News from Horizon’s Parent Teacher Organization September 2015
A very special thank you to the Horizon students and their families who braved the chilly weather to come out and
welcome back teachers on their first official day at work! Teachers were greeted with smiling faces, cheers, and
(of course!) an apple!
Red Carpet Welcome
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As we all know, teachers end up spending a lot of their own money on supplies for the classroom. Many of the teach-
ers have wish lists and they are now posted online. You can get to it right from your phone when you are at the
store! I know that one of the things that many of the teachers use is colored card stock!
Here are the instructions to find your teacher’s list:
1. Go to teacherlists.com and enter our zip code, 50131
2. Choose Horizon Elementary
3. Click on your teacher's wish list
If there is something you would like to donate from the list, please click Pledge. You will be asked to create an ac-
count in order to make a pledge. If you do not want to create an account we understand, but it really helps keep
track of the items that have already been purchased.
Contact Angie Lenderts with questions at [email protected].
Teacher Wish Lists
Walk-A-Thon
The Walk-A-Thon is Thursday, October 8! Many volunteers are needed for this event! Please click on this link to
sign up! http://vols.pt/FX61gC
This year we will be duct taping Mrs. Adair and our new principal, Mrs. Cornwell to the wall during the Walk-A-
Thon! If you collect $10 or more in donations, you will get a strip of duct tape to help stick them to the wall of the
school! If your student's classroom reaches their goal of $1,000 then the student in that class that raises the most
money will get to dump water on their teachers head at the end of the Walk-A-Thon! Students earn a ticket for
the raffle for every $25 they collect in donations! Remember there is no school Friday, the 25th! Forms must be
submitted with donations by the 24th to be eligible for prizes!!
Thanks to our awesome sponsors. Make sure to thank them if you are in their business for their support of Horizon!
T-Shirt Sponsors (Donation of $250): Bilbrey Insurance Services, Inc., Dance Vision, Casey's General Store, and
Heartland Chiropractic and Wellness.
Donation of $150: Charter Bank, Community State Bank, Iowa Orthodontic Solutions, Sullivan Family Pet Hospital,
Pagliai's Pizza.
Thanks to all of these businesses for donating raffle prizes. Backyard Adventures, Buffalo Wild Wings, Culvers,
Dairy Queen, Family Video, Famous Dave's, Glow Golf, Gusto Pizza Co., Hilton Garden Inn, Hy-Vee Food Store,
Jethro’s, La'James International College, MB2 Raceway, Planet Sub, Sarah's Hallmark Store, Sapphire Gymnastics,
Skate North, Sky Zone, Sports Clips, Texas Roadhouse, and Zip Zone.
Want to double your donation? Check with your employer to see if they match gifts given to accredited public
schools and fill out the appropriate documentation to have your pledge matched. Students who include a corporate
match form to our PTO or proof a match was submitted will receive credit toward their fundraising total. Check the
attached document or go to our website to see if your employer has a program!
If you have any Walk-A-Thon questions, please contact Chelsey at [email protected].
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Fall Educational Rebates
It’s that time of year! Fall Educational Rebates collection dates will be September 23- October 9. Send your Tyson
Labels, Box Tops, and Labels for Education with your child to give to their classroom teacher during these
dates!! Send them in an envelope, send them in a baggie, send them in whatever works! Always nice to label it with
the teacher's name! Please try to trim the labels, really helps the volunteers and saves their fingers from all of
that cutting! Class that collects the most will win a pizza party!!
Tyson Project A+: Collect "Support Your School" labels from Tyson packages. Each label is worth
24¢! For a list of participating products, visit: http://projectaplus.tyson.com/Products.aspx.
Cut out "Box Tops for Education" labels on many of General Mills products. Each coupon earns
Horizon 10 cents. You will find these on paper products, apparel packages, and many food
items. For more information, go to btfe.com and to see participating products.
Save "Labels for Education" (UPC codes) on these products: Campbell's® soups, Spaghet-
tiOs® pasta, Pepperidge Farm® products, Swanson® broths, V-8® beverages, and Prego®
pasta sauce to name a few. With these UPCs and caps, our school can earn physical educa-
tion equipment, art supplies, school materials, and technology tools. Go to to
labelseforeducation.com for more information. Did I read that right, I can send in the caps/lids from
my Prego® pasta sauce, Pace® salsa, and V-8® juice, yes you read that correctly!
With our Labels for Education we were able to purchase footballs, playground balls, soccer
balls, basketballs, and jump ropes for each community. We also purchased some pedome-
ters to use as prizes for the Walk-A-Thon!
With Box Tops we were able to raise $$2312.00. Which supported the many activities
the PTO sponsors and grants for things our teachers needed in their classrooms!
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A very special thank you to parents who came in to help count and box up items donated for the CyHawk challenge!
Looks like the Cyclones won this year! Items were donated to the Johnston Partnership. Nancy Gragg, Chris
Kriegel, Melissa Oliver, and Christie Steinbock – thank you!!
Cy-Hawk Thank you!
Volunteers are always needed! Go to
http://vols.pt/FZ61gC to see what is currently
needed and how you can help!
Have a question? Check out our PTO Website! You can
find information on upcoming events and due dates (you
could even add our Google calendar to your own),
download forms, and click on our Volunteer Spot link
explore a wide range of volunteer opportunities! Go to
the Horizon Elementary home page and click on PTO.
Horizon Library Help – Our media center staff is al-
ways looking for volunteers to come in and reshelve
books. They are very flexible, you can come in at a set
time each week or whenever it works for you! Inter-
ested parents or grandparents can contact:
Susan Adair at [email protected] or
Sherrlyn Hartle at [email protected]
A cool new addition!! The Horizon staff had a wonderful surprise as they
came back to work in August. Their old fridge which was often on the fritz
and did not have an ice maker was replaced by a nice new refrigerator, cour-
tesy of the PTO! A special thank-you to Chelsey Tanke for noticing that this
was a definite need for our staff and to Terri Spencer in the office for pick-
ing out the perfect refrigerator for everyone’s needs. It’s so fun to give a
gift and know it will be well-loved!
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook – Horizon Elemen-
tary School PTO! It’s another great way to know what
is going on at Horizon!!
Sep 11-24: Walkathon Pledge Collection
Sep 18: First Walkathon ticket due
Sep 23: Second Walkathon ticket due
Sep 23: Box top collecting begins
Sep 24: Walkathon donation form due
Oct 8: Walk-a-thon 2:30 pm
Oct 12: Box Top collection ends
Oct 13: PTO Meeting, 7pm (Horizon Library)
Oct 23: Horizon Sock Hop in Cafeteria
Important Dates
Mark Your Calendar!
Fall Fitness and Walk to School Day is Thursday,
October 8! Be sure to walk to school this day!!
All School Picture Day is Tuesday, September 29, with
a rain date of the 30th! The Character Counts shirts
will be handed out the day of pictures to ensure that
every child has their shirt. If you did not order a
poster and would still like one please contact Chelsey at
[email protected]. They are 11X17 and $6.
Horizon Sock Hop will be October, 23rd from 6:30
-8 in the gym/cafeteria. Students can wear their
Halloween costumes. A flyer will come in your
child's folder in October with all the details! Mark
your calendars now...we would love to see you.
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Ice Cream Social
We had lots of fun at the Ice Cream Social during Meet the Teacher this year! Students celebrated the beginning
of another school year by creating their own ice cream sundaes and sharing in some special time with friends and
family. A very special thank you to all of our WONDERFUL high school volunteers as well as some special parents
who helped out – Meggan Boyle and Christie Steinbock!!
These companies help us earn rewards for our school!
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping fea-
tures as Amazon.com. But, when you shop on AmazonSmile.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation do-
nates a portion of the purchase price of eligible products to Horizon PTO. Just go to AmazonSmile.com. On your
first visit, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization. Simply choose Horizon Elementary School Par-
ent Teacher Organization Inc. Finally, make sure you go to AmazonSmile.com every time you shop Amazon, and Hori-
zon wins!
Use your Target REDcard, and Target will donate 1% of your purchases made at Target and Target.com to
Horizon Elementary. Just designate Horizon Elementary as your school of choice on your REDcard account
and use your REDcard when you shop. Easy!
Office Depot has a 5% Back to Schools Program. When you check out at any Office Depot store, tell them you’d
like 5% given to Horizon Elementary in Johnston. Our school will earn credits equal to 5% of your qualify-
ing school or office supply purchases to use for FREE supplies. You can credit the school year round!
School Supply Kit Thanks!
A huge thank you to Kelly Kenney for coordinating school supply kit orders. Thank you, Kelly, for your help in the
spring with orders and in the fall with making sure everything was organized and delivered! Naomi Boes and Angie
Dicken - thank you for helping deliver kits to classrooms!
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On Friday, September 11th, 137 students were given the chance to dunk a teacher on the playground over the lunch
recess periods for reading more than 1,000 minutes over the summer. 172 students received a new book for reading
at least 500 minutes and all 185 participants were given a frozen treat just for participating. Over 290,000 min-
utes were read by these students!
Volunteers who helped make this event a success are: Amy Brinker, Julie Kosman, Kayla Bousum, Leah Tokheim,
Naomi Boes, Nicole Findley, Leslie Mentele, Missy Winterboer, Michelle Boualavong, Meggan Boyle, Lacy Butterfield,
Clara Balsmeier, Illa Chandani, Pam Shroyer, Kylie Jackson, Ashley Hoskins, Christie Steinbock and Nancy Gragg.
Questions about this event? Contact Jacque Feuerhelm at
[email protected] or 865-7685
Summer Splash
