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November 10, 2005
Parent Newsletter, November 10, 2005
In this edition:
* Pumpkin Patch
* Auction and Auction Class Project
* Middle School Dance - December 9th
* Upcoming PTA and other school meetings
* Community Service Hours & Opportunities
* Skyline High Information
*Pumpkin Patch
First of all, many thanks to Donna Abare and Gordon Fleig for another
outstanding Pumpkin Patch. It raised over $1600! Linus and the Great Pumpkin would be proud. Thanks to all the middle school kids who worked at it as well.
*Auction
Don't forget about the school auction this Saturday night! Many of our middle school students have donated their services, and there is plenty of goodies to bid on. Also, check out the final class product (pictured above) that will be available FOR YOUR BID! The kids all participated wonderfully to create this one-of-a-kind work of "functional" art! Many thanks to Julie Weisenberger, and her lovely assistants Sally Petru and Fiona
Jackson for their hard work on this very cool auction addition.
Thanks to the plethora of jeans donated by the MS families, two high bidders will receive BOTH a big pillow and a throw. All the squares on the throws were cut and sewn directly from the jeans while each square on the pillows was decorated by a student.
The kids saw the finished product yesterday and were thrilled! Every one of them would love to have this set for their bed or family room so... happy bidding, MS parents!
*Holiday Dance - December 9!
Our first dance of the year will be in the Hillcrest Multipurpose room with Redwood Day School, and is scheduled for Friday night, December 9, from 7-10 pm. Permission slips will need to be signed, and admission is $5. Pizza slices will be sold for $2 each, and drinks are free. Chaperones are needed - please contact Liz Agnello or Laura Carlson if you are interested.
*Upcoming PTA Meetings
Monday, December 14 at 7pm there will be a discussion with the architects to discuss possibilities for the new playground. We need to vote on this ASAP in order to work with the construction timeline. Please attend if possible.
Wednesday, December 16 at 7pm there will be a parent speaker at Aurora School, and Hillcrest parents are invited. The speaker is Sheri Glucoft Wong, and her talk is called, "Raising Resilient Children: How do we know if we are encouraging or interfering with our children's development of empathy, self-sufficiency, and capacity to handle disappointment."
*Babysitting/Community Service Hours
During the year the kids will have various opportunities to get community service hours. While not mandatory, each child is expected to volunteer at least 15 hours each semester, and have it documented by whatever organization they are assisting. One easy way for 7th and 8th graders is to help babysit at the various PTA meetings during the year. The Middle School gets a bit of money, as we charge the parents $2-3 per child, and the students get community service hours. We have two coming up: Monday, November 14 at 7 pm for the meeting about the new playground, and Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm for the PTA parent speaker at Aurora @ 7:15. This one is slightly different as the
parents would be a block away instead of down the hall. We do have a college student who will assist on Wednesday as a supervisor.
We would like to allow a variety of students this opportunity, so there will be sign-up sheets in the classroom. Also, you can contact Jan Leuin at asymetry@flash.net, or 482-8590 to get your child's name on the list. We will need 4 students or so per event, so most kids who want to should get a chance sometime during the year. Jan will coordinate which students will work at each event, and we thank her for that!
* Additional High School Info - Skyline
8TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE: Note date correction. Open House is Dec. 1
from 6:00 - 8:30pm. Start in the Auditorium.
STUDENT-PARENT TOURS: Dec. 6th, 7th, & 8th and Jan. 4th, 5th and
10th, 11th, 12th. Parents contact Carmelita Mills for an
appointment at 879-3060 x103 or Carmelita.mills@ousd.k12.ca.us.
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Hillcrest Middle School
Posted by LauraC at November 10, 2005 01:48 PM