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Week of March 9, 2020
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 What's happening this week? 

Parent Teacher Conference Week - School ends at 2:35pm all week
Monday: Digital Citizenship Information table, 2:35 - 4pm
Tuesday: Joint PFC/SSC meeting, 6:30pm, Dinner from 6:15pm
Parent Teacher Conference Week
March 9 - 13, School gets out at 2:35

A reminder that all this week school ends at 2:35pm in order for teachers to have more time for parent teacher conferences. If you haven't heard from your teacher about a time to meet please be in touch with them ASAP.
Stop by the Digital Citizenship Information Table on Monday, March 9 from 2:35-4:00 (on the yard by the 19th Street gate, weather permitting).

Chat with Ms. Sarah (HMCRA librarian/tech teacher) and Ricardo Elizalde (SFUSD Dept. of Technology). Get valuable tip sheets on how to manage your child's screen time and help them to safely use the internet. Here is some of the information that will be available:
 
Managing Screen Time
Family Media Agreements
Distraction Time Management Tip Sheet
Young Children and Digital Footprints
Video Games and Violent Content
Cyberbullying Tip Sheet
Privacy/Surveillance/Self Disclosure
Joint PFC/SSC Community Meeting
Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm, Cafeteria, Dinner from 6:15pm
Recap: Friday morning (after morning circle)

 
Our 2nd joint community meeting will take place on Tuesday. The agenda will include a vote on the next academic year budget, upcoming event preparation and an introduction to open committee positions. We hope you can join us. Dinner and Childcare provided. If you are unable to join us, there will be a recap after morning circle on Friday. Meet in the yard.  
Read-A-Thon Winners

Congratulations to all our READERS! This year's Read-A-Thon saw the school read more than 138,000 minutes together, topping last year's totals by over 12,000! We’ve raised over $7,500 for our school (with donations still coming in), had a higher per-student average (638 minutes) this year, and we had TWELVE kids read over 3,000 minutes each! Such an amazing 10 days.

The highest classes were:

  • Room 112: 63,765 min (2,898 avg/student)
  • Room 213: 29,933 min (1425 avg/student)
  • Room 201: 12,843 min (676 avg/student)
In-class winners were:
  • 107: Olivia
  • 111: Dahlia 
  • 112: Colby 
  • 113: Nathaniel
  • 207: Ella
  • 209: Anaya
  • 212: Penelope
  • 213: Susan
  • 201: Harper
  • 202: Joaquin
  • 205: Elizabeth
Thanks to all who contributed to this great week! Donations will still be accepted until March 27 (www.harveymilksf.com/Readathon).

 Coronavirus Update 

The staff, PFC and Ducal Council are evaluating if the Drag Show will be postponed due to COVID-19. Please check your email for regular updates from both the school and SFUSD. In the meantime, continue to support your favorite contestants by donating at https://canyoudrag.com/contestants/

If you have not been receiving email updates form SFUSD you can find out how to sign up here.

AmeriCorps Week 2020
March 9-13 is AmeriCorps Week. Thank you, Stuti Jharkhandi, BAYAC AmeriCorps Culinary Arts and Garden Educator at The Breakfast Project, for dedicating a year of service to work with the students of HMCRA. Please share your appreciation with Ms. Stuti when you see her around school this week!
HMCRA Parent Advocacy Group
There is currently a lot of information circulating regarding the proposed budget cuts to education. There is an active parent advocacy group who share information about upcoming action, rallies, and how you can help support our school through letters and emails. If you are interested in learning more you can join the group following the below instructions:  
  1. Sign in to Google Groups. Learn how to join if you do not have a Google Account.
  2. In the box at the top, enter the group name which is HMCRA Advocacy.
  3. Click Join group or Apply to join group. If you have any issues email annualgiving@harveymilk.com and you will  be added manually.
Penguins Baseball
Harvey Milk currently has TWO baseball teams participating in the SF Youth Baseball League!  Cheer them on at an upcoming game (barring rain outs).

Saturday March 14th
9am - 1st grader HMCRA Penguins vs. SF Quakes @ Sunset Rec (28th & Moraga)

1pm - Kinder HMCRA Penguins vs. MCDS Cougars @ Visitacion Valley (Visitacion & Cora)

We'd love to celebrate all the different activities that our school community participates in outside of school time. If you would like to share information about other school teams or student achievements, please email newsletter@harveymilk.com
Help the YMCA send Kids to Camp

Forty percent of the youth who attend the summer day camp program at the Mission YMCA are homeless or in foster care.  Summer day camp gives these, and many other youth, a safe place to spend their summer, receive lunch and snack, and get to participate in a variety of experiences that they otherwise would not be able to. The YMCA has a policy to not turn anyone away from our programs due to their inability to pay and, for that reason, I am asking for your help to send 10 kids to camp this summer by raising $2,500.

A $250 donation will send 1 child to camp for one week. That $250 donation can be broken into 10 payments of $25/month for the remainder of the year.  Not only is this donation tax deductible, but it will make a very big difference in the life of a child this summer. How many campers would you like to support this summer?

Please help by making a pledge by March 20th at this Link so that we can give these youth the BEST SUMMER EVER!  Thank you!!!

Save the Date: HMCRA Talent Show
Saturday, April 18,12 - 4pm
 
This year we are planning to combine the talent show with our spring carnival. Along with the Talent show, the day will include food, drinks, ice cream, face painting, tattoos, and other entertainment, as well as the 2nd grade Farmstand. More details and audition schedule to follow. 

 UPCOMING EVENTS 

Download March's Event Calendar here.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
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