"Together We Can" is the Reflections theme this year. Your children have an opportunity to decide what this phrase means to them through their own original works. They can choreograph and dance, create a film /video, write a piece of poetry or a story, compose a piece of music, take a photograph, and paint or draw its meaning to them. All participants will be required to follow the rules and guidelines for each category and complete an entry form and consent form along with their piece of art and submit their finished entries into the main office at school on or before October 19, 2010.
 
General participation rules and entry forms along with rule sheets for each category are available on the bulletin board outside the main office at school. This information is also available on the reflections@wastatepta.org website or by going through Mcauliffe PTSA website.   All participants will receive recognition for their efforts and all artwork will be displayed for the Art Walk being held on November 4, 2010 at school. Any questions please contact Nancy Grossi at nancylgrossi@hotmail.com. Happy CREATING! 
 

Thank you to volunteers who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to help enrich the lives of the students at McAuliffe Elementary.  Most recent McAuliffe Stars:

Fun Run Chair: Jen DerGarabedian

Fun Run Team: Melissa Pendleton, Nicola Rathbone, Heidi Schmedding, Sue Qabar, Krista Wall, Tana Anderson, Diana Lees, Jennifer Mackleit, Jessica Arens, Jill Kostomay, Liza Wallace, Cheryl Smith, Stephanie McNear, April Wiese, Lisa Henderson, Elizabeth Horen, Sujata Harish, Valerie Orloff, Anjali Babel, Stacey Kent, Kim Vu and Sheeba Jayachandran.

Thanks for all you do!

Upcoming opportunities include:

Walk to School Week – October 4-8. Contact Mona Arredondo at mb.arredondo@gmail.com

The first LWSD PTSA Special Needs Group Meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, September 28^th   7-8:30 pm at the LWSD Resource Building, 16250 NE 74th St, Redmond 98052 (Redmond Town Center) 
Please invite your peers to join us! All are welcome! No memberships or fees, just sharing of resources and networking!

If you are a parent of a child with special needs and are looking to connect with other parents we invite you to join the McAuliffe Special Needs Parent Support Group.  The mission of this group is to provide a place for parents to voice experiences and challenges in a support setting.  We collectively work towards finding answers to questions regarding the special education process.  We share resource ideas and other topics of interest relating to children with special needs.  Meetings are held once a month.  Come join in on the conversation!  If you are interested please contact Stefanie Estes at sestes1047@yahoo.com  (425-836-8331) or Shelby McLean at brucshelmcl@aol.com.  Our next meeting will be: Thursday, October 28^th, 6:30-8:30 pm at Fire Station 82, 1812 228^th Ave NE, Sammamish.

The next meetings for the Sammamish Plateau's Parenting Network Group will be held at the Sahalee Fire Station on 228^th Ave. N E. across from the Deerfield Sports Field on Monday, October 18th at 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM.  ***For more information contact Cherry O’Neill at 206-550-3809 or at dwo-mci@msn.com.

Support our school while advertising your business all year round!  Advertise in the 2010-2011 McAuliffe School Directory.  Deadline for placing an ad is Oct. 15^th. Prices are the following: Business Card Ad $50.00, Half Page Ad $100.00 and Inside Cover Ad $175.00.

Contact Heidi Monson at mike.heidi@comcast.net or 425-898-9179 for more information.

Come to the Committee Chair Training!  This training is specifically tailored to McAuliffe PTSA Committee Chairs.  When: Tuesday, Oct. 12^th, 9am-11am  Where: McAuliffe Commons.  More Information

Back by popular demand.... intermural activities during all three recesses!  Every Wednesday, beginning October 6th and ending October 27th Intermural Chair Whitney King and her group of volunteers will be having intermural activities at all three recesses.  If you have any questions or would like to HELP out with the intermural program, please contact Whitney King at whitneyking@hotmail.com

There is still room available in the i9 football and spanish after school programs.  Please click here for registration forms.