Murwood Elementary eNewsletter
August 14, 2019
Principal's Message
Welcome back to Murwood! If your family is new, we warmly welcome you to this wonderful community. If you are a returning family, please reach out to our new friends and make them welcome.
Today was a wonderful day. Teachers spent the day teaching students the Murwood way to walk the halls, enjoy the playground and classroom expectations. The school day began with Morning Meetings in each classroom. Every classroom was brimming with excitement today. Our drop off was very smooth and I enjoyed speaking with so many of you at the Coffee Chat. We are so glad you are here.
Tomorrow is a regular day ( 1st-5th 8:10 - 2:30 . TK/K am 8:10-12:55 TK/K pm 9:10-1:55) and we hope arrival will be as smooth as today. Thanks for being considerate to our neighbors, for driving slowly and safely on and around school grounds, and for watching closely for our students. We know this will be a great year!
I want to take a moment to welcome our new staff members to the Murwood family:
- Samantha Boeger- 5th Grade Teacher
- Stephanie Taheri- 3rd Grade Teacher
- Amanda Nelson- TK-2 SDC Teacher
- Rhonda Coleman- Resource Teacher
- Sabrina Jones- Art Specialist
- Jennie Smith- Science Specialist
- Susan Travis- Paraprofessional
I look forward to getting to know our students and families and working together to make this a successful school year.
Monifa Morgan
Principal
Lining up at the End of Recess
Learning Playground Expectations
Bulletin Boards With Positive Affirmations
WCSD Has a New Website!
The WCSD website has a new look! Due to this changeover, some users may have difficulty reaching the new WCSD site and/or the Murwood website. If you are getting an error message when attempting to visit the school’s website, start by first going to walnutcreeksd.org to access the new WCSD website. Once there, use the “Schools” drop down menu to gain access to the school’s site. This pathway will ensure you have the correct mapping to access our school’s site.
Some Chrome users may have difficulty accessing the new WCSD website. To correct this issue, please follow the steps in this slideshow.
Meet Our New Staff
Ms. Boeger, 5th Grade Teacher
Ms. Taheri, 3rd Grade Teacher
Ms. Coleman, RSP Teacher
A Message From PTA
Dear Murwood Families,
Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are ready for a fun and productive school year. The PTA Board and I are excited to welcome our new principal, Monifa Morgan, and help her transition into our wonderful Murwood community. To the new families: we’re looking forward to getting to know you and bringing you in to our community as well. It was great to meet many of you and also see returning families at Welcome Back Day. I want to thank Sabrina Jones for all of her hard work organizing the event and thank all who volunteered for helping make it possible.
We are going to have a great school year with lots of fun activities planned. I encourage everyone to attend our first PTA Meeting and Pizza Party onTuesday, August 20th, in our Library at 7pm. Jamielle Kim, our ASE Coordinator, will be sharing all of the exciting new After School Enrichment programs planned for the Fall. She will be available to answer your questions and help you with online registration.
Mark your calendars for our Welcome Back Picnic on Friday, August 23rd, from 5-7pm. Bring a picnic dinner and start off the weekend by spending some time with our wonderful school community. DJ Dave will be spinning some great tunes, and you won't want to miss it!
To see some of the other fun activities and events planned for this school year, check out our PTA calendar: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMTqUCQq3YQfntsOGkXGv-v7Z5Z4jo8Q/view?usp=drivesdk
If you are wondering what your PTA does, please visit our website: https://murwoodpta.org/about-the-pta/
On behalf of the PTA Executive Board, I’m excited for what the coming school year will bring. We have a special community here at Murwood, so I encourage you to take part in all we have planned. Join our PTA, participate in our monthly General Meetings (the 3rd Tuesday of every month), volunteer at our events, and attend the many events we have planned throughout the school year. It's going to be a great year!
Mus Goumi
PTA President
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 1st-5th Grades
Thursday, Aug 29, 2019, 06:30 PM
2050 Vanderslice Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Murwood
Email: monifam@walnutcreeksd.org
Website: https://www.walnutcreeksd.org/Page/1182
Location: 2050 Vanderslice Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Phone: (925) 943-2462
Twitter: @MurwoodWC