[Ma-pta-enotes] eNotes 5-8-08

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*Upcoming Events*

Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00PM, M-A Library. Adolescents Responding to Stress: Street Drugs and Other Brain Abuses vs. Mindfulness Centered Healing
Friday, May 16, deadline to purchase Grad Night tickets
Saturday, May 31, Pre-participation Athletic Physicals, BAK Physical Therapy, 8:30AM to 11:30AM

*Announcements*
AP PROCTOR VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED
Parent volunteers are needed to help with proctoring AP exams tomorrow and next week at M.P. Presbyterian Church on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park at the following times:  Friday, 5/9 at 7:30AM, Monday, 5/12 at 7:30AM, Wednesday, 5/14 at 7:30AM, Friday, 5/16 at 7:30AM.  Please email Kristin Smith at kttsmith at yahoo.com to let her know if you are available to help with one or more of these important dates.

WANTED OLD COMPUTERS
Working or not, for the M-A computer donation program.  We securely erase all information from the computer, refurbish it, and will send it home with a hard-working, deserving student.  If you have one (or a truckload!) please contact Sue Kayton, kayton at alum.mit.edu, 650-853-1711.  Our goal is for every student at M-A to have access to a working computer to assist them with their schoolwork.

PEER MENTORS NEEDED FOR COMPASS PROGRAM
Interested in working with next year's Freshmen and earning some money over the summer?  Consider being a Peer Mentor in the Compass Program.  For an application or more information please contact Mr. Losekoot in H-3 or Mrs. Cristerna in the Student Resource Center.   

BIG BEAR RUN RESULTS
Are you wondering how you did in the Big Bear Run?  http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?pubID=3&rsID=62479

FINAL PARENT EDUCATION SERIES EVENT! HOW STRESS AFFECTS TEENS
Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00PM, M-A Library. Adolescents Responding to Stress: Street Drugs and Other Brain Abuses vs. Mindfulness Centered Healing. The final speaker in our PTA Parent Education Series is Peter E. Newsom, M.D., a neuropsychiatrist who specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry. As an M-A parent himself, Dr. Newsom is well aware of how stress affects teens. He will expand our understanding of the effects of stress on adolescents and introduce evidence that mindfulness-centered approaches can reduce stress in teens, parents and the family. Dr. Newsom will discuss how lowering teen stress helps prevent some of the more severe disorders seen in clinical psychiatry. 

Using slides from NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse), Dr. Newsom will show what happens to the brain when teens self-medicate with street drugs or prescription medications. He will also demonstrate how meditation and mindfulness practices can have a positive and lasting effect on the brain. Slides and presentation to be followed by Q & A. To RSVP for this FREE event, please contact Charlene Margot, Chair of the PTA Parent Education Series, cmargot at csmconsulting.net. 

*Senior News*
GRAD NIGHT TICKETS:  Every Tuesday, you may purchase your Grad Night Tix outside B-21.  Bring $45 and your TWO completed forms.  If you are 18, you still must have a parent sign your forms.  The last day to purchase Grad Night Tickets is Friday May 16, 2008! Yes, all attendees MUST have a signed permission slip to attend.

*Athletics*

SOFTBALL
The Varsity Softball team beat Menlo in a close, hard fought game.  M-A was losing by 3 runs going into the last of the 6th inning but Senior Sarah Black, playing in her last home game for M-A, blasted a 2 run - 2 out game winning Home Run.  M-A Sophmore Pitcher Tami Vujovich also hit a triple, a single and struck out 10 - to extend her league leading strikeout total to 120.  Then, M-A ended the season with a win against South San Francisco winning with a 7-6 score in the last inning.  M-A ended PAL League play with a 5 win - 9 loss record.  Sophmore pitcher Tami Vujovich held SSF scoreless over the last 4 innings while adding to her league leading strikeouts total with 7.  Sophmore Tami Vujovich also had 3 hits - and Freshman Tess Cain added 2 hits with a triple.  Senior Tara Galvez, playing in her last game at M-A, had 3 RBIs and  Freshman Hannah Rosenfeld and Kendall Mongird both had 2 RBIs.

VOLLEYBALL
Coach David Huan would like to congratulate the four Varsity Volleyball players going to the Junior Olympics this year:  Kelli Branning, Regina Mullen, Kate Reardon, and Diane Seely.  Way to go!!  It should be an exciting season for M-A volleyball next year!

GOLF
Congratulations to our M-A Boys CCS Golf Team!!  On Tuesday, May 6, the team placed FIRST at Rancho Canada in the Regional 1 CCS Golf Tournament, with a team score of 385, edging out Mountain View, St. Francis, Serra, Carlmont, and 6 other teams!  Our team will compete next at the CCS Sectional tournament next week, on Tuesday, May 13 at Rancho Canada. Our boys played smart, and knew how to adjust to the colder, damper weather, slight wind, and temperamental greens.  Contributing to the team score was Senior Nick Chladek firing a 72 and tying for 4th in the field of 66, Junior Nick Sako carding a 74 and tying for 6th place, followed by Junior Ben Jackson with 78, Senior Jake Hall Toy with 79, and Junior Brian Jordan with 82.  This is the best CCS first round in recent history for the Bears!

BASEBALL
The varsity baseball team celebrated their Senior Day in style, defeating Aragon Wednesday 12-3.  Michael Stosz had another strong pitching day and M-A collected 17 hits throughout the lineup.  Abi Arias led the way, going 3 for 3 while Jeff Keller, Kevin Viegas, Michael Masket, Ross Sylvester, Michael Stosz and Matt Hornberger all had two hits. Congratulations to our seniors Lee Bader, Andrew Klein, Michael Masket, Matt Mosher, Michael Stosz, Ross Sylvester and Pieter Verhaar.  We will miss you!

Go Bears.   Grrrr.