ISM Halloween Festival - Friday, October 31

Hi Parents,

Don't be frightened, but we have attached a letter and included a link to some flyers from the Halloween Festival organizers for you to read. Please do. It looks like it will be a fun day. Everything's been planned out and organized really well, now what's needed are some volunteers and a few items donated. Here is an overview of what's happening, and what you can do to help:

The festival will be from 1:00-3:00 on the 31st, with many fun activities held at various locations on campus, beginning with a costume parade. Volunteer responsibilities have been categorized per class, and ours is running the Die-Cut Photo Frame activity table. We need two volunteers per 4th Grade class... Anyone, Anyone?

As far as what our classes are responsible for in terms of supplies and food/water, we have been asked to provide the following:

• 10 Cases of Water per class (perhaps 1 case each for 10 people per class?)
• Die Cuts for decorating frames and photo printer paper

Also, there will once again be a carved pumpkin contest, but this year the organizers have asked that students bring their pumpkin(s) to their classroom on Thursday, Oct. 30.

If Trick Or Trunk is something you want to participate in, you can sign up on ISM's volunteer website or through Lisa Moberg at lisa@landolinks.com.

Parent Letter
http://www.coastclick.com/pdf/IntroLetter_Halloween08.pdf

Check out the ISM volunteer website and this file containing flyers to find more details about the day:
http://www.coastclick.com/pdf/2008_HalloweenFest_Parent.pdf

Finally, please e-mail or call us with questions or to sign up for the volunteer or supply opportunities specific to our classes.

Thanks!

~ Karen Monahan and Barbara Okamura

Drivers for Wednesday 9/24 Field Trip

Here is the list of drivers I have for the field trip on Wednesday, Sept. 24th to the Monterey State Historic Parks for the Native American program:

- Barbara Okamura
- Kathleen Hill
- Sonia Perez
- Debra Istenes
- Ming-Chiann Chou
- Therese Mayone (maybe)

If there is someone I missed that can drive, please let me know. Mrs. Mayone has another commitment and driving for the field trip would be difficult on Wednesday. We plan to leave school around 8:30am to be at the Pacific House by 9:00am for our program. We will be leaving Monterey around 2:30pm to come back to school.

Remember, if you can make it to the beach clean-up tomorrow morning, we will meet at Del Monte Beach near Wharf #2 (where people fish) at about 9:00am. After the clean-up we will hang out at the beach to build sand castles and eat. Bring hats, sunscreen, food for yourselves and some food to share (if you can). We should be around until about 12 unless the turn out is low.

Have a great weekend,

Mary Welsh

Coastal Clean-up Day and the 4th Grade

Hello parents,

If you don't have plans this Saturday, please think about joining us at the beach for Coastal Clean-up Day, Sand castle building and fun.

Ms. Welsh

Dear Grade 4 Parents:

Here is a great opportunity for us to have a fun get-together and do a quick service learning project at the same time. It is very short notice, so don't worry if it won't work out for you and your family, but we thought it would be fun for those who can make it.

This Saturday is California Coastal Cleanup Day. It's a day when communities up and down the coast get together to clean our beaches. You can check out the Monterey County Coastal Cleanup website at

http://www.parks.ca.gov/montereycoastalcleanup

We are planning to be at the Del Monte beach site from 9 to 12. Afterwards, let's have a potluck lunch and build some sandcastles! If you are planning to join us, please fill out the waiver (PDF) and send it back to school. (It's okay to just show up, too.)

Looking forward to doing the right thing and having fun, too!

Laura and Mary