Page 1 PTA Newsletter Editor: Sarah Schwarz, [email protected]March 2011 March 2011 PARKING LOT NEWS New Sign to Help Keep Traffic Moving! There is a new sign which shows the proper way to drop off and pick up students. It is VITAL that we all keep the traffic moving so we can keep students safe. Some parents are still pulling into the parking lot and stopping to let their students off. This impedes the traffic flow and ENDANGERS students. If you wish to park and walk your child into the building, please do so, but do not stop your car and drop your child off anywhere but in the front of the building in the pickup/drop off lane. -Principal Cook at the SOCK HOP! Get on your lucky GREEN to dance the night away! Drinks, desserts & novelty items available. Music by Mr. C! Friday March 18th 7-9 pm South Bay Elementary Gym! Admission $1 Parents must accompany their children Parent volunteers needed! Contact Sami Golliet at [email protected]
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Page 1 PTA Newsletter Editor: Sarah Schwarz, [email protected] March 2011
March 2011
PARKING LOT NEWS
New Sign to Help Keep Traffic Moving!
There is a new sign which shows the proper way to drop off and pick up students.
It is VITAL that we all keep the traffic moving so we can keep students safe. Some
parents are still pulling into the parking lot and stopping to let their students off. This impedes the
traffic flow and ENDANGERS students. If you wish to park and walk your child into the building, please
do so, but do not stop your car and drop your child off anywhere but in the front of the building in the
pickup/drop off lane.
-Principal Cook
at the SOCK HOP!
Get on your lucky GREEN to dance the night away!
Drinks, desserts & novelty items available. Music by Mr. C!
Friday March 18th
7-9 pm
South Bay Elementary Gym!
Admission $1
Parents must accompany their children Parent volunteers needed! Contact Sami Golliet at [email protected]
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From the Principal’s Desk
Conference Time is Near!
On March 24th and 25th we will be hosting our spring conferences. The parent part-nership with school is so important for your child’s success so we hope you will make time to come and talk about his/her progress. I found a checklist compiled by the Harvard Family Research Project that I thought was worth sharing. Checklist: Before the Conference 1. Schedule a time to meet. If you can’t go at the scheduled time, ask the teacher about other times. 2. Review your child’s work and progress reports. 3. Talk with your child about his or her progress in school. 4. Talk with others about your child’s strengths and needs( coaches, scout leaders, family…) 5. Make a list of questions to ask during the conference. 6. Think about ways you would like to be involved in your child’s learning so you can discuss them with the teacher.
“BE HEARD”
Best intentions assumed
Emphasis on learning
Home-School Collaboration
Examples and evidence
Active Listening
Respect For All
Dedication to Follow-up Harvard Family Research Project
Looking forward to seeing you!
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From the PTA President’s Desk...
Chocolate Anyone? The South Bay PTA is trying something new for spring! We are excited to offer a new fundraising program for interested South Bay fami-lies featuring a delicious a selection of WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE! We are offering a fun and whimsical, solid milk chocolate bunny for $5 each – just in time for spring; a selection of WFC premium chocolate bars for only $1 each – milk chocolate with almonds, milk chocolate with creamy caramel, and milk chocolate with crisped rice; and a selection of premium chocolate gifts for all of the chocolate lovers in your life – for $5 each. We earn 50% profit on each item sold and all proceeds will go toward supporting the various programs that benefit the students at South Bay Elementary. It is a great way to support the school and enjoy some delicious chocolate treats! But wait – there’s more! The top 2 sellers at South Bay will each win a giant 1-pound chocolate bar with their name and picture on it and the top selling classroom will win a chocolate party and a colossal 5-POUND chocolate bar for the whole class to enjoy! Order forms were sent home in the Thursday Folders on March 3rd and are due back by MONDAY, MARCH 14TH. All orders will be delivered in early April. Thank you in advance for your participation in the chocolate fundraiser! Please contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or need additional order forms.
South Bay Spirit Wear Thank you for ordering your South Bay Spirit Wear this year! It is fun to see so many students, and adults, sporting their new South Bay Bruins t-shirts and hoodies around school - way to show your school spirit! The South Bay PTA would like to thank Budd Bay Embroidery for their assistance with the spirit wear promotion and for donating 15% of the sales to the South Bay PTA.
72ND ANNUAL SOUTH BAY PTA FUN FAIR “RACE ON OVER TO SOUTH BAY SPEEDWAY”
Mark your calendar and get ready to “start your engines” for the 72ND Annual South Bay PTA Fun Fair, scheduled for Satur-
day, April 30th, from 3PM – 7PM at South Bay! The FUN FAIR is the annual family event featuring carnival games, food,
popcorn, prizes, and fun for the whole family. It takes help from everyone to make the Fun Fair a fun event for everyone, so we will be
contacting you soon to see where you would like to help out.
Science Expo Thursday, March 10th, South Bay Gym Daylight Savings Begins Sunday, March 13th Sock Hop Friday, March 18th, 7pm, South Bay Gym
Early Release Wednesday, March 23rd Scholastic Book Fair Wed-Fri, March 23rd-25th Parent/Teacher Conferences Thur-Fri, March 24th-25th BEAR Rewards Store Thursday March 31st Spring Break Mon-Fri, April 4th-8th PTA Board Meeting Tuesday, April 12th, 6:30pm, Library CAN “Culture Night” Wednesday, April 13th 5:30-7pm, Library Fun Fair Saturday, April 30th, South Bay
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SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
The South Bay PTA is excited to offer a $500.00 scholarship to a graduating senior that attended South Bay Elementary. The applications are now available at each of the high schools in the North Thurston School District in the career and/or counseling centers. Applications must be completed per the instruction letter and returned to the South Bay Elementary office no later than Friday, May 6th. If you have any questions about this wonderful opportunity, please contact Julie McReynolds at
360-456-3177 for more information, or send me an email at [email protected].
BEAR Program (Be Excited About Reading)
The BEAR program has been another great success this year. The students should have turned in their reading logs to their teachers by Friday, March 4th. We’ll be working on tallying all the reading logs, determining who the top readers are and purchasing prizes for the BEAR store, which will be open on March 31st in the library. 2nd – 6th grade classes will rotate through the store throughout the day and students will get to pick prizes from vari-
ous tables based on the amount of minutes they read during the 2-week program. Kindergarten and 1st grade will have their prizes delivered to them in their classrooms. We are still in need of some volunteers to help with the BEAR store on March 31st. We need help with set-up, running the store and take-down. We’re also looking for some help with coordinating and hosting the ice cream/pizza parties for the winning classrooms in each grade level. If you are interested in helping with this wonderful program, please contact either of us to sign up now. Thank you. Janee McSheffrey Julie McReynolds
The South Bay PTA has worked hard this year to keep some wonderful programs run-ning at our school. PTA sponsors so many programs and events during the year and we couldn’t do it without the support of the volunteers, parents and students in our com-munity. We are excited about the upcoming events like the Scholastic Book Fair. Mon-ies raised at the book fair help fund new books for our library. Fun Fair is also coming
soon and this is a great time for families to come and enjoy a fun-filled night together while supporting our school and our kids. We hope to see everyone there!
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FUNDRAISING NEWS BOX TOPS Rebate Program OUR BOX TOPS CLASSROOM POPCORN PARTY WINNERS ARE: K-2 Ms. White’s Kindergarten class bringing in 1,030 Box Tops 3-6 Ms. Krupp’s class bringing in 1,451 Box Tops
Fantastic job everyone! Our school brought in 11,000 Box Tops Plus another 1,050 Bonus Box Tops We will bring in the PTA’S Popcorn machine to both winning classrooms and they will have fresh made popcorn very soon! A BIG THANK YOU!!! To Albertson’s; they donated 500 Box Tops to South Bay. That’s 50 additional dollars for our kids.
Jamba Juice Reward Cards Jamba Juice Reward Cards have been sent home. South Bay will receive 10% every time you stop by to make a pur-chase. If you need any additional cards please let me know and I will get them to you…..remember your family out of town and state can still support South Bay by visiting ANY Jamba Juice and using their reward card.
eScrip South Bay Elementary School is participating in the January Edition of the 10% Goes Back to Schools promo-tion. This is an easy opportunity for us to earn thousands of dollars. Look for specially marked items to earn 10%
back to our school. If you have registered your Safeway card on eScrip to South Bay, that’s all you need to do! If not or if you have family or friends that will give you their receipts, please have your child bring them to school just as they do their Box Tops and I will enter the reference code, so our school will get the benefit. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions. I appreciate your eScrip participation and everything you do to help South Bay Elementary School.
Volunteer News Field trips are right around the corner. Please make sure you have your volunteer form filled out and turned in no later than MAY 1st. You need an approved current Volunteer Form on file to be able to Volunteer in your child’s classroom, out on the play-ground, or be with your child on a field trip. Teachers will have Volun-teer Applications during conferences. Please allow 14 days to proc-ess, be sure you don’t miss out on all the fun!
To everyone who helped support the following events:
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