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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
THIS WEEK:
12/5 Monday - K-6th "Museum of Living Color" Culminating Event
12/6 Tuesday - 11/12th Field Trip to OSU (Corvallis)
12/6 Tuesday - PTSA Meeting 6:30 pm (MLC Library)
12/8 Thursday - MLC Craft Faire 3-:500 pm (MLC Auditorium)
COMING SOON:
12/13 Tuesday - 4-6th Field Trip Imago Theater
12/15 Thursday - Solstice All School Celebration - DETAILS SOON!!
12/19-1/2 - Winter Break!
AFTER WINTER BREAK - Look for lunchtime clubs including student affinity groups!! More news to come in next weeks newsletter!
We're so excited for our museum opening on Monday at 2:30 in the MLC auditorium. Families will get to experience art coming to life and then take a tour of the Kx6 classroom galleries with your child acting as your personal curator/docent.
Please let your child's teacher know if you won't be attending and whether your child should go to KCLC or get picked up on the blacktop at 3:05. The afternoon has the potential to be a bit chaotic for dismissal and we need families to check in with us as they take off with their kids into the museum displays. Make sure to give yourself time to find parking!
Once you've toured through the building feel free to take your young artist/curator home after checking them out with their teacher.
Monday December 5th
2:30 p.m.
Craft Faire!
Mark you Calendars!! The MLC Craft Faire is Dec. 8th from 3:00 - 5:00!
Family, friends and MLC community members are welcomed into the auditorium on December 8th, after school, to enjoy: music, crafts, and tasty treats! Bring some cash and cross off your shopping list with creations by our very own students and community members: art, candles, jewelry, cards and other beautiful items for sale! There will be free crafts activities & face painting! Free raffles and more! We look forward to connecting with you at this joyful event!
*Note: The Craft Fair is after school, please allow a few minutes for students to set up their booths before coming into the auditorium.
Questions? Please contact Sheila Hanson at sheilagirardhanson@gmail.com
Safety Updates and Reminders
COVID TESTS:
MLC has received several COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits. The kits are available in the main office.
1st-8th students should not arrive to MLC before 8:15 a.m. At that time, students will need to wait outside until 8:25 unless they are eating breakfast. Breakfast students may enter the cafeteria at 8:15. Students may not enter the other areas of the school until 8:25 to start the school day at 8:30 a.m.
Unfortunatley, we do not have enough staff to monitor all areas of the building and outdoors before those times. Teachers and staff are preparing for the day.
We want to make sure all students are safe and in designated areas where there is adequate supervision.
Kindergarten students will now be dropped off and picked up in the Kindergarten classroom!
Thank you for you help in keeping our students safe!
Student Spotlight
Great things are happening at MLC! Here is this week's student spotlight:
Fall electives just completed last week at MLC. Don't worry - they will be back for the winter session at the end of January!
Here is a group of 1st and 2nd graders proudly sharing their co-created mural "Art of the Ocean" taught by Jen W. Students in this elective created this ocean world through painting, collaging and drawing the amazing creatures and plants that live under the sea.
Shout out to:
Mae! Esme! Evelyn! Eloise! Ruby! Jen! Dana!
PTSA News
Greetings from the MLC PTSA!
Craft Faire
Craft Faire is coming! The MLC Craft Faire is a beloved event where even the youngest crafter can sell their wares. This year's Faire will take over the MLC Auditorium on December 8, 2022 from 3:30-5PM. Student vendors sell free, adult vendors pay $20/table.
We are looking for a few parents to host crafting tables at the Craft Faire. Please email Sheila: sheilagirardhanson@gmail.com if you are interested in teaching a craft or just re-loading glue guns.
Students can request a scholarship to purchase supplies for their sellable craft. Some very kind Craft Elves donated gift cards to Michaels so that every student can participate in the Faire. To request a scholarship, click here.
Please see the signup link for more information!
PTSA Meeting
Save the date: our next PTSA meeting is Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 PM in the MLC library and on zoom. Dinner and childcare provided.
Holiday Meal Fund Drive
In the spirit of the Holiday Season, the PTSA wants to bring awareness of those in our community who need assistance. Food scarcity, housing insecurity, financial stress, and other obstacles to learning are faced daily by MLC students and their families.
You can help. Please consider contributing to our annual holiday meal fund drive. Your financial donation will allow MLC families to purchase food and other necessities during the holiday season.
If you need assistance or would like to request a grocery card for your family, please contact MLC's school social worker, Clement: clwilson@pps.net
Thank you for your generosity!
Holiday Meal Fund for MLC
All this and more at mlcptsa.org
Staff Wish List
Our hard working MLC staff is in need of a few wish list items. If you have any of these things to donate, we would sure appreciate your generosity! Feel free to reach out to the staff requester if you can help them out. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELP YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN! :)
Dana Lipson - Low temp glue gun and glue sticks
Jenny Rappaport - Whiteboard easel
Minna Mauney - 25 bean bag chairs, set of Cray Pas Junior Artist pastels (22)
Gretchen Benner - Paper cups, plastic spoons and forks, Bean bag chair
Clement Wilson - Chapsticks, Large sweatpants
Amanda Darmawi - Sugarless gum