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Thank You to Our October Volunteers!
By Kimberly Wilkins, PTA President and Kim Latta, Exec VP
October was another busy month full volunteer opportunities. Kudos to all those that “caught the wave” and helped out! Of particular note, we’d like to thank:
*Cat Cusack for running our successful PTA Membership Challenge.
*Yanying Auyeung for organizing our Parent Ed series on Positive Discipline.
*Melanie Rundle for keeping us decked out in PV spirit and style with the Spirit Wear sale. Thanks also to her crew for manning the viewing tables.
*Jen Meyers and her corps of volunteers for introducing our Penguins to the Impressionist artist Seurat and encouraging them to create their own artwork.
*Liezl Magbanua and Debbie Pham for collecting receipts and inputting numbers during our Vons Receipt Challenge.
*Gregory Bourque and Cub Scout Troop #675 for helping us stay green by collecting our recyclables each month.
*Nicole Stowell, Julia Kitts, Randi McCray, Denise Falkenthal and a slew of helpers for processing all our creative Penguins’ Reflections entries, and for setting up for our judging night.
*Traci Jackson for organizing an exciting, crime-solving 4th Grade Science Night.
*Charity Toetter and Yanying Auyeung for taking us on a reading journey to a hugely successful Fall Book Fair. Many thanks as well to all the volunteers that helped to keep it running smoothly.
*DADS Group for another fun-filled, well attended Movie Night. Thank you also to the Dads that also helped pack-up the Book Fair that same night.
*Student Council Representatives for lighting up Movie Night by selling glow sticks, and for organizing Crazy Hair Day and the Book Fair Challenge.
*Roya Jannesari for organizing Fit Friday and to all the 4th grade girls of Junior Girl Scout Troop #8125 for handing out catches in the morning.
*Alex Reed for encouraging our Penguins to turn their back on drugs during Red Ribbon Week.
*Wendy Brown for reminding our penguins to be true to the Six Pillars of Character during Character Counts Week.
*Marni Stueland for arranging the exciting and highly energetic CREW assembly during Red Ribbon Week.
*Susan Righthouse for selling our all COLOR yearbooks during Movie Night and for taking photos and organizing photographers to capture all the special moments at PV.
*All the Room Parents who planned “spooktacular” Halloween activities for their classroom.
*The 5th grade Room Parents for collecting and tallying Cookie Dough order forms.
*All the parents who helped our 5th graders carve some amazing pumpkins.
Thank you for making a difference at Park Village!
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- Deadline for Adopt-A-Family coming soon!
- Earn money for the PTA through eScrip!
- Are you a dad who would like to be a part of your kid’s school experience but don't know how to do it? Do you enjoy hanging out with like minded guys who gladly lend their expertise in sports, technology, science, and simple construction? Then the D.A.D.S. (Dedicated and Determined Support) is for you. Please contact Paul Hoover at hoovertile@san.rr.com for more info and to get on our e-mail list with updates of upcoming events.
- Host Family Game Night and Earn Box Tops! Hasbro has teamed up with Box Tops for Education to create a fun game night for your family while earning money for our school. Click here for instructions. Email Wendy Brown for more information.
Lunch Menus
"My Lunch Money" Program
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The Scholastic Book Fair Has Ended, but the Reading Journey Continues!
By Charity Toetter and Yanying Auyeung - Book Fair Chairs
The Scholastic Destination Book Fair journey has come to an end for now, but the reading journey continues! We close out another successful Fall Book Fairpresented by the PTA to benefit our school and to get books, both classic and current, into the hands of our students to nurture a love for reading. Many partners make a successful book fair and we'd like to say thank you to:
- All Park Village parents, for understanding the importance and necessity of having reading material at home and at school and allowing their children to select and buy books at the book fair!
- All Park Village teachers and staff for creating excitement and anticipation for the book fair and taking the time to bring their students to the book fair--Teachers-We love you!
- All Park Village students--you are the reason for the book fair season and why we do what we do--it's all for you!
- And especially, much gratitude to each and every volunteer that gave their time!! Thank you!! We can not have a book fair without you!!
See you in Spring 2010 as more reading adventures await!
A Reminder to Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays!
Alex Reed, Community Concerns Chair
The November 13th deadline to Adopt-A-Family for the holidays is quickly approaching! Thank you to those who have already pledged to help. Your generosity during this economically challenging time is greatly appreciated. However, we still need more help. Here’s how the program works: Families who are experiencing true economic difficulties are identified by various authorities around PUSD. Each family submits a wish list. In the past, the most requested items for children were shoes and other articles of clothing.
The Adopt-A-Family program began 9 years ago when it was determined that there are families within PUSD, who finds themselves, for various reasons, unable to provide gifts for their families during the holiday season.
Last year, the program was able to provide 350 PUSD families with grocery gift cards, new clothing and other holiday wishes. Park Village alone was able to adopt 20 of those families! If your family, classroom, workplace, or organization (Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Bunco group, book club, etc.) would like to adopt a family, please consider helping us by providing basic items and modest gifts for our PUSD families. If you can’t adopt an entire family, you can still help by adopting a member of one of the families.
Donations are of course tax deductible. For monetary donations, checks can be made payable to Palomar Council PTA; the full amount of the donation will be provided to the families in need. For more information, or if you can help, please contact Alex Reed, Community Concerns Chair at AYL168@yahoo.com or 901-4212.
DADS Corner
Another Successful Movie Night
Thanks to all the DADS who helped make Movie Night the most successful ever! You guys served 700 hot dogs, 2,500 drinks, and over 3,000 bags of popcorn. Everyone had a great time on both sides of the serving table. Special thanks go out to Victor Chan for bringing 3 different types of chili and Ari Jahanian for setting up the movie.
DADS "Repaint the Fence" Fundraiser
The DADS group kicked off their "Repaint the Fence" fundraiser at Movie Night, and we raised over $350! Be sure to look for the DADS donation jar at upcoming events to help cover the costs associated with repainting all the black metal fencing around the school campus. Painting will begin sometime in December in specific locations around the campus, with the goal of repainting all areas by the end of the year. Look for updates, times, and volunteer requests in future Flash articles. Thanks for your generous donations!
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PURCHASE YOUR ALL COLOR YEARBOOK TODAY!
Susan Righthouse, Yearbook Chair, will be taking yearbook
orders every Monday morning in November.
Look for her in front of the school (cash & checks accepted)
if you haven't purchased a yearbook yet,
or if you're new to our school.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS ALL COLOR BOOK!
Yearbooks: $22 / Lovelines $1
December 1st: yearbook prices go up to $25!
Sale of yearbooks end December 31st.
Get your yearbooks NOW!
*NOTE: you cannot order lovelines on the credit card order website. If you want to pay by credit card AND order a loveline...email Susan (susanrighthouse@yahoo.com), and she will send you a form to fill out for the loveline. |
Our Mission: The Park Village PTA supports our children's education at Park Village Elementary by providing and training volunteers, planning and implementing fun and educational events, facilitating parent/staff communication, and funding programs that will assist the staff in meeting our school's goals.
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