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The all-school musical is a long standing tradition at Mission Ave. This year’s play is Free to Be…You and Me. Instead of telling boys and girls who they should be Free to Be…You and Me opens them up to the possibilities of who they could be. Life-enhancing themes are imaginatively blended with music and humor to expand children’s personal horizons, enabling them 
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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 nominees for the PTA Board – President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Auditor, and Financial Secretary We’re looking for you!  Make your kids’ school a little better place! While it feels like the school year just started, Mission 
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Help us reach our membership goal and help your child’s class win this year’s PTA membership contest. Mission Avenue Open School PTA is aiming to exceed last year’s membership total of 213 members. Won’t you help us get there? PTA does some amazing things for our students and our school, and they can’t do it without our support. For just 
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Best selling Author Chris Gall is coming to Mission Avenue February 3! Books can be pre-ordered online from MissionPTA.org, or via hard copy order form. (Hard copy order forms must be turned into the office by Friday, January 24. Online orders will be accepted through Sunday at 11:59 pm.) Author Chris Gall is an award-winning author and illustrator of many 
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Couldn’t attend our Burgers and Books fair at Barnes & Noble last night? Visit BN.com/bookfairs to support Mission Avenue Open Elementary with your online purchases through 12/23. Mission will receive 10% of all orders placed between now and 12/23 using bookfair ID 12579629 at checkout (see screen shot below). You can have the books shipped to you, or you can 
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Didn’t get your book fix at the book fair? Need some holiday gifts for the book lovers in your life? Just need a few good books for your own book shelf? Join us this Wednesday for our Burgers and Books night at Arden Fair Mall. On hand at Barnes and Noble to read their favorite books will be: Principal Terzich 
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This Giving Tuesday please consider a donation to help repair the pottery kiln at Mission Avenue Open School. The Mission PTA purchased the current kiln for Mission in 2012, but it is now in need of major repairs. Our goal is to raise $2000 to repair the kiln. Any funds raised above the cost of the repairs will be used 
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Starting now, through Cyber Monday, save 25% on overstocked Missionwear. Supplies and sizes are limited, so grab them while you can! And while you’re in the shop, order your Mission PJ pants, too!
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We are incredibly excited to announce that our PTA sponsored All School Play is right around the corner. The musical Free to Be…You and Me—which celebrates values such as individuality, tolerance, and self acceptance—will be performed the week of March 23, 2020. This year’s musical directors will be students from El Camio High School’s Theatre Department and another El Camino student 
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Join us tonight (Wednesday, November 6)  any time between 4:00 and 8:00 pm to support Mission Avenue Open School at Mod Pizza in the Howe ’bout Arden Shopping Center at 2100 Arden Way. Just show them this flyer and they will donate 20% of your meal (food AND beverages) to support the Mission PTA.
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