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250 Foerster Street San Francisco, CA 94112-1341 Phone 415.469.4746 Fax 415.334.3569 Website www.sunnysidek5.org Of!ce Hours 8:20 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Principal Mr. John Simard Student Liaison Ms. Ruby Bell PTA President Cathy Meyer, mulkeymeyer@att.net 415.794.2203 PTA Email sunnysidek5pta@yahoo.com PTA Yahoo! Group SunnysidePTAPTA Times

February 1, 2012

PTA REPORT

2011-2012 PTA Executive Board Nominating Committee Selected

During the January 18 general meeting, Mandi Moore and Kari Gray were elected to the 2012-2013 nominating commit-tee. They are now responsible for recruiting PTA members to run for the following executive board positions: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer. If you are interested in serving in any of these posi-tions, please leave a note in the PTA inbox or contact Kari at

PTA board elections will be held during the March 21 PTA meet-ing. New board members will start service on July 1, 2012.

Middle School Update: Denman K-8 Pathways

On January 11, Denman Middle School hosted a meeting to discuss the new middle school feeder program and how par-

transition from elementary to middle school. Sunnyside was

parents from our K-8 pathway partners, Lakeshore, Miraloma, and Sheridan Elementary.

trips and a tour of classes led by a Denman Student Ambas-sador. Another exciting program will be a summertime event at Denman where teachers lead incoming sixth grade students through a mock school day. Kids would be prepared for the

-rooms, gymnasium, and cafeteria;; classroom expectations ,

meet their peers before school starts!

To that goal, Sunnyside and the other schools in the K-8 path-way will start forging strong partnerships, so our kids will have a larger group of friends and acquaintances before they start middle school. Starting this Spring semester, Sunnyside will invite the other pathway schools to SpringFest.

The Parents for Public Schools meeting facilitator, Elizabeth Goumas, also announced that SFUSD will release a compre-hensive program addressing inconsistencies between Middle

outlined in the SFUSD “Quality Middle Schools/K-8 Feeder

Pattern” passed in June, 2011. Download the text of this plan here: http://ppssf.org/PolicyIssues/K8Pathways/MSQuali-tyK-8_FeederPattern_BOE_COW_Feb_1_2011.pdf.

UPCOMING EVENTS

10th Annual International Pot Luck

Thursday, February 9, 6-7:30 pm This annual pot luck dinner is a Sunnyside tradition! Come enjoy delicious food and the company of Sunnyside families. Check the Wednesday envelope for more information.

Sunnyside Sports Basement Shopping Party

Saturday, February 11, 4 - 7 pm Shop at Sports Basement in Potrero Hill and earn money for

and all

not enough, any time you shop at the four Sports Basement

andcheckout. This deal applies to in-store purchases only.

Sunnyside Booth at Glen Park Festival

Sunday, April 29, 10 am - 4:30 pm Every year the neighborhood of Glen Park pulls out the stops for an all-day festival with great food, live music, arts and

host games and promote our own SpringFest, which is held

raise funds for our school.

Sunnyside SpringFest

Sunday, May 6 SpringFest is our annual community event, featuring delicious

-grams such as math and reading support, arts programming,

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Sunnyside Family Night at Paxti’s Pizza

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sunnyside fund

-tion with Sunnyside – raised $402!

Box Tops Collection

Next Contest Deadline: February 10 Our school earns $1 for every 10 Box Top labels. Box Tops can be found on various products: Cheerios, Huggies, Zip Loc, and

your Box Top coupons to the form and send it to class with your student. You can bring dimes too! Just put them in a baggy or envelope and staple that to the Box Top collection form. The three classes to collect the most will win treats.

Walmart Grant

We were excited to get a $1,000 grant from Walmart in December, thanks to Sunnyside parent Susie Mui-Shonk who took advantage of their employee-sponsored grant program! A number of large companies in the area have employee-sponsored grant programs,

in addition to matching funds. These are grants that only employ-ees can apply for. If your company has such a program and you would like help from the Sunnyside PTA in putting the application together, please contact Gill Hirst at gill_hirst@hotmail.com.

Matching Gifts

We have had a stellar year so far with companies matching donations from Sunnyside parents: Adobe, BlackRock, Gap, Google, Genentech, Intuit, and Wells Fargo. If you work for these or other companies that have matching gift programs, please make sure your generous donations to our school are matched.

Special Donation Made to Sunnyside

A family whose daughter attends Alvarado Elementary in Noe Valley recently donated $500 to Sunnyside Elementary. They sent a lovely letter about how they enjoyed their tour of our school a couple of years ago and were impressed by the great work of the Sunnyside PTA. They also mentioned knowing several families with children at Sunnyside. We are touched by the generosity of this fellow San Francisco public school family

and thank them warmly.

FUNDRAISING

APPLAUSEJewish Museum Field Trip Day, photos by Adel Vardell, mom of Corwin, Room 103

Special Thanks for Special Projects

for their work on the

Toy Drive Committee Gratitude

Fundraising Committee Thanks

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Help Wanted! Volunteer Opportunities

SpringFest – The Committee has begun meeting and is looking for more volunteers. If you can spare a few hours

please contact Lopa Pal: lopapal@sbcglobal.net.

Glen Park Festival, Sunday, April 29 – Are you able

booth? Contact Leah Tarlen at ltarlen@mac.com.

Lunch – 11:40-12:20 for K-2 and/or 12:20-1:00 for grades 3-5. To sign up or learn more, please email Rebecca Byrne at rebecca@byrne.name.

Mark Your Calendar

February 9, 6 - 7:30pm: International Potluck

February 11, 4 - 7pm: Sports Basement Shopping Party

February 17: Furlough Day - Schools Closed

February 20:

February 22, 6pm: School Site Council Meeting

March 16: Furlough Day - Schools Closed

March 21, 6pm: PTA meeting

March 26-30: Spring Break - Schools Closed

The PTA President, Cathy Meyer, Thanks You! We Couldn’t Do It without You

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