PTO Update 5/1/12

Hey There Flynn Families - Hope everyone had a relaxing break.  We're in the homestretch now! 

PTO Meeting this Thursday at 6:30pm in the Library.  Please consult the agenda below - Hope to see you there!

JJ Flynn Theatre is wrapping up this year's production of Narnia.  Organizers met to debrief  the play experience and all the statistics will be available soon.  Dvd's are being edited and will be available later this month.  If you forgot to order one, send us an email at flynnschoolpto@gmail.com and we will see if there is still time to order.  The big news is that our 2013 play has been chosen.  Flynn players will be producing Frankenstein next year! 

Staff Appreciation Luncheon next Friday, May 11th.  So far we still need:
6 more parents for Shift 1 Recess Duty (k/1) 11:15-12:10 (have 2)
7 more parents for Shift 2 Recess Duty (2/3) 11:55-12:50 (have 1)
8 more parents for Shift 3 Recess Duty (4/5) 12:15-1:05 (have none!)

ALSO NEEDED:
4 more desserts
2 Fruit Salads/kabobs
2 Large green salads
1 tray of cut veggies or a grain salad (quinoa, wheat berries, rice...)

Please respond to flynnschoolpto@gmail.com to help - we really need your help!!!!

Talent Show this Friday at 7pm - Come see all our great student talent and refresh yourself with goodies at the 3rd grade bake sale!!!  All proceeds go to help fund the Camp Abenaki overnight trip

5K walk/run this Saturday at 9am to benefit kids with Rett's Syndrome.  Registration is $20 to join the team: Hanna's Hope or donations are happily accepted.  Want more information?  Contact 4th grade teacher, Allison Tinson at atinson@bsdvt.org

5th Grade Bridging Ceremony is planned for June 6th.  Organizers are seeking digital photo files to use in the slide show.  Do you have photos of your child and other Flynn 5th graders spanning the K-5 grades - attach your files in an email to Kate Wheeler at kate@wheeler.com

Flynn Construction Meeting notes are included below if you were unable to attend the meeting prior to Spring break.  Questions?  Contact Graham Clarke at gclarke@bsdvt.org.

The following information is what was shared with 40 parents/guardians at the April informational meeting. Phase One of the construction will begin on June 12. In order to guarantee a timely start to the 2012-13 school year, the last day of school this year for Flynn students is Monday, June 11.  The last two Flynn days will be half-days with students dismissed at 11:30 on Friday, June 8 and Monday, June 11. The  Burlington Kids after school program will end their year with students on Friday, June 8.  Like in past years, come watch our traditional parade out the playground door on June 11 at 11:30 honoring the students and staff who are leaving Flynn.

The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will begin the 2012-13 school year at St. Joseph's
School on Allen St. near the Sustainability Academy / Barnes.  All students will start and end the day at Flynn School, where breakfast will still be available for all students at the regular time of 7:50. Grade 3, 4 and 5 students will be transported to St. Joe's by school buses with Flynn staff aboard and will leave Flynn each morning immediately after attendance is taken. Students who arrive on time for school will have transportation provided to the St. Joe's campus with the bus company contracted by BSD (that bid process closes in May). However, students arriving late will not have school-provided transportation. Students will return by buses at 2:45.

All kindergartners, first and second graders will spend the entire 2012-13 school year at Flynn School. We anticipate that the grade 3-5 students will be back in their newly reconstructed Flynn classrooms in January, 2013.

We will have an information night and tour for parents/guardians of next year's grade 3, 4 and 5 students at the St. Joe's campus on Allen St. at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 30. Flynn School will have use of 14 classrooms and offices on the main and top floors of the school plus use of the gymnasium for PE classes, the cafeteria and the playground. Lunch will be served to students with some of our Flynn kitchen staff following the same menu that K-2 students will be eating at Flynn School.

Like when the Sustainability Academy used the St. Joe's campus when their building was under construction, it is a three story, mixed-used building with other educational and social service organizations on the bottom and top floors. Flynn students will only use the bottom floor for lunch.  The Flynn office is on the middle floor next to the stairs and we are the only organization on that floor. We also have two hallways on the top floor where a hall monitor will be stationed during the student day. Both buildings will be fully staffed with administration, guidance, nursing and custodial personnel. Like we currently do now, students will be accompanied by a teacher when they move between classrooms for art, music, Spanish etc.

The Burlington Kids after school program will be available for K- grade 5 students at the start of the year and like now, the program will take place at Flynn School.

For 2012-13 all Burlington elementary schools will start at 8:10 am and the student day will end at 2:45 pm, 15 minutes later than this year. This change was announced a few weeks ago and follows a similar extension a few years ago to the middle school student day in an effort to provide more instructional time for Burlington students.

Summer construction will begin with the removal and replacement of the roof deck on the upper elementary and Kindergarten wings of the building. This roof deck was built in the 1950's and contains asbestos. The school district has hired a licensed asbestos abatement company who, working with the VT Dept. of Health, will follow the codes, laws and procedures for the safe removal and replacement of the roof during the first 8 weeks of construction. All asbestos will be removed before students return from summer vacation.

Check your Calendar...

 
• May 3 - PTO meeting at 6:30 pm in the Library - Childcare provided
• May 4 - Flynn Talent Show (and bake sale to benefit the 3rd grade overnight trip to Camp Abenaki)
• Fridays in May - Back by Popular Demand - Freezy Pop Fridays!!! $.25/pop (right after school)
• May 6 - Adult Pinewood Derby at Elks Club! 3pm - contact Larry Tulkop to sign up and get a car! ltlt699@gmail.com
• May 7 - Chess Club at 2:30 - come one, come all!!!
• May 11 - Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon
• May 18 - Kindergarten Orientation 8:30, 10, 12
• May 21 - Chess Club at 2:30 - Last one of the Year!
• May 22 - Orientation at Hunt Middle school for 5th grade PARENTS - 7pm
• May 24 - Flynn Chorus Concert at Hunt MS (Kids to Hunt by 6:15
• May 28 - No School
• May 30 - School Tour, St. Joe's campus on Allen St. at 6:30 pm  - 3/4/5 Families
• June 4 - Flynn Olympics - Parent help needed!
• June 6 - 5th Grade Bridging Ceremony, 6:30 pm
• June 8 - Early Release @11:30
• June 11 - Last Day for Flynn!!!! Early release w/ parade at 11:30

May PTO Meeting

5/3/12

6:30 pm

AGENDA

• Welcome– Kate Belluche

UPDATES

• Treasurer’s report-  John Boone
• Principal’s Corner – Graham Clarke
• Enrichment Update  -Sarah Smith
• Fundraising Update- Tammy Kuypers – PTO Pizza, Spring Fest, PTO Pizza on calendar????
• Ellison die Cut Machine – Mary Mitchell
• Room Parents/Staff Appreciation Update/ May staff Luncheon – Lisa Tulkop
• School/Family Partnership Update– Shanta Eastman
• K Orientation/Lunch – School Orien 5/18 – Tour/Lunches 5/29 (Sarah), 5/30 (Laurie) Vols should be well informed about construction.  One more volunteer???
• Playground Update/Proposal – Mary Mitchell
• Reusable dishes – Kate Belluche

~$5/person for 2 plates, cup, bowl. If we did 75, that is $375 100= $500

• PTO Officers for 2012-13…  President, V President/Communications, Secretary, Treasurer ,Fundraising…
• June Meeting?  Board only? 

OPEN FORUM – What’s on your mind?  Burning questions and novel ideas:

MISC 

Next Meeting:  Thursday, 6/7/12,  6:30-7:30