MESF

Welcome to the MESF Blog

The purpose of this blog is to update the Murdock community on MESF areas of interest and responsibility along with topics of discussion and key decisions made at recent board meetings.  If you would like more information about MESF, please download the attached overview brochure or contact a board member by clicking on the page titled "Board Members" on the left hand side of the screen.

MESF Patron Program 2011-12

Be a Friend of the Foundation! Your donation to the Patron Program will help pay for:

• Murdock's Science Lab & Instructor
• NEW Technology Lab & Instructor
• IXL, First In Math, & Brain POP
• Grade level & Classroom Needs as determined by needs assessment process

Download the patron program letter & donation form using the link below. Thank you for your support!

Download Patron_Letter_2011-2012

Chick-Fil-A night!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

 

Chick-fil-A Night

Thursday, May 19^th from 5-8 pm @ Chick-fil-A East Lake

2105 Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 

Come see some of your Murdock teachers and staff in the DUNK TANK!!!

Enjoy a family dinner and mingle with your friends! 

All proceeds benefit MESF.

More information coming SOON!!

MURDOCK MARQUEE

For only $35 (payable to MESF), your child's name and special message will be displayed on the Murdock School Sign for one whole school week!

Typical message is:
"Happy ___th B-day First Name, Last Initial". 

Please contact Wendi Donehoo at donehoofamily@gmail.com to check availability.  

Thanks for your support of MESF! 

Art Shows!

Each grade level will have an art show in conjunction with their PE/Music performance.  Your child's artwork will be matted, framed and displayed in the Fine Arts wing.  The art is available for purchase the night of their performance for only $30.00.  All proceeds from the art show benefit MESF!

            

Here are the Art Show/Performance dates by grade level:

October 7th - 1st grade

November 11th - 2nd grade

December 14th - 5th grade

February 17th - 4th grade

March 10th - 3rd grade

April 29th - K 

Purchase your child's art and support MESF!!

 

 

COWLOWEEN at Chick-fil-A!

                         

"COWLOWEEN" is coming!! 

Thursday, October 28th from 5-8 pm at the Chick-Fil-A EASTLAKE location. 
(2105 Roswell Rd., Marietta, 30062)

Come eat dinner, mingle with teachers and staff, play some games and enjoy a night of family FUN!  

 * Games ($1.00 each) and Prizes! * Wear your (non-scary) costume! * Costume contest at 6:30 pm! *

See you there!

Food and game proceeds will go directly to MESF to help fund the Science Lab, Field Trips, Teacher Grants and Technology.

 

Buy a Car, help support MESF!

                                                             

 Buy your next car at Honda Carland in Roswell and give back to Murdock!  

Honda Carland in Roswell has partnered with MESF and will make a donation each 

time a Murdock student’s family or friend buys or leases a new or used vehicle!   

 

•  Buy or lease as Murdock parents and MESF will receive $250!   
•  Buy or lease as a relative of a Murdock student and MESF will receive $200! 
•  Buy or lease as a friend or neighbor of a Murdock student and MESF will receive $150! 

  

Next time you or someone you know is in the market for a new or pre-owned vehicle, 

please consider Honda Carland in Roswell.  

Note:  In order for MESF to get a donation, you MUST ask for Gary Tucker (fleet manager).  Email him at: gtucker@hondacarland.com for an appointment!

MESF Domino's Pizza Night is Sept. 16!!!

Help support MESF by ordering Domino's pizza THIS Thursday night, September 16!  Order forms will be sent home with your child on Thursday - just fill one out and hand it to the driver.  MESF will receive a percentage of our school's total orders AND the class with the most orders wins a PIZZA PARTY!!!

Make Thursday night PIZZA NIGHT at your house...Call Dominos and support MESF!

Become a Friend of the Foundation!

Dear Murdock Families,

I hope each of you are enjoying your summer and your time with family and friends.  As summer begins to draw to a close we start thinking about next school year and all that lies ahead.  For those of you new to Murdock, we have two independent organizations that work together to provide wonderful programs and education enrichment for our children.  One of those organizations is our PTA and the other is the Murdock Foundation (MESF).  MESF is a 5013c non-profit foundation that provides enrichment curriculum, technology and capital needs to Murdock through family and community donations.   MESF is run by an elected board of directors made up of Murdock parents, teachers and administration.   

Your MESF board has been working on an exciting new program I would like to introduce to you!  In the past we have held a curriculum drive to pay for MESF’s programs that employ teachers to run them.  We have asked for a suggested amount, per child, to cover salaries and the necessary equipment/consumables needed for those programs.  After those programs were funded,  several additional fundraisers were necessary throughout the year to cover the remainder of the MESF budget.  In response to your comments on the parent survey, we are rolling out a Patron Program similar to those used by other East Cobb schools‘ foundations.  The Patron Program will replace the curriculum drive and, with enough support, will cut down on the number of additional fundraisers needed to cover our budget.   The patron program will also allow you to donate a flat amount per family regardless of how many children you have attending Murdock.  The first item paid from that fund will be our Science Teacher, Mrs. Kauffman’s, salary and consumables for the Science Lab.  After the Science Lab is funded, we will address the other enrichment curriculum, technology and capital needs that MESF is able to provide thanks to your generous donations.  Some of those include:  

• One field trip, COMPLETELY funded, for EVERY Murdock student to ensure that, even with budget cuts , our children will get at least one of these valuable, experiential learning opportunities this year.
• MESF has a long-term goal to supply each classroom with five desk top computers and will purchase those as donations allow after purchasing maintenance items on existing technology 
• Teacher grants for each grade level including specials and ALP
• IXL and First In Math software packages
• Additional Items that come to us from the Murdock community through needs assessment throughout the year.

We hope that each of you will consider becoming a “Friend of the Foundation” on some level this year!  MESF can only continue to bring the Science Lab and other programs that it provides as long as  we have the necessary financial support from our Murdock families and community partners.   Any funds we raise over our budget will go toward our long term goal of purchasing 5 computers for each classroom and will allow us to consider funding items that come through needs assessment during the year.  At the end of the day, your donations go straight back to your kids in the form of an eye-opening science experiment, a memory for life on a field trip they take, higher achievement in Math as a result of working with IXL or First in Math, or the opportunity to work with technology they will need to make them competitive now and in the future.    And that is just the beginning.......  MESF is YOUR foundation.  MESF’s gifts to the children are YOUR gifts to the children.  Thank you for considering becoming a “Friend of the Foundation” for the 2010-2011 school year and continuing the tradition of excellence that is Murdock Elementary.

Sincerely yours,

Cindy Barber

MESF President

Download Friends of the Foundation Form - Final

2010-2011 MESF Patron Program Form

Click here to download the MESF Patron Form: 

Download Friends of the Foundation Form - Final

 

MESF BACK to SCHOOL SOCIAL

August 26th

4-6 pm at 

Rita's Italian Ice

(corner of Sandy Plains and E. Piedmont Rd.

in Sprayberry Square)

Come join Murdock teachers, staff and friends to celebrate a new school year AND meet our new Principal and Asst. Principal!  

Teachers and staff will be behind the counter scooping ice cream - come mingle and support MESF!