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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

Box Tops for Education

Project SEEK is proud to announce the return of

Box Tops for Education at McGaugh!

With Box Tops for Education, McGaugh can earn up to $20,000 just by turning in the tabs from the products you already buy, from food to office supplies.  So start saving those tops now, or shop online through the Box Tops Marketplace.  Box Tops collection boxes will be placed in the Main Office and the Media Center for convenience.  And check out these activities worksheets to make collecting Box Tops fun for the whole family, even over the summer!

Meeting and Installation Luncheon Thursday

McGaugh PTA Members,

Thursday will be the final PTA Membership meeting of the school year, and there is still plenty to discuss.  Most immediately, there is a motion before the membership regarding the school gift:

It is moved that the McGaugh PTA carry over any funds, in excess of committed funds and normal yearly reserve funds, to be gifted next year at the direction of school administration and discretion of the membership.

Among other topics, we will be discussing next year's activities and budget proposal, and an exciting new online experience for McGaugh families.  All members are welcome at the meeting portion at Walt's Wharf at 11:00 am; you do not need to stay and pay to attend the luncheon, although you are of course welcomed to RSVP by tomorrow.

2011-12 School Supply Packs at Huge Savings

Attention McGaugh Parents

Huge Savings!!!

New this year!  McGaugh Elementary School will be joining Brick By Brick Education Fund and Office Depot in a pilot program to launch a new national school supply savings program.

For the 2011-2012 school year, McGaugh families will be given the opportunity to purchase school supply kits directly from Brick By Brick Education Fund.  In doing so, McGaugh families will save on average 44% per kit.  Kits will be delivered to your child's teacher the first week of school.

Attached is our new order form.  Hard copy of this order form AND grade level supply list will be sent home with your student in the next couple of days.  So be on the look out!

Don't be late and miss out on this GREAT savings opportunity!!  Turn in your order by June 14th.

For any questions or comments please contact:

Suzanne Guillen Farwell

School Supply Mom

     Partnering with:  

Enjoy the View

McGaugh Families,

Please take time to walk down our main walkway and see our beautiful tiles that are finally hung for the world to see. Although it was a long time in coming to reality, through the help of our own "Mr. C" Michael Clements and the Crivello Family, all of the tiles are placed beautifully on the Media Center Wall. I want to publicly thank both families for their time and commitment to the task. I am sincerely grateful to see the tiles shining in the sunlight.

Thank you, Daryle Palmer, Bill MacDonald, the staff, students, and families at McGaugh

Daryle A. Palmer

Principal, McGaugh Elementary School

Hot Off the Presses

201 Eighth Street · Seal Beach · CA 90740 · 596.1404 ph · e: sbtv03@gmail.com · www.sbtv3.org

Funded by the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation

MCGAUGH   VIDEOS   AVAILABLE   AT   SBTV-3

The programs shot during the school year 2010 - 2011 are:

3^rd Grade Concert  (November 2010)

1^st Grade Concert  (Jan 2011)

Pageant of the Arts (April 2011)

4^th Grade Concert (June 2011 – will be available in summer '11)

These programs are available to order now.

Please email your information to: sbtv03@gmail.com.

And all other programs shot by SBTV-3

during the previous years are also available to order.

Open House is Thursday

Open House at McGaugh

Thursday, May 26th

All students are released from school at 12:25

Doors for the classrooms open at 6:30p.m. until 8:00

The Book Fair is open throughout the week and during Open House until 8:30p.m.

Daryle A. Palmer

Principal, McGaugh Elementary School

Dining for McGaugh - May

It's Dining For McGaugh Night At The Abbey!

The kids are almost out of school and summer is almost here!  Why cook on Tuesday Night......Instead, come to The Abbey on Main Street for take-out or dine-in! Dining for McGaugh will get 20% of your food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases. Come relax with the family, meet friends and have fun! You won't want to miss out on their favorite food items; The Abbey Burger, Super Sliders, or Pizza from the wood-burning oven! 

No Flier Needed.....Just let your server know you are from McGaugh!

Date:  Tuesday, May 24th

Time:  11:30 am - 8:00 pm

The Abbey at 306 Main Street

Seal Beach ~ (562) 799-4246

www.theabbeysealbeach.com

Prepare for Fun

Family Fun Night!

Please join 

friends and teachers

on Friday, June 10, from 5 to 7 p.m.

for an end-of-year ice cream social.  Your

favorite flavors and toppings will be provided

free of charge by the PTA, and Mrs. Palmer will be

on hand to dish out lots of hugs and handshakes,

as she prepares to retire from education and enter

a new chapter of her life.  Come enjoy a scoop

on us, catch up with friends and neighbors,

and wish Mrs. Palmer a fond farewell. 

We are the greatest YeeHaw McGaugh We are the

greatest YeeHaw McGaugh One and all we're

walking tall At the school beside the ocean

that's the coolest of them all We are the

greatest YeeHaw McGaugh We are the

greatest YeeHaw McGaugh One and

all we're walking tall At the school

beside the ocean that's the cool

est of them all We are the grea

test YeeHaw McGaugh We ar

e the greatest YeeHaw Mc

Gaugh One and all we're

walking tall At the sch

ool beside the ocean

that's the coolest

of them all  We

are the gre

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!

Friday, June 10, 5 to 7 p.m.

Help Us Show Our Appreciation

Parents!  We need your help!!!!

Teacher's Appreciation Week (TAW) 

JUNE 6-10

For the supply day (Tuesday, June 7th) we will present the teachers with gift bags of supplies!  In order to do this, we need to collect supplies!  We are looking for donations that our wonderful teachers use regularly:

Post-its (any color or size)

Glue & Glue Sticks, 

Paper Clips

3M Mounting Strips

Large Pink Pearl Erasers

Note Cards (Thank You Notes)

Black and Colored Sharpies

Dry Erase Markers

Reams of Copy Paper

This year we are trying to focus on supplies, and we need your donations to make this day a success!  Supplies will be distributed on Tuesday, June 7th.  All donations can be brought to the office and placed in the box marked "TAW".  Supplies need to be in the office by Thursday, June 3rd.

Also, if anyone is interested in donating items for a raffle, please let us know!  We are looking for items such as Lakeshore Learning Gift Cards or other items that can be useful in the classroom.  Cash donations will also be accepted to be put towards these raffle items.  You can leave all cash or gift card donations in the office in the appropriate box.  Thanks for your continued support!

If you have questions, please contact 

Melanie Tsamous

Beth Chen

Calling all Bakers

Calling all bakers! 

Project SEEK will be selling coffee and baked goods at Open House next Thursday, May 26th, to support our wonderful Art and Media Center teachers at McGaugh.  Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf has graciously donated coffee to our cause- now we need some yummy goodies to go along with the coffee.  Baked goods can be dropped off before or afterschool at the ball room by the gym on Thursday, May 26th.  Individually wrapped items are appreciated, tags indicating if they contain nuts or other allergens are also a plus!  Gluten Free items would also be appreciated. 

Please contact Emily Ledterman should you have any questions.  Thank you for your help, our children are ever so grateful for the continued support of these essential programs at McGaugh!

Book Fair Volunteers Needed

Monday, May 23, 1:40 to 3:30pm

Wednesday, May 25, 1:00 to 2:00pm

Thursday, May 26, 5:00 to 6:00pm

Thursday, May 26, 6:00 to 7:00pm

Thursday, May 26, 7:00 to 8:00pm

Parents who are available to work at Book Fair please send your

Melanie Tsamous

Name, day & time(s) available, and email address to:

Please consider volunteering for these shifts:

June PTA Installation Luncheon

McGaugh PTA

Installation Meeting & Luncheon

Please join us Thursday, June 2, 2011 at

Walt's Warf

201 Main Street, Seal Beach

The meeting begins at 11:00am immediately followed by lunch.

All members are welcomed to attend the meeting - Lunch is not required

Luncheon Cost- $22.00 per person

Includes bread, entrée, beverage, tax & gratuity

Please RSVP by May 26 using the attached form

UPDATE - RSVP by Wednesday, June 1st for lunch

Book Fair Gift Certificates

Book Fair Gift Certificates Available

 

Surprise a student, teacher, or friend with a gift certificate!

Forms must be turned in by Friday, May 20th.