The mission of Laguna Road School is to achieve educational excellence, in partnership with parents and community, to prepare all students, through use of knowledge, skills, and behaviors, to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Contents: Page 2: PTA President’s Message Page 3: Principal’s Message Page 5: Speaker Event Page 6: Book Fair Page 7: Reflections Galary Page 8: Turkey Trot Page 9: Birthdays

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First Place Kyle Lim Second Place Nisha Desai

Honorable Mention Elina Bougas

Harold Sullivan GO ROADRUNNERS! BEEP! BEEP

The Spring Book Fair is here!

Location: The Book Fair will be held in the “Pit” (Room next to the library)

Book Fair Dates: March 5th – March 9th 2012

Hours of Operation:

Before School: 8:15am – 8:30 am At Lunch: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Special hours on Wednesday: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm After school on Friday: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dear Parents and Families: Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child. Of all the skills children learn, it is the one you can influence the most. The whole school is excited about our upcoming Book Fair. An amazing selection of books is headed our way! At the Book Fair you will find the latest and finest titles for kids, as well as books of interest to parents. Mark your calendar for our Family Event where the whole family can join in the fun. And, you can contribute books to your child's classroom library. The Book Fair is a great way to get everyone excited about reading. See you there! Book Fair Chair Sahar Kouloumbis

3rdAnnual Laguna Road PTA Turkey Trot is once again a success! flipped cartwheels! (Miss Collins and Miss Kim) This year medals were awarded on the field for top boy and girl runners from grades 3-6. There were a few ties and so several one lap very exciting “run offs” occurred! A few came down to the wire, and all of our Laguna Road kids showed exceptional sportsmanship win or lose. We followed up November 16, 2011 by handing out prizes. Maria from Mrs. Endicott’s class was the top fundraiser for the school, bringing $282.00 in sponsors! She won the grand prize of a $150.00 gift certificate to Target. The top fundraising classroom was Mrs. Endicott’s1st grade class, raising $1501.70. They won a Jamba Juice Party! And completing the 1st grade sweep, the 1st grade team won the teacher spirit award. Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. Jurgensen/ Mrs.Nguyen and Mrs. Kim-Lee wore handmade Turkey costumes while actively participating and cheering for their students. Nice Work! They get to split a $40 gift certificate to C & M School Supply. Several other prizes were handed out including $50.00 gift certificates to Barnes and Noble and GameStop. Also awarded were games, a deluxe art set, toys and restaurant gift certificates. Finally, ALL students who brought in any amount of sponsor dollars received a treat after school. We had 380 students bring in sponsor donations! We could not have been successful without the help of the incredible PE team. Mrs. Ochoa, Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Brewer helped with the event and also did all of the “pregame warm up”, encouraging the kids for weeks to go get those sponsors! Thank you for your support. We are also thankful for all of our wonderful parent volunteers who donated oranges, helped on the field and with counting donor packets. You are too numerous to mention, but know that you are appreciated. Collectively, Laguna Road families and our business sponsors brought in $18,200! The turkey trot was a great achievement for our wonderful school!

Gobble, Gobble…this year’s turkey trot was fun for all. The Kinders raced the Santa Ana winds on November 2nd and won! They ran while being blown around the field and did it with smiles on their precious faces. Many of them did over 10 laps! On Thursday November 3rd grades 1-6 ran in perfect weather and sunshine. They ran with all their hearts and were enthusiastically cheered on by all of their teachers. The teachers ran or walked with the students and a few even

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