Black Friday

It's almost black Friday! Everyone wants good deals now that only comes once a year. However, giant retailers like Target, Sears, and Walmart have gone way too far to satisfy their costumers. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is when all the gangbusters deals will begin on Friday. Though this year, it will start on Thursday. Last year, retailers stayed true to the day's title and waited until midnight on Friday to open their doors. Although, there was still uneasiness because the workers still had to cut short their Thanksgiving and arrive to work. However, this year, employees won't be able to spend their thanksgiving dinner with their families. Instead, they will need to prepare for the Thursday evening for the Black Friday. Some people have had a discussion about not opening the stores on Thursday, but on Friday like the tradition has always been. For example, this year, Target will be opening their store at 9:00 p.m on Thursday night which is Thanksgiving. There is a petition calling on retailers to allow families to spend Thanksgiving together and stick to opening doors on Black Friday. On the other hand, the retailers will be able to make more profit. As a result, the retailers will also be able to earn extra cash in their pockets.

Welcome To The City Of Millbrae!



Art & Wine Festival



Milbrae Downtown

Millbrae's a great place to be all year round. In Millbrae, we have a wide selection of restaurants and shops. Some of our best restaurants include the Millbrae Pancake House, Shanghai Dumpling, Big Mouth Burgers, Nubi Yogurt, Red Brick, Tortilla's Mexican Grill, and Zen Peninsula. Some of the most popular shops in Millbrae are Office Depot, Walgreen, Walgreens, Kohl's, Trader Joe's, and Dean's Market. If you want to go to more shops, you can go to a nearby mall called Tanforan in San Bruno about 4 miles from Millbrae. Millbrae library is a popular place for residents to go. The Millbrae library provides a computer lab, a great selection of books, and has free wireless internet. In addition, there is a Millbrae museum next to the Millbrae library. Every year in Millbrae, there is an Art and Wine Festival. The Art and Wine Festival is Bay Area's biggest Labor Day weekend event. There is stellar live music, fine art, festive food, home and garden exhibits, kid's play land, and more.  Kid's all ages can go to the kid's play land! There is 250 professional artists and craft makers show original work in wood, leather, ceramics, metal, textiles, graphics, glass, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, photography, watercolor and oil painting, and clothing. There is music such as a wide-ranging mix of 70’s disco, hip-hop, 80’s pop classics, 90’s party music, R&B, soul, rock and roll, swing, and jazz. The Art and Wine festival is the best place to have fun and enjoy!Come to the city of Millbrae where you are always welcomed!



WEBSITE FOR ART & WINE FESTIVAL
http://www.miramarevents.com/millbrae/index.html

Come to Eggettes!

 By: Rachel

Are you feeling hungry and want to find a place to hang out with your friends? Well Eggettes is the place to be! Eggettes provides the best place to hang out with friends and have a snack. Eggettes has a huge variety of different food and drinks. Eggettes's signature dish are the eggettes. Eggettes are these egg waffle and have crunchy edges and soft on the insides. Eggettes is popular in China known as the "street snack." Go try their original eggettes, chocolate, or even one of their special flavors each week! Eggettes serves hot and cold beverages such as tapioca drinks, freezes, tea, and more. In addition, Eggettes sells hot food like soup, curry fish balls, rice rolls, popcorn chicken, and more! Come now, to Eggettes and have a nice snack with your friends and a great place to be.

Millbrae and San Mateo Union High School District Calendar

Recently, there has been a debate about the San Mateo Union High School District and the Millbrae School District's school calendar. In Millbrae, Taylor Middle School and other elementary schools in Millbrae are part of the Millbrae School District. However, Mills high School is part of the San Mateo Union High School District. The two school districts should communicate and have the same amount of days and vacation days. As a result, this would be more manageable for the families. Mills high school and Taylor middle school both have the same thanksgiving break and spring break. However, the winter break is not the same. On the other hand, Mills high school starts school in early August due to mid- terms and finals. Mills high school starts on August 14th, but Taylor and other elementary schools in Millbrae starts on August 27th. The San Mateo Union High School District wants all the high schools for students to be able to finish their mid-term before winter break, instead of doing it after their winter break. 

Mills high school has a total of 183 school days. Rather, Taylor middle school has a total of 180 school days. There is 175 school days that overlap which is good, but there still is 5 days that don't overlap. Therefore, both districts should communicate and try to have the exact calendar dates. 

For example, a parent might have child that is a 7th grader and attends Taylor Middle School while she has another child that attends Mills high School. They both have different vacation days because the calendar in both districts are not the same. Then, the parent may be wanting to go on a vacation during winter break, but there are only 12 days that overlap. Mills high school has their winter break on December 21st through January 8th while Taylor middle school has their winter break on December 24th through January 4th. This will cause a harder times on the families.