Newsletter May 3, 2012

Teacher Appreciation Week! The PTA at Marquez is pleasing, proficient, popular, polite, principled, thoughtful, trustworthy, tasteful, talented, tenacious aware, advanced, attentive, appreciated, astonishing Thank you for an INCREDIBLE week of appreciation! State Testing Starts Monday Our school’s outstanding Academic Performance Index (936 out of 1000) achievement is based on the number of students performing at [...]

Newsletter April 26, 2012

Teacher Appreciation Week April 30-May 4 Marquez PTA sponsors this annual event. We would appreciate your support next week to celebrate our wonderful teachers! Monday (April 30) Each child should bring in one flower from their garden Tuesday (May 1) Children will bring in a teacher certificate they have decorated (you should have gotten this in email) [...]

Newsletter April 19, 2012

The Marquez Auction is Live! Auction Updates!!  You know about the house in Mexico, you know about the iPad3 but, do you know we have a Hawaii vacation package, a private tour of the LA Zoo, Spa Packages, golf outings, and sporting event tickets to name a few??  Check the auction out online at www.marquez.onlineauctionbook.com!!  Haven’t [...]

Newsletter April 19, 2012

The Marquez Auction is Live! Auction Updates!!  You know about the house in Mexico, you know about the iPad3 but, do you know we have a Hawaii vacation package, a private tour of the LA Zoo, Spa Packages, golf outings, and sporting event tickets to name a few??  Check the auction out online at www.marquez.onlineauctionbook.com!!  Haven’t [...]

Newsletter April 12, 2012

Proposed DWP Power Station Update Monday April 16th, 6:30-7:45 p.m., our board member Steve Zimmer will host a town hall meeting about the proposed DWP power station.  Invited speakers include representatives from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, Councilman Rosenthal’s office, and Board member Bennet Kaiser who grew up in the Palisades.  I encourage [...]

Newsletter March 22, 2012

It Will be Midnight in Paris April 21 Our Annual Spring Auction is coming!!  Come and spend Midnight in Paris!  Preparations are being made, the band is warming up but we still need your donations!!  Do you have extra event tickets, a weekend house that you don’t go to every weekend, or have a special skill or service [...]

Newsletter March 15, 2012

Greetings from the CUE Conference Mrs. Farrell, Ms. Palo, Mr. DuBois and I are at the CUE, (Computer Using Educators) Conference, and we’ll update you on our learnings next week! We’ll be in workshops and seminars learning about conducting literature circles on the iPad, learning about leading students to create student-authored interactive books using iBook [...]

Newsletter March 8, 2012

Sincerest Thanks to the PPJWC Our sincerest thanks to the hardworking women of the Pacific Palisades Junior Women’s Club (PPJWC) for granting $7,500 to Friends of Marquez for the benefit of Marquez students.  Each November, the PPJWC hosts a Holiday Home Tour and Boutique to raise funds.  It then awards grants to local organizations that provide [...]

Newsletter March 1, 2012

Annual Art Fair Wednesday March 7th 1:30-6:30… Every budding artist is included in the art fair! Your child has created an artwork on special paper—to be framed and exhibited at the art fair March 7. All children get to keep their artwork, but if you wish to buy the fabulously framed artwork, you may do [...]

Newsletter February 23, 2012

Annual Art Fair Wednesday March 7th 1:30-6:30… Every budding artist is included in the art fair! Your child has created an artwork on special paper–to be framed and exhibited at the art fair March 7. All children get to keep their artwork, but if you wish to buy the fabulously framed artwork, you may do [...]

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