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Published by the Foothill PFA November 21
, 2018
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Important Dates
Nov 28 - PFA Meeting 7:00 pm in the library
Dec 7 - 6th Grade Dance 2:30 - 4:00 pm.
Dec 7 - 7th & 8th Grade Dance 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Dec 21 - End of 2nd Quarter
For the complete Foothill calendar, click here.
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MDUSD Lunch Accounts:
Here is
the link
to add money to your child's lunch account. Additionally, here is
the link
to check for the menu selection.
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Ed Fund Update
Ed Fund Update
Matching donations are starting to roll in!!
Thanks to the families that work at Salesforce, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Bank of the West, Disney, Gap,
Novartis,
CSAA Insurance Group and City National Bank for putting in their matching donation requests!!
We have also received a few Donor Advised Family Foundation matches. We truly thank you for making the extra effort to Ask for the Match - and appreciate the investment you have made in education for our students at Foothill.
We have had a few new donations come in to Ed Fund (thank you!)
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What happens if we don't meet our Ed Fund budget?
This year we should be able to rely on our reserves to make up the shortfall, although
since our budget is balanced, this is entirely dependent on other budget numbers
coming in as planned. When we plan for next year in the Spring, we will have to revisit
how much money we can provide to Foothill to reduce class sizes, provide a crossing
guard and offer a library assistant and technology coach on campus.
How can you help?
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If you haven't had a chance to make your donation, please click HERE to donate
now!
2)
If you donated, please check to see if your employer will match it. If you've
misplaced your donation receipt, please email Anne Foley at
seattlefoley@gmail.com
and I can get
you a copy.
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Support Foothill - Shop at Sports Basement December 6 - 8
Shop at Sport Basement December 6 - 8 and receive 20% off your entire purchase.
A portion of the sales will benefit Foothill.
Click here for the flyer.
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Looking for Volunteer to Coach Foothill's Girls Basketball Team
MDUSD offers a free program for basketball. The season starts in January with the first game on January 14th.
Here is the link
for the schedule. At this time we need a girls team basketball coach.
Please contact Foothill's Sports Site Coordinator Maya Whitehead
whiteheadm@mdusd.org with any questions.
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For Your Planning - 8th Grade Families
Friday, May 31
- 8th Grade Activity Day 8:15 am to 4:30 pm
Monday, June 03
- 8th Grade Party 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm MU
Wednesday, June 05
- 8th Grade Promotion 10:00 am - 11:00 am Foothill Sports Field
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Engagement Survey
To the Parents and Guardians of Foothill Students,
Please take the time to complete this brief survey about parent engagement at Foothill. Click
here for the survey.
As a part of my work with becoming an administrator, I want to learn more about parent perceptions of being involved at Foothill. All responses will remain anonymous. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
The survey will take fewer than 5 minutes. The survey will close December 1.
Thank you,
Ms. Perez
Preliminary Administrator Credential Candidate
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Buy Your 2019 Yearbook Now!
The 2018 yearbook sold out! If you wait, your child may not get a yearbook.
Yearbooks will only be sold online via Herff Jones' Yearbook order center.
 Go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter school code 6047.
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8th Grade Yearbook Ads
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ongratulate your 8th grade student and express your pride and love with an ad in the 2019 yearbook!
*8th grade ads will be accepted on a space available basis, so be sure to get your ad in early!
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No ads will be accepted after DECEMBER 9
Thank you!
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Volunteer for Events and Activities at Foothill
Foothill needs parent volunteers throughout the year to help with various events and activities such as Teacher Appreciation Lunch, Change Wars, Open House, etc. These events usually require only a few hours of time. Pl
ease click the link below to sign up
. You will then be contacted by the PFA chair of the event at a later date.
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Student Directory Goes Online - Konstella at Foothill 
New this year, Foothill PFA will be moving to an online directory using Konstella.
Enter your email address to receive an invitation and then follow the link to register. You will be prompted to enter a password as well as add a child. If you have multiple children at Foothill, you can add each one to their grade. You will be able to set your privacy preferences to select what information is shared in the directory.
You may also download the Konstella app for your phone so that you can have directory and calendar information on the go. Konstella also allows you to sync our calendar with your Google, iPhone, or other online calendars.
Besides the directory feature, we plan to use Konstella's calendar feature to keep parents informed of important events. Consider joining now to be ready for back to school in August.
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Shop at Amazon to Earn for Foothill
 Remember, you can support Foothill every time you shop Amazon. Foothill's special 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 :)
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 Odyssey of the Mind
If your student has a talent for or interest in technical endeavors and/ or enjoys thinking outside the box, please consider encouraging him/ her to participate on an Odyssey of the Mind team that is working to solve the problem, Hide In Plain Sight. See the synopsis, below.
The team has coaches.
Hide In Plain Sight
Teams will create and build a mechanical creature that hides in plain sight. The creature will change its appearance three times to avoid being detected by a Searcher Character trying to find it. The way the creature changes will be different each time! The team will create and present a performance where its creature gets into - or out of - various situations using this resourceful skill. In the end the creature will surprise everyone by changing its appearance a final time and reveal its true self.
Call Leslie Satin at 270-5497 if you are interested in more details.
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Walnut Creek Little League
Registration for the Spring Season of Walnut Creek Little League opens October 1, 2018.
- Registration late fees begin 12/18/18
- Registration closes on 1/2/19 and waitlists begin
- Baseball tryouts are 1/12, 1/13, 1/19, 1/20
- Softball tryouts are 1/26
The link to registration is on our website. Please click on the link below.
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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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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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foothill.enews@gmail.com. Please send picture/clip art that you would like included with your article as an attachment in .jpg format.
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