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Archive for March 2009

Woodworker Needed

We’re looking for a woodworker who can replace four broken plywood pieces from the wonderful Greg Fleishman play structure that we have.

If you’d like to gather parent volunteer hours this way, please contact our Site Chair, Cynthia Nightingale, at site@pacificaschool.org.

This doesn’t have to be a parent volunteer.  If you know somebody who would help us out on a volunteer basis, please also email Cynthia.

Thank you!

Lunch Program Update

Keep an eye on your family boxes this week for info on signing up for school lunches.

The lunch program will start the day we get back from Spring Break on Monday, April 13^th.

Orders and payments are due on Tuesday, March 31^st.

Director’s Weekly Report

Next Wednesday (3/25), you will find in your mailbox the Spring Progress Report from your children’s teachers.  Please read these over and discuss them with your student(s).  If you have any questions please talk with your teachers.  They are always available to meet with you.

A final tabulation from the Art Party tells us we made about $6200 profit toward the education of our students.  Thanks to each of our families who participated in so many ways, and another big thank you to Stephanie and Erika for making it all happen.

We have postponed the grades 5 and 7 state required Physical Fitness Test originally scheduled for this week, until after Spring Break.  We found we were missing some of the testing materials.  We will provide you with the date as soon as we can confirm.  In the meantime, it will provide students time to get some extra exercise and get ready for this event.

We have two critical community-wide meetings scheduled tomorrow at 3:30 and 6:00, regarding the status of our charter renewal.  We need every community member; student and adult, to weigh in on this important topic.  Read the separate notice distributed today.

And don’t forget our Site Beautification Day coming up this Saturday.  This will be a good opportunity for a “Spring Cleaning” that will greatly enhance our learning environment.  We look forward to lots of families participating.

We are still hoping to organize our final term’s Explorations around community service activities.  These can include around the school or in the local community, or work here on campus resulting in a culminating visit off-campus.  We really need parents to jump in and help us organize this.  So far no one has stepped up to assist, and it can’t happen without you.  Think of the potential learning in so many ways that will be possible.  Please talk with Gary if you can help in any way or have ideas for contacts.

Join Us Saturday For Site Beautification Day

This coming Saturday you have the opportunity to celebrate the Spring Equinox in the most spectacular way — Site Beautification Day at Pacifica!

From 10am -2pm, we will be at school having a blast, changing our world, rejoicing and…… weeding!

If you’ve ever arrived at school Monday morning after a Beautification Day, and appreciated the changes you’ve seen, try experiencing the happiness you feel after you’ve participated in making those changes!
It’s the best.

See you Saturday!

Your Site Committee,
Cynthia and Robin

Get Involved With Our Website

Hello Parents!

The Communications Committee is looking for a volunteer to interview teachers, staff and Org Council members, and write the related bios for our website. This would be a fun project to work on with your kid(s).

Please email tracy@pacificaschool.org if you can take this project on.

Thank you!

Parent Participation Committee Meeting

The Parent Participation Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, March 18th at 3:30 p.m. Committee members are encouraged to attend. All are welcome. Please contact Sahira Traband at sahira@pacificaschool.org with any questions.

6th Grade Students Anthony & Ethan To Appear Onstage

Anthony White and Ethan Bass of our 6th grade will be appearing in Santa Monica Theatre Guild’s Y.E.S (Youth Entertainment Series) production of “My Father’s Dragon” March 21 through April 8, at the Morgan Wixson Theatre.  Showtimes are 11:00 am Saturday and Sunday.  Tickets are available at 310-828-7519, or go to Morgan-Wixson.org.  The show is suitable for children ages 5 and up. Come support Anthony and Ethan!   It’s going to be fun.

Parent Volunteer Logs Are Due

A friendly reminder that February’s Parent Participation Logs were due March 5th. If you have not got them in yet, please take a moment to do so. Every log is appreciated!

Did you know that some of our grant monies are dependent on demonstrating our parent participation?  Every log is critical.

1st Grade Literacy Workshop

As part of our literacy workshop time, our class is launching a “Take Froggy Home” project. As part of this project, the students will take turns taking our class stuffed animal home with them over the weekend. The selected student will have Froggy from Friday to Thursday the following week. He/she will have to return Froggy the following Friday with a poster illustrated with pictures and words documenting what he/she did with Froggy.

Please treat Froggy as a guest in your home. Please help your child document the places he/she took Froggy to and/or activities that involved Froggy. A poster will be provided on which your child can decorate and paste photographs. This assignment is not intended to get in the way of what you normally do during the week. You do not need to go anywhere special to take Froggy. If you plan to just stay home the week your child has Froggy, you may just want to take a picture of your child and Froggy at home doing what he/she normally does at home.

This fun activity is an exciting way to introduce students to journal writing while making connections with other students in the classroom. It is also another way to find purpose and enjoyment in literacy.

Have a wonderful time with Froggy!

Pacifica Gets A New Broadcast Phone Message System

Did you get your phone message Sunday afternoon about our All Community Meeting today? I recorded that message at 5:30 am on Sunday morning before leaving for an all-day class and set the message to broadcast to each student’s home at 2:00 pm. How nifty is that?

Pacifica has just started using call-em-all, an automated phone message broadcast system for sending out important messages to our community by phone. This system will only be used for important messages and the caller ID on the call is Pacifica’s phone number. Please take these calls and/or listen to the messages when you get them. The information will be important.

Would you like to use call-em-all for your organization? Please click the logo below to get more information.

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