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Sunblast Issue 7 - Dec. 11, 2013

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December 11, 2013 - Issue 7 In This Issue PTA/Booster Club Shop for Soleado Parent's Night Out & Misto Fundraisers Enrichment Programs November Super Stars Gently Used Clothing Costume Closet Thank You! ---------------------------------- Save the Date PTA Teacher Luncheon Wed. Dec. 11 Parents' Night Out Fri. Dec. 13 Misto Fundraiser all day Fri. Dec. 13 and gift cert. purchases Sat & Sun. All School Sing Tue. Dec. 17, 9:00 A.M. 4th & 5th Grade Instrumental Performance Thu. Dec. 19, 9:15 A.M., MPR Minimum Day Fri. Dec. 20, 12:46 P.M. dismissal Winter Break Mon. Dec. 23rd - Fri. Jan. 3rd, school is closed School Resumes Mon. Jan. 6 PTA Booster Meeting Tue. Jan 14 Parent's Spring Mixer & Auction Fundraiser Sat. Feb. 1st, Norris Theater ----------------------------- Helpful Links: Soleado on Edline www.edline.net/pages /soleado_elementary Volunteer Blog http://www.volunteerat soleado.blogspot.com/ Palos Verdes Unified School District http://www.pvpusd.k12 .ca.us/ Peninsula Education Foundation www.pvpef.org ----------------------------- Thank you for supporting Soleado Elementary School PVP Council of PTAs Thirty-Third District PTA California State PTA Soleado Elementary School 27800 Longhill Drive Rancho Palos Verdes California 90275 (310) 377-6854 ----------------------------- The Soleado Sun Blast is a twice-monthly digital publication produced by the PTA and Booster Club.  The information is intended for the use of Soleado families.  If you would like to stop receiving these newsletters please click unsubscribe at the bottom of this issue. Member Planet has a free app for iPhone users. Click on the icon to get your copy: Click here for more information on using the mobile app. Principal's Message "Wishing Everyone a Happy Holiday!" Click above for Mrs. Stutzel's message The Next PTA/Booster Club General Meeting There is no PTA/Booster Club general meeting in December.  Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 14, 2014.  Come see who our next faculty speaker is with interesting news about the classroom.    Orange Ribbon Week Booster Report Booster Club now has 47% of Soleado families participating in direct drive donations but we are still short of making those purchases toward iPads.  If you have made pledges and still need to write those checks please contact the Booster Club and we will get your incentives to you. It is not too late to make donations toward a 21st century learning environment. Click here to donate. Parent Resource Room is Open! Attention all volunteers!!! The new sign-in area has it's own room past Rhonda's desk  (to her right, our left). This is now officially the Parent Resource Room. Here you will be able to: • Get information about PTA and Booster Club • Find ways to volunteer • Have a place to meet and volunteer at school without using the staff lounge ;) Come on by!  More will be resources will be added in 2014. Submit Your Nominations for Council The PTA PVP Council Nominating committee needs/wants your suggestions for next year's officers. Please return by mail or e-mail by Jan. 8, 2014 to the Council Parliamentarian Julie Arico at jaarico@gmail.com. Access the ballot and further instructions here. Shop for Soleado! Click above to earn a percentage of your purchases from Amazon.com back to Soleado.  Buy Amazon.com gift cards from $10 and up and get free one day shipping for a limited time. Remember to use this link everytime you shop at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=sol066-20 Search 'gift cards in a box' for cute gift ideas. Parent's Night Out & Misto Fundraisers       Did you get these fundraiser flyers? Click above for details and printables on Parent's Night Out, early bird reservations due today AND our Misto fundraiser, both set to happen this Friday, December 13th. Parent's Night Out will be Friday night 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. in our MPR.  Soleado students are $30 with siblings at $20, even non-Soleado siblings!  Pre-registration has started and today is your last day.  Click above to print the form. Purchases at Misto Italian Caffé and Bakery will bring 20% back to Soleado all day Friday.  In addition, all gift certificates purchased Saturday and Sunday will bring the same 20% fundraiser. See their website for what's on the menu: http://www.mistocaffe.com/ Enrichment Programs for Soleado Click here for detailed information. Classes are held afterschool for your convenience on the following dates. New classes start in January. Chess Tournament Thursday: Dec. 12 What's Cooking? Thursday: Dec. 19 November Super Stars The Following Students Received "Soleado Super Star" Certificates on Friday, November 22, 2013: TK-Villaescusa Ryan C. 2nd-Biggins Steven H. Miyu I. Ethan H. Samiya P. Hiyori K. Connor R. Momka M. KDG-Bergeson Dean J. Audrey Y. Allison P. 2nd-Boyd Sarah K. Kaili T. Audrey K. KDG-Field Sayo B. Ciara M. Amelia P. Charlie P. Justin W. 3rd-Hlavac Charlotte C. KDG-Hale Lauren B. Sophia M. Tyler M. Braden S. Bailey R. Ryan W. 1st-Burson Graham D. 3rd-Kearns Mia B. Hanna H. Ray C. Jaden S. Tristan D. 1st-Dino Lorenzo A. Helen K. Audrey E. 4th-Beall Naomi J. Maia W. Alex L. 1st-Donahoe Tayte S. 4th-Harrigan Stephanie L. Ines S. Kyle M. Joshua T. 5th-Elliott Makenna L. Abby W. Ryan S. 1st-Rogers Artin A. 5th-Ellis Terrie J. Emma M. Ryan J. Miu S. Gently Used Clothing Hanging Around? Do you have gently used kids' clothes at home that you're looking to donate or give away?  Schoola Stitch is a new online consignment store that sells new and gently used children's clothes and donates part of the sales to schools.  It's so easy to do!  Just request a bag, fill it with clothes, and either take it to UPS at Peninsula Center or call UPS for a pick up.  Stitch will sort it, put it online, and then track sales.  For every item sold from a Soleado family, we'll receive up to 40% of the sale price!  Use this link for more information: http://www.schoola.com/stitch/soleado-elementary-rancho-palos-verdes-ca Reflections Winner Congratulations to 2nd grader Nickki Y. for her award in Dance Choreography for this year's Reflections contest.  Our apologies as she was not mentioned in our previous winners list. Photos Needed for Slideshow Night 2014 Our end of year Slideshow Night is in the works but we need your best photos.  We will set up folders on memberplanet.com for you to upload your pics to.  Check back now and then for additional folders after logging into Member Planet or email your photos to our Historian, Daniel at daniel_carranza@sbcglobal.net Costume Closet Prepares for 2014 The Costume Closet is still working on improvements and needs the help of all volunteers.  This week and next Wednesday/Thursday the Costume Closet will be open and there are still times available.  Please sign up at supersaas.com which has been updated from January through March. Menders and Ironers do not need to sign up on Supersaas, you do however receive credits for hours worked. Colonial Days are big for us and the elementary schools in the spring.  There is a week reserve policy and many schools from the South Bay use our resource.  Look to the Costume Closet for ALL your dress up needs! http://www.palosverdes.com/costumecloset/ Thank you & have a wonderful Holiday Season. We Appreciate Volunteers! A big thank you Eva Ruiz and Noell Whitaker for chairing the Teacher's Luncheon "Fire and Ice" dedicated for our wonderful staff taking place Dec. 11th.  Many parents also helped with the hot and cold themed menu and decorations.  Ultimately it is the teachers we want to appreciate for all they do everyday! Thank you to Catherine Lucas and Paula Persson for preparing the PTA Memberships that went out with the directories.  We hope members will use their discounts at Staples and Legoland to start using their benefits. A big thank you to Linh Tu for getting us approved as an Amazon affiliate.  We are already seeing orders come in through the link and we hope that parents will continue to support Soleado through their Amazon purchases.  (See link above.) Click below to log into Member Planet, then hit refresh to see our homepage. Soleado Elementary School PTA 27800 Longhill Drive | Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 Add us to your address book You may  unsubscribe  if you prefer not to receive future emails from us | Privacy Policy

Reminder from Mrs. Stutzel

Friendly reminder....

Parent's Night Out will be Friday night 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. in our MPR.  

Soleado students are $30 with siblings at $20, even non-Soleado siblings!


Purchases at Misto Italian Caffé and Bakery will bring 20% back to Soleado all day Friday.  In addition, all gift certificates purchased Saturday and Sunday will bring the same 20% fundraiser.  
See their website for what's on the menu:
http://www.mistocaffe.com/


Thank you,
Mrs. Stutzel

Mrs. Gina Stutzel M.Ed
Principal, Soleado Elementary
"A Place in the Sun"           

27800 Longhill Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275
(310)377-6854 ext.200 (310)544-0916 (fax)

 




Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District

COSTUME CLOSET HELP NEEDED!

2013-2014

Hello PVPPTA council members, Presidents and all Volunteers.  Thank you to all the new volunteers this fall.  The Costume Closet is still working on improvements and needs the help of all volunteers as well as council members and presidents for the second half of the School Year.  This week and next Wednesday/ Thursday the Costume Closet will be open and there are still some times available. Please fill in where needed.  Supersaas has been updated  from January through March, please sign up for at least 2 time slots a month. Menders and Ironers do not need to sign up on supersaas, you do receive credit for hours worked. Council members, Presidents & EVP's need to complete 16 hours of volunteer time at the Costume Closet a year.  In order for the Costume Closet to make improvements and changes to contribute to the PVPPTA's we need everyone to help out.  Please find some time this upcoming year to volunteer. 6th VP's for the schools should still be promoting the Costume Closet and sending out new information.  Colonial Days are big for us and the Elementary Schools.  Find out when your school will be having its Colonial day in order to help Teachers/ Students & Parents.  There is a one week reserve policy and many school schools from the South Bay use our resource. Thank you & have wonderful Holiday Season

Use the supersaas link:

http://www.supersaas.com/schedule/PV_Costume_Closet/Volunteer_Schedule

Costume Closet

Booster Update

Are you still buying presents for family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, hosts/hostesses, service providers?  If so, we don’t want you to miss out on helping Soleado while you shop!

(All of the information below is available on our Member Planet site, with easy access of all of the links we provide below.)

AMAZON:

            Use our Amazon link to help Soleado earn a percentage of your purchase?  Just click on the link, and shop!  Right now, enough families have used the link that we are earning 6.5% on purchases in December.  Keep it going!  (And if you started shopping before you remembered the link, just open a new window, use the link to go back to Amazon, and your items will be waiting for you in your cart, to complete the sale.  Only now, they’ll help Soleado!)

http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=sol066-20

OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS:

            If you register as a Soleado supported with Box Tops For Education and shop through their site, you’ll earn e-box tops for shopping through some of the most popular online retailers, such as Macy’s, REI, Toys R Us, Living Social, Ann Taylor, Gap, Bloomingdales, Harry & David, Scholastic, Shutterfly, Sephora, Hotels.com, Southwest Airlines, Lands End, Bedhead Pajamas, and many, many more!  This year, we’ve already earned $100 from people doing their everyday shopping!

http://www.boxtops4education.com

TARGET

            If you have a Target Red Card credit card and registered as a Soleado supporter, you’ll receive a 5% discount on your purchases both in-store and online, free shipping online, and Target will donate a percentage of your purchase back to the school.  So far this year, we’ve earned over $180 just from people shopping!  And you’ll even receive a discount on gift cards!

https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/school-details-2014?schoolId=34212&enroll=no

And thank you for supporting Soleado!

Donate Used Children's Clothing And Raise Money For Our Suns

Donate used children’s clothing and raise money for Soleado!

         If you’re going to clean out closets this winter break or any time in the future, consider participating in an easy Soleado fundraiser.  Schoola Stitch is a new online consignment store for gently used designer kids clothing.  They offer two ways to help Soleado: 1) by donating a bag of clothing, shoes and accessories; and 2) shopping their online store.  When you or other shoppers purchase items donated by a Soleado supporter, Soleado receives up to 40% of the sale.

Donating is simple:

1.            Go online to request a bag.  Schoola Stitch will send it to you within days.

2.            Fill your bag. 

3.            Call UPS for a free pick up or drop off your bag to a UPS Store (there’s one across from Petco, near Starbucks, at the Peninsula Center) for free delivery.

4.            Watch what happens!  Within a week, Schoola Stitch will photograph your clothing and put it online for sale.

Shopping:

Love bargains?  Live the “reduce, reuse, recycle” lifestyle?  Do some shopping!  The Soleado site is just getting started, but we already have near-new boys basketball shoes, kids dress clothing, everyday pants and dresses, and more!  The more families who donate clothing for Soleado’s site, the more options will be available.  Or, check out the options from other schools. 

         So, let’s get started today and get more information by going to:

http://www.schoola.com/stitch/soleado-elementary-rancho-palos-verdes-ca

This link will also be available on our Member Planet website

for future reference.

Parents Night Out Event

Soleado Parents,


This Friday is PARENT'S NIGHT OUT!

Dinner, crafts, story by Mrs. Stutzel, games, holiday movies, all while wearing your PJ's .....all for a special price!
 
$30 per student
$20 or additional siblings
$20 for additional siblings not enrolled at Soleado (only ages 4-11)

Reservation and payment due by Wednesday, December 11

OR

Drop in price on Friday will be $35 and $25

Let your children enjoy themselves at Soleado while you grab a bite at Misto's Caffe and Bakery (they are donating 20% of their sales that day to us) and do a little holiday shopping.

Hope to see you all there...

Mrs. Stutzel

Mrs. Gina Stutzel M.Ed
Principal, Soleado Elementary
"A Place in the Sun"           

27800 Longhill Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275
(310)377-6854 ext.200 (310)544-0916 (fax)

 




Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District

Important plea to Soleado PTA Parents

An important plea to Soleado PTA Parents:

We are in need of 2-3 more parents to be part of our PTA nominating committee.  The nominating committee is composed of 5 members with 2 alternates.  The committee members have an important role in nominating our new PTA council members for the 2014-2015 school year.  The few meetings that are expected of the committee will not be held until after January 15^th, so this should not impact your holiday plans.  The commitment includes 2-3 meetings to discuss PTA Board positions, get nominations, and prepare final slate to be presented at the February meeting for a March election.  At the meetings, the current committee members will discuss people that are staying in their current PTA positions, those that are le aving, and positions that need to filled for the next school year.  There are 3 of us already committed to help, but we are looking for 2-3 more parents committed to keeping PTA a strong institution at Soleado. 

Please contact me ASAP so that we can finalize the committee and meeting times. 

Thank you for your support and for all that we do together in keeping Soleado a wonderful place to learn and grow.

Happy Holidays,
Mrs. Stutzel

Mrs. Gina Stutzel M.Ed
Principal, Soleado Elementary
"A Place in the Sun"           

27800 Longhill Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275
(310)377-6854 ext.200 (310)544-0916 (fax)

 




Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District

4th and 5th grade music culmination

Dear4^th  and  5^th Grade Parents,

 

All of the fourth and fifth grade students will be getting together to share a few of their music pieces with each other on Thursday, December 19^th, from 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. in the MPR room. 
Each of the ten groups will play for 5 minutes and parents are invited to observe each group (ensemble, core music, woodwinds, brass, and strings) in action! 
We hope that you will be able to attend.

 

Sincerely,

The Soleado Music Team: Georgia Cooper, Jason Foltz,

Susan Lansing – Weller, David Stanton, and John Wang      

Mrs. Gina Stutzel M.Ed
Principal, Soleado Elementary
"A Place in the Sun"           

27800 Longhill Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275
(310)377-6854 ext.200 (310)544-0916 (fax)

 




Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District

Backpack Flyers

Fwd: Update: Orange Ribbon Week

Happy Orange Ribbon Week, Soleado Families!

As of today, we have received another $220 in donations to Soleado and a pledge towards an iPad from one of our families.  Thank you to those families for helping to support our school!!!

For the last two years, our teachers and staff have worked together, as well as on their own time, to find effective, innovative, ways to incorporate iPad use in the classrooms.  But right now, our 425 students share fewer than 50 iPads, which means that our teachers are not able to bring iPad-based learning into the classrooms as well as they would like.  Although it seems strange for those of us who were educated before computers entered classrooms, the truth is that computer-based learning is the future for today's students.  At Soleado, we want them to be comfortable with using computers for problem-solving, researching, classroom interaction and more to help prepare them for high school and beyond.  But, we need everyone's help to do so.

Our goal for this week is to raise $5,000 so that we can purchase 10 iPads and cases.  Please use this week as the excuse to get donations in before the end of the year, so that we can order the iPads before our winter break.

I cannot thank our Soleado community enough for all that they do for our students and teachers.  For those who have not donated this year, please help us with a donation in any amount.  If our families pull together, we will reach our goal for the week.

Mrs. Stutzel and Soleado Booster Club

Mrs. Gina Stutzel M.Ed
Principal, Soleado Elementary
"A Place in the Sun"           

27800 Longhill Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275
(310)377-6854 ext.200 (310)544-0916 (fax)

 




Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified District

December Teacher Luncheon Sign ups: FIRE & ICE

A group meal has been created using PerfectPotluck.com, and you've been invited to participate!

This group meal is for: Fire & Ice Teacher Luncheon
To occur on Wed, December 11 at 11:30 am

If you would like to sign up, you can access the group meal by clicking here, or by visitingPerfectPotluck.com and locating the schedule by coordinator last name (Ruiz) and password (soleado).

I have included additional notes about this group meal below. If you have any questions, please let me know!
 
Thanks,
 
Eva Ruiz
310-413-4707
evamr@mac.com
 
Additional Notes:  Please drop bring your dishes between 10:30-11:30 to the staff lounge at Soleado Elementary School on Wednesday, December 11.


This Teacher Luncheon will be a Chili Cook-Off & Homemade Ice Cream contest:

Prize for best chili is $20 gift card to Chili's restaurant
Prize for best ice cream is $10 gift card to Baskin Robbins