Frequent Rider Program Starts Next Week
Choose freedom from your car and win prizes for walking, biking and carpooling to school in the Frequent Rider Miles Contest. For the four weeks between next Monday, April 6th and Friday, May 8th, students will be rewarded for getting to school in these healthy ways. Make sure your child fills out the Frequent Rider Mile Cards to become eligible to win prizes, including a gift certificate for a new bike! Look for the cards in your child's Wednesday folder. Children who are unable to participate can volunteer to make posters or hand out prizes.
Remember, carpooling is when two or more families travel to school together. Please see the MVSD Directory on page 13 to find other Edna families with whom to carpool.
Questions, contact Lisa Gilmore (lisa.gilmore88@gmail.com) or Rhonda Campbell (rhonda@kcfilm.net).
Hot Lunch News
The April hot lunch menu is available now and the May menu will be available April 1st. The nachos and the spaghetti with meatballs were big hits in the tasting a few weeks ago. Please ask your kids if they liked what they tasted. Look for new items on May's menu, including all natural hot dog, honey glazed chicken thighs, sausage pizza, chicken linguini alfredo, and chicken teriyaki on chow mein noodles. As a reminder, there will only be sandwiches and salads offered the week of April 6th because Revolution Foods is moving kitchens.
Order online here or go to the Edna website and click on the Revolution Foods logo. Please make sure you are up-to-date on your lunch payments after you place your order by checking the account balance against your future orders. The lunch program is our second largest fundraiser and all funds benefit the children at Edna.
Volunteer Coordinator Needed for the Garden Fair
We need a Volunteer Coordinator for the Garden Fair on May 31st. The job involves contacting all volunteers and assigning times and positions. If interested, please contact Barbara Bleckman at barbaracrampton@comcast.net or 388-5612.
Upcoming Music Performances
The Kiddo! Choral Performance is next Monday, April 6th. Everyone is welcome to watch the third, fourth, and fifth grade singers at 1:55 p.m. in the multipurpose room.
PTA Upcoming Events
The Edna Maguire PTA's April agenda and March minutes are available online now. The next PTA Executive Board and Association meeting is on Wednesday, April 1st, from 8:40 to 10:00 a.m. in the teachers' lounge. Everyone is welcome!
The PTA's annual election of its Executive Board will be held during the PTA Association meeting on Friday, April 24th at 10:45 a.m. (note new time) in the teacher's lounge prior to the Garden Sing. We welcome your participation at this meeting and look forward to counting your vote!
Following are the PTA Executive Board Nominees.
- President: Leslie Lewczyk
- Executive Vice President: Janie Karp
- Vice President of Student Well-Being: Michelle Barenbaum
- Vice President of School Community: Karen Carr
- Vice President of Fundraising: Mari Allen
- Vice President of Programs: Stirling Sommers
- Vice President of Site Enhancement: Ronnie Sharpe
- Treasurer: Suzanne Alpert
- Financial Secretary: Kathy Bishop
- Auditor: Lisa Gilmore
- Recording Secretary: Shaila DeLeede
- Corresponding Secretary: Deb Luster
- Historian: Katrina Kehl
- Parliamentarian: Ahtossa Fullerton
Setting Limits – Strategies and Consequences
Setting appropriate limits is extremely important for both children and parents. District psychologist Claudia Trinklein-Engman
writes about setting limits and the importance of consequences.
It Takes a Village Special Education PTA
Speaker Event: Karen Mates "Transitions – Middle School to High School"
Thursday, April 2nd, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Mill Valley District Office, 411 Sycamore Ave.
High school already? Karen Mates, Director of Special Education for the Tamalpais Union High School District, will talk about navigating the high school years. She will give an overview of the District and the services available to students who learn differently at each site. She will discuss what you and your child need to do in order to get ready for success in this new adventure!
This educational program is provided in collaboration with the Mill Valley PTA District Council and It Takes a Village Special Education PTA. At this meeting, ITAV members will also be voting on next year's executive board. For more information, please contact Andrea Brandeis, 383-9800.
Parent Coffee
Friday, April 24th, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
900 Ventura Way
Parents of children with learning differences face many challenges. Our coffees provide a chance for parents to share information and support each other. Please join us at the home of Tam Valley parent Pam Sowerby. If you have questions, please contact Pam at 380-9680, or pamsowerby@gmail.com.
Speaker Event: Diane Provo – "How to Talk so Kids will Listen – Solutions and More Solutions"
Thursday, May 7th, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location TBD
Are you worn down by food fights, bedtime challenges, tantrums, whining and the dreaded "NO?" Do you find yourself using threats, bribes or a raised voice, though you swore you never would? Then join us at our May speaker event with acclaimed speaker Diane Provo. Diane will discuss how to engage your children's cooperation, provide discipline with respect, and ways to nurture development of a strong sense of integrity and self worth.
Diane is an independent consultant who creates and develops comprehensive educational and intervention programs for children. She brings more than 35 years of intensive child development experience to her clients. Diane has co-authored two books "Starting Blocks" and "Kids Are Great... When You Know How They Work." This is one meeting you do not want to miss! For more information, please contact Andrea Brandeis, 383-9800.
COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Mill Valley Public Library Upcoming Events
Spring Break Film Festival, April 13th to 17th
Free movies and popcorn for the whole family. Come to the Creekside Room at 3:30 p.m. to see these great movies!
- Monday: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- Tuesday: Max Fleisher's classic Superman cartoons
- Wednesday: Space Buddies
- Thursday (special teen night, age 13 and older):
Twilight at 7:00 p.m.
- Friday: City of Ember
Week of the Young Child, April 19th to 25th
View fresh artwork from Mill Valley's youngest artists during the Week of the Young Child. The Children's Room will display artwork created by local preschool children.
Earth Day, April 22nd
Celebrate our green planet on Earth Day with stories and an earth-friendly craft. Volunteers from the Library's Teen Council will read stories and assist with crafts. Come to the Creekside Room at 3:30 p.m. All ages, no advance sign-up required.
For information on all of our programs and services, including Live Homework Help, PeRP, and My First Library Card, please visit our website at http://millvalleylibrary.org or call 415-389-4292 x106.
"10 Americans" Talk a Success
Last week, Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook presented "10 Americans," a talk about the surprising people who found toxic substances in their bodies. Mothers of Marin Against the Spray (MOMAS), which is headed by Edna mom Debbie Friedman, was a proud co-sponsor of the exciting event. You can view Ken Cook's talk online by going to www.ewg.org/kidsafe.
To join other parents who are working to protect children's environmental health in Marin, email Jeanice Skvaril at skvaril@yahoo.com and ask to be added to the MOMAS email list. MOMAS will keep you updated about easy steps you can take to make a difference in your own community. |
