Mar 10, 2012
FOUNDERS DAY THANK YOUS
A big thank you to Monique Austria for chairing the Founder's Day Celebration, and to Alan Palmer, Anvi Kevany, Jackie Cahill, Sharen Herran, Rosalba Mendez, and Anahata Spurkel for helping put together this meaningful and important event. Thank you to Lia Hayes, Mary Gaillard and the Mt. Washington Children’s Chorus for their wonderful performance and to Ariella Roberts for being a terrific MC. Congratulations to all of our Recognition Award Recipients, we thank you for your service and leadership to our PTA.
SAVE THE DATE: PTA GENERAL ASSOCIATION MEETING & CITIZEN CPR – MARCH 21ST, 5:30-8:00PM
Joint Mt. Washington PTA for a very important event, voting in of your 2012-2013 Mt. Washington PTA Board.
Immediately following the Red Cross of Los Angeles will be presenting Citizen CPR and Emergency Preparedness. Child care will be provided. Look for a flyer in backpacks next week.
GET READY, GET SET, GOOOOOO!
Get ready to be a part of another Mt. Washington Elementary School First! Our first ever ~ what's sure to be a phenomenon ~ Progressive Dinner Event! Mark your calendars, call a babysitter ~ we're getting ready to blow out another fantastic FUNdraiser. Saturday evening, March 24th ... More info to come soon!!!
Mar 3, 2012
FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION, FRIDAY THE 9th FROM 1:30-3:30pm IN THE MPR
Founders Day is an annual reminder of the substantial role that PTA has played locally, regionally, and nationally in supporting parent involvement and working on behalf of all children and families. It's a time to reflect and take pride in our many accomplishments, and to renew our commitment to children, parents and education.
We will be honoring many current and past PTA leaders and presidents and giving special recognition to several teachers, parents and staff.
The Mt. Washington Children’s Chorus will perform at 2pm followed by the Awards Ceremony and refreshments. We will also have the Los Angeles tenth district PTSA Reflections winner’s entries, from Mt. Washington on display. Hope you can make it.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th 3-9pm, HERE WE COME CHUCK E! RESTAURANT NIGHT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Join us at Chuck E Cheese in Eagle Rock Plaza, for a fun dinner out with your family & friends. Mt. Washington Elementary will receive a donation of 15% of all food, beverage, merchandise, and token deals purchased at a register-ONLY, on our fundraising night. Plus, we get a special visit from Chuck E. himself & every Mt. Washington Elementary student will get a sticker worth 10 FREE tokens at school the day of our event. Teachers, stop by to say ‘hi’ and you’ll receive a complimentary meal just for coming! Don’t miss the fun ~ SEE YOU THERE!
GREEK MYTHOLOGY ASSEMBLY
This Thursday March 8th, STAR is presenting the students at Mt. Washington Elementary with a captivating Greek Mythology Event. This assembly, which normally costs $1,500, is being presented for free. The PTA wishes to thank Jay Garrett and Breeze Smith for making this magical educational experience possible. Please be sure to ask your children what they thought of the assembly Thursday after school.
THE YEARBOOK STAFF IS STILL IN NEED OF PICTURES
Thank you to the parents who have submitted pictures this past week. Mt. Washington children are very photogenic and we would like to showcase as many of them as possible in our yearbook. If you've got great photos of class, school, PTA and FOMWS events, we'd like to see them. Specific events we are still looking for are:
Americana Night * Casa de Adobe Field Trips * Mt. Washington Elementary Garden * Literacy and Science Night * Student Council Activities (pajama day, crazy hair day etc.) * VAPA (dance, theater, vocals, orchestra) * Voices Within * Winter Program
Here is how you can submit photos online:
- Go to: https://images.schoolannualonline.com/upload.jsp. If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter user name: 400135581 and password: wolves.
- Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload. Click Upload.
- On the next screen enter information about the photo(s) so we know which event to use it for.
- Click "Save Details".
Sincerely,
2012 Yearbook Staff
MWES MERCHANDISE FOR SALE MONDAY MORNINGS!
If you haven't grabbed a Hoodie, gotten that fall colored T-shirt, picked a pencil or purchased your bag of Premium Blend coffee you'll want to stop by and get yours. We will be selling all MWES Merchandise for your convenience Monday mornings in front of school. Be sure to get yours before they're gone.
THE GREEN TEAM
Remember Monday morning recycling! Please drop off your recycling either Monday mornings or any morning until 10:00am in the Parent Center. A HUGE “Thank you” to Nina Zippay our MWE Girl Scout Troop Leader for collecting the recyclables this month, and to our Girl Scouts and our Cub Scouts for taking on this worthwhile program. The Cub Scouts will be handling April with the Girl Scouts coordinating May. At the end of the two [2] months whichever organization collects the most recycling will be rewarded with a pizza party! GO SCOUTS! HOORAY MWE!
CHECK OUT ROOM THREE’S GARDEN
February 23, 2012 - Harvest Day and Salad Party
Today the kindergarten children from room 3 were so excited to harvest vegetables and fruit from their garden. The plants that they transplanted in early October, the little baby plants they grew from seeds, were now ready to be eaten, it was time to have a salad party! To start the day, Mrs. Aramburu read “Carrot Soup” by John Segal, a story about a rabbit that lovingly plants and tends to his carrots. The children read how carrots grow from seeds, and that they need water and sun to grow, and learned its fun to have a carrot soup party with all your friends. By this time, the children were so thrilled and eager to go outside and harvest. They loved to pull the carrots especially, and had so much fun doing it. We pulled out baby carrots, sweet baby romaine lettuce, and plucked snow peas, they washed off the dirt in a water bucket, and placed them to dry in a basket. Afterwards, I prepped the salad with home made croutons from Renee Frisbee, to make a yummy lunchtime treat that all the kids loved to eat, in fact they were asking for more. After lunch, Mrs. Aramburu read the book “Growing Vegetable Soup” by Lois Ehlert. She took the time to describe the different parts of the plant that we ate in our salad; root (carrot), leaf (lettuce), and fruit (snow pea). After reading time, the children talked about what they did in the garden, and their teacher wrote the nouns and verbs on the board, such as *pull, carrot, salad, like, eat.* Then, the children wrote a sentence and drew pictures about the garden in their journals. At the end of the day, they all thanked me with big smiles and happy faces. It was such a wonderful experience, and I am so thankful to Mrs. Aranburu, she was such an integral part of the day, she transformed our salad party into a learning garden experience.
Joy Mazurek
Thank you Joy, for your garden update from room three. We are all very proud of the accomplishments of the Garden Committee, and are grateful for the enrichment the garden program has brought to our school. Thank you to all of the garden reps who help maintain each room’s garden, and who work with the kids to integrate gardening into their education. The garden committee, headed by Krista Ebert, is under the umbrella of FOMWS, and their partnership with Eroots and the Produce Collective allows them to be mostly self-funded.
Joy Mazurek
SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY, MARCH 24th 5-9pm MWES 1st PROGRESSIVE DINNER EVENT!
A wonderful event planned around 4 homes of Mt. Washington! More info to come….
Feb 25, 2012
2012 - 2013 MT. WASHINGTON PTA NOMINATED CANDIDATES:
The following PTA members have been nominated for the 2012-2013 school year to serve as Board Members for the association:
Alan Palmer - President
Natalie Erwin - VP Communications
Nicole Thomas - VP Programs
Sharon Steele-Herran - VP Ways and Means
Jane Park-Dolan - VP Volunteers & Room Representatives
KathyTakarabe - Secretary
Jackie Cahill - Treasurer
Kim Ragno - Financial Secretary
Queh Lam - Historian
The election for the above candidates will be held at the PTA Association Meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 5:30pm in the MPR. Please come and join us, meet the candidates and cast your vote for your 2012-2013 PTA Board Officers.
After the election, we will have our "Citizen's CPR" course, provided by the Red Cross from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Childcare will be provided.
Several PTA Assistant and Chair positions are still available; please check in at the Parent Center if you are interested.
GET YOUR PICTURES IN THE YEARBOOK
The Yearbook Staff invites you to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of class, school, PTA and FOMWS events, we'd like to see them. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have. Specific events we are looking for are:
Americana Night * Autry Field Trips * Casa de Adobe Field Trips * Dairy Cow * Mt. Washington Elementary Garden * Halloween and Pumpkin Festival * Pancake Breakfast * Literacy and Science Night * Student Council Activities (pajama day, crazy hair day etc.) * Valentine’s Dance * VAPA (dance, theater, vocals, orchestra) * Voices Within * Winter Program
Here is how you can submit photos online:
- Go to: https://images.schoolannualonline.com/upload.jsp. If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter user name: 400135581 and password: wolves .
- Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload. Click Upload.
- On the next screen enter information about the photo(s) so we know which event to use it for.
- Click "Save Details".
Sincerely,
2012 Yearbook Staff
GREEN TEAM
Our recycling program is back at work this Monday. Please remember to bring in your recycling Monday morning. We appreciate your help with keeping traffic moving at the safety valet drop off, and having your recycling ready to go in the car next to your child. If your child needs assistance with the recyclables, a Green Team volunteer will be ready to help. We are currently working on raising our second $1,000; so keep those bottles and cans coming.
SAVE THE DATE - FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION, FRIDAY MARCH 9TH 1:30-3:30 MPR
Join us to celebrate PTA and give special recognition to some of our hard working volunteers. Come see our choir perform and meet other hard working volunteers. Friday, March 9th 1:30-3:30 in the MPR.
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