Annual Fund at Hoover - Thank you!
2009 Feb 25

1st: To All the Parents & Businesses that contributed at the end of the year to get their 2008 Tax Deductible Donations in. Your donations totaled $1,000!!

2nd: To All the Parents & Businesses who contributed in the 1st two weeks of the Annual Fund Pledge Campaign!

Melissa Ng, Tony & Stella Yu, Suzy Barnard & Michael Singsen, Florence & Andy Mar, Tina & Mason Lee, Martha Sandoval, Shelley Sorenson, David Jiang, Magdalena & Emil De Guzman, Xue Hou & Ying Fang, Megumi & Ghazi Benothman, Carla Dometrius, Maryellen Ryan, Karen & Joshua Goodman, Sabrina Lee, Lola & Delbert Chin, Chung & Yanxia Lien, Patricia Madden & Jason Fong, Carolyn & Karl Johnston, Elizabeth Junus & Budi Harjono, Daphne Powell & Christopher Harrington, R. Lee & Julie Hagelshaw, & Sarah Willmer.

Your donations to the 2009 HOOVER PTA ANNUAL FUND total $4,900 for the grand total of $5,900! This year's goal is $60,000! We need everyone's donation, BIG & small!!! You can contribute by cash, check made out to Hoover PTA, or to make a credit card donation online, click here. Please do not be discouraged if you think your contribution does not help. EVERY monetary contribution is needed to maintain the Education Fund, Student Enrichment Activities & the Unified Arts program. Contact Diego Montoya, Treasurer, at dilinc@hotmail.com for any questions you may have.

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SF PTA Reflections Awards Ceremony
2009 Feb 26

You are all invited to attend the San Francisco PTA Reflections Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Apr. 18 at 130pm in the Board of Education Chambers at 555 Franklin. There is free parking in the parking lot, which you enter on McAllister. The Visual Art and Photography from all of the students whose work was submitted to the SF PTA will be on display in the same room from mid-March until mid-May.

Hoover has 2 students, whose work received Outstanding Achievement awards and are going on to be judged at the state level:

Mackenzie Stoeltje for her work in literature titled “Passing on my Generation”
Donna Wang for her visual arts work “Anonymous Lustrous”.

Literature:
Stephanie Chen - Award of Merit
Xiaomin Chen - Honorable Mention
Craig Colen - Award of Excellence
Mary Shaless Hogan - Honorable Mention
Julia Retzlaff - Award of Excellence

Photography:
Emma Jordan - Award of Excellence
Vladislav Zhirnov - Award of Merit

Visual Arts:
Arema Beshue - Award of Merit
Xiaotong Fang - Award of Merit
Andrew Kennedy - Award of Excellence
Alisa Kyle - Award of Merit
Deanna Lee- Award of Merit
Andrea Tu - Award of Merit

Great job Hoover students! Look for a new Reflections contest coming this fall!

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Hoover Science Fair Winners
2009 Feb 25

Congratulations to the finalists continuing to the SF Science Fair at The Randall Museum.

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A Special Thank You to Hoover Middle School Alumnus, Kevin Wofsy!
2009-Feb. 18

Mr. Wofsy made a very special donation through the Hoover PTA Website using the Click&Pledge credit card donation feature, specifying his donation for the music department. As he says, "I am making this donation to help the music department because of many happy memories from my time at Hoover (1984-1987)."

Wow!! Thank you, again, Mr. Kevin Wofsy!!

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School Site Council
2009-Feb. 10

The SSC has submitted the first draft of Hoover's Balanced Score Card for district review. We thank all parents who attended the Jan. 15 community meeting for their participation and input regarding joyful learners and the issues of student equity.

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Congratulations to ALL of our Spelling Bee Classroom winners for competing in the School Championship Spelling Bee. The classroom winners were Taran Cacacho, Teresa Owyang, Nizam Shaikh, Sara Wong, Anh Huynh, Mollee Chu, Michael Tang, David Yu, Mariel Cardenas, Josheph Hsa, Caroline Reyes, Kathleen Trinh, Glendy Castonon, Ben Kasemwatana, Linda Chen, John Ng, James Ravanal, Evelyn Orozco, Connie Wong, Kathleen Kanaley, Mia Shakelford, Cody Dragon, Andrea Tu, Yasmine Benothman, Kelly Chen, Gabriela Lemay-Eden, Benjamin Chan, Angeline Chemel, Rory Grant, May Niang, Neal Li, Tess Williams, Nicholas lee, Timothy Yu, Jeffrey Wan and Lawrence Wan.

School Round Results
3rd place: Rory Grant 8C35
2nd place: Kathleen Trinh 6B18
1st place: Jeffrey Wan 6S12

Jeffrey will have the opportunity to compete at the SF Chronicle Spelling Bee very soon. .

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After School Drop-In Homework/Tutoring

The counseling department will be offering an after-school drop-in homework and tutoring room from 3:45-4:45 on Mondays and Wednesdays in Room B25. Ms. Renteria, Ms. Wardell and Ms. Wax will be supervising the homework room.

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Symphonic Band to Perform at SF Giants Game

Hoover's Symphonic Band will perform the National Anthem for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, May 26, 2009! Tickets will be available for sale in late-March or early-April. Remember our invitation to perform is based on our selling a certain number of tickets!

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Promptness to Class

We have noticed that too many students are late to class. This is affecting school climate, student learning and disrupting instruction. Starting the first day of Spring semester, JAN 21st, Hoover will focus on encouraging promptness to class. Students who are tardy will be warned and after the third tardy warning, will be assigned detention (after school or lunchtime detention under the supervision of counselors and teachers). We will be calling families of all students who are tardy and asking for their support in this effort.

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Volunteers Needed
President Debi Skaggs

Hoover PTA is now looking for parents to be next school year's board. We need parents to attend the Board meetings from January until the end of the year so that there is a smooth transition into next year. These are very important times for Hoover, & for SFUSD in general, & I would like everyone to please take the time to start helping the teachers & staff at Hoover continue on with a valuable link for them.

The position that needs a parent, first & foremost, is for our Treasurer position. Diego Montoya can be reached at dilinc@hotmail.com. He will be gone next year, & has spent three years getting the books in perfect order. Someone can easily slip in & learn a lot from him now before his position ends.

Next is our President & Vice President positions. We need parents whose children are in 6th or 7th grade to please attend the Board meetings to shadow along with us for the rest of this very busy hump to the end of the year. Our meetings are regularly scheduled every second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. in the
main office.

Other positions that will be opening up for next school year is the secretary, PTA Membership chair, Hoover Happenings Editor, PTA Reflections chair, another VP position, Volunteer Coordinator, Communications chair, & Sweatshirt/T-Shirt chair. Almost all of the chair & board positions are occupied by 8th grade parents graduating out. There will be a huge number of vacancies & a huge undertaking to get everyone on board for next year. Please volunteer now to help us out!

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Karen Wu will be available for Chinese Translation on THURS mornings from 9-11am or by appointment.

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Box Tops for Education

You can make a difference for Hoover every time your shop for groceries! You can clip 10¢ Box Tops labels from hundreds of your favorite products and bring them to the office or your child’s homeroom teacher. Hoover can earn cash for needed school supplies and equipment. For a list of participating products, click here. Please contact Frances Lee, mbe24th@dslextreme.com if you have any question or would like to help.

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Hoover Wellness Health Issues

Important health practice reminders from Hoover's Parent Liaison and Nurse:

• Hand washing is crucial to prevent the spread of illness.
• Please sneeze into your sleeve, rather than your hands.
• Please get adequate rest and attempt to eat a well balanced diet, as well as exercise regularly.
• LICE...back to school brings back pesty guests too. If nits or lice or pediculosis are noted in the hair, please treat with pediculicide, removing the nits and treat. Launder, vacuum or dry clean: combs, brushes, hair ornaments, head coverings, upholstery, bed and bath linens.

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Get Credits for Your Merits
Ms. Cunningham, Sponsor

The Merit Awards Program is a successful one at Hoover. Students earn merit award points for citizenship, scholarship and service to the school. It is a great way to build a positive community within a great school- ours!

Accumulated points are tallied up from 6-8th grades. Upon graduation, awards are placed with the diploma to make it an even more memorable day. Points will begin being collected at the end of each semester. Representative will be visiting classrooms soon to explain this great opportunity to their peers. On your merit, GO!

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