Halloween Carnival is Tomorrow

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Join us for lots of spooktacular fun, tasty treats and bid on some amazing auction items. We have a live silent auction tomorrow for the kids, with kid themed baskets including unicorns, STEAM, Superheros, Harry Potter, Disney and more, amazing book buckets and our ever popular teacher experiences. Where else could you bid on a party with Mr Favorite doing the entertainment, have pizza with a Police Officer or lunch at a Fire Station, or be Principal for a day?! There are so many other fun things too. Come along and visit us and take part in the fun!



Silent Auction goes live on Sat October 12th at 9am

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  • Go to https://WeAreLions.givesmart.comto register or text WeAreLions to 52182.

  • Preview items now! New items are being added everyday. Start bidding on Saturday!

  • By registering online, you get notifications if you are outbid. Keep you phone handy and bring it to the Carnival for last minute bidding!

  • Over $6000 of items generously donated by community partners and individuals.

  • Kids' silent auction will be held at the Halloween Carnival, Teacher experiences and Halloween Book Buckets are available to bid on. This will be a traditional "in person" silent auction.

  • Gift baskets and other items from the online auction will also be available to see in person at the carnival.

  • Both auctions end at 5.30pm on carnival day.

Halloween Carnival

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Next stop Halloween Carnival! A new format this year - it will be on the lower playground and in the K-3 classrooms. Come and check it out!! New times too - 3-6pm!

  • Tickets for the carnival are in the form of wrist bands. $10 gets your kid unlimited games and bounces on the bounce houses. Adults are admitted for free.

  • Come and check out our new food vendors for this year including Sirphy, Daniel's Cafe for ice cream, Revolt for hot drinks and pastries and our old favorites Papa Murphy's. There will also be a cotton candy stand.

  • Attractions include new and revamped games, cake and prize walk, bounce houses, food vendors, silent auction, craft room and the most excellent haunted house. There will also be other surprises!

  • Silent Auction is going online, thanks to our friends at LAPS Foundation. Check back soon for the link to see all the wonderful items. Over $3000 worth of items generously donated for you to bid on!!

  • Our old favorite kid friendly auction items from the teachers will be back again. There will also be Halloween Book Buckets to bid on too! Come and see us for the kids’ silent auction on the day of carnival!

  • We need volunteers to make things happen on the day. Please have a look at sign up genius for opportunities that appeal to you!

  • We also need donations of cakes and cookies for the cake walk. You can also sign up at the sign up genius for this.

    Questions, comments, suggestions, want to volunteer? Don't be shy - email us at officers@mountainpta.org

FunDRun Success

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Thank you wonderful Mountain community. We smashed our fundraising goal and it’s still rising! At the last count you had raised $16,272 and it’s still rising! If you still have money to donate it is really welcome and means even more opportunities for great things at Mountain, including teacher grants, support for clubs and bigger and better Family and Community events. Thank you for all your wonderful support!

One day to go!

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Water bottles for everyone at FunDRun

Water bottles for everyone at FunDRun

There are less than 24 hours left before we kick off FunDRun at Urban Park! The PTA in partership with the Kiwanis have water bottle gifts for all the kids. These will be waiting for the kids at Urban, already filled with water! These are beautifully modeled by the office staff Ranee and Tiffany. Please come along and support the students at Urban and also donate at moutainpta.org if you haven’t already!

We are over halfway there!

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FunDRun is nearly here! So far our generous sponsors have donated $8386 of our $15,750 target. Please keep donating.

Send out website link to family and friends! mountainpta.org

We need your wonderful support to keep excellent programs going at Mountain, including Family Reading and Math Nights, Science Fair, grants to teachers and clubs and transport for field trips to name a few things the PTA supports.

Come along to cheer the students on at Urban Park on Wednesday Sept 25th.

K-3 9 - 10am and 4-6 10.30-11.30am.

FunDRun

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Welcome to the Jungle FunDRun 2019

We are excited to kick off our fundraising season with a target of $15,750. If every child raises $35 we will meet that target. We also invite community businesses to be our corporate sponsors.

Please join us at Urban park on Wednesday September 25th at 9-10.20 for K-3 and 10.30-11.30 for 4-6. Kids will be running and walking laps to the sounds of Mr Hinojosa’s awesome beats!

Family Breakfast

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Your whole family is invited to come and eat breakfast with your Mountain student. We will be serving bagels, muffins, fruit, pastries, juice and coffee.  You may bring a breakfast item to contribute if you'd like or just come and enjoy a break from making breakfast!

We are also kicking off the FUNd Run fundraising that day!

In order to keep the line moving we recommend:

  • K-3rd families eat at 7:30 AM

  • 4-6th families eat at 7:45 AM

  • if you have kids in both of these grade ranges, please choose the best time for your family!

We are also in need of a few parents to help with set-up (6.45 AM), serving and clean-up (8:15 AM).  

Please sign up at this link to volunteer!

Open House

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Open House

Open House is this Wednesday August 28th from 5.30-7. Here are the details from the Principal!

  • 5:30pm – General Session – Meet in the gym for Mountain information from the Principal.

  • 6:00pm – Visit your child’s classroom and new teacher. Your child’s teacher will tell you about how the classroom operates and what to expect this year. If you have two children at Mountain, don’t worry; you will have an opportunity to visit another teacher at 6:30pm.

  • 6:30pm – Visit your child’s Specials teachers and Special Education teachers, the tables in the gym or visit your other child’s teacher and classroom.

  • Visit the PTA table to join, volunteer and buy spirit wear from the school store!

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Mountain System Construction Updates 5/24/2019

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Mountain System Construction Updates 5/24/2019

We have put together a Teacher/Parent Construction Committee and this past Friday (5/2419) we had our first meeting with the District to discuss the Mountain Systems Construction Project.  Here is the update from that meeting:

  1. 5th & 6th Grade classrooms will begin asbestos abatement over the summer.

  2. 5th & 6th Grades will begin the semester in their classrooms. Ceilings will be exposed and light fixtures dangling.

  3. 3 portables will be brought to campus over the summer and will be hooked up to water/sewer.

  4. 5th & 6th will move into portables at the end of September/ early October over a long weekend.

  5. 5th & 6th will return to their classrooms in March, again over a long weekend.

  6. Kinder, 1st & 2nd Grades will be moved into portables in April through the end of the school year.

  7. Lower wing upgrades will commence in April and take 4 months, hence the need to move the younger grades into portables.

  8. The gym floor will be relaid summer 2020.

The Teacher Parent Committee will keep members informed on construction as details emerge.

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