HAPPENINGS & HELP WANTEDS FOR WEEK OF: JANUARY 9-13, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Welcome back!

HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK

Monday, January 9: First Day of School After Winter Break

Tuesday, January 10:

• EARLY Dismissal, 1:30pm
• First FOW Meeting of 2012, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Library. One of our discussion points will be our upcoming tours and recruitment in general. We will also begin budget reviews especially in light of the budget cuts recently announced by the School Board. Childcare will be provided as usual in Room 5, $3/child or $5/family. Contact: Sarah Reimers, FOW President (walgrovesarah@gmail.com).

Wednesday, January 11: Farmers' Market, 2:00pm-4:00pm, Morningside Gate. $25/bag with $2 of every bag sold going to Walgrove. Orders must be placed by Sunday night at: info@csacalifornia.org or check out the website to find out what's in this week's bag at: www.csacalifornia.org. For questions about food or to get more involved, contact: Kali (info@csacalifornia.org).

Friday, January 13:

• Kinder Coffee Check-In, 8am-9am, Library. Families of Kinders (little sibs welcome)! Please join us for a coffee to welcome you back to school. Bring your questions and ideas for the new year at Walgrove. We want to hear about your fall and re-connect to start 2012! Sponsored by Friends of Walgrove and School Site Council Parent Officers. Contact: Julie Dair (juliedair@yahoo.com).
• Talent Show Auditions! 12:00pm-12:45pm (during Lunch and Recess times), Auditorium. 1st~5th Graders: if you've got an act, a song, a dance, or a skill you'd like to perform for the Walgrove Talent Show (5 minutes or less), please come audition and be sure to have your completed permission slip with you. Lost yours? Check your Wednesday Packet this week! Extra permission slips are also in the Main Office. Questions? Contact Talent Show Co-Heads: Brooke Wirtschafter (brookewirt@yahoo.com) or Melissa Ross (melissaross23@yahoo.com).

HELP WANTEDS

Library Volunteer needed! We still need a volunteer for Thursday 11am-12pm, when Mr. Gonzalez' 4th/5th Grade class comes in. Contact: Brandy Oeser (brandyoeser@yahoo.com).

Spanish Translator Needed! We are looking for someone who can help us translate our flyers and newsletters into Spanish and also be available to translate at the monthly FOW meetings. You must read, speak and write English and write Spanish fluently. This is a “Community Representative” position with a flexible and limited number of paid hours. The person will be an LAUSD employee and will need to get processed by the district. Questions? Contact: Olivia Adams, Principal (oadams@lausd.net).

Valet Drop-Off Program Volunteers Needed! We are ready to start our Valet Drop-off program at the front of school as soon as we can gather a group of parent volunteers (3-4 needed each day of the week) to set-up, run, and put away the supplies each day (a commitment from about 7:30am-8:10am). People can commit to a single day, or multiple days depending on what their schedules allow. I need interested people to contact me ASAP to let me know what days they are available, and then I can move forward with getting school police out here to train us all. This program has been such a success the last two times I implemented it at schools, I really hope we can get the parent support to get it up and running! Contact: Olivia Adams, Principal (oadams@lausd.net).

Studio Lab Donations Wanted! Studio Lab is looking for donations of recycled materials such as bottle caps, plastic caps, spools, corks, toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, empty tape rolls, lids from jars, any kind of wire, etc. (Nothing too large.) Contact: Ariel Park (arielpark@verizon.net) or Julia Gonzales (juliag@gmail.com).

Blocks and Legos Donations Needed for Kinder Yard! Do you have blocks/legos that your children have outgrown? Please donate them to the Kinder Yard! We would also love crayons and drawing paper. Please bring donations to the Main Office. Questions? Contact: Olivia Adams, Principal (oadams@lausd.net).

LOOKING AHEAD

Monday, January 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday -- NO SCHOOL

Monday, January 23-Friday, January 27: Annual Fund Week

Monday, January 23: Talent Show Rehearsal

Friday, January 27: Talent Show, 8:30am and 1:30pm, Auditorium.

Sunday, January 29: Walgroovy Gathering: Champagne Brunch, 11:30am-3:30pm, Home of Laura Groppe. Is the local Sunday brunch too far away and overcrowded? Well now you can sip Champagne and have a civilized brunch with Walgrove parents. Peace and quiet and some bubbly too! $40 per person, adults only. Contact: Walgroovy Team Co-Chairs, Toni Vera-Martinez (eyeler@yahoo.com) or Lesly Hall (leslyhall@gmail.com).

If you want something posted in our weekly “Happenings and Help Wanteds,” please e-mail the event with date, times, place, and contact information to Caroline Diaz (caroline.diaz@gmail.com).