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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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March 1st - Box Tops Submission Deadline
March 1st - Don't Drink the Punch: Answering the Big Questions
March 4th - Jamba Juice
March 4th - Parent Party and Raffle Ticket Sales
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Upcoming Events
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March 24th - Meet Your Local Lawmakers
March 26th - 5th Annual Toy Drive
March 28th - CYRM Reading Challenge Deadline (4th & 5th Graders)
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Meadows school has Kicked-Off Jump Rope For Heart! Our Jump Rope For Heart event will take place the February 29th - March 4, 2016. Through this community service project our students learn about the importance of taking care of their hearts and how they can help kids with special hearts through making a donation to the American Heart Association.
Please help us by registering your child online:
- Just visit www.heart.org/jump to join our school's team
- Select CA and Manhattan Beach
- Select our school and join team
- Once you are registered you can personalize your webpage and click on the PUPPIFY ME button to create your child's puppy e-card with a special heart health message. Email this cute card to family and friends and they will be able to donate to your child's page.
- TOP THREE STUDENTS RAISING THE MOST ONLINE DONATIONS RECEIVE A PAIR OF CLIPPLER TICKETS AND THE HALFTIME TUNNEL EXPERIENCE-HIGH FIVE THE PLAYERS.
- Students from the 10 most western states raising 10 or more online donations will be entered into a drawing for an iPad!
- If Meadows reaches our goal of $6,500, Mr. Arnold's head gets SHAVED!
The American Heart Association is also here to help us all create healthier homes! Please explore the Jump Rope For Heart website for different ideas for building a heart healthy home, and you can also meet some of the children who are helped by your donations. Thank you for your support!
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Parent Party & Raffle Ticket Sales - Fri, March 4th
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This is a great week to purchase your tickets for the "Fly Back to the 70's'" Parent Party! After this week, tickets go up to $100/ticket!
Come by the cafeteria patio after school on Friday, March 4th to purchase party tickets AND raffle tickets! (Cash, check and charge all accepted)
This year's raffle items are:
- (4) Disneyland Park Hopper Tickets
- (4) Knott's Berry Farm tickets
- (2) Tickets to LAKERS game Friday 3/25 vs Denver Nuggets
- (1) Case (12 bottles) of assorted wine
- Veev Vodka VIP Gift basket
- Hand-designed Art by M Street Artwork
- (3) class passes for Green Yogi with cute towel
You do not need to attend the party to win raffle prizes!!!
Raffle tickets: 1x $5, 5x $20, 15x for $50
Get psyched to dress in your coolest bell bottoms and disco threads for the grooviest fundraiser of the year! Attend a super cool party and raise money for our fabulous school!
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Meadows Parent Party - Fly Back to the 70's
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 The totally awesome PARENT PARTY is Saturday, March 12th!
(at MotoArt, a super cool factory in El Segundo that makes furniture out of airplane parts, they rent out their space for fun parties!)
Mark your calendars and get ready to "FLY BACK TO THE 70's"
Tickets include:
- Appetizers from Mendocino Farms
- Taco bar dinner
- Late night pizza from Fresh Brothers
- Full Bar!
- Live Auction
- Groovy DJ to boogie down (plus spinning disco ball!)
$90/person until 3/5/16
$100 3/6 until event date
Buy your tickets on-line here.
Be there or be square!
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2016-2017 PTA Executive Board Slate
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Thank you to all of the wonderful parents who have volunteered to serve on our PTA Executive Board next year! Listed below are the board positions and the nominees who have stepped up to fill them. This slate will be voted upon at our PTA General Meeting on Thursday, 3/17. (Note: We do have two positions which are still open--Executive VP and Auditor. These are appointed positions that do not require a vote for approval.)
2016-2017 MEADOWS PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD SLATE
President
| Katie Driscoll
| EVP
| TBD-appointed position
| VP Membership
| Jenni Tucker & Kate Pennino
| VP Programs
| Nancy James & Christy Kubitz
| VP Communications
| Alex Murphy (Mustang Minute) &
Andrea McCracken (website)
| VP Fundraising
| Lori Cedergreen & Mitzi Henry
| VP Volunteers
| JJ Corr & Carrie Frankel
| Leg. Rep
| Kathleen Paralusz
| Secretary
| Michele Graeler
| Treasurer
| Becky McCalla
| Auditor
| TBD-appointed position
| Financial Secretary
| Kristin Gentry
| Historian
| Monique Atkins
| MBEF
| Kristal Lane & Kimberly Rosenfeld
| Parliamentarian
| Carrie Gilmer
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Questions or comments? Please contact PTA Parliamentarian Carrie Gilmer: ckngilmer@gmail.com
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Mother & Son Game Night is Friday, March 18th from 5pm - 7:30pm in the Meadows Cafeteria.
Team up with your son in laser tag, obstacles courses, foosball, and more. Tickets are pre-sale only, so buy today -- on the Meadows website (click Store) or return your check and order form in your Tuesday envelope. $15 per person or $40 for a family of 3 or more.
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Grades of Green - Tip of the Week
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Trash-Free Lunch (TFL) is here! A HUGE shout out to Meadows fifth-grade superstar (and Grades of Green Ambassador) Ethan Crowley, who fired up the program and is doing a fantastic job inspiring his fellow Mustangs to get excited about saving the planet. There are now bins in the cafeteria where students can sort recyclables, food waste, and landfill, and we will also have a liquids bucket soon. Normally, lunch generates about eight bags of landfill trash, and on Friday...we had ONE! TFL is a great example of how something that is simple can have a huge impact. Great job, everyone! And thanks to Allie and Megan from Grades of Green for joining us.
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Our runners are working hard! We can tell that they have been moving because we added Mustang Trot laps to our runner's totals this week. Mrs Yates' class had the highest number of runners in the past two weeks while Ms Kuklinski and Mrs Granberg's classes followed closely behind. Everyone is welcome to join us Tuesday through Friday from 7:40-8:00 on the lower playground. See you there!
Go, Mustangs!!
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Summer Camp Expo - March 19th
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Scheduled for Saturday, March 19th from 10 am - 2 pm
Food, Activities, Fun, Silent Auction and
over 40 Summer Camps to explore!
Get your summer off to a great start!
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CYRM 4th & 5th Grade Challenge Update!
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Meadow's fourth and fifth grade readers continue to rock the CYRM Reading Challenge. Twenty-seven readers have finished all three books!!! But, the clock is ticking. All books must be read and forms completed by Monday, March 28. Our voting lunch party is tentatively scheduled for March 30.
If you are interested in helping with the voting party, please email Chris Primm cprimm@mbusd.org in the library.
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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: Yates, Mascari, & Kuklinski. 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
This school year we've raised $675 from the Box Tops for Education™ program. Meadows 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.
Earn Points when you shop or dine at Manhattan Village
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.
Jamba Juice
Jamba Juice is coming to Meadows this Friday! Outside the cafeteria 2-3pm. $3, cash only!
Attention Amazon Shoppers!!
Most purchases in that shopping session will earn Meadows 6% of your purchase.
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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!
Don't Drink the Punch: Answering the Big Questions
When: Tuesday, March 1st @ 7 pm
Where: Mira Costa Small Theater
This presentation for parents of middle and high school students is based on the Miles To Go Lessons in Drug Prevention Handbook Series. It will address ten of their most frequently asked questions, but parents with students of any age will find the information pertinent and useful.
Super Sports Discounts for Meadows Families
Next time you shop at Super Sports, be sure to mention that you're a Meadows Family and you'll receive a 15% discount.
Camp VIP/MBX Summer Programs
As you start to plan for summer, please be sure to check out the variety of programs being offered by MBX on the MBX summer home page In addition to our traditional Camp VIP (always popular), MBX is partnering with Planet Bravo, Steve and Kate's, Performing Arts Workshop and ARC outdoor camp to provide a variety of exceptional choices for our families.Camp VIP will be open for enrollment within the next two weeks, so sure to save a week or two. The other camps are open for enrollment now. For information and to enroll go to mbxfoundation.org. For all questions, don't hesitate to contact Nancy Rosenburg, MBX Program Director at nancy@mbxfoundation.org or (310) 503-1771. When making choices for summer, remember that net proceeds from MBX camps go to MBUSD to benefit students K-12.
Tween Tuesdays Grades 5-8th
Join us for a book discussion of " The Strange Case of Origami Yoda," by Tom Angleberger. We will host trivia, munch on snacks, learn origami, and have a great time. Copies of the book are available at the Children's Reference Desk and most libraries. Tuesday, March 22nd from 3:30 - 5pm at the Manhattan Beach Public Library.
Meet your local Lawmakers 2016
When: March 24, 2016, 6:30-7:30 pm
Where: Mira Costa Multipurpose Room
5th Annual Toy Drive
On March 26th from 8:30am - 3:00pm, donate your new and gently used toys, books, games, stuffed animals and dolls! Bring them to 1401 Artesia Blvd, at the turn-around in front of the Mira Costa Administration Building.
Benefiting the LA County Toy Loan Program. Brought to you by the Manhattan Beach Kiwanis and the Mira Costa Key Club. See the flyer for more information.
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