2005-2006 events

SMPA Board Meeting was held in the Multi on Tuesday, June 6 at 6:30 pm. Please come to hear about the Parent Association and how we work with fundraisers and events. You may run for a Board position or serve in a non-voting Advisor position. Whether you can devote a little or a lot of time and effort, you make a difference. We'll also cover the End of the Year Picnic and answer any questions you may have. Fundraisers in 2006-2007 will be the Walk-a-thon, Holiday Gift Shop, Coin Drive, Spring Catalog/Cookie Dough, and Restaurant Nights.

Solar Viewing, rescheduled for Monday, June 12 has been cancelled due to heavy cloud cover. On June 5, the partial cloud cover prevented viewing and there was only a single telescope available. We'll try again in the fall. The viewing is for Grades 3 - 5 and staff. I will setup my Celestron 11 with an aluminized filter for sunspots and Michael Swartz will bring his telescope with a hydrogen-alpha filter for solar prominences.

The End of Year Picnic was Tuesday, June 13 for Grades K - 2 and Wednesday, June 14 for Grades 3 - 5. Volunteers will get a reminder call the weekend prior. Please donate your time to setup, man individual stations, or teardown and cleanup.

Multicultural Dance Festival was held Friday, June 2 at 8:30 am.

The week of May 8-12 was Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week.
* You may donate food for Wednesday Breakfast for staff
* Help setup breakfast on Wednesday morning
* Donate Food for Friday Luncheon for staff
* Help setup the Luncheon on Friday
* Donate a Gift Basket for Friday's Raffle

On Tuesday, May 2, Kindergarten teachers gave a presentation and answered questions on new enrolling students at the SMPA meeting.

Excel spreadsheet with daily details and bar graph revised 4/4 to add SMNA contribution

The Coin Drive ended Friday, February 17. We had an upsurge in collections for the final day of the Coin Drive. Every classroom brought in money to help San Miguel. We raised $1047 on the final day and $4469.78 during this fundraiser. About $9.50 was collected for every student! Liz Hernandez' fifth grade class collected over $713 and more than doubling the average intake. At the Pizza Depot on Social Night February 9, San Miguel Neighbors Association collected $37.32. We thank everyone for making Coin Tricks a success this year. It will be another fantastic End-of-the-Year Picnic. Way to Go! Final tallies - February 17. Feb. 17 total average students SDC         Van Egeren 19.22 67.14 11.19 6 Avila 25.33 92.13 6.58 14 Kanungo 3.74 62.73 5.23 12           K-1         Sibley 60.56 278.22 15.46 18 Griffin 53.97 257.60 12.88 20 Natividad 70.74 168.33 8.42 20 Lee 33.32 158.55 7.93 20 Shukis 1.76 91.30 4.57 20 Kramer 4.39 64.46 3.39 19 Kusuma 1.74 58.64 3.09 19 Shaver 0.67 54.36 3.02 18           2-3         Chase 159.19 335.65 16.78 20 Longwell 7.98 229.87 12.77 18 Vasper 75.68 251.47 12.57 20 Bravman 60.61 224.62 11.23 20 Choate/Gee 10.37 154.29 7.72 20 Cabael 1.32 142.95 7.52 19 Espinosa 1.91 112.61 5.93 19           4-5         Hernandez 261.82 713.39 22.29 32 Wiseth 128.35 435.90 13.62 32 Demmert 28.33 240.21 9.24 26 Salaber 15.04 131.68 4.88 27 Rice 24.69 106.36 3.94 27  SMNA   37.32     Totals 1050.73 4469.78 9.51 466 Ms. Van Egeren, Ms. Sibley, Mrs. Chase, and Mrs. Hernandez classes have the highest average in their categories and earns movie and popcorn parties. The San Miguel Neighbors Association donated $500 during the 2005-2006 school year toward Accelerated Reader books and quizzes. Thank you very much. A Neighborhood Night Out at Pizza Depot on February 9, 2006 raised $37.32 for the Coin Drive.

An ice cream party goes to the classroom that accumulates the most Box Tops per student. Buy General Mills products with this coupon. Each box top is worth 10¢. The deadline was Thursday, February 16. 3441 Box Tops were submitted. More below. 2/17 afternoon total avg students Van Egeren 366 61.00 6 Griffin 291 14.55 20 Hernandez 461 14.41 32 Demmert 211 8.12 26 Wiseth 234 7.31 32 Kusuma 135 7.11 19 Bravman 120 6.00 20 Natividad 115 5.75 20 Salaber 147 5.44 27 Longwell 89 4.94 18 Vasper 95 4.75 20 Espinosa 88 4.63 19 Rice 125 4.63 27 Kramer 72 3.79 19 Shaver 61 3.39 18 Shukis 59 2.95 20 Cabael 45 2.37 19 Sibley 42 2.33 18 Chase 40 2.00 20 Avila 17 1.21 14 Ms. Van Egeren wins the ice cream party. Thanks to everybody for participating.

The 5th Annual San Miguel Star Party was Wednesday, February 8 from 7 - 8:30 pm. This was for 3rd - 5th graders and their families. With a mild and clear night, there were many amateur astronomers with 3 1/2”, 8”, 10”, and 11” catadioptric - lens and mirror combination, an 8” reflector, a 6" home-built refractor - you should have seen how tall that one was, and binoculars. Objected viewed were Saturn, Pleiades, Orion Nebula M42, Saturn and Beehive Cluster M44, the Moon, Mars, and the Double Cluster in Perseus NGC 869, NGC 884. It was a terrific turnout! Thanks to the Jim Van Nuland and the San Jose Astronomical Association. Thanks to Dotty Calabrese for making the Star Party arrangements.

	The Holiday Gift Shop is back! It took place from December 5 through 9 after school. Your child will be able to buy inexpensive gifts for family and friends. Over $930 was raised with this fundraiser. Monday, December 5 - SDC, K, 1st (2:15 - 4:00) Tuesday, December 6 - 2nd, 3rd (2:15 - 4:00) Wednesday, December 7 - 4th, 5th (2:15 - 4:00) Thursday, December 8 - all (2:15 - 4:00) Friday, December 9 - all (11:00 - 4:00)
	San Miguel Parent Association Board meeting was Tuesday, November 8 at 6:30 pm in the Staff Lounge.
	Thanks to all volunteers who helped during the Walkathon & Carnival on Friday, October 28. You really help make it special for the students. The last day to turn in money for the Walk-a-thon was Thursday, October 20. For $25 or more, get this t-shirt and a package of 20 Carnival tickets. Click here for the packet sent home. The highest classroom* from SDC, K-1st, 2nd-3rd, 4th-5th had a Movie and Pizza party. The student that brings in the most from each classroom will get an invitation to a special party with games, activities, music, snacks, and prizes. Winning classrooms had their parties the week of January 3rd SDC = VanEgeren K-1st = Griffin 2nd-3rd = Espinosa 4th-5th = Salaber   The top winning students in each class:   Avila = Alan Rodriguez $25 Kanungo = Hope and Ciera Olson $60 each VanEgeren = Colin Stoddard $125   Griffin = Niara Howard $60 Kramer = Jaime Constantino $35.25 Lee = Malachi Mallory $80 Natividad = Tommy Gomez $143   Kusuma = Joshua Roylance $145 Shaver = Nelson Cabutotan $36 Shukis = Yun Jae Yeo $40 Sibley = Caleb Kondo $67   Bravman = Joseph Tillman $130 Choate/Gee = Christina Mullins $118 Vasper = Hector Mendoza = $191   Cabael = Jackie Fulgar $115 Chase = Mireya Solorio $54 Espinosa = Jahnae Stanford $520 Menicucci = Yessenia Meza $74   Demmert = Jessica Salazar $126 Rice = Valerie Cabutotan & Mark Rosales $35 each Salaber = Manuel Mendoza $206.23   Hernandez = Angela Colon $175 Wiseth = Edgar Aguilar $325   Net profits are about $9,815. Thanks to everybody for bringing in the money and volunteering your time and effort. The party for the top earning students of each classroom was held December 12. It was a blast for all of them! * total amount of dollars divided by the number of students
	The Ice Cream Social was held in the Multi on Tuesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m. Drop on in for some free ice cream, talk to Parent Association members, learn about fundraisers and what you can do to help the school. We went through about 14 gallons of ice cream. Thanks to all volunteers who scooped and attended to the various info/fundraiser stations. Students received a Project Pride stamp when their parent attended.

School began Thursday, August 25 at 8:00 am. A parent meeting was held in the Multi at 8:00 am that day.

Thanks to all volunteers who helped during the End of the Year Picnics on June 13 and 14, 2005. Your time and effort are truly appreciated by the students and staff.