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Please support the Toy Drive through December 15th and earn 500 bonus School cents points per toy
Please support the Toy Drive now through December 15th to earn our school 500 bonus points per toy! Please bring new unwrapped toys to morning dropoff this week 12/11 – 12/15 or send them with your students to their class. Students will receive $5 Bolt…
Earn 1,000 Bonus School Cents Points When You Support The Season of Giving by donating $10!
Earn FOSTER 1,000 points for every $10 minimum donation made now through December 22nd. Choose an organization below: Lakewood Center is supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters. Click here to donate. Los Cerritos Center is supporting Olive Crest. Click here to donate. Stonewood Center is supporting TLC. Click here…
The Holiday Store is open 12/11 – 12/15
The Holiday store is COMING 12/11 – 12/15!! A flyer with an envelope went home today. Please reach out to your room parents, or teachers for information when your student’s class is going as a group. The holiday store will be open during all recesses…
Stephen Foster’s Spirit Week December 18th – 21st
12/ 18 Merry Monday: Wear your merriest holiday shirt, sweater, and/or wear red and green! 12/19 Tree Topper Tuesday: Wear a holiday hat or headband! 12/20 Winter Wonderland Wednesday: Welcome winter by wearing blue and white! 12/21 Long Winter’s nap Thursday: Wear your pajamas to…
Stephen Foster Family Night
December 15th from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Please join us for a fun night with a movie, snacks, a photo booth, and more! Wear your pajamas and remember this event is held outdoors, so please dress warm!
Check out our December PTA Newsletter!
Check out our December newsletter to stay up to date on all upcoming PTA activities! This month we have a Toy Drive, a Family Night event, a Chili’s restaurant night, the holiday store, and more!
PTA Association Meeting
Please join us on December 15th from 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm for the Stephen Foster PTA Association meeting. Please see the agenda below for the details. This event will be at the beginning of our Family Night event. See you there!
Screen E-Waste and aluminum can Recycle collection on Friday, Dec. 1st
Screen E-Waste & Aluminum Can Recycling is this Friday, Dec 1st from 8:10 – 8:30 am. Please consider donating any old TVs, monitors, tablets & laptops even when it’s not our regularly scheduled recycling days. Items can still be dropped off at the popsicle stand…
School Cents Contest December 2023 Information
What a busy month…. a toy drive, Chili’s restaurant night fundraiser, and a receipt collection drive! The School Cents contest information and receipt submission can be found here! You can also turn in receipts daily into the BLUE BOX in the office! THANK YOU for…
Toy Drive to benefit Spark of Love and the School Cents contest
PLEASE help the Spark of Love Toy Drive & Stephen Foster PTA by sending new unwrapped gifts to your student’s classroom!! Each toy is worth 500 School Cents BONUS POINTS! Each school can earn bonus points for up to 500 toys, so 250,000 bonus points…
The Spirit Wear online store is open through 12/8
The Spirit Wear online store just launched! Check out the apparel options here! Crewneck Sweatshirt – youth & adults sizes Pullover Hooded Sweatshirt – youth & adult sizes Zipper Hooded Sweatshirt – youth & adult sizes Beanies- one size Please Note: This online store is…
School Closed for Thanksgiving Break 11/20 – 11/24
REMINDER: Schools will be closed for Thanksgiving Break from Monday, Nov. 20 to Friday, Nov. 24. We look forward to seeing you back on Monday, Nov. 27. RECORDATORIO: Las escuelas estarán cerradas durante las vacaciones de Acción de Gracias del lunes 20 de noviembre al…
The Circus is in town at the Lakewood Center Mall!
Reserve your seats for the hottest ticket in town! Circus Vargas is at the Lakewood Center Mall from Nov. 3rd – 27th! The Entertainment Experience For 2023! Circus Vargas Presents “Bonjour Paris!” Children of ALL ages! See Circus Vargas Now! In the all-NEW 2023 production, Circus Vargas…
Did you know that Mall Santa Photos count towards School Cents?
SCHOOL CENTS 2023-2024! This year’s School Cents Program is in full swing and accepts receipts dated 9/1/23 – 4/30/2024. PLEASE continue to log or turn in the office receipts big and small to help win the top $10,000 cash prize! Purchases from: LOS CERRITOS CENTER…
Submit or save your receipts for School cents!
Help Foster win the first-place $10k prize! Shop & eat local this holiday season & submit your receipts online or save your receipts & drop them in the blue box in the office when school resumes! Receipts from Lakewood, Cerritos & Stonewood Center Malls dated…
Picture Retake and Makeup Day is Friday, Nov. 17th
This coming Friday, November 17th, will be our picture retake day. If your student was absent on our original picture day, you should have received the attached flyer indicating your student will be photographed this Friday. If your student was photographed on the original picture…
Raising Cane’s Fundraiser Tuesday, October 24th
Mention the fundraiser flyer at the register and Cane’s will donate 15% of sales back to the Stephen Foster PTA! Valid for drive-thru and dine-in ONLY from 10 am – 10 pm at 4634 Candlewood Street, Lakewood location. Please view the menu here!
Red Ribbon Week 2023! Be Kind to Your Mind…Live Drug-Free!
In honor of this year’s Red Ribbon Week theme, “Be Kind to Your Mind, Live Drug-Free” everyone is encouraged to dress in our spirit-week fashion while raising awareness of the dangers of drugs & alcohol. We want to give back to our community, by offering…
We need your help on Saturday 10/14 and Monday 10/16~School Cents Bonus points!
WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP!! PLEASE stop by Lakewood Mall’s FEST-OF-ALL on SAT. OCT 14TH anytime between 2 pm-8 pm & SIGN-IN under FOSTER.We will receive 2,500 BONUS SCHOOL CENTS POINTS PER PERSON (ALL AGES) that attends with you! You do not have to stay for…
Anti-Bullying Week 2023
Tuesday, October 17 – Thursday, October 19th please join the Counselors in Room 48 for activities during lunch!
Trunk or Treat ~ Friday, October 13th 6pm-8pm
Fall fundraiser incentive pizza party 10/31 at lunch
Food, music, games and more! Students selling a minimum of 6 items (1 child), 8 items (2 siblings), or 10 items (3 or more siblings) from the Charleston Wrap Catalog Fundraiser or sending in an equivalent monetary donation (1 item=$10) will be invited to attend!…
DEADLINE EXTENDED…charleston Wrap Fall Fundraiser extended until 10/13
Set up your account here! Register, Share, and shop to help our school earn much-needed funds for this year’s activities, like buses for field trips, Trunk or Treat, Family Holiday Night, our yearly carnival, the Reflections Program, dances, and all of our PTA programs! Please…
SCHOOL CENTS BONUS POINTS BLOOD DRIVE 10/6
Set up your appointment to donate blood at Los Cerritos Center On 10/6 and earn 2,500 bonus points toward the School Cents Contest! Set up an appointment here! Learn more about School Cents and enter receipts here!