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Issue: #4September 9, 2014


Hi Mustangs! Take a minute to find out what's happening at Meadows Elementary!
Help Your Class Win $100! Join & Donate to the PTA Today
If every family in your class joins the PTA, your teacher wins $100 to spend in the classroom! We want every single Meadows family to join & donate to the PTA--at whatever level is right for you. We mean it when we say that every single donation helps our kids! The PTA uses your donations for paper, pencils, playgrounds, PE equipment, picnic tables and so much more. Please join & donate today and help us achieve our goal of 100% PTA participation! Check out our magnificent medal-level donors at the bottom of this email.
Win an iPad Mini & Get a Cool Car Magnet! Become a Super Stang by 9/19
Back to School Night Time Change & Evening PTA Meeting
back to school Thursday, September 18 (adults only, please)
5-5:45pm -1st-3rd Grades
5:45-6:30pm - 4th - 5th Grades
6:30-7:45pm - PTA General meeting in the Cafeteria

Please make a note of the earlier start time for our Back to School night next week (the time change was made to allow parents with high school students enough time to get to Mira Costa that evening). We are happy to be having our first PTA Meeting of the year at 6:30pm. You'll hear Meadows updates from our new principal, Ms. Whitt, as well as district updates from Bill Fournell (MBUSD school board member) and an MBEF representative. PTA leadership will be presenting budget plans for the school year and some of the great events we have planned for this Fall at Meadows. Come get an update and enjoy a light snack if you haven't had time to eat dinner!
 Meals for Meadows - Wednesday at Cantina Real
Bring your family and friends to eat at Cantina Real on Wednesday, September 10th from 11am until closing.  Just present this flyer and 20% of your bill will go back to Meadows PTA.  Don't forget to sign the guestbook to earn a Gold card!  See you there!
Meadows Move Night - September 19
Please join us for Movie Night on Friday, 9/19.
All Meadows Mustangs are invited to watch Hotel Transylvania on the lower field.  Don't forget to bring your lawn chairs, blankets and flashlights.  Don't want to pack dinner?  No worries! Fresh Brothers and El Gringo will be selling $5 meals, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf will be selling coffee and hot cocoa and there will be a bake sale too.

Doors open at 5:00
Dinner starts at 5:30
Movie starts at 7:00
See you there!
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].

Ralph's Rewards Card Program

Ralphs logo

The Ralphs Community Contributions program earmarks $625,000 quarterly to qualifying organizations (that's us!) so please register your Ralphs Rewards cards and help Meadows earn a portion of that! The next time you shop at Ralph's, simply take this letter and present it to the cashier. Then, anytime you make a purchase & punch in your rewards card number (your phone number) Meadows will automatically earn a portion of your sale! Thank you!!

 

IMPORTANT: This program resets annually so all existing participants must re-register or enroll their cards for purchases between 9/1/14 - 8/31/15 to count toward this school year.

 

Thank you kindly for your support of your child's PTA!

 

Best,

Kristal Lane & Katie Driscoll

Co-Chairs of FUN-raising 2014-2015 
 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.html. The shipping is free!
If you have any questions contact Robyn Miner at [email protected].
 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.

Meadows After School Enrichment Program (MAP)  is back!

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 Marina Trachy at (310) 947-2078 or [email protected].
Meadows Gear
Come check out the new Meadows Gear! There will be a table at the cafeteria this Friday from 2-3pm. Questions? Email Krishna Berkes at [email protected].

Shopping for Students

Hi Meadows Families,

Welcome back! If you did any Back to School shopping at the mall, please bring your receipts to the office and place in the Shopping for Students box in the office or the concierge which is now located in front of Macy's Men. The Shopping for Students is year round now, so if you have any receipts dated May 1, 2014 to current, they could be converted to points for our school!! There are a lot of opportunities for bonus points, so please make sure you save those receipts. Also, if you join "The Scoop", Meadows will receive 1000 bonus points. If you have any questions, please contact Theresa at [email protected].

 

Earn Triple Points On Restaurant Receipts Now through November 30:Brickworks Roast House & Grill, California Pizza Kitchen, Chili's Grilll & Bar, China Grill, Coco's, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Corner Bakery,  East Coast Bagel, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks,  Johnny Memphis' Smokehouse BBQ, Olive Garden Restaurant,  Sesame Moe's and Tacone Flavor Grill.  


 

Receipts must be logged at the Concierge by Sunday, November 30 to earn triple points.

 

Free $15 Voucher Now through October 31

Spend $50 at any Manhattan Village restaurant during the week, Monday - Thursday, and receive a FREE $15 voucher to use anywhere at Manhattan Village. Limit one voucher per $50 meal receipt. Voucher valid through November 26.

The Manhattan Village Concierge is now located near the Macy's Men's and Home Store.

Visit  the Shopping 4 Students website  to learn about these special offers and more.

YMCA Adventure Guides
adventure guides w/compass The Y Adventure Guides South Bay Voyagers program is for dads and their children in Kindergarten through 2nd grades. Dad/daughter or dad/son pairs join a larger group for activities, community service, and campouts.  Highlights include local traditions like the Hometown Fair Sponge Toss, Adopt a Family, Yucaipa, and Catalina.  There will be an Orientation and Recruitment night on Monday, September 22nd at 7pm at American Martyrs O'Donnell Hall (15th & Laurel in Manhattan Beach). No sign up necessary. Just show up at 7pm. There will be plenty of volunteers to answer questions and to help you form circles. A program overview and Adventure Guides registration information is here.  Sign up for our mailing list here.

Hooray for Our Latest Medal-Level PTA Donors!
Wemade our list and we checked it twice - got lots of kids on the nice list!

Platinum Donors

Cochran, Hall, Hankus-Biggs, Inoue, Kingston, Kleinberg, Lam, McCalla, Pell, Shamaly, Spencer, Stuart

 

Gold Donors

Bayiz, Becker, Blackman, Carey, Cedergreen, Chien, Dickinson, Ferguson, Frankel, Gentry, Gilmer, Halkias, Helmers, Hory, Hurok, Jackson, Kaplan, Khaleghian, Komatinsky, Kreft, Lane, Lewin, Lin, Luis, McDonald, Macias, Martin, Mayer, O'Hara, Pazzia, Pennino, Renner, Robin, Schlehuber, Skolarus, Snyder, Towsley, Tucker, Vena, Yakubik

 

Silver Donors

Blanchard, Contesini, Corr, Crawford, Driscoll, Friedlander, Gerken, Handzlik, Ibarra, Jacobson, James, Kalra, Khoddam, Kubitz, Kupiec, Lundy, Ottinger, Paralusz, Prince, Steele, Winckler

 

Bronze Donors

Alexander, Baker, Berkes, Bozhko, Braunstein, Champ, Chang, Cho, Davila, DeFrance, Eastman, Ferguson, Flynn, Galins, Garrett, Gentry, Glidden, Graeler, Hedges, Jackson, Johnson, Kalle, Launsbach, Masino-Martinez, Murphy, Nickerson,  Pecoroni-Krueger, Penczar, Popov, Powell-Wrye, Quevedo, Rosenfeld, Schmidt, Shannon, Steele, Stewartson, Sun, Sweet, Torres, Walsh, Watts, West, Yokoyama, Zhang, Zhang