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Thornhill Elementary PFC Newsletter

Volume 31, Issue 21, January 23, 2024

Thornhill ElementaryPFC NewsletterVolume 31, Issue 21, January 23, 2024
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In This Issue (bolded items are new for this week)

  • Valentine’s Day Craft-Making Party - Get Your Tickets!

  • Updates from the Library - RSVP for School-wide Event: Read & Feed

  • This Friday January 26: Walk to School Is Back!
  • Pacific Boychoir Academy Performance on January 26
  • Follow us on Instagram! @ThornhillPFC

  • Dine & Donate with Round Table Pizza - This Thursday!

  • Shop & Earn for Thornhill with Good Eggs

  • OUSD Announcements

  • Calendar of Important Dates

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Valentine’s Day Craft-Making Party - Get Your Tickets!

Our superstar second-grade teachers, Ms. Whalen, Ms. Tsuji and Mr. Johnson, have generously donated their time and resources to our first hosted party of 2024: a Valentine’s Day craft-making party!


Details:

Date: Thursday February 8

Time: 3:00-5 (the kids joining will be collected when school gets out)

Where: Room 10

Who: Open to 15 kids, 2nd-5th graders..

What: The kids will craft adorable heart-themed Valentine’s that they can take home (and present to you on February 14, perhaps!) as well as make their own special treats!

Cost: $45 per child


Get your tickets HERE before this hot ticket sells out!


What are Hosted Parties? Hosted Parties are organized by a Thornhill parent or family, a group of parents or by our teachers. Hosts share the cost of putting together their event and guests buy tickets to attend with all proceeds going to the Thornhill Parent Faculty Club (PFC) to support school programming. If you have an idea for a party or even just a few questions about hosting, please email hostaparty@thornhillschool.org and we can help you get it going!


Thank you,

Samantha Grice and Laura Borrman

Auction Hosted Parties Committee

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Updates from the Library - RSVP for School-wide Event: Read & Feed

The Thornhill Read-a-thon is just around the corner - the annual event will take place from January 29 - February 9 (more info to come shortly!).


As a part of this event, we'd love for you to join us for our second annual Read & Feed! On Wednesday, February 7 from 5:30-7pm, we will gather in the Multi-Purpose Room for a celebration of reading, eating, and community. There will be book-based art projects, delicious pizza dinner, and spaces to hang out and read together. Stay tuned for more details.


Please help us plan for food for the event by RSVPing on this google form by Friday, January 26.


In addition, Thornhill will be participating in the Oakland EdFund Annual African-American History Month Read-in! On Thursday February 15 from 9:30-11am screened volunteers will visit classrooms for twenty minutes to share a read aloud in celebration of the national heritage month and literature!


We would love to have community members from Thornhill visit classes to read. We will provide a great selection of books, or you can bring one that you would love to share.


Please let me know on this form if you would like to participate in the Read-in!


And last but not least, sending big thank yous to the following families for their donations of books to the library. Your generous support is much appreciated!


Lily Espinoza Family

Hannah Eisman Family


With gratitude,

Ms. Fox

marie.fox@ousd.org

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This Friday January 26: Walk to School Is Back!

The Green Team is launching an informal and family-led initiative to walk to school one Wednesday a month! This week, the rain is pushing the walk to Friday January 26. Based on the success of the official Walk to School Day last October, where half the school made the morning stroll, many families said they'd like to do more walking trains: "It's fun and social!" This initiative is informal, not related to an official event, and anyone can participate if they wish to. That's 5 morning walks to enjoy the rest of this year with other school families, a little exercise to start a better day and less cars on the road. Can't beat that!


Find your Walking Station Address


Gear up your "walking train", call your neighbor families and set your meeting time for this Friday morning! Find your meeting station here!

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Your Student Lost a Jacket? The Lost & Found Racks Are Full

Sweater on the loose! Many displaced jackets, hoodies and other items lost their owners while playing outside and found themselves on racks by the cafeteria entrance. Parents, please check to see if you recognize any of your family’s items; it's cold out there!!!

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Pacific Boychoir Academy Performance on January 26

Pacific Boychoir Academy (PBA) is visiting Thornhill again this year! PBA will be performing for Thornhill at 2pm on Friday, January 26. PBA has after-school choirs for boys and girls of all ages. Check out the PBA website to learn more!

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Follow us on Instagram! @ThornhillPFC


We're looking to expand our Thunderbird following as it serves as a crucial platform for communicating upcoming events, highlights, and most importantly, our upcoming Auction.

The Thornhill Auction Committee reaches out to generous local businesses for donations & sponsorships, and to express our gratitude, we give them a special shoutout on social media. Increasing our follower count provides added incentive for businesses to contribute. It's a simple and effective way to support us – just click HERE and hit that follow button!

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Dine & Donate with Round Table Pizza - This Thursday!

Join us for a delicious way to support Thornhill Elementary! We're excited to announce a "Dine and Donate" event at Round Table Pizza on Thursday January 25, from 11 AM to 10 PM.

When you place your order, mention Thornhill Elementary and 20% of your total will be generously donated to our school. Please note that alcohol, lunch/dinner combos, and other promotional offers are excluded from this donation.


Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy some delicious pizza while supporting our school community!

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Shop & Earn for Thornhill with Good Eggs

About Good Eggs

Good Eggs is grocery delivery for food lovers, bringing local produce, organic staples, chef-prepared meals, and easy meal kits straight to your door. It’s all the quality and transparency of a farmer’s market, with the speed and convenience of online ordering.


How do I participate?

To support your school's fundraiser, visit the Good Eggs website and simply type in your school's unique code GOODEGGSFORTHORNHILL at checkout.


Do I need to enter the code every time I shop?

Nope! Once you've used the code on your first order, it will apply to all subsequent orders during the fundraiser period. Good Eggs will give 5% back to your school automatically. No need to enter your code again.


Who can join the fundraiser?

Share Thornhill's code with friends, family, teachers, and neighbors. Anyone who wants to support our school can do so with our unique code.


How can I make the fundraiser successful for my school?

Help spread the word! The more people who join the fundraiser, the more funds your school will raise.

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OUSD Announcements

Please find OUSD announcements and events here.

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Calendar

  • Wednesday, January 24: Auction meeting via Zoom @ 6:30pm (details in Konstella)

  • Thursday, January 25: Dine & Donate with Round Table Pizza from 11am-10pm

  • Friday January 26: Walk to School

  • Friday January 26: Pacific Boychoir Academy Performance

  • Monday, January 29 - Friday, February 9: Read-a-thon

  • Wednesday, January 31: 4th Grade Coloma Meeting @ 6pm (details in Konstella)

  • Wednesday, February 7: Read & Feed

  • Thursday, February 8: Valentine’s Day Craft-Making Party 3:00-5pm

  • Monday, February 12 - Tuesday, February 13: 4th grade trip to Coloma

  • Thursday, February 15: African-American History Month Read-in, 9:30-11:30am

  • Friday, February 16: NO SCHOOL

  • Monday, February 19: NO SCHOOL (President’s Day)

  • Tuesday, February 20: PFC Meeting IN PERSON @ 6:00 PM

  • Monday, March 11 - Friday, March 15: Parent-Teacher Conferences (minimum days)

  • Tuesday, March 19: PFC Meeting via Zoom @ 6:00 PM

  • Saturday March 23: Thornhill’s 38th Annual Benefit Auction & Dinner

  • Friday, March 29: NO SCHOOL (Cesar Chavez Day)

  • April 1 - 5: NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)

  • Saturday, April 13: Spring Clean

  • Tuesday, April 16: PFC Meeting via Zoom @ 6:00 PM

  • Saturday, April 20: Walkathon

  • Tuesday, May 14: Last PFC Meeting of the school year IN PERSON@ 6:00 PM

  • Thursday, May 23: Last Day of School



Be sure also to subscribe to the Thornhill Google Calendar here, and download the OUSD District calendar here.

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About the Thornhill Newsletter

The Thornhill Parent-Faculty Club (PFC) Communications team publishes this weekly newsletter each Tuesday in the school year to communicate school, PFC and OUSD news, events and information. We all have plenty of other things to do, but please try to read it weekly, as it will more than likely answer most questions you have about what’s up at school. Information about how to submit to the newsletter is below, but you can reach out at any time at newsletter@thornhillschool.org.


Email submissions to Annie Sartor, at newsletter@thornhillschool.org by 8 p.m. Thursday for approval—nothing sent after this will be included in the following week’s newsletter unless there are extremely compelling extenuating circumstances. It’s fine to include text in the body of the email with links and no formatting, and attach photos preferably as 150 x 150, 72 dpi JPG or GIFs only (not embedded in email or word file). Submissions may be edited for spelling, grammar, brevity and clarity. Advertising and items not related to Thornhill are not accepted, as we need to keep the newsletter focused on need-to-know info for the community.


THANK YOU to everyone who submits articles and to PFC Board Members, Teachers, VP of Communications Jill Evans, PFC Presidents Evie Nagy and Catrina Vrankovich, and Principal Steve Daubenspeck, member of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD).

Email: webmaster@thornhillschool.org
Website: thornhillschool.org
Location: 5880 Thornhill Drive, Oakland, CA, USA
Phone: 510-339-6800

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