The Dragon News. December 2011 Hanes Magnet School PTSA

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1 The Dragon News December 2011 Hanes Magnet School PTSA During this season of giving, the students of Hanes have been working hard to collect cans, non- perishable food items, and money for the Rescue Mission Holiday Food Drive. It is inspiring to see the students giving so freely to help others in their time of need. Our students are getting involved outside the classroom with clubs, athletics, artistic endeavors, and serving others. Congratulations to Krystal Abbott and Elizabeth MacMillan for being chosen as winners of the Public Library's Bookmark Contest! See page 8 for our PTSA Reflections winners. We are recognizing students in the areas of visual arts, literature, film, music, and photography. Students involved in the Service Club have been collecting hats, gloves, and socks for the needy. They have also been making ornaments for Senior Services. Learn more about our progress on the Direct Donation Campaign on page 5, we are still working toward our goal, so please consider Hanes in your end- of- year donations. Are you a member of the PTSA? If not, please join now. Find the membership form on page 6. The PTSA is wishing your family a wonderful holiday season. Inside this Issue BoxTops Update & Winner 4 PTSA Membership.. 6 Your PTSA Executive Board BoxTops Bonanza Sheet 10 Reflections Winners 8 President Michelle Thetford Calendar.. 7 School Store 3 Vice President Shubha Mishra Direct Donation Drive 5 SMOD Sale 4 Tricia Walls Gotcha! Awards. 9 Tryouts Schedule 5 Secretary Laura Armstrong Intramural Sports.. 5 Volleyball Pictures.. 5 Treasurer Melissa Media Minutes 3 Yearbook 3 Westendorff All forms found in this newsletter can also be found on the Hanes website: Newsletter submissions should be sent to Heather Doty at hpdoty@gmail.com. Page 1

2 Sports Zone Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools offer interscholastic sports for 7th and 8th graders at the middle school level. At Hanes our students can participate in volleyball, basketball, track, cheerleading, and soccer. A physical and participation form is required to tryout! A link to the form can be found on the Hanes w eb site under Athletics tab, or you can use the following address: WSFCS%20Middle%20School%20Participation%20Form% pdf Girls' Volleyball 8th graders Erin Bendig and Phoebe Loew are ready to spring into action as their teammate serves. Manager Sierra Browning and Coach James congratulate the Lady Dragons on their win over Kernersville. The Lady Dragons shake hands with Kernersville after a dominating Boys' Volleyball th 8 grader Reece Neff serves with Coach Neff looking on. Coach Marckel strategizes with his team after they win a set against Kernersville at home on 12/1. Captains Matthew Ball and Peter Leary trade thoughts on the first set of the game vs. Kernersville. More about Basketball tryouts on page 5. Page 2

3 Media Minutes The selections for December for the Parents' Book Club are: The Roar by Emma Clayton Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson I hope that all of you have a Merry Christmas and that you will allow yourself at least one wonderful book to read over the holidays! "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." -Joseph Brodsky School Store Looking for a great holiday gift? The new Hanes car magnets are in and available at the School Store! The new magnets feature a new design and are bigger than our old magnets, but the price is still just $4. The School Store is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch hours so please stop by and check out the new magnets and Hanes Yearbook Online Orders Order your Limited Edition Hanes Middle School Yearbook Online Today at Special Price of $28.00 til December 21st. **8th Grade Dedication Ads are due by February 15th. Remember Space is Limited! Page 3

4 BoxTop$ for Hanes BoxTops Winner Selected Congratulations to JACOB BREWER, a 7th grade student in Ms. Hazel's homeroom, who won the BoxTops for Education fall gift card drawing. By submitting at least one completed BoxTops Bonanza sheet, Jacob's name was drawn at random as the lucky winner of a $25 gift card to Target. There will be another drawing in the spring, so keep clippin' those box tops and submitting those Bonanza sheets (see this newsletter for a copy or print off from the Hanes website). Completed sheets can be placed in the big orange box in the Hanes workroom, turned in to the Hanes office or returned via the weekly packets. BoxTops Earnings Update Over the past three months, Hanes students and their parents have collected and submitted a total of 6,413 BoxTops! This earns Hanes Magnet School $641.30, a fabulous start to our budgeted goal for the school of $1,300. The PTSA will receive a check from General Mills this month. Thank you to everyone who took the time to clip and submit BoxTops - - every single one counts! Remember to tell grandparents, neighbors, friends and co- workers about the BoxTops for Education program at Hanes and simply ask them to save their BoxTops for you. For every completed BoxTops Bonanza sheet you turn- in, your name will be entered into the spring drawing for a $35 gift card to Target, Barnes & Noble or Dick's Sporting Goods - your choice! The more you submit, the more you increase your chances of winning. Shop. Clip. Submit! Hanes SMOD Sale Save your SMOD! Coming soon.smod sale! We are asking our Hanes Families to save the gently used shirts, pants, skirts, and sweatshirts that meet the Standard Mode of Dress Requirements. All SMOD sale items will be tax- deductible donations. The PTSA will provide each donor with a receipt for tax purposes. The date of the sale is yet to be determined, but prices will be budget- friendly. We will be looking for volunteers, both parents and students, who are interested in helping set- up and/or working the sale. Look for more information in January. Page 4

5 Direct Donation Fundraiser for Your PTSA Help Us Reach Our Goal!!! PTSA Direct Donation Fundraiser At the end of November we have $12,295 in donations, pledges and company matching funds towards our goal of $18,000. Thank you to the 121 families who have contributed to date. If you have not made a donation yet, please consider doing so because no amount is too small or too big!!! For example, if we had 57 families to give $100 each or 114 families to give $50 each, we would be able to fully fund all the wonderful projects planned for all students at Hanes this school year. Every contribution is important and 100% tax deductible. Go to the school s website for more information: Thank you for helping make a difference. Becky Eller, Direct Donation Chair - at: teller1082@aol.com Hanes PTSA Direct Donation Fundraiser Pledge Card Goal! It s the last few weeks of 2011, make Hanes MS your year- end donations charity! Checks mailed in 2011, are considered donations made in Name: Phone: Address: City: Zip: E- mail: (Please include for electronic verification of gift for tax purposes.) Child(ren) s Name/Grade/Homeroom: Hanes PTSA Direct Donation Fundraiser Gift/Pledge $ Check enclosed payable to Hanes Magnet School PTSA. Pledge to give $ per month for months. Employer offers matching gift program Company Name: (Please submit a matching gift form with your check.) Return donation/pledge and this form to your child s homeroom teacher or mail it to: Hanes Magnet School, PTSA, Direct Donation Fundraiser, 2900 Indiana Ave., Winston- Salem, NC The Hanes Dragons want you! Calling all 7th and 8th graders for Tryouts! Girls' and Boys' Basketball Tryouts Tryouts - January 3, Tuesday after school Games are scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays after school Jan end of Feb. Girls' and Boys' Track Tryouts Tryouts - March 1, 2012, Thursday after school Meets are Wednesdays after school March 21 - end of April Girls' Soccer Tryouts Tryouts - March 1, 2012, Thursday after school Games are scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays after school March 22 - end of April Intramurals The following intramural sports are open to all students: Fitness Club Volleyball (7 th and 8 th graders only), Basketball Lacrosse. Check the school calendar on the website for more details on intramural sports. Page 5

6 Hanes PTSA Membership PTSA MEMBERSHIP for HANES MAGNET SCHOOL (Parent, Teacher, Student Association) We encourage everyone to join the PTSA for the school year: parents, guardians, students, grandparents, family members and faculty/staff. We would appreciate it if you would PRINT clearly, so we can enter the data into our membership database. Thanks so much. Membership enrollment is $6.50 per person. Of the $6.50, $3.50 goes to the State and National PTSA Organizations to support their child advocacy efforts and $3.00 will support PTSA programs at Hanes. Name of Member(s) Joining: (optional): City: Zip Code: Phone Number: Number of members x $6.50 = (Total Dues) Please make your tax- deductible donation to Hanes PTSA and return your check and this form to the school office or your child s homeroom teacher. If you send it to school with your child, please mark the envelope PTSA Membership. Student Name: Grade: Homeroom Teacher: =============================================================== For PTSA Use: Check number: Date received: Cards issued: Cash: Page 6

7 Jan. 1 Feb. 4, 2012 Calendar Hanes Magnet School Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday January No School, Winter Break 2 Afterschool, Basketball Tryouts 3pm NAL, Battle of the Books 4 Olympiad, First Lego League, Math Club 5 3pm TSA, Manga Club, TARC am National Geographic Bee 8 9 3pm Service Club No School, Martin Luther King s Birthday 10 3pm NAL, Battle of the Books 17 3pm NAL, Battle of the Books 11 Olympiad, First Lego League, Math Club, Publish It! 18 Olympiad, First Lego League, Math Club 12 Club, TSA, TARC 19 3pm TSA, Manga Club, TARC End of Q No School for Students, Possible Makeup Day pm Yearbook 24 3pm NAL, Battle of the Books 31 3pm NAL, Battle of the Books 25 Olympiad, First Lego League, Math Club, Publish It! STEM Night 26 Club, TSA, TARC February 1 2 3pm TSA, Manga Club, TARC Page 7

8 Reflections Winners Congratulations Hanes PTSA Reflections Contest Winners! These students' entries have gone to the County level of Judging! Good Luck to them and thanks to all who participated in this year's contest! Visual Arts: 1st place-anna Hart 2nd place-jana Mirafuente 3rd place-sanjana Venkittu Photography: 1st place-camden Pereira 2nd place-timothy Erickson Literature: 1st place- Sarah Henshaw 2nd place- Tiffany Bramblett 3rd place- Rohit Meregu Music: Connor Groce Film: Ross Alexander More about the National PTA Reflections Program Each year, the PTA Reflections Program challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme, and students submit entries to a local PTA or PTSA. Nationally, the program has six arts areas dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts and four grade divisions primary, intermediate, middle/junior, and senior. Page 8

9 Gotcha! Awards Congratulations to our students who were caught, Gotcha!, going above and beyond. Gotcha! Team Name: Endeavour Name of Teacher Recognizing Students: Mrs. Laughinghouse Students Names: Kimani Carter & Jon Thomas Grade: 6 th After a class from a nearby table left the cafeteria, Jon and Kimani noticed a wallet on the floor. Kimani brought the wallet to Mrs. Laughinghouse and told her there was money and a school ID inside. The wallet was then returned to the student who had dropped it. Honesty is a very important value, and the Endeavour Team is fortunate to have students like Kimani and Jon who show such a high level of personal integrity. Team Name: Apollo Name of Teacher Recognizing Students: Ms. Mickey Students Names: Garrett Fisch & Megan Eldredge Grade: 6 th Garrett and Meg spearheaded a successful effort in their homeroom to raise money for the Samaritan Ministries Penny Campaign. These two creative students came up with the idea of creating a treasure box from which donors could select a prize upon giving to the penny campaign. What a great way to foster generosity! Team Name: N/A Name of Teacher Recognizing Student: Ms. Ziesenheim Student s Name: Tucker Mills Grade: 8 th Tucker provides help to students in his Language Arts class without being asked to do so. He gives assistance to students with special needs who he identifies as struggling with the coursework. Team Name: Encore Team 1 Teacher Recognizing Student: Mrs. Butryn Student s Name: Kenya Grooms Grade: 7 th Kenya has only been a student at Hanes Magnet School for a brief period of time; however, she has voluntarily cleaned up the art room at the end of the class period. That is the sign of a fantastic person! Team Name: Aviator Teacher Recognizing Students: Tracy Kukwa Students Names: Destiny Hickman & Abigail Rodriguez Grade: 7 th Destiny and Abigail have been a huge help to Ms. Kukwa by cleaning up and putting together computer labs over the past couple of weeks. Team Name: Navigator Teacher Recognizing Student: Ms. Purdee Student s Name: Ryan Holmes Grade: 7 th When Ryan gained a new classmate, he immediately offered to help the new student with class procedures. Page 9

10 Hanes Magnet School Box Tops BONANZA Each completed sheet enters you in a drawing for a $25 gift card! Neatly tape, staple or glue one Box Top into each of the boxes below (25 tops total). Fill in your name, child s homeroom teacher, grade and gift card preference. Drop the completed sheet into the Big Orange Box Tops Box in the Hanes workroom or simply return to your child s teacher via the weekly packet. Enter as many times as you like - duplicate this sheet or print off from the Hanes website. Name: Homeroom: Grade: Circle your Gift Card preference: Target Barnes & Noble Dick s Sporting Goods Page 10