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Mission’s annual carnival is right around the corner and it wouldn’t be possible without volunteers like you! Here’s how you can help: Work a Shift Every class is responsible for coordinating and staffing one booth! Sign up for a volunteer shift for your class booth at: https://bit.ly/mission-carnival-signup Preorder Tickets Preorder your carnival tickets now and get discounted prices on 20 
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Are you crafty? Do you have something special and unique that you make? Do you have a stockpile of things that you think others would love to have? Be a vendor at the Mission Carnival and share your talents! Come set up a table, share with the community and share your stuff. This year’s Mission Avenue Spring Carnival will be May 7, 
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Below are the Mission PTA Executive Board nominees for the 2022-2023 term of office. President: Valerie Harper Vice President: Jenifer Cox Secretary: Staci Harris Treasurer: Jason Richards Financial Secretary: Candace Jowers Auditor: VACANT/Still seeking nominees! Historian: Emily Sala A Nominating Committee was elected at the February PTA meeting. The committee met several times to discuss potential candidates for the seven 
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Have you wanted to participate more?  Put your stamp on something? Think you could do something a little better? We’re looking for you!  Make your kids’ school a little better place! Every spring, we accept nominees for the following year’s PTA Board – President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Auditor, and Financial Secretary The first step is the election of 
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For the past five years, the Mission PTA Garden Committee has been working towards providing Mission Avenue Open School with a true school garden and learning area where the entire school community can benefit. The Mission Avenue School Garden will allow students in all grade levels to have access to hands-on lessons to make learning more meaningful, applicable, and enriching. 
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We are thrilled to announce that this year’s All-School Musical will be Willy Wonka Jr! Auditions will be Monday, December 13 and Wednesday December 15 in the Multi-purpose room. Please register your student(s) as soon as possible. Based on the classic book by Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka Jr. tells the story of the famous candy inventor, Willy Wonka, and the 
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ShopwithScrip and Mission will earn rebates up to 16%!! Did you know that Mission Avenue Open School participates in the Scrip gift card fundraising program? In a nutshell, you buy gift cards via the RaiseRight app and Mission gets a royalty for each purchase. The great thing about this program is you’re raising money for the school while purchasing things 
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The Scholastic Book Fair is returning to Mission. We are thrilled to have an in-person fair this year, but things WILL look a little different. During the week of December 6-10, each class will have two, scheduled chances to shop in the Book Fair during the week. We will also have two after-school shopping windows for parents/caregivers. Advanced registration for 
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Mission’s annual wreath sale is back! These gorgeous fresh wreaths from Oregon last the whole holiday season (and beyond). This fundraiser is different from all other fundraisers at Mission, in that the proceeds go directly to individual students to help offset their personal field trip expenses. Mission’s many overnight field trips can be quite expensive, and this gives families the 
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In preparation for our 2nd annual Read-a-Thon, we will be collecting new and gently used books for our Mission Family Book Swap. We will be collecting books beginning Thursday, October 21. Place your book donations in the boxes outside the office. Books will then be sorted and placed in library carts next week where students and families can take a 
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