Here's the link to the PTA's
October Newsletter

October Calendar Events

Box Tops for Education Class Competition:  Help your class win the Box Tops competition.  Collect “Box Tops for Education” labels, and then turn them in to your teacher by October 22.  Box Tops earn our school funds for things like student folders and planners.

Cookie Dough:  Right in time for Thanksgiving break, cookie dough will arrive making your holiday treat preparation simple.  Help JME PTA fund field trip buses with one of our biggest fundraisers of the year!  Last year, cookie dough sales funded 15% of all PTA activities.  Let’s see if we can bring that up to 20% this year!  Our goal is to sell 1375 tubs of cookie dough.  Last year we sold 1000 tubs!  We can do this Team Timberwolf!  Orders need to be turned in by October 12.

Auction Planning Meeting:  Help make this year’s auction the most fun and successful one yet!  We will meet at Wendy Dexter’s house to discuss theme, ticket sales, sponsors, and donations.  Come with your great ideas and leave with a full tummy.  We will be eating while we meet.  Please call or email for directions. 510-219-3326 or wendy@condorcountry.com.

Homecoming Float:  Help the float committee construct this year’s float after school on Fridays in Room 11.  Bring your creativity and your kids.  This is a fun way to get involved!

Yankee Candle: Just in time for holiday giving, this new fundraiser is designed to make your holiday shopping and decorating easy.  Catalogs will be in Monday Mail on the 29^th.

Membership Drive: This past month our John Muir PTA brought a whale to school, created an original music CD, started creating the homecoming float, and hosted the amazing Timberwolf Trot.  These activities can only happen with the help of parents and friends of the JME community.  The best way to ensure you can be a part of the action is to become a member of our PTA.  This October, the PTA will be holding a friendly contest to see which grade level can achieve the highest percentage of membership.  We already have over 100 members, but we would love to double that number or more! For each membership you buy ($10), your child(ren) will receive a credit.  If you buy 2 memberships and have 1 student, they receive 2 credits or if you have 2 or more students they each receive 2 credits.  Any grade level that reaches 100% membership, each student will receive a surprise.  The grade level that achieves the highest percentage, will win a special grand prize (TBD).  So look for the flyers next week and join us in making JME a dynamic learning community for all of our students!  The contest will end October 26th.

Membership percentages as of 9/27:

K= 20%   1st= 32%   2nd= 34%   3rd= 35%    4th= 40%    5th= 22%    SDC= 36%

Tune Little CCTimes article

http://www.contracostatimes.com/martinez/ci_21628047/john-muir-elementary-students-get-crash-course-songwriting

 Timberwolf Trot is Today!!!! Parents are welcome to cheer on our Timberwolves at 8:50. If you're able to help tally all those laps, please let Emily or any other volunteers know you are there to help!

GOOOOO Timberwolves!

Whale Week articles

http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_21518150/john-muir-elementary-students-martinez-get-whale-science

Here's a short video clip of puttting the whale skeleton together!
http://bcove.me/87taublk