Congratulations to Cameron Geida! The 5th grader at Pacific Elementary is the winner of the 33rd District Reflections contest for Intermediate Music Composition. His piece, “I Matter Because I Play Happy Music,” was chosen to move up to the State Reflections contest. Reflections is a national arts competition run by the National PTA to encourage creativity in the arts. Every year students are asked to "Reflect" on a theme, and then create a piece of art (literature, choreography, visual, photography, or film). This year’s theme was “I Matter Because…”

What: PACIFIC DINE NITE When: Tuesday April 13, 2021 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Where: Lemonade (take out only) 451 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
Why: 30% of Proceeds Benefit Pacific PTA
How: 1. Call 3105455777 and mention that you are with Pacific Elementary PTA before placing your order; or 2. Visit https://lemonadela.com/ and use the promo code of "giveback008" and 30% of your meal’s price will be donated back to Pacific Elementary PTA.

Virtual Classes start March 8. Spring session classes are just 5 weeks long and we are offering two new Spring Break camps – Video Game Design and Hogwarts Academy. If you are new to MBX Enrichment this year, we have a new, easy to use, registration system called 6Crickets. Click READ MORE for additional info or to register.

Watch the wonderful (and super informative) video of Seth Fishman reading his book The Ocean in Your Bathtub.

Join PTA as we host Author (and kindergarten dad) Seth Fishman as he reads his book Power Up on Monday, March 15 at 6:00 pm OR Thursday, March 18 at 4:30 pm.

We will have a question and answer period following the book reading. Power Up is available for purchase at Pages Bookstore.  Click READ MORE for the Zoom Links.

Our next PTA General Meeting takes place on Monday, March 22 at 5:00 pm featuring guest speaker Sally Peel, MBUSD Board Member. We will also be voting on our slate for the 2021-2022 PTA Executive Board.  Click READ MORE for the Zoom link.

We were able to raise over $56,000 because of your generosity. Congratulations to the raffle winners: Sophie Schwachenwald (STEM set), Aneesh Evans (Pogo Stick), Sienna Ferguson (Arcade Machine Game), Tad Fouladgar (Mini Drone), Jace Weinstein (Coding Robot), and Shail Desai (Hoverboard).

3rd - 12th grade students in West Basin's service area are eligible to participate. All entries must be received or postmarked by Friday, March 19th 2021.

As the time to register for the 2021/2022 school year quickly approaches, the Manhattan Beach Music Coalition is proud to present a zoom meeting at which the choir teachers from the elementary, middle and high schools will discuss their programs and the benefits of enrolling your children into a choir class. There will also be parents and students from all choir levels to talk about their experiences in this amazing program, and to answer any questions that you may have. We invite all families to join us on Monday, March 8th at 7:00 PM. Click READ MORE for the zoom link:

This April 13 with “Social Justice Parenting: Teaching Children to Leverage Privilege for Good” with Dr. Mimi Nartey, a world-class athlete and championship youth soccer coach, an Ivy League trained scientist and award-winning college professor (UCLA, Occidental and LMU), a mother, educational consultant and social entrepreneur.