A Sea of Success
November 2012
Important Dates to Remember:
Nov. 1st FunD Run Nov. 3rd Run Into Fall Event 9:00 a.m. @ Maytag Park Nov. 6th PTA Mtg @ WW 6:00 p.m. Nov. 13th TK/Kdg go to Ames for Field Trip If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Nov. 19th 1st Grade to Library Nov. 22nd 23rd NO SCHOOL Nov. 26th First Grade to Library
From the Principal...............
What a busy and fun month of October. It was great to see everyone at McTeacher Night. We raised approximately $640 dollars. Thanks for coming out
and supporting TJ! The kids had a great time at the Character/Bullying Program sponsored by PTA. Jim was very entertaining and had a great message for the kids see someone being bullied: 1. Yell STOP! 2. Think 3. Report Check out the pictures below! What a great job TJ students and families for helping to raise $823.29 through the can collection. Thank you for helping to teach our children a very important lesson in giving back to our community and helping others. The kids are excited for our TJ FunD Run on November 1st. The money raised will go toward the purchase the remaining playground equipment, benches and trash can. Parent/Teacher conferences were once again well attended. We appreciate you taking the time to visit with your childs teacher. We believe it is very important that we work together to help each child reach their full potential. If you were not able to visit with the teacher during this time, please contact the teacher and arrange a time. A Big Thank You to our PTA for providing the teachers with supper on Tuesday and Thursday nights for parent/teacher conferences. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness! Since we are in our third month of school we would like to ask parents to please allow your child(ren) to walk to the playground and line up with their class when they arrive at school. We have quite a few parents walking the halls in the mornings and this makes security of the building an extra challenge. If your child arrives to school after 8:00 they should enter the front doors and walk to their classroom. If parents want to walk them to the front door because you parked in the south parking lot that is great also, just please allow them to walk to their classroom independently. Thank you in advance for helping your child grow and gain independence and confidence.
Keep those Box Tops Coming! Thomas Jefferson Families did a great job last year cutting our Box Top labels. Together we raised a little over $2,000 dollars that was spent on the new playground. This year our goal is to raise $2,704 dollars from Box Tops. Your continued help as well as your extended families and friends is much needed and appreciated! Keep cutting and sending in those Box Tops! Box Top Products: Betty Crocker, Nestle Juicy Juice, Several
types of Cereal, Hefty, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Totinos, Hamburger Helper, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cottonelle, Kleenex, Scott tissue, Land O Lakes, Yoplait, Nature Valley
Mrs. Sharp
Music Program Announcement:
Who: Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade Where: Newton High School Auditorium (kids meet in the cafeteria) When: Thursday, December 13th, 2012 (December 18th if we cancel due to snow) What time: TK and K arrive at 5:50 sing at 6:00 1st Grade arrive at 6:50, sing at 7:00 Wear: Best clothes you own (no jeans if you can help it) You should have received a formal letter the week of October 22nd. Questions, email harrisj@[Link] or call the school X1535 More information to come for the 2nd and 3rd Grade Spring Concert.
Thomas Jefferson/Woodrow Wilson PTA Meeting
Date: Tuesday October 2, 2012 Time: 6:00-7:30 Location: TJ Library
CALL TO ORDER: by Stephanie Critchfield Inspiration/PTA Prayer: by Carrie Garrett Welcome, intros, explanation of meeting format/Roberts Rules of Order by Stephanie Critchfield TJ/ WW PTA Approval Previous Minutes (September 2012): Robyn Friedman moved to approve minutes, 2nd by Amber Zink. Motion carried. Treasurer Report *Hilary Mastio-Havent spent much this year so far. Citywide has taken over membership dues. General fund $5335. Gast moved to approve. 2nd by White. Motion carried. *Mindy Benson- General fund is $4932. Amber Zink moved to
approve. 2nd by Mastio. Motion carried. Principal Report Nancy Van Wyk (shared by Carrie Garrett) 1. Tomorrow is Healthiest State Initiative Walk with each grade level doing a 1K (or more) at various times. 2. Green Conf. forms will be going home on the 8th with Parent Conf. timesthese need to be returned to school to confirm schedules. 3. Picture Re-takes on Oct. 11th morning only 4. McTeacher Night is this Thursday, October 4, from 4:30-7:30 for WW. Come support our teachers and school!! Over-all, everything is going well! Principal Report --Lisa Sharp 1. Oct. 15, Character bullying assembly. 2. Nancy Bosma memorial was given. 3. McTeacher Oct. 16 from 4:30-7:30. Committee Reports Fundraising WW/TJ Walk-A-Thon (Robyn Friedman) Thurs. Nov. 1 TJ walk-a-thon Fri. Nov. 2 WW walk-a-thon *Can make a lap pledge or straight donation. *TJ to finish playground. *WW to put toward I-Pad lab. *TJ incentive as a class=200 laps a class then they will be able to use the giant slide the next day. *WW incentive as a class=200 laps a class then they get an extra recess the next week. *Top lap runners will get a prize. *Top money pledgers will get a prize. *Raffle tickets for every $50 they bring in. 2 kids drawn to pick a teacher or principal to eat out for lunch. *If guardian/parent volunteers are participants then student gets an extra 3 laps. *8:30-2:00. Each class will have a time that will be given to parents if they want to come. *Volunteers needed to keep track of laps. Put a mark on their hand after each lap and count up marks at the end. *Kids will bring their own water bottles. *Snacks will be provided. *Saturday Community Fun Run (not competitive)-Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, 9am-noon -at Maytag Park off road-no charge -Family event for the fall -create t-shirts??? Run into Fall-ask art teachers at each school to come up w/logo -just a registration fee for the free t-shirt -door prizes??? Or sponsors??? -need volunteers-to work or participate; cross country runners to help as well -radio ad, flyers -money raised would go 50/50 to each school -cross country and parks can help to clean up and flag the course -registration cut-off would be around 2 weeks before the race; order a few extra t-shirts to sell that day -no age group prizes; just finishing and doing the run -Michelle Stalzer moved to approve the Fun Run. 2nd by Critchfield. Motion carried.
Labels/Boxtops- Denise Templeman *Oct. 25th deadline for count for prizes for each school. -TJ: 1st pizza party, 2nd popcicle, 3rd pencil -WW: 1st pizza party, 2nd extra recess School Events and Family EventsStill Looking for ideas!! Red Ribbon Week: *WW: Oct. 22nd-Oct. 25th during conferences *TJ: Oct. 29th-Nov. 2nd Old Creamery Theatre: WW-March 14th?? In the afternoon, TJ will try to do it the same day in the morning because you get a price break. Bully Prevention Assembly: Oct. 15th Concessions needs chair and need to fill up schedule! *Ina Heideman works every game. We would like to give her a gift. Will get a Subway to eat out. Reflections (Theme is The Magic Moment) *Denise Townsend is chair for TJ *Alicia Margritz volunteered to chair WW. Teacher Appreciation - needs chair (October for WW and TJ?) *Meal planning for conference: -Oct. 23rd : potato bar *Stephanie-chili and butter, will call Hy-Vee for potatoes plus plates, napkins, utensils, and bowls *Deana-cheese and sour cream *Mindy-dessert *Carrie-broccoli -Oct. 25th : Subway *Robyn-order subway *Amber-dessert -Jamie White will provide napkins, plates, utensils, and bowls if Hy-Vee does not *Oct.: TJ-Joy WW-Deana *Nov.: TJ-Minday WW-Stephanie *Dec.: TJ-Anita WW-Hilary Book Fair WW: Deana Gast *Contact Deana if interested in volunteering *Star of our community to come and kids who come can take a picture with our Theme Everyone is a Star *Would like to do a wish list for teachers again at WW *Set up on Oct. 19th . *Tear down is 7:30 on Oct. 25th. *Will run through the week of conferences. Book Fair TJ: Sara Muhs *pass around schedule to sign up *2 people per shift *Thursday and Friday Oct. 18-19, student preview day *Set up Wednesday, Oct. 17.
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*Running through the week of conferences. Student advisory club at the high school that could possibly help cover some shifts. ???? Will ask principals and then Mr. Jarvis at the HS to see if this would work. Membership - Needs Chair *members so far are at 57 for WW *members so far are at 48 for TJ Open Your Heart - Jamie White *Hat and Mitten Drive last year, teachers donated for jeans day last year *bring a $1 and chew bubble gum?? Getting ideas around. Still in the planning stage. *Backpack Buddies-program will start in January. Food over the weekend to feed our chronic, hungry kids. Up to 20 students per school-only at TJ and AH at this time. Pick up food, sort, pack, and hand out each week. Can pick up 2 months at a time. Hoping to use the annex for storing and sorting. Playground update Robyn Friedman *3 pieces still to buy. We could probably buy those pieces with the funds we have. But, we still need benches, planting a tree (northwest corner), and landscape the commemorative bricks-tile size $150 or standard size $75 can be purchased (17 so far). Could get class to buy a brick???? Also need fencing by basketball court to prevent balls from rolling in the road. Unfinished Business New Business *Going to keep our current babysitters that we know. *TJ Kindergarten is in need of donation to help with their candy house project so kids dont have to donate a $1 each. Critchfield motioned to give $100 for purchasing supplies for their candy house project. 2nd by Stalzer. Motion carried. *NTAG program needs a color printer for projects at WW. Research will be gathered as to what printer to purchase. Next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at 6pm at Woodrow Wilson. MOTION TO ADJOURN by Gast. 2nd by Friedman. Attendance: Stephanie Critchfield Amber Zink Ryan Zink Robyn Friedman Nicole Biondi Jamie White Denise Templeman Alicia Margritz Hilary Mastio Joe Klingensmith Michelle Stalzer Sarah Muhs Carrie Carrett Deana Gast Mindy Benson Amy Jolivette Tracy Halbstein Megan McLennan
Little Cardinal Camp
INSTRUCTION FOR FUTURE CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS Shooting Fundamentals Defensive Footwork Proper Footwork Basketball Terminology Rebounding Skills and Drills Ball Handling Passing Saturdays at Newton High School for Kindergarten- 3rd Graders Nov -10th, 17th Dec.- 1st , 8th, 15th 9-10 A.M. Saturdays at Newton High School for 4th-6th Graders Nov -10th, 17th Dec.- 1st , 8th, 15th 10:15-11:15 A.M.
1. Cost - $25.00 for all grades 2. ALL LITTLE CARDINALS WILLRECEIVE A CARDINAL T-SHIRT, BASKETBALL, ADMISSION INTO A VARSITY BASKETBALL G AME, AND WILL GET ANNOUNCED AT HALFTIME OF THE VARSITY GAME. 3. Please make checks payable to Newton High School Basketball. DEADLING FOR ENTRY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND 4. Instructors each Saturday will include the High School Coaching Staff plus High School Basketball players. Name __________________________ Parent(s) Name__________________ Address_________________________ Phone number___________________ Primary Email Address _________________________________ Grade Level_____________________ T-Shirt Sizes Adult Sizes: S M L XL Youth Sizes S M L XL Mail Information: Nick Wilkins 315 NE 60th St. Pleasant Hill, IA 50327 Email Address: wilbur2133@[Link]
