Thanks to volunteers, parent meeting, blog calendar

Thanks to the parents that came into the room this week to help!  All parents are always welcome to stop and observe or lend a hand.  Don't forget to log your hours in the office with Sharon. 

There will be two parent meetings held on Wednesday the 12th.  One at 3:30 and then a second at 5:30, feel free to attend the one most convenient for your schedule.  Mrs. Godard has received your requests and questions, she will address them at these meetings.  Hope to see you on Wednesday.

The up coming event list has been updated for September.  This list includes the hot lunch schedule and field trip information. 

Beautification Day

Beautification Day has been canceled

Beautification Day Projects 8/25/12 9 a.m. until 12 noon

Mrs. Godard and Ms. Toler have a few projects they would like us to accomplish on Saturday, Beautification Day.

1.  Weed and prep the planters on the patio for a winter vegetable garden project.
2.  Clean the patio
3.  Hang 5 pictures
4.  Put a shelf on the wall.

If you have any tools that can help us accomplish these tasks please bring them Saturday. 

August 16 help still needed

A lot was accomplished today.  We need to return tomorrow to complete the painting and return the furniture to its proper place.  Thanks to Stephen and Isabelle Jackson, April Haltigan, Sindy, Perle and the entire Chavez-Pullman family, Ronnie Watson, and LeeAnn and Gina DelMonte for helping out today. 

Tomorrow's hours will be 11 - 6 (floating) just like today.  We hope to see you! 

Class Work Day - get a jump on those volunteer hours

Mrs. Godard and Ms. Toler would appreciate any help we could provide on Wednesday August 15 from 10 a.m. until around 6 p.m. to get the classroom prepared for our students.  Furniture needs moving, painting needs to be done, dusting accomplished, shelves arranged, closets and cupboards cleaned and orginized prior to open house on the 23rd.  Any help you can provide would be greatly apprecited, even students can help.  If you have any questions feel free to email myself, Mrs. Godard or Ms. Toler, our email addresses are located in the right column of this page.  Any amount of time you can spare on the 15th will be greatly appreciated.  See you then!

LeeAnn     

Dancing with our Stars

Tickets for Dancing with Our Stars are now for sale in the office or by contacting anyone who is participating. This year we have the following dancers: JR Williams, Jen Hales, Lois Omonde, Jessica Adams, Angi Godard, Amanda Brinkley, Stacey Roberson, Sharon Main, Mila Arnold (their dance instructor), and Nico Nathan (special guest)!

This is a fundraiser for Eagle’s Wings the local food pantry here in Washington. You must buy your tickets from us for our team to get the most points to win. The date is set for Saturday, August 11th and there are two shows. The afternoon show is only $10 per seat and the evening show is $20 per seat.

Come out and cheer loud for our staff.  It is a fun evening for all who attend and we are hoping to see you there!

A Mexican Fiesta Basket

If you have not sent in a donation for our auction basket, we need it by Tuesday of next week. If the MPTO raises enough money from this years auction they plan to purchase Elmo Projectors for the 9-12 and 12-15 classrooms, new whiteboards for 6-9, new benches for car line, a dishwasher for 3-6, science materials for all levels, and a color copier for all levels to use. These are the items the staff has asked for to enhance the educational level of their classrooms.

Our basket theme is "A Mexican Fiesta". Items you could send in are; Candy for the pinata the students are making for the basket, a mexican cd, Colorful plates, a string of chili pepper lights, colorful glasses, Mexican bowls, a fajita set, tortilla warmer, an arepa maker, tortilla press, etc.

Websites to help give you ideas;

http://www.mipatria.com/mexican-cookware.html

http://www.mexgrocer.com/brand-la-mexicana.html

http://www.texasrollingpins.com/mexicancookware.html

If you are at a complete loss, please send in cash with your students and we will complete the basket on Wednesday.

Auction tickets are on sale at the office $20 per person and $35 per couple, $25 per person at the door. Check out the MPTO blog for the list of items to be auctioned, if you can not make it and would like to make a bid an absent bidding form will be attached to the FYI on monday. If you have any questions you can contact LeeAnn DelMonte at leeann1963@yahoo.com. For each item you donate to the class basket or stand alone item for auction you will be entered into a drawing for a pair of tickets to the auction and another drawing for a $100 VISA gift card at the auction, you must be present to win the gift card.