PTO Meeting (Jan. 12) Minutes

Thank you to the parents and faculty who joined us last Thursday at a very informative PTO meeting. Many of the items discussed have been written about in detail on this blog.

Keep checking the website weekly for more information on all the great events that the PTO has planned in the coming months. For those of you that weren’t able to attend, please see the minutes below.

  • Mr. Lind spoke about the new parking lot. If you have any questions or ideas please direct them to Mr. Lind and he will pass them on to the district. Also, please do not drop off your kids at the stop sign on Scenic Drive. Either come around and park at the curb or go thru the upper parking lot or the drop off in front of the school. Sheriff will continue to patrol Scenic Dr.
  • 7th Grade Science Fair is January 26th. Open House is from 6-8pm. All are welcome to attend.
  • Movie night was a HUGE success! John Claude would like to have more people help with this fun event. If interested, please let Lisa Chad know and she will get your info to John. He is looking for a minimum of 3 adults.
  • Holiday Boutique brought in $1,121 and $137 was last minute bake sale items!! There were 19 vendors and Barbara got positive feedback from both attendees and vendors. If you are interested in helping or selling next year, please let Barbara know.
  • January is Literacy Month at Clifford!! Read-A-Thon starts Tuesday, January 17th. Please, let’s make this a success, sponsor your children and encourage friends and family to sponsor as well. The class from each grade that raises the most money will have a party! Check to see if your employer will match your child’s total. 50% of all the money raised for your child’s homeroom goes directly to the teacher to help buy supplies and items that will enhance their experience at school. There will also be a percentage that will go directly to the resource teachers and aides.
  • Joni Reicher is our Parcel Tax Coordinator. She is asking for your help in recruiting friends and family to work the Clifford Phone bank nights on Tuesday, April 10 and Tuesday, May 8 from 5:30-8:30pm. She needs at least 100 volunteers and we can’t use school or district resources (email lists or property) to assist in anyway. Pleases encourage your friends and family to sign up directly on the Redwood City Community for Better Schools site at http://betterrwcschools.org/Better-RWC-Schools/GetInvolved-BetterSchools.html or by letting her know via email (jbreicher@mac.com). Redwood City School District is the only district that feeds into Sequoia Union High School District that does not have a parcel tax. This puts our kids at a huge disadvantage as they enter high school. Please do what you can to support this!
  • Aoife McEvoy has taken on the HUGE task of the Dolphin Newsletter. This was done in the past by Mrs. Torres and now alleviates her to focus on more pressing issues. If anyone is interested in helping or contributing to the Dolphin, please contact Aoife!
  • Clifford Luau and Auction is on March 10 at Sandpiper Community Center in Redwood Shores . Look out for a beautiful flyer with information on how to purchase tickets. $55 per person, or if you reserve a table, then it’s $50 per person. Go to the Clifford Website to sign up to help. Help is needed with set-up, decorations, auction items, baskets, etc. Also, all classes are required to submit either a themed basket or class art item to start bidding at $50. There will be a live and silent auction. Contact Bunnie Morrow and Elaina Pitre if you would like to help or if you need more information.
  • Garden is looking for help. If you can take a bed to weed, the kids love it! Coordinate with the teacher and you can take the class for a bit to help and learn about soil and how plants grow. Check the Clifford PTO website for more info.
  • Ann Berljafa wants to bring the movie, “Race to Nowhere” to Clifford. She is going to check on liscensing and purchasing info and get back to us.
  • Multi-Cultural Day is June 1st from 4-8pm. There will be a meeting for those interested in helping on Thursday, February 2nd from 6-7:30 in the Clifford Library. They are changing the performance to a Clifford Talent Show “Clifford’s got Talent”, there will be new games and activities and Valerie, Suaima and Cecilia are looking for parents to help with events and donations for middle school prizes, baked goods and ethinic dishes to sell. Please come to the meeting! If you can’t attend but would like to help with games, or donations, please contact one of the following Valerie Bioc vbioc@comcast.net, Suaima Figueroa suiama.figueroa@gmail.com, or Cecilia Velasquez jcjjfernandez@sbcglobal.net.

We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting (Feb. 9, 7pm, in the Library).

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