[Ma-pta-enotes] eNotes for Thursday

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For general information about M-A, including up-to-date news about
school events and the calendar, visit our website: www.mabears.org 
 
 
HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING (READ eNotes FOR INFO)
 
 
October 14: M-A in Wonderland homecoming dance
 
October 21: M-A annual fashion show and fundraiser: behind-the-scenes
volunteers and baked goods donations still needed!
 
 

SITE COUNCIL NEEDS YOU

 

There is a PTA at-large position open on M-A's Shared Decision Making
Site Council (SDMCS), the group that develops policy for Menlo-Atherton
High School.  The council meets twice a month at M-A. If you belong to
the PTA and would like to participate, please contact Stacy Fredericksen
at sfisherfred at yahoo.com by Monday, October 16.

 

 

BEAR WEAR IS HERE!
 
The store will be open this week at lunch and for 15 minutes after
school selling tees for $10, baseball tees for $15, crewneck sweatshirts
for $20, and pocketed hoodies for $25.  Everyone comes in sizes s, m, l,
xl, and xxl.  Email ktodd at seq.org for more information.  
 
M-A IN WONDERLAND
 
Make sure your student has tickets for the M-A in Wonderland Homecoming
Dance, scheduled for 8 - midnight on Saturday, October 14 at Bay Meadows
in San Mateo.  Tickets are on sale now in front of the Leadership room,
B-21 during lunch.  The price is $30 for singles and $55 for couples.  
 
ROBOTICS PARENTS
 
Orientation for new parents next Wednesday, October 18, at 7 p.m.  If
your student is at all interested in robotics, we invite you to join us
to learn more about the program.  Location TBD.
 
FASHION SHOW UPDATE
 
Tickets are selling fast for the October 21 fashion show!   And we still
need parent assistance in a few different areas.  Read on...
 
SO YOU HAVEN'T YET BEEN BACKSTAGE IN PARIS OR MILAN?
 
Join us at the M-A Fashion Show, where you can take a peek at the high
energy, frenzied world of high fashion right in our own backstage.
Parents from all grades are encouraged to sign up for one of the three
shifts, 11-2, 3-6 and 6:30 to 9:30, on the big day, Saturday, October
21. If you can help out, please contact Mary McCurdy at
mary.mccurdy at mccurdylawyers.com or 650 248-3017. 
 
TICKETS
 

The 7:30p evening show is sold out, and limited seats are available for
the 4 p.m. show.  The special luncheon show, which costs $50 a ticket,
still has tables left. All orders placed after October 14 will be held
at Will Call.

 

Scholarship tickets are available for seniors.  Please come to A-4 and
ask for Geri Nicholas

 

PRESERVE YOUR SHOW MEMORIES

 

If you would like a copy of the show DVD, email John Bowley at
johnbowley at comcast.net. There are also order forms available in the M-A
office and a very festive box where the order form and check may be
deposited.  Cost is $25 per DVD

 

DON'T FORGET THE RAFFLE

 

There is also an iPod Nano raffle.  Order forms were included in the
October Trivocis, or download yours from
http://www.mabears.org//content/view/154/21/ 

 

CUPCAKES, COOKIES, AND MORE

 

If you like to bake, you can help the Fashion Show, our school's main
fundraiser, by contributing your homemade pies, cakes, cupcakes, bundt
cakes, brownies, cookies (2 dozen minimum), breads, rice krispie treats,
muffins, fudge, and any other specialties to the parent sponsored bake
sale.  Homemade goodies are preferred, store-bought items are acceptable
too.   Get out your cookbooks and plan to drop off your contributions on
Friday, October 20 from 3-6 p.m. or Saturday, October 21 at 9 a.m. Email
Wendy Rohn at jwhsa at aol.com - she needs at least 70 families to bring
goodies, and you need not have a senior to participate..  

 

We also need volunteers to help wrap and price the baked items on
Friday, October 20 and the morning of October 21 and to help sell the
treats (though they'll practically sell themselves) before and after the
shows!  Volunteers, please contact Jody Horowitz at
jodyhorowitz at comcast.net

 

THE EASY WAY TO GIVE TO M-A
 
eScrip is an easy and wonderful way to donate to our schools at no extra
cost to you.  But it's a good idea to log into your account at
www.escrip to make sure your credit cards are up-to-date (eScrip won't
tell you when they expire but will stop contributing to M-A) and that
M-A is on the list of recipients for your account.  
 
If you see M-A listed under your name on eScrip, terrific.  Otherwise,
please click on "my escrip" to log in and add M-A (our group ID is
136550465).  While you're there, check to see that your credit cards are
up to date (you may need to update expiration dates) and add your
Safeway or Macy's card.  Any questions, please call Emily Liggett at
322-5533 (or emligget at pacbell.net) Thank you for your support of M-A!
 
DIRECTORY CORRECTION
 
Big Band Dance should be listed as FRIDAY, March 2, 2007 in the calendar
portion of the new directory.
 
COLLEGES ARE COMING
 
Colleges visiting next week include: Marymount Palos Verdes, Worcester
(pronounced "WUSS-ter") Polytechnic Institute, University of British
Columbia, Queens, San Francisco State, Brown, University of Arizona,
Skidmore, Lewis & Clark, Whitman, Pace, Williams, Hampshire, Harvard,
Kenyon, UC Santa Cruz, and University of Chicago. Your student needs to
stop by the Career Center for times, dates, and passes to attend. 

 

HOMEWORK FRUSTRATIONS

 

Does your student need help with homework?  Help is available after 7th
period in the library Monday through Thursday.

 

AND FOR SPECIFIC HELP WITH ALGEBRA...

 

Your student should stop by room C-4 during 7th period and after school
on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.  Get the full 4-1-1 from your
student's algebra teacher.

 

OUR SLEEP-DEPRIVED STUDENTS

 

On Tuesday, October 24 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the M-A library, the M-A PTA
will be presenting a special session with Mark R. Rosekind, founder and
president of Alertness Solutions.  The topic is Adolescence: Sleep
Challenges of the Teenage Years, and he will be discussing the basics of
adolescent sleep needs, techniques for calculating your child's sleep
deficit, reasons that sleep is sooo important, and tips that will help
you help your teen achieve better sleep habits.  The program includes a
Q&A.  Dr. Rosekind is an internationally recognized expert on sleep
performance and practical strategies.  Questions?  Please contact Julie
Brody (julie at brodyfamily.net) or Pam Stoner (pastoner at yahoo.com)

 

FOR JUNIORS ONLY

 

Enrollment for the College Entrance Exam Preparation (CEEP) a spring
semester course offered only during period 0 (7 a.m every morning) to
help juniors improve their SAT math, critical reading, and writing
scores, will take place on Wednesday morning, November 15, at 6:30 a.m.
in Room D20.  The course is taught by veteran teachers Gregg Whitnah and
Liane Strub, and is limited to 70 juniors. If more than 70 register, a
lottery will be held, with results posted outside room D20 by 1:40 p.m.
that day. The November 15 meeting will include a 45-minute orientation
to CEEP.

 

For more information on the course, see the October Trivocis or email
gwhitnah at pacbell.net

 

ESL TUTORS NEEDED
 
The ESL classes need a few topnotch volunteers to help students during
classes.  No previous tutoring experience or knowledge of foreign
languages is required.  It's a great opportunity to work directly with
the students, primarily on English language skills, once a week.  We
have already filled around 30 tutoring requests from the teachers this
fall, and we are still looking for tutors at the following times:
 
ESL 1 with Marei Kane:  Thursdays, noon-1:40
 
ESL 2 with JJ Lee Gilbert: Monday, Tuesday, Friday periods 2, 3, and 5,
Wednesday period 2, 
Thursday periods 3 and 5
 
Connections with Angelica Rodriguez: Wednesdays, 10-11.
 
Contact Sally Fundakowski at salfun at comcast.net or 325-7615 to sign up
or to ask any questions.
 
 
OLD BACKPACKS? UNOPENED TOILETRIES?  DON'T THROW THEM OUT!
 
Once again, OUTREACH is collecting backpacks and clothes to give to the
homeless, along with toiletries, blankets, hats and scarves. Bring your
donations to Project Backpack in the office so that OUTREACH can meet
its goal of collecting over 100 backpacks.
 
WANTED: OLD COMPUTERS...
 
Working or not, for deserving M-A students.  If your family or your
business has computers to donate, please contact Sue Kayton
kayton at alum.mit.edu, 650-853-1711
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
 
Do you have an upcoming event that you would like publicized to our
Partner Schools in October? If you or your organization, club or
committee has up upcoming M-A event that may be of interest to partner
school families (music/art/dance performance, parent education, etc.),
please send you submission to Charlene Margot, PTA Partner School
Liaison, charlenemargot at yahoo.com. Space is limited, so keep your
message short (event description, date, time, location, ticket price).
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
 
Thanks to those who have already stepped up, but we still have some jobs
to fill. 
 
*BUTTON DESIGNERS
 

PTA Co-President Leslie Airola needs a volunteer to design and produce
campaign-style buttons for staff.  Email her at lairola at gmail.com  

 

*FRESHMAN CHALLENGE

 

Sign up to help with M-A's incredible annual freshmen challenge.  If you
can lead a small group or help with event logistics, please sign up to
work on campus on Monday, October 30 and/or Tuesday, October 31 between
7:15 am and 3 p.m.

 

A training session for small group leaders is scheduled for Saturday,
October 28 from 9-10 a.m. at M-A.

 

For more info or to sign up, email coordinators Margie Lawrence at
mlawrence at mppc.org or Betsy Bowersox at Betbowe at earthlink.net

 

2007 YEARBOOKS

 

Yearbook order forms are now available on line at the M-A website. You
can either download an order form or pay with a credit card on line!
You can also go directly to Jostens at
http://shop.jostens.com/customer.asp?CID=130520&mscssid=FWVFBWF2SGP99GVL
477PHM5RULSUAMH1 (be careful if you copy/paste the foregoing into your
browser-some of the letters may drop off the end and will have to be
manually appended).  Price for the yearbook is $65 until January 19.  If
you have questions or would like to buy a personal dedication page for
your senior, please email the staff at MA_yearbook at yahoo.com

 

***SPORTS***

 

FALL SPORTS AWARDS

 

November will be here soon, so make sure you have this event on your
calendar: Thursday, November 16 at 7 p.m. in the J building.  All
coaches, parents, and athletes are invited. 

 

 

WATER POLO

 

Can the girl's BEAR water polo team "catch" the Los Altos EAGLES?  Come
find out tomorrow, Friday the 13th, as our varsity girls play at home @
7 pm in the beautiful Spieker pool.  Free entry!

 

FOOTBALL

 

Come out and cheer your undefeated varsity team at the Homecoming Game
on Saturday, October 14, at 3:00, when our Bears take on Burlingame.  JV
plays at 11 and our freshmen team plays at Los Gatos.  Don't forget,
game time for varsity is 3pm (not 2 pm) this Saturday!   

 

 

CONDITIONING FOR ALL

 

Head Track & Field Coach Vic will be running strength and conditioning
course four days a week for all student athletes that want to get
stronger, faster, and better conditioned no matter what sports they
play. 

 

Meet at the track on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m. and/or
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:15-4:30 p.m. to participate.  Students
will also be using the weight room.  Cost: lots of hard work, lots of
fun, and an occasional plate of cookies, brownies, turkey sandwich, or
other treat for the coach.  Contact Coach Vic with any questions at
650-218-5209

 

WINTER SPORTS

 

If your students are interested in basketball, soccer, or wrestling,
make sure they stop by the vice-principal's office to pick up a sports
packet.  The packets must be complete and returned to the office by
November 10.  

 

GO BEARS! 

 
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