Cornell Elementary School PTA

Introducing the 2022 Cornell Mural! Thanks to all who volunteered, painted, and joined on Saturday. It was a lovely day with our community. If you would like to know more about the muralist, Sandrine, you can see her profile here: https://www.sandrinedemathieu.com

Join us tomorrow (March 5) for Cornell Unplugged! We will have a live band, free popsicles, our mural unveiling, art projects, garden work + more! Can't wait to see you there!

Are you around this week? We are looking for volunteers to start painting the Cornell mural. DM me if you are available/interested. It looks like we will be painting all day Wednesday (February 23), possibly a few other days.

There is only one week left for the Hundrathon! We still need 100 families to donate to make our goal! Support Cornell kids and donate here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=X3NVBHHY2SG5L&fbclid=IwAR2cLqVBTYfMgDGluE4WkL2lKTAlLjJCPQ7-wnrbiMI06RQrMKDLf_lnHqE

Tomorrow (December 8th) is the LAST day for the book fair! If you haven't purchased your books make sure to do so! www.booksinc.net, or https://www.booksinc.net/cornell-elementary-school-fall... code: CORNELL.

The Cornell Book Fair is coming! Join us this Saturday November 27 from 11-2 at Cornell to paint Cornell's favorite book characters and make this a festive event for our kids! (No artistic talent required, come when you can, leave when you need to. Kids welcome!)

Join us for PTA Meeting Tonight (November 2) at 6:00 pm! Zoom link here: https://zoom.us/j/5734989030...

We are (almost) out of our gourds! The Pumpkin Patch is down to a only a few pumpkins and we have sold over $24,000 this year!! This exceeds last year's record by over $10,000. All of the proceeds benefit our school. A THANK YOU and shout out to all who purchased pumpkins!! We are beyond grateful to Westbrae for their incredible generosity. If you are in the neighborhood, make sure to stop in and thank them for their support.

Have you purchased your pumpkins from Westbrae yet? 100% of sales benefit Cornell!! Make sure to pick up your pumpkins before our pumpkin painting party this weekend! (Sunday, October 24, 2-4 pm).

The Westbrae Pumpkin Patch is open and stocked with pumpkins in all shapes and sizes. 100% of sales support Cornell elementary school! Make sure to get your pumpkins in time for Halloween!

Join us for Saturday in the Garden tomorrow at 1 pm! All are welcome, no experience necessary!

Have you donated to our September Fundraiser yet? You can do so here: https://cornellpta.membershiptoolkit.com/membership

Join us tonight for the first PTA Association meeting of the year! Tonight (Sept 9) 6-7:30. Meeting Link Here: https://ausdk12-org.zoom.us/j/97523111274 and agenda here: https://drive.google.com/.../1BExcwB1.../view

Cornell Elementary School PTA updated their business hours.

The Cornell PTA has a few small design projects that go beyond our skillsets. We are looking for a volunteer to help with some membership materials. Message me if you are interested or know somebody who might be!

All of those broken laptops need to go somewhere! Cornell needs 1-2 volunteers to come and pick up last year's e-waste and bring it to the El Cerrito Recycling Center. If you can help, message me or comment below!

We need help tomorrow! Let me know if you can help with graduation set up or take down. Go Coyotes!

Wow!! We are only $2,500 dollars away from meeting our Fun Fitness fundraising goal! We are so close...we can do this! You can still sign up here: https://pledgestar.com/cornell/. We will be at Cornell tomorrow giving out prizes to kids who have received 1 pledge.

EVENT: Parenting with Identity In Mind. Wednesday, May 12 hosted by the Marin IDEA Committee. Details below.

Coyote Fun Fitness Week Starts next Monday!! Make sure to have your student pick an activity and goal. Sign up here: https://pledgestar.com/cornell/

Coyote Fun Fitness Week is coming up May 3! Be sure to sign up: https://pledgestar.com/cornell/

Are you looking for books for your kids about Black Lives and Voices?

The Ocean View PTA Black Lives Matter subcommittee, in partnership with Pegasus Books on Solano Ave., has curated a list of incredible books for a PTA fundraiser!

Here’s what to do:

Go to this link to access our list: https://www.pegasusbookstore.com/ocean-view

Choose the books you’d like to buy and proceed to checkout!

At the bottom of the checkout page, in the “order comments” box, type in OCEAN VIEW. A portion of the proceeds will support the Ocean View PTA to fund Anti-Racism education for our elementary school. HURRY, this event runs until tomorrow Sunday, April 25.

Ocean View Elementary School Fundraiser | Pegasus Books With every purchase you make of *any books* in-store or on this website, April 19 - April 25, Pegasus Books will donate a percentage of your total back to Ocean View to support our kids' enrichment. Be sure to say "Ocean View" at time of in-store purchase, or type "Ocean View" in the comment field ...

Brand new Cornell wear is available for purchase! Please visit our webpage for more information: https://cornellpta.membershiptoolkit.com/cornell-wear

Cornell Wear Cornell Elementary PTA

Here's a photo of the flowers we prepared for Cornell staff on the first day of reopening this week! Thanks to all of you who donated -- we raised over $700! We spent roughly half of that amount on flowers from Farm Girl Flowers, while the rest of the money will be donated to the Cornell PTA general fund. Big shout out to Britt Tanner, Kat Simonyi, Rita Lucarelli, Nadia Vitko, and everyone else who helped out, and the Buy Nothing Albany group for donating mason jars and vases. We hope all the Cornell kids had a smooth week of school, whether in-person or remote!

For years now, AUSD's Board of Education & Administration have neglected its own Special Education Department with dire consequences for AUSD students with disabilities; while this neglect predates school closures under shelter-in-place, the pandemic has exacerbated these issues and shed a light on the District's default policy of defunding Special Education programs first and supporting AUSD students with disabilities last.
AUSD's approach to Special Education is in dire need of systemic change. So, join the rally and
STAND UP to the Albany Unified School District Board of Education & Administration
SPEAK UP for AUSD students with disabilities and their families
Raise your voices to be heard!
Be LOUD and be PROUD!
Make yourselves be seen!
Make your presence felt!
What: Rally for AUSD Students with Disabilities & Their Families
When: Friday, April 2nd, 2021 at 04:30pm
Where: In front of the AUSD Enrollment Office at 1200 Solano Avenue (intersection with Cornell) in Albany
Why: Because AUSD Students with Disabilities deserve educational equity & justice! It is their legal right. It is the law.

We are looking for volunteers to help with re-opening next week! Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/XKSJEgH

Please join us for the next Cornell PTA meeting on Thursday, March 11th at 6:30pm. We are happy to welcome Marie Williams to review the LCAP Survey and Veronica Davidson for a Board Trustee Q&A as well as other updates from the board. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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Join the Marin IDEA Committee for "Evidence-based strategies to make school reopening safe for children, families teachers and our community."
Submit your questions in advance through this google form:
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The Marin IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) is planning a parent education presentation on how we can keep our teachers, kids, families, and community safe as schools re-open. However, given the upcoming deadline for the elementary school return to hybrid survey, as well as mid-winter break, we're not able to have this presentation before parents need to make a decision about sending their kids to in-person school.

Thus we've recruited a small panel of local health care and mental health care providers who have volunteered to answer questions parents may have related to health and safety around COVID-19 and children in school. We can answer questions about topics like COVID-19 transmission in schools, COVID-19 testing, masks, mental health, vaccines, and child/family behaviors that decrease risk of COVID-19. We are not able to answer questions about school schedules, logistics, classrooms, or site-specific issues.

Since we are on break, the usual communication channels might not be available this week. But we wanted to try to get it out to as many people as possible soon, even if we can't get it sent directly from the schools.

Thanks,
Shannon Huffaker
(Marin and AMS)

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Questions for Local Health Care Providers About Health and Safety in Schools Dear Albany Parents - Do you have health and safety questions about sending your child back to school for the in-person hybrid program? Please use this form to submit questions about COVID-19 safety in schools. A panel of Albany parents who are health care providers or mental health specialists has....

The Marin IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) is planning a parent education presentation on how we can keep our teachers, kids, families, and community safe as schools re-open. However, given the upcoming deadline for the elementary school return to hybrid survey, as well as mid-winter break, we're not able to have this presentation before parents need to make a decision about sending their kids to in-person school.

Thus we've recruited a small panel of local health care and mental health care providers who have volunteered to answer questions parents may have related to health and safety around COVID-19 and children in school. We can answer questions about topics like COVID-19 transmission in schools, COVID-19 testing, masks, mental health, vaccines, and child/family behaviors that decrease risk of COVID-19. We are not able to answer questions about school schedules, logistics, classrooms, or site-specific issues.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV0uz4-xlnS0JUbBPIPzw_1UChBy9TeiQ4O-oPVAbvEL8hnA/viewform

Questions for Local Health Care Providers About Health and Safety in Schools Dear Albany Parents - Do you have health and safety questions about sending your child back to school for the in-person hybrid program? Please use this form to submit questions about COVID-19 safety in schools. A panel of Albany parents who are health care providers or mental health specialists has....

The 100th day of school and the Hundrathon are almost here! We are celebrating with a display at Tay Tah featuring "100 Things We Love about Cornell." We need your help! What do you love about our school?

Tk/K Info Night February 11 at 7:00 pm

We are excited to announce that Cornell’s Got Talent (CGT) is going 100% virtual this school year. All children get to participate in the show, the audition is part of the process to help students practice. The performance videos will be edited together and shared with families. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclNwE6EretvYsu6yL-TSDUH9kWSGlIomrlTJ_iORtPxNJe-w/viewform

Join us for the first PTA meeting of 2021 tonight at 6:30! We will have special guest speakers from the AUSD Disability Squad.

https://zoom.us/j/93174987838?pwd=UCtCK0FrOUpEa0U0emVtSFo0RFYzQT09

Meeting ID: 931 7498 7838

Passcode: Cornell

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Today is the perfect day to work on your Cornell winter craft! All of the directions can be found here: https://cornellpta.membershiptoolkit.com/craft. Due to shelter in place- we encourage you to pin your snowflakes up at home so we can enjoy the Cornell art sprinkled throughout the community. We'd also love to see your unique creations shared here!