HUGE thanks to Dave Hartnett at the Mobil Short Stop for donating all the coffee for our first day reception and to the families that baked goodies and brought in juice. Lovely way to start the year, catching up and catching a little caffeine buzz.
PTO Meeting - The first meeting of the year will be held this Thursday, September 8th at 6:30 in the Learning Center. Free childcare is provided each month by 2 BHS students earning community service credits. The kids typically play active games in the gym or multi-purpose room. Come find out who is leading the PTO charge this year and how you can engage at school and strengthen our school/learning community. Everyone is welcome and everyone is heard. See draft agenda at the end of this post.
Picture Day - Keep your eyes open for picture day forms to come home this week. Picture day is on September 14th. If you decide to complete the forms on-line, don't forget to print your receipt and send it with your child on the 14th. If you have interest in volunteering to help the morning of picture day, please contact John Boone at jbgoode@gmail.com. Picture Day volunteers receive a free portrait package.
Calendar - After you are finished reading this post, be sure to check out the Calendar. Known events are already posted and other events will be added as they are announced.
Abandoned - A red blanket/tablecloth was left at the Back to School Potluck - it is washed and folded - please respond and we can get it back to you via your child. Thanks!
Volunteer Opportunity:
The Kindergarten team is looking for volunteers to help copy and collate reproducible books that will be sent home, over time, to help our beginning readers. It is a simple job, but time consuming.
Any chance there are volunteers for this?
Thanks for considering,
SuzyT
(please respond to Suzy at stenenba@bsdvt.org)
Free Money For Flynn!
Hello Flynn Families,
This year the Flynn PTO will once again be collecting Box Tops for Education, Labels for Education (Campbells Soup Labels), and Hannaford Helps Schools certificates. This is a short overview of each program, but if you have any questions please email me at denihaggerty@yahoo.com
1 BOX TOPS
The website for box tops for education is http://www.boxtops4education.com/ Here you can read about the program and see what progress Flynn school is making during the year. You can also find a list of products that Box Tops are on which include cereals, frozen foods, many paper products, and food items. The box tops are usually pink but sometimes they are certificates, especially if you've bought something in bulk from a store like Costco. Just cut them off the product and send them in to your child's teachers. Sometimes it works easiest to have an small baggie at home to collect them in and then to send it in as it fills up. There is a large box in the Flynn Library entrance to place them in as well. Last year we collected around 5,000 box tops and raised just over 5 $500 for our school. If you know of any family members or neighbors that can collect them for Flynn School-please ask them! They can mail them to the school or send them in with a student. Box Tops can be collected all year round and sent in throughout the year! It is an easy way to support the PTO!
2 LABELS FOR EDUCATION
The website for labels for education is http://www.labelsforeducation.com/Default.aspx This website has information about the program and includes a list of products. This is also a year round collection. The box for this collection is also in the entrance to the Flynn Library. The labels can be found on soups, goldfish crackers, some paper products and many other food items. Many of you may know these as the Campbells Soup Labels, and they are still on soup cans, but can be found on many other products as well. Again, send in with your child and they go to the box in the library.
The labels are valued at different points which can be redeemed for various classroom items.
3 HANNAFORD HELPS SCHOOLS
Hannaford helps Schools usually runs from September to December. It is a program where if you buy participating products, the store gives you a certificate to give to your school worth cash. The certificates are given to you when you get your receipt from the cashier. There is a display located in the front of the store to collect the certificates and you can put the certificate in the Flynn School slot. You can also send these in to school with your child. I will put a collection box in the library for them along with the other 2 boxes within the next week or so (haven't quite done that yet). There is also a $1000 bonus for the school that collects the most in our area. I like to send them into school only because sometimes the display in the store gets overloaded and they fall out and I'm not sure if they go back in the right slot. Please try to keep these separate from the box tops and Labels for education because this program only goes through the Fall months so there is a deadline for getting them in! http://www.hannaford.com/assets/hf/assets/content/hhs/index.html is the website to find a list of products.
I think that's it for now-Thank you so much!
Denise Haggerty
PTO Meeting Agenda:
September PTO Meeting
9/8/11
6:30 pm- Welcome and Introductions – Kate Belluche
- What does the JJ Flynn PTO do? – PTO Board
- Treasurer’s report - John Boone
- Family Directory – Brad Ingalls
- Enrichment Updates – VMT, Jeh Kulu, Grants, chess club – Sarah Smith
- Room Parents/Staff Appreciation – Lisa Tulkop
- Fundraising plans for 2011-12 – Tammy Kuypers
- Teacher Mini-Grants – Kate Belluche
- School/Family Partnership – Shanta Eastman
- Safe Routes to school- ShantaEastman, Alex Messinger
- Google docs/Blogger– Kate Belluche and John Boone
- School Pictures – decide class photo format– Gabi Baumann, John Boone
- Open Forum – What’s on your mind? Burning questions and novel ideas
- President Elect? – Kate Belluche
- Open House – Pics/short bios?- Template of info about each staff member to go up with pics – Flynn Flyer? Main Bulletin board? Same for PTO – help parents get to know Flynn folks…
- Sticker Calendars – any buzz?
- Meeting format – Interest in rotating facilitators?
Next Meeting: Thursday, 10/6/2011, 6:30-7:30pm
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