November 4, 2018
Weaver Whale Mail
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Mark Your Calendars
November (5th-9th): Parent-Teacher Conf & Weaver Book Fair
November, Wednesday (7th): Skate Dogs Show
November, Thursday (8th) : Make-up Pictures
November, Monday (12th): No School - Veteran's Day
November (18th-22nd) : Fall Break, No School
Principal's Message
Dear Weaver families and friends,
 
This past week we celebrated Halloween. Students enjoyed dressing up for our Halloween parade and many classroom academic activities were incorporated with a Halloween theme. There was even a guest appearance by a chicken who performed the German chicken dance!
On Friday, the Weaver carnival was enjoyed by our entire school community. A HUGE thank you to our phenomenal carnival chair, Mrs. Kirkjian and the entire support team. Thanks also to our families for your support of this annual event!
Make it a great week!
 
Dr. Robert Briggerman
This Week At Weaver
Last call for Vets and Active Service Troops!
 
This Friday, we will honor all Weaver Veteran’s and Active Service Troops at our annual Veteran’s Day Flag Ceremony and Breakfast. Please call our office if you would like to honor a family member for their service.
 
Weekly Calendar
 
Monday, 11/5:                   Parent-teacher conferences
                                               Dismissal for all students is at 12:45 p.m.
                                               Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
 
Tuesday, 11/6:                 Parent-teacher conferences
                                               Dismissal for all students is at 12:45 p.m.
                                               Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
 
Weds. 11/7:                       Modified Schedule
                                               Dismissal for all students is at 1:20 p.m.
                                               Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
                                               Skatedogs Stunt Show at 3 p.m.
 
Thursday, 11/8:                Parent-teacher conferences
                                               Dismissal for all students is at 12:45 p.m.
                                               Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
                                                 Makeup Pictures!
 
Friday, 11/9:                      Veteran’s Day Flag Ceremony at 8:30 a.m.
                                               Parent-teacher conferences
                                               Dismissal for all students is at 12:45 p.m.
                                               Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
What's Happening at Weaver!
Calling all wonderful book fair volunteers!  
The book fair is this week, in order to continue on the Harry Potter theme, during parent-teacher conferences.

 
 
Book fair benefits many of your favorite programs and your classrooms. We keep 65% of the book fair proceeds in the form of scholastic dollars, and use them to buy books for Reading Incentive, Giving Tree, the Media Center, and classroom use. 
Candy for the Troops!

Calling all Trick-or-Treaters!!

We need your leftover Halloween candy!


The Bantle Family is collecting Halloween candy, Letters, and Pictures for our men and women serving in the Armed Forces. All of your candy and letter donations will be delivered to Operation Gratitude. They will sort and ship the goodies to our troops serving all over the world. 
 
Tubs will continue to be set out in front of the Main Office on Monday, November 5th and Tuesday, November 6th.

We would also like to encourage everyone to draw pictures or write letters/cards to the troops. These will be included in their care packages.  Letter writing tips can be found at  www.operationgratitude.com .
WEAVER FAMILY EVENT - SKATEDOGS SKATEBOARDING STUNT SHOW!

Join us on  Wed. Nov. 7th at 3pm on the blacktop. Our exciting skateboard show is sure to entertain and inspire all students! Our skaters will ollie, grind, and flip their boards in mid-air as the announcer explains skateboarding terminology, the importance of safety, finding a passion in life, and living a healthy lifestyle.

Admission is $5 for students, parents are free!! Tickets will be sold at the event only. Students who earned Free Tickets from Jogathon should receive them Monday or Tuesday in their Jogathon prize baggies; we will have a list of eligible students at the show so don't worry if you forget your ticket! Students in Kids Korner must have parent permission to attend the show, please contact Kids Korner to give permission prior to Wednesday. Bring your own folding chair as seats will be limited.
Mark your calendars! Our next Family Fun Night on  Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 4pm to close  at  ISLANDS  in Seal Beach . Dine in and enjoy craft burgers, fresh-cut fries, salads & tacos and more! Islands will donate 20% of your food and beverage purchases back to Weaver Elementary. 

Just present  this flyer  to your server or show it on your mobile device. Flyers will be coming home with students soon. We hope to see you there!

Visit us at  www.friendsofweaver.com


Thank you to all of our Platinum donors. We have rescheduled our Breakfast with Dr B to  Friday December 7th @ 8:45AM . We hope to see you all there.
FOW is excited to announce a new program coming to Weaver where 1st-5th graders will be learning the Lego WeDo STEAM program, but we are needing lots of volunteers! 

Volunteers will help with our STEAM Lego WeDo program! This program offers teaching modules to grades 1st-5th which lead students through various builds using Lego WeDo kits that have been purchased through kind donations to Weaver. We are looking for parents to volunteer to assist the lessons being taught by Mrs. Epps in the Media center in the months of November and December. Eventually, we will also be looking for volunteers willing to teach subsequent lessons in the classroom or media center (in a similar style to Meet the Masters). 

No special skills or experience required, just a desire to be involved. This is a great and fun way to participate in the school and with your student! 
Please contact Laura Hall at  laura_kip_hall@verizon.net  with any questions.
The Giving Tree
 
What is The Giving Tree?
It's a way to celebrate your child's birthday at school. 
Reminder: Birthday celebrations are not permitted during the school day. Treats for the classroom are also not permitted.
 
How do you sign up?
NEW! Sign up online.  Go to weaverpta.org under programs- giving tree and click on the link. It's as easy as that to sign up, or you can fill out the order form and submit a check for $15.00 made out to Weaver PTA. Drop it off in the The Giving Tree box in the front office no later than the 1st Monday of your child's birthday month. (July & August are due by 8/20/18 and May & June are due by 5/6/19) We suggest you submit the form now so that you don't miss this great opportunity to celebrate your child's birthday. Please contact TheGivingTreePTA@gmail.com with any questions. 
 

More than 700 Weaver Elementary students from pre-K to 5th grade laced up and ran laps to raise more than $70,000 for programs at their school.
Go to:  @Weaverwhales
District Happenings
Register today and find out more details at: LAEF4Kids.org/Young-Americans
programdirector@LAEF4kids.org (562) 799-4700 x-80424
Other Weaver News & Updates
Are you in need of birthday gifts, teacher gifts or just giving gifts of gratitude? Why not try or dering gift cards through SCRIP’s?
SCRIP is a FOW program that gives back to the school. It’s simple, why not give it a try? Last year we earned over $500, Thank you!
 
Just some of the many gift cards available are Nordstrom, Starbucks, Amazon, Target, Panera, Sprouts, Home Depot and more!

We will be placing our first order on October 24th .  Please email me with any questions you may have. Traci Harrison- tracikh@yahoo.com
It's time to register or re-register your Ralph's card!
 
Did you know that Weaver benefits from the shopping you do every day? If you or someone you know shops at Ralph's, it's easy to get money back for our school.
Simply register your Ralph's card at  www.ralphs.com  or call  800-443-4438 . But remember, you MUST re-register every September/Fall even if you have registered before. Be sure to get family and friends to register too! Friends of Weaver's number is TV093.
For more detailed instructions visit  http://friendsofweaver.com/scrip.html
Please remember to shop  smile.amazon.com  to benefit friends of Weaver when you shop
SUPPORT WEAVER WITH ROSSMOOR CAR WASH COUPONS!
 
Stop by Kids Korner or the front office to pick-up your Rossmoor Car Wash coupon. They expire November 17th
Weaver Families! Thank you for your hard work. Our Summer Box Tops totaled to $500.00. Awesome job cutting and collecting! Our goal this year is $1000.00 or more.  
These funds help our school with new resources and help our children grow in their educational experience.
  We will be collecting more box tops year round, so please keep sending them to school. Thank you!
Submission Guidelines:
  • Send brief, written content in the body of your email to Regina Brown at: WeaverWhaleMail@gmail.com.
  • Forms and flyers must be attached as a PDF.
  • Submission deadline is the Thursday prior to Monday's mail (may send 2 weeks max ahead of event date. Special consideration will be granted to qualifying events).
Kindly, 
Regina Brown
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