Murwood Elementary
eNewsletter
Wednesday
, February 15, 2017
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Calendar
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| 13-24 |
Kindergarten Registration
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| 16 |
NO SCHOOL: Staff Development Day
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| 17-20 |
NO SCHOOL: President's Day Holiday
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| 21 |
Governing Board Meeting, District Office, 7 PM
PTA Meeting, MPR, 7 PM
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Principal's Message
Parents,
With the daily multiple absences and students trickling into school late each day, it's time to remind families about the importance of getting to school on time. We still have children arriving well after the morning bell, and that equates to lost instructional time, not only for them, but for all the children whose learning is interrupted when they enter the room. The disruption to teaching costs precious minutes each day that cannot be reclaimed. Ask you child this question, "Attending school on time helps me because..."
- By the 6th grade, if a student continues to be chronically absent, it is a leading indicator of whether he or she will drop out of high school.
- A student who misses 10 days or more during a school year is 20 percent less likely to graduate from high school and 25 percent less likely to ever enroll in college.
We ask that you commit to leaving five minutes earlier so that your child can be here to start the day with their peers. Let the learning begin-and continue- uninterrupted-every day.
Carol Nenni
Murwood Principal
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From the Office
REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL this Thursday, Friday or Monday. Enjoy the extra long weekend!!
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Kindergarten registration has started!
Kindergarten packets are now available to pick up in the office for the 2017-18 school year! The registration period for returning complete packets is now through 3rd March, between the hours of 9am and 2pm.
To qualify for Kindergarten, a student must turn 5 by 1st September.
Students who will turn 5 between 2nd September and 2nd December are eligible for Transitional Kindergarten. TK packets can be obtained at the District Office.
Students who will turn 6 on or before 1st September will be automatically enrolled in first grade, per state and district guidelines.
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After School Enrichment Registration
Only 5 MORE DAYS left to register for some fantastic
ASE courses. Don't miss out on great chances to have fun, develop skills, and grow in new ways!
And we have a great
*NEW CLASS* that has been added this session. TUESDAY TENNIS AFTERSCHOOL with Lei Larsen, whom many will remember as a former Murwood PE teacher. She has taught this class previously with glowing reviews. The dates for this session are 2/28-5/16 and the cost is $120 for 10 lessons. To register, you can call Coach Larsen at 925-939-3440 or email
As always, don't forget to turn in a
waiver to the office for your child to participate in after school classes if you haven't done so yet this year.
And please do not turn in any registration or fees to the office; check each vendor's flyer for information about how to
sign up.
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Join Superintendent Marie Morgan for an overview of the district budget. The Budget Workshop will be February 28th at 7:00PM in the WCI Library.
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Murwood Auction for Education
Get your tickets NOW for the
Murwood PTA's Auction for Education, "A Tradition of Excellence." The auction will be on
March 25, 2017, 6 PM at the Boundary Oaks Country Club, in Walnut Creek. The evening includes a three-course dinner, a silent, live, and dessert auction, prizes, and dancing. This annual event is our biggest fundraiser of the year and is not to be missed. This is a real SCORE for the home team. We'll see you there in your favorite jersey! Tickets are can be purchased through the school office or online at
MurwoodPTA.org.
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If you are interested in learning more about PALS and/or Tice Creek, please join us for an informational meeting.
The next meeting for the PALS program will be held on the Parkmead campus on
March 2
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at 7:00PM.
The next meeting for Tice Creek will be held on the Tice Creek Campus
on March 2
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at 6:30 PM.
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District News
District Master Plan
In June, 2016, WCSD passed a facility bond to upgrade facilities, infrastructure and improve energy efficiency in all Walnut Creek School District Schools. In November, the Governing Board contracted with WLC Architects to create a Master Plan for the district to ensure we have a comprehensive blueprint to provide students with safe, 21st century learning environments.
Please join us for a second site meeting offered to Murwood staff and community members along with District and Architectural representatives to engage stakeholders in defining the How and Why Schools look different in the 21st Century on
March 13th from 3-5 PM.
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Please join WCEF - Walnut Creek Education Foundation team on OhmConnect? It's a program that donates to the school when you save energy at home. We need to replace eScrip this year and this program is free and super simple to join. Let Alison Gomez know if you have any questions about it!
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Thank you!
We would like to thank all of our wonderful volunteers who stepped up to make our #Turn Up The Heat campaign so successful. Behind the scenes prep work, communications between all six elementary schools and WCI and Las Lomas, poster and sign making, our chilly envelope collectors, it takes a village. And we're lucky to have you all in ours!
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Let's show a little love to our business partners.
Please check out our
February Business newsletter
highlighting the local businesses that support WCEF and our school community. There are a number of wonderful discounts given for our WCEF supporters.
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Community eFlyers and Events
These links are all Walnut Creek School District approved flyers that are electronic. Please use the links below to view the newest flyers or click on
Community Flyers
to view all electronic flyers on the Walnut Creek School District website.
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