Fundraising: Holiday Gift Cards available
22 families raised $450 in the last sale! Order forms are due Wednesday, November 4, and the cards will be distributed by Wednesday, November 18. Download the form here

First Fridays
Scrip, logowear and more will be on sale outside of the cafeteria after drop off on November 6th. Can't make it this time? We'll be doing the same thing every first Friday of the month throughout the schoolyear.

Community Service: SF Food Bank School Food Drive
It will begin November 1 through December 16. Items needed include: rice and pasta, canned fruit and vegetables, tuna, canned meats, soups, stews and chili, peanut butter and cereal.

Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF
The Miraloma Community Service group is participating in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and your child can help make a difference in other children's lives. Next week your child will bring home a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box that they can take with them when they go out to trick-or-treat for candy. All your child has to do is put on their costume, go trick-or-treating, but instead of saying, "trick-or-treat", say "trick-or-treat for UNICEF!". People will give them candy and a little bit of money for UNICEF. If you do not go trick-or-treating, you can still participate with your child. They can see if they have pennies in their piggy bank, or you can make a little donation as a family. By trick-or -treating for UNICEF, even if you only collect one penny, it can help a child. To learn more about UNICEF's programs, please visit www.unicefusa.org. If you are interested in how to get involved in Miraloma Community Service please contact Jennifer Howard or Laura Rodil.

Brownies' Book Drive
Brownie Troop #31678 would like to thank the Miraloma community for donating 662 books towards its book drive. Over 500 books were selected by the teachers and staff for their classrooms. The YMCA after school program also picked out books for student use.

Fun Run Recap and Reminder
The 2009 Miraloma Fun Run brought together over 200 families! Coffee, Hot Cocoa and Bagels were served up by Ms. Mazotti’Äôs class, as a fundraising effort for the year end camping trip. Over 75 volunteers helped set up, register kids, verify laps, serve water, set up the potluck, and clean up! It was really special to see so many teachers and staff come to cheer the kids on!

Get your pledges in and your thank you postcards out! And, thanks again for the amazing efforts of so many.

The 2009 RUN Writing Contest attracted amazing work! There were 38 entries. Please stop by the RUN board near the office to view some of them. KUDOS to Ms. Campbell and her 3rd grade class for submitting 16 entries! There will be prizes awarded to each student.

Number of Miraloma kids who ran: K - 42, 1st - 43, 2nd - 46, 3rd - 36, 4th - 25. 5th - 22, total - 214
LAPS RUN by the kids per grade: K - 357, 1st - 439, 2nd - 551, 3rd - 507, 4th - 330, 5th - 282, total - 2466

CONGRATULATIONS to the following classes for 100% Volunteer Participation! These classes signed up volunteers in every category to help and will receive an item from their wish list: Lehman 1st, Huang 1st, Mow 1st, Shivers 2nd, Lubic 2nd, Rosen 2nd and Harris 5th