* Blog Closing *

(Posted to the McGaughPTA Blogspot only)

To anyone following this blog feed via RSS or on the web, the McGaugh PTA Blogspot Account will be closing. No further postings will be made on this account. Please follow McGaugh school news and updates at the new website - http://www.mcgaughconnect.com/

Thank you.

Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind

Just because it is summer doesn't mean the PTA isn't still on the job.  While your McGaugh PTA is preparing for the next school year here in Seal Beach, your California State PTA is watching the state budget process and how it might affect education.  For further information and their analysis, you can read their latest Legislative Information Alert and the CA PTA website.

Now enjoy your summer, and we look forward to seeing you back at the school beside the ocean on Wednesday, August 31st.

(As of sending, that is just 63 days according to the countdown clock on McGaughConnect.com)

Presenting - McGaugh Connect

Your McGaugh Volunteer Organizations are pleased to present McGaughConnect.com!

We hope to make McGaughConnect a helpful tool in conjunction with the official school website in keeping you informed about our school, the district, and the non-profit organizations that operate together to help make McGaugh great.  McGaugh Connect is part of our ongoing efforts to keep you informed and included in all that goes on at our school.  Although the website is ready to be viewed, some of the features of McGaughConnect will be rolling out over the summer as the 2011-12 school year approaches.

Some features of McGaughConnect.com:

• Sea Lion Spotlight will feature articles about or by our amazing students
• Feature the Teacher will feature articles about or by our top-notch McGaugh staff
• Calendar of McGaugh events
• Volunteer Opportunities helping the school, PTA, and Project SEEK
• Fundraising information for seasonal and ongoing fundraising efforts

In connection with the new website, this Schoolwide Email list will be updating and expanding next year to further our goal of going "paper-less" while keeping you informed and involved.  Families returning to or starting at McGaugh next year will be offered the option during signup of receiving additional emails from community organizations that have a direct impact on our McGaugh students.

Thank you for all you do for our school and students.  Have a great last week, an awesome summer, and we look forward to seeing you when we return on August 31st.

Reflections

Reflections 2010-2011

Thank you to all of the students that participated in the PTA Reflections program last year.  Reflections is a national PTA program that inspires students to express themselves through a variety of media and increases awareness of the importance of the arts in education.

The fifth graders who had entries on display have picked them up from the media center/computer lab, but we would like to continue to display the entries of the kindergarten through 4th graders until the fall when we receive the next set of entries.  If, however, you would like your child's artwork from this years program returned now, just drop me an email or stop by the media center and talk to one of the teachers in the media center and pick up your child's artwork before the school year is out.  We'd love to continue to display it, however, and their artwork will be returned when the new entries are posted.

***The theme for 2011-2012 PTA Reflections is "DIVERSITY MEANS…". This is a great summer project! You can work on an entry in photography, dance choreography, film/video production, literature, musical composition, and visual arts.

The guidelines for the entries are posted at www.capta.org/reflections.

The entries for the school level are due usually in mid-October in order for the competition to continue to a national level throughout the school year.  You will receive more information from the Reflections Chair in the fall.

Thank you!

Michelle Samuelson

2010-2011 Reflections Chair

Lost and Found Turnaround

Parents please come check the Lost & Found for your child's missing jackets, sweatshirts, sweaters, backpacks, lunch boxes, etc.

Any items not collected by the end of this week (Friday, June 10th) will be donated to charity.

The Lost & Found room is located next to the lunch tables.

Seeking All 5th Grade Parents

REMINDER

5^th Grade Parents - It's Party Time!

PROMOTION PARTY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 14^TH

^{(Invitations are coming home June 3rd!)}

WE STILL NEED MORE

BEACH CHAIRS &

VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DECORATE

Monday, June 13^TH 6 p.m. UNTIL????

please contact Cari immediately

No need to reply if you have recently been contacted

McGaugh PTA Year End Survey

Please take a moment to fill out a short survey for the J.H. McGaugh Elementary PTA.  Your input is invaluable as we prepare for the new school year.

McGaugh PTA Survey