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Join the first district-wide are you in RUN for education on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 9am at Oak Knoll School! Building upon 18 years of success with the Oak Knoll Otter Run, the entire district community of Laurel, Encinal, Oak Knoll and Hillview are joining forces to raise crucial funds for our community-supported schools. Register and sign up to be a family sponsor today! (The first 40 families to sign up at the $500 sponsorship level will get their name on the race t-shirt and includes 4 free race entries!) The cost for individual entrants is $25 for early registration by Thursday, May 16 and $30 for late registration. The registration fee includes a t-shirt, chip timing, bib and ribbon. Register to be an event volunteer and receive an event t-shirt free. 2013 AUCTION The 2013 Spring Auction was a huge success! We Raised $340,000 for Our Schools! Once again, the Laurel, Encinal, Hillview and Oak Knoll school community delivers! Thanks to the generous support and hard work of parents, teachers, volunteers, staff, students and local businesses, our spring auction was a resounding success. Together, the on-campus raffle ticket sales, online auction, silent auction and Saturday's auction event brought in net revenue of $340,000. We're especially pleased to announce that our Fund-a-Need drive in support of MPCSD Summer School Programs raised more than $60,000. Are you interested in remaining items and parties with openings? Please click here to see the list of available items. The complete Auction Catalog can be found here. A special thank you to all of our auction donors, as well as the 500 guests who attended the Dancing through the Decades party. We look forward to seeing you all next year! YOU MET THE CHALLENGE Boletin en espanol, haga clic aqui WE DID IT! Together, we met the Participation Challenge: 83% of our families donated or pledged to the MPAEF, earning $50,000 for our schools! Dear District Families, A heartfelt thank you to each and every family that made a donation and demonstrated we are a strong community that actively supports it schools. And kudos to all of our hard-working parents, teachers, principals, and students who spread the word, waved the signs, and kept up the momentum! We are so proud to be a part of the Menlo Park City School District community--and hope you are too! Warm Regards, Clint Chao & Scott Hinshaw, and Lynne Van Tilburg Co-Presidents and Executive Director, Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation ¡LO HICIMOS! Juntos, llegamos a nuestra meta: 83% de nuestras familias han donado o se han comprometido a la MPAEF, ganando $ 50.000 para nuestras escuelas! Estimadas familias del Distrito, Un sincero agradecimiento a cada familia que hizo la donación y demuestra que somos una comunidad unidad que activamente apoya las escuelas. Felicidades a todos los padres, maestros, directores y estudiantes que ayudaron en este esfuerzo! Estamos muy orgullosos de ser parte de la comunidad Menlo Park City School District --y esperamos que usted lo sea también! Saludos cordiales, Clint Chao & Scott Hinshaw, and Lynne Van Tilburg Co-Presidents and Executive Director, Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK Making a Difference The Foundation is playing a greater role in our school funding than at any time in our past. From class size to quality teachers to unique, hands-on learning in the classroom, your donations ensure an education of the highest quality for your child. Click here to see how. Jeanie Ritchie Innovation Grants The name says it all: innovation! Every child in the district is touched by these grants that are geared to enhance core curriculum in unique and creative ways. Year after year our teachers show us how it's possible to bring energy and excitement to the classroom. Click here to see a list of grants to date for the 2011-2012 school year. The Endowment Excellence in teaching. That's what we want for our children and that's specifically why this endowment was established years ago. Learn more about our endowment.		DONATE OR PLEDGE NOW ONLINE SHOPPING Shop Here and Earn Money for Our Schools! It's that time of year for last minute Holiday Shopping. You can earn money for the MPAEF by using our shopping portal. Make a purchase on Amazon through our Associates link, and check out the oppurtunities through the eScrip shopping portal which includes retailers like Nordstrom, Macy's, J. Crew, Apple, Nike, Brookstone, and many others. To enter our shopping zone, please click here. ESCRIP Sign up for eScrip here! Last year our schools received more than $28,000 through the eScrip program--all for doing our regular shopping at stores like Safeway and Draegers. What could be easier? All it takes is a few minutes to sign up, select the MPAEF as the beneficiary, and register your credit cards. For step-by-step instructions and a link to the eScrip sign-up page, click here. BUSINESS SPONSORS UPCOMING EVENTS Spring Auction Saturday, April 27, 2013 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT VIDEO Click on the link to this video to hear directly from our kids why your support of the MPAEF and the PTOs is crucial. Having trouble viewing this video? Click here: http://bit.ly/2012AreYouIn FACEBOOK QUICK LINKS 2012-2013 Donor Roll MPAEF and PTO Working Together How You Can Support the Foundation Will your company match your donation? Find out here! SEARCH

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