Interested in helping our students meet and exceed their reading goals? Volunteer to help out with the JM Reading Program. Activities will include Reading Lab, Intergrade Reading, JM Reading Week and School Break Reading Packets.
We will kick off the program with our Reading Lab which will meet in the school library on Mondays during school hours—stay tuned! for details! For more information or to volunteer, please contact Glynis Mason at 531-5843 (jgmason@pacbell.net) or Anna Bizzack at 336-9788 or abizzack@yahoo.com.
The Fourth Annual PTA Spaghetti Feed & PTA Kick-Off Meeting
will be Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Multi-Purpose Room. Bring the
spirit and join the fun.
Bring the whole family for a delicious home-prepared spaghetti dinner starting
at 6pm, followed by our first General PTA meeting of the year
at 7pm. Dinner cost is $3/adults and $2/kids (payable at the door).
Limited childcare during the PTA meeting will be available in the
library (up to 20 children) for $2 per child. Please sign up in the
office to reserve a spot.
Fall Auction “The Crush—A Celebration of Northern
California’s Grape Harvest”
The countdown
has begun—only six weeks until the 25th Anniversary of the
JM Fall Auction.
Here’s what you can do:
1) Donate goods and/or services. This can run the gamut from
hand knit items to a week at your vacation home. If you can’t
donate anything personally, then solicit items or cash from your
company, your friends, or that rich uncle in San Francisco.
Connections to the hospitality and entertainment industries are
very highly valued as Auction items. Pick up donor forms and drop
off donations in the school office. Additionally you can donate
online via our auction web site. If you’ve used our auction site last
year, you can donate using your existing login and password. If
you are new to the auction site or forgot your password, please use
the ‘Find Existing Record’ feature (every parent has a record in our
database). You will be prompted for your last name, street address
number and email. If your account has a password assigned to it,
it will automatically be sent to you via email. If your account does
not have a password or we don’t have your email on record, you
will be asked to update your account. If you experience any problems
accessing or updating your account, please contact us at
joaquinmiller@maestroweb.com.
2) Volunteer in some way to help with the Auction. Right now we
are in need of individuals to make follow-up phone calls to potential
donors. There are many other ways to help, as well. Please
contact either Cindy Lynds (482-3502(, Liz Hughes (531-4619)
or Paul Derksen (336-7000) for more information.
The Joaquin Miller Prospective Parents Open House is
scheduled for Wednesday, November 16. If you know of families
who live in the neighborhood, tell them about this important
event.
We’ll have a video presentation on JM, a question and
answer session and a tour and kindergarten observation.
Interested parents can also check the website, www.joaquinmiller.
org for updates and more information.
You’ll have another chance to catch up with old friends and meet our new families at The Back to School Picnic, Sunday, September 11, 11:00-2:00 pm at
Roberts Park. Munch a hot dog, kick around a soccer ball, and have some fun with your JM friends. For details see the flyer in the latest Walkie Talkie.
The Dad’s club is looking for a few more volunteers to help barbecue at the
Back To School Picnic. No experience is necessary! All dads (and even Moms!) are welcome. All times are available and you can stay as little or as long as you’re having fun! We’ll be grilling dogs, burgers, and sausages. It’s a great way to help out, meet some new parents and have a good time — all the while, raising money for various school projects. A sign-up sheet is posted on the PTA bulletin board or you can send e-mail to Ed Bratt at ed@gettheball.com.
Back-To-School Night, for parents only, will be held on Monday, September 19th. This event provides parents an opportunity to meet the classroom teacher, to visit the classroom, sign up for volunteer activities and to learn about the academic program being planned for your child for the 2005-06 school year. pm
Parking will be available on the upper grade yard. Unfortunately, childcare is not available. Grades K-2 Presentation will be from 6:30-7:10 pm. PTAWelcome, in the MPR, will be from 7:10-7:40 pm. Grades 2--5 Presentation will be from 7:50-8:30
Welcome to all new families and welcome back to all of you veterans. We are already in full swing planning our 25th Annual Fall Auction. Since it is the auction’s silver anniversary, we are working extra hard to solicit special silent and live auction offerings and parties. As well, you’ll notice a few changes in the layout of the auction—stay tuned.
If you have any donations, they can be placed in boxes located in the office. As well, we have solicitation available there if you know any individual
or company who would like to donate. We will be having our first auction meeting on September 20th. Please see the attached flyer for time and place. Everyone who has already volunteered for the auction are encouraged to come as well as any other parents who would enjoy being a part of the team. Thank you for all of your continued support. — Paul Derksen, Cindy Lynds and Liz Hughes
Back-To-School Night, for parents only, will be held on
Monday, September 19th. This event provides parents an opportunity
to meet the classroom teacher, to visit the classroom, sign up
for volunteer activities and to learn about the academic program
being planned for your child for the 2005-06 school year. Parking
will be available on the upper grade yard. Unfortunately, childcare is not available.
Grades K-2 Presentation will be from 6:30-7:10 pm
PTAWelcome, in the MPR, will be from 7:10-7:40 pm
Grades 2--5 Presentation will be from 7:50-8:30 pm
You’ll have another chance to catch up with old friends
and meet our new families at The Back to School
Picnic, Sunday, September 11, 11:00-2:00 pm at
Roberts Park. Munch a hot dog, kick around a soccer
ball, and have some fun with your JM friends. For
details see the flyer in this week's issue of the Walkie Talkie. The Dad’s club is looking for a few more volunteers to help barbecue at the
Back To School Picnic No experience is necessary! All
dads (and even Moms!) are welcome. All times are
available and you can stay as little or as long as you’re
having fun! We’ll be grilling dogs, burgers, and
sausages. It’s a great way to help out, meet some new
parents and have a good time — all the while, raising
money for various school projects.
A sign-up sheet is posted on the PTA bulletin board
or you can send e-mail to Ed Bratt at ed@gettheball.
com.