Welcome back to school everyone! This is one of our favorite times of year. Cool mornings and evenings remind us that summer is ending and fall is right around the corner, all the chaos of summer seems to reorganize itself and lend life to something resembling a routine. Yes we said it, that wonderful word, routine. Us PTA officers hope that you and your child's transition back to school has been a smooth one and your child is getting settled in and enjoying the start to their 2009/2010 school year.
PTA hosted a Back to School day on August 21st. We had a great turnout and hope you and your child benefited from this opportunity to meet teachers, drop off school supplies and pick up pertinent information pertaining to the new school year. All of the hard work you parents put into PTA translated into some wonderful contributions we were able to make to the school right off the bat. We donated $2000.00 to the schools reading aid program. This $2,000.00 makes it possible for our 2nd graders to have reading aids. Mrs. Herdt has communicated what a difference this makes for each 2nd grader and their reading skills. We also were able to provide each teacher with a $50.00 teacher grant they can put towards their class instruction needs. We are so proud of these contributions and look forward to working hard this year so these contributions can continue on in the future.
September has brought a wonderful new program we are so excited to bring into the school - Start the Arts. Start the Arts is a national PTA program we are implementing at our local school level. It provides a great opportunity to bring art back into our schools. A big thank you goes to Kris Mullen and Denise Bell who are working hard to make this a very enjoyable and informative experience with the arts for your child. Once a semester Kris and Denise will be giving each class the opportunity to learn about the arts and apply this knowledge to an art project. We have already had positive feedback from parents and teachers on this great program and once again thank Kris Mullen and Denise Bell for their time and creativity they are donating to this great program. We would also like to give a big thank you to you parents that are volunteering and helping with these programs. All that Chubbuck PTA does would not be possible without you great parents and all that you put into this organization.
October will be a busy month for the PTA and we are looking forward to all that it holds. If you are interested in volunteering to help with any of the following upcoming events, please email us at chubbuckpta@gmail.com and we will get you signed up to help:
October 5th Fall Fundraiser Kick off
October 7-8 Fall Book Fair 8:30am - 8pm each day
(Sneak Preview of books provided on Monday
October 5th from 2:30-3:30pm)
October 26-30 Red Ribbon Week
October 30 Class Halloween Parties
We hope to see you at these great events. Please look for our PTA meeting notes on the blog posted by our secretary Leslie Schei and feel free to blog about any and all subjects pertaining to our students. Any concerns, ideas, or questions will be addressed at our next PTA meeting that is held the 3rd Friday of each month at 1:00pm in the library. Thank you!
Your Chubbuck PTA Officers
Monday, September 21, 2009
All You Ever Want to Know about Box Tops and Soup Labels
BOX TOPS
Multiple drawings will be held once a month for those kids that bring box tops.
Our school gets .10 cents for each box top submitted.
Pay attention to those expiration dates!!!
Box tops submitted on the alphabet sheets are great and make for easy submitting, but we'll take them any way you want to give them.
You can also earn money for the school by doing your online shopping through the Box Tops Marketplace website. A percentage of each sale goes to our school. Just go to www.btfe.com. You will be surprised to find how many of the retailers you do your online shopping with are on this marketplace.
SOUP LABELS
Our school accumulates points for each soup label submitted. These points are used towards purchasing playground equipment for Chubbuck Elementary.
Do your best to make sure you tear off the bar code with each soup label. They are good at working with us if we only have partial bar codes.
Thank you for all of your collecting and contributing of box tops and soup labels. Every little bit adds up and really does help!
Multiple drawings will be held once a month for those kids that bring box tops.
Our school gets .10 cents for each box top submitted.
Pay attention to those expiration dates!!!
Box tops submitted on the alphabet sheets are great and make for easy submitting, but we'll take them any way you want to give them.
You can also earn money for the school by doing your online shopping through the Box Tops Marketplace website. A percentage of each sale goes to our school. Just go to www.btfe.com. You will be surprised to find how many of the retailers you do your online shopping with are on this marketplace.
SOUP LABELS
Our school accumulates points for each soup label submitted. These points are used towards purchasing playground equipment for Chubbuck Elementary.
Do your best to make sure you tear off the bar code with each soup label. They are good at working with us if we only have partial bar codes.
Thank you for all of your collecting and contributing of box tops and soup labels. Every little bit adds up and really does help!
September Meeting Minutes
Hello Everyone! Below are the minutes from the September Meeting, in case you weren't able to make it to the meeting. Let me know if you have any questions. Our next meeting is scheduled for October 16 at the libray at 1:00 pm. I will try to have the agenda posted a few days ahead of time. Thank you all!
Lesli Schei
Chubbuck PTA Meeting – September 18, 2009
Budget and Audit report
Brent Grigg did our audit, and everything was found to be correct. Treasurers report… $2000 went to reading aide hours, and $50 to each teacher for a teacher’s grant ($1400 total). Fiscal year ends June 30, the new board received the books on July 1st. Treasurer’s report passed around, see attached.
Membership Report
We are currently at 157 members… 81 individuals and 76 family memberships. That is down about 50 from last year, but we also lost the 6th graders this year.
Start the Arts
Teachers are very appreciative of our lessons. We have only 2 sets of pictures, so we have been scheduling volunteers so the supplies can go around. Response from the volunteers was really great. There are still a few parents interested in helping, and we will involve them next time.
Girls on the Run
3-5th grade girls are running after school. We were only supposed to be able to take 15, but we had an overwhelming response. We have 23 girls that meet on Monday and Wednesdays right after school. There is a brief lesson on health, avoiding drugs and alcohol, things like that. The girls will run a 5k at the end of October.
Upcoming Events
Fall Fundraiser: Cherrydale again, it has a little bit bigger selection and the quality is a little better. The company is easy to work with. Kickoff is Oct. 5th with 2 assemblies; our rep will do them both. We may need some volunteer help later on.
Book Fair Oct. 8-9 Set up in the library during Parent Teacher Conferences. There will also be a “sneak peek”… kids can’t buy anything, but can get an idea of what will be available. That will be Monday, Oct. 5 from 2:30-3:30.
Red Ribbon Week… We are looking to have a military group will come in a do a drug boot camp, and we will have more a military theme this year. Still working on some details, but the planning is starting.
Halloween Parties: We are providing treats, we managed to collect most of our snack fees, including $175 after reminders were sent out. 10 cent cookie sale at Smith’s is going on right now, we could order in advance at that price.
Grants: Idaho Juvenile Justice division has a grant available, and red ribbon week might qualify for matching funds for next year. Kris Mullen could help write a grant for that. Kris is also working on a grant for bring your family to school week in February. We might move grandparents night to that week, or come up with a new program. Because we are a title one school we might be able to qualify for a grant.
Idaho Children’s Theatre is scheduled Feb. 5th 8:30 and 9:45, maybe we could schedule an extra show for parents to come to that? Maybe we could work with Title One that week? We may need a volunteer to head up the program for that week.
Reflections: Probably want to do a kick-off in Mid-October, entries are due before Thanksgiving.
Brandi Barnes, Regional PTA Rep. : District 25 is now in charge of the Festival of Trees, and the regional PTA will be in charge of the gift shop. We will need people on the committee, and also to make crafts to donate and sell. They also need volunteers for the big festival of trees committee, and our school will do a tabletop tree. The money would go specifically to reflections and then grants to go to convention or advocacy conference or legislative day.
Yearbook? Adrianne Vaughn is willing to take on the project. Some ideas: Do for 5th graders only for graduation, or do the entire school. Cost is $11 for a 300 order, we wouldn’t make money on it. WE could check if Bell Photography does a yearbook and it might be easier. Maybe give people the option to buy the class picture or a yearbook. Some discussion: some people might not be able to afford it, so if we could get the price down it might be better. Bell is easy to work with and efficient, so they might be able to help us. Most parents thought it was a good idea. We will continue to collect input.
Oct. 31 is our deadline for Capri Sun packages, we get 2 cents per packet. Heidi Dickhaut is working on that. Our oldest big toy is broken, and it is difficult to fix, we might be able to find some money to replace it with soup labels. Box tops deadline is Oct. 15th
Mrs. Herdt PAC
PLC – Professional Learning Communities. These are designed to address: what do we want students to learn, how do we know if they mastered that concept, what to do to help those who haven’t mastered it, and how do we help students that have mastered it. Its collaboration, teachers working together to answer those questions. We are tyring to design programs to meet specific needs. The teachers also spend time on assessments regarding specific standards. Also staff development to make our teachers better.
Recycling: Looking into getting a bin here. Jessie will call city, Mrs. Herdt will call district.
Lesli Schei
Chubbuck PTA Meeting – September 18, 2009
Budget and Audit report
Brent Grigg did our audit, and everything was found to be correct. Treasurers report… $2000 went to reading aide hours, and $50 to each teacher for a teacher’s grant ($1400 total). Fiscal year ends June 30, the new board received the books on July 1st. Treasurer’s report passed around, see attached.
Membership Report
We are currently at 157 members… 81 individuals and 76 family memberships. That is down about 50 from last year, but we also lost the 6th graders this year.
Start the Arts
Teachers are very appreciative of our lessons. We have only 2 sets of pictures, so we have been scheduling volunteers so the supplies can go around. Response from the volunteers was really great. There are still a few parents interested in helping, and we will involve them next time.
Girls on the Run
3-5th grade girls are running after school. We were only supposed to be able to take 15, but we had an overwhelming response. We have 23 girls that meet on Monday and Wednesdays right after school. There is a brief lesson on health, avoiding drugs and alcohol, things like that. The girls will run a 5k at the end of October.
Upcoming Events
Fall Fundraiser: Cherrydale again, it has a little bit bigger selection and the quality is a little better. The company is easy to work with. Kickoff is Oct. 5th with 2 assemblies; our rep will do them both. We may need some volunteer help later on.
Book Fair Oct. 8-9 Set up in the library during Parent Teacher Conferences. There will also be a “sneak peek”… kids can’t buy anything, but can get an idea of what will be available. That will be Monday, Oct. 5 from 2:30-3:30.
Red Ribbon Week… We are looking to have a military group will come in a do a drug boot camp, and we will have more a military theme this year. Still working on some details, but the planning is starting.
Halloween Parties: We are providing treats, we managed to collect most of our snack fees, including $175 after reminders were sent out. 10 cent cookie sale at Smith’s is going on right now, we could order in advance at that price.
Grants: Idaho Juvenile Justice division has a grant available, and red ribbon week might qualify for matching funds for next year. Kris Mullen could help write a grant for that. Kris is also working on a grant for bring your family to school week in February. We might move grandparents night to that week, or come up with a new program. Because we are a title one school we might be able to qualify for a grant.
Idaho Children’s Theatre is scheduled Feb. 5th 8:30 and 9:45, maybe we could schedule an extra show for parents to come to that? Maybe we could work with Title One that week? We may need a volunteer to head up the program for that week.
Reflections: Probably want to do a kick-off in Mid-October, entries are due before Thanksgiving.
Brandi Barnes, Regional PTA Rep. : District 25 is now in charge of the Festival of Trees, and the regional PTA will be in charge of the gift shop. We will need people on the committee, and also to make crafts to donate and sell. They also need volunteers for the big festival of trees committee, and our school will do a tabletop tree. The money would go specifically to reflections and then grants to go to convention or advocacy conference or legislative day.
Yearbook? Adrianne Vaughn is willing to take on the project. Some ideas: Do for 5th graders only for graduation, or do the entire school. Cost is $11 for a 300 order, we wouldn’t make money on it. WE could check if Bell Photography does a yearbook and it might be easier. Maybe give people the option to buy the class picture or a yearbook. Some discussion: some people might not be able to afford it, so if we could get the price down it might be better. Bell is easy to work with and efficient, so they might be able to help us. Most parents thought it was a good idea. We will continue to collect input.
Oct. 31 is our deadline for Capri Sun packages, we get 2 cents per packet. Heidi Dickhaut is working on that. Our oldest big toy is broken, and it is difficult to fix, we might be able to find some money to replace it with soup labels. Box tops deadline is Oct. 15th
Mrs. Herdt PAC
PLC – Professional Learning Communities. These are designed to address: what do we want students to learn, how do we know if they mastered that concept, what to do to help those who haven’t mastered it, and how do we help students that have mastered it. Its collaboration, teachers working together to answer those questions. We are tyring to design programs to meet specific needs. The teachers also spend time on assessments regarding specific standards. Also staff development to make our teachers better.
Recycling: Looking into getting a bin here. Jessie will call city, Mrs. Herdt will call district.
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