Meadows Message from Mrs. Krz

Dear Meadows Community,

This past Tuesday we enjoyed an engaging assembly from the Viver Brasil Dance Company. The Viver Brasil performance was made possible from a directed grant to MBEF from the Siddhartha family to fund a variety of cultural experiences in our elementary schools for the next five years. Students enjoyed drumming, dancing, and stories from around the world. Students raved about the experience! Please be sure to check out the reel that I posted on our school Instagram account!

This week features our Gingerbread Decorating (for students who signed up) after school on Wednesday and Student Store during lunch on Thursday. It is also important to note that if your 4th or 5th grade child plans to ride an eBike to school, they must have been trained and the bike should have an MBUSD sticker on it. Please see details about this below.

Also, please remember that no watches with texting capability are allowed at school, even if the capability is turned off. Students who are wearing eWatches will be directed to take the watches off, turn them off, and put them in their backpacks.

To ensure that you don't miss any school communication, please do the following:

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Have a great week, Mustangs!

Warmly,

Michelle Krzmarzick

• Minimum Day - Friday, Dec. 20
• PTA Reflection Art Winners at Meadows
• Lost and Found
• Adopt a Family Member Gift Drive - Please sign up to help a family today! Pick up on 12/19
• MBX Winter Classes - Sign your child up for after school enrichment classes
• Gingerbread Decorating - Dec. 11
• Student Store - Dec. 12
• E-bike information for grades 4 and 5 - Must be trained by Dec. 9 to bring ebike to school
• Run Club resumes Jan. 14
• Spirit Week - 12/16-/12/20
• Holiday Shoe Drive
• Mustang Parent Handbook
• No Place For Hate Pledge
• Meadows - Voted Best Public Elementary School in the South Bay!

Please help me to congratulation our two Meadows winners of this year's PTA Reflections Art Contest: Tasha Y. and Kassius K. We are so proud of our students and their creativity!

Tasha Yang, a grade 4 student in Mr. Barakat's class, present in the category of Visual 3-5. Her piece is entitled "Broken Vase." Tasha won the Award of Excellence 1. Tasha will be moving on to the district level and we wish her the best of luck!

Kassius Kerze, a grade 5 student in Ms. Hutchinson's class, submitted it the area of Photo 3-5. He won an Award of Merit 2. Congratulations to Kassius!

Our Lost and Found collection of expensive sweatshirts, jackets, and more will be donated to an organization after December 13th. Please come claim your child's clothes today! Also, please label all jackets and sweatshirts with your child's name to be sure that it is returned to them.

The holidays often bring to our attention that some are more fortunate to others in their ability to provide gifts to celebrate together. Every year we hold a gift drive for families who are currently living in a shelter near us to make their holidays a little brighter. Please consider "adopting" a family member by signing up in the link below. We will be delivering the gifts on 12/19.

We have more than 70 slots that have not been filled yet!

Please click here to sign up and get all the information you will need. It is our hope that you will be able to take advantage of any great sales during Thanksgiving Break. Thank you for helping to make the season brighter for any of these families in need!

MBX After School Enrichment – Winter 2025 Session:
Look forward to some fun, active and creative classes for the upcoming MBX After School Enrichment session!

Click here for the class listings

• Classes start the week of Monday, January 13 and finish the week of March 31, 2025
• Registration opens: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 9am
• Registration closes: Monday, January 6, 2025 at noon (Credit cards will be charged and classes will be confirmed or canceled based on enrollment at that time.)

This event is now sold out. We will see your child there if you signed your child up!

Get those SKORR cards ready because Student Store is coming! Please staple cards into packs of 10 before coming to the store.

Starting on December 9, if your child in grades 4 or 5 rides an e-bike to school, it must have the approved MBUSD-certified sticker displayed on their e-bike to be permitted to park on school grounds.

To receive this sticker, students must complete a District-approved e-bike certification course through E-Bike Sense or PedalAce. Without this certification, students will not be allowed to bring or park their e-bikes on campus, and any e-bike found without a sticker will be held for parent pick-up. Private course options remain available with E-Bike Sense (in-person) and PedalAce (online), and free District-sponsored classes will again be offered in January.

Here is the link to register privately for the in-person E-Bike Sense course. Please use the discount code MBUSD25 to receive a 25% discount available to MBUSD families.

Here is the link to register for the online PedalAce course. This course is offered at a 50% discount.

District-sponsored classes are still open for these grades from November 2 through December 9. If your student has already completed or will complete a private class through PedalAce and E-Bike Sense, please submit their certificate of completion to the front office as soon as possible. Once verified, a sticker will be issued to immediately be placed on the e-bike. Certificates will be cross-referenced with lists provided to the school by PedalAce and E-Bike Sense.

Join in the fun, Mustangs! These spirit-week events were selected by our Student Council and No Place For Hate Committee members. We kept in mind that we wanted to make these days fun, but easy to do for busy families!

This newly updated Parent Handbook has everything you'll need to have the best year ever! It includes calendars, information, resources, policies, and more. Click here to check it out!

Here's to a great school year, Mustangs!

Warmly,

Michelle Krzmarzick

Principal, Meadows Elementary

mkrzmarzick@mbusd.org