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Welcome to the 2007-2008 School
Year
at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
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The
King e-tree
The King
e-tree is the main source of information for King families. Subscribers can view and
search the King
e-tree archive.To
subscribe please e-mail Rebecca
Herman King_E-Tree-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Mark Your Calendars
- ASAP
Please join the PTA's letter writing campaign regarding budget
cuts to Education. Sample letters available on the
right.
- Thursday
May 8 7:00 pm King
Auditorium - Parent Forum with guest speaker Mike Riera,
nationally renowed expert on Parenting Teens and Adolescents. Donations
gracefully accepted. Event Flyer (pdf)
- Thursday
May 8 8pm King Auditorium Symbol Quilt Raffle. On
Display in front of the office. Raffle ticket information and
form (doc).
- 8th Grade Graduation
Events
- Monday, June 9th - Sixth Flag trip
- Wednesday, June 11th 7-10
pm
Graduation dance
- Thursday
June 12th 4 p.m. at BHS - Eighth grade graduation
- Thursday June
12th, graduation reception
TBA
- King Athletics Check out the 2007-2008
Sports
Schedules and News.
2007-2008
PTA Meetings
Next
PTA Meeting: Wednesday, April 30
Location: Teacher's Lounge
- Wednesday, April 30
- Wednesday, May 28
Meetings are
held in the Teachers'
Lounge from 7pm to
8:30pm. unless noted otherwise. Potluck at 6:30pm
PTA
meetings are a great way to become involved in your child's school,
learn about programs at King, and volunteer with fellow parents.
Meeting
Principles
- Justice and courtesy
to
all
- Rights of the minority
respected
- Rule of the majority
reflected
- Partiality to none, and
- Consideration of one
issue
at a time.
Meet the PTA
Board
Open PTA Board
positions for 2007-2008:
For more
info, contact Susan Rieger
Resources
Visit the
King
Middle School Library
web site
to find out about this great student resource.
King Visionaries AfterSchool
Learning
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Upcoming Events
and News
 Talking Points: State
Budget 2008 document Templates provided by
the Berkeley Federation of Teachers:
Parent's letter sample #1
(doc)
Parent's
letter sample #2 (doc)
Teacher's letter
sample
(doc)
- 8th Grade Dance Volunteers
Needed! This is a fantastic event and students love it.
There are many ways that 8th grade parents can support the
8th grade dance, such as helping with healthy finger food,
decorations, selling of tickets, make boutionnaires, etc. The
students and staff need volunteers from sixth and seventh grade parents
to supervise inside the dance. The dance will be on Wednesday 6/11 7-10 pm in the
gym, which will need a lot of decoration. Please contact Jenny
Burroughs 528-2987 jdburroughs@ sbcglobal. net.
- Our Friends
of King funding drive
needs and appreciates your generous support!
- La
campaña anual de “Los Amigos de
King” necesita y aprecia su generosidad!
- Shop Online? You
can find
hundreds of online
retailers through Schoolpop and
Maatian (Freepledge)
including Amazon, REI, Apple, EBay, L.L. Bean, Land's End, Dell,
Target, Travelocity and many more. King gets anywhere from 1-15% for
every purchase you make. Maatian (Freepledge)
doesn't require registration. Bookmark Schoolpop
and Maatian (Freepledge) and
initiate your purchase from either of those sites, select the
retailer you want to purchase from and make your purchase
directly from the retailer at their standard website.
- Fundraising at King
- Office
Depot supports
King more
info
- Sign up for Escrip, Paper Scrip
& more
- Writer Coach
Connection Volunteers Sought Every 8th grade student at King
will receive
one-on-one coaching through the year from a community volunteer.
Sessions are just 90 minutes per week Tuesdays or Thursdays. King WCC details at: Writer Coach
Connection
.
Visit
Writer Coach Connection
web site
to sign up. Contact: Tuesday coordinator Martha Rossman (510)
530-3371 or Thursday coordinator Christina Redse
(510) 526-8042.
- Other
Volunteer Opportunities
- Mid-Year "State of the
School"
Report
- King PTA Newsletter
Latest issue:
February '08 issue (pdf)
Previous issue:
November '07 issue (pdf)
- PE Uniforms To purchase PE uniforms after first
week of school, contact your child's vice principal.
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Fundraising
at King
Our Friends of King funding drive
needs and appreciates your generous support! Thank you.
As you know, both the state and our
school district are facing extreme budget shortfalls. Funding for King
programs previously paid for by BSEP (Berkeley Schools Excellence
Project)
and other sources has been diverted to help cover those gaps. As a
result,
the PTA has been asked to help fund several very important items for
the
2007-08 school year, including athletic and music programs, field
trips,
library support, and tutoring services.
If you would like the
opportunity to contribute,
please join our Friends of King Campaign
by making a donation to
King PTA.
To make a donation, please make a check
payable to MLK PTA and return it to school. All donations are
tax deductible
(Tax ID #94-6183862.) Remember, no donation is too small or too large,
all will be deeply appreciated, and all directly support your child's
school
and programs.
Other ways to Support Our School:
- You can also support King
while shopping without spending an extra dime. Register your credit,
debit and store loyalty cards with escrip,
Albertson's,
Schoolpop
and Maatian (FreePledge) programs
and King will get a
rebate ranging from 3-9% of every dollar
you spend at participating merchants.
- Another great fundraising
option is to recycle your
empty inkjet or laser cartridges from most printers, faxes and copy
machines and get points to buy new computers and other technology for
King.
- Get more detailed information
and helpful links on our Fundraising
page.
The
King e-tree
The King
e-tree is a useful communication tool to learn about
activities and events occurring at King, and to receive limited
information about what is happening with BUSD in general. This is a
selectively moderated list, which means that the volume of email is
kept
to a minimum. Subscribers can view and search the King e-tree archive.
To
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submit items to the newsletter, please e-mail the editor, David Berson
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