PTA Announcements

• School Board Candidates Forum (PDF)
  Monday, September 24, 2012
  6:30pm – 8:00pm @Harding Elementary Auditorium
• 2012-13 Disaster Prep Kits & Forms due!
  We still haven’t received everyone’s yet! Use the baggie & forms sent home in the Blue Folder or Download the Disaster Prep. Form (PDF) and read the Safety page for more info.  Thank you to all the families that have turned in their child(ren)’s DP Kit and Form! For questions, contact Beckie Denio or leave a note & your contact information in the PTA Disaster Prep inbox in the school office.
• Add your name / info to Madera’s Community Roster / Directory
  We are in the process of compiling the Madera 2012-13 Community Directory – contact info of all Madera families. Participation in the Directory is voluntary; it will be available at the end of September. An Excel file of the directory will be e-mailed to all families who have elected to participate. The web version of the Directory will be published and periodically updated after September 25 via Google Docs.
  
• Madera PTA Membership, Direct Appeal, and Roster Inclusion (PDF)
  Join the PTA, donate, & get listed all at once!
• Support the PTA while you shop – Grocery Scrips from El Cerrito Natural Grocery and Berkeley Bowl are available – contact Crystal to purchase them!

Madera News & Events

• Madera Dad’s Club Work Party
  Saturday, September 22, 2012
  9:00am – 5:00pm @1315 Brewster Dr.
• Innisbrook Fundraiser (PDF)
  September 7 – 28, 2012
  The proceeds of this sale will not only help fund our library, help with playground equipment, field trips, classroom supplies, art, and music classes to the whole school, it will also help fund the Madera 6^th grade science camp.
• Madera Garden Work Day (PDF)
  Friday, October 5th, 2012
  3:00pm – 5:00pm
  Come help us weed, prune, mulch, and pull out old veggies!
• Restaurant Night: Crepevine (PDF)
  Tuesday, October 16, 2012
  2:00pm – 9:00pm
  Crepevine will donate 50% of your bill to Madera PTA!
  Don’t forget to print out & bring the flyer!
• Striders Needs Volunteers (PDF)
  1st, 2nd & 3rd grade parents – volunteer one day a week @ lunchtime (12:15 – 12:45) and help keep Madera students fit!

Community Happenings

• Alberrito Streets Outdoor Party
  Saturday, September 22, 2012
  12:00pm – 3:00 pm
  @Ashbury Ave & C St, El Cerrito, CA (to Key Route, Albany, CA)
• GoPortola Work Day
  Saturday, September 29, 2012
  2:00pm – 5:00 pm
  @Portola Middle School

Want to submit an event / flyer / notice to the weekly blue folder?
Email it to bluefolder@maderapta.com!