King PTA will welcome back teachers and staff with their annual Fall Staff Appreciation Lunch on Wednesday, Sept 19.

Staff Appreciation meals provide an opportunity for staff to take a break from their classrooms and gather together to share a meal and community AND for parents to show their appreciation to staff for all they do to make King the wonderful school it is.

This lunch will feature a Mexican menu from local wonder Picoso

chicken and cheese enchiladas (one/person)
chicken mole
rice and beans
green salad

The owners of this take-out restaurant located in Berkeley’s Epicurious Garden have been great supporters of King, providing wonderful meals for the 6th Grade Class dinners and other staff events at generous discount.

The rest of the meal will be a potluck, with parents providing beverages, side dishes, and desserts. These can be delivered to the Teachers Lounge in the morning or brought to the event.

We will also need parents to set up, serve, and cleanup.

Please let Hospitality Chair Tanja Schlosser know how you can help by emailing her at tanja@lmi.net or calling or texting her at 510-725-5188. What you can contribute will be posted here (by first name only). Check back here to see where we are and where we can still use help.

Beverages (sparkling water or lemonade)

Sparkling water (Nan)
Lemonade (Kim)

Please label your dishes. They will be in the Staff
Lounge after the event for pick up.

Side Dishes

Chips & guacamole (Amy)
Chips, guacamole, and salsa (Julene)
Grilled corn salad (Cindy F.)
Side veg. dish (Katie)
Side veg. dish (Cindy A.)

Desserts

Sweet coffee cake (Hayley)
Brownies (Sarah)
Butterscotch flan (Christine)
Cookies (Robin)
Fruit salad (Margaret)
Fruit salad (Ruth)
Cookies (Heather)
Melon slices (Jean)
Dessert (Gayle)

Pickup from Picoso

Allyson

Pick up from Monterey Market (boxes of greens)

Robin?

Set Up (10:00–11:00)

Tanja
Cindy
Hayley
Robin W.

Serving (11:00–1:00)

Ruth
Robin W.
Maria

Clean Up (1:30–2:30)

Jean F.
Cheryl D.
Maria

PTA Goes Green!

To eliminate waste and the need to shop and re-shop for supplies for PTA events, we purchased over the summer goods we will be able to reuse for years to come.

 

Hot and cold beverages will be served in Mason jars. Volunteers pick up jars after events and take them home for washing.

We also purchased inexpensive flatware—a much better alternative to throw-away plastic or expensive compostable products.

 

Beautiful new oilcloth tablecloths for the round tables in the Staff Lounge will brighten up events, clean up easily, and avoid plastic or paper waste.

And two new urns means we will be able to serve hot coffee and tea more economically and with less waste.

 

 

Finally, we will be working with our King Green Team to facilitate recycling and composting at PTA events.