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Miraloma Elementary Wednesday Bulletin
 
In This Issue: December 16, 2009

1) The time to start preparing for the Miraloma 2010 Auction is here!
2) Volunteers Needed for School Tours!
3) Mini Fundraiser: Fund Raising with Francie Pants
4) Calling All Fifth Graders: Yearbook Art Wanted.
5) More Fund Raising Opportunities!
6) SFUSD: San Francisco H1N1 Swine Flu Mass Vaccination Clinic
7) SFUSD: Satellite Collection Sites (Fifth graders)
8) SFUSD: Student Assignment Redesign

The time to start preparing for the Miraloma 2010 Auction is here!
As many of you know, our first annual evening adults-only auction last May was an amazing success - we raised over $35,000 and had a fun time doing it! This year we hope to build on the success of last year both as a fundraiser as well as a community building event. In order to do that, WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Where & When: The Verdi Club on April 24th, 2010. Doors open and bidding starts at 5:30pm. Live Auction starts at 9:00pm. Food & drinks will be provided. Information on tickets will follow in January.
How to Help: Please read the Family Handbook and FAQs to find out about the different ways you can contribute.
To donate items, please print and fill out the Donation Form and Donor Letter as instructed.
To get sponsors involved, print and fill out the Sponsorship & Advertisement Form.
Soon to Come: Auction website and an Auction bulletin board with hard copies of all auction documents.
Please email Katrin Robb your questions and ideas.
Thank you for doing your part in making the Miraloma 2010 Auction a great success. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Thanks,
Katrin Robb, Miraloma 2010 Auction Chair & the Miraloma 2010 Auction Team

Volunteers Needed for School Tours!
Please contact Julie Wise if you can help out on any of the following days:
  • Thursday, December 17, 8:15–10:00am, Guided School Tour
  • Friday, December 18, 8:00–10:30am, Self-Guided School Tour
  • Thursday, January 7, 8:30–9:30am, Guided School Tour
Mini Fundraiser: Fund Raising with Francie Pants
It’s a no-sweat way to raise funds. What could be easier? Share this fundraiser with friends and family from coast to coast and never have to worry about shipping and handling or soliciting door to door. Enter in the Discount Coupon code 'Miraloma' and Redeem. Miraloma gets 20% of the sales! Our code is good until January 1st. See website.

Calling All Fifth Graders: Yearbook Art Wanted
Fifth graders get to play a special part in the Miraloma Yearbook 2009-2010 to celebrate their last year at the school. If you have a 5th grader, let them know how to participate:
  • Make a drawing of any kind of dragon with a black marker on a white sheet of paper (8.5" x 11"). Thick lines will work best.
  • Put your name on the back of the picture.
  • Drop it into the box marked "Dragon Art" in the office.
The drawings will be shrunk down and used on the cover or inside the school yearbook. Please submit drawings by winter break.
Email yearbook@miralomasf.com if you have questions.
Thanks!
Lisa Petrie & Ottilie Cools - Yearbook Committee

More Fundraising Opportunities!
  • Please recycle cell phones, ink cartridges, laptops, chargers in the three tiered plastic storage unit in main office.
  • Register with escrip if you buy a 2010 Volvo the school gets $1000, register debit/credit cards etc.
  • H & R Block certificates will be in on the fundraising bulletin board, $25 discount for you, $25 for the school, discounts for our teachers.
  • First Friday January 8th, scrip, safeway cards, Peets cards, Green Zebra books and so much more...

SFUSD: San Francisco H1N1 Swine Flu Mass Vaccination Clinic
Tuesday, December 22 10AM - 7PM Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street in Civic Center Plaza for San Francisco residents in high-risk priority groups. Read more

SFUSD: Satellite Collection Sites (Fifth graders)
Save yourself a trip to 555 Franklin Street and turn in your applications at these locations from 4-7pm, by the January 8, 2010 deadline. New students should bring all required documents. See list of satellite collection sites

SFUSD: Student Assignment Redesign
The San Francisco Board of Education is changing the way students are assigned to schools for 2011. Learn about the options under consideration and share your questions and ideas. See Meeting Schedule in English, Spanish and Chinese.


 
 

Calendar
Thursday, December 17
MEEP Talent Show. 6:15–7:15p
December 21 - January 1
Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
Monday, January 11
SSC Meeting, 6:30-8p in the Auditorium
Tuesday, January 12
PTA General Meeting, 6:30-8p in the library
 

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

Winter Chess Camp
More info: (415)412-4040

Stay healthy flu information (pdf) English | Spanish | Chinese
 

Quick Links
Miraloma School Website
School Lunch Menu
Parents for Public School

Miraloma PTA Tax ID number:
94-618 4034

Submit news by Monday 6pm to:
newsletter@miralomasf.com
Problems/suggestions to:
communications@miralomasf.com
 

Happy Holidays!
Miraloma Murals
 

Miraloma Poem
Maple Leaf

Maple leaf--
red, yellow, brown,
wrinkly, yet soft and bumpy all around,
speckled, cold, pointy, small.

Maple leaf-
A beating heart, a racing brain,
a kingdom of gold, presents
opened on a sunny summer's day,
a colorful piece of paper stained with coffee,
pebbles shining in the moonlight
as the wind sweeps by.

In my dreams
you are the dark and lonely town
I get lost in every night at bedtime.
You are a flame that will never go out.

By Hope,
Room 16