February 8, 2010

New Announcements:

·         DESEF Online Auction Closes Tuesday! The Disney  Education Foundation's online auction is NOW OPEN and runs through Tuesday, February 9. Additionally, the live auction / dinner / casino night gala is scheduled for Saturday, February 27. Tickets are still for sale to this fabulous event. You can purchase tickets to the live auction event online at the auction site.

 

·         Eat at Chevy's in San Ramon and raise money for Disney: eat or order "to-go" at the San Ramon Chevy's restaurant from 11 am to 10 pm this Thursday, February 11 and Chevy's will donate 25% to the Disney Education Foundation. Make sure you mention that you are from Disney Elementary.

·         Meeting this Thursday: come to this month's PTA meeting this Thursday, February 11, in the library. Our general meeting starts at 7:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to hear about the latest school happenings and events. Also, I’d like to send out a big “thank you” to our PTA for another fun family fun night this past Friday. We had another Bingo night that was very well attended. Children and family enjoyed playing bingo, previewing the classroom auction baskets that are on sale at the auction, and enjoying treats baked by members of one of our Disney girl scout troops. If you have not attended a PTA family fun night, there will be others coming soon!

·         Spirit Day this Friday: our student council is sponsoring another school "spirit day" this Friday, February 12. This Friday is "Crazy Hair Day." All students and staff are invited to come to school with their favorite crazy hair-do.

·         Chevron Matching Grants: thanks to Chevron and Donors Choose, our teachers can post their proposed projects in Math, Science, Technology, and Engineering for individuals and companies to give funds to pay for associated equipment. For every dollar you or your employer donates to a project, Chevron will match your donation until the teacher can fund the project. Disney's 3^rd grade team has posted their Flipping Over Math project. Check it out.

·         Time with Technology: thanks to both our PTA and DESEF for funds that have contributed greatly to our movement towards providing Disney students with “21^st century tools.” In addition to our new presentation systems (document camera, upgraded computers, and LCD projectors) in all K-5 classrooms, our new iMac lab is driving an updated learning experience for our students. If you’d like to view the technology standards that students are learning both in the lab and within classrooms, visit the Disney Computer Lab website. You can also visit the Disney Lab wiki to view links of specific online sites and resources that Disney students use. Children can also visit most of these sites from home.

In order to give you a “snapshot” of some of the work being accomplished in our iMac lab, here are this week’s highlights of what students have been doing in the lab with Ms. Manghirmalani:

K: Students worked on their counting skills.

1st : Students worked on basic addition and subtraction skills.

2nd: Students worked on and completed the time telling skills.

3rd: Students worked on multiplication and division skills.

4th & 5th: Students researched  about and took notes on Vancouver 2010 Olympics report.

 

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school.