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Published by the Foothill PFA October 3
, 2018
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Important Dates
Oct 11 - Minimum Day 12:30 pm dismissal
Oct 17 - 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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Make-up Picture Day
Make-up pictures
are next week on Wednesday, October 10 from 8 am to 11 am.
Students can take make-up pictures if:
1. Absent on picture day.
2. Purchase a new packet (must have printed online receipt). Click here for Creative Imaging site.
3. Already purchased a packet and want a retake (must bring picture packet to turn-in for the retake).
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Ed Fund/Tech Fund Update
A big thank you to the Foothill families that have donated to the Ed and Tech Funds so
far. We truly appreciate your support!
We are right on track to meet our budget with Tech Fund donations (we have received
$21,200 versus the budget of $22,500) and Foothill has already placed orders for new
chromebooks!
However, we are
falling way short of our budget for EdFund! We have received
$75,000 - a big number, for sure - but well short of our budget of $95,000. So far, 34%
of Foothill families have made a donation to Ed Fund. If you haven't been able to
donate yet, please consider a gift of any size now!!
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DON'T FORGET MATCHING FUNDS!!
Many Bay Area employers will match donations
made by their employees. Lost your receipt? No problem!! Email Anne Foley at
seattlefoley@gmail.com
and I will get you a copy of your donation receipt - whether you
made your donation at Walk Through or on our website.
We really, really, really need your help this year!!
Any questions please reach out to Anne Foley, Ed Fund/Tech Fund Chair,
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Dine and Donate
Thank you to all who came out and supported both the MYO and Round Table Dine & Donates last week! MYO informed us that this was the biggest school turn-out they have had, and are donating $50.46 back to Foothill! Round Table also did well with $78.14 coming back to our school.
Our next Dine & Donate will be on November 15 at MOD Pizza, so mark your calendars now and we'll hope to see you then!
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First Annual Northgate Choral Festival
Join us for the First Annual Northgate Choral Festival!
October 25, 7 pm in the Northgate High School Gym. Choirs from Foothill, Northgate, Bancroft, Highlands, Valle Verde, and Walnut Acres will be participating. Come enjoy an evening of fun and memorable music from hundreds of our students! Don't miss it!
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Community Service Day
Hey Weekend Warriors, we need YOU for Operation Wood Chip! It's going to be MULCH MADNESS here at Foothill on Saturday, October 13 from 9:00 am -12:00 pm.
As part of the City-wide Community Service Day event, we are going to be spreading the love and the wood chips in selected areas all over Foothill campus. Wood chip mulch provides a protective layer of organic material for our heritage oak (a native California Valley oak that's been growing on Foothill campus for hundreds of years!) and will help spruce up the
looks of other planting beds.
If an indoor job is more your jam, you can get your groove on in the Band Room helping Mr. Wetterholm organize and clean the instruments and music room. This project can be found under the "ARTS" section of the City website.
It's going to be a fun morning of meaningful service to our school community, so grab some friends and
sign up online at
www.walnut-creek.org/service
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Please note! You don't need to stay for the whole time!!! We know Saturdays are busy, so if you can spare an hour, we'd love your help! Many hands make light work.
Hope to see you on Community Service Day, October 13!
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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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Yearbooks are $50.00 until October 31st. Price will increase to $65.00 on October 31st.
Thank you!
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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!
*Prices increase after 10/31
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No ads will be accepted after DECEMBER 9
Thank you!
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Summer Photos for Yearbook
Yearbook is looking for photos of your summer adventures!
Thank you,
Yearbook Staff
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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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After School Sports
Interested in signing up for a sport?
Check out our sports lists
here
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Upcoming Sports and Quick Info!
Boys Competitive Basketball Training:
- Days: M & W
- Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
- Dates: 10/29 - 12/5
Girls Competitive Basketball:
- Try outs on 10/29
- Days: M - Th
- Time: 4:30 - 6 PM
- Dates: 10/30 - 1/10
Girls Intramural Basketball:
- Days: T - Th
- Times: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
- Dates: 10/30 - 12/13
Coed Intramural Beach Volleyball 1.0 @ HF:
- Days: T & Th
- Times: 3:30 - 5 PM
- Dates: 10/30 - 12/13
ALL UPCOMING SPORTS HAVE A REGISTRATION DEADLINE OF 10/25!!
Here's a quick link to the registration
website
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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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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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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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Run~Jog~Walk in the YoursHumanly 5K to support education both locally and throughout the world.
PEAK Education Foundation, which supports the 5 Northgate-area schools, including Foothill is partnering with YoursHumanly, for their
5K Break a Sweat for Education run on October 6 at Heather Farm
. Register as part of the
PEAK Team
and Foothill will receive a portion of the proceeds. You'll be supporting education both at home and abroad.
To learn more about Yours Humanly
and their mission to provide greater access to education for children in underserved communities around the world,
click here
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When registering, be sure to
select the PEAK TEAM
, or when it asks "How Did You Learn about the Race" during the registration process, indicate PEAK.
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Turkey Trot
Registration is OPEN for 26th Annual Turkey Trot - A Community Tradition!
The 26th Annual Turkey Trot, will be here before you know it and registration is open! Register early for best pricing. 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! There are several ra
ces 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.
Last 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 eve
n more by having lots of students and parents participate.
For more information and to register click here.
Volunteers are also needed to help on race day and a few days beforehand. If you are available to help, please email
peakoffice@yahoo.com and put "Turkey Trot Volunteer" in the subject line.
Fast & Sweet - you're home in time for football, turkey and pumpkin pie!
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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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