| Issue: #6 | September 23, 2014
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Hi Mustangs! Take a minute to find out what's happening at Meadows Elementary!
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| School Holidays | | 
Just a reminder that this Thursday, September 25th, is a local holiday (No School). And this Friday, September 26th, is a Staff Development Day (No School). Enjoy your 4-day weekend!
BUT - Monday, October 13th, Columbus Day, is not a school holiday. School is in session!
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| HELP US REACH 100% PTA PARTICIPATION...AND HELP YOUR CLASS GET $100! | | 
Thank you to everyone who has already Joined & Donated to the Meadows PTA! The PTA funds everything from curriculum support to computers, pencils to playground equipment, cultural arts to classroom supplies. These are not "extras"--these things are essential to an excellent education!
As of today, over 60% of our families have joined & donated to the PTA. Our goal is 100% participation. Come on Mustangs! We can do this! Even the smallest amount helps our kids. Please join & donate at the amount that is right for your family. And remember: every class that reaches 100% participation receives $100 to spend in the classroom! Questions? Email Carrie Gilmer & Jeanne Mayer at meadowsmembership@gmail.com.
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143 AND COUNTING...BE ONE OF OUR EXTRA SPECIAL SUPER STANG FAMILIES!
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What fabulous families we have at Meadows! We're up to 143 Super Stang families--will you be next on the list?
Super Stang families:
1) Join & Donate to the PTA; 2) Pledge/Donate to MBEF; 3) Buy SCRIP ; 4) Submit their Volunteer Form; and 5) Visit the Meadows Website to stay up to date on important Meadows dates and news. In return, they get a cool Super Stang car magnet, their names posted outside the school, and our great thanks for their exceptional support.
Big thanks to these families, and big congrats to the Trout Family, the winners of our Super Stang iPad Mini drawing at Movie Night! Congratulations as well to the Chang, Khoddam and Chen families--also big Super Stang raffle winners!
Aita, Alexander, Ames, Bagdasarian/Bell/Bellasarian, Baldocchi, Barile, Bayiz, Becker, Bell, Berkes, Blackman, Blanchard, Boyer, Braunstein, Bridwell, Bynon, Cardenas, Carey, Cedergreen, Champ, Chang, Chen, Chien, Cho, Cochran, Cohen, Contesini, Corelli, Corr, Crowley, DeFrance, Dhillon, Doyle, Driscoll, Eastman, Ferguson, Flynn, Frankel, Friedlander, Fujioka, Galbreath, Galins, Gentry, Gerken, Gerrans, Gilmer, Glidden, Graeler, Halkias, Hall, Hankus-Biggs, Hedges, Helmers, Hertlein, Hiatt, Horiguchi, Hory, Hurok, Inoue, Ip, Jackson, Jackson, Jacobson, James, Johnson, Kamachee, Kaplan, Khaleghian, Khoddam, Kim, Kim, Kingston, Kleinberg, Komatinsky, Kraus, Kreft, Kubitz, Kupiec, Lam, Lane, Lerman, Lin, Lindberg, Luis, Lundy, Luppo, Macias, Manabe, Masino-Martinez, Mayer, McCalla, McDonald, Melnick, Miller, Miner, Molter, Murphy, Nakawatase, Nguyen, Nickerson, O'Hara, Okamoto, Pazzia, Pecorini-Krueger, Pell, Penczar, Pennino, Powell-Wrye, Prince, Renner, Reyes, Riethmiller, Robin, Rokosky, Rosenfeld, Salles Spar, Sammons, Schlehuber, Shamaly, Skolarus, Spencer, Steele, Stewartson, Stone, Stuart, Szlolnik, Torres, Torres, Towsley, Trout, Tucker, van Doornewaard, Vena, Watts, Weihermuller, Winckler, Yakubik, Yip, Yokoyama, Young, Zhang, Zhang, Zheng |
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| Many thanks to our Movie Night Helpers!! | |
Thank you to those who helped with movie night. Events like this need volunteers- we could not have done this without you.
Heaps of gratitude go to: Debbie Tran for organizing food vendors, Nicole Wong-Chong, Nancy van Doornewaard, Olivia van Doornewaard, Kim Crawford, Madeline Kaplan, Chris Khaleghian, JJ Corr for organizing hot drinks, Steve Cho and Gary Chien for selling hot drinks, Damian and Xavier Court, Brett Swartzlander for selling popcorn, Alissa Hurok for handling accounting, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (Rosecrans location), Fresh Bros and El Gringo for supplying delicious food and giving us 20% back, Rachel Gerrans for organizing the bake sale and all the fifth grade parents and students who helped run the bake sale, Robyn Miner for letting us borrow her DVD, Jeff Yakubik and Dave Swartzlander for handling the A/V, Kathy and Cooper Yakubik, Steve Robin, Christy and Aiden Kubitz and Savannah Swartzlander for helping with cleanup (sorry if we missed anyone- it was so dark!) and finally, thank you to Gabriela Mejia and Jonathan Gordon for helping to get our movie licensing rights discounted. Your help means the world to us.
Madeleine Court and Yuri Chien, VPs of Programs
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| Innisbrook Fundraiser - Have you ordered yet? | |
We're depending on YOU to be a hero for Meadows! (School Number: 116016)
Our goal: $6,000.00
Let Innisbrook simplify your holiday season while at the same time raise money for our school! Please browse the catalog, fill out the order form and drop off in the office OR order online. Then you can check gifts and wrapping paper etc off of your to do list! Thank you for your support! Meadows PTA
Parents and Students: Click here to register!
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Click on the "Register" button in the top right corner to create an account
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Select a teacher and add students before sending emails to friends and supporters
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Friends and Supporters: Click here to support our sale!
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Enter the seller number(s) you receive from the family
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Shop and pay with credit card or paypal
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Items ship directly to your home
(Orders w/$85+ of products qualify for free UPS Ground Shipping)
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Running Club Starts Today
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Lace up your sneakers and join us for run club. It starts Tuesday, 9/23, and runs Tuesday through Friday mornings from 7:40-8:00 for all 1st- 5th graders. Please make sure your runner has their good sportsmanship letter and liability waiver signed and turned in. You can download copies from the Meadows website, or we will have copies on the field. Can't wait to see you!!
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| Mustang Trot Artists and Sponsors Wanted! | |  Calling all artists! We want to see your 2014Mustang Trot T-shirt designs!! Submit your designs by Friday, October 3rd at 3pm to the Meadows Office. See flyer on the website for guidelines for your submission.
Although the majority of the funds raised by the Trot come from donations through the students, we also rely on the generous contributions made by the Meadows and Manhattan Beach community to offset costs associated with putting on this event. Please consider sponsoring
the 2014 Mustang Trot. If you are interested, or know of a business that is, please return this form by Friday, October
3rd. If you need more information, or would like to discuss a sponsorship, please contact Anne
Stuart or Katie Driscoll at Mustang.Trot@yahoo.com. |
| Hometown Fair | | 
The 2014 Manhattan Beach Hometown fair is right around the corner! Hurry and grab a shift so you can join the Meadows team at this awesome community event!!
Follow the link below to join your fellow Meadows Mustang parents and sign up for a shift!! Don't miss the fun!
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| Family Portrait Fundraiser | |
 Don't forget to call or email JW Photography and sign up for a sitting at the beach for a fabulous and inexpensive family portrait! You can call JW Photography directly (310-640-7212) to book your appointment or mail back a request to them w/payment. Can't find the information on sitting locations/times from the Tuesday envelope? You can find it on the website or 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 jjcorr1@yahoo.com.
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| Library Volunteer Training - Today! | |  Interested in volunteering in the Meadows Library this year? The Meadows Library is a busy, vibrant learning center for the school and you, too, can be a part of it. ALL volunteers MUST attend a short training session on Tuesday, September 23 from 8:15 to 8:45. Please let Mrs. Primm know that you will be attending via email at cprimm@mbusd.org. Find more information about Meadows Library and volunteer expectations by clicking here. THANKS!!
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| Y'All Save the Date for the 2015 Meadows Parent Party! | |  Yee Ha!!! The 2015 Meadows Parent Party will be on Saturday, March 7th from 7 pm - 12 am at American Martyrs O'Donnell Hall and it will be a Western Hoe-Down. We will have a hip DJ spinning cool tunes, dinner, drinks and a live auction so get your sitter lined up early. More details to follow...
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| Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk - October 26th | |
 Hey Mustangs! The Meadows team has been formed. Please join us and participate in the Sketchers Pier to Pier Friendship walk on Sunday, October 26,2014. You can register at www.sketchersfriendshipwalk.com. Please make sure to join team " Meadows Mustangs" It's more fun to walk with your friends and classmates. Hope to see you all there! Any questions you can contact Martice Kouwenhoven at marticekou@gmail.com.
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| Welcome Potluck Lunch for Katherine Whittaker Stopp | | 
Please join Cora Cruz, Mirna Puma and Carla Kerker in helping to provide entrees for a "Welcome Ms. Whitt!" multi-cultural potluck lunch they are organizing this Wednesday, September 24th. The Multi-Cultural luncheon will take place in the teacher's lounge between 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. If you can make a favorite dish that is not a typical American food, we invite you to share your dish with us at this luncheon. Ms. Whitt and our teachers will definitely enjoy the tasty lunch spread and heartfelt welcome; please contact Cora Cruz at (310) 592-2931 with any questions!
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Happy Birthday Grow - And they are giving MB Schools a Gift!
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Monday, Sept 22 through Friday, Sept 26 GROW will give back 8% of your purchase to Meadows. No flyer, needed. Just name drop! Donation for in-store purchases only.
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| Rowell Drop Off Zone - We need your help! | | 
Please help us make the drop off zone safe! Ms. Whitt has been out there every morning, but now it's our turn! Each class has been assigned two weeks over the remaining weeks of the year. We need two parents each day to volunteer and take a shift (7:45 - 8:15) during the assigned week for your class.
Please sign up via this link. Find the assigned week for your class, then choose the morning that works best for your schedule. Also, sign ups will be posted in the back of the classrooms at Back to School Night this Thursday.
The procedure and rules are listed on the sign up genius site. Thank you for your support and for your help to make the Meadows drop off zone safer for all!
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COLA Library Bookmark Contest
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Do you love reading, dreaming, and drawing? You should enter the COLA Library Bookmark contest going on now. Click here for more information and an official entry form for the Bookmark Contest.
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Meadows After School Enrichment Program (MAP) is back!
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Enrollment deadline: Thursday, September 25. After that date, classes with insufficient enrollment will be canceled but enrollment will continue to be open for the remaining classes. No "walk ins" will be accepted. Enrollment and payment for all classes must be completed 24 hours prior to the class your child plans to attend.
Go to www.mbxfoundation.org for class descriptions, registration, deadline, refund and cancellation policies. |
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Shopping for Students - Turn in those receipts!!
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Hi Meadows Families,
Don't forget! 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 poohster68@gmail.com.
Visit the Shopping 4 Students website to learn about these special offers and more.
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| Musical Instrument Marketplace | |  Bring to sell..... or come to buy! Monday, September 29, 6-6:45 PM, just outside Robinson Cafeteria. For more information, see the flyer.
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| DEA Take Back Event | |
 On September 27, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Manhattan Beach Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give our community another opportunity 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 the Manhattan Beach Police Department (420 15th St, Manhattan Beach) and the service is free, anonymous and no questions
asked. See the flyer for more information.
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