Kids Against Hunger

On Thursday, September 20th  we are hosting Kids Against Hunger for a Kindness
Celebration at our school!  Students in grades 2nd - 5th will be packing meals and
we need parent volunteer help!  If you are interested, please go to this Sign Up Genius
and volunteer from 8:30am to 11:30am..  Volunteers will be monitoring and helping in
food stations!  It is an amazing event, we hope you can join us!

Strings Update from Mr. Sitts

Good day to you all:

I am sending this email to remind you to have your instruments in class every week. If you have yet to obtain an instrument, please let me know as soon as possible. The stores I recommend in town are Schwans Violins or Ingram & Brauns Musik Store.

We can talk about your options outside of the music stores. District instruments are limited, so please contact me if that is an option you would like to pursue.

You can contact me at msitts@pleasantonusd.net

Kids Against Hunger Packing Event

Kids Against Hunger
Mohr Elementary

Kids Against Hunger (with the support of Friends Helping Friends) would like to invite the students of Mohr Elementary to participate in a kindness project that will be taking place on Thursday, September 20th!

TK, K, and 1st will decorate bags and 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th will package the meals. This is a wonderful way to help feed hungry children around the world. 

Kids Against Hunger is a non profit organization that enables kids to pack meals of specially designed nourishing food for children in malnourished nations around the world. Each meal costs 25 cents so 100 meals cost $100.

In order for our school to participate in this kindness project, we are asking the students of Mohr Elementary to raise $5 each to pay for the cost of the food that we are bagging. Greater donations are also encouraged! Please bring your donations in cash or check (made payable to Kids Against Hunger) in an envelope of baggie by Tuesday, September 18th. Students will turn their donations in to their teachers. 

We would like for the kids to see if they can come up with a way to earn the $5 of their own and then donate it. Some ideas include: doing chores around the house or collecting spare change. Earning and donating the money will be a much more valuable experience than just being given the money. Please have your student bring in the money as soon as possible. 

Thank you in advance for your support!

For more information about Kids Against Hunger please visit www.kidsagainsthungerpleasanton.org

Week 4 Newsletter

This week was a short, four day week but we did a lot of things! Students took their first math test on Wednesday, they attended their first Band and Strings session with instruments, and we've started reading Wonder! It's hard to believe we are already a month into the school year!

In this week's Friday Folder, students should have their latest Progress Report as well as their Mid Module 1 Math test. You can review the test online by following the instructions attached to their test. Since we took the test online in Illuminate, I printed a report of the standards they may still need to practice. If your student can't get in to review the test, please email me and I will try to help.


A few notes for the upcoming week, which will see our school participating in Kindness Week! There are events and spirit themes every single day...

• Monday, Sept 10 
• "Dreaming of a World of Kindness"- Wear Pajamas
• Tuesday, Sept 11
• "We Have the Power to Be Kind"- Wear a superhero themed shirt
• Wednesday, Sept 12 
• "Nothing Beats Team Kindness"- Wear your favorite Team attire
• LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!
• Thursday, Sept 13
• "Spread Kindness With Your Smile"- PICTURE DAY!
• Please be on time to school for PICTURE DAY!
• Friday, Sept 14
• "Mohr Eagles are Kindness Leaders"- Wear your Mohr Spirit Wear or school colors!

I hope our students enjoy participating in all these fun events! It will be a very busy week full of spirit!

Box Tops:

We are still collecting Box Tops to help our PTA earn money for the school! Send in any box tops you have with your student. 

PTA Info:

Friday, September 28th is our first PTA Recycling event... The PTA will be collecting both the  crushed cans and crushed plastic bottles with CRV.   The CANS and PLASTIC bottles have to be packed in separate bags. You will be able to drive into the back parking lot, past the MPR, to drop off your recycling. More info to come! 

Week 3 Newsletter

Week 3 was fun!

Students went to their first Band and Strings session to learn more about the program and their instruments. We also went to library for the very first time! And on Friday we had our very first Pay Day. It went really well, and the bankers got a little taste of what the year will look like for them.

Students should have brought home their first Friday Folder and Progress Report. Students are setting goals in the hopes of attaining them in a week's time. Please have a conversation with your student about their goals. Inside the Friday Folder was also the Outdoor Ed packet with all the permission slips. Please work on completing those forms. They are due in a few weeks. I know it is a lot of information, but it is a truly once in a lifetime experience for your 5th grader.

This upcoming week will be busy...

On Tuesday, September 4th we will have our first Auction. Students can sell or buy items during this time... the only requirement is that all items sold during the auction must be homemade. If a food item is brought in for sale, it needs to have an ingredient list with it for our students who need to avoid certain foods.

Also, the ice cream social is Tuesday evening starting at 6. If you're available and haven't already signed up to help, please do! The signup sheet is here... Ice Cream Social Signups I will be there, at the syrup station, so I hope you stop by!

Wednesday will be our first math test. The mid module 1 test covers the first 8 lessons of module 1, and the students received the study guide on Friday.

Other important bits of information...

SAFETY VALETS
Thank you to all our students who signed up to be a safety valet for the rest of the school year! Our class is the reporting this week (Sept 4-Sept 7) so help make sure they are at school early, or picked up late.  You can find our class schedule HERE.


PICTURE DAY

It's time to capture the memories— Photo Day is Coming.

On Thursday, September 13, Mohr Elementary students will be getting their school photos taken. Please click on the following link to order your child’s/children’s 2018-2019 photos: http://image3.photobiz.com/7484/20180713185637_261960.pdf. You have the option to pay by credit card or print out the order form and pay by check or cash. 

If you have any questions, please contact Sankar - jp.nimmagadda@gmail.com   or Ruchika - indrayan_ruchika@yahoo.com

BOXTOPS

Our school is collecting Boxtops! If you clip them off any package and send them in to school with your child, I will make sure they are turned in. Just put them in a ziploc bag with your child's name and our class!

SPIRIT FRIDAYS

Every Friday, Mohr is celebrating our school spirit by wearing Mohr Spirit Wear or our school colors of maroon, white, and black. It's a fun way to show our school pride!