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Thank you to the KPTO from Lisa Arvin

Wes Hardaker — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:10:11 +0000

On behalf of the Tingambato community I would like to thank the Korematsu Elementary School community for their generous donation [last year] of supplies for the English Summer School Program in Tingambato, Michoacan, Mexico. The Tingambatoan community was extremely touched by the thoughtfulness and generosity of our school community and the Summer English Program was a success!

Lisa Roberts-Arvin
Kindergarten Teacher
Korematsu Elementary School

[See the attached pictures!]

Annual Street Smarts Art Contest Begins

Wes Hardaker — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:14:07 +0000

Calling All Artists!

Street Smarts is again holding its annual elementary school traffic safety poster contest, and kids can win great prizes like gift certificates to Alphabet Moon, karate lessons, a brand new Wii system, and more!! The contest is open to kids in K-6th grade. Entries are due by NOVEMBER 10th. ALL entries will be included in an art show at the Davis Art Center for 10 days in December, and winning work will be used on posters, bookmarks, and other surprises around Davis next year. Visit the Street Smarts website at cityofdavis.org/streetsmarts for more information, to download and entry form, or to see examples of winning work from past contests. Good Luck!

Rachel Hartsough
Street Smarts Coordinator
City of Davis Public Works
1717 Fifth Street
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 757-5640

rhartsough AT cityofdavis.org

Bicycle stolen on campus

Wes Hardaker — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:38:00 +0000

A parent has reported that a bicycle that had been left over night on campus was gone in the morning. Remember that while Davis has a low record for many types of crimes, it makes up for it in bicycle thefts. In this case the bicycle was a locked-up Gary Fisher, turquoise blue-and-white mountain bike with 2 black baskets. The helmet, lock and everything were all taken. If anyone has information that may help in its recovery, please contact the police with the information.

Be sure to pick up your bikes later in the day if you can’t pick them up right at pick-up time to avoid a similar situation.

Korematsu PTO Mailinglist Update

Wes Hardaker — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:55:35 +0000

The KPTO computing infrastructure is split across a number of systems for redundancy. Over the spring break the machine that runs the mailing list died (horrendously) and has only just been restored to working condition. The list of subscribers is unfortunately from an older backup so some of you that unsubscribed recently may start receiving messages again and you’ll need to unsubscribe again, and I apologize for this.

In the next hour, I’ll be forwarding a number of announcements that have been waiting to go out.

Wes
A sometimes sleepless webmaster

Volunteers Needed

Wes Hardaker — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:58:31 +0000

The office has requested a couple of volunteers to help out Friday (8/26) in putting labels on the Korematsu Student Handbook so they can be sent out on Monday. If anyone has the time to wander in for a short period of time tomorrow, please do so and ask Tammy or Pat for instructions on how to help. It’s not a huge amount of work and is an easy way to contribute quickly and positively to the school.

I really appreciate all the people that signed up at the “Paper Parade” and at the “Welcome Back Coffee” to help with the upcoming activities in the year. Many of the events simply couldn’t happen without people willing to step up and make them happen, and the KPTO board really appreciates the help that we receive — we couldn’t achieve the PTO’s goals without you.

For many activities, we know in advance what needs to be done (handing out bags to kids for pinatas, for example), how many people we need (we need 18 people to hold the Explorit Science night), but sometimes we don’t know in advance that help is needed (such as the above labelling request from the office above). In order to ensure the main mailing list is primarily focused on school news, I’ve created a new mailing list called “volunteers” specifically for organizing the smaller and easy-to-do tasks such as the one at the top of this message. If you’re willing to occasionally help out with small-to-medium sized tasks that might range from labelling handbooks to helping with the school banking program for an hour, we would greatly appreciate your willingness to sign up for this new mailing list. If you’re willing, please visit the sign-up link below. Thanks in advance for your support. It really contributes to everyone’s success.

Wes Hardaker
2010/2011
KPTO President

Korematsu Kids #13 Newsletter — Online copy available

Wes Hardaker — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:45:42 +0000

The next edition of the Korematsu Kids newsletter to be published on Monday is now available online.

Thank you letter from the American Red Cross for the PTO Donation

Wes Hardaker — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:22:27 +0000

The PTO received a thank you letter for the donations that were collected and sent to them. The letter, shown here (click on it for an enlarged copy) discusses the work they performed and are continuing to perform in the country of Haiti.

Korematsu TALK Program

Wes Hardaker — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:42:36 +0000

TALK (Teaching Kids Another Language) is beginning a new semester February 1. This parent-run non-profit organization offers before or after school French and Spanish classes to children K-6 grade on the Korematsu campus. Teachers are fluent speakers and student-teacher ratios are small. Beginning French or Spanish classes are offered M-R 7:40-8:10 am. Afternoon beginning French classes are also offered M, T, and R 3-3:45 pm. Intermediate Spanish classes are offered M-R 7:50-8:20.

Registration is handled by the Davis Art Center (online, phone, or in person; see specific class information in the DAC catalog). With questions or for more information, contact Kristen Alexander at kalexander@csus.edu, our Korematsu TALK Rep.

Book Fair volunteers needed!

Wes Hardaker — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:07:15 +0000

The Fall Book Fair at Korematsu is just around the corner! This year’s theme is “Destination Book Fair-Read Around the World”. The Book Fair will be held November 16-20 in the library with proceeds going to the library. The hours will be: M-Th 11:30-4:30; F 11:30-3; Family Night 11/16 6-8pm.

Volunteers are needed during these shifts:

Set up: Friday 11/13: 3:00-5:00 (Help us get the fair set up for our kids and be among the first people to see all the wonderful arrivals!)

Monday-Friday 11/16-11/20: 11:15-12:45; 1-2:30; 2:30-4:30 (your kids can help you, too)

Family Night: Monday 11/16 6:00-8:00pm (Ms. Ponce will be reading to the kids and raffles will be held)

Breakdown: Friday 11/20 2:30-4:30 (older kids can help out with this as well)

We’d love for you to join in on the fun and help raise money for our kids’ library! Either fill out the attached volunteer form and return it to school or email Laurie Williams at williamsfam4 AT hotmail DOT com

See you at the Book Fair!

For more information, see the Book fair volunteers Fall 09 Flyer!

Submit Box Tops and Maybe Win $50 From Alphabet Moon!

Wes Hardaker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:51:54 +0000

Enter to win a $50 Alphabet Moon gift certificate!

Clip/collect 30 Box Tops for Education coupons during the month of November.
Put the Box Tops in a ziploc bag or envelope with your name and teacher clearly marked.
Turn in by November 30th to the collection container in the school office.

Look for Box Tops coupons on hundreds of products including: Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Kleenex, Huggies, Ziploc, and more!
General Mills donates 10 cents to KPTO for every box top redeemed by Korematsu.