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Save the Dates! Back-to-school Picnic and Spaghetti Feed PTA meeting

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Our annual Back-to-school Picnic is Sunday, Sept. 12, at Roberts Park, East Bay Regional Parks, on Skyline. Re-connect with all your school friends and make new ones at this fun picnic in Roberts Park. Donations welcome but not required. Dad’s club will be grilling!

Next up, the JM-PTA Spaghetti Feed and first general meeting, Thur., Sept. 16, 6:00pm – 7:30pm in the Multipurpose Room (MPR). Dine family style on us with all your JM friends, and then send the kids to on-site childcare — also on us — while finding out what the PTA has planned for the 2010-2011 school year.

See you then!

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A reminder: Registration Day is this Saturday

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Friday is the last day to pick up your registration packet at the front office before Registration Day this Saturday. Suggested times are K 8:30 to 10:30; grades 1-5 10:30 to 2:30.

Bring in all your Registration paperwork and get your teacher assignment. Get ready for school!! We will be registering all families, new and returning. At that time, Parents or a designated person(s) will be able to complete both school related and PTA requirements. Each student will receive their new Boomerang Folder and class assignment.

School begins August 30, 2010.

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Volunteers Needed!

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

There are many opportunities to volunteer in upcoming days and weeks, from helping to spruce up our school at this weekend’s TLC day, to joining the Green Team to create a school that is more sustainability conscious, to stuffing envelopes for our biggest fundraiser, the Fall Auction. Learn about all our projects in need of your help on the Volunteers Needed page.

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A reminder: JM TLC Day is this Saturday!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Last summer we spent a summer day getting Joaquin Miller ready for another year of learning and growth. It was hard work, and fun, and community-building — and we’re thus going to do it again this year.

Join us in sprucing up the school garden and more in time for the start of school. We’ll spend a good part of August 21 — likely 10-2 — weeding, painting, organizing, cleaning — and meeting new friends and fellow school community members.

Pop by if you can help out — we look forward to seeing you then!

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Incoming Kindergarteners – you’re invited to a Kindergarten Tea!

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Please join us for the Kindergarten Tea!

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 11:00am – 12:30pm at the Joaquin Miller School Multi-Purpose Room.

This is a fun opportunity to meet your classmates and your kindergarten teacher, and see the school and your room! Parents, learn how to get involved and have your questions answered.

We look forward to seeing you then.

If you haven’t already visited the New Parents’ Guide, check it out here. This page is intended to be a guide for how to get school information, give you an overview of what you need to do before school starts, and what to expect as a new parent at the school.

Welcome to the Joaquin Miller community!

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Back-to-School Packets!

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Hope everyone’s summer is going well!

As you know, you will be able to pick up your Back-to-School Packets starting Monday, August 16th.
Ever wonder how those 300+ packets come to be? Is it…

Ms. Smith & Ms. Thornton locked in their office working their fingers to the bone?
the PTA Board descending on the Fee home, putting Mike, Karen and all 3 Fee children to work?
the Packet Prep elves fueled by enormous amounts of coffee & chocolate?

Could be all or none of the above.

If you’d like to know for sure, come to the school Friday, August 13th from 9:30-12:00! The first 15 RSVP’s to tomandjennturner@yahoo.com will be guaranteed a spot in the “Packet Prep Inner Circle”.

Best, Your PTA Board

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Look for the Yellow School Bus at Safeway – 10% Goes Back-to-Schools

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

It’s time to sign up for or renew your Safeway eScrip so we can take advantage of their 10% Goes Back-to-Schools program. Register your Safeway club card, and when you buy participating items during this promotion, 10% of the price will go to the Joaquin Miller PTA. After the promotion, keep using your Club Card and registered credit cards all year long and a percentage of your purchase will be donated to the school. It’s a safe and easy way to give to your school.

Look for the yellow School Bus tag between August 11th and September 14th and purchase over 2,000 participating products… Then simply enter your redemption code to make your donation. You can also give the bottom of your receipt (with the redemption code) directly to the school you’ve selected.

Learn more:

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PTA Summer Update

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Hello fellow JM parents!

At our July JMPTA Board meeting, we transitioned our amazing outgoing members and welcomed our 2010-11 team. We are all excited and eager to make this year great for all of our families and students at JM. We wanted to be sure to communicate a few key messages to you. Please read through the messages below. The JM website is a great place to get updates on upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Best,
The PTA Board
Principal Smith

DON’T MISS TLC DAY!
JM TLC Day, when we spend time preparing the school and building community, is coming up! Please join us AUGUST 21, 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M., ready to work. We’ll provide lunch and drinks; all you need to bring is yourselves and your kids, ready to make the school look (even) better! We’ll send out a list of projects and needed tools in advance of the day; for now, please just save the date!

REGISTRATION DAY
This year our big push to register all our students will happen on SATURDAY, AUGUST 28. Here’s how this will work:

-School registration packets and PTA Membership Forms will be available for pickup in the main office starting Monday, August 16, 2010.
-On Saturday the 28th, staff and parent volunteers will be at school to collect your forms and answer your questions. At the end of the registration process you will receive your child’s class (teacher) placement.
-New kindergarten families may register during the week of August 23 or on Saturday the 28th, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Your child’s class placement has been sent to you in the mail.
-Parents with 1st-5th graders should come to school Saturday the 28th between 10:30 and 2:30 pm.
-If you are not able to drop your packet off that day, we ask that you send it with a friend; if that doesn’t work; you can always bring it to the office the first week of school.

NEW THIS YEAR: MINIMUM DAYS THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL
The first five days of school will be minimum (short) days, ending at 12:55 for kindergartners and 1:25 for everyone else. Joaquin Miller’s annual minutes of instruction far exceed the district and state minimums, and we’ll thus spend the first week getting back into the daily swing of things at a pace everyone will appreciate, while providing teachers time to collaborate and plan. Adventure Time is aware of this change, and they are prepared to provide additional child care to families every day that week.

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JM night at Woodminster’s Music Man – August 12

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

This is a Joaquin Miller Elementary School group fundraiser. You get a discount and the PTA gets the profits, and you can see the show with your JM friends, and your family, or your neighbors, or other friends! Plus it’s a Thursday night (no homework-summertime!), so it won’t interfere with your weekend getaway plans.

$30 for section 3 tickets, the center section, in rows G & H, front & center ($40 value) on Thursday, August 12 performance of “The Music Man.”

Contact me for tickets. As usual, first come, first served (i.e., the first to bring me money are the first to get tickets!)

Janet Parrish
531-3946

Show info »

Seating and general ticket information »

Kid Come Free info »

Kids can come free with two regular tickets, although those tickets are assigned at 5:30 pm on the day of the performance, and seats are located as close as possible to the parents’ tickets, but not necessarily adjacent to them. Order a regular $30 ticket for your child if you want to ensure adjacent seating.

(Please note that because these are group tickets, there must be two regular tickets for a free child’s ticket. Contact me to inquire if we have enough regular tickets to accommodate more free child tickets.)

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Mark Your Calendars (If you haven’t already): JM TLC Day – August 21

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Hello everyone,

Well — we won’t have to paint the school! I’m looking out at our GREEN school (all too apropos) — but there’s still plenty of work to be done.

For those of you who are new to our community: Last summer we spent a summer day getting Joaquin Miller ready for another year of learning and growth. It was hard work, and fun, and community-building — and we’re thus going to do it again this year.

For now, please mark your calendars: we’ll spend a good part AUGUST 21 — likely 10-2 — weeding, painting, organizing, cleaning — and meeting new friends and fellow school community members.

Also, please contact me at mike@teamfee.com if you’re interested in serving as a project leader. This would require you to gather tools ahead of time, show up a bit early and be on-site to coordinate volunteers. We’ll need 5-7 leaders.

Finally, let me know if you have recommendations for projects to take on! For now the Dads’ Club will be renovating the teachers’ kitchen, librarian Cindy Gullikson has requested some work in the library — and there’s always work in the garden to be done!

I look forward to meeting all of you on the 21st.

Best,
Mike Fee
Joaquin Miller PTA President
mike@teamfee.com

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