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Friday’s Weekly Newsletter

September 13, 2013

Marian Bergeson Elementary School

Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

School Phone: (949) 643-1540

Call In Sick Line: (949)643-9938

Principal: Barbara Scholl (bscholl@capousd.org)

Bergeson Website: http://bgnes.capousd.ca.schoolloop.com/

GIFT WRAP AND MORE! The Great American Fundraiser has begun and we’re going APE! The PTA has voted to reduce the number of fundraisers this year, so there will be no Entertainment Book and no cookie dough sale. This Giftwrap sale has the potential to be fantastically successful! Please review the packet that went home with your child today. Inside you will find a coupon sheet. As your child sells items, complete and return the coupons to collect adorable monkey key chains. Coupon redemption days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday until September 27. Complete the “Reach Out” address book and turn it in on Tuesday, 9/17 before school for a special instant prize. Thank you for helping us reach our goals of providing science lab, Art Masters and other fantastic programs! If we sell $25,000, the students will be treated to an amazing magic show. Good luck!

K-1 SOCIAL: The Bergeson Foundation (BESF) would like to invite all K-1st Grade families to our annual K-1 Social. This year’s event will be held at “The Club” at Rancho Niguel (Moulton and Rancho Niguel Rd.)on Friday evening Sept 27th from 5:30-7:30pm. Please join us for complimentary dinner and drinks, games provided by the YMCA, and this year’s new addition of a mini Carnival and 50/50 Raffle. (Carnival and Raffle tickets will be available at event). Meet your child’s classmates and learn about BESF! Save the DATE!

REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST: Participate in PTA Reflections – create an original work! Theme: “Believe, Dream, Inspire”. Categories: Dance choreography, film production, literature, visual arts, photography and music composition. Deadline for entries: Monday, October 14. Information packets available in the office or visit: www.capta.org under “Programs,” click “Reflections.” For more information, contact Jessica Marucci at bergesonreflectionscontest@gmail.com

PAPER DRIVE: The deadline for our annual Paper Drive is Friday, 9/20 at 2:30 pm. As a tradition at Bergeson, we have a classroom competition to see which classroom can bring in the most copy paper at the beginning of school. The winning class gets to go on a walking field trip to have a free lunch at TGI Friday’s on Greenfield! Our generous families and this paper drive have helped us to save our instructional supply money for valuable materials for the classrooms instead of spending this funding on paper. Last year, we were able to make it all the way through March without purchasing boxes of copy paper! Keep your eyes out for the Back to School specials so that you can help your child’s classroom and help our school, too. Lastly, please put your teacher’s name on the paper and deliver to the MPR with our thanks!

RESERVED PARKING SPACES: Last year, two of our school-sponsored organizations auctioned off a total of 4 parking spaces during their silent auctions which raised money for our school. These 4 parking spaces are in the Y parking lot. Please honor these parking spaces and reserve them for the families who donated money to pay for them. We find all kinds of creative ways to fund programs for our kids!

THE PTA NEEDS YOU: The PTA still has a few openings for this school year. If you are interested in volunteering to help our school or getting more information about the following positions, please call or email Trina Jonas, (949)633-8150, trinajonas@gmail.com. We need help with: Adopt a Family, Fall Festival, Walk to School Day, Holiday Boutique, Dads and Donuts, and with our Marquee. Even if you work during the day, there are many things you can do to help with PTA. Please contact Trina if you are interested in helping out in anyway. Thank you!!

GIFT CARDS/SCRIP: Do you plan on going grocery shopping, gift buying, filling your gas tank or out for coffee? BESF provides Script Gift Cards! By purchasing gift cards before you shop you help your school raise funds for your favorite programs. Our school receives a small percentage back from every gift card that you buy. Stop by the office today to pick up a form or CLICK HERE to print.

HELP BERGESON EARN MONEY FROM TARGET BY VOTING FOR US Target is giving away up to $5 million dollars to schools ($10,000 max per school) in a program called “Give with Target.” All you have to do is Vote online, once per week at the following website: https://givewith.target.com/ – choose BERGESON as your school to support. We are currently at 100 votes = $100! Tell your family and friends and everyone on Facebook to vote for Bergeson School! Please hurry and vote – this opportunity ends September 21^st, or when the $5 million is reached, whichever comes first. PS. Bergeson School is the leading school in Laguna Niguel right now!

FRIDAYS: Fridays are special for 3 reasons:

Friday is Spirit-Day. Wear your Bergeson shirt or red, white and blue. We will do a Bergeson Best Drawing at our flag assembly every Friday, too.

Footprint Friday: Please donate your CRV plastic bottles and aluminum cans out in the Y lot on Friday mornings before school. Children receive a Bergeson Best for donating.

Bergeson Foundation (BESF) will be selling Mike’s Ice every Friday starting September 27. $3, $4, $5 depending on the size. 20% of the proceeds go to BESF.

PARKING LOT: Believe it or not, Bergeson has one of the largest elementary school parking lots in the school district and the most organized system of 5 drive-thru lanes. I know how frustrating the first week of school can be with lots of extra drivers in the parking lot, so please accept our apologies for the traffic. Please honor our Parking Lot Protocols so that we can keep all children safe:

Only turn right when leaving the parking lot.

Do not get out of your car in any of the 5 drive-thru lanes. If you’d like to get out of your car, park in a marked stall and walk.

All children and adults cross in the crosswalks. Please do not cut through the drive-thru lanes. This is dangerous for our children so adults need to model this for children.

No cell phones in the parking lot. All attention needs to be on the hundreds of children who are walking through the lot.

Do not drive down the road toward the office, park on the red curb and please don’t park in the staff parking spaces near the office.

Thank you for your help in keeping our children safe!

BERGESON DRESS CODE: The dress code is fairly simple but very important. We will call home for a change of clothes if a child comes to school without proper attire.

Closed toed shoes with backs on them are required.

Tank tops need to be at least two fingers wide.

Shorts and skirts need to be long enough so that when hand is to the side with fingers pointed down, the shorts/skirt is the same or longer than the tips of the fingers.

No inappropriate slogans on t-shirts, i.e. alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, etc.

GIRL SCOUT INFORMATION NIGHT: Is your daughter interested in becoming a Girl Scout? Come to our Parent Information night on Tuesday September 24th at 6:30pm, at Malcom Elem School, 32261 Charles Rd, Laguna Niguel. Bring your daughter for some fun crafts, while you learn more about Girl Scouting and how your daughter can join. Girl Scouts is for girls K through 12th grade. For more information call Janice Ruckmick at (949)215-0901 or janiceruckmick@me.com

PARENT CONFERENCE DATES: Parent Conferences minimum days are Oct. 29-30. Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 are non-student days which are also reserved for parent-teacher conferences. There was a mistake in one of the original calendars that was disseminated.

RALPH’S REWARDS CARD: Each year, our Bergeson Foundation raises $7,000 – $8,000 by having families register their Ralph’s Rewards Card and use it at the checkout. You must register each year on or after September 1. Take your scan letter that you received in the first week package to the cashier and they will scan it with your Ralph’s card or phone number. You can also go to www.ralphs.com to sign up by going to the “Community Support” section.

BERGESON’s NEW SUPPORT STAFF: Please help us to welcome our new support staff!

Mr. Charles Massaro, our new assistant principal who will be with us every Wednesday (he serves 5 schools). Mr. Massaro taught for many years at Malcom and Moulton Elementary Schools where he was also a teaching assistant principal. We are happy to have his assistance at our busy school. The CUSD pays for this additional support.

Dr. Maria Christina Barrosa, our new assistant principal serving our Mandarin Immersion Program is a welcome support to this program and will be with us 1 day per week. Dr. Barrosa has taught Language Acquisition classes at UCI and Pepperdine and is an expert in this field. She has been one of the lead administrator for the three Spanish immersion programs in CUSD and she is credited as one of the many reasons why the Spanish immersion programs are highly sought after with wait-lists each year.

Coleen Myers is our school nurse and will be at Bergeson 2.5 days per week.

Robert Springer and Cheryl Deacon will be helping out as part time noon supervisors.

Harpreet Kour will be a Reading Instructional Assistant.

Cari Carter will be our new Science Lab Instructor (after Mrs. Lee’s retirement).

Returning Super-Stars: Librarian, Erin Clark (Fridays); Bilingual Community Liaison, Nancy Reyes (Monday, Wednesday, Friday); Office Manager, Debbie Buys; Attendance Clerk, Angel Newell; Custodian, George Mendoza; Lunch Lady, Miss Pam; Noon Supervisors, Ms. Jenny, Ms. Debi and Miss MacKenzie and many others!

CELEBRATION BOOKS: Would you like to donate a book to our Bergeson library in honor of your child? There will be a large sticker placed on the inside cover with your child’s dedication on it. There is a Celebration Book form in the office and for $20 you can pick out the book from some pre-purchased choices and your child will be honored at our flag assembly on their birthday or anyday. Thank you to the following families for donating books this week: Alison King – Mrs. Bennett’s class – in honor of Alison’s 10^th birthday! Matthew Martono – Mrs. Chang’s class – in honor of Matthew’s 6^th birthday!

MANDARIN IMMERSION NEWS:

MOON CAKE BAKE SALE CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL: Friday, September 20th from 11:30am – 2:30pm in the breezeway at Bergeson. Join us in celebrating the brightest full moon of the year! Please visit our tables at dismissal and purchase a treat for as little as 50 cents. Families may donate authentic moon cakes, or any baked goods in the shape of a moon (a round shape symbolizes completeness and unity), from Thursday dismissal to Friday morning. Just bring to the front office. Sign up to donate baked goods and/or volunteer at the sale… www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F084EA5AE2AAA8-bake/11441638

BIDDINGFORGOOD ONLINE AUCTION: It’s time to kick off our year with our online auction. The auction will go live on Friday 10/11 and end on Sunday 10/20. In the meantime we will be collecting donations for our auction event starting today! Some things that have auction off well are gift cards, services, and educational items. Please have donated items in by 10/4 to give ample time to prepare items for auction. For donation drop off please contact Tammy Studt at tammy_studt@friendsofmip.com

MANDARIN AIDES NEEDED: Bergeson School is searching for Bilingual Instructional Aides who will work 3.5 hours per day in the Mandarin Immersion classes. Do you speak Mandarin? Do you know of anyone who might like to serve children in this capacity? The application process is online at www.cusdjobs.org. These positions are “open until filled” so they could close at any time. If you have questions about the position, please feel free to call or email Principal Scholl.

ANHS FALL CHEER AND SONG CAMP Join the Aliso Niguel Pep Squad for their FALL CHEER & SONG CAMP for girls 5 and over. The camp will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in the Aliso Niguel High School Gym from 8:30am-1pm. Pep squad members will teach your future cheer/song leader football game cheers and a dance routine to be performed at the Aliso Niguel Varsity football home game on Friday, October 4, 2013. The campers will be cheering during second quarter of the game and performing their dance during halftime. Camp Includes T-shirt & hair bow for game performance, photo with mascots, & pizza lunch! (Does not include game day or tailgate ticket) Reserve your spot now for this fun and exciting event: please contact Shannan Mingo @ shamingo@cox.net

AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CLASSES Welcome back students and families. After School Enrichment programs will be starting the week of September 23^rd. Please look at the Saddleback College After-School Experience flyer that went home with your student outlining all the exciting classes being offered. On-line registration is easy and classes will fill up early. Visit www.saddleback.edu/ce and register today! For further questions, please contact Saddleback College Community Education at 949-582-4646.

Monday – Culinary Kids – Room P-29

Tuesday – Academic Chess – Room P-29

Wednesday – Engineering with Legos P-29

Thursday – After School Games – Playground blacktop

Thursday – Crazy Chemworks – Science Lab P-27