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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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January 8th - Jamba Juice, 2-3 pm
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Upcoming Events
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January 18th - MLK Day (No School)
January 25th - MAP Winter Session Begins
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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!
In order to avoid the long hiatus between the winter and spring sessions of MAP, we are piloting a new schedule this year. We will be offering an extended 12 week Winter session beginning January 25 and ending April 28. We will also be offering a 3 week mini session in the spring which will run from May 9-26.
The flyer for the Winter session will come home in the Tuesday envelope on January 5. Enrollment will open on the website http://www.mbxfoundation.org/ at 9am Thursday January 7.
If you have any questions please contact Marina Trachy at mbtrachy@yahoo.com or (310) 947-2078.
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Meadows Parent Party - Fly Back to the 70s!
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Are you planning to attend the fun and fabulous Parent Party? You wouldn't want to miss out on:
- 2 Level Venue loaded with surprises!
- Appetizers donated by Mendocino Farms
- Taco Truck!
- Incredible DJ!
- Live auction with fantastic items to bid on!
- Raffle items!
- Late Night Pizzas donated by Fresh Brother!
You should know...
Date: Saturday, March 12th
Place: MotoArt in El Segundo
Theme: Fly Back to the 70's
Cost: $90 until 3/5/16, $100 3/6/16 until event date
You can buy your tickets on-line at the attached link.
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Mustang Socials
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Upcoming Socials in 2016:
Happy Holidays! Let's start the New Year with being HEALTHY and FIT!  Come SPIN and support the PTA! Burn your Holiday calories in a 50-minute class, indoor cycling is one of the most efficient cardio, high calorie burning exercises around. This class is designed to accommodate all fitness levels. First timers are welcome! You will love SPIN with PK, the most popular SPIN pro instructor in South Bay, with his awesome music! Complimentary beverages and light snacks will be served. So come out and SPIN with us!! Date: Friday, January 22nd Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Location: Fit On Studio Manhattan Beach Tickets: $50 February 6th - Doctors in Training
For more information about MUSTANG SOCIALS, contact Miho Manabe.
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Grades of Green - Tip of the Week
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With an El Niño-type storm pattern hitting us this week, remember to turn off your sprinklers! It is amazing how much water can be saved with this one tiny thing. If you have a rain barrel, it is going to be very happy this week! If not, let the kids set out buckets or bowls to collect water, and then use that in the following days for watering plants.
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MBUSD -The Mathematical Mind: Grade Level Sessions Online
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"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 missed the Mathematical Mind grade level sessions, you can view them online. To watch online, go to the MBUSD website, select the drop down menu for Parents, and click on the Parent Workshops link.
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Growing Great Jr. Chefs at Manhattan House
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 cooking with Manhattan House!  
Bianca Molter cooking Gnocci with one of the Chefs at 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!!
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MBEF - Time for Giving!
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 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!
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Show your race bib to any running club volunteer and we will add 25 laps to your running club total. Go, Mustangs!!
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SAVE HOLIDAY TISSUE PAPER FOR YAA
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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!
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Attention 4th and 5th Grade Readers!
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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.
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Volunteer Opportunities - Rowell Drop Off Zone, Science Lab - 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. Next up: Gregorio, Trpin, & Jones. 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!
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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 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
Attention Amazon Shoppers!!
Most purchases in that shopping session will earn Meadows 6% of your purchase.
 Jamba Juice Jamba Juice is coming to Meadows this Friday, January 8th! 2-3 pm in front of the cafeteria.
Enjoy a refreshing and healthy smoothie and support your school's PTA! $3, cash only.
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Community Corner
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South Bay United Water Polo
Come learn to play water polo in a fun, team focused environment. South Bay United provides an environment in which youth of all levels may develop to their fullest - in and out of the pool. Build skills, confidence and friendships that will last a lifetime! See the flyer for more info!
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