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*Upcoming Events*
Winter Break begins Friday, December 21, 2007.

www.m-aboosters.org for basketball schedules

*Announcements*

BADMINTON FUNDRAISER 
GGBC Memberships made available. Need a healthy Holiday gift? Want to learn an exciting racquet sport? Your badminton player need more court time? Golden Gate Badminton Club in Menlo Park has generously donated 10 memberships to help raise money for the M-A Badminton team. Purchase your adult membership for $360 (a $498 value), or a high school student membership for only $200 (a $348 value).  These yearly memberships are for new members only.  For more information or to purchase please contact Angela Ng-Quinn at angelangquinn at sbcglobal.net or 650-321-5782.

FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE
'Tis the season to make your donation to M-A's Foundation for the Future. Every student is benefiting from classes and programs funded by the Foundation. Every gift is important. You can donate on-line right now at http://www.m-afoundation.org/donate.php or send a check to: M-A Foundation for the Future, P.O. Box 1228, Menlo Park, CA  94026. Questions?  Contact Cindy Folker at cfolker at seq.org or (650) 322-5311x5206.

OUTREACH
Attention! The deadline for One Laptop per Child has been extended through December 31! One Laptop per Child is an organization aiming to provide every child around the world with one of the weather-resistant, environmentally-friendly computers. Outreach is raising money to help this cause; if you would like to join us in this effort, we would welcome any contribution, large or small. Donations MUST be turned in BEFORE Winter Break. Come to the Career Center to drop off your donation.

*Guidance Office/College & Career Center*
 
The next Tech Exam will be given on Wednesday, January 23rd. Students can sign up now in the Guidance Office. You must be signed up by January 18th to be eligible to take the test.
 
*Clubs*
No club meetings this week due to finals exams.  Get your study on!
 
*Athletics*



BASKETBALL
Varsity
Last Tuesday, the boys' varsity basketball team battled a tough Mission team but went down to defeat 70-56.  The Bears were led by Richard Branning with 17 points, Sam Knapp with 13 and Peter DeFillips with 12.

On Thursday, the team coasted to a 73-38 win over Jefferson led by Branning with 22 points, Nicky Fogel with 12 and DeFillips with 11.  On Saturday, M-A lost a heartbreaker to Saint Francis 58-56.  The leading scores were DeFillips with 15, Knapp with 13 and Branning with 10.  The Bears next take on Anzar this Tuesday at Menlo-Atherton at 6:00.

Boys Freshman Basketball News
Coming off an exciting 38-36 win against Woodside with Wes Hagman sinking a three point shot to give M-A a two point lead with only seconds left to play, the freshman boys basketball team played their best basketball so far against Menlo. Vince Hagman led the way with 16 points with 9 in the 3rd quarter, and Stas Della-Morte setting the tone defensively and whose aggressive rebounding helped the Bears to a 50-42 win.

SOCCER
Girls Frosh/Soph Soccer
Only minutes into the first half, Christina Ochoa masterfully laid out an assist to Francesca Milinovich for a goal against hard to beat Terra Nova.  The Frosh/Soph team held onto the lead and finished 1-0 at end of the second half in Thursdayâ  s league game.  Congratulations to Coach Snow and all the girls for their hard work and continuous display of team spirit!  This weekâ  s games are scheduled for Tuesday at Burlingame and Thursday at M-A against Aragon.  Come cheer the girls on â   itâ  s never too cold or too wet for soccer! Go Bears!

Each year at this time, Athletic Boosters has mailed a letter to
everyone in the M-A community asking for donations from those who have not yet renewed their Boosters membership or have not yet become Big Bear Run sponsors.  This mailing was timed to help replenish our coffers for our second and final granting session of the year, held in January. 

This year, in an effort to avoid the expense of the mailing effort and
to be more environmentally friendly, we are instead conducting our
fundraising efforts online.  

Please visit www.m-aboosters.org and click on 'Make a Donation' on the left menu.  

Your gift of any size will help support M-A's athletes and coaches.  

Please donate today!


*Go Bears.  Grrrrr.*