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| ASAP: Yearbooks - Late Orders Still Accepted Thur, May 7: Volunteer Breakfast ALL volunteers - come be appreciated by the teachers and staff! Fri, May 8: Miraloma Talent Show 6-8:30pm, Denman MS |
| Wed, May 13: PTA Meeting Last one of the year! 8am in the cafeteria Thur, May 14: Early Release Day school ends at 11:20am Mon, May 18: School Site Council Mtg 6-7pm, Library Wed, May 20: Staff Appreciation Collection Deadline Fri, May 22: Crazy/Backward Spirit Day Mon, May 25: Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL Fri, May 29: Last Day of School - Early Release Day (ends 11:20am) |
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UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES:
MAY 8: Miraloma Talent Show - 6-8:30pm @ Denman MS MAY 13: PTA Meeting (Final of the Year!) - 8am, cafeteria MAY 14: Early Release Day - school ends at 11:20am MAY 20: Staff Appreciation Collection - an end-of-year thank you to over 20 staff members at Miraloma!
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 ASAP: Missed the Yearbook Deadline? Late Orders Still Accepted! |
| If you missed the deadline to order yearbooks, please put in a LATE ORDER* ASAP!  
Yearbook orders will be delivered to the classroom of your
oldest child in the last week of the school year.
(*We'll do our best to include late orders!)
Mercedes C., Kevin C. & Ottilie C. - yearbook@miralomasf.com
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| MAY 7: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast - TOMORROW AM, 8-9am |
| Volunteers! Please come be appreciated! Our school would not be the awesome school it is without the help and support of our many volunteers. Join the school staff for a breakfast in your honor TOMORROW morning, Thursday, May 7th right after drop-off, 8-9 am in the Cafeteria.
The Miraloma Staff
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| MAY 8: Miraloma Talent Show |
 THIS FRIDAY! The Miraloma Talent Show is on Friday, May 8th hosted at Denman Middle School. Plan on a night of wonderful performances from our Miraloma students - dancing, singing, roller-skating, and a lot more! WHEN: Friday, May 8, 6pm-8:30pm WHERE: Denman Middle School
Mr. Warner, Ms. Threlfall & Ms. Osborne (The Talent Show Committee)
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| MAY 20: Staff Appreciation Collection - please give to say thanks! |
 Please show your appreciation and join us in a collective gift from the community to our wonderful Miraloma staff who support and interact with our kids on a daily basis, e.g. our librarian, custodial staff, lunchroom staff, counselors, student adviser, secretary, coach, etc.
In all we have over 20 staff members to thank!
If you would like to contribute, please donate online by May 20.
Thank you!
Ellen Schatz, PTA President - PTA@miralomasf.com
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| MAY IS..."Thank a Teacher Month" - thank yours today! |
| Please remember to take a few minutes to post a note to thank our wonderful teachers at http://www.thankateachertoday.org/ Official Thank a Teacher month is May, but it is always a good time to thank a teacher. Ellen Schatz, PTA President - pta@miralomasf.com |
| PROP 13 REFORM: Sign the Petition Today & Support Our Schools! |
This is an issue which has negatively impacted California schools and students for the last 47 years and it is time to change that. As citizens and parents, I ask you to get involved and sign this petition and share it with your community.
Here is more from a group leading the reform charge, Evolve California:
Proposition 13 was passed in 1978 to protect homeowners. Unfortunately, Prop. 13 created massive loopholes for corporations, allowing them to avoid paying fair property taxes even when their properties change hands. This large corporate giveaway hurts homeowners, students, and all Californians. We need to close the loophole and make corporations pay their fair share. According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, requiring corporations to pay property taxes based on the current value of their properties would generate at least $6 billion each year for California, including $2.5 billion per year for education.
Ellen Schatz, PTA President - PTA@miralomasf.com |
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| NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND: Please consider a donation. |
 Nepal experienced a devastating, tragic earthquake this past weekend - as of this time, over 4,000 people have perished and countless houses and historic monuments are in rubble. Devin Adhikari's (K2) father is from Nepal and is spearheading a donation drive to support this cause.
How can you help? Please consider one of the following:
- Make an online-donation: SEBS* or the Ama Foundation**.
- Bring your family's donations in THIS WEEK for the jar outside the Principal's office. All donations will go directly to the Ama Foundation.
* SEBS is a grassroots volunteer-based 501(c) (3) organization without bureaucratic expenses (100% will go directly to the relief effort and 100% is tax deductible), and will be providing "immediate" medical relief, as well as food and shelter.
** The Ama Foundation is a grassroots US-based 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing the most underprivileged children of Nepal with a loving home, education, and healthy live, and is expected to provide home and education to many children that will be orphaned because of this earthquake.
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| STEAM LAB Update - read all the news about our new initiative! |
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STEAM News
Our STEAM Team of parents, teachers and principal Bass are working hard to continue, improve and expand STEAM at Miraloma. Exciting things are happening and STEAM updates are shared on the STEAM Section of our website.
STEAM Lab
Our STEAM Team has been participating in the SFUSD iLab design program to imagine and develop the design of the new space. The iLab program uses a Design Thinking process, championed by the Stanford D-School and commonly used by leading product design teams. This process helps us envision how to best prepare our kids for a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive world by sparking their interests in STEAM with our new lab. [read more]
Volunteer!
The completion of the new STEAM Lab (targeted for the beginning of August 2015) will just be the start. That is when we will really need your help to turn the room from an empty class room into the STEAM Lab we envision. Contact us to help and/or to give input for the new lab!
STEAM Committee - STEAM@miralomasf.com |
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| TEST PREP: Prepare for the SBAC with Online Practice Tests |
| Smarter Balanced Assessments Test Prep is available online using Google Chrome, Safari, and FireFox Web browsers. You can find this information on the Miraloma Website > Community > Parent Resources
Mr. Bass - principal@miralomasf.com
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VOLUNTEER: Miraloma Needs Your Help - sign up today
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Miraloma Families! If you have some spare time, please sign up below to help in various ways at school. Thank you!
Help Ms Mallen organize and track supplies.Takes minimal time!
Ms. Mallen - admin@miralomasf.com
STEAM Committee:
Join the STEAM committee and help define/design our new lab! Science & Tech industry connections, welcome and needed, too. Learn more here.
David Schwartz - STEAM@miralomasf.com
Students' Healthy Snack Prep:
Mondays and Wednesday @ 8am in the Garden to help prep snacks.
Alison Eastwood - snack@miralomasf.com
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