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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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| ALL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| ATTENTION FIRST GRADE PARENTS! |
| There has been a case of pink eye, conjunctivitis, reported in first grade. If your son exhibits any symptoms please see his pediatrician right away. If your son does have pink eye, keep him at home until he is no longer contagious. Thank you. |
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| TOWN SCHOOL CLOTHES CLOSET ANNOUNCES THIS YEAR'S FIRST CURBSIDE DONATION DRIVE TODAY AND TOMORROW, OCTOBER 21st AND 22nd: |
| Click here for more information. |
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| PICTURE RETAKES: |
| Photo retakes will be taken this Friday, October 23. Order forms are available here, in your son's homeroom, or in the front office. Please send your order form to school with your son or return it to his homeroom teacher. |
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| PARENTS EDUCATION NETWORK WORKSHOPS: |
Click here for information on the upcoming PEN workshop on "Matching Students and Learning Technology" held this Friday, October 23, 2009 from 9:00 to 11:00 am at The Exploratorium. Contact Pete Van Auken in the Learning Services Department with your questions.
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INVITATION TO LATINO AFFINITY DINNER OCTOBER 29, 6-8 pm: |
| Please join us for the annual Latino Affinity Dinner in the Town School dining room. The entire family is invited to join us for music, art, and wonderful food. Come learn how to make "papel picado," Day of the Dead artwork, from 6-7pm with our special guest, Sra. Hermina Alvaran Romero from the Mission Cultural Center. Following the fun art activity, you'll enjoy delicious food and music. Please bring a main dish to serve 8. Town will provide drinks and dessert. Kindly RSVP by emailing Ana Gonzalez-Lane at gonzalez-lane@townschool.com if you are able to attend! Click here for the full schedule of Affinity Dinners. |
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| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH THERE IS NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES |
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| TOWN SCHOOL CONFERENCE CAMP: |
| Click here for information about a camp on conference days, November 5 and 6, run by Mr. Goldman and Mr. Love. |
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SIBLINGS: LOOKING AHEAD TO KINDERGARTEN 2010! |
| The deadline for sibling applications is Friday, October 23. Boys applying to the fall kindergarten class must turn 5 by July 15, 2010. Your sons are invited to visit Town School for their playdate on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:45 am. Meanwhile, please have your son's nursery school fill out the evaluation form in the admission packet and mail it to Town School prior to October 23. You may pick up an admission packet in the Admission Office. Thank you. |
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| BOYS, BOOKS AND BIRTHDAYS!! |
| Birthday Books is a gift program benefitting the Town School library. Boys are invited to choose a book on their birthdays, special event, or to honor a special teacher. Click here for more details and to order now! |
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"YOUNG MAN, YOU CAN MAKE REAL YOUR DREAMS, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THIS ONE THING...." TOWN ROCKS! MUFFIN SALE IS TOMORROW!
It takes a village people! So tomorrow (Thursday, October 22) the first grade class is selling baked goods for Town School Rocks! from 7:45 - 8:30 am at curbside. Cost is $1 per yummy muffin!
We want you, we want you, we want you to buy muffins too!.....
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eSCRIP--RENEW YOUR SAFEWAY CARD BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!! |
eScrip is an effortless way to donate to Town!
If you have registered on eScrip, you must update your Safeway Club Card annually. The deadline is November 1st. We need at least 1/3 of our families to do this! Please go to escrip.com or access the site via the banner on your class page and update today. Our school ID is 141470120. If you cannot remember your Safeway card number call, 877-723-3929 and enter your phone number to retrieve it quickly. For questions, contact Joanna Karger. |
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| HAVING TROUBLE VIEWING THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION WEB PAGES OR CLASS PAGES? |
There have been several reports that the PA Web pages and Class pages are difficult to view using Internet Explorer for PC. We are currently researching this issue. Until resolution, there are several recommendations. Make sure you are using IE V 8 (most of the issue have been reported from those using earlier versions) or switch to Firefox for the PC or Safari for the PC. (Note that both of these browsers can import Favorites from IE.) Remember, you can always get PA and Class announcements directly in your email inbox if you are familiar with RSS feeds or by subscribing to the pages using Feedmyinbox.com. f you still have issues, please email the PA Tech Liaison. |
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UPCOMING CLASS COFFEES: |
All Coffees are held in the Dining Room from 8:30-9:30 am:
Grade 6 TOMORROW: Thursday, October 22
Grade 7 Wednesday, October 28 |
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PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: |
| CLASS OF 2011 |
We are excited to announce that you are able to choose a time to meet with your son's teachers during the fall parent-teacher conferences on Friday, November 6th. Please click here to sign up or visit the Class of 2011 page for more details. |
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CLASS OF 2013 |
| Parent-teacher conferences will be held on Friday, November 6th. Please click here to sign up for a time or visit the Class of 2013 page for more details. |
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| CLASSES OF 2010 AND 2012 |
| Pre-assigned times for 6th and 8th grade parent teacher conferences
on Thursday, November 5th were mailed home last week. If you have not received a schedule, please email Nick Cofod or phone him at 921-3747x129. |
FACULTY WORKSHOP NOTICE |
| Today the Town faculty will participate in an inservice workshop from 2:00 to 5:00 pm
today. Out of respect for parent work schedules, we are not sending students home early. From 2:00 pm until dismissal, Upper School students will be viewing a film in the theater under faculty supervision. |
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| LOWER SCHOOL
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| PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE DAYS:
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| Please call Lindsey Buendia in the front office, 921-3747, if you have not yet signed up for a conference time with your son's teacher.
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UPCOMING CLASS COFFEES:
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All Coffees are held in the Dining Room from 8:30-9:30 am:
Grade 1 Friday, November 13
Grade 2 Friday, November 20
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| HALLOWEEN PARADE INFORMATION:
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| Click here for information on the Halloween parade on Friday, October 30.
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| COMMON SENSE MEDIA PRESENTATION FOR LOWER SCHOOL PARENTS: RAISING MEDIA-SMART KIDS IN A 24/7 DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD
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November 9 at 5:30 pm at Katherine Delmar Burke School
7070 California Street at 32nd Avenue
Click here for more information.
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| UPPER SCHOOL PE SYLLABUS: |
| If you have not read and signed the Upper School PE Syllabus, please do so as soon as possible by clicking here. |
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| CLASS OF 2012 AND 2013 PARENTS: |
If you were unable to attend the PCA Double-Goal Parent Workshop on September 30, please click here for information on how to complete this workshop. Please complete the online course ASAP. This is required for your son to participate in the Upper School Athletic Program. Thank you. |
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| IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER: |
Please call the Sports Line at (415) 921-6335 x300.
Updates will be made by noon the day of an event. |
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| BLUE AND WHITE DAY! |
Come cheer on Town athletes on Wednesday, Oct. 28th. Fifth grade cross country runners are finishing up the season with a race against Stuart Hall and Cathedral at 4:00 pm at Julius Kahn Park. After the race, come over to Morton Field to see our 8-1 Soccer Team play Brandeis in the last regular season game. Game starts at 4:00 pm and lasts about one hour. And of course, wear your blue and white! Go Tigers!!! |
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2009-2010 BASKETBALL SEASON ASSESSMENTS: |
Please check class pages for the Class of 2010, Class of 2011, and Class of 2012 for information.
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PRESIDIO BOULEVARD IS NOW OPEN!
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| The Presidio Traffic Management Study will conclude on Wednesday, October 21. We're able ;to end several days early because we have verified that the data we have collected is sound and sufficient to conduct our analysis. Presidio Boulevard will reopen to through traffic in the late morning (approximately 10 am); the remaining small streets closed during the study will reopen by the end of the week. The speed cushions and all-way stop control measures will remain in place. |
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| EVENTS |
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"DON'T GET CAUGHT IN A PURPLE HAZE AND MISS OUT ON THE EXPERIENCE...BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!" |
Find your way out of the haze into the Development Office to purchase your tickets to Town School Rocks!
Have you put your table together? Do you want to sit at your class table? When you purchase your tickets, be sure to let Celeste Marie know your seating preferences!
P.S. TO OUR GENEROUS UNDERWRITERS: Please email Celeste Marie Splan Lucas with your table, guest names and seating preferences ASAP!! Thank You! |
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| ROCK STAR TRIVIA QUESTIONS: |
Answer to last week's question: Saturday is the only day of the week missing in the song "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles
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| This week's Rock Trivia: What was Jimmy Hendrix's guitar of choice? |
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PHILIP'S AND WYETH'S ORGANIC PUMPKIN SALE: |
| Click here for more information. |
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