Donors!
Every PTA donation goes straight to our school, so every PTA donation makes a difference for our kids. Thank you to all of the families who have already stepped up to donate--and an extra special thank you to our medal-level donors!
  
And....Congratulations to the lucky winners of the Pride Day PTA membership raffle for the Ocean Diner gift certificate - Cindy and Brandon Baker.  They will get their certificate in this week's Tuesday envelope!!
  
Platinum
Hall
Hankus-Biggs
Inoue
Kingston
Kleinberg
McCalla

Gold
Bayiz
Carey
Dickinson
Ferguson
Gentry
Gilmer
Hory
Jackson
Kaplan
Komatinsky
Lane
Lin
McDonald
Macias
Martin
Mayer
Robin
Schlehuber
Towsley
Tucker
Vena

Silver
Blanchard
Ibarra
James
Kalra
Kubitz
Prince
Winckler

Bronze
Alexander
Baker
Braunstein
Champ
Chang
Hedges
Novikova
Popov
Powell-Wrye
Quevedo
Schmidt
Shannon
Torres
Watts
Zhang
Fundraising Update

Ralphs logo

Welcome back Meadows Families!

Fundraising is off to a great start thanks to all the parents who attended the Comedy & Magic Club Night as well as those who purchased books from the summer reading list at Pages {A Bookstore}. A big thank you to Anne Stuart, Katie Driscoll & Kristal Lane for making it all happen!

Our next fundraiser is one of the EASIEST ones so you don't want to miss this opportunity to participate and help earn funds for our PTA throughout the year. Simply register with Ralphs and your grocery bill will benefit Meadows!

Ralph's Community Contribution Program

Starting September 1, 2014 we need all of our Meadows families to register & re-register with Ralphs. Even if you are already a current member, as of September 1 st you will have to re-activate your membership in order for Meadows to get credit. In your child's next Tuesday envelope you will have a copy of a scan bar. All you need to do is take it with you the next time you shop and hand it to your cashier OR you can register at www.ralphs.com

Stay tuned for more fundraising information and don't forget to visit our website for more updates.

 Emergency Kits - Order Your Child's Today
Be prepared: Every child needs an emergency kit for storage at school that meets the California Emergency supply requirements. More Prepared is offering school survival kits which contain food, water, and other essentials, and will give a portion of each kit back to our PTA. To order your child's kit go to: http://www. More prepared.com/meadows.htmlThe shipping is free!
If you have any questions contact Robyn Miner at [email protected].

Running Club

Attention Meadows Runners!


Mark your calendars, the Meadows Running Club season for 1st - 5th graders will begin Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:40am. More information and permission slips to come in the Tuesday envelope and on the Meadows website.

See you on the field!

 Be Green and Go Green - Lunchboxes for Sale
go green lunchbox Does your child need a new lunchbox or perhaps a replacement part for your Go Green lunchbox?  Place  your order now via the attached form.  You may go to www.GoGreenLunchbox.com to view the available patterns.
Ice Cream Friday and Scrip
Come on out for the first Ice Cream Friday of the year!  And while your little Mustangs are enjoying a cool treat, you can shop for Scrip!  Stock up for the 3-day weekend and check off a task from your Super Stang To Do List!
  
The Scrip table will be outside the cafeteria after school every Friday this year!
Family Portrait Fundraiser
Most families talk about getting a family portrait done - kids change so fast.  Now is a great opportunity to have a fabulous family photo taken at the beach or at a local park.  You'll also help raise funds for Meadows PTA.   Book a sitting with JW Photography this fall!  The sitting fee is $45, half of that fee goes back to Meadows and 15% of your total portrait order goes back to Meadows too!  You can call JW Photography directly (310-640-7212) to book your appointment or mail back a request to them w/payment.  Information on sitting locations/times comes home in your child's white "Tues" envelope today (Thursday) or you can find it on the website.  There are also copies in the office.  Appointments under the MB Pier book fast, so don't delay!  (If you have questions, send emails to [email protected].
Young at Art Docents
Looking to make an impact on your child's education?  Want to help improve motor skills, language development, decision making, critical-thinking skills and inventiveness? Consider submitting a request to be a docent (or co-docent) for Young at Art.  Studies show a correlation between art and other achievement.  Requests for docent placement are due no later than September 5.  Be on the lookout for the form today or find on the Meadows website
SAVE the DATE!
The Meadows PTA will be hosting a movie night for all Mustangs on Friday, 9/19 at 5:30 on the lower field.  More details to follow!