Edna Maguire's Nutritional Information with Regards to Food Distribution

Nutrition-Wellness

Birthday Treats Policy

We always enjoy celebrating each student's birthday with special recognition in his or her classroom. But due to the number of kids with serious food allergies and California's nutritional guidelines, we have a strict FRUIT ONLY policy when it comes to distributing birthday treats at school. Examples include a bag of apples, blueberries, grapes, strawberries or fruit kabobs. Check our website for other ideas and facts provided by our nutrition committee. Please do not bring in cookies, cupcakes or baked goods for birthday treats!

If you want to celebrate your child's birthday with something other than, or in addition to, fruit, we ask that you skip costly goody bags. Instead, let your child buy a Birthday Book through the library or donate a book to his or her classroom. Some children also like to invite a guest reader to share a book on their special day. Others are happy to celebrate with their friends and family outside of school.

We will continue to celebrate special events such as Halloween, the winter holidays and Valentine's Day with limited sweet treats during classroom parties. 

We refer to this as the 80/20 rule: 80% nutritious snacks; 20% treats.) Teachers will work with Room Parents to adhere to this policy. 

Educate yourself about good nutrition and why we should all be concerned.... 

Watch this important video 

New Place to Drop Off Students in the Morning! Avoid the congestion on Lomita!

Alternative Morning Drop-off Spot - 250 Camino Alto - Starts Wed January 29th.

Do you currently drop off you kids in Scott Valley behind school on Azalea, Underhill or Vasco Ct?

Now you can shorten your trip and drop them in a spot away from traffic and let them get a little exercise before they start the day.

Starting Wednesday, January 29th you will be able to use 250 Camino Alto parking lot as a drop off. (Immediately behind where the Cantina shopping center is.)

1. Pull in and drive to the back of the lot. 
2. Drop off your kids who will walk on the path to school (it's a 7-10 minute walk).
3. Proceed on out of the parking lot, do not park and unload. Volunteers will be there to help.
4. If you'd like to drop little ones, bring an adult who can go w/them and walk home after, etc.

Please email Deborah at dcole3@sbcglobal.net if you can take a turn to help kids get out and to keep the cars moving along and make this a success or sign up with her at the drop spot. We need a volunteer each morning at first.

Edna Maguire's Outdoor Garden is coming along!

Garden Update:
I just toured the garden this morning with the extraordinary Leslie Myers and Ronnie Sharpe.  This "one of kind" outdoor learning lab is unprecedented. The staff and students will soon be planting crops in our new garden beds!  I might add that they are gopher proof!!!  Those rascals have been enjoying our delicious plants for years and they will now have to find another source!  The chickens are happy in their chicken coop and I was even given one of Pearl's delicious eggs.  The sheds are build for storage and the student garden tool shed is also complete.  The green house, which will house our seedlings, is framed which you can see in the pictures.  The reading circle bench was transferred from the previous garden to it's new location!

It is an exciting time here at Edna Maguire Children's Garden!  Open Soon!

Greenhouse

Reading Circle Bench

Garden Beds

Chicken Coop

Pearl's Egg!

Kiddo Art Show for MVSD - January 31st - February 28th.

The Kiddo! Art show at the Mill Valley Community Center will run from Friday, January 31st - Friday, February 28th. There will be a reception for the artists and their families on Thursday, February 6th from 4:30 - 6:30pm.

I hope you can join us for the reception!

Artist List

Edna 

Moises Zarate 5^th

Tara Fullerton 1^st

Braden Dalma 4^th

James Hisanga 5^th

Alexa Sokolove 5^th

Helena Goddard 1^st

Lisa 

Road Paving on Azalea and Vasco - January 20-31st

Dear Families,

I wanted to let you know that during the weeks of January 20 – January 31^st the city is paving the streets of Azalea and Vasco.  There will be delays and very limited parking.  If you use that area, please find an alternate route during these weeks.

Thank you,

Lisa Zimmer

We are in session this Friday, January 17th!

Dear Family,

This is a reminder that we DO HAVE SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 17!   We are off this Monday, January 20 for Martin Luther King holiday.

Enjoy your 3 Day Weekend!

Lisa 

What a Wonderful Week!

Dear Family,

Well, we are all snuggled in the classrooms and getting acquainted to our new surroundings!  The words from the students are:  awesome, just perfect, incredible, amazing, etc....   The smiles really say it all!

We started off Monday with a Welcome to Your New School Assembly where I was given a purple basketball to shoot the first "official" shot into the new hoops!  It took me, well, let's say, more than a few times to get it in!  But word on the street from the 5th grade boys is that I have good "form!"

I want to commend my staff for their tireless effort to get thing set up and ready for all of our families and students.  They have moved their classrooms 3 x in the past 18 months!   I am incredibly happy for the teachers here who deserve the very best for all that they do.  A big thank you to the students and families for which none of this would have been possible without your support and care!