Week of September 15, 2015

SAVE THE DATE!

SEPTEMBER 24 IS BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT 

The evening program begins at 6:30.  Student schedules, maps, and more information will be sent home with students earlier that week to assist parents.

SPEND MORE TIME ENJOYING FALL FESTIVAL BY PRE-ORDERING TICKETS

Save time by pre-ordering tickets for Fall Festival! Pre-ordered tickets will be available for pick up during the event. Only tickets will be used at the Fall Festival booths for purchases and activities, with the exception of the Dragon’s Lair. Attendees may purchase additional tickets during the event, and any unused tickets may be donated to the booth of their choice. Tickets will not be sold during lunch this year so use the following link to download the form:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7m6Y9lAknnQLTBhVE4tR09TUVk/view?usp=sharing

BOOTH SIGNUPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

Registration for Booths and other types of Fall Festival participation has gone paperless!! Only official MLWGS-administration approved clubs or organizations that have a faculty sponsor can reserve booths. Class and Club Sponsors should register online at http://goo.gl/forms/mu6Cs6vRvK. Booths can feature engaging activities or scrumptious food! The deadline is Friday, September 25, but register early to be get your first-choice activity and best location!

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF FALL FESTIVAL

The Fall Festival Committee is looking for Corporate Sponsors to cover some of the current costs and purchase items that can be used yearly. These include tents and a new Kid Zone Barrier.  Corporate Sponsors are promoted in several ways, including in Smoke and Scales, which has more than 2000 subscribers! This year there are two levels of Corporate Sponsorship - Gold for $500 and Silver for $250. To find out more about Corporate Sponsorship, please contact Michelle Hobbs at michellehobbs@me.com 

ATTENTION MLWGS PARENTS AND FRIENDS!

Registration for the Martin’s A+ School Rewards program starts today.  The program earns cash for school programs every time you shop between October 9, 2015 and March 17, 2016.

To register your card:

·  Log on to www.martinsfoods.com/aplus and designate our school ID #23112 using your BONUSCARD.

The MLWGS school number has changed, so even if you did this last year, your card will need to be registered again.

Last year this program brought in $1,500, with fewer than 130 families participating.  It’s a nice payback for very little effort.

If you have any problems or questions, please email mlwgspartners@gmail.com.

MECH TECH DRAGONS

Thanks to continued support from many volunteer mentors, MLWGS’s Robotics Team, the Mech Tech Dragons, had a busy summer with leadership training and building fighting Sumo-bots for Fall Festival.  With the continued support of former parent, Samantha Marrs, the team’s leaders and sub-team leaders prepared a team mission statement, set vision goals, practiced communication and teaching skills, and evaluated self-awareness, empathy, personal strengths and goals. Look out for this model academic team championing STEM education!