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Tri-Tip Sale !!
Tri-Tip Sale !!
Make dinner easy with a Montclair Dads’ Club Tri-Tip.
We are only taking
Pre-orders. So please purchase by Wednesday February 24
You can purchase them online at www.montclairdadsclub.com
Pick up this Friday February 26 2:45 – 6 pm at The School Multipurpose Room |
Return of the Dads Club Camping Trip
Did you miss it last year and wish you hadn’t? Did you go last year and your kids won’t stop pestering you when the next camping trip is? Well never fear it’s BACK.
When: Friday May 30th Check in after 3PM– Sunday June 1st Check out by noon Where: KOA campground 20 Rainsville Road Petaluma, CA 94952 Link: http://koa.com/campgrounds/san-francisco/snapshot/ Cost: $55/Camper. Kids under 2 are free. The Dad’s Club is hosting a weekend camping trip to the KOA camp ground in Petaluma. This is a camping trip for the WHOLE family. The place is pretty ridiculous in terms of what they offer. If you aren’t a hard core camper, never fear this is camping Dads Club style. There are bathrooms, showers, an on-site store with amenities (and alcohol), we will also be doing group meals for breakfast and dinner. Lunch you can you can buy at pool side BBQ or at restaurants less than 5 minutes away so you don’t even have to cook if you don’t want! One parent last year described it as a birthday party that doesn’t end so prepare for an awesome fun filled camping trip with many amenities: · Swimming with 10,000 feet of relaxation space · Bounce Pillow for the kids · Rock Climbing Wall · Farm theme Playground · Rec center with games · Horseshoe, Bocce Ball, Ring Toss Area · Petting Farm · Hay Wagon Rides · Hourly events, scavenger hunts, water slide, face painting, etc
*Food wise we will provide: ‘Smores for both Friday and Saturday night, Side dishes & Hotdogs for Friday and Saturday night (bring something to grill for the adults as we will have communal use BBQs ready to go). We will also provide breakfast for Saturday and Sunday!
Space is limited sign up now to reserve your spot!  |
Brewfest
Saturday September 14th 4PM - Midnight Bring a date and sample the finest from MDC brewers! Vote on your favorites all while supporting the Dads Club. |
Welcome to a New School Year
Hello everyone! I hope summer treated you all well. First off I wanted to extend a big thank you to David Holland for serving as Dads Club President and to Brad McCrea for serving as VP of Work Days last year. Thanks guys! Email ListsI’ve inherited the email list from David Holland. We will be moving to a subscribe/unsubscribe list but for now it is manual so if your child graduated out of Montclair I have no way of knowing. If you no longer wish to receive updates from us just drop me a line. Also if you know someone who does want to know what the Dads Club is up to drop me their email. Web SiteWe have a website! Here is the url: https://sites.google.com/a/montclairdadsclub.com/mdc/ Please bookmark it. I’m working to keep the calendar up to date so you can use it as a reference for what’s upcoming. MeetingsMeetings will now take place on the first TUESDAY of every month at 7:30. This makes our first meeting Tuesday 9/3. The location remains the same: Montclair Golf Course - 2477 Monterey Blvd Oakland, CA 94611. Everyone is 100% welcome especially new comers. Show up and see why Tuesdays evenings are fun again! EventsThis school year is fast approaching and we have a number of things that are upcoming that we could use help for in chronological order. Teachers Moving – We have a new building and the teachers have asked for some help getting moved. Come and spend as little or as much time as you like. FREE SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEW BUILDING! When: Tuesday (tomorrow) and/or Friday 9AM – 4:30PM Where/How: Check in with Geneva Peare @ Room 104. 925-285-1896 or email her at Geneva.peare@ousd.k12.ca.us
New Parents Mixer – Meet and greet/info session the PTA puts on every year for the new parents. We will be running the bar and serving beer brewed by our own Kevin Meynell and Cark Easterday. Come and help bartend/pass out info to new parents. If you are a new parent on this email please don’t volunteer just show up and enjoy. When: Thursday August 22nd 7pm – 9pm Where/How: Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club, 1650 Mountain Blvd. Email schweick@gmail.com or me at terence.judkins@gmail.com if you are planning on coming.
Registration – Hand out info/answer questions about the Montclair Dads Club to parents registering their children for school. When: Friday 8/23/2013 Where/How: MES Multipurpose Room (Upper Building). If you plan on helping email me @ terence.judkins@gmail.com
New Parents Picnic – This is the new parents potluck/picnic hosted by the Dads Club. We need a few folks to greet parents coming in and help with an organized game for the kids. Bring your family the site is great and the event is super fun. When: Sunday 8/25/2013 from 12:45PM till 3:30PM Where/How: Joaquin Miller Park – Fernwood Site – email me @ terence.judkins@gmail.com if you plan on helping.
Parking Monitors – The PTA asked the Dads Club to handle parking duty for the first week of school because the classes aren’t really organized yet to take this over. When: Next week Monday – Friday from 8:10am to 8:35am (you only need to sign up for one of these days. Where/How: Signup at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArvyNN2k7m2BdGQteWlWcDhNMmt3QU1XSzFGVU1kT2c#gid=0 Read info on what to do at: https://sites.google.com/a/montclairelementaryschool.org/parking-lot-dropoff/home?pli=1
Other important events!Beer Fest – In September the fun filled Brewfest is back and this time it’s Date Night! Sample brews from our very own team of 12 MDC brewers, pick your favorite with your significant other at your side. Couples will get a discount! OtterWalk – 10/19/2013 This is one of the main fundraisers for the school and also a great time for the kids and the parents. Dads Club will be called on to help setup, breakdown, grill and of course run the SugarShack™ Thanks for reading all! |
A Final Message from Dave Holland (Outgoing President)
Just wanted to say thanks for a great year at MES dads club. This year has been amazing, fun, challenging, you name it. And through it all there were the stalwart member of the dads club! I hope you know how much of a difference our club makes to the school and community. I put that statement at the close of every message AND I MEAN IT! I get so much positive feedback from the PTA members, parents, teachers and from Nancy. Our club really fills a void and we are noticed and appreciated! And thanks to the dads of 5th graders who are graduating this year. Great work, we will miss you. Here are some highlights of the year
Passing the torch to Terence As you know my 2 years as Prez are up. I loved it! it was great being so involved in a club I believe in and has so many wonderful members. But time to move on! Terence Judkins has offered to take up the position as fearless leader and I think we are in great hands. He has been very involved since he joined the school and has led several events already. I plan on staying very involved. I will be running the poker events again, being treasurer and hope to lead the “Kids Night Out” events next year (formerly known as Movie Nights). My goal is to have 1 a month! PS. I love that I am running the poker games AND am Treasurer. That kind of irony fits so well with our club! J Good things in the works for next year We already have the new kinder cocktail party, new kinder picnic, a Sept beer fest, outdoor movie night and many other events in the works. I think next year is going to be bigger and better than this year. And we have the new school building and new Ottertorium! Final words My only goal when I took over as prez of the dads club 2 years ago, was to “not to screw it up”. I thought Mark had done an amazing job with the club and we were doing great work and had lots of enthusiasm and involvement. I knew my style was going to be more nerdy, uptight and organized than Mark. But I didn’t want a huge drop off from his charismatic and fun leadership style. I am really happy to say that I didn’t screw up the club (even though as predicted, my style was more nerdy and uptight than Marks…). Actually I am so proud of what we have accomplished in the past 2 years and I think we built on a lot of the work he set in motion. Here are the things that make me the happiest:
A lot of great stuff here guys (and gals). And a lot more to come! Thank you for showing your support for the school and the community! (really, I mean it!) David ex Prez |
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