PTA Newsletter – 11/27/2022
For all PTA-related questions, please email PTA at tmatsumotopta@gmail.com, not the front office or Principal Frankina. ~Thank you!
Thank you in advance for your support! It’s been a pleasure partnering with you for our children’s success.
GET YOUR DANCING SHOES READY FOR THE FANTASY OF LIGHTS BALL
GET YOUR FAMILY TICKET(S) HERE and get your dancing shoes ready!
Santa will be in the building. Bring a new toy for our Holiday Drive to take a photo with Santa.
We’re looking for donations to transform the cafeteria into a Fantasy of Lights. Sign up to donate.
We also need help to transform the cafeteria for the Fantasy of Lights event, please sign up today. We need 2-4 volunteers each day. Sign Up
YEARBOOK – NEW WINTER PRICING
ORDER A YEARBOOK TODAY!yearbook id code: 14815323
Winter pricing going on NOW – Basic Softcover $32
Spring pricing – Basic Softcover $40
Plan ahead and order your yearbook now. Additional yearbooks will NOT be ordered.
Additional upgrades are available. Do you have a business you would like to promote in our yearbook? Or would you like to give your child a special message? Purchase a small space for $150, spaces are available through February until space slots have been filled up. Please email tmatsumotopta@gmail.com for more information with the subject line “YEARBOOK”
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CONTEST
Submit all your artwork for a chance to win the yearbook cover design contest! Guidelines for submission:
- Paper must be 8.5 x 11
- Portrait style
- ½ border on all edges
- Artwork should be in color (color pencils/markers)
Must include the following:
Tom Matsumoto Elementary
2022-2023
Artist Name
Please attach student artwork to this flyer with all completed information by 12/15/22 to the front office.
HOLIDAY TREES AND WREATHS ARE ON THEIR WAY
Thank you to the families who have ordered a tree, wreath, or garland, and donated to the troops. Your Christmas tree will be here Friday 12/2!
IN PERSON pick-up will be on campus at Matsumoto near the kinder lot on Friday, December 2 between 2-5 pm. All orders have been finalized. We are unable to make adjustments, or place new orders, nor do we have extra trees for sale.
Please communicate in advance if you need assistance. Any unclaimed items will be donated to local families in need.
We will need volunteer assistance to chainsaw tree trunks and help distribute the trees. Sign Up to volunteer here.
PEDICAB RIDES AVAILABLE
Take a Pedicab ride to see the Holiday lights of Willow Glen
We anticipate this to sell out and pedicabs are by “reservation only”
Use the code MATSUMOTO and Eco City Cycles will donate 20% back to our school.
Purchase tickets here Eco City Cycles is excited to offer Willow Glen Christmas Lights open-air pedicab tour rides for the 2022 holiday season for Matsumoto Families!
A pedicab ride is a fun and up-close way to experience the sights and sounds of the holidays!
Book your reservation for 40 minutes which includes 10 minutes for boarding and 30 minutes for the tour of some of the Bay Area’s greatest holiday displays.
Tours cost $35 per person. Children 5 and under ride for free and do not need a ticket!
ADDRESS
Tours begin and end at the Willow Glen Funeral Home parking lot. Plenty of parking is available.
1039 Lincoln Ave
San Jose, CA 95125DATES
We have 4 time slots available between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm on each of the following dates:
- Friday, December 9
- Saturday, December 10
- Friday, December 16
- Saturday, December 17
- Sunday, December 18
- Friday, December 23
All pedicabs travel together “caravan style” during each tour. We will do our best to move any late arrivals to the next time slot but cannot guarantee availability and offer no refund for late arrivals.NO RECEIPT IS REQUIRED TO BOARD
You need only provide the last name on the booking.
OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER
Sign Up HERE
Opportunity # 1
If you have any availability this week upon pick up to stay and help transform the cafeteria for the Fantasy of Lights event, please sign up today. We need 2-4 volunteers each day.
Opportunity # 2
Two volunteers to help offload Christmas trees at Andrew Hill High School this Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 6 am, and then help the PTA transport trees back to Matsumoto for distribution on Friday. This is about a 2-hour commitment.
Opportunity # 3
One volunteer with a chainsaw to help cut trunks on 14 Christmas trees on Thursday after school. Anytime that works for the volunteer.
Opportunity # 4
One volunteer to help distribute Christmas trees on Friday, December 2, 2022, from 2 pm – 5 pm at Matsumoto.
Opportunity # 5
Distribute four trees to Matsumoto families on Friday, December 1, 2022, between 2 pm – 5 pm.
For opportunities # 2 – # 5, please email Volunteer Coordinator, Hilda Morales at moraleshilda7@gmail.com
Thank you in advance for your support! As always, it’s a pleasure partnering with you for your children’s success.
