James Foster PTA

Our February Family Night is coming up on February 5th! Please register here if you plan to attend: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdfYODbbx4tDdmvX/viewform February's Family Night theme is Valentines Day and will include a fun craft!... Craft supply pickup will be on February 3rd at the school. See you then!

It's Crazy Holiday Dress Up Day!! We want to see your crazy holiday outfits... you could win a prize! Upload your post here - https://padlet.com/jamesfosterpta/6ynrvrpo8iobxhj8

We are getting close to our January membership goal! Join before the 19th and you can participate in an opportunity drawing for spirit wear at our January meeting! (You do not need to be present to win, although we would love to have you!) Click this link to join: https://jointotem.com//santa-c/james-foster-elementary-pta... You belong in PTA! ...and so do your relatives, neighbors and friends... Spread the word! When you can become a PTA member you are joining more than 4 million other people who share your interest in issues affecting children. Everyoneparents, educators, students and other citizens active in their schools and communitiesis invited to join our not-for-profit parent association. The number one reason to join the Parent Teacher Association is to benefit your child. In doing so, you also help your school.

Foster Falcons here is the December READ Sheet! I have attached both a fillable and printable version. Let's have Fun Reading and earn some Free Pizza's and Meals too!! Please have your student fill out (or help them fill out) this reading log and send the completed copy to [email protected]. ... All sheets must have the total minutes calculated to be eligible for the free meals. A total of 300 minutes per month will receive 2 Free Personal Pizza coupons from Pizza Hut, and 500 minutes will receive an additional free meal coupon. Unless assigned by your teacher, this will be an optional elective for your student. You can also find ALL of the READ sheets here: https://drive.google.com//1ABglH-p8RJfoIHVcI1_N3j836nvhM5u Please direct any questions to Jenny Miles at [email protected]. If you haven't already done so, don't forget to turn in your November READ Sheet. Thank you so much for Supporting your Students Love of Reading!

Congratulations to our Crazy Holiday Dress Up Day winners!!! Please contact us as [email protected] to claim your prize!! Be on the lookout for more crazy dress up days coming soon!

Congratulations Hector and Charles Herrera for winning the PTA membership incentive!

Congratulations Mrs. Spencer You are an exceptional teacher!

RED RIBBON WEEK October 26th-30th is Red Ribbon Week. Today is Team Up Against Drugs Tuesday. Don't forget to wear to wear your favorite team's shirt or jersey and get real loud!

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MEGA DINE_OUT Hi Foster Falcons! Just a reminder tonight is our Mega Dine-Out! Stop by and grab something yummy to eat ... Below is the link for the Virtual Dine-Out Stories https://drive.google.com//1kK-ynqV54lA-gxHtYJiJzL-Xm/view

Foster Falcons our READ Sheets are Back! Let's have Fun Reading and earn some Free Pizzas and Meals too!! Please have your student fill out (or help them fill out) this daily reading log and send the completed copy to [email protected]. Sheets can be filled out 1 of 2 ways. They can be printed out, filled out and sent as either a pdf (scan) or jpeg (picture). They can also now be filled out electronically, saved and sent (use the "fillable" version). ... All sheets must have the total minutes calculated to be eligible for the free meals. A total of 300 minutes per month will receive a Free Personal Pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, and 500 minutes will receive an additional free meal coupon. Unless assigned by your teacher, this will be an optional elective for your student. Please direct any questions to Jenny Miles at [email protected]. Thank you so much for supporting your Student's love of reading! https://drive.google.com//1ABglH-p8RJfoIHVcI1_N3j836nvhM5u

Happy birthday Minnie and Mickey Mouse

Falcon Family, there is still time to join our PTA We are a few members short our of goal of 150. If you haven't joined yet, please sign up today. Anyone can become a member!

This Wednesday 11/18, Please Enjoy a Dinner or Dessert out, or even Both! In addition, Enjoy a Virtual Story read by some of your Favorite Teachers. With every purchase, show this flyer and James Foster will receive a portion of the proceeds to benefit our Foster Falcons! Even better, you don’t have to cook! Thank you for your continued support! We raised $151.14 from our dine-out in September at Presto Pasta, which bought 15 emergency backpacks for the school!

October is National Principals Month! A very special thank you Mrs. Covington for all your hard work and dedication.

Today is the day!! Please help your student to tune in to our Virtual Remix Event! Check with your child's teacher or parent square for the link to the event. You can still pledge all day before the event and pledging will remain open through Sunday! Pledge Challenge: the final Apex Amazon Raffle! Any student that jumps up by $2/move will be entered into a raffle for two more amazon gift cards! Thanks again for your support of our school during this time. This is our last we...ek to get pledges to support virtual and in person field trips! #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

Happy National Take A Hike Day Get outside and take a hike! Below is a link for some fun, kid-friendly hikes in Santa Clarita.... https://www.alltrails.com/us/california/santa-clarita/kids

We need you for our James Foster Virtual Career Day on November 6th! We are looking for individuals who would be willing to make a 5-8 minute video about your career for our students! Videos would need to include: age appropriate, interesting, and fun facts about your career... any tools or visuals to help us understand your career Send your videos or questions to [email protected] Need ideas? Feel free to answer these questions in your video! 1. Does your job require a high school, community college, technical college or 4 year degree? 2. What classes or courses should I take to prepare for this career? 3. Do you work with other people or by yourself? 4. Do you work indoors or outdoors? 5. Do you have to travel for your job? 6. Why did you choose this job? 7. How many years have you had this job? 8. Describe your typical day. 9. What is the most satisfying or exciting thing about your job? 10. What are some things you don’t like about your job? Please send us your videos by October 30th. THANK YOU!

Good morning Foster Falcons Just a reminder our next association meetings is tonight a 6:30. Today is the last day to join in order to be entered into an opportunity drawing. Click the link below to join. Don't miss out! https://jointotem.com/.../san.../james-foster-elementary-pta... The fastest and easiest way to support Students at James Foster is to become a member of PTA. Anyone can join PTA, and joining does not equal any kind of commitment beyond a show of support for PTA and James Foster. We highly encourage ALL families to join their PTAs. PTA is so very important --> with a mission to make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. Join PTA today! #JoinPTA #FosterFalcons #FalconsSOAR

Today’s #ApexMIGHTY leadership habit is: THINK AHEAD It is so important as leaders to always set goals, have these end goals in mind at all times, create a plan to achieve them and be proactive! Dont forget today is our TEAM DLA Special Apex Meeting at 12:30! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83601174382 passcode: apexmighty... MIGHTY Leadership Challenge: Think of a long-term, big goal you have and write it down then share this goal with a family member at home. Then, talk through your plan to achieve this goal and make it a reality! Tomorrow Kung-Fu Kevin will be hosting a special Apex Lesson for all students at 10:00am! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86741849090 passcode: apexmighty Pledge Challenge: the race to $10/move! Any class that jumps up at least $10/fitness move tonight will unlock and receive a secret, VIP mystery Apex video to watch! Good luck! Thanks again for your support of our school during this time. This is our last week to get pledges to support our students! #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

Today’s #ApexMIGHTY leadership habit is: HERO A real hero doesn’t wear a cap, have crazy super powers, or even save the worldTrue heroes are those that are willing to use their service to help others! At Home Hero Challenge: Be a hero to someone in your home at least 3 times today by serving them. Think of someone you haven't talked to in a while, family or friend, and call them to tell them you are thinking about them! Pledge Challenge- OUT OF STATE and HIGHEST RISE:... The grade level that can obtain the most out of state pledges tonight will get to watch Kung-Fu Kevin do the Baby Food Challenge! Also! Tomorrow Kung-Fu Kevin will be hosting a LIVE zoom meet for all of team JFE! We will go over all the lessons so far and watch the Mystery Taco Apex Challenge! Use the link below and the passcode apexmighty https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83601174382 #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

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In honor of Unity Day on October 21st, students can use the entire week to dress up and show anti-bullying spirit. Unity Day is a time to show that we are together against bullying and united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Monday - "Let's Put Bullying to Rest" - Pajama Day Tuesday - "Caps for Compliments" - School Appropriate Hat Wednesday - "Anti-Bullying Support Color" - Wear Orange... Thursday - "Sock it to Bullying" - Crazy Sock Day Friday - "We Stand United!" - Wear School Colors Share a picture on our Unity Day Padlet (see Parent Square for link). We look forward to seeing our Foster Falcons and their smiling faces!

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Only 1 more week to get in your entries! Let’s Celebrate the Arts! Join the PTA Virtual Reflections Program Today!... Official James Foster Reflections Entry Form: https://forms.gle/QEBwkzxwddJ5NTxm7 **Do Not fill out the 2020-2021 Student Packet found on the California State PTA website. All participants must use the link above to enter and submit projects. Official Rules by Category: https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/ Project Deadlines: All James Foster Elementary Virtual Reflections projects due Friday, October 23rd at 3PM.---NO EXCEPTIONS. All projects will be submitted digitally. Questions: If you have any questions, please contact Christa Murphy at [email protected]

Foster Falcons We look forward to seeing you Tonight at 5:30 for Family Night! Please click on the link below!... https://drive.google.com//1KsIDM7NbS-dJNDL5AyPla8R3F/view

Ralph’s Community Contributions is now fundraising for James Foster PTA! Let the money you already spend on groceries help benefit our school! All you need to do is link your Ralph’s shoppers card to James Foster PTA, and we’ll earn up to 4% of your qualifying purchases back for our students! Click on the link below to get started! Feel free to comment below with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your Support! 1. Create a digital account if you don’t already have one,... and link your shoppers card. 2. Sign into your digital account. 3. Search for James Foster or use the number YF501. 4. Select James Foster from the list and click Save 5. Start shopping and earning money for our school!

PTA Members - It's Nominating Committee Time Please join us at our last Association Meeting of 2020 to help us elect our Nominating Committee! The main task of the nominating committee is to identify and contact potential nominees to serve on the executive board next term. There is so much that the PTA does for our school and it's important to have the right people in the right positions to make everything run smoothly. ... Think you are ready for a leadership position on the Executive Board? Check out the available positions here: http://toolkit.capta.org/job-descriptions/ We'll see you on November 17th at 6:30 on Zoom!

James Foster PTA supports ALL our students in both SDLA and Blended programs alike. We encourage all our families to join PTA to show support for the amazing things we've done, and have in store for our kids. Even if you don’t have the time to be an active member, joining PTA helps both our students and teachers SOAR! Please see link below. https://jointotem.com//santa-c/james-foster-elementary-pta Membership Drive: The fastest and easiest way to support Students at James... Foster is to become a member of PTA. Anyone can join PTA, and joining does not equal any kind of commitment beyond a show of support for PTA and James Foster. We highly encourage ALL families to join their PTAs. PTA is so very important --> with a mission to make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. Join PTA today! #JoinPTA #FosterFalcons #FalconsSOAR

Foster Falcons our PTA is hosting our 1st Family Night tomorrow, Friday the 13th! Take the night to have fun, bond with your kids, and bring you closer together. We have 2 options for enjoying Family Night with your loved ones. The first is to spend a fun night with your family. We have provided a number of links for different virtual activities including a custom puzzle, games, scavenger hunts, a drawing lesson and more! https://drive.google.com//1QMrOseeOAV46Rjg...TfqvMEQtwj/view The second is to spend the night with your family AND other Foster Falcon classmates. This "Live" Zoom will begin at 5:30 and include a scavenger hunt, Falcon drawing lesson, puzzle contest, and our 1st ever Falcon chat! We know it's been hard not seeing your classmates and friends every day, and hope this helps you bond with your Foster Falcon family as well! https://drive.google.com//1th-LXe6F1Jb0rUuW8pBXyVaNZ/view Please click on either flyer for additional information and links. Remember to please share your pictures on our "Family Night" Padlet. https://padlet.com/S1xthgrade/l6gczcvag41vxssv We welcome any questions below. Thank you, and have a Wonderful night with your family! We Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Congratulations to our James Foster Reflection Award WINNERS!! Sophia Messina Luke Weaker Drew Phillips ... Sofia Foster Quinn Ramirez See more

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE This week we honor our Veterans and thank them for their service to keep America free. We appreciate your commitment and dedication to our country! To all the brave men and women who have served our country, we salute you this Veteran's Day.

Earn Cash For James Foster! Little by little we can make a big difference! The Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school’s earnings online.... Here's How it Works: 1. Buy Box Tops Products - You can find Box Tops on hundreds of products throughout the store. 2. Scan Your Receipt - Use the app to snap a photo of your receipt within 14 days of purchase. 3. Earn Cash For Your School - Box Tops earnings are identified and automatically updated online. Shopping for groceries online? You can still earn Box Tops for your school with your e-receipt! See how at BTFE.com/emailgroceryreceipts Box Tops is going all digital, but you may occasionally find an old Box Tops clip on packages in stores. You can still clip them and send them to school, as long as each clip has a valid expiration date.

Foster Falcons our READ Sheets are Back! What a great way to have fun reading and earn some free pizzas and meals too!! Have your student fill out (or help them fill out) the daily reading log. Sheets can be filled out 1 of 2 ways. 1) They can be printed out, filled out and sent as either a pdf (scan) or jpeg (picture) or 2) they can be filled out electronically, saved and sent (use the "fillable" version). Send the completed copy to [email protected]. ... All sheets must have the total minutes calculated to be eligible for the free meals. A total of 300 minutes per month will receive a FREE personal pizza coupon from Pizza Hut. 500 minutes will receive an additional free meal coupon. Please direct any questions to Jenny Miles at [email protected]. Thank you so much for supporting your student's love of reading! https://drive.google.com//1ABglH-p8RJfoIHVcI1_N3j836nvhM5u

Good morning Foster Families and Happy Friday Welcome to Virtual Career Day 2020! Make sure you check out our presentation link below. You'll find fun videos to watch and short interest surveys along with links and resources to help you explore different jobs and careers. A BIG special thank you to the local businesses that created a video for us this year! We hope you enjoy them!... https://drive.google.com//1MbTGWavwQHUZAMiCQ7uRFS93l/view

Happy Halloween We are wishing everyone a safe, spooktacular Halloween night! Here are a list of fun activities to check out. https://holidappy.com//5-Playful-and-Creative-Halloween-Ac... Don't forget to share pictures of your costumes!

Good morning Falcon Families Today is our 1st Spirit Day of the year! Please join our Foster Falcons in wearing your Spirit Wear! We would love to see our students' School Spirit! ... We wish we could celebrate Spirit Day in person with all of the kiddos, but in the meantime, let’s show our Spirit with a Fun picture! Add your pictures as a comment to the post on the James Foster FB Page. You can also click on the link below to add it to our Padlet. Kids can even hold up a message to their friends or teachers! Here are a couple of our first pics. Thank you Foster Falcons! We Miss seeing all of you! https://padlet.com/S1xthgrade/v5mderuylky0h766

RED RIBBON WEEK Friday 10/30 "Choose To Be Drug Free" Don't forget to wear your costume for Halloween and post pictures in our Red Ribbon Week Padlet! https://padlet.com/S1xthgrade/cn918nyp5697q9rx

We need YOU for our James Foster Virtual Career Day on November 6th! This is the LAST WEEK to get us your videos for Career Day. Send your videos or questions to [email protected] by this Friday, October 30 We are looking for individuals who would be willing to make a 5-8 minute video about your career for our students! Videos need to include:... age appropriate, interesting, and fun facts about your career any tools or visuals to help us understand your career Need ideas? Feel free to answer these questions in your video! 1. Does your job require a high school, community college, technical college or 4 year degree? 2. What classes or courses should I take to prepare for this career? 3. Do you work with other people or by yourself? 4. Do you work indoors or outdoors? 5. Do you have to travel for your job? 6. Why did you choose this job? 7. How many years have you had this job? 8. Describe your typical day. 9. What is the most satisfying or exciting thing about your job? 10. What are some things you don’t like about your job?

National First Responders Day on October 28 recognizes the heroic men and women who make it their business to take immediate action when disaster strikes. Whether you’ve had your own emergency or not, it’s not hard to understand and appreciate the dangerous and difficult work they do. On this day we thank all our First Responders for dedicating their lives to saving and protecting ours.

RED RIBBON WEEK October 26th-30th is Red Ribbon Week. Today is Team Up Against Drugs Tuesday. Don't forget to wear to wear your favorite team's shirt or jersey and get real loud!

Foster Falcons our READ Sheets are Back! Let's have Fun Reading and earn some Free Pizzas and Meals too!! Please have your student fill out (or help them fill out) this daily reading log and send the completed copy to [email protected]. Sheets can be filled out 1 of 2 ways. They can be printed out, filled out and sent as either a pdf (scan) or jpeg (picture). They can also now be filled out electronically, saved and sent (use the "fillable" version). ... All sheets must have the total minutes calculated to be eligible for the free meals. A total of 300 minutes per month will receive a Free Personal Pizza coupon from Pizza Hut, and 500 minutes will receive an additional free meal coupon. Unless assigned by your teacher, this will be an optional elective for your student. Please direct any questions to Jenny Miles at [email protected]. Thank you so much for supporting your Student's love of reading! https://drive.google.com//1ABglH-p8RJfoIHVcI1_N3j836nvhM5u

Falcon Family, there is still time to join our PTA We are a few members short our of goal of 150. If you haven't joined yet, please sign up today. Anyone can become a member!

October is National Principals Month! A very special thank you Mrs. Covington for all your hard work and dedication.

Today’s #ApexMIGHTY leadership habit is: HERO A real hero doesn’t wear a cap, have crazy super powers, or even save the worldTrue heroes are those that are willing to use their service to help others! At Home Hero Challenge: Be a hero to someone in your home at least 3 times today by serving them. Think of someone you haven't talked to in a while, family or friend, and call them to tell them you are thinking about them! Pledge Challenge- OUT OF STATE and HIGHEST RISE:... The grade level that can obtain the most out of state pledges tonight will get to watch Kung-Fu Kevin do the Baby Food Challenge! Also! Tomorrow Kung-Fu Kevin will be hosting a LIVE zoom meet for all of team JFE! We will go over all the lessons so far and watch the Mystery Taco Apex Challenge! Use the link below and the passcode apexmighty https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83601174382 #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

Our Apex program is going well so far and kiddos have been so excited tuning in with Kung-Fu Kevin! Today’s #ApexMIGHTY leadership habit is: INTEGRITY Students learned that a MIGHTY leader is always honest, keeps their promises and tries to do the right thing, even when no-one is watching. Integrity is a choice and that choice is up to me! At Home Integrity Challenge:Make choices with Integrity today. Students, think of a time you showed integrity and talk about it with... a parent or family member (maybe you made the right choice when it was hard and nobody was watching, kept a promise or was honest) Pledge Challenge: The grade level that can jump up the most tonight in pledges is going to be able to see Kung-Fu Kevin wearing an orange Apex wig AND tutu tomorrow during our leadership lesson! Don't miss tomorrow's Zoom lesson! Please help your student navigate from class to Apex's lesson if they need assistance... Feel free to login your pledges at myapexevent.com to help James Foster if you are able. The Share Wizard is also a great way to share your student's page with anyone in the world using emails, texts or social media. All you do is enter email addresses and phone numbers and the website does the rest! #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

Parents & Families: The leadership and character piece of the #ApexMIGHTY program started today and we couldn’t be more excited! There are 6 leadership habits students will learn about as they go on their journey to become MIGHTY leaders! We’ll highlight each different habit daily so families can join in the conversation. Today’s Apex leadership habit begins with the letter M in MIGHTY and is all about being MINDFUL: In order to help others, we must always be aware and ch...eck-in with ourselves and the world around us. We can do this by performing MIND CHECKS and KIND CHECKS . :) Make sure to login to begin helping our school today if you can! At Home Mindful Challenge: Conduct 3 mind checks and 3 kind checks today at home. Pledge Challenge: The grade level that can have the most students login to myapexevent.com with their access code and get a pledge of any amount will get to see Kung-Fu Kevin take a pie to the face! #BuildingLeaders #FundingEducation #ApexLeadershipCo

Last day to shop for great deals on Prime Day! Click on the link below. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-4243692 AmazonSmile donates to James Foster Elementary PTA.

Hi Falcon Friends and Family! Did you know you can make a difference while you shop Amazon Prime Day deals on October 13 & 14? Simply shop at https://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-4243692 or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app. AmazonSmile donates to James Foster Elementary PTA!!

Today come by until 3pm to pick up your child's APEX fundraiser t-shirt and info.

We cannot say thank you enough to our fabulous James Foster Teachers! They have worked so hard to help the students adjust to distance learning and are truly making the best out of a tough situation. We wish we could hug you all!! We hope you take time for yourself on this much needed fall break and know how much we appreciate you!

We'll see you all back on October 12th!

Ralph’s Community Contributions is now fundraising for James Foster PTA! Let the money you already spend on groceries help benefit our school! All you need to do is link your Ralph’s shoppers card to James Foster PTA, and we’ll earn up to 4% of your qualifying purchases back for our students! Click on the link below to get started! Feel free to comment below with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your Support! 1. Create a digital account if you don’t already have ...one, and link your shoppers card. 2. Sign into your digital account. 3. Search for James Foster or use the number YF501. 4. Select James Foster from the list and click Save 5. Start shopping and earning money for our school! https://www.ralphs.com/i/com/community-contribution-program

Committees are forming! Please help us make our upcoming events fun by lending us your ideas! In this new virtual environment we need to get extra creative for our students. Comment on the committee you are interested in helping out with.

Want to connect with parents in your student's class? Comment with your student's name and teacher under their grade and then you can reach out through Facebook! Please always follow CDC recommended guidance.

Let’s Celebrate the Arts! Join the PTA Virtual Reflections Program Today! Official James Foster Reflections Entry Form: https://forms.gle/QEBwkzxwddJ5NTxm7... **Do Not fill out the 2020-2021 Student Packet found on the California State PTA website. All participants must use the link above to enter and submit projects. Official Rules by Category: https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/ Project Deadlines: All James Foster Elementary Virtual Reflections projects due Friday, October 23rd at 3PM.---NO EXCEPTIONS. All projects will be submitted digitally. Questions: If you have any questions, please contact Christa Murphy at [email protected]

Only 3 days left to reach our September Membership goal! Join the James Foster PTA today! https://jointotem.com//santa-c/james-foster-elementary-pta

Patriot Day 2020Reminder that tomorrow/Friday (9/25) is the last day to drop off at our school your child(ren) 'thank you' notes or drawings. They will be delivered to Operation Gratitude. We've attached a coloring and writing page, if you'd like to print and use.We would love for our James Foster parents who are law enforcement, military, fire, or medical workers to take a family picture and post it to our Padlet. https://padlet.com/S1xthgrade/91ztw0fd3q18beq7Again thank you for your servic... https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/4515428

Virtual Reflections is here! This year's theme is "I Matter Because..." Share your artistic voice! Show off your artistic talent! Express your artistic perspective!... Categories for Participation: - Dance Choreography - Film Production - Literature - Music Composition - Photography - Visual Arts - Special Artist Division (Descriptions can be found here --> https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/) James Foster Elementary Reflections projects are due Friday, October 23rd at 3PM. NO EXCEPTIONS. All project will be submitted digitally. Student Submission Link and Awards Ceremony information to follow. If you have any questions, please contact Christa Murphy at [email protected] Watch the video --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-rzWHnY5Q&feature=youtu.be