KOLTER ELEMENTARY. Calling All Bakers! For 5th Grade Parents International Night Is Almost Here! Important Dates.

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1 Week of October 22 Kinder Carpool Duty Ms Glapion s parents Main Carpool Duty Ms Kyle s parents Week of October 29 Kinder Carpool Duty Ms Yerkovich s parents Main Carpool Duty Ms Charpiot s parents Important Dates Week of October ~Red Ribbon Week Wednesday: Kolter gear Thursday: Western cloths Friday: Book Character parade Wednesday, October 24 ~Early 12:30 Friday, October 26 ~Report Cards go home Monday, October 29 ~Free Dress Day Tuesday, October 30 ~5th graders take home Middle School Application papers Thursday, November 1 ~Bellaire Young Mother s School Forum ~Great American orders delivered Friday, November 2 ~International Night Saturday, November 3 ~UIL Kolter Monday, November 5 ~Magnet Awareness Week Tuesday, November 6 ~Election Day 7 am-7pm be sure to vote! ~Election Day Bake Sale ~PreK, LifeSkills, PALS to Old McDonald s Farm-8:30 ~FAC 3:30 ~Spirit Night Wednesday, November 7 ~SDMC 3:30 KOLTER ELEMENTARY Calling All Bakers! We are planning an awesome Bake Sale for Election Day Tuesday November 6th. Our Kindergarten Garden really needs a facelift; other outdoor areas need work as well. We hope to raise a lot of money for our outdoor areas. Please help us organize and run this fundraising event. We will set up tables on the front porch to sell bake goods; we hope to ask Election Day visitors for donations for our pre-packaged baked goods. YOU can help in the following ways: Baking and delivering any of the following on Monday morning, November 5th: cookies, brownies, blondies, macaroons, scones, mini muffins, muffins, cake pops, sweet rolls, or kolaches; Please no cupcakes. Packing during the day - Monday, November 5th. Staffing the tables on Election Day. Voting opens at 7 am and closes at 7 pm. If you are available early, late, or during the day please let me know. Please send questions and offers of help to pilarhernandez@gmail.com. Thank you! Pilar Hernandez October 23, 2012 For 5th Grade Parents On October 30th your child will come home with a brown envelope that will include all documents necessary for Middle School applications. Kolter will provide one set of documents; please make additional copies as needed International Night Is Almost Here! Kolter's International Night Is Next Week! Friday, November 2nd 6:30-8:00 p.m. Thank you to all Kolter supporters who have offered to volunteer for the event. It's not too late to helpplease see the volunteer form in today's folder. We are still in need of donated bottled water; please leave your donation in the front office with your name attached. Advance ticket sales and t-shirts sale forms are due this Thursday, October 25th! Event tickets will also be available at the door the evening of International Night. We hope to see you there for a fun night of music and food from around the globe! Do you want to help to grow vegetables for our kids at Kolter? This Saturday and every Saturday from 8:30 until 10:30 a.m. we will be working and learning in the Kolter Garden. Please join us! This Saturday s topic: Weeding and caring for our veggies. Entrance is through the pond gate on Runnymeade. We hope to see you there. Wear hats and closed shoes and bring water. Kids are welcome with adult supervision.

2 Hot Diggity Dog! It s time for the Book Fair Kick off! Join us for hot dogs on Monday November 12 th from 5:30 until 7:00p.m to kick off Kolter s annual Book Fair. Please see the flyer on how to preorder your dinner in today's Communication Folder. Make checks payable to Kolter PTO. We hope to see you there! We need volunteers! Please Karmi Irvine if you are able to volunteer or have any questions: kirvine1@sbc global.net. GO FOR THE GOLD! Third Graders Put it In the Net At Elite Level Friendship Soccer Tourney Seven Kolter third graders led the Westbury Wolves Soccer Team to an outstanding finish as runners-up in the Missouri City United Soccer Association Friendship Soccer Tournament on Sunday, October 14th. One of the area's largest soccer events, the Friendship Tournament hosts highly competitive teams from around the Houston area. Starting players from Kolter include Drew Cohen and Chris Jacinto from Ms Grimm s class, Braylon Ferguson from Ms Hiller s class, Max Hueske from Ms Gardner s class, and Philip Paczkowski, and Rishi Venkateswaran from Ms Henderson s class. Will Doyle-Madrid from Ms Hiller s class also contributed as a substitute player. All players helped to earn the Wolves' 14 goals and three of four wins en route to a spectacular finish. Way to go guys; you make us Kolter Cougar proud! it is time for the final sprint as we head toward the PTO Membership drive finish line! If you haven't made your membership pledge yet, it is not too late to help us reach our goal. If you join on-line at Kolterpto.com you will be included in a drawing at the end of the membership drive for another area restaurant gift certificate! You may also use the envelope you received at the beginning of the year or pick up an envelopes in the school lobby. Please join today and help us reach 100% participation. We are also continuing our weekly Menchies raffle. So join today and don't be left out of next week's raffle. Wings Over Houston Air Show: Ellington Airport October Pumpkin Festival: Oil Ranch through October 31st Texas Renaissance Festival: Through November 25 texrenfest.com Orders to be delivered November 1 st (Mix Bags orders will arrive soon!) Parents, PTO Thanks you so much for your participation in the Great American portion of your PTO Fall Fundraiser! Great American products will arrive next Thursday, NOVEMBER 1 st. Orders will be delivered to your child s classroom for them to bring home via 3:00 pm pick-up, bus, or Extended Day pick-up. PLEASE CONTACT LISA SUTTON DIRECTLY - mamasutton@live.com or if you prefer to pick up the Great American order yourself or have someone to pick up the order for you. Again your Kolter PTO thanks you for your support Lisa Sutton-PTO Fall Fundraiser Chair mamasutton@live.com / It is the policy of the Houston Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, handicap or disability, ancestry, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or political affiliation in its educational or employment programs and activities.

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