February 24, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
6:00pm – 8:00pm
6:00 Pot-Luck Dinner
6:45 Entertainment Begins
FOOD FOR ALL
Mark your calendars! Wonderful food and entertainment await you at this year’s event. Come join us for traditional foods and songs from around the world. Specific information regarding program schedule and food will be provide in the weeks to come in the blue folders, as well as instructions for this year’s art project (used to decorate the mult-purpose room the night of the event!) Stay tuned for additional information regarding the International Costume Parade. As always, this event will be a potluck dinner. Each family will be asked to contribute an international dish (salad, main dish, kid’s table item, etc) according to the children’s grade level. This year we are also asking for a can donation for the Contra Costa Food Bank. Check your shelves and help us put food on the tables of others.
Thanks, Lucy Kirsch & Sue Dodd, International-Night Co-Chairs
March 17, 2010
Dear Madera community:
For the past few months, the prospect of adding a sixth grade at Madera has been suggested at the District level– an idea only to be withdrawn in recent weeks as the school board has turned its attentions to other more pressing issues. I feel strongly that adding a sixth grade at Madera is the right thing to do, and now is the right time to do it. Please read the petition, and if you agree, sign your name. Both parents can sign– this should represent the voice of ALL of the parents/guardians of Madera students. I will deliver this petition at the board meeting NEXT WEDNESDAY, March 24th. To be included, please sign your name by next Tuesday, March 23rd. If you have friends at Madera who are not in this e-mail group, please forward this message!
Many thanks,
David Miller
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March 12, 2010
Tuesday, March 23rd
Last name A-M / 6:00pm-6:50pm
Last name N-Z / 7:00pm-7:50pm
The Build It! Math Night presented by the Lawrence Hall of Science is coming up on Tuesday, March 23rd. We need a lot of volunteers to make these nights happen, and we currently have only 2! Here’s how you can help:
5:00pm – 6:00 pm Set Up
5:40pm – 7:50pm work stations at the fair (Need at least 14 volunteers for this)
7:50pm – Clean up
There is no need to have an advanced degree in math to work a station – LHS will provide materials and everything you need to know to help out. These Math & Science Nights offer incredible enrichment for our school kids, and are provided by funding from the Madera PTA.
Please email me, and let me know what you’d like to do.
Even if you can’t help out this time, bring the family and check it out! Last name A-M 6:00-6:50pm and N-Z 7:00-7:50. See you there!
March 12, 2010
We have a full slate of nominees for the 2010-11 PTA Executive Board! Thank you very much to everyone who accepted nominations. The election will be at the April 12th PTA meeting (7:15pm). All PTA members are welcome to attend and vote. The slate is:
President – Linda Geiser
Executive Vice President – Lucy Kirsch
Treasurer – Aaron Lewis
1st VP – Sonia Coleman
2nd VP – Aileen Hacket
3rd VP – Steven Gaffagan
Historian – Ameena Jandali
Secretary – Krista Easton
Financial Secretary – Sally Wagner-Foster
Auditor – Kathy Carraher
Again, a sincere thank you from the nominating committee for all the offers of help. The parents and teachers really work hard to make Madera a special place for our children!
February 24, 2010
Monday, March 8th, 2010
7:15 PM | Community Room
» Download this meeting’s agenda (PDF file)
Come and join us at our monthly meeting of the 2009-2010 school year! Have your voice heard and be part of our school community! Help us have another successful school year! Find out what is happening at Madera!
We will be meeting in the community room.
Enter the school from the front entrance and follow the signs downstairs to the meeting room. The entrance to the community room is in the lower yard.
February 12, 2010
Please join us for three Family Math and Science Nights this Spring. We are offering:
March 23, 2010 – Build It! Math Festival
(presented by the Lawrence Hall of Science)
April 29, 2010 – Space and Astronaut Training Center
(presented by Chabot Space and Science)
May 19, 2010 – Medical Mystery Festival
(presented by the Lawrence Hall of Science)
All will be divided into 2 sessions by last name.
A through M: 6-6:50pm
N through Z: 7-7:50pm
This program is funded by the generous donations to the Madera PTA. We need lots of volunteers for these fun events, so please contact Alonn Ilan to volunteer. More information will be in the blue folders after the break.
See you there!
February 10, 2010
Toward the end of last night’s lengthy board meeting, which was mostly devoted to other issues, the school board voted to approve the plan to relocate the Portola students to portable classrooms on the lower pad. The tentative move-in date will be next year after the winter break. The vote was 3-1 in favor, with Kronenberg, Medrano, and Ramsey voting in favor. Thurman voted against the plan, and Miles was absent.
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