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4/4-Welcome Back from Spring Break!

Hope all of our Brookside families had a fantastic Spring Break! See you back at school on

Monday, April 4th!

Tile Wall Installation THANK YOU to our generous families & the artistic Tigers who participated in our Tile

Wall fundraiser. The tiles are here and up! A HUGE thank you to Brookside parents Carlos Plascencia & Kelly Ridge-Plascencia and their company, C&K Construction, for spending

part of their spring break beginning the installation process of our new tile wall! The border

and grouting will be completed in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, you can check out

the wall on the 200 building in back of the main office! Thank you to Tile Wall chairs Denise Helfstein & Tas Sutarwala for this wonderful fundraiser, and to office manager, Virginia Standring & Denise Helfstein for helping to coordinate over the break.

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4/4 and 4/5 - Parent Education Event: Bouncing Back: Building Resiliency from Infancy to Adulthood Workshop with School Counselor, Holly Baxter The Oak Park Unified School District is proud to offer a Parent Education

Event: Bouncing Back, Building Resiliency from Infancy to Adulthood. From striking out at

bat to bombing a math test, our kids are confronted with disappointments and setbacks each

and every day. How kids handle these setbacks is paramount to building resilience and the

ability to persevere, as children and adults. Together we’ll explore the experiences that build

or erode resilience, grit, and a growth mindset. From infancy to adulthood, the opportunity to

grow a strong character never ends! Please join this informative workshop presented by Holly Baxter, our Elementary School Counselor, on Monday, 4/4, 7:00 – 8:30 pm or for a repeat presentation on Tuesday, 4/5, 8:30 – 10:00 am located in the Red Oak Multipurpose Room at 4857 Rockfield Street, Oak Park. Click HERE for more information.

4/14 -Calling All Brookside Volunteers! Please SAVE THE DATE! THURSDAY, APRIL 14th, 2016 10am - 10:30am in the quad. Teachers and staff will be honoring all volunteers with our annual Volunteer Brunch.

Details to follow via ParentSquare.

UPCOMING EVENTS… 4/4 School Resumes! 4/4/ & 4/5 Counselor Holly Baxter’s Parent Workshop: Building Resiliency Workshop 4/7 & 4/8 Spring Drama in the Brookside MPR at 6:30 p.m. 4/8 International Festival at OPHS 4:30 p.m.-8 p.m. 4/9 Nottingham Festival at Oak Canyon Community Park 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 4/10 OPIMA Music Festival at MCMS 12-4 p.m. 4/18-20 Earth Week/PTA Recycled Book Fair 4/20 Walk to School Wednesday! 4/27 Administrative Professional’s Day/PTA General Association Meeting 4/28 MCMS Open House 5/1 Big Sunday 5/11 OPEN HOUSE! 5/14 PTA 80’s Parent/Daughter Skating Event at Skate Plus 5/15 PTA Parent/Son Field Day Event at Brookside! 5/21 Brookside Annual Campout & Carnival

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Kids with Character: Tigers Show Acceptance & Compassion!

On Monday, March 21st’s school assembly, students were recognized as consistently reflecting

March’s Character Trait, Acceptance & Compassion! Students were nominated by their

teacher from each class and awarded a COMPASSION spirit stick for their Brookside Spirit

Stick key ring. Congratulations Tigers on showing your acceptance and compassion!

DK/Kindergarten: Vivienne Torres, Kian Huber, Anthony O’Hagan, Emilly Miller, Yasmeen

Riaz, Kayla Tausig, River Meza, Dhanvi Gupta, Noah Fenton, Griffin Eisen, and Faith Shiller

First Grade: Jolie Loetz, Agnes Marcal, Vikranth, Rajagopalan, Hayden Sitarz, Leyla Zamani,

Vennela Kotipalli, Olivia Magoffin, and Emily Noy

Second Grade: Donovan Yalinkatian, Will Petersen, Kamila Gamez, Sofia Marcarelli, Collin

Steelberg, Adi Naor, and Aimery Schrimpf

Third Grade: Evelyn Tran, Eden Bitton, Scarlette Druian, Lucas Satorius, Janelle Avendano,

Keerthana Chinnam, Katelyn Gorney, Eilan Peretz, Ashley Diaz, and Kamay Hershko.

Fourth Grade: Giah Milo, Sonny De La Torre, Violet Kommer, Isabella Camacho, Lior Ruben,

Alex Ortiz, Shriya Matada, Kaden Inthavong, Ava Harris, Ashrith Ajoji, and Tatiyana Subotnik

Fifth Grade: Ethan Smith, Ananda Kinkaid, Alex Schechter, Jacob Robinson, Jessie

Yalinkatian, Conner Carroll, Savannah Sawyer, Nandita Valiveti, Talia Isaacs, Alyssa McCabe

Pernicone, Shane Song, and Mateo Chavez

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Notes from the OPUSD School Board Meeting– March 15, 2016 At the regular monthly meeting of the Oak Park USD Board of Education held on March 15th,

the Board recognized Julie Ahdoot with the Partners in Education Award and Linda Sheridan

on her retirement. Cathy Lory and Robin Midiri presented the Oak Park High School WASC

report to the Board and Staff present. They also thanked Sharon Russell for all of her support.

The Board received a report from Dr. Timothy McLarney of True North Research. He provided

an overview of the results of the phone and online survey for a potential Prop. 39 bond that

may be developed and presented to voters in November. To read more, click HERE.

4/7 & 4/8- Spring Drama Performances!

Brookside Elementary PTA in association with Growing Outdoors presents Spring Drama

2016! Two original plays by Douglas Love:

Be Kind to Your Mother (Earth) &

Holiday in the Rain Forest Thursday, April 7th & Friday April 8th at 6:30 p.m.

Brookside MPR

Both plays are performed both nights! Tickets are $5 at the door (first-come, first-served)

starting at 5:45 p.m. The house will open at 6:00 p.m., 30 minutes before the show starts!

4/18—4/20 Earth Week is Coming! In addition to activities planned by the OPUSD Environmental Education and Awareness Committee (EEAC), the Brookside

PTA has some great activities planned to celebrate Earth Week:

4/18-4/20 Recycled Book Fair Stop by after school and check out recycled books donated by families and

pick up a few for a $1/each! All proceeds go back to the PTA. If you have

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books for elementary-school aged children that you are no longer using in fairly good

condition, please contact Stuart Forman at sforman66@icloud.com

4/19-Spirit Stick Sale April’s Spirit Stick sale will Tuesday, 4/19 after school! We will have a

limited number of special glow-in-the-dark Earth spirit sticks for sale in honor of Earth

Week! Check it out while you check out all the awesome books at our Recycled Book Fair.

4/20-Walk to School Wednesday Earn a Walk to School Spirit Stick and walk to school on April 20th to

minimize carbon monoxide emissions. Meet up with friends and teachers at

various meet-up points within Oak Park! Look for more meet-up points in

future Tidbits! Questions? Contact Monica Chizzo at mchizzo@aol.com

Are You Looking for a Family Volunteer Opportunity?  Here's Your Chance—  BIG SUNDAY is on 5/1! Big Sunday is an annual community service event run by the

OPUSD Committee Outreach Committee.  Brookside Tigers and their families can “give back" by volunteering four hours of their day to help complete projects throughout our schools and community. Both little hands and big hands are

welcome. Please join us as we work and play together!   If you

haven't signed up to volunteer, now is the time!  All pre-registered volunteers will receive a T-

shirt and have first choice of project location.  Walk-up registrations will be placed as needed

and will NOT receive a t-shirt.  Click here for more information and to register! http://

www.oakparkusd.org/Page/5135 . Be sure to select Brookside as the location of your choice

to work alongside other Brookside families on a variety of projects ranging from some

gardening projects to basic clean-up and maintenance projects. All families check in at OPHS

to get their T-shirts then head off to their sites of choice. All Brookside students participating in Big Sunday will earn their Community Service spirit stick. The PTA will provide cold beverages and healthy snacks! Make sure you are able to work at the location

of your choice by registering today!

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Worry Less About Homework…. Register for Homework Helper!

Growing Outdoors' Homework Helper program gives students a quiet, calm place to get their

schoolwork done before heading home. The low staff to student ratio creates an environment where

help is just a raised hand away. We help keep students on task and focused so they can learn to use

their time wisely. If students need assistance in any particular area of study, parents are encouraged to

call us and let us know so that we can help each child be most successful. Computers are available for

students who have online homework to complete. Available spots for Homework Helper:

1st - 3rd grade: Monday and Tuesday 2:30pm - 3:00pm 4th & 5th grade: Monday 3:00pm - 4:00pm To register, call Growing Outdoors at 818-889-8383

Attention 5th Grade Parents: 4/28*-Date Correction for MCMS Open House Come take a peek at what is in store for next year at Medea Creek Middle

School at their Open House on 4/28! Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. D’ Amore’s Pizza and Uncle Chris’ Italian Ice will be selling delicious food and dessert! There will also be a RAFFLE

with great prizes! From 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. classrooms will be open and teachers will be on

hand throughout the campus.

*For 5th grade parents who attended the MCMS Panther Night, please note that the correct date for the MCMS Open House is 4/28, not 4/21, as originally indicated at the meeting. Please note it on your calendar.

8/3- Camp Medea for Incoming 6th Graders Attention 5th Grade Families! Camp Medea for incoming 6th graders is August 3rd from 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Come and enjoy MCMS’s Camp Medea Creek. Enjoy a scavenger hunt,

group activities and crafts to help our new students become more familiar with their new

school and meet new friends. Please click HERE to access the registration form.

Congratulations 2016-17 BES PTA Board-Elect! The General Association voted to elect the 2016-17 slate of nominees below as

presented by the Nominating Committee at the General Association Meeting on

Wednesday, March 23rd. Thank you to the outgoing members of the board for their tremendous service to the school, and thank you to our incoming members for volunteering your talents and time for Brookside for the coming school year!

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SAVE THE DATE! Brookside’s Open House is on May 11th! May 11th is Open House at Brookside! Purchase dinner from Sharky’s,

which will be on site! Make sure to come to the parent meeting and tour classrooms!

5/14-PTA Totally Awesome 80s Parent-Daughter Skating Party! May 14th is our totally awesome 80s & RAD Parent-Daughter Skating Party that you TOTALLY don’t want to miss out on! Put it on your calendar!

Saturday, 5/14 from 5-7pm at Skating Plus in Ventura!

2016-17 PTA Executive Board-Elect

Officers Candidate Name

President Tina Wang

Treasurer Maria Cross

V.P. Programs Jaya Hungund-Yan

V.P. Fundraising Denise Helfstein

V.P. Volunteers Kim Kavett-Moore

V.P. Membership Judie Berro

V.P. E-Communications Tim Fontenette

Financial Secretary Meg Khanolkar

Auditor Ty Avendano

Recording Secretary Liz Shor

Parliamentarian Michele Abdulaziz

Historian Jennifer Burstein

Room Parent Coordinator Sue Dermott

Teacher Representative Denise Keane & Diane Farlow

Administrative Representative Sara Ahl

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5/15- PTA Parent-Son Field Day! Mark your calendars for May 15th for our Parent-Son FIELD DAY at

Brookside! Sunday, 5/15 from 3pm-5pm at the Brookside field!

Look for the forms and more information on sign-ups for both parent-child events in ParentSquare in the coming weeks!

2016 Jog-a-Thon Award Winners! Our Jogathon was a huge success with tons of fun to go

around! THANK YOU to all the classes who participated in the most enthusiastic class challenge! You were all AMAZING and it was quite the difficult decision to pick a winner

amongst leprechauns, rainbows, super heroes, sunglasses, crazy socks, costumes and more!

A special THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES who generously donated prizes, making for super fun experiences for all the Jogathon winners!:

Cronies, Lindero Country Club, Malibu Makos Surf Camp, Scooter’s Jungle and

Baskin Robbins.

WINNERS FOR THE 2016 JOG-A-THON: Top Pledges Collected, Breakfast with

Principal Ahl- Avery Boggs

Top 3 Pledges, PE Teacher for the Day (3-way tie for 3rd!) - Griffen Eisen, Bing Van Fossen, Brianna Blum, Allie Wang, and Natalie Wang.

RAFFLE PRIZES : Footgolf and Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Cake - Hannah Ma Motorized Scooter - Jayden Mehta Scooter's Jungle and Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Cake - Rocco Clericuzio Malibu Makos Surf Camp - Emma Tabor Dinner at Cronies and a Movie 4-pack - Cara Tang

TOP COLLECTING CLASS, PJ DAY AND A FROZEN YOGURT SUNDAE PARTY

Mrs. Powers - 2nd grade -collected $930!

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TOP COLLECTING CLASS, K-2, EXTRA RECESS AND JAMBA JUICE -

Mrs. Rodarte- K ($926)

TOP COLLECTING CLASS, 3-5, EXTRA RECESS AND JAMBA JUICE (TIE!)-

Mrs. Strong - 4th ($655), Mrs. Varju- 3rd ($655)

MOST ENTHUSIASTIC CLASS GETS TO DRESS PRINCIPAL AHL!

It was incredibly difficult to decide which class was the most enthusiastic so TWO classes were

selected and will decide how Mrs. Ahl will dress up, with the upper grade winner deciding how Mrs.

Ahl dresses from the neck down, and the lower grade winner deciding how she dresses from the chin

up!Upper Grade Class Winner - neck down - Ms. Ortiz, Lower Grade Class Winner- chin up - Mrs.

Hirano.

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Don’t Miss Out On This Great Summer Camp! Come Join Sports N’ More at the Oak Park Community Center for two amazing weeks of sports camp. Visit their website www.sportsnmore.co for more information.

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Newsletter? Do you know of a local business that would like to advertise

with us? Send them our way! We are now accepting submissions for advertisements in our

Tidbits e-newsletter. Every ad helps to support your child’s favorite PTA program! Support

local businesses, support our school. Click HERE for more information.

OAK PARK COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday, 4/8-International Festival at OPHS The community is invited to a spectacular evening of family fun

& learning at the International Festival on Friday, April 8 at

the Oak Park High School Pavilion! See schedule below:

4:30-6:00 pm

Journey through Interactive Country Booths & Enjoy Outdoor Cultural Performances such as

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Taiko drummers, Chinese lion, and Bollywood dancers! Free to the Public! Ethnic food will be

available for Purchase!

6:00-8:00 pm

View a variety of Cultural Dance & Instrumental Performances, followed by an International

Fashion Show in the Pavilion! Admission tickets to Pavilion Performances will be sold at 4:30

pm at the event; $5 Adults, $3 Students, Free to Children 5 & Under

The Nottingham Village and Marketplace is coming to Oak Park, CA on Saturday, April 9th! The Nottingham Village and Marketplace (reminiscent of the

Renaissance Faire!) is coming to Oak Park, CA on Saturday, April

9th! Join us for a day of merriment and revelry brought to you by

the Nottingham Festival and Renaissance Masters Pavilion! This

pop-up event will feature entertainment, food and beverages,

games, merchandise vendors and more! Admission and Parking

are absolutely FREE to everyone in attendance! For more

information visit the website here: http://nottinghamfestival.com

Oak Park Music Festival on 4/10 from 12-4 p.m. SAVE THE DATE for the first annual Oak Park Music Festival on Sunday,  April 10th from 12pm-4pm at Medea Creek Middle School. Visit www.oakparkmusic.org to purchase your

tickets in advance and for more details.

This fun-filled family event will feature all the students of

the Oak Park USD music programs.  Bring a blanket or a

chair to spread out and enjoy an afternoon of fabulous

music.  There will be two stages of revolving talent.

**Admission is only $5.00 and all proceeds support the Oak

Park USD music programs**

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--Eat from one of the yummy food trucks or bring your own picnic lunch. --Bid on one of the

exciting silent auction items including Disneyland park hopper tickets, Six Flags Magic

Mountain tickets, Burberry Perfume, The Barkley Pet Hotel, Bath and body baskets and so

much more.

--Browse our business booths for great finds at West Pac Designs, Jeanette Airen Performing

Arts Studio, Journey On Travel, Winck Links Jewelry, Gourmet Blends, Light Lines, Pocahanto

Swim, Arbonne, Cee Cee Coastal Clothing, Silpada and more. Buy a sweet from our delicious

bake sale.

Oak Park 50th Anniversary Game Board Pre-Sale Opportunity! Celebrate the last 50 Years of Oak Park by purchasing your very own Oak Park-Opoly Game

Board.  Pre-sale orders are now available on our district website at: http://

www.oakparkusd.org/Page/7278   .  Pre-sale price is only available through May 1st (Big

Sunday). Price goes up on May 2nd.

Upcoming Events in Oak Park! Attached you will find flyers for all of the upcoming events in Oak Park. The District has some

wonderful events coming this Spring. Flyers attached in the links below include: 

4/9- Nottingham Festival5/1- Dog Day

Click on the link to the right to see the schedule!- Upcoming Movie Events

5/31-7/22-Oak Park-Agoura Sports Fitness Camp