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Hi Mustangs! Take a minute to find out what's happening at Meadows Elementary!
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Week at a Glance
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Sept 23rd - No School (Local Holiday)
Sept 24th - Meals for Meadows at CPK
Sept 24th - Room Parent Meeting, Cafeteria, 8:15am
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Upcoming Events
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Sept 28th - MAP Classes Begin
Sept 29th - Running Club Begins
October 2nd - Character Counts School Assembly
October 2nd - YAA Notecard Fundraiser Table (After school)
October 3rd - Mustang Trot Tshirt designs due
October 3rd/4th - Hometown Fair
October 5th - No School (Staff Development)
October 23rd - Meadows' Halloween Haunt
October 25th - Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk
November 13th - Mustang Trot
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Membership Update and Thank You!
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Thank you to everyone who became a Super Stang last week! We ended the week with 145 Super Stang families (wow, Meadows, 15 additional families on Friday alone!!!). Congratulations to Shelly and Glenn Johnson, our lucky winners of the Apple Watch we raffled off on Friday night!!
We are still processing lots of PTA membership forms and fulfilling those awesome membership swag bags with Super Stang magnets, trucker hats and water bottles. It's not too late to join PTA or become a Super Stang family!
Thank you for all your support so far. Our membership drive is our biggest fundraiser and sets the stage for how much our PTA can support our school for the coming year. We'll send out the most updated Super Stang list in this week's Friday reminders, but please contact Katie Driscoll & Becky McCalla at meadowsmembership@gmail.com if you have any questions!
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Movie Night Thank Yous
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What a fun Movie Night! It was a great way to kick off the new school year! A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered last night (it couldn't have happened without all our volunteers!) with a special big shout out to Nancy Hesterberg, Christy Kubitz, Debbie Tran and David Swartzlander who were in charge of the evening.
Let's also give a cheer to Sally Peel and Ms Primm for the used book drive/sale - we sold 150 books! We will be donating the proceeds to help illiteracy.
Thank you to to El Gringo and Fresh Brothers for providing food, Java Man for the delicious hot drinks, and to all the bakers who contributed to the awesome bake sale - it was a sell out! Thank you to Becky McCalla and Katie Driscoll for handling PTA Membership and promoting being a Super Stang. Be sure to ask Shelly Johnson what time it is when you see her on campus as she was the winner of the Apple Watch! Wow, last Friday was a jam packed with the MBEF/PTA Rally, the Meadows All School Spirit Rally and then Movie Night. Go TEAM MEADOWS! Meadows PTA
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Lost & Found After Movie NIght
|  Thanks everyone for a fun, safe Movie Night and for cleaning up afterwards! Only 1 item was left behind: a black fleece blanket with attached Velcro pouch and handle. It is now in the school's lost & found bin.
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Meals for Meadows - CPK on Thursday
|  Come on out for the first Meals for Meadows of the year - California Pizza Kitchen - on Thursday, September 24th. Pick up some pizza to go or bring the family to dinner ALL DAY and CPK donates 20% back to Meadows. Don't forget to bring in the flyer! See you there, Mustangs! |
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Last Chance Emergency Kits
|  LAST CHANCE! Order your school & home survival kits online now for free delivery by September 30th
Prepare your children at school & at home with More Prepared survival kits. School kits include supplies your child needs in an emergency. Buy the Earthquake Home Survival Kit for a special price of $79. You'll save $20. Contains the food, water and supplies your family needs for 72 hour survival. 20% of all sales are donated to the PTA.
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Mustang Trot is coming!!
|  Save the date: Friday, November 13th for an awesome morning!!
Submit your t-shirt designs by October 3rd. Click here for submission guidelines.
Sponsors are needed too... Click here to be an earlier supporter of our Fall Fundraiser! |
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Family Portrait Fundraiser
|  It's time to book your appointment for your family portrait on the beach! You know, the one you've been talking about doing! For $45 you can have that memorable photo taken on the beach or at the park by a professional photographer, plus you get a free 8x10, how great is that? A portion of your sitting fee and portrait order goes to our PTA. Call JW Photography at 310-640-7212 or mail back the flier to them and book your appointment. For any questions you can email JJCorr1@yahoo.com. Copies of the flier that was provided in your Tuesday envelope are also available in the Meadows office. |
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Room Parent Meeting
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Attention Room Parents: Thank you for volunteering to be room parents in your child's classroom. There will be a meeting for all room parents this Thursday at 815am in the cafeteria. If you are part of a team covering one class, your entire team does not need to be present. We will be reviewing a few general guidelines set by the district, PTA and Dr. Whitt.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday! -JJ Corr & Stephanie Molter, co-Volunteer Chairs |
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Art Submissions Needed for Hometown Fair
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South Bay residents with a talent for drawing, painting, photography, sculpting, quilting, or other crafts are welcomed to submit an application to exhibit their work at the fair. Age groups from Pre-K to Senior and four different categories 2-d, 3-d, Photography, Fiber and ceramics. For more information and an application, click here.
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Volunteer Opportunities - Rowell Drop Off Zone, Ice Cream Social Helpers - We Need You!
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Rowell Drop Off Zone Click on the link here and find the assigned week for your class, then choose the morning that works best for your schedule. The procedure and rules are listed on the sign up genius site. Thank you!
Friday Ice Cream Social! We are currently looking for multiple parent helpers to help sell Friday ice cream. This is a very fun, social job! Sales go from about 2:00-3:00pm on Friday afternoon and parents can pick their Friday to work via Sign Up Genius. Please contact Stephanie Molter at floresmolter@yahoo.com or JJ Corr at jjcorr1@yahoo.com.
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FUN-Raising
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Collect Box Tops for Meadows!
10 Box Tops = 1 SKORR card
Meadows participates in the Box Tops for Education™ program and earns 1 0¢ for each valid Box Top we collect ! Look for the pink Box Tops on select products (BTFE.com/products), clip them, and send them to school. Box Tops can be turned in by:
- Placing the clipped Box Tops in the front office collection box or
- Completing a Box Tops submission form (your child will earn a SKORR card for each completed form). Forms can be returned in a Tuesday envelope or to the front office collection box. Extra Box Tops forms are in the front office.
Look for bonus Box Tops on participating products at Costco and Sam's. Some products have 8 Box Tops! Thank you for supporting Meadows!
Don't toss them ...clip them and return them to Meadows.
Shopping for Students
S hopping for Students is a program that awards our school with free money. If your family did any shopping at the mall from May 1, 2015 to present, your receipts turn into points that in turn get money for Meadows. You may turn in your receipts into the box in the front office, use the e-receipts for receipts you receive via email or bring them to the concierge which is located in the front of Macy's Men store. Please see flyer for details or go to the Shopping for Students website for more information.
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Science Lab Needs You!
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Hey Mustang parents and families!
Want a chance to see your students in action, and help out one of their teachers at the same time? Mrs. Michael in the science lab needs your help! No science experience needed- an ability to pass out supplies, or set up trays for new classes is all that is required! Almost every class has availability- go to http://meadowsschool.org/students/science-lab, find your student's class, and sign up! You can volunteer for one day, once a month, the entire year- up to you! Any questions, feel free to contact Mrs. Michael at jmichael@mbusd.org Also- to keep up with what is happening in the science lab, follow the Science Lab on twitter @MeadowsScience
Thanks!
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YOUNG AT ART FUNDRAISING TABLE ON FRIDAY, 10/2
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Friday, October 2, Young at Art representatives will be hosting an after school table where your child can design artwork to be turned into notecards, gift tags, notepads and stickers. All supplies and order forms will be available. This is a great way to create stationary (i.e. holiday cards, thank you cards, birthday cards) or holiday gifts. All proceeds benefit Young at Art at Meadows including six art lessons and materials for our kindergarten through 5th grade students. Please contact Lisa Becker with any questions. 310.374.0809, 310.435.3341 or lisawbecker@gmail.com.
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Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, October 25th
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Come join your friends, neighbors and classmates at the SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk on Sunday, October 25th! Meadows has formed a team and we hope you'll join us to show your support, and have a great time!
Be sure to designate your contribution to MBEF so your registration fee will directly support OUR schools! If you can't participate, consider becoming a "virtual walker". Last year, for every $25 registration or donation, MBEF and our schools received over $150 from the SKECHERS Foundation - totaling $100,000. Let's top that this year!
Along the course you'll encounter celebrities from your kids' favorite television shows, drum lines, a costume contest, cheerleaders, and all sorts of fun! This is a great community event you don't want to miss. We hope to see you there!
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Meadows After School Enrichment Program (MAP) is back!
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Parents, give yourselves the gift of extra time and your children the gift of fun and enrichment!
Enrollment for the Fall session of MAP is open on the website at www.mbxfoundation.org. Classes will begin on Monday, September 28 for an 8 week session (changed from 9 weeks due to a change in the MBUSD calendar). Enrollment is open for all classes through Wednesday, September 23. After that date, classes with insufficient enrollment will be canceled but enrollment for all other classes will remain open. Enroll early! Ucode - An extra class has been added. There is room for 5 more students. If your child is interested, contact Marina Trachy asap. Students are accepted on a first come first serve basis.
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Community Corner
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DEA - Take Back Your Meds Initiative
It's a great time to clean out your medicine cabinet! Protect our kids, families and environment by properly disposing of your unwanted and expired medicines. Medicines in the home are a leading cause of accidental poisoning and flushed or trashed medicines can end up polluting our waters.
Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe disposal on Saturday, September 26th from 10am - 2pm at the Manhattan Beach Police Department, South Lobby Entrance. See the flyer.
For more information, please visit www.dea.gov.
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