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Published by the Foothill PFA January 23, 2019
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Important Dates
Feb 4
- No School - Teacher In Service Day
Feb 6 - Northgate Information Night for Incoming 9th Graders
Feb 12 - PE Family Dance at 7 pm
Feb 15 & 18 - No School - Presidents' Day
Feb 20
- PFA Meeting at 7 pm in the Library
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 and Tech Fund Update
Thank you so much to all the families that have "Asked for the Match!" We are moving towards meeting our matching donations budget!! As always, it's never too late to donate to the Ed. Fund or to put in your matching donation request. Please reach out if you need a copy of your donation receipt. Asking usually just takes a few minutes on your company portal.
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Help Feed our Hardworking Faculty and Staff!
 The second Faculty and Staff luncheon of this school year is coming up tomorrow (Thursday, January 24). If you are interested in donating food or gift cards to show your appreciation for our fabulous Foothill staff, further information and items needed are listed here.
You can alternatively contact Kathy Lawrence
kfinucan@outlook.com
if you have any questions or issues signing up.
Thanks for your support of Foothill!
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*Date Change* Incoming 9th Grade Information Night at Northgate & Northgate Open House
Northgate will be hosting an Information Night for incoming 9th grade students and parents. The Information Night will be held
Wednesday, February 6 starting at 7 pm in the Northgate Gym. This is a change from the previously announced date of Monday, January 28.
Northgate Open House is scheduled for Thursday, February 21 at 6 pm. While this is primarily an event for current families to see what their students are doing in the different classes, it can also be an opportunity for current 8th grade students to see the classrooms and project displays.
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Thanks to Yalla Restaurant for Supporting Foothill Dine & Donate!
 Thanks to everyone in the Foothill community who participated in last Thursday's Dine &
Donate at Yalla Restaurant. Yalla generously donated 50% of proceeds back to Foothill from all those who participated.
The n
ext Dine & Donate is scheduled for March 19 at Chipotle, so mark your calen
d
ars and plan for a night when y
ou can support Foothill a
nd you don't have to cook!
A big thanks to our FUNdraising team, Bonnie Bullis, Lisa Berndt and Sarah Bettelheim for organizing all the Dine & Donate events.
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Donors Choose Projects from Foothill
We appreciate all of the financial support our community donates to all of our programs. Providing a list of our teacher's Donors Choose projects is not intended to keep hitting the same people up financially. However, we are sharing this list since our community members were asking for local funding opportunities. Donors Choose is designed to reach contributors beyond the parents and guardians at Foothill Middle School.
All of these projects are terrific and we hope you will support them. If you know someone who would like to donate, pass this email on! All of these projects need to be funded by the middle of March.
Mr. Davis from wood shop has a project request for a
MIG welder for the welding class.
Ms. Wesser-Singh has a project request "
Keep Calm and Picnic On!" She is requesting a picnic table for outside the classroom to be used for collaborative learning while being outdoors.
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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 3
- 8th Grade Party 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm MU
Wednesday, June 5
- 8th Grade Promotion 10:00 am - 11:00 am Foothill Sports Field
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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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After School Sports
Interested in any upcoming sports? Here are some upcoming important dates for Spring 2019 Sports!
Coed Intramural Beach Volleyball 2.0 @ HF
Days: T & TH 3:30-5pm
Season: 2/19 - 3/28
Cost: $275
Coed Competitve Golf
Tryouts: 2/26 & 2/28
Days: M-TH 3:30 - 5 pm
Season: 3/4 - 5/22
Cost: $400
Coed 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Pre-Tourney Meeting: 3/14
Days: M-TH 3:30 - 5 pm
Season 3/18 - 3/21
Cost: $25
Coed 3 on 3 Basketball 2.0
Days: M & W 3:30 - 5 pm
Season 3/25 - 5/8
Cost: $130
Registration is online! Register
here.
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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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Af
ter School Center Located Right on Campus!
The Creek Teen Youth Center has been part of Foothill
Middle School
for the last 14 years.
We are open Monday-Friday right after school until 6 pm.
We offer great
after school
snacks, on-site tutoring, homework help, computers, outdoor activities, games, arts, community service and so much more!!! Take a look at our website to see what we currently have going on.
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TAPS (Teen and Parent Service Society) 
Calling all 8th Grade Girls!
Do you like to volunteer? Make new friends? Help your community?
Consider joining TAPS (Teen and Parent Service Society), and becoming part of a very special group of young women. TAPS is sure to be an enriching part of your high school years. New Membership applications are now being accepted.
There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 30 at 1:45 pm in the Library
to learn more about TAPS.
We hope to hear from you soon!
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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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