PTO Newsletter – November ‘09
Cape St. Claire
Elementary School
PTO Newsletter
November 2009
PLEASE JOIN US!!!
Please join our next PTO meeting on Tuesday, November 10th at 6:30. Plan to attend and become familiar with your child’s school and the issues that are involved in his daily life. We will discuss the playground equipment and the upcoming PTO sponsored events. Again the CAC will have a meeting immediately following the PTO for all those who wish to stay and further discuss the parking and safety issues.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Report cards come home, November 17
American Education Week, November 15-21
Schools closed, November 23-27
Parent-teacher conferences, November 23 & 24
PTO NEWS
We would like to welcome Leslie Coble as our new Recording secretary and we thank Jennie Gordon for all her hard work. We wish her much happiness in her move to Colorado.
Spanish Academy
The second session of Spanish Academy is starting. It runs Nov. 3 to Dec. 17th, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Another session will start after the holidays The dates of that session will be coming in December. Spanish Academy is a fun way for your child to start learning another language early! Look for more information coming home soon.
Book Fair
DESTINATION BOOK FAIR! LET’S ALL READ AROUND THE WORLD!
Join us in sharing a love of reading with our students at the Cape St. Claire Elementary Scholastic Book fair will be held Monday, November 16th through Friday, November 20. The fair will be open during the following hours: Monday and Tuesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 am – 8:00 pm (OPEN LATE), Friday 8:30 am – 5:30 pm (LAST DAY). The Book Fair will offer specially priced books and educational products, including new releases, award-winning titles, children’s classics, interactive software, books for adults, and current bestsellers from more than 150 publishers. As always, families will be able to help build classroom libraries and improve children’s reading skills by purchasing books through the Classroom Wish List and the One for Books program.
Look for the Scholastic Book Fair flyer, which will be sent home the week of November 9th. It contains a sampling of the books you will be able to find at the book fair.
Let’s make our destination the book fair! See you there!
Jingle, Jingle… the Holiday Shop is almost here!
Mark your Calendars- December 1st and 2nd from 4:00-8:00 pm! The Holiday Shop is EARLY this year! Gifts will be available for parents, siblings, grandparents teachers, and pets. As always, each gift costs only $2.00! Please consider bringing your own shopping bag in which to carry your wrapped gifts. This will help us continue being a “green school”. We can always use help, so if you are interested call Heather Kilpatrick @ 410-151-7325
Or email hskilpatrick@verizon.net. This is going to be GREAT!
The Citizen’s Advisory Committee
The CAC has certainly tackled a hot topic this year! We have been working closely with Ms. Pergerson and Mrs. Hogan (our wonderful crossing guard) to address the traffic and safety issues, particularly at pick-up time after school. PLEASE NOTE: the county police may continue to ticket vehicles that are parked where the “No Parking” signs are posted on Hampton Road! Also, please be respectful of Mrs. Hogan, as she does her very best to ensure the safety of our children during this busy time by keeping the parking lot circle running smoothly and free from cars parked illegally. The Transportation Office has agreed to come to CSCES to assess the situation. This is an issue that will take time to resolve, so please be patient! In the meantime, please consider carpooling with a friend, walk or ride bikes to/from school, or leave a few extra minutes to allow for the extra block you may have to walk to school. If you are interested in becoming involved with CSC CAC, please contact Heather Kilpatrick @ hskilpatrick@verizon.net or Kelly Boehringer at kelly.boehringer@verizon.net.
Spirit Wear
By now, everyone who ordered spirit wear should have received their order. The fall spirit wear sale was a huge success. There were over 390 garments ordered! Cape St. Claire Elementary certainly shows school spirit. Thanks parents, teachers and students for all your support. And thank you to Kerry Wilson for organizing this! If you were unable to order or forgot to order your school spirit wear, don’t worry, we will have another spirit wear sale early in the new year!
Restaurant Raffle
Congratulations to the two winners of the student contest:
Megan Echard in Mr. Peters Class
Aiden Myers in Mrs. Vickers Class
The Restaurant Raffle made $1540.
Ice Cream Social
A big thank you to Renee Rutledge , Kristie Alva, and Helen Bragaw for all of their hard work on the Ice Cream Social. And we must not forget all of you that volunteered your time to make this event such a huge success! Without you, it would not have been possible! Thank you! We raised over $4000.00. Also, we want to acknowledge the following sponsors: Richard’s Tree Services – Drinks, The Todaro Family – Hot Dog Buns, Easport Deli – Hot Dogs, Royale Dining – Chips, The Dernetz Family – Ice Cream, Three Brothers – Ziti & Salad. We would also like to thank Homestead and Anne Marie, Happy Cheeks – Heather Burrows, Creative memories – Jennie Gordon.
