Milk And Cookies
Sunday, April 10, 2pm
Help us welcome new Harvey Milk families with a playdate on Sunday, April 10 at 2pm on the school playground. Our “Harvey Milk & Cookies” event will be open to incoming families AND those still considering HMCRA in the next round of assignments. Mr. Stewart will be there to meet incoming families. We’d especially like to have many current kinder families or those with an incoming kinder in attendance. Please feel free to invite any prospective families you know!
Read-a-thon 2022
Readers and Families,
Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy is ready to kick off the 2022 Read-a-thon!
What IS Read-a-thon? First and foremost, it’s a Celebration of Reading! For 10 days, students will be encouraged to read! ALL reading counts: books they read, books students had read to them, comic books, reading for school, reading for fun…. All of it!
Secondly, in order to support the school’s financial needs, Read-a-thon is also a fundraiser (though raising funds is NOT required to participate). Information is below on how to encourage your friends and family to support your student’s reading by “sponsoring” them.
Finally, Read-a-thon gives students the opportunity to SET a goal, and then WORK toward that goal. All students who meet or beat their goals will receive special recognition.
Timeline for Read-a-thon:
Before February 28:
- Set a Goal Go to harveymilk.com/Readathon to help your student set their goal for the number of minutes they can read in 10 days. This is the main objective of Read-a-thon this year. A special prize given to ALL readers who set and MEET OR BEAT their goals. (Goal suggestions are listed in the graphic below.) Goals must be submitted by March 2 to count toward a prize.
- Get Sponsors Students can ask their families and friends to “sponsor” them as they work toward their goal. This is a great fundraiser to share with grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends who are like family. All donations to HMCRA are tax deductible and support our amazing school. You can find a social media toolkit online to help you share the word with your personal community, and encourage our young readers.
- Find Something to Read All reading counts: in school, out of school, adults reading to students, comic books, magazines, Audio Books and some really great books from our own HMCRA library.
Starting March 1:
- Track your Minutes Use the online, form or the paper log on the back. For minutes to count, they must be tracked online or on paper. Online minutes can be entered daily, or once at the end, but must be tracked daily. (Students can also use this Google Sheet to enter all reading. Please only submit once after March 11.)
- Join your readers! Parents/Families can find a recommended reading list from the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee to join in the reading.
March 11-14:
- Turn in all your minutes In order to have your minutes count toward your goal and your class’s tally, all minutes must be turned in to your teacher or online via this form by March 14th. Parents, if it’s easier, you can use this Google Sheet to track and then submit by emailing to Readathon@harveymilk.com. If your child forgets their forms at home, a picture of the reading log is fine! Please email it with your reader’s name and the subject “Student Reading Log” to readathon@harveymilk.com. All minutes must be received by the end of the day March 14th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out anytime.
Thank you for supporting this effort to instill a lifelong love of reading in each of our students.
Sarah Kern (school librarian)
and Tarrah Pollaro (PFC Read-a-thon lead)
readathon@harveymilk.com
SFUSD Application Deadline Approching
The last day to apply to San Francisco’s Public Schools is February 4, 2022.
If you have a child moving on to Middle School or an incoming Kindergartener you must apply by this date.
Learn more here
Rainbow Club
Tuesday, October 5, 3:45pm
We are pleased to announce Rainbow Club will start back up again in person this year!
Join HMCRA Rainbow Club for art, games, and community!
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 3:45-4:30
First Meeting: October 5th
Meet Ms. Butler at the Collingwood Gate at 3:45
Open to all students of LGBTQ+ families, trans or non-binary students and allies!
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 3:45-4:30
First Meeting: October 5th
Meet Ms. Butler at the Collingwood Gate at 3:45
Open to all students of LGBTQ+ families, trans or non-binary students and allies!
Meetings will take place outdoors masked because there will be kids across grade levels. It will only be open to students this year (we will miss families!) unless we are doing a special project and Ms. Butler asks for volunteers.
If you have any questions, please email butlerk@sfusd.edu.
Rainbow Clubs are Elementary School versions of a GSA (Gender Spectrum Alliance) used nationwide.
SSC and PFC Meeting
Tuesday November 13
SSC: 5:15-6:15pm, Room 205
PFC: Dinner at 6:15pm, Meeting starts at 6:30pm, Cafeteria
Please join us for our next SSC and PFC meetings this Tuesday. Free childcare and dinner will be provided for the PFC Meeting. You can find the agendas and minutes for all our PFC meetings here. Come and hear about Mission Science Workshop, part of our PFC founded Science Enrichments this school year.
If you couldn’t make it to the PFC Meeting there will be a morning recap Wednesday November 14 after morning circle.
Good Eggs Fundraiser
Starting October 1st Good Eggs is partnering with Harvey Milk for a fundraiser! New Good Eggs customers get $15 off their first order and 5% will go back to the school during October and November 2018!
How to join the fundraiser:
1. Visit schools.goodeggs.com.
2. Enter the code HARVEYMILK18 and click “Shop Now.”
3. Add your groceries to your Good Eggs basket and place your order. You will see confirmation text on the checkout page that says “You’re supporting Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy!”
As an extra incentive, if 20 HMCRA families try Good Eggs using the school code, we will get a $500 fundraising bonus added to the 5% from all orders.
More information about all of our fundraisers with local businesses here.
Sign up for The Breakfast Project
The Breakfast Project is a non-profit culinary arts program serving the students of HMCRA. We integrate hands-on cooking classes into the fabric of school life, connecting students more deeply to their own bodies, each other, and their local communities. Classes offered as part of the YMCA morning and after-school programs start the week of September 3!
Please visit www.breakfastproject.org/
*A short, program-specific registration form is required for Chefs in the City only. Online submissions are welcome and hard copies are available at dropoff with the YMCA.
Please contact Joyce Lin-Conrad at joyce@breakfastproject.org 
Subscribe to our weekly HMCRA Newsletter!
Our weekly email newsletter, sent each Monday morning, is one of the main ways we share important news from our school’s staff and community.
If you aren’t already receiving these emails, we encourage you to subscribe here.
You may find that the email newsletter is sorted into your Promotions or Junk Folder. If you are a Gmail user, you can simply drag and drop the email into your main inbox, or right-click on the message if you’re on a computer.
If you have any questions about the email newsletter, please contact PFC Communications at communications@harveymilk.com
Nut Free School!
A reminder that HMCRA is a nut free school. This means there should be no nuts in your student’s lunch, snack or at any school activities (potlucks etc). See more information about the overall nutritional guidelines and policies here. Thanks for your support!