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| Foothill e-Gazette
Published by the Foothill PFA November 7
, 2018
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Important Dates
November 12
- Veterans Day observed no school
November 19 - 23 Thanksgiving Week no school all week
November 28 - PFA Meeting 7:00 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 and Tech 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!
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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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Dine and Donate 
We know how much the kids love MOD, so come out and dine anytime from open to close.
MOD will give 20% back to our school! Dine-in or take-out; just bring a copy of the flyer or show it on your phone. Click
here for the flyer.
Thank you again for making Foothill's Dine & Donates such a success!
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Donors Choose
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.
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Teacher
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Project
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Mr. Monroe
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Science Chromebook Charging Station click
here for details
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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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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.
Thank you!
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8th Grade Yearbook Ads
C
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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Last Call to Come Aboard: Registration Form & Fee DUE by FRIDAY 11/9
Monterey Bay Aquarium Tour & Whale Watching Cruise
This 12-hour day trip takes students on a sightseeing and fun-filled learning experience to the Monterey Bay Area. The fun includes a visit to the famed Fisherman's Wharf with a whale watching, marine animal cruise and a tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Chris' Whale Watching offers full service guided family friendly whale watching boat tours year around in the third largest deep submarine canyon in the world. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the home to 27 species of marine mammals, 100+ species of marine birds, 345 species of fish and the leatherback turtle.
At the "World's Best and Most Famous Aquarium" students will begin with a 10 minute orientation before setting off in their groups to wandering and explore the jellyfish, tuna, seahorses, rock and coral reef fishes, sharks, sea otters, penguins, kelp forest and a multitude of other ocean animals on display.
While at the aquarium, we will also venture out the back door to UC Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station - a world leader in tuna research. Students will learn about tagging & monitoring and tuna behavior.
MSES has worked to secure the lowest possible rate of approximately $8.25 per hour for this student trip - which is comparable to most child day care!
Space is limited to 160 students and 20 parent chaperones; and as always chaperones are FREE.
We currently have 65 students and 8 chaperones signed up....
Click
here for an overview of the field trip.
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Turkey Trot - Volunteers Needed!
Registration is OPEN for 26th Annual Turkey Trot - A Community Tradition!
The 26th Annual Turkey Trot is just a few weeks away. It takes both lots of runners and over 200 volunteers to make this event a success. This family fun event, brought to you by Forma Gym, is a great way to start your Thanksgiving holiday and show support for your schools! If you don't want to run but have a few hours to give that day, please consider volunteering to help. There are lots of different volunteer roles, no experience necessary.
There are several races to choose from including Kids Fun Runs, 10K Run* and 5K run or walk, and festival areas with costume contest!
The race takes place Thanksgiving Morning, Thursday, Nov. 22, 8:00 am at Civic Park.
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ast year, the Turkey Trot raised over $15,000 for PEAK Education Foundation schools, (Northgate, Foothill, Valle Verde, Bancroft and Walnut Acres) and this year we hope to raise even more by having lots of students and parents participate.
Fast & Sweet - you're home in time for football, turkey and pumpkin pie!
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FREE! Pleasant Hill Middle School Speaker Series Session I: November 7th!
Join us (and bring a friend, family, age - appropriate kids) to hear Sean Donohue, founder of Parenting Modern Teens. Sean will present on "Dating, Screens & How to Not Screw Up Your Life".
Note that there is NO COST to attend!
- Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2018
- Time: 6:30PM
- Place: Pleasant Hill Middle School MU Room
- Cost: $0
Have questions? Contact
Tina Ochoa
. Check out more information about Sean, his company, resources and services
here
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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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