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Published by the Foothill PFA December 20
, 2017
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Important Dates
Dec 22 -
End of 2nd quarter
Dec 25 -
Jan 5, 2018 -
No School - Winter Break
For the complete Foothill calendar, click
here
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Tis the Season of Giving!
Don't Forget You Can Give a Gift to Foothill When You Shop for Friends & Family this Holiday Season!
Shop with Special Foothill Link for Amazon
Foothill's special shopping link earns up to
5% for Foothill each time you shop! Take a minute,
click this link and then bookmark it to the top of your browser. Ask your student to help you :)
Remember to use
the 5% for Foothill link each time you begin shopping on Amazon, and your shopping will keep giving to our school!
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Give to the Foothill Education Fund
It's never to late to make a tax-deductible gift to the Foothill Education Fund. We are still short of our budgeted goal year-end donations greatly appreciated.
The Education Fund supports:
- Reduced math & science class sizes in all grades
- School-wide technology upgrades
- Lunchtime library access for students
- Computer lab instructional assistant
- Crossing Guards
- Technology support for students and faculty
Click Here to access our online donation link
Don't forget to get your donation matched by your employer. This is FREE MONEY for our school!
It only takes a minute to submit a matching request and it makes a really big difference for our school. The information you will need is simply:
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2nd Quarter/1st Semester Report Cards
The end of the 2nd quarter/1st semester is Friday, December 22, 2017. Do to the Winter Break, final grades will not be viewable until Friday, January 12. 2nd quarter/1st Semester Report Cards will then be mailed the week of January 15.
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Thank YOU - to the volunteers who helped finish the Community Service Day Landscaping Project!
Thank you to those who came on Saturday to help finish planting the trees in front of the school. Your efforts will help make Foothill a more beautiful school for years to come. Special thanks to Cricket Riley, who for the last 4 years has led campus beautification projects at Foothill which have resulted in Foothill having a water-wise serenity garden and over 23 flowering trees around school.
The PFA will be looking for a new volunteer to head up campus beautification projects next year so if you are interested in volunteering, contact Melissa at
president.foothillpfa@gmail.com.
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New Process for Dropping Off Items for Students
Starting Monday, January 08, 2018 the office will no longer deliver passes for students to pick-up lunches, PE clothes, homework, etc.
The volume of these requests have become disruptive to the classroom.
Instead, we will be following the process used at other middle schools where students will be responsible for checking the office if they believe an item has been delivered for them.
Thank you from the Foothill Administration.
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Happy Holidays from the PFA - Our next meeting is Wed. January 17, 2018
There is no PFA meeting scheduled for December. On behalf of the PFA, we wish all families a joyful holiday and safe travels if you will not be staying in the area. The next PFA meeting will be held
Wednesday, December 17 at 7:00 pm
in the Library. New Year's Resolutions to get more involved with your child's school are welcome! The PFA is where you can, share your voice, volunteer and make a difference at Foothill.
To view past meeting minutes, please click here
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Lunch Activity Volunteers Needed:
Make one of your 2018 New Year Resolutions to be more involved!
Date
s have been added to the
noon
time volunteer calendar through Spring Break.
We count on our parent volunteers to keep lunch time running smoothly for our kids and we need your help. Click below and sign up today - volunteering at lunch is a great way to help on campus and connect with your child(ren). There is a wide variety of jobs available from library to recycle monitor.
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The City of Walnut Creek After School Sports Program at Foothill
Boys Intramural Basketball is fast approaching! Get signed up now!
Boys Intramural Basketball
Registration deadline: 1/9
Season dates: 1/16 - 2/22
Practice times: Tuesday - Thursday; 3:30 - 4:30
Location: Foothill Gym
Sign-ups are now online!
Click here
to get registered and check out some of our other programs!
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Don't Forget to Order Your Yearbook!
Yearbooks
for the 2017-2018 school year are available to purchase online.
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Online Parent Community
Need to ask a question, get reminders about upcoming PFA activities or connect with other parents at Foothill? Join the
Foothill Middle School Parents group on Facebook. Once logged in, request to join the group.
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Community Announcements
Seven Hills School Parent Lecture Series:
"The most devastating moment of my life" is how Jason Dorland used to describe Olympic final failure in rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games. Now, he describes that moment as a gift-the catalyst to his most transformative life experience ever. An author, Olympian, coach, entrepreneur, and storyteller, Jason will challenge us to rethink our traditional perspectives on high-performance in business, sport, and life, and ask us to explore how we can achieve personal success with greater fulfillment and joy.
"The Gift of Adversity"
Olympian, coach, entrepreneur, storyteller, and author of
Pulling Together: A Coach's Journey to
Uncover the Mindset of True Potential
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7:00 to 8:30pm
The Seven Hills School
975 North San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek
Adults-only tickets for each individual lecture are $20 per person and $10 for educators. Click here to register now.
Click here
for event flyer.
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Sister Cities - Youth Ambassador Exchange Program
There is an informational meeting about the program on January 7 at the Ygnacio Valley library and another one on January 22, 2018 at the downtown Walnut Creek library. Students who will be entering 8th grade in the fall of 2018 can apply. Our sister cities are Siofok, Hungary and Noceto, Italy. For more information visit:
http://www.wc-sister-cities.org/ or download a PDF flyer at:
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Walnut Creek Little League
Announcing the opening of registration for the 2018 Baseball and Softball season for Walnut Creek Little League. Take advantage of the early bird special and register prior to December 18. Registration fees will increase by $50 on December 18, and the last day to register is January 3.
Visit our website at
wcbaseball.org
and click on the registration link at the top of the page.
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Please join us to learn about the National Charity League, Inc., Walnut Creek Chapter
Tuesday, January 9
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, 2018
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Walnut Creek Intermediate Library
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If you know of an interesting community event or activity that you think the Foothill Community would benefit from knowing about, please send the information to
foothill.enews@gmail.com so we can pass it along. Community Announcements will be included in the regular e-Gazette that is published the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
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The Foothill PFA publishes the e-Gazette the first and third Wednesdays each month. Our goal is to provide information to the Foothill community in a timely manner. To submit an article for review, please send 150 words or less article as text in an email to
foothill.enews@gmail.com. Please send picture/clip art that you would like included with your article as an attachment in .jpg format.
Please click here for the e-Gazette submission deadline and publication dates.
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