Dear Holly Families, At Thanksgiving, one can‟t help but think of all the gifts we have been given in life. We at Holly are thankful for the bright and interesting children we have been trusted to teach and the families they come from. We are thankful for the PTA and all that you do for us to help Holly become an even better school where we can challenge children to reach for their highest goals in life, knowing it is very likely they will attain them. Parent‟s support at home is crucial in our children‟s progress and we know that when a child is expected to work hard and complete their assignments, even when they resist, we have put faith in the knowledge that they are capable and that the work is worth- while. I often ask children why they are expected to do something such as investigate a problem, write an essay or challenge themselves in math and yes…do homework! The answer almost always is, “You want us do this be- cause you care about us and want us to learn”. The caring part is just as im- portant as the learning. It matters a lot that we care about our children, both at school and at home. They notice what adults‟ values are and the norms that are expected. Elementary age children often develop their self worth through the eyes of the significant adults in their world. The safer and more confident a child feels, the more academic risks he will take to attempt more complex and demanding assignments. The result is a higher level of learning. Motivation and enthusiasm for learning is essential for children to succeed in school. Most children are born with the desire to learn. They are curious and inquisitive and willing to put forth great effort without giving up. Think how many times your child fell trying to learn to walk. Our encouragement as adults makes a difference. Celebrating children‟s individual accomplishments validates their work. At Holly, we are applauding our students who meet indi- vidual goals, build and demonstrate strong character traits such as self- discipline and respect towards others as well as school community goals. We value the combined effort of parents and school and look forward to continu- ing our relationship. Thank you for a great first trimester! Warm regards, Christine Blackstock FROM THE DESK OF MRS. CHRISTINE BLACKSTOCK Holly Avenue Horizons Inside this issue: PTA President 2 Student of the Month 3 Math Magic/ Volunteer of the 4 Classroom News 5-8 Summer Postcard 9 Generations Day 10 Red Ribbon 11 Family Fun Night- Garden Fundraiser 12 Make a Difference 13 Traffic Committee- SCRIP 14- 15 Calendar/ Reflections 16 Christine Blackstock-Principal Michelle Kakish– PTA President December’08-January 2009 Special points of interest: Parent Support at home is crucial in our children’ Pro- gress Parent Workshops scheduled Kathy Yamane-Editor John Louie Chan– Chinese Translator
Transcript
Dear Holly Families,
At Thanksgiving, one can‟t help but think of all the gifts we have been given in life. We at Holly are thankful for the bright and interesting children we
have been trusted to teach and the families they come from. We are thankful
for the PTA and all that you do for us to help Holly become an even better
school where we can challenge children to reach for their highest goals in life, knowing it is very likely they will attain them. Parent‟s support at home is
crucial in our children‟s progress and we know that when a child is expected
to work hard and complete their assignments, even when they resist, we have put faith in the knowledge that they are capable and that the work is worth-
while. I often ask children why they are expected to do something such as
investigate a problem, write an essay or challenge themselves in math and yes…do homework! The answer almost always is, “You want us do this be-
cause you care about us and want us to learn”. The caring part is just as im-
portant as the learning. It matters a lot that we care about our children, both at
school and at home. They notice what adults‟ values are and the norms that are expected. Elementary age children often develop their self worth through
the eyes of the significant adults in their world. The safer and more confident
a child feels, the more academic risks he will take to attempt more complex and demanding assignments. The result is a higher level of learning.
Motivation and enthusiasm for learning is essential for children to succeed in school. Most children are born with the desire to learn. They are curious and
inquisitive and willing to put forth great effort without giving up. Think how
many times your child fell trying to learn to walk. Our encouragement as
adults makes a difference. Celebrating children‟s individual accomplishments validates their work. At Holly, we are applauding our students who meet indi-
vidual goals, build and demonstrate strong character traits such as self-
discipline and respect towards others as well as school community goals. We value the combined effort of parents and school and look forward to continu-
ing our relationship.
Thank you for a great first trimester!
Warm regards,
Christine Blackstock
FROM THE DESK OF MRS. CHRISTINE BLACKSTOCK
Holly Avenue Horizons
Inside this
issue:
PTA President 2
Student of the
Month
3
Math Magic/
Volunteer of the
4
Classroom News 5-8
Summer Postcard 9
Generations Day 10
Red Ribbon 11
Family Fun Night-
Garden Fundraiser
12
Make a Difference 13
Traffic Committee-
SCRIP
14-
15
Calendar/
Reflections
16
Christine Blackstock-Principal
Michelle Kakish– PTA President
December’08-January 2009
Special points
of interest:
Parent Support at
home is crucial in
our children’ Pro-
gress
Parent Workshops
scheduled
Kathy Yamane-Editor
John Louie Chan– Chinese Translator
Dear Holly Avenue Families,
Happy fall, the leaves are turning colors and falling off their branches, the weather
is getting cooler and the Holidays are quickly approaching. This time of year al-ways brings me back to my childhood years growing up in New York and reminds
me of what this season is really about. Lets all promise to take time and remember
what‟s really important. Our children, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, family and
friends. There is so much going on in the world today and no matter our race or religion we are all here at Holly for one common goal which is to raise our kids the
best we can, and provide them with the best education possible because they are our
future.
Our kids are practicing for Holly‟s Holiday performance which takes place in De-
cember. Please come and watch all our kids perform in what will one day be fantas-tic memories for all of them. We should be grateful to our teacher‟s hard work and
effort gathering the children every day for a fun and exciting show that helps kick of
the season.
Our membership drive is well under way and we thank all the families who joined
PTA. It‟s not too late to become a member and it benefits us all when you do.
Please contact our school office for information. The cost is $5.00 per person and $12.00 per family. A portion of this money goes to our school and we know parents
have busy schedules, so joining does not mean you must be a volunteer. Our goal is
to reach 100% and we are almost there.
As the Holidays approach, so does the flu season. We should all teach our kids
about washing their hands and do what‟s necessary to stay as healthy as possible. I
am sure you all notice the temporary fencing around Holly. This shouldn‟t just be an inconvenience to us but an exciting time to actually watch history in the making.
Please be assured Mrs. Blackstock and the Arcadia School District is working very
hard to put our children‟s safety above anything else. We recently had a traffic meeting with the City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Police department. They are all
working hard to plan safe routes around Holly for dropping off and picking up our
kids. If you have any concerns please feel free to call or email me anytime. I ap-
preciate any questions or comments you may have.
Please join us for our PTA meetings which usually fall on the fourth Wednesday of
the month. You can hear first hand updates on construction as well as other events happening at Holly from our principal, Mrs. Blackstock.
Thank you all for your patience during a transition period and I wish you and your families a safe and healthy season.
Peng, Wesley Su, Jonathan Huang, Richard Paing, Alex Gama, Harrison Sie-
fke, Filip Aueyong, Calvin sun, Keerthana Yogananthan, Jeremiah Lariosa,
Malcolm Pithawalla, Maurice Armstrong, Vivian Chen, and Sonny Song.
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Page 3 December’08-January 2009
Student Council
Dolls from all Cultures
“Responsibility,
Acceptance, Self
-Discipline,
Respect,
Friendship,
Cooperation,
Honesty,
Perseverance,
Compassion and
Generosity”
Volunteer of the month
September - David Chen Mr. Chen is a parent at Holly Avenue who donates much of his time to work in the
garden. Due to his dedication, our garden looks beautiful. Eight years ago, Mr.
Chen, along with other parents and staff gave up their Saturdays until the garden was built. Since then, Mr. Chen has come at least once a week maintaining the gar-
den. He also has led groups and taught lessons to students in our garden club, built
signs, and made repairs to such things as our watering system. Through the years,
however, the boxes have begun to wear and fall apart. Since his child is in fifth grade, and this will be his last year with us, Mr. Chen offered to rebuild all the
boxes by himself before he leaves. With his forethought and dedication, we are get-
ting a brand new garden! I will never be able to thank him enough or show my ap-preciation. I know the staff, parents, and students are grateful for all his hard work
as well. We are fortunate to have him as part of our Holly Avenue family and he
will be truly missed next year! - Teresa Oakland
October - Sonam Dechen (Serdo Gyatso's mom)I am so grateful that she volun-
teered to collect our recycling plastic bottles from the classroom each Friday. The
money we earn goes toward our Heifer International class charity project. Our goal is to raise $250 to buy a water buffalo for a needy family. So far we have $16.75
from the first two weeks that she has been helping us. - Barbara McKinnon
Sorry for the wait. I just want to make sure that all the donations came in
before I posted the total amount.
I would like to thank Mrs. Blackstock for her support. Chris
Rodriguez, Debbie Humpert, Doris Hayata, Julie Twist for all
their help. Thank you to all the wonderful kindergarten parents
for administering the tests. It was fun, wasn’t it? Thank you
Sue Wilkins and Lopa Saif for helping with grading the tests.
Thank you to all that participated in our Math Magic Fundraiser
this year. PTA, the incredible students of Holly Avenue, the
wonderful teachers that inspire our children daily, would like to
thank you for your generous support! We have raised
$12,892.74.
I would like to personally wish you all a wonderful holiday.
Treasure each precious moment with your families and friends.
Best Wishes!
Lisa Yeh
Math Magic Fundraiser 2008
Page 4 Holly Avenue Horizons
Holly Avenue Undergoing
Reconstruction
Generations’ Day
“will never be
able to thank
our volunteers
enough or show
our
appreciation”
Room 7 Turkey
Kindergarten
Miss Howard
This is the 58th day of school, can you believe that? The kindergarten children in room #25 have put on a Halloween program and are preparing for their Thanksgiv-ing program tomorrow. The children have enjoyed learning about the pilgrims and Indians and what they wore and ate and how they lived.
We have talked a lot about sharing and how they all shared that first harvest. We made Stone Soup last Friday because everyone shared a vegetable with the class. the children ate cranberry muffins and popcorn and juice too. We have made Indian vests, and head dresses and beads {both using patterns} as well as pilgrim outfits too. The children have enjoyed learning Thanksgiving songs and are looking forward to sharing them with their parents and grandparents tomorrow. We made patterned turkeys and wrote about what we were thankful for and drew pictures to
illustrate our stories. We studied Indian sign language and decorated our teepees with that language. We created designs for our Indian drums and painted turkeys too.
The children are excited to celebrate Thanksgiving and share their knowledge with their friends and family.
Happy Thanksgiving!
FROM THE CLASSROOMS
Page 5 December’08-January 2009
Lining Up for Kung Fu Panda
“ we are
looking forward
to seeing
everyone at the
Holiday
Performance.
Happy Holidays”
Room 7
First Grade
Mrs. Chang/Mrs. Rothert
Let‟s talk turkey! We just finished learning about turkeys
and the first Thanksgiving. We enjoyed sharing our projects with
our families at Student-Led conferences and Generations Day!
Thank you for being a part of these special events.
We are now learning about the Nutcracker Ballet in preparation
of our field trip to this performance.
In math we are beginning a unit on graphing. We are
learning how to read picture graphs, bar graphs and others. We
are continuing to practice our Math Facts with our weekly “Fast
Facts” quizzes.
In Language Arts we are continuing to work on reading
and writing skills.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Holiday
Performance! Happy Holidays and see you in 2009!
Classroom News (continued)
Page 6 Holly Avenue Horizons
Going on Trips
“variety of
thinking maps
to enhance
concept
development,
reflective
thinking,
creativity, and
clarity” Room 1
Mrs. Develle and Mrs. Lukesh
Third graders in Room 1 have been working hard. It was a pleasure for us to have our Student Led Conferences in Oc-tober. In math we are beginning multiplication which we are all excited about. In Social Studies we have been learning about the different regions in California and about the natural resources that are all over our state. Students go weekly to music class with Ms. McKinnon where they will be learning to play the song flute soon. We are en-joying rotating along with all of the other 3rd grade classes for Walk to Read twice each week. Room 1 is a busy place!
Greetings From Room 8
Mrs. Duyshart & Mrs. Lo
October and November have been busy months for our first grad-
ers. We had our very first Student Led Conference during the
week of October 27-31. Students shared their work with their
parents and wrote goals for the next trimester. We want to thank
all of our families for their support and really enjoyed meeting
with each of them!
Room 8 students have been using a variety of thinking maps in
all curricular areas to enhance concept development, reflective
thinking, creativity and clarity of communication.
In social studies we learned about the Pilgrims and the First
Thanksgiving! In science we are learning about the
properties of matter.
As we look ahead to December, we would like to wish all the
Holly School families a wonderful, healthy, happy holiday sea-
son!
Recycling Helps Our
Environment
Room 9
Happiest of 'Holly' Days to all of Room 9!
We are getting into the holiday spirit with our special
unit on the story of the Nutcracker in preparation for
our trip to see the Nutcracker Ballet. Room 9 is so ex-
cited for this special event! We also have been sharing
our holiday spirit by singing at the Country Villa Health
Care Center. We really light up their faces with our
songs and gifts we share.
Writing stories with describing words, setting, charac-
ters, and a plot keep us busy each morning. The stu-
dents have a wonderful imagination that they show in
their stories. Our class has also been learning how to
represent data in different ways by using bar graphs and
tallies in Math as well as reviewing our math facts with
fact families. All of the students are improving with
speed and accuracy with their 4 minute math facts.
Thank you for saving your Boxtops and Labels for Educa-
tion. All those 10c add up! Thank you also for continuing
to send in your plastic bags for our recycling program
sponsored by Walmart. Every little bit helps Holly Ave-
nue!!!! And one final thank you: to the families that have
joined our PTA! Your support is very much appreciated!
Let‟s face it, field trips are a lot of work. Someone has to plan it, parents often have to pay for bus and/or admission fees, and long bus rides are not usually on the top of
many people‟s “Top Ten Things They Like to Do” lists. Especially when we‟re sit-
ting 3 to a seat! So why do we go to all of this trouble? Well, the main reason is
that learning experiences can take place on a field trip that could never happen in a classroom. I asked the students in my room to share some of their reflections about
our November trip to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
“We could touch the sea anemones, sea urchins, and the sea stars. It is also ex-
citing because there is a tour guide that shows us around.” – Alex Zeng
“I was first scared (about touching the sea stars), but after I found out that it was
fun.” – Christy Qui “We also went to where they make food for the animals and grow the baby ani-
mals. We also learned about jellyfish and swell sharks and swell shark eggs. It
was one of the best field trips ever!” –Eryca Yamane “The one I like the very best was the jellyfish. I like the moon jellyfish.” –
Jenny Tao
“I mostly liked touching the stars and the seaweed when feeding the largest snails in the world.” – Michael Sun
“I learned (some) sharks lay eggs, and when sharks eat…they will lose teeth
and they will have new teeth again.” –Steven Chan
“During the time I was waiting…I thought about which animal I liked best. I came up with the sea anemone because the starfish was too hard, sea urchin too
spiky, and mussels too „not looking like they were alive‟.” – Julia Morita
“We went to see the seals. If the seal‟s forehead is going up, then it is a boy. If it is not, it is a girl.” – Eddy Wu
“Jellyfish do not have a brain or bones. Eels like to eat octopus, but they do not
see very well.” – Andrea Calcanas
“I got really, really happy when we were there, but I didn‟t want to come back from the trip. I thought it was one of my favorite field trips.” – Julie Kakish
“Did you know that that the egg (of a swell shark) is hatched and the mother
will wrap the egg with a seaweed-like sac? Then she will hide it in the sea-weed.” – Valerie Chau
“My most excited moment was to come to the shark section. The first thing that
caught my eye was the jawbone of the Great White Shark. I saw three layers of triangular teeth.” – Blair Fong
“A jellyfish has four stomachs. It was fun going to the beach, but I think learn-
ing about the jellyfish was more fun.” – Paula Sawaya
“Fact: We need to save the water snails by growing more of them!” – Nitin Chandra
“He (our tour guide) showed us a tank that had 2 stingrays, a swell shark and a
tiger shark in it. Then a stingray swam right up to the glass and I‟m pretty sure it smiled at me!” – Benjamin Panza
“My favorite thing was looking at the shark eggs. In one, you could see the yolk
the baby shark eats. I hope I get to go back there again!” – Ashley Rios
I think all of those are good reasons to take a field trip!
(Thanks esp. to Mr. Chuang for arranging this trip for the entire 3rd grade, to Mrs.
Yamane for riding the bus with us and chaperoning, and to Mrs. Yeh for driving
down there and meeting us. We couldn‟t have done it without you!)
Page 8 Holly Avenue Horizons
Cabrillo Beach
“learning
experiences can
take place on a
field trip that
could never
happen in a
classroom”
Classroom News (continued)
Summer Postcard Reading Program 2008
Page 9 December’08-January 2009
Mrs. Blackstock’s Tea
Mrs. Jogminas’
Trip???
“Postcards from
France,
Hawaii…”
Thanks to all of the students, parents, and teachers who participated
in Holly Avenue’s Fourth Annual Summer Postcard Reading Program.
We received many postcards, including one from Mrs. Jogminas dur-
ing her trip to France and one from Mr. Bump’s Hawaiian getaway!
To honor the summer reading participants, everyone was invited to
“Lunch on the Lawn” with Mrs. Blackstock. Many thanks to the PTA
and Miss Kelsey Brown for providing beautiful and delicious cookies
for dessert. Congratulations to all of the Summer Readers:
First Grade-
Samuel Chiu, Lauren Fox, Liam Mac Kinnon, Andrew Min, and Hannah Shin.
Second Grade
Mrs. Jogminas, Klarissa Barriga, Courtney Hayata, Monica Houltram, Katrina Lee, Shreenithi Navaneethan, Kaelyn Ong, Lin Zi Qi, Michael Tovmasyan, and Will Weiss. Third Grade
Mr. Bump, Matthew Barriga, Anthony Chavez-Washington, Stella Cho, Jennifer Danner, Blair Fong, Julie Kakish, Cathy Kim, Benjamin Panza, James Shin, Andrew Wang, and Eryca Yamane.
Fourth Grade
Anastasia Barkow, Ashley Chen, Hannah Chiu, Harjas Dhil-lon, Harman Dhillon, Justin Hayata, Angela Liu, Terra Regula, Michael Tomota, Victoria Tovmasyan, and Callista Wu.
Fifth Grade
Lyndy Gates, Madison Houltram, Buyun Li, Conor Mac Kinnon, Jonathan Matsumoto, and Sara Powell.
We had a wonderful Generations Day on November 21st. We had
a good attendance even though it was raining. I hope everyone
who attended had a good time. The children really enjoy the
chance to have you come into the classroom. This was the first
time in memory that it rained on Generations Day, so we had to
make some quick last minute adjustments, but everything went
well.
Thank you to everyone who helped out. It couldn‟t be done with-
out you. A big thank you to Cub Scout troop 128, the Student
Council and all the parents who signed up to help and those who
just saw a need and jumped right in.
Thanks to the office staff, the custodians and the cafeteria person-
nel. Thank you all for another great Generations Day.
Terri Powell and Jill Trojanowski,
Generations Day Chairs
GENERATIONS DAY
Page 10 Holly Avenue Horizons
“Celebrating
children’s
individual
accomplishments
validates their
work”
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Holly Avenue Garden received donations
of soil, gardening tools, hats and gloves
from
Mr. and Mrs. Woo
(who have no children here at Holly!)
Temple City Lawnmower and Supply
9654 Lower Azusa Rd
Temple City, CA 91780
HOLLY AVENUE THANKS YOU!!! The RE-construction of the
Holly Avenue Garden
Holly Ave. celebrated Red Ribbon week during the last week of October. The PTA treated the children to many
"red items" during the week, some of which included red ribbon ribbons, licorice, stickers, tattoos, pencils and bal-
loons. On Wednesday of that week everyone was encour-aged to wear RED and we had a brief assembly to pledge to stay drug free!
The theme this year was I've got better things to do
than drugs! Each class was given the opportunity to have the children create a "thinking map" based on that theme. There was to be a random drawing and the winner
would get to have lunch with Mrs. Blackstock. The lunch was held recently and the children enjoyed a "red lunch" of
hotdogs, finger Jell-O, BBQ chips, strawberries, grapes, juice, and popsicles provided by the PTA. The winners also received a YO-YO as their prize.
Here are the class winners: Kdgn: Alex Dang #25; 1st
gr. John Sevillano #7, Hannah Shin #8, Mia Medrano #9, Joo-an Choi #16, Filbert Aung #17; 2nd gr. Joshua Mi-mura #14, Michael Gu #15, Shreenithi Navaneethan #18,
Jacqueline Swapp #35, Aaron Wang #36; 3rd gr. Moe Goldwhite #1, Regina Wang #2, Christy Qiu #4, Veronica
Yu #11, Jennifer Danner #31; 4th gr. Michael Tomota #3, Junaira Faruk #26, Mohith Manohara #21, Joslyn Yang
#30; 5th gr. Tiffany Liu #19, Victoria Yu #23, Jenny Shi #28. Congratulations to all our winners and espe-cially to all our students for having better things to
do than drugs!
Sincerely, Mrs. Salmon and Miss Howard
RED RIBBON WEEK
Page 11 December’08-January 2009
Mrs. McKinnon’s class has
100% Membership in PTA
Construction is Ongoing...
We are on the Web!
http://
hapta.pbwiki.com/
Holly+Horizons+
Page 12 Holly Avenue Horizons
The Directors and
Producers
“Eight Assorted
Holly Avenue
Garden Note
Cards for
$5.00”
Holly Avenue PTA sponsored its first Family Fun Movie
Night on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm. The fea-
tured event was KUNG FU PANDA! The doors to the
event opened at 6:00pm, and many came early to check
in, get seats, see friends, and to enjoy the snacks
(popcorn, candy and fortune cookies) on sale.
Over 270 students, families and teachers attended the
“awesome” event at the Holly Avenue Auditorium. The
theatre erupted in laughter and cheers several times
throughout the performance. A great time was had by all
who attended that night.
The PTA would like to thank Mrs. Blackstock for sup-
porting the PTA’s efforts in bringing Free Family Fun
Movie Nights to Holly Avenue. Thank you also to Kathy
Yamane, Doris Hayata, Miss Howard, Mrs. Bayuk, Lau-
rie Yamashiro, Lisa Yeh, Sara Panza, and Suzanne Davis
for all their efforts in organizing, staffing and making the
event successful, and all the Cub Scouts and their fami-
lies for helping to clean up after the event.
The Holly Avenue PTA will be sponsoring more Free
Family Movie Nights in the upcoming year. Look for
emails advertising future events. New events will also
be noted on List Serve or the Holly Avenue PTA website,
http://hapta.pbwiki.com/
Family Fun Night Movie
Please support the Holly Avenue Garden by purchasing 8 as-
sorted note cards for $5.00. They may be purchased at the
school's front office. Checks may be made out to the Holly
Avenue Garden. The picture on these cards are from the
school's garden and were taken by a parent volunteer, David
Children look at their parents’ examples of generosity, compassion, and selflessness and carry these family values on to the next generation, says author Terri Khonsari. There are many ways to be philanthropic, and everyone can find a way to include philanthropy in their lives, she adds. Encourage your children to give their time, talents and material belongings by doing the same yourself. Go online to learn five ways to teach your children how to enjoy the act of giving.
Share Your Talents Make a list of different ways that your children can give just by using their talents. If they read well, or are a whiz at math or science, they could tutor a younger sibling or friend. If they have artistic talent, they could help with the artwork for a fundraising poster or flyer. If they sing or play a musical instrument, have them make a CD for a shut-in to brighten
their day.
Share Your Time Time is often the greatest gift of all. Talk to your children about ways to give their time. They can stay after school to help the teacher organize the classroom, take out the trash for an elderly neighbor, or baby-sit for someone who needs a little time to themselves.
This teaches not just caring about others, but responsibility too.
Give to Other Children Pack a bag with cookies, hot chocolate, and a couple of nice children's books and go with your family to a children's hospital or rehabilitation center. Have your kids read to the kids who spend their holidays there. You can create memories in your child's mind of being a
good friend and giving to those in need.
Volunteer with the Elderly Take your kids to the local hospital or retirement community on holidays or weekends to visit. Take some cookies and gifts for those who don't have visitors and listen to their sto-ries. The older generation has so much to offer, and we can teach our children to respect them and their knowledge, and accept what they have to share. Just listening is a great
gift to give.
Step Outside National Boundaries Sponsor a child in a third world country. Send money on a monthly basis and communi-cate with them regularly. Tell your kids that this is a new sibling of theirs, and plan to-gether to send him or her toys or clothing every few months. If you can afford it, go visit that child with your children and let them experience the difference of the culture and
world in which they live.
Giving your children real world opportunities to practice acts of love and kindness will teach them life lessons of compassion and generosity. You can encourage them to be thoughtful and kind and boost their self-esteem and pride at the same time. Learning that they can make a dif-ference makes them grow in self-confidence and joy! Terri Khonsari is the author of Raising A Superstar: Simple Strategies to Bring Out the Brilliance in Every Child. To learn more about Terri’s work visit http://www.raisingasuperstar.com/ and sign up for more free tips on raising happy, healthy, and successful children.
TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Scrip cards make the ideal holiday gifts for family, friends and teachers. Why spend hours hunting for a parking spot and waiting in line when you can simply fill out an or-der form and send it to school with your child? Avoid the hassle of holi-day shopping and make a donation to our school at no extra costs to you by buying Scrip cards. Participating retailers contribute a percentage of your purchase to our school.
Holly Avenue joined schools from around the world to celebrate Interna-
tional Walk to School Day on October 8, 2008. Walk to School Day began
as a simple idea – children and parents, school and local officials walking to
school together on a designated day. It is an energizing event, reminding
everyone of the simple joy of walking to school, the health benefits of regu-
lar daily activity, and the need for safe places to walk and bike. Walk to
School Day was established in the United States in 1997 by the Partnership
for a Walkable America. Canada and Great Britain already had walk to
school programs in place. In 2000, these three countries joined together to
create International Walk to School Day.
This was Holly Avenue's second year celebrating Walk to School Week, Oc-
tober 6 - October 10. In the U.S., International Walk to School Day was ex-
pected to include 5,000 schools from all 50 states. Walkers from the U.S.
joined children and adults in 40 countries around the world. Nearly 4 mil-
lion people participated in approximately 40 countries as part of Interna-
tional Walk to School.
Holly students enjoyed doing their part to help the environment, get exercise,
and eliminate traffic congestion. Students (and staff) who walked received a
sticker to wear letting the community know that they walked.
The Traffic Committee would like to thank the teachers, staff, and all walk-
ers for their support of this event.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE REPORT
Page 14 Holly Avenue Horizons
Our SCRIP Team Ready to
Take your Order!
“Avoid the
hassle of
holiday
shopping and
buy SCRIP cards
for the ideal
gift”
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
GIFT CARDS FOR SALE!!
Gift Cards make great holiday presents for teachers, co-workers, friends and family. Ordering your holiday gift cards from Holly Avenue makes shopping so easy for you and earns money for our school. There is absolutely no charge to you! The stores share some of their profits with us with the pur-chase of each card.
To order please complete this form, make your check Payable to AEF or send cash to our school office through your child’s teacher. Scrip ordered Monday-Friday of one week will be ready for pick up after 12 noon on Wednesday of the following week. Scrip cannot be sent home with your child. Please pick up your order in the school office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. - Monday thru Friday. Thank you for supporting Holly Avenue!
