FRiday Note - september-19-2009

From The Head of School

Dear Saklan Community:

Thank you to those who attended the PA meeting this morning. Your support, kind words, and offers of assistance are much appreciated. I enjoyed my time with you this morning; your questions and insights demonstrate an understanding and support of education, in general, and Saklan, in particular.

After the PA meeting, I was quickly plunged into the political process. As the “official” ballot counter for the Student Council elections, I was sequestered in my office to complete the task. I then went to each classroom to share the results with the students. I was once again impressed with our kids. The sportsmanship and support demonstrated were impressive. Below please find the results of the election.

• Co-Presidents: Nick Barendregt and Haley Fahrner
• Secretary: Gabriella Barattolo
• Treasurer: Griffin Dey
• Publicity Chair: Mac Goldman
• Co-Yearbook Editors: Sarah Dey and Justus Kasper

Lower School representative election results will be posted at a later date.

Have a great weekend-

David Hague
Head of School

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Save the Date * Save the Date * Save the Date

Friday, November 13, is Saklan's Auction Kick-Off Party!
All parents are invited!

If you are able to attend, please sign up on the form in the office or send an email to Carol Goldman, Auction Co-Chair, at regclg86@gmail.com

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Parent Association Update: escrip

Dear Saklan Parents,

Did you know that you can help raise funds for Saklan by simply shopping for your groceries, clothing or dining out? If you register with eScrip, then everytime you shop with an eScrip registered card (ie: Safeway club card, Macys card or credit card) at a participating eScrip merchant, Saklan will earn a percentage of your purchase. And best of all, it costs you absolutely nothing extra! Its like free money for our school!

As your eScrip coordinator for Saklan, I want to encourage you to take a few moments now to register with eScrip. Just follow these easy steps:

1. Go to www.escrip.com
2. Click on sign-up
3. Choose Saklan Valley School, group id#136952748
4. Register your Safeway Club Card
5. You can also register your credit cards and Macys cards if you wish. The more cards you register, the more we can earn for Saklan!

There are many local merchants that participate in the eScrip program such as: Safeway, Macys, Lunardis, Diablo Foods and Claim Jumper to name a few. Many more can be found on the website.

We would like you to encourage your friends and family to sign up their cards also. Ask grandparents, aunts and uncles, neighbors and co-workers. Please help us to meet our goal of signing up 100 new eScrip supporters for Saklan!

In addition, if you shop at Safeway, you may have noticed the 10% Back to School promotion (with the yellow bus logo). This promotion has ended and for three weeks starting today (9/18) a redemption code will be printed at the bottom of your receipt. Please bring in the bottom of this receipt to the main office before October 13th so that these contributions can go to Saklan. (If you are already registered with eScrip, your contribution will automatically be donated to Saklan)

If you have any questions about eScrip, please feel free to contact me (glrokas@pacbell.net).

Thank you in advance for your support of this program and our school!

Warm regards,

Lisa Rokas

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Moraga-Orinda Fire District open house

The Moraga-Orinda Fire District would like to invite you to attend the Open House event and join in recognizing Fire Prevention Week.

Saturday, October 10, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fire Station 41
1280 Moraga Way, Moraga

Please see the Open House Flyer for additional information.

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