Webster School
WEEKLY EVENTS AND NEWS
FOR THE WEEK OF: May 12-16

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, May 12 - Room 3 Mothers’ Day Tea in Poets’ Park at 11 am

Tuesday, May 13 - Rooms 11 and 12 Field Trip To Ocean Discovery Center in Santa Monica

Wednesday, May 14 - LATE START - School Begins at 10:00 am
Sheriff’s STAR Program (Deputy Bob) in All 4th and 5th Grade Classes

Friday, May 16 - Yosemite Chaperone Meeting at 8:30 am
5th Grade Panorama Picture at 9:00 am - Students should dress nicely and BE ON TIME!
NOTES FROM THE PTA
Evening Event - Hello Webster Families - We would like to thank everyone who attended
Saturday's event, and to those who helped make it happen. It was a fun and successful evening.
We would especially like to thank LISA & FRANK THOMAS AND MALIBU PARTY RENTALS. They are always are so generous and easy to work with, and this event was no exception. And we would also like to thank the caterer, BONNIE at SOMEONE'S IN THE KITCHEN. The food was great and they too are so wonderful to work with.

Please remember to support the businesses that so generously donated to our auction. We want to support them as they have supported our school.

If you did not pick up your auction items, they will be available in the PTA office behind the library on Tuesday.

Thanks again for your support.

New PTA Board Needs People To Serve As Chairs For Many Different Events and Projects - Now that we have elected the new PTA board for the 2008-09 school year, our board members are actively trolling to fill many volunteer PTA chair positions for next year. This is your chance to make a school-wide difference! Please get involved and help us burnish Webster’s excellence. Flag down any PTA board member if you would like to explore volunteer opportunities. The PTA board is:
Co-pres.: Anne Blackwood
Co-pres.: Dorothy Reinhold
Admin. Co-VP: Julie Wallach
Admin. Co-VP: Kathie Ferbas
Fund-raising Co-VP (Jogathon/Winter Fest): NiColle Holland
Fund-raising Co-VP (Eve. Event): Melissa Stein
Communications: Holly Kinyon
Communications: Marie Wexler
Family Prog Co-VP: Wendy Sidley
Family Prog Co-VP: Lori Bendetti
Parent Prog Co-VP: Jennifer Polk
Parent Prog Co-VP: Laurie Principe
Treasurer: Leslie Frost
Auditor: Ellen Kawana
Financial sec'ty (checks): Elizabeth Rafeedie
Financial sec'ty (credit cards): Michelle Droeger
Recording sec'ty: Daniella Ramey
Historian: Lynne Daniels
Parliamentarian: Soniya Perl
Re-Capture Your Summer Spending: We have a new and broader push to capture FREE MONEY for Webster using easy-as-pie Scrip. Not only can you register any of your grocery club cards, but now you can register your Target REDCard at Target.com/tcoe (enroll with Webster’s School ID # 35775) and your Macy’s card as well as VISA, MasterCard and AmEx credit cards on-line at eScrip.com (sign up with Webster’s group ID # 136559022). Every purchase made with your registered credit card at a participating merchant earns additional contributions for Webster!

Print our new form, available here, fill in the info about your club cards, and return it to the front office. (You may register your own credit cards securely at the 2 sites listed above.) Help us earn the easiest money possible for your favorite school! (And thank you to Webster mom Andrea Rader for spearheading Scrip for us!)

Attention 5th graders and their Parents - Mark Your Summer Calendar: Middle School Get Your Stuff Day is on Tuesday, August 26 and held in the quad at Malibu High School.  Students may purchase school supplies, P.E. uniforms, ASB cards and have their pictures taken for the Yearbook. Parents can learn more about the Shark Fund and the PTSA at Malibu High. For the new 6th graders, it's especially important because they have the chance to familiarize them-selves with their new school. The PTSA puts on a Welcome Breakfast which starts around 8:15 a.m. and is only for 6th grade families and new students to Malibu High. Families who will not be attending the breakfast are invited to arrive any time between 9 a.m. - 12 noon. All students will receive their schedules in the mail prior to GYSD, so it's also a great time for students to walk around and find all of their classes - it helps to lessen the anxiety of getting lost on the first day of school. Also, if there was a mistake on a student's schedule, that would be an appropriate day for that student to find their counselor and request a schedule change. All counselors, assistant principals and the principal are present that day to answer questions. 
* Last year, The Malibu Boys and Girls Club put on "6th grade boot camp" immediately after GYSD. Please contact Kasey (310-457-2582) at the Boys and Girls Club to get the details on that for this year.
 
-- Katie DeHope
Malibu High School
Counselor - Grades 6 & 7
 
NEWSFLASH! -NEW NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Vocal Music Performance - On Monday, May 19 at 9:00 am, all of our Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes will perform a few songs they have learned from Jodi Ream, our PTA-funded vocal music instructor. All parents, relatives, and friends are invited.

Multicultural Pot Luck Dinner and Art Show - It is time to register for our annual multicultural pot luck dinner and art show on Wednesday, May 28 at 6:00 pm. Every student at Webster will have one of his/her pieces of art on display. Each family needs to bring either an appetizer, salad, main course, or dessert that will feed 6 other people. This is one extra-special event that you just can’t miss! The food is always fabulous and our students’ artwork, all done in our PTA-funded Art Studio with Ms. Hines is even more amazing! Return the registration form and volunteer to help if you can.

Register Your Kindergarten Students! - If you have a child eligible for kindergarten in September (will be 5 years old by Dec. 2, 2008), please come to our office and register him/her ASAP. We are in the process of planning for 2008-09 and we need to know how many kindergarten students will be here. Thanks!

Classroom Playground Supervision Schedule - We have begun our schedule of assigning one week at a time of volunteer lunchtime playground supervision to each classroom on a rotating basis. We began this program last year and had generally good results. We always need more parent volunteers on our playground at lunch. We would love to find people who can help with this on a regular basis. But in addition to whoever can come regularly, we ask each classroom to provide their parents for lunchtime supervision for just one week in the first semester and one later in the year. This way, you can plan ahead and we can involve much larger numbers of parents each week. The schedule is as follows:
Week of May 12 - Murdock/Berman (Room 10)
Week of May 19 - Ross/Murdock (Room 9)
Week of May 26 - Held
Week of June 2 - Cronrod

REMINDERS
Coach Denny’s After School Classes Are Canceled - All of Coach Denny’s after school classes are canceled. We are in the process of arranging for refunds. Please be patient. Thanks!

Procedures For Picking Up Your Child Early From School - When you need to come to school to pick up your child during the school day, please help us keep all of students safe by observing the following procedures:
1. Parent comes to the Office to sign your child out
2. The Office summons your child from the classroom
3. Your child comes to the Office and you take him/her from the Office
4. Please DO NOT take your child directly from the classroom

Pick-Up Soccer - Webster dad Carlos Gaston Otero-Frauwallner (Gianni’s dad) is organizing a weekly Friday evening pick-up soccer (futbol) game at Malibu High for kids ages 6 to 9. Call our office if interested.

5th Grade Panorama Picture - Friday, May 16 at 9:00 am - Look for the order form in your 5th grader’s backpack and return your order in the tear-off envelope.

State Testing - Testing began on Thursday, May 1. All students in grades 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th will take their annual California Standards tests (CST’s). The number of days of testing vary at the different grade levels (schedule below). The students will take just one test per day for about an hour in the morning. Please give your child the best opportunity to demonstrate their achievement by making sure that your child:
1. Gets a good night’s sleep
2. Eats a good breakfast
3. Arrives at school on time
Schedule of Testing Days:
2nd Grade - Thursday, May 1 through Thursday, May 8 (6 days)
3rd Grade - Thursday, May 1 through Monday, May 12 (8 days)
4th Grade - Thursday, May 1 through Tuesday, May 6 (4 days)
5th Grade - Friday, May 2 through Friday, May 9 (6 days)
Scores will be sent to you in the U.S. mail sometime in late July or August.

Summer Adventure Program at Pt. Dume - Are you looking to help your child stay engaged this summer?  Then, Summer Adventure, sponsored by the Council of PTAs and the Ed. Foundation, is a perfect choice. Summer Adventure is going to be held at Point Dume Marine Science School from June 30 – July 25 from  8:30 am-12:30pm.  Reading, writing, computers, science, math, drama and art are all a part of this fun and educational summer experience.  See what is being offered in our brochure.  You can find brochures in the front office or online at www.smmpta.org.  If you have any questions please contact the Summer Adventure principal, Ken Harris, 310-457-9370x102 or kharris@smmusd.org

Ms. Maccani Is Raising Money To Fight Leukemia and Lymphoma - One of our 3rd grade teachers, Libby Maccani, is training for a triathlon with "Team in Training," an organization that raises money for leukemia and lymphoma. She and her husband will do the King’s Trail Triathlon in Maui, Hawaii in June. This Olympic distance course involves a 0.9-mile open water swim, then a challenging 24.8-mile bike ride, and finishes with a 6.2-mile run through lava fields on an ancient path. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am exhausted just reading about it! They have pledged to raise $10,800 for this worthy cause, and are a little more than halfway to their goal. If you would like to contribute to her effort, visit her training page to make a donation here: http://www.active.com/donate/tntgla/maccani

Picture For Cover of Yearbook - We are inviting every Webster student to submit a color picture of a plant or flower. In keeping with the idea of replanting Webster after the fire, our Yearbook cover will feature these pictures. You will receive a form for submitting your picture and can also download the form from our website.