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Published by the Foothill PFA March 7
, 2018
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Important Dates
Mar 7 -
5th Grade Parent Night
Gym 7 pm
Mar 21 -
PFA Meeting
7:00 pm In Library
Feb 23 -
Coffee with Dave @
Mar 22 -
Site Council Meeting
Library 3 pm - 4 pm
For the complete Foothill calendar, click
here
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From the Foothill Office-Team:
- School Safety
- Intramural Flag Football for Girls and Boys
- Mark Your Calendars: CAASPP Testing Window April 23- May 17
- Upcoming Dates of Interest:
- Coffee With Dave - Friday, March 23 (No School March 30)
- Elementary Feeder 5th Grade Parent Night - TONIGHT, GYM
Dear Foothill Community,
Spring is near and we are gearing up for the end of the 3
rd
quarter. It does not seem possible! There are many exciting events taking place over the next few months at Foothill including the spring concerts, vocal music events, drama performances, and open house. Please be sure to check the Foothill Calendar on the school website for more information. We look forward to seeing you around campus at these wonderful events.
School Safety:
Foothill staff considers student safety a top priority and with current events and the discussions that followed, there has been an even sharper lens on the procedures we have in place. Preparing for emergencies has always been part of our school routine including: drills for earthquakes, fires, intruders, and shelter in place for other health concerns, like last year's smoke from the North Bay fires. In addition, the Foothill School Safety plan is updated every year and is available for your viewing on the school website.
An important role you can help with is having family discussions that include the following:
- Have conversations about possible scenarios in the case of an emergency
- Have an off campus meeting place designated
- Be familiar with the school plan regarding student release protocol
- Be connected with school social media like our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- Cooperate with school officials and law enforcement
As I tell the students, having emergency plans are like insurance, we hope that we will never need to use them but if we do, we are prepared. Vice Principal David Roe has recently updated our Safety Plan in February. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Roe or Principal Bush.
Intramural Flag Football
Flag Football is coming in April! Please be sure to turn in your permission slips now for the Foothill Coed Flag Football Team. The MDUSD Intramural Middle School Sports Program brings together the nine middle schools in MDUSD and is a friendly competitive program. The program consists of co-ed soccer in the fall, girls and boys basketball in the winter, and co-ed flag football. The program cost is free to participants and each participant will receive a uniform shirt. Please contact Ms. Whitehead at whiteheadm@mdusd.org to sign-up or if you have any questions.
Mark Your Calendars! CAASPP Testing April 23 - May 17:
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) will be given to all Foothill students between April 24 - May 17. Please prepare your child(ren) by making sure they are well rested, maintaining a normal schedule and eating a balanced breakfast and lunch. Please do not schedule appointments or travel during this time. However, a more detailed schedule will be available in the next few weeks. It would be very helpful if students could provide their own earbuds or headphones during the assessment.
5th Grade Parent Night:
Reminder your neighbors with incoming 6
th
graders that the 5
th
Grade Parent Night is Tonight in the Foothill Gym. Information will be sent home through the elementary schools in the next few weeks.
Respectfully,
The Office-Team
April Bush, Dave Roe, Theodora Pappas, Mary Phalon, Elizabeth Brathwaite
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PFA-sponsored Career Day and Dine & Donate events are great successes!
A tremendous THANK YOU to board chair Cathy O'Sullivan and all the speakers, teachers and leadership students who helped make this year's PFA-sponsored Career Day a great success! The Career Day had over 32 speakers representing careers ranging from scientist, chef, pilot, restaurant, esthetician, engineer, physical therapy, hygienist, mechanic, construction engineer, fitness instructor, Veterinarian and more! It was a great day for students to learn what options are opportunities are out there in the world of work.
Thanks to all those who participated in Foothill's first Dine & Donate event. The pizza and pasta were overflowing at Rocco's and as a result, Foothill will receive back 25% of the dinner bill! Thanks to Bonnie Bullis and Lisa Berndt for organizing! The next Dine & Donate will be at Chipotle Mexican Grill (Oak Grove location) on Thurs., March 28 from 4pm-8pm. Foothill will receive 50% of proceeds so mark your calendars now!
The PFA is starting to recruit board member positions for the 2018/2019 school year. We need parent support to continue offering great events like these. There are all sorts of volunteer opportunities available to meet a variety of interest levels and time commitments. If you have questions or are interested in getting more involved next year, contact Melissa Sunbury at
president.foothillpfa@gmail.com
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5th Grade Parent Night
Please join us for an informational evening to learn about middle school life!
Where: Foothill Middle School GYM
Parking available on the blacktop
When: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 ~ 7:00PM
Who: 5th Grade Parents and Guardians only
If you have any questions please feel free to call the Foothill Office from 7:30am to 4:00pm
at 939-8600.
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Drama 2 - Who's DYING to Be a Millionaire - Performances Mar. 14 & 16
Don't miss the Drama 2 spring play,
Who's Dying to Be a Millionaire!
In this funny, oddball thriller, game show contestants are dropping as fast as the wisecracks in a riotous lampoon of quiz shows, politics and basic human nature. Sure to be a fun and funny evening. Get your tickets now!
All performances are at Northgate High School's Little Theater, next to the gym.
Wed., 3/14, and Fri., 3/16. Show starts at 7:30pm, box office opens at 6:30pm
Tickets will also be sold during lunch this week
$5.00 Tickets sold at lunch with ASB card
$8.00 Tickets sold at NHS evening of show
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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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Sign-up today for an After School Sport!
We have some sports coming up real soon!
Free Trial Days for Both Functional Fitness and 3 v 3 Basketball!
After School Sports is offering free trial days to come check out our upcoming programs! On March 8th have your student come into the gym to give either Functional Fitness or 3 v 3 Basketball a try! The coaches will be there and they'll be able to explain the program to your student and take them through what a normal day in the program would look like. Come check it out, it's free! If interested please RSVP to the trial by emailing your student's name, grade, and program to RSVP for. Or simply come into the After School Sports office right after school and let us know that you are interested! Here is the RSVP Email:
Foothillsports@walnutcreekrec.org
Functional Fitness:
Trying to get fit or train to improve current physical skills? Functional fitness is the program for you! Coaches help develop fitness training drills to improve all aspects of fitness performance to help enhance physical ability!
Season and Dates:
Mondays
3:30-4:30 PM, Wednesdays
3:30-4:30 PM
3/21 - 5/2
New Registration Deadline: 3/15
3 v 3 Coed Basketball:
Fun small sided games after running drills with coaches who are there to get the fundamentals down and make basketball fun! Teams are randomized each day so it's a new group of teammates each time!
Season and Dates:
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
3:30-4:30 PM
3/20 - 5/3
New Registration Deadline: 3/15
Sign-ups are now online!
Click here to get registered and check out some of our other programs!
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Keep Shopping with Foothill's Special Link for Amazon
Remember, you can support Foothill every time you shop Amazon. Foothill's special link earns up to
5% for Foothill each time you shop!
and then bookmark it to the top of your browser. Ask your student to help you :)
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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
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Parent Education Night at Northgate - "Vaping 101"
March 13th at 6:30 in the Lecture Hall. The topic is "Vaping 101: What Every Parent Should Know."
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Looking for a w
ay to have your son give back to his community while gaining personal, leadership and community serv
ice skills? Boys team charity (btc) is a volunteer service organization dedicated to developing an altruistic spirit in young men through active participation of parents and sons in
philanthropic projects in their communities. The Diablo League of btc is accepting applications starting March 2 for rising 7th-12th grade boys.
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San Francisco Science Day Trip - Friday March 30, 2018 Cost $85
This 8-hour day trip begins by taking students to NorCal's famous California Academy of Sciences; a natural history museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world. It is home to over 26 million specimens with over 40,000 living organisms. The Academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the 20th century and houses the Kimball Natural History Museum, Morrison Planetarium, Rain Forests of the World and the Steinhart Aquarium. At noon students load the buses eating lunch en route to The Exploratorium at Fisherman's Wharf Pier 15 which isn't just a museum; it's an ongoing exploration of science, art and human perception-a vast collection of online experiences that feed your curiosity. Step inside a tornado, turn upside down in a curved mirror, count rings on a 300-year-old tree, build your own electrical circuits, and explore more than 600 hands-on exhibits.
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U.C. Berkeley Business Academy for Youth
The U.C. Berkeley Business Academy for Youth (B-BAY) provides a two-week introduction to the business world from the Haas School of Business. B-BAY, now in its 10th year, introduces youth from around the world to the disciplines and skills that make business work. B-BAY students learn from BerkeleyHaas faculty, PhD candidates and corporate guest speakers who are at the top of their field. Class projects and presentations give students hands-on experience in a safe learning environment-all on the vibrant
UC Berkeley campus.
There are three two week sessions running from :
June 16 - August 4, 2018 from 9:00 - 3:30 pm
Where: U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business
Who: Middle School Age Students (rising 7th, 8th and 9th grades) High School Students (rising 10th - 12th grades)
What: an invaluable introduction to the business world
Program: Detailed instructions and applications are available on
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Boy Scouts Troop 810 invites all interested 6th graders to come fishing with us on March 31. Heather Farms pond will be planting fish on March 30, and we were told a little secret on where the fish will be hiding, so this is the perfect opportunity to actually catch a fish.
When is the event? Saturday, March 31 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where are we meeting? At Heather Farms pond,
301 N. San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek
. We will be meeting at the building next to the pond. Come look for a bunch of boys with fishing poles.
What to bring?
A fishing pole, tackle hooks, bait (little red fish eggs) - if you don't have any of these, don't worry, we will have extras, just let us know.
What will we be doing? Fishing, learning how to tie knots, cleaning and cooking the fish you catch - don't worry, we will have other food if no fish is caught!
Troop 810 Scouts enjoy weekly troop meetings, monthly camp outs that include canoeing, hiking and snow camping, a rigorous merit badge program, and numerous activities towards achieving the BSA's objectives of developing character, citizenship and personal fitness training. Troop 810 was established in 1966 and has over 155 Eagle Scouts. We meet most Tuesdays at Foothill Middle School at 7:30 pm.
For more information and to RSVP,
please contact Dorene Soe at
dalouie8@yahoo.com
so that we can make sure we have enough equipment and just in case of weather, we can notify you if plans change.
925-932-0733
Please RSVP by March 24.
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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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