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 Miraloma Dragon logo  Miraloma Elementary Newsletter 19
 Wednesday Envelope - March 17, 2010
Last Chance to Solicit Items for the Auction!
- donation deadline is extended to March 19th - 
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
Wednesday & Friday AM after kid drop off & Thursday PM at kid pick up.

  1. Auction - donation deadline this Friday!
  2. Summer Camp Database
  3. Haiti Shoe Drive - March 4-20
  4. Parent/Teacher Conference - next week
  5. Miraloma Student Art Show - submit art by March 26
  6. Thank You! - Oliver Chin & The Buddy Club
  7. Spring Break Camps
  8. Grumpy Pirates, Story Camp & Tutoring
  9. MealpayPlus: Prepay School Lunches Online
  10. MEEP News
 See What's Coming Up! check calendar 
 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.

 Summer Camp Database
Start planning your 2010 summer!
Sign Up For Camp is a fast and easy way to find summer camps and coordinate with friends. It is an extensive database with hundreds of fun summer camps in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can search, browse and save camps to your calendar and see your friends' vacation plans.
Check out signupforcamp.com.
Haiti Shoe Drive
Girl Scout Troop 32215 and Miraloma Service Community is collecting slightly worn shoes to benefit Haiti and donating them to www.SironaCares.org.

Sunday March 21st: Sirona Cares Volunteer Day, 9 - noon. Come help sort items to be shipped to Haiti. Sign-up sheet can be found on the Miraloma Community Service Board or contact Suzanne Schwartz
Parent/Teacher Conference
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 today!
 Miraloma Student Art Show
Calling All Student Artists!
Students: The Annual Miraloma Student Art Show needs your artwork. You can choose a piece from the past, a project from school, or create something new!  Please select a piece of artwork for display, bring it to school, and submit it to your teacher by Friday March 26.

Artwork can be of any medium:
watercolors, oil pastel, collage, mixed media, colored pencil, charcoal, photography, fiber arts, crayon, mobiles, tempera, ceramic, sculpture, “junk a, jewelry

Questions? Contact Becca Stewart, Kelley Lehman
                       
Parents: We need your help to make the Art Show happen! 
  • Wed April 7, 7-9pm, 8-10 volunteers to help with set-up in the gym
  • Thurs April 8, 7:50-4:00pm, as many volunteers as possible throughout the day to hang and display student art
Parent Volunteers! Contact Mia Straghalis

Thanks,
The Miraloma Art Committee
Thank You!!
Oliver Chin
Many thanks to Miraloma's own beloved children's book author Oliver Chin, who has donated $363.36 from the sale of his books to the Miraloma PTA. If you missed getting your copy of The Year of the Tiger, Julie Black Belt, Welcome to Monster Isle or any of his other wonderful titles at the book fair, it's not too late! Just complete this form and return with your check payable to "Miraloma PTA" to the parent box in the main office by May 14. Oliver will even inscribe your books!

Oliver's stories make great read-alouds for your family and great gifts for friends. Our students love to hear them read at story time in the library - thanks again to Oliver's generosity, we have a complete set! Learn more at www.immedium.com.

With much appreciation,
Kathleen Wydler and Rose Dromgoole
book fair co-chairs

The Buddy Club
Thank you to the Buddy Club for hosting a Miraloma Benefit Show. We sold 46 tickets, enjoyed an entertaining Sunday afternoon show, and raised $230 for our school!  

 Spring Break Camps
Celsius and Beyond - Boutique science camp for K-9
"Get Up and Go Green" Spring Break Day Camp - Girl Scouts Northern California
 Grumpy Pirates, Story Camps and Tutoring
Story Camp is a creative, energized series of workshops that include writing, improvisation, art and trust games and exercises. The primary objectives of Story Camps are to learn how to tell good stories, to boost confidence and to make new friends. Simultaneously, we sneak in some academic study of writing composition, public speaking and collaboration. But, we keep that on the down low lest it starts to feel a bit too much like s-c-h-o-o-l. Read more.
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!
We are now accepting applications for our Summer Day Camp which will begin June 14th thru July 23rd.
Check out the weekly themes & application form!
Apply by May 7.

Open Registration for 2010-2011
MEEP open registration for 2010-2011 has started! 

Read More MEEP NEWS!


California Missions
by Miraloma students

 
 Calendar
Sun - March 21
Sirona Cares Volunteer Day, 9 - noon
Mon - March 22
  • Conference Week - START, 12:50p release
  • SSC Preliminary Budget Meeting, 6:30-8p

Tue - March 23
Spring Picture Day

Fri - March 26
Welcome Breakfast for New Miraloma Families & Principal's Chat, 8:00-9:30a at the cafeteria
March 29 - Apr 2
Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

 
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Auction Tickets
Yearbook 1020
(yearbook back orders only)

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Quick Links
 
 Summer Camps

SignUpForCamp.COM

is a fast and easy way to find summer camps and coordinate with friends. In this extensive database are a.o.:

 
 Other Links & Docs
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. 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 - START

Mon - March 15
Open Registration for 2010-2011 - START

Wed - March 24
March Math Challenge

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

Fri - May 7
Registration Summer Camp - END
 
MEEP Contact
Armen Dilanchian
 MEEP Office
room 111

415-584-7080
MEEP Web Site

MEEP NEWS!
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