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Miraloma Newsletter 15 |
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| Read-a-thon Ends Tonight! |
Please remember to round up to 5 min increments when logging times. Check out the Miraloma Website for more information or email Lourdes Garcia or Leslie Thorndike
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| Order Your Yearbook - 1 More Week! |
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The full color Miraloma Yearbook 2009-2010 captures it all! In addition to the portraits of students, teachers and staff, it includes the Fun Run, MEEP and YMCA after school program events, Halloween parade, field trips, class art projects, performances and other fun experiences of this school year. Orders will be accepted through the month of February only. Books will be delivered during the last weeks of school in May. Our price of $20 helps the PTA reach important fundraising goals, so all books must be purchased, including those by the 5th graders. 
Please use our secure and easy online order form, or print out this form and
return it with a check to the locked PTA box by February 26.
Thank you!Lisa Petrie & Ottilie Cools In the case of extreme financial hardship, assistance is available. Please send your request to yearbook@miralomasf.com. |
| Watch the Chicks in Ms. Howard's Class |
| Watch this VIDEO of the first chick newly born, and the second chick cracking his (or her) shell. This happened in Ms. Howard's class Sunday night. Jennifer Howard quickly notified her parents via email, and many parents and students saw the second chick hatch via webcam from their homes. Monday morning, she hosted a party in her classroom, which many kids and adults attended. |
| Miraloma Auction - Get Donations! |
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Deadline for donations is March 12! If you are willing to follow-up with identified potential donors, email the Auction Committee and we will guide you. Check the bulletin board and the Miraloma Website for information about businesses we have solicited and need follow-up. Please approach all your favorite and local community vendors to see if they would be willing to donate their goods or services. Take a Donor Cover Letter and Donor Form everywhere you go. You can also ask businesses if they want to be a sponsor or advertise at our event with the Sponsor/Ad Form. Thank you for your help! The Aucion Team
Tangible Items Collection Times
Collection will happen in the fan room at the bottom of the front staircase. (Tangible items are actual object not gift certificates) 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:
Can you please help by donating one or two bottles--or more if you are able? |
| Chinese Lion Dance by Chung Ngai Dance Troupe |
| The Chung Ngai Dance Troupe will be performing a Chinese lion dance at Miraloma on Friday, February 19. Miraloma students will perform the lantern dance prior to the lion dance at 1:15pm. All are welcome to come to the upper yard and enjoy the celebration for Chinese New Year. |
| Book Fair - March 1 - 6 |
Reward your read-a-thoner and support our library with a visit to the
book fair! This year’s book budget is $0, so your generous support is
our main way to get exciting new titles into the library and
classrooms. Visit early and often with your family and friends. The
Book Fair will be open in the library on:
We will not be selling toys, trinkets, or video games, and will limit marketing tie-ins, etc. Please contact book fair co-chair Rose Dromggole (415.647.1126)with questions or to volunteer. Thanks for your support! |
| Funding our Future Town Hall Meeting. RSVP asap! |
| Say NO to (even more) Budget Cuts! Parents at Sherman are working hard
to get a grassroots advocacy effort going among SF public school
parents to stop the budget insanity - let's join them! One of the first
events is an open SF Town Hall meeting on February 25 moderated by Michael Krasny, host of KQED's award-winning Forum. RSVP to this event NOW! We are hoping to get at least 50 Miraloma parents there and would love a standing room only house to show our policy makers that enough is enough. Here are the specifics. Volunteers please send email to Erica Hunt. |
| March 4 Save Our Schools SF Mission March |
 Statewide Day of Action to Defend Public EducationSan Francisco schools are facing $113 million in budget cuts over the next two years. All schools will see layoffs and class size increases. It's time to say enough is enough!
Our message to Sacramento: Fully fund
public education - reform the state budget process and Prop 13! Cut
prison spending, not schools!
More information | Join us on Facebook
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| Miraloma Night at the Golden State Warriors |
| The 2nd annual Miraloma/Rooftop fundraising school night at the
Warriors game is coming up Saturday, March 13. The game is 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. Download ticket order form now, or pick one up at the main office. For any questions please contact: Andrew Keeler |
| Fundraiser at Pacific Catch Restaurant |
The Delicious Pacific Catch (9th Ave @ Lincoln) is helping us again this year with a February restaurant fundraiser!
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| Buy Your Scrip Gift Card Online |
Earning 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:
Deadline for this order is February 24! Contact Heidi Kilgore if you have any questions!! |
| Student Council |
| The Student Council is sponsoring a reusable stainless steel water bottle campaign to replace plastic bottles. The funds from the campaign will be used for green projects at school. There are 2 sizes: 600ml stainless ($15 each) and 350ml small stainless ($10 each). Each stainless bottle proudly shows the Miraloma dragon and the school name. The Student Council will be pre-selling them on Friday mornings after morning circle until February 19. In addition, the Council would like to help with Haitian earthquake relief. They will be providing containers for classrooms and will also have a coin collection container on Fridays when they are pre-selling the water bottles. Remember, every penny counts! Collected coins will be given to a reputable charity like the American Red Cross. The Student Council will report back to the Miraloma Community on the funds raised through both campaigns in late February or early March. Thank you for supporting Miraloma and the larger community, Student Council |
| SF Food Bank Volunteer Days |
Contact Julie Wise for more information. |
| 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." Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 Time: 10:30 am arrival; 10:45 priority admission; 11 am - noon "Showtime" Place: The Randall Museum Theater, 199 Museum Way @ Roosevelt Way Cost: $10 per person (children 2 and under are free) Miraloma Elementary will get $5.00 of every ticket sold through Miraloma. The show does sell out so buy your tickets early and help raise funds for our school! If you'd like to buy tickets, sell tickets or organize a bake sale at the show, please contact: Rolyn Parker at 415.312.2982 For information about The Buddy Club, call (510)236-SHOW. |
| MEEP News |
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Black History Month MEEP will be celebrating Black History month by having our students recite poems and perform skits they’ve written. Also the MEEP 4-5th grade band will be performing couple of songs at this event. Please join us on February 24th from 4:30-5:30 in the school Auditorium.
Open Registration
Please note MEEP requires at least 10 students for each class. |
| MEEP: Tutors R Us |
| At Tutors R Us, our main mission is simple. We are dedicated to help
students achieve their individual academic goals. The way we achieve
our mission is to recruit the most qualified Credentialed Teachers. We
take great pride in our tutors and their abilities to guide, support,
and educate K-8 students. Additionally, our year-round program is
committed to making sure parents are well informed of their child’s
strengths and needs throughout the entire tutoring process. Tutors R Us is offering 20% discount to all Miraloma parents for signing up from now until February 29, 2010. To obtain references about our tutors please contact our liaison at Miraloma Ms. Jennifer Shivers (2nd grade teacher in room 100). You may also send us an e-mail or call us at 415-632-1665. |
Children's Author OLIVER CHIN Visits Miraloma Read-a-thon!
 PTA Morning Meeting at the cafetaria |
| Calendar |
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Fri - February 19
Chung Nai Lion Dance, 1-1:50p, upper yard Tue - February 23 Pacific Catch Fundraiser - 4th & 5th Wed - February 24 Author OLIVER CHIN Visits Miraloma Read-a-thon, 9am (3rd-5th), 10am (k-2nd)
Fri - February 27
Chinese New Year Parade Sun - February 28 SF Food Bank Volunteer Day, 9am-noon
Mon - March 1
Tue - March 2 California Writing Test - 4th Grade.
Sat - March 6
Tue - March 9 PTA General Meeting, 6:30p in the library Thu - March 11 Science Night, 5:30p
Sun - March 13
SF Food Bank volunteer day, 9-noon |
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