DRAGON DIGEST 275
Jan 11, 2017
Fifth Graders having fun at their PTA funded 3-day NatureBridge field trip at Marin Headlands
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COMING UP
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JAN 13: SFUSD Application Deadline
SFUSD Application deadline is January 13, 2017!  TODAY (Jan 11) IS THE LAST DAY you can turn in your child's SFUSD application  for Kindergarten (for Miraloma siblings) or Middle school (for graduating 5th graders) at our front office 
to Ms. Mallen. [read more]

Extra copies are available in the office.
NOW: Survey On Miraloma Communications
The Web & Communications team is working on migrating the website and newsletter to a new platform to improve our school communications. We would love to get some feedback from our community regarding what is working and what is not. Please take a minute to fill out our survey so that we can learn from your preferences and experience!

Mercedes Coats - communications@miralomasf.com
JAN 16: Martin Luther King Day
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JAN 30- FEB 8: Read-a-thon!
The Miraloma Read-a-thon 2017 will be held Jan 30-Feb 8.
Students will log their minutes read during those 10 days. Find out the details on www.miralomasf.com .

Reading Logs will available online and a paper copy will be sent home with your student at the end of January.

Author Visit
Emma Bland Smith, local author and dear friend of the Miraloma community, will visit Miraloma for a book signing and reading event. Her book "Journey" is fascinating tale for young readers on how a wild wolf makes it's way from Oregon to Northern California. It comes with beautiful illustrations as well as a map, timeline, photos, further reading, discussion points and activities.
You can   ORDER HER BOOK NOW for your child to get signed.

FEB 4: Garden Workday and Funding Update
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The garden committee is pleased to report that $7,500 has  become available for immediate landscaping improvements: $2,500 from a Shared School Yard grant and $5,000 from a San  Francisco Unified School District Greening Stipend.  The garden team is meeting with Danny to discuss some projects for improving the school gardens and landscaping and have set the next Garden Workdays for 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4th and once a month for the rest of the year . Please join us! One known project is to rebuild the Oak tree irrigation system on the playground, which was unfortunately dismantled by students at recess. (Parents: please tell your children not to destroy the school's landscaping as there is a cost to rebuilding it)
Please join us in making the school yards as green and inviting as possible
Geoffrey Coffey -   garden@miralomasf.com
FUNDRAISING
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FEB 22-MAR 1: Online Auction!
Save the date for the online auction for those who can't make it to the auction event, or who want to get a jump on the action: Feb 22-Mar 1! 
These are exclusive online deals and will NOT be available at the auction event on Mar 4.
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MAR 4: Auction!
Miraloma's biggest fundraiser and party will be held on March 4, 2017 from 6pm-midnight at the Verdi Club.
JUST IN!
Hey Dubs Fans! This one's for you! Get your bidding muscles ready because you will not want to miss the chance to win 4 tickets to see the Warriors play. The game is Saturday 3/18 at 7:30 pm so mark your calendars and be at the auction at the Verdi Club on March 4th so you can win!
How can you help us at this moment?
  • Host a Sign Up Party/Event! Submit your Sign-Up by Feb 1, or contact our Sign-Ups Coordinator, Linda Cheu, if you have a great idea but need some help putting it together.
  • We'd love fabulous ideas for a hot donation and/or connections in the hospitality business. Please contact our Procurement Lead, Jean Kuwamoto
  • We're hoping to receive classroom art projects from all classes! Have or need ideas? Please contact our Classroom Project Coordinators, Ryan Silvers & Danica Gittelman or check out the info on our website

Catherine Homsey - auction@miralomasf.com
VOLUNTEER
newsletterVOLUNTEER: Help with the Newsletter!
Join our newsletter team and take on the responsibility to send out the newsletter every other week.

Contact us for the details!

Ottilie Cools, Jean Kuwamoto, Mercedes Coats, Brenda Gilreath - newsletter@miralomasf.com
volunteer-ongoingVOLUNTEER: Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Many hands make light work! 
Please take a moment to reach out to these committees if you can help them out. And thank you for all that you do.
Jessica Gosiln - Volunteer@miralomasf.com 

Recess: 
We need at least 25 volunteers to staff each morning and lunch recess (see  recess schedule). No experience needed . Playworks will train all volunteers.
Pamela Lyss-Lerman - Recess@miralomasf.com 

Healthy Snack Prep: 
Mon/Wed @ 8am to help prep in garden. Wed/Thu/Fri after school to clean up 
Alison Eastwood - Snack@miralomasf.com 

Adopt-a-Shelf in the Library: 
Help re-shelve, reorder and preserve books - 10 min per week.
Victoria Sanchez -  Library@miralomasf.com 

First Friday Dragon Wear Sales: 
Help spread the Miraloma spirit with "swag sales" on our First Friday Socials. 
Dan Linder - DragonWear@miralomasf.com 

Chicken Care: 
Sign up to care for our wonderful chickens on nights & weekends. 
Brian Leonard - Chickens@miralomasf.com 
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