McNear PTA Newsletter
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FALCON COMMUNITY ROCKS!
Our next community event will be the annual Back To School BBQ on Friday, September 7th at 5:30 pm, featuring an all NEW menu including ribs, pulled chicken, hot dogs and sides prepared by the famous Joey D. This fun family event includes games, live music, and is a great opportunity to get to know our new principal Liza Eichert and connect with our amazing McNear community. Meet on the blacktop.
These PTA events all happen, because of parent volunteer support. The Back To School BBQ is being coordinated by 4th grade moms Dorothy Fox and Megan Atiyeh (thanks gals!). You can show your appreciation by becoming a member. Please, if you haven't yet had the chance, click the link below and join the McNear PTA. We promise you're not signing up to join some committee, you're simply supporting the work of our community of volunteers and the PTA organization.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Grades 1-3 / 5:30-7:00pm
Grades 4-6 / 6:30-8:00pm
AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT (ASE)
After-school enrichment packets went out in the Wednesday envelopes this past week. The enrollment period ends on September 5th. Classes are filling up, so make sure to get your forms in as soon as possible! Unfortunately, we have reached our maximum enrollment for the Raddish Cooking Class AND Martial Arts! We will be offering both classes again during the Winter session, so if your kiddo didn't get in this time, they will have another opportunity. Because there are only so many spots, it is critical that you turn your forms in as soon as possible, particularly for classes with smaller rosters.
Class rosters will be posted in the hallway outside the office the afternoon of Friday, September 7th.
GIRLS ON THE RUN
If you have a daughter in grades 3-5, consider signing her up for Girls on the Run. Registration is open and the season begins on September 17th ending the week of 11/26, with a celebration 5k on 12/2. See the Girls On The Run website https://www.gotrsonomacounty.org for more information.
WE NEED VOLUNTEER COACHES OR WE CANNOT HAVE A FALL SEASON AT MCNEAR!
Please contact Stacie Sather (stacie.sather@girlsontherun.org) or check the website for more info: https://www.gotrsonomacounty.org/coach
Training is available 8/26 or 9/8 in Santa Rosa.
Girls on the Run is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.
Meeting twice a week in small teams, we teach life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games. The curriculum is taught by certified Girls on the Run coaches and includes three parts: understanding ourselves, valuing relationships and teamwork and understanding how we connect with and shape the world at large.
ART DOCENT OPPORTUNITIES
Are you interested in art? Do you like children? (let's hope that's a yes). Combine the two in a wonderful volunteer opportunity. The Art Docent Program is looking for volunteer docents to teach art in the classrooms for TK- through Sixth Grades. Absolutely no art experience is necessary- only a love of art and the desire to bring art into children’s lives. Volunteer time is flexible and training time is minimal.
Please contact Alyse Breece, Art Docent Coordinator at abreece@petk12.org or phone 778-4958. Thanks for your interest!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Labor Day Holiday
There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 3.
Back-to-School Night
Grades 1-3—September 4 @ 5:30pm-7:00pm
Grades 4-6—September 4 @ 6:30pm-8:00pm
TB Testing
If you plan on volunteering at school, you need to complete a TB assessment. The first date offered is September 5th from 3-4pm at the District Office (200 Douglas St.). An assessment must be done every 4 years.
Back To School BBQ
Friday, September 7th, 5:30pm
McNear Blacktop - RSVP!
First PTA Meeting
Join us on Tuesday, September 11th @ 6:30pm in the Library for our first meeting of the year. We will discuss what the McNear PTA does, how you can get involved, this year’s budget, and more. Everyone is welcome, especially our new families! Childcare IS PROVIDED in the Multipurpose Room.
Fall Book Fair
Septemeber 24th-28th - More details to come
Family Dessert Night September 28th.