Baywood Elementary School

TUESDAY MAIL

October 11, 2005

Gift Wrap - Thank you to all who participated in the Gift Wrap Fundraiser.  Preliminary results indicate we raised over $20,000 for Baywood.   Final results and the two grand prize drawing winners will be announced in two weeks.A special thanks to the following volunteers who helped tally the orders….Andrea Herrera, Edith Foothorap, Eileen McCarthy, Erin Miller, Jana Fore, Kathryn Dwyer, Kim Collins, Marjan Javaherian Alavi, Marie Arnold, Nancy Lanthier, Nancy Schneider, Pascale Modarresse, Sandy Reichenberger, and Sarah Brody.

2005 Crewmembers …Reminder notice for current roster of 2005 Crewmembers of Spaceship Earth: Please be sure to attend your educational training and welcome aboard pizza party sponsored by our recycling company:

October 12, Wednesday at 12:05 upper playground tables (closest to Rm 9/play structure/near boys’ restroom)

As part of our planet patrol, you’ll learn about your specific duties and responsibilities, plus find out fun ways to help spread the word to peers. Don’t forget to bring your scheduling form for which days you’re able to work lunch duty. If you need an extra, there are some in the parent volunteer room. Congratulations again; see you Wednesday. ---The Environmental Committee

Halloween Costume Swap-n-Shop, Monday 10/17!

The Environmental Committee has over 25 costumes donated for our 'repurposing' program, but we'd still like more, so please put your donation in the tunnel before October 14th!! Then after school on Monday, 10/17 at the 12:40 bell, come select one in the tunnel, using our free & fun honor system for recycling ease. It’s a great way to ‘repurpose’ your outgrowns, with plenty of time to see what fits before your little goblin goes trick-or-treating. Questions? 558-1730.

Fitness Fans Bring Your Spirit to Aragon…A reminder for Friday, 10/14!! The Health and Fitness Committee is proud to kick off our new field trip program with the classic fall spectator sport of the season…football! Aragon Coach Steve Sell has invited Baywood to cheer on his Varsity team as they face off with Burlingame High School right after school at 3pm on Oct. 14^th!! If you wear your Baywood logo shirts/sweatshirts buttons or mention you ‘read about it in the Tues. mail or BW Breeze’ you’ll be admitted FREE!

DONATIONS FOR PLAYGROUND…The noontime eyes committee is looking for donations of certain items for use on the playground. We need chalk, markers, chess sets, Chinese jump ropes, and paper. The paper that has worked well in the past is the bulk 81/2x11 recycled paper from STAPLES. Please leave your donations in the office. There will be a box marked noontime eyes. At this time, just the list above would be helpful. We are pretty well stocked on other items. If you have any questions about donating or have some other suggestions, please contact karen-french@sbcglobal.net.

From now until Christmas break, students will be learning about the Lifelong Guidelines in their classrooms. They are:

Trustworthiness  - Truthfulness  - Active Listening - No Put Downs - Personal Best

They will be starting with trustworthiness.

To reinforce this concept at home, please talk to your child about what it means to be trustworthy. Trustworthiness is to act in a manner that makes one worthy of trust and confidence. Examples of trustworthiness are keeping a confidence, taking good care of a library book or other borrowed item, following the rules even when an adult isn’t present, and doing chores or helping around the house without being asked.  Start discussions with your child while reading, watching a program, or when incidents occur. Ask the question, “Was that character being trustworthy?”

There are examples of ways to practice trustworthiness in the Character Begins at Home Book as well as suggested literature to read.  Character Begins at Home Books will be coming next week for those that ordered them at the LIFESKILLS training. There will also be copies in the library as well as your child’s classroom for parents to look at and check out. In the meantime, here is some suggested literature:

Ages 4-8      The Blue and the Gray     Eve Bunting 

Horton Hatches the Egg   Dr. Seuss

Ages 9-12    Abel’s Island                             William Steig

Strider                                      Beverly Cleary

BREAKING NEWS!!

THE PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ONE WEEK

At the 5 week mark, just HALF (Only 215 out of 430) of Baywood families and staff have joined the PTA.  Our goal is 100%, so we are extending our drive for one more week to give everyone a chance to join.  Every dollar counts.  Join with $5.00 and show your support to the PTA and the programs it offers our children.  Envelopes are in the office now!!  We know many of you want to join but haven't found the time.  Well, now is the time.  We have 2 more fabulous prizes to give away to 2 lucky winners this week.  You can’t win if you don’t join……so join now!!

Corporate Matches:  We are so pleased to recognize the companies who have matched Baywood contributions this year for our PTA.  Genetech, Intel, Schwab, SUN, WAMU, Symantec, GAP, UPS, HP, Merrill Lynch, Intuit, Fidelity,  and McKesson are responsible for just over 10% of the total dollars donated.  For those of you that work at large companies, check with your human resources department and see if that is one of your benefits.    You give $50.  Your company matches with $50.  The PTA receives a total of $100.  Companies have these $$ earmarked for these types of non profit organizations.  PTA is a non profit organization!  It is easy money for Baywood.  Please take the time to capture these precious dollars for our school.

Congratulations to this week’s prize winners.  Lidia Przyluskia and Drew Takahashi will enjoy a delicious Amici’s Family Pasta, and Rick Barnard and Nancy Mayrose have won a lovely hand-made trinket from Claire’s Creations.  Enjoy!!

Any questions, please contact Tammie Medeiros Bosley, Jennifer Tietz, or Sandy Reichenberger Reiter

	Baywood List of Donors for 2005 - 2006 PTA Membership Drive
Circle  Membership($500+)
Heidi and John Bowman	Shana Callan
Jennifer and Todd Barrett	Ann and Ajay Jain
Julie Schmittdiel and Jason Ku	John and Joanna Privitera
Bruce and Lori Fowler	Katie Peters and Ron Scheldrup
Jeff and Keren Kotowitz	K.T. and Jack Dahlgren
Barb Boschetto	Michael Hahn and Deborah Schechter
Patti and Sean Lawrence	The Bhaumik Family
Albert and Janet Wetter	Jennifer and Dennis Tietz
Amy and Brad Turpie	The Fitzloffs
Ken and Lisa Prager	Jay and Kristine Cornwall
Anna McLean and Don Holland	Peter and May Lin Cooperstein
Rose and Bill Mark	Mark and Tara Morgan
Terri and Larry Garnick	Stan Barnes and Holly Klingel
Amy and Enrique Figueroa	Rob and Ginger DeContreras
Nicolas Figueroa's Grandparents	Caroline and Graham Low
Matt and Linda Arnold	Fred and Lisa Kost
Niloofar Ehsani	Pascale and Francois Modarresse
Jack and Sue Van Sweden	Susan and Frank O'Neill
The Tun Zan Family	Charles and Sharon Wienbar
(2) Anonymous
Platinum  Membership($250-$499)
Andy and Sarah Block	Debbie and Tim Grant
Valerie and Mark Constant	Julie and Pete Halpin
Elvira and David Auerweck	Tim and Jan Hurley
Craig and Zabrina Adas	Ian and Catherine Steffan
Paul and Maureen Fitzgerald	Dave Olson and Judi Powell
Corinne and Tom Hitchcock	John and Nicole Moe
Gene and Tanya Manyak	Michael and Kimberly Zuehlke
Sophie and Igor Perisic	Ginny and Daniel Lee
James and Joanne Graham	Rita Redberg and David Larson
Sharon Vinick and Arie Grossman	Kelli and Ed Lynch
Gold  Membership($100-$249)
Shareen and Abdul Khadir	Eric Hsiao and Amy Wu
James Keck and Karen Taylor	Purvi Shah
David Marcus and Tracy Butler	Rita and Thomas Chen
Susan and Gregory Hoffman	Ed Franco and Maureen Doherty
Mark and Holly Pietrofesa	Carlos Stahr and Christian Smith
Bill and Pam Casey	Mirian Majofis and Steve Beyer
Michele and Andrew Epstein	Michael Harrold and Myra Haggerty
Melanie and Chris Bebbington	Mary Beth and Brent Blasnek
Harriet Borofsky and Peter Johannet	Michelle Baldini
Chris and Carole Victor	Levent and Sinem Eyuboglu
Steve and Norie Bonbright	Natalie Marks
Carrie and John Hermann	Tracy Stoehr
Jim and Sara Mitchell	Connie George
Margreth Barrett and Kenneth Louden	Debra and Dan Brinzo
Natasha and Harry Berlin	Arash Alavi and Marjan Javaherian
Willie and Claire Cherin	Christi Fontenot
Mayerson Family	Dr. William and Laurene Bresnick
(4) Anonymous
Silver  Membership ($50-$99)
Karen and Brian Haverty	Julie Holman
Davina Moussa	Stacy and Mark Doss
(3) Anonymous
Bronze  Membership ($5-$49)
Julie Quinn	Shahfiy Razak
Carole Delgado	(3) Anonymous
General  Membership  (all levels)
Gecsabel Bardales	Berit and Bill Dailey
Peggy Toomey	Tom and Kim Tanaka
Peter and Ellen Ulrich	Tom and Alma Stephenson
Sandra and Alan Harrington	Susan and Bill Graham
Diane Himler	Jim and Kathryn Dwyer
Gale and Peter Borden	Jill and Sean Hudson
Sue Blockstein and Mike Sokolsky	Kristy Everson
Mrs. CG	Kerry Tam
Corey and Rod Cherkas	Susan Sutkin
Elizabeth Lee and David Goya	Mindy Gerson and Jeff Cohen
Roberta Kirk	Nancy Schneider and Rick Wysong
Julie and Robert Weinstein	Ian Clarke and Nancy McGovern
Michele Cinq Mars and John Neil	Mahesh and Rachel Chandramouli
Henry Ho	Diane Hinds
Laurel and Jon Wetherbee	Susan and Roger Oser
Bob and Joanne Smith	Dawn and Don Hahn
Barbara Cerri	Kim Collins
Naomi Sakai and Peter Quigley	Michele and John Perkins
Robert Chinn and Lori Tamura-Chinn	Allan and Josie Parker
Anne-Sophie and Xavier Avat	Audrey Kalman
Herman and Marina van Blommestein	Janice Leong
Randi Shafton and Drew Lieberman	Tim Webb and Sarah Brody
Diane and Claudio Bet	Debbe and Jim Stern
Madelyn Pacas	Drew Takahashi and Lidia Przyluska
James and Karon Kaye	Ralph and Jean Garcia
Julie and Rick Gruber	Pervaiz and Shama Choudhry
Paula and Joe Osorio	Ken and Laura Ikeda
Jim Halbleib	Cathy and Bob Croshaw
Christine Onorato and Tim McKevitt	Daniel Murray and Jill Hanashiro
Jennifer and Philip Kuhn	Kathy and Roger Mihara
The Ma Family	Ron and Eleanor Melles
Stephanie Sardella	Sonia Pollitt and John Jacobsen
Athena Kontonis	Alba Kellejian
Sue Sheng and Ling Li	Jim Mathews
Jacqueline Chaplik	Karen and Ernie French
Gary Sprague and Michele Freed	Mike and Martie Bruce
Rick Barnard and Nancy Mayrose	Jane and Rick Simon
Karen Gansky	Cheryl Pierce
Ronald Goerss and Edith Foothorap	Sallie Kim and Hubert Kim
Zain Saidin and Joanne Spetz	Jerryan Whiteman
Rick Banks and Jennifer Eberhardt	Linda Wallach Cohen
Ellen Clear and Steve Kazan	Bill and Kristine Berman
Jeffrey and Christina Tan	Joanne Day
Mike and Lori Landry	Andrea Herrera
Eileen and Richard Moore	Elizabeth and Matt Loar
Ilana and Neal Tandowsky	Sandra and Michael O'Toole
Kelly S. and Kelly K. Cliff	Karen and Steve Sell
Peter and Clara Harden	Kevin and Patricia O'Brien
Elaine Hill	Steve and Maia Dreyer
Annette and David Kranzler	Cheryl Pollock
Sue and Mark Dooley	Michele and Raymond Granaada
Jeannette and Rand Larsen	Nazanine Amir
Kevin and Alyce Tatlow	Tammie Medeiros Bosley and Ken Bosley
Kristine and Bill Berman

DESIGN YOUR OWN NOTE CARD…Watch your child's backpack for information about note cards.  This 5th grade class fundraiser allows your child to design his or her very own note card. The final product will be professionally printed --- in color on white paper ---and can be purchased at an extremely attractive price! 

Your child designs the card using the material sent home, you turn in the form and payment, and the end result is  a set of 4-¼  X 5- ½ “ note cards packaged 20 to a set, wrapped in sparkling, star-studded cellophane, and topped off with a glittering silver ribbon to create a beautiful package ready for gift giving.

If you would like your child to design more than one card – extras can be obtained in the office – do not photocopy the Note Card Picture Form because copies will not be accepted.    Your child’s siblings and friends, including adults, are also welcome to submit orders.

The note cards are due Oct 19th.  They will be available in early December.

If you have any questions, please contact Sue Blockstein (579-2711, sue@webfootc.com) or Gale Borden (348-7753, gborden@borden-law.com)

Baywood Auction 2006 – the latest and greatest!

The theme for this year’s auction is…(drumroll please)…My Big Fat BAYWOOD Wedding!  Bring on the tulle, lace and tuxedoes--the Baywood family is here to stay!  The 2006 auction will be held at the South San Francisco Conference Center on Saturday, April 22.  This important fundraising event generates just under 50% of the PTA’s revenue, which funds many of Baywood’s essential programs (such as: Instructional Aides, P.E. Aide, Library Aide, Computer Aide, Music and Art…).

Interested in getting involved?  Volunteering for the Auction Committee is a great way to make a difference while meeting people and having loads of fun!  We’re still looking for people to fill a couple key positions.

If you are interested in helping out, please attend the next meeting, October 26, 2005 at 7:00 at 22 Melrose Court and/or contact our auction chairs Heidi Bowman (heidibowman8@hotmail.com, 570.7510) or Niloofar Ehsani (niloofar_ehsani@hotmail.com, 340.0315)

6^TH ANNUAL BAYWOOD SCRAMBLE – IT’S NOT TOO LATE!

YES, you can still sign up to play in the fun-filled 6^th Annual Baywood Scramble on Sunday, October 16^th. There are a few spots still available so register today! You can sign up or get more information by contacting anyone in our player management group: For more info contact:

Andy Block     358-0261       akblock@rcn.com

Rick Gruber   685-7443       rickgruber@yahoo.com

We are still welcoming family and corporate sponsors. Corporate sponsors will receive promotional mention in the Tuesday Mail, on the day of the event and in the San Mateo Times. We have many different sponsorship levels available, so please consider a contribution. All family sponsors will be entered into a drawing for a visit to Malibu Grand Prix with our Principal, Joanne Day. You can become a sponsor by calling anyone in our sponsorship group: For more info, contact:

Jeff Cohen     342-3613       jeff_cohen@hotmail.com

Roger Oser    579-4843       roger@predium.com

To date, the following generous companies and families have committed to sponsoring this year’s Baywood Scramble. Thank you to the following:

EAGLE TOURNAMENT SPONSORS

AdvanceV – Francois Modarresse

Guaranty Bank

Merador, LLC – Greg Herrera

BIRDIE HAT SPONSOR

Predium – Roger Oser

PAR SNACK SPONSOR

Amici's East Coast Pizzeria – Peter and May Lin Cooperstein

CHECK-IN SPONSOR

Boudin Bakery Catering – Jay Cornwall

TEE SPONSORS

Arborwell – Peter Sortwell

Collection Bureau of America – Shawn DeLuna

Crestcom Training – Jeff Cohen and Mindy Gerson

First Horizon Home Loans – Andy Block

Helio Solutions, Inc. – David Auerweck

Ken Constantino – Alain Pinel Realtors

Miriam Chirko – Coldwell Banker

Peter Landes Estate Planning

Polyscapes Landscaping – Paul and Maureen Fitzgerald

SEA Construction

Skaates Inc. Plumbing and Radiant Heating

State Farm Insurance – Jim Dwyer

Stepping Stones

FAMILY SPONSORS

The Barnes Family

The Bowman Family

The Cornwall Family

The Dailey Family

The Diba Family

The Eveslage Family

The Garnick Family

The Grant Family

The Greene Family

The Harrington Family

The Hedrick Family

The Judy Powell & Dave Olson Family

The Kaye Family

The Kotowitz Family

The Modarresse Family

The Phil Constantino Family

The Tandowsky Family

The Tietz Family

Ulrich for School Board

Pied Piper Supports Baywood…Please get your Narnia Tickets by the Pied Piper players.  Show dates are October 21, 22, 28 and 29.  The forms are in the office.  On October 22 at 7:30 PM and October 29^th at 2:00 PM, the Pied Piper Players will be donating 15% of their profits back to Baywood!  Please come and support Baywood and the Pied Piper Players.  Many Baywood are in the production.  If you have questions contact Annette Kranzler @ 558-1149 or Jana Fore @ 375-0445.

Baywood’s Conflict Manager Program is now starting for interested 4^th and 5^th graders! Conflict Managers are 4^th and 5^th grade students who volunteer their time during lunch and recess to help students on the upper playground resolve playground conflicts.  All Conflict Managers will receive special training to learn how to help with upper playground activities, and how to help younger students work out problems and agree on solutions.  Students interested in being a Conflict Manager must be good listeners, responsible, enjoy collaborating with others, like to help others resolve problems and want to volunteer their time during designated lunch or recess periods.  Interested 4^th and 5^th graders should write a brief letter addressed to Mrs. Moreci describing WHY they want to be a Conflict Manager.  Participating students earn Block B points.  All letters must be returned to your student’s classroom teacher by Friday, October 14, 2005.  Questions?  Please contact Mrs. Moreci or Gale Borden 348-7753.

Fall Book Fair…Tuesday, October 25^th – Friday, October 28^th….Once again we welcome Banana Seed Books and Emily Scheinman to the Baywood LGI.  Banana Seed Books is a local vendor with a wide variety of books and educational toys that both you and your children will love.  If you are available to volunteer during the fair please contact Keren Kotowitz at kkotowitz@comcast.net or 685-8039.