SCRIP: Order Teacher/Staff Holiday SCRIP Gifts TODAY!
Teacher/Staff Scrip Gifts Take care of all your holiday needs with Scrip! Gift forms due TODAY Tuesday, December 8th! Fill out this form and submit payment in your Tuesday envelope TODAY! Also, the SCRIP table will be open this Friday, December 11th from 2-3pm and next Friday, December 18th from 2-3 pm.

MBUSD -The Mathematical Mind: Grade Level Sessions

In the next few weeks, MBUSD is hosting...The Mathematical Mind: Grade Level Sessions

12/8 evening * Kinder (5-6:30) & Grade 3 (7-8:30)
12/15 daytime * Grade 2 (8:30-10) & Grade 5 (10:30-12)
12/16 daytime * Grade 1 (8:30-10) Grade 4 (10:30-12)

"This series of workshops is designed for parents to understand what their children will be learning by grade level. Connections will be made between what students are learning in the classroom and how parents can support mathematics learning at home. The December sessions will focus on what parents can do to help at home, and the sessions after the New Year will focus on the purpose of what students are learning in class."

If you are not able to attend, resources from the sessions will be shared with you. To sign up for the sessions or for more information, click on this link.

Mustang Socials

Thanks everyone who participated in Gingerbread House Party. It was a sold out event and kids had a blast! Special thanks to our wonderful hosts, Jenni Tucker, Kimberly Rosenfeld, and Carrie Gilmer.

Thanks to all the great basketball players who came out for Meadow's Basketball Clinic by Coach Bryn Britton last Friday. Kids had a BALL!! They learned so much at the clinic. Who's asking for a basketball hoop for Xmas now?! Special thanks to our awesome hosts, Becky & Kit McCalla.

Upcoming Socials in 2016:

January - Mom's Spin Party with PK at FitOn Studios

February - Doctor in Training

For more information about MUSTANG SOCIALS, contact Miho Manabe.

Survey Help - Due December 18th

In 2011, the MB elementary schools we were successful in receiving grant funding for improvements to provide safety enhancements at each school. Each year we are required by the City to complete a school survey that counts the number of students arriving and departing to/from school by various travel modes (walk, bike, bus, car, etc.) and a parent survey intended to collect information about how their children travel to and from school. The survey is supposed to be completed twice a year. Here is a link to the first online survey. It's a quick one! Your responses are appreciated!

MBEF - Time for Giving!

When you count your blessings this holiday season, consider the outstanding education your child is receiving at our MBUSD schools as one of them. Despite one of the lowest funding levels in the country, Manhattan Beach has managed to remain one of the top districts in the state because of community support. The generous support of parents like you helps us to fund programs that inspire learning, enrich teaching, and promote innovation and academic excellence in our public schools. Please remember MBEF during this season of holiday giving!

Adopt a Family

In the Meadows' tradition we are collecting gifts this holiday season for the homeless families at Harbor Interfaith Shelter. Every year we love the message that this collection sends to the children about the joy of giving. Your teacher's room parent already sent out the information to all class families. Send in gifts with the UNIT number, GENDER and AGE of the child who will be receiving it. Drop gifts off in class from December 7th - 15th. Thank you for your support!

Growing Great Jr. Chefs at Manhattan House

Growing Great cooking with Manhattan House!

Come dine at Manhattan House restaurant and taste the special Mustang created Gnocchi dish with broccoli, ricotta, sage and bacon, now through the month of December! Chef Diana taught cooking to a group of our fifth grade students and now we can thank her by coming in to taste the results! We hope we can make this a Growing Great cooking tradition!

Manhattan House is located at 1019 Manhattan Beach Blvd., MB, 310-574-2277. Wear a Meadows shirt and get a tour of Chef Diana's Kitchen!!

MB Yuletide 5K - 12/12 @ 5:30pm

"Run, walk, or baby jog along the sea at night! Celebrate the holidays under the stars at the most unusual running event in LA. The entire course will be lit by glow sticks to guide you. Bring the whole family, then stay and play at the many fine bars and restaurants in downtown Manhattan Beach. You won't find anything else like it!"

To register, visit the Yuletide 5K information page. Show your race bib to any running club volunteer and we will add 25 laps to your running club total. Go, Mustangs!!

Meadows Parent Party - Fly Back to the 70s!

THE GROOVIEST PARENT PARTY TICKET PRICE IS ABOUT TO GO UP!

Are you planning to attend the fun and fabulous "PEACE, LOVE & MEADOWS" Parent Party? Then you should know...

Date: Saturday, March 12th

Place: MotoArt in El Segundo

Theme: Fly Back to the 70's

Cost: $80 until 12/31/15, $90 until 3/5/16, $100 3/6 until event date

You can buy your tickets on-line at the attached link. The grooviest price deadline is 12/31!!

SAVE HOLIDAY TISSUE PAPER FOR YAA

Our January YAA project, Masks of Mexico, is right around the corner. Students will make paper mache masks using colorful tissue paper and other supplies. We ask that you please save tissue paper over the holidays and place them in a collection box that will be outside of the Meadows office when we return to school after winter break. Any tissue paper will work - even if it's ripped, crumbled, patterned or solid.

Thanks and happy holidays!

Attention 4th and 5th Grade Readers!

Team Meadows is issuing a challenge to all fourth and fifth grade readers to participate in the California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) Award voting for intermediate novels. This years novels are Wildwood, A Dog called Homeless, and True..Sort of. Students must commit to independently read all three novels by late March. After each book is read, students need to come to the library and fill out a completion form so that Mrs. Primm can monitor your progress. Students who complete the challenge will be invited to the library for a Voting Party to discuss and vote for their favorite. Books are available in the Meadows Library, in the Manhattan Beach Public Library, and at the Book Fair.

Please let Mrs. Primm know that you have accepted the challenge.

Volunteer Opportunities - Rowell Drop Off Zone, Science Lab - We Need You!

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. Next up: Legaspi, Granberg, & Gregorio. The procedure and rules are listed on the sign up genius site. Thank you!

Science Lab needs volunteers! Please sign up to volunteer in the Science Lab for your classroom. Sign up here!

For more information about how to get involved, please contact the Meadows Volunteer Coordinators - JJ Corr or Stephanie Molter .

FUN-Raising

Collect Box Tops for Meadows!

10 Box Tops = 1 SKORR card

Meadows participates in the Box Tops for Education™ program and earns 10� for each valid Box Top we collect! Simply buy products with the pink Box Tops on them (BTFE.com/products), clip the Box Tops, and send the Box Tops to school. Box Tops can be turned in by:

Placing the clipped Box Tops or labeled baggie into the front office collection box or
Completing a Box Tops submission form and returning it in a Tuesday envelope or into the front office collection box.

Don't toss them ...clip them and return them to Meadows.

Shopping for Students

Shopping 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.

Attention Amazon Shoppers!!

Instead of typing amazon.com, type Meadowsschool.org and click on our Amazon banner on the right side of our homepage.

Most purchases in that shopping session will earn Meadows 6% of your purchase.

Community Corner

Parents Night Out Dance Camp

The Mira Costa Dance Team invites you to enjoy a night out while you dancer learns dances choreographed by the MCHS Dance Team Coach and spends the evening with members of the National Award Winning MCHS Dance Team! The evening will incldue dancing, crafts, games, and a mock slumber party with movie. Dancer should wear comfortable clothing and should bring a pillow and blanket to watch the movie. Pizza, snacks and water will be provided. Click here for more information.

When: Friday, December 11th from 6pm - 10pm

Where: Mira Costa's Dance Room 81

Who: 1st-5th Graders

Cost: $45 per dancer

Mira Costa Boys' Volleyball Camp

*Ages: 9-14

*Date: Monday 12/21/15 and Tuesday 12/22/15

*Time: 9:00 a.m-12:00 p.m.

*Place: Manhattan Beach Middle School Gym (MBMS)

1501 N. Redondo Ave., Manhattan Beach

*Hosted by: Mira Costa High School Boys Volleyball Team

*Cost: $100 ($85 for siblings)

This camp is for beginner, intermediate and advanced volleyball players wishing to learn more about the game, skill development and basic rules. The boys will be placed in groups accordingly. They will be working on the basics along with lots of scrimmaging. Participants will get the chance to play with and learn from Mira Costa volleyball players. Low player to counselor ratio!

To register and pay online visit: Mira Costa Website: http://www.miracostahigh.org, Athletics Tab, Sports Team Donation, Boys Indoor Volleyball (not Beach), Click on Pay Donation, Change Amount and in the Comment Section put Holiday Winter Camp.

Please see the attached flyer for more info.