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 Wednesday Envelope - March 3, 2010
Help Solicit Items for the Auction!
- donation deadline is March 12th - 
Print a Donor Letter & Donor Form to give to your favorite merchants.  Fill one out with your own donations for the auction (parties, services, etc).  Drop forms off in the Auction Box located at the office.

You can drop off your tangible auction donations at the "Fan Room" on
Monday mornings after drop off and Thursday afternoons at kid pick up.

  1. Miraloma Book Fair - March 1 - 6
  2. Auction Information - donation deadline March 12
  3. Save Our Schools SF Mission March - March 4
  4. School Clean-up Day & Garden Work Party - March 6
  5. Miraloma Parent/Guardian and Student Survey - by March 10
  6. PTA Board Nominations 2010-2011 - March 9
  7. Shoe Drive to Benefit Haiti – March 4 – 20
  8. PTA Meeting: Positive Discipline at Home - March 9
  9. Order Your Tickets for the Warriors Game - by March 3!
  10. Order Your Scrip Gift Cards Online - by March 10
  11. Fundraiser at The Buddy Club - March 7
  12. Parent/Teacher Conference: Sign Up! - March 22 - 26
  13. No Request Policy
  14. MealpayPlus: Prepay School Lunches Online
  15. MEEP News
 Miraloma Book Fair - Three More Days!
Congratulations to all our fantastic read-a-thoners and thanks for the generous support of the book fair so far! Miraloma earns a 50% return on our pre-tax profit from Scholastic - the main way we get new books for our library. Invite your friends and family and visit often to select a teacher's "wish list" book for your child's classroom library, expand your home library, and get great deals on gifts. The Book Fair will be open in the library:
  • Thur 3/4 from 8 am - 6:00 pm (extended hours for afterschool programs)
  • Fri 3/5 from 8 am - 3 pm
    (First Friday will be held in the book fair after drop off - come for coffee and to browse ALL the great deals on scrip, etc!)
  • Sat 3/6 from 9 am - 1 pm (during the garden work party & clean-up day)

Special thanks to Miraloma's own Oliver Chin, author of Year of the Tiger and many other beloved titles, who's donating a portion of sales of his books featured at the fair to the Miraloma PTA.

 Miraloma Auction 
Get Your Auction Tickets!
Buy your auction tickets today! Doing so will ensure you're in the system and we'll have a bidder number ready for you on the night of the auction, thus drastically reducing lines at check-in.


Please email us at with any questions.

Seeking Wine Donations for Wine Chest Auction Item
As part of our auction this year, we will be selling chances to win an "instant wine cellar" of at least 50 bottles of fine wine from all over the world.
We are currently seeking donations from:

  • your personal wine collections
  • businesses from which you buy wine

Can you please help by donating one or two bottles - or more if you are able?
We are seeking bottles that retail for at least $25. Both reds and whites. All varietals, all countries.
If you are a member of any wine clubs, be sure to hit them up for a donation!
Email Sharon Gillenwater or call 415-643-5327 if you can contribute.

 March 4 Save Our Schools SF Mission March
Statewide Day of Action to Defend Public Education

More information | Join on Facebook

What is March 4th?  March 4 is a day of action to defend public education.  Events are happening all over the state and are including education advocates at all levels - parents, teachers, students etc. from all institutions community colleges, universities, elementary schools etc.

Miraloma is supporting March 4th by:

March 3 - Parents and teachers are having a sign/poster making party at 2:1 in Kelly Lehman's room (105) right after school.  Supplies have been provided by parents.  Slogans/images/ideas welcome!

March 4 -

  • 7:50 Student Council students are writing a song about keeping schools funded; they will sing at morning circle
  • 2:15 Families and teachers will march from Miraloma to Portola and O"Shaughnesy where they will sing/chant for 15 minutes.  We may be meeting students from School of the Arts.  The group wil then return to Miraloma.  Teachers will leave for the rally from Miraloma (in groups or individually).
  • 4:00 There is a UESF (united educators of San Francisco) rally at the State building which will then move across the street to civic center for the rally at Civic Center
  • 5:00 main rally at Civic Center - (the later start is for people from other districts and Community Colleges that are coming into SF).  Miraloma people can look for each other at the State Building near Polk and McAllister between 4:00 and 5:00.
MARCH 6: School Clean-up Day & Garden Work Party

Come and bring the family to school on Saturday March 6!
It's the last day of the Book Fair, it's the Garden Work Party
and the School Clean-up Day!

Please join us this Saturday for our bi-annual School Clean Up Day. Any amount of time you can volunteer between 10 AM and 1 PM is greatly appreciated. It's been noted that a good disinfection of each room may help to quell the outbreak of strep throat that's been going through the school.
If you'd like to sign up to clean your child's classroom, go to the Miraloma Yahoo Group, click on the Database link and enter your name on the sign up list. Otherwise, just show up and sign in near the library. Light snacks and drinks will be available.  Kids are welcome.

Miraloma Elementary Parent/Guardian Survey
Please complete one Parent/Guardian Survey per family by March 10. The students will fill out one in their class. All individual responses will be kept strictly confidential. Thank you for your candid feedback. We value your input and look forward to sharing the results with the Miraloma community.
PTA Board Nominations 2010-2011
The Miraloma PTA is seeking volunteers to assume leadership positions for the 2010-2011 school year. There are many positions that must be filled each year. Each job is important for the smooth and effective functioning of the PTA and Miraloma School community.
You must be a current Miraloma PTA member to be considered for nomination to an elected office. Appointed Board members will be designated by the incoming President and the Board.
If you have any questions, contact Diane Angst, Nominations Committee Chair.
Shoe Drive to Benefit Haiti
Girl Scout Troop 32215 and Miraloma Service Community will be collecting slightly worn shoes to benefit Haiti.  All shoes will be donated to Sirona Cares.  Collection boxes will be located throughout the school.  Please try to keep pairs of shoes together by tying  the shoelaces together, putting rubber bands around them, or bringing them in bags.  You can read more about Sirona Cares and their efforts to help Haiti at www.SironaCares.org. - Suzanne Schwartz
PTA Meeting: Positive Discipline at Home
Fits? Sass? Tantrums? Eye Rolls? Make them STOP!!!
Susan Hammond, Miraloma's social worker extraordinaire, will speak at our upcoming PTA meeting about Positive Discipline. In her talk, she will discuss what is positive discipline and strategies we can use such as communicating clearly, handling angry children "in the moment" and avoiding  power struggles.  Please join us in the library at 6:30 for her talk and discussion of upcoming PTA activities.
Miraloma Night at the Golden State Warriors
warriorsThe 2nd annual Miraloma/Rooftop fundraising school night at the Warriors game is coming up Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 pm at Oakland Arena and easy to get to on BART.
We had over 100 people last year and it was a fun evening.
Order your tickets online with Paypal, or download ticket order form (also available at the office) by March 3.
For any questions please contact Andrew Keeler
Buy Your Scrip Gift Card Online
Shop With ScripEarning money for Miraloma just got easier!! Buy gift cards from 100’s of vendors and spend them when you’re out on the town, online, or as gifts.

Safeway, Starbucks, Lands End, Century Theaters, Home Depot and much more.  All you do is: 

  1. Go to www.shopwithscrip.com
  2. Go to FAMILY SIGN UP and click “Create Account”
  3. Miraloma’s enrollment code is: 9922B77C19791
  4. Select the cards you want and “check out”
  5. Put a check to Miraloma PTA (or pay cash) in the GREEN SCRIP BOX in the office, or give it to Heidi Kilgore
  6. Orders will be given to you or put in your child’s backpack aprox. 3 weeks after we receive your check.

Deadline is extended to March 10! Contact Heidi Kilgore if you have any questions!!

Fundraiser at The Buddy Club
The Buddy Club and Miraloma Elementary are proud to present a family fun fundraiser featuring entertainer, Robert Strong - recently voted "San Francisco's Funniest Prop Comic". Sunday, March 7 at 11 am - noon @ Randall Museum Contact: Rolyn Parker at 415.312.2982
Parent/Teacher Conference: Sign Up!
Parent/Teacher-Guardian conferences will be held from Monday, March 22nd through Friday, March 26th.  School will be dismissed one (1) hour early, with student dismissal at 12:50pm. As a result, students riding the buses will be arriving at their stops one hour earlier than the regularly scheduled time, students in after school programs will go to their after school program one hour early, and students being picked up will need to be gathered at 12:50 in the regular location.

Teachers will be scheduling and sending home conference appointment confirmations during the next week.  To assist them, complete and return this form to teachers by no later than Wednesday, March 17, 2010
No Request Policy
"No Request Policy" is in place to support a fair system of class placement. Please do not put teachers in an uncomfortable and unfair position by formally OR informally mentioning a  preference for a specific teacher. They each work diligently and thoughtfully to determine class assignments for your children for each year and truly are the best at what they do!
MealpayPlus: Prepay School Lunches Online
If your child pays full price for school meals, you are urged to pay for lunch and/or breakfast ahead of time.
You may now pay online by credit card, debit card or electronic check by going to www.mealpayplus.com and setting up an account using your child’s SFUSD H0 number. If you choose to pay by cash or check, please use this meal order form, put the cash or check in an envelope and have your child return it to his/her teacher or the cafeteria manager. Read more about order & payment options. See MealpayPlus-flyer for more information.
 MEEP News
Summer Camp @ Miraloma Elementary School!
Weekly field trips to S.F. Giants, S.F. Zoo, De Young Museum and much-much more! Six weeks of exciting themes focusing on Art and Science!
Fees: (
Includes all field trips and transportation!)
$345 a week 8:30 a.m.to 5:30 p.m.
$172.50 a week 8:30-1:00 p.m.
10% discount sibling discounts & financial assistance available.
Check out the weekly themes and application form!

Open Registration for 2010-2011
MEEP open registration for 2010-2011 begins on March 15th.

For more information please call 415-584-7080, email us, or visit our website.


Book Fair at the Miraloma Library

 
 Calendar

Wed - March 3
Poster making for the rally on March 4, 2pm in Room 105

Thu - March 4
March 4 Save Our Schools SF Mission March


Fri - March 5
First Friday!

Sat - March 6
  • School & Garden Work Party, 10a-1p
  • Book Fair - END, 10a-1p at the library
  • School Clean-up Day, 10a-1p

Tue - March 9
  • PTA General Meeting, 6:30p in the library
  • Grant Writing Committee Meeting, 5:30-6:30p in rm 107

Thu - March 11
Science Night, 5:30p

Fri - March 12
Free Family Movie Night, 6:30-8:30p in the auditorium
 

Sat - March 13
  • SF Food Bank volunteer day, 9-noon
  • Miraloma Night at the Golden State Warriors 

Tue - March 16
Grounds Committee Meeting, 6-7:30p
Mon - March 22
Conference Week - START,
12:50 release

Tue - March 23
Spring Picture Day

Fri - March 26
Principal's Chat, 8:15-9a at the cafeteria

 
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(yearbook back orders only)

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 Other Links & Docs
2010 Summer Resource Fair
March 6
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
FREE!
Read more at sfkids.org

Tuesday Piano Lessons
by KEYBOARD EDUCATORS

NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT
T-Mobile Signal Tower Proposal:
Place powerful cell phone signal transmitters inside Miraloma Community Church, 480 Teresita — with potential for more transmitters to come. What about Health Effects? Property Values? Proximity to Miraloma School? Why in a residential area?
Community Action needed!
WHAT YOU CAN DO

Chloe's Closet
Account: Miraloma PTA #1002
(40% to Miraloma!)

Stay healthy flu information: English | Spanish | Chinese
 
 MEEP Calendar

Mon - March 1
Registration Summer Camp

Mon - March 8
Open Registration for 2010-2011

Thu - April 29
MEEP 3rd Annual Film Festival, 5:30-6:30p in the auditorium
 
MEEP Contact

 
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