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| Foothill e-Gazette
Published by the Foothill PFA March 6, 2019
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Important Dates
Mar 11
- No School Teacher In Service Day
Mar 20 - PFA Meeting at 7 pm in the Library
Mar 29
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No School
Cesar Chavez Day
Apr 1 - 5 - No School
Spring Break
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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California Distinguished School Award
I am proud to share with our community that Foothill is being recognized as one of four middle schools in Contra Costa County as a 2019 California Distinguished
School.
Over the last two years the Foothill math department has changed their model practices to what is best for student learning, and to authentically and genuinely have students demonstrate their real knowledge. Creating our model practice provides all our students access to the standards preparing them for college or careers after graduation which is in conjunction with MDUSD's LCAP goals for all our students to receive a quality education that includes both access to technology and instruction based within the standards.
Across the state only 162 middle and high schools are being recognized.
Click here for a list of the 2019 California Distinguished Schools Awardees.
Thank you for your support!
Ms. Vaiana
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PFA Board Members Needed for 2019-2020 PFA - a great way to get involved!
The PFA needs YOU in 2019/2020!
Be a part of the PFA volunteer team that help
s make Foothill great. Opportunities are available to meet a variety of interest levels and time commitments.
A few of the positions we are looking to fill:
Vice President - Strategic Planning
Vice President - Fundraising
Ed. Fund Chair
Book Fair
Career Day
Directory/Konstella
8th Grade Activities
Campus Beautification/ Community Service Day
Parent Advisory Council
PEAK Liaison
Staff Appreciation Lunches
Teacher Appreciation Week
Walk-Thru Day Lead
Welcome Breakfast/Open House
A list of position descriptions for PFA Board positions
here
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Health Fair
The Health Fair will be held on Wednesday, March 13 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Students will attend the fair during their physical education class, and may also attend during their brunch period and after school.
The purpose of the health fair is to increase health and safety awareness through education and prevention.
If you would like to volunteer please click
here.
Thank you,
Kelly Moore & Heather LeSieur
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Come See TRAP - Drama II Spring Play!
 Save the Date for TRAP - the Foothill Drama II spring play.
Performance Dates: March 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm in the
Northgate High School Little Theater.
Advance tickets $5 with student ID - on sale now, $8 at the door.
"Unnerving, Exhilarating and wildly inventive, you've never walked into anything quite like TRAP!"
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Foothill Dine & Donate - March 19 at Chipotle!
 The n
ext Dine & Donate is scheduled for March 19 at Chipotle (in the Oak Grove Plaza). 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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Ed Fund and Tech Fund Update
Thanks again to all the families that donated to Ed Fund and Tech Fund this year! The money goes to pay for reduced class sizes in math and science, lunchtime library access, updates to hardware and software, crossing guards, as well as other strategic investments to improve the educational environment at Foothill.
Below are pictures of some of your dollars at work! New tables for several classes offer a more 21st century learning environment with flexibliity for group learning. Technology Fund dollars were deployed to buy new chromebooks.
Your PFA works with Foothill to ensure that we are supporting important initiatives for achievement. Thank you for participating in the partnership with your donations!
Anne Foley
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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 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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Applications are now open for the
2019 GIRL Camp to be held at Valley View June 10-14. Girls in grades 6 & 7 may apply. Girls from all over MDUSD and the Bay Area will attend this camp, so if you're interested, get your application in right away. Cost? FREE
Summer STEM camps coming up at Valley View that are open to all applicants from our area:
For current 6th & 7th grade girls: GIRL CAMP Summit (6/10-6/14 -
limit 60 students)
How to Apply:
Session 1 Mt. Diablo Summit @ Valley View Middle School, 181 Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Time: 8am-5pm
Date: June 10-14, 2019
Cost: FREE
Session 2 @ Riverview Middle School, 205 Pacifica Ave, Bay Point, CA 94565
Time: 8am-5pm
Date: June 17-21, 2019
Cost: FREE
See Ms. Elliott in T-2 for more information.
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Looking for a way for you and your son to give back to the community while gaining personal, leadership and community service skills?
boys team charity (btc) is a volunteer service organization dedicated to developing an altruistic spirit in young men through active participation of parents and sons in philanthropic projects in their communities. The Diablo League of btc is accepting applications starting March 1 from boys currently in 6th - 11th grades.
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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.
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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