Volunteering at Lakeshore
Your ongoing support and participation in serving all of our children at Lakeshore is needed and greatly valued. However, the focus in our classrooms must be on the children enrolled in the class. Having younger siblings and children present can detract from the teaching and learning and be very disruptive. We appreciate your understanding that when volunteering in classrooms, on the yard or in the cafe, please remember that the focus must be on children enrolled at Lakeshore and younger siblings and small children may interfere with teaching and learning and other school day activities. Your cooperation and understanding is appreciated. – Ms. Keener
Be a Lakeshore Room Parent!
Sign up to be a Room Parent for your child’s class. Room Parents are essential to the overall experience of children in the classroom. Room Parents work directly with the teacher to coordinate volunteers for parties, field trips, activities (i.e. Motor Perception, Theater, Art, etc) and various other duties. If you are interested in taking on this important role, please email your name, child’s name, room number/teacher, and phone number to Heather Baria or return the form that came home with your child. A Room Parent information meeting will be held prior to the start of the first PTA meeting on Wednesday, September 7th at 6:30 p.m.
Remember, there can be several Room Parents per class. Therefore, do not hesitate to sign up if you are interested.
Heather Baria, Room Parent Coordinator
After School Mandarin Program Is Still Enrolling–Few Spots Available
We’re pleased to welcome two new great teachers to our PTA-sponsored After School Mandarin Program this year. Ms. Julia Fung who is teaching Beginner class in our program obtained both Journalism and Elementary Education diplomas in Taiwan, China, and taught Chinese for more than 10 years at Elementary schools in Taiwan. Since coming to the United States, she has taught several different grade levels in Bay Area throughout past four years. Ms. Eva Chen, who was a substitute teacher before, now officially become the teacher of the higher level class. She moved to the United States from Taiwan a couple of years ago. She also has many years of teaching experience. Ms. Chen is very patient with the students, also organized, prepared, and dedicated.
***No prior exposure to Mandarin is necessary***
• Program is provided from school dismissal until 5:00pm. (* End at 4:00pm during Teacher- Parents conference week)
• Small class. 10 students limited per class.
• Classes are provided on site.
Rates:
$25 one-time application fee (New students only & non- refundable)
$450 tuition/ Semester. Payable to: Lakeshore Elementary School After School Mandarin Program.
$25/semester discount will be applied to each sibling’s tuition if first child is currently enrolled.
Forms are available at Afterschool Mandarin Program Mailbox in school office (the one at upper left corner of mailbox case).
Call Elaine Yu to arrange new student’s first day meeting with our teacher.
New PTA Treasurer Needed ASAP!
Can you fill the job? Job description: writes checks, finalizes budget and prepares end of year final budget update. Some accounting background is recommended. ~5hrs/week. Please contact Ben Polacco (bpolacco@gmail.com) if you think you can help or have any questions. (Our retiring treasurer, whose daughter graduated this spring, can fill you in on details).
Open Enrollment for Morning Mandarin Program
We currently have a few more openings for Level 1 in the Morning Mandarin Program. This level does not require any prior Mandarin experience. Classes are held from 8:15AM to 9:15AM at Lakeshore. Enrollment will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. If interested, please pick up an enrollment form in the school office.
Support Lakeshore with eScrip
Welcome Back Lakeshore families and welcome to all the new Kindergarten families! Now is the time to start thinking about what you can do for Lakeshore! Here’s what our group can earn from eScrip:
1 family = $144 per year 10 families = $1,440 per year 100 families = $14,400 per year
Help Lakeshore jump start our eScrip program today!
Here’s your eScrip “to do” list:
1. Visit “my eScrip” to make sure all of your card numbers and expiration dates are current.
2. Encourage all of your friends and family to sign up their cards.
3. Check out the most recent version of the eScrip merchant list at www.escrip.com.
If you have not yet registered with eScrip, please visit www.escrip.com.
Lakeshore PTA Group ID# 137955443