Newsletter of the Laytonsville Elementary School PTA BULLDOG BULLETIN. Presidents Message

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1 Newsletter of the Laytonsville Elementary School PTA BULLDOG BULLETIN Presidents Message October 14, 2011 CALENDAR Monday, 10/17: Walk for the Homeless; Start of Bus Safety Week Thursday, 10/20: PTA Board/ Business Mtg, 9:30 am Friday, 10/21: No School for Students, MSDE Convention Friday, 10/28: 1st Marking Pd ends; Halloween Parade & Parties, 2 pm Monday, 10/31: No School for Students, Professional Day for Teachers Tuesday, 11/1: Red Ribbon Week begins Thursday, 11/3: Market Day Pick up Hi Laytonsville Families! The Back to School Rush is over, fall is here, and with it comes many exciting PTA events! (Most are listed in this newsletter.) I encourage you to be part of one or all of these events in whatever way works best for you. Bring your child to Bingo Night. Volunteer at our Book Fair. Participate in the Sally Foster Fundraiser. Send in goodies for the Halloween parties. Eat out at Jersey Mike s during Laytonsville days. Your participation matters to your child and to our school. As well as welcoming participation, we also welcome your questions, comments, concerns and ideas. Keeping the lines of communication open between parents, teachers and staff can only strengthen our LES community. You are always welcome to attend our PTA Board/Business meetings which are held the third Friday of each month at 9:30am. Your voice matters! CyberNews, our PTA weekly news- letter is another great way to stay informed of upcoming events, happenings in the school, volunteer opportunities, and to read monthly PTA Business Meeting minutes. If you are not already signed up, please do so by sending an e -mail to carrie_bohrer@yahoo.com. Tell her your name, your child s name & teacher (this information is not shared!). Did you know that Laytonsville Elementary PTA also has a Facebook page? Click on like to get updates on news and events at LES. Our goal is to keep you informed so that we can build and maintain this thriving LES community of parents, teachers and students. We look forward to working together with you this fall! Have a glorious autumn! Stay in touch! Kim Braun kimburton@aol.com Other Important Dates to remember. Scholastic Book Fair November 8-11 Bingo Night Wednesday, November 9 5:30-7:30p Jersey Mikes Restaurant Fundraiser November PTA Board/Business Meeting Friday, November 18 9:30am Holiday Shop for Students December Holiday Concert & General PTA Meeting December 15 7pm PTA Board/Business Meeting Friday, December 16 9:30 am

2 Cultural Arts Improv4kids provided a wonderful performance for our elementary students. Their spontaneous wit and comedy made for a delightful show for the entire school. Thanks PTA for supporting such great arts shows! Plastic Caps & Plywood! PLASTIC CAPS and PLYWOOD! Yes we still need you to keep collecting all types of plastic caps. We need all sizes and colors. Keep collecting the bottle caps, but we also need margarine and sour cream lids, 5 gallon paint plastic lids, tennis ball can lids, etc... Along with the lids we need scrap plywood pieces and metal poles. The green team is close to starting an art project that will decorate our courtyards using recycled materials. Keep collecting all year as we will need thousands of lids! If you have wood to donate now, please contact Julie Knolmayer, , or knolmayer@comcast.net Please turn in your Entertainment Books! If you have any Entertainment Books still hanging around your house and you haven t paid for it, please send in money or return the book. Thank you! Safeway E-Script Thank you to all of the families who are participating in the Safeway escript Fundraising Program. The escrip funding for our school for August is $ Bull Dog Thanks! A huge thanks to Kristen Roe and all of the volunteers who helped make our Donuts with Dads event as spectacular as the weather! Thanks to Pam Martinez, Kristen Roe and Molly Murray for organizing the Cultural Arts Assembly last week. The students and teachers learned new and creative thinking skills watching and participating in Improv4Kids. One of the performers was a LES alum which made their visit extra special. Great find! Thanks again ladies! Thank you to Sharon Milza and her team of volunteers in the LES Media Center. They work every day to ensure our library is running smoothly and effectively. School Bus Safety Week Next National School Bus Safety Week: is October Students will write Thank You notes to their bus drivers and your PTA will give each driver an insulated LES lunch tote stuffed with treats in thanks for keeping our children safe to and from school each day! Halloween Parade & Classroom Our Halloween Parade & Classroom Parties will be held Friday, October 28, 2pm. Room Parents should be sending home letters with students about the Halloween Parties for each class. Your LES PTA gives money to each class toward the party so there should be no monetary donations required. You may be asked to donate snacks, drinks or items for goodie bags to offset the costs of the party. Remember, if you are donating a snack, it must be store bought and nut-free. This is to protect those students with food allergies. We hope you can make it to the parade and parties. It's great to see the students having so much fun! Page 2

3 The Laytonsville Elementary Fall 2011 Scholastic Book Fair will be held next month, Tuesday through Friday, November 8-11 in the Media Center. The book fair provides opportunity to volunteer at various times during the day and could use your help. We will be providing students the opportunity to preview the fair and make wish lists and need volunteers to help students find books, especially the lower grades. Also, during sales hours help will be needed running Scholastic s (easy to use) book check-out system and helping students find books. The times volunteers are needed are: Friday, November 4: Set-up Noon - 3:00 pm Book Fair needs your help!! Tuesday, November 8 Assist with classes making their wish lists while previewing the book fair 8:00am - 9:15am; 9:15am - 11:00am; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 1:00pm - 3:15pm Wednesday, November 9 Assist with classes making their wish lists while previewing the book fair 8:00am - 9:15am; 9:15am - 11:00am; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 1:00pm - 3:15pm Sales hours after school and during bingo night 3:15pm - 5:00pm; 5:00pm - 6:30pm Thursday, November 10 Sales hours before school, during lunches and after school during parents/teacher conferences 8:00am - 9:30am; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 1:00pm - 3:30pm; 3:30pm - 6:00pm Friday, November 11 Sales hours before school, during lunches and after school during parents/teacher conferences 8:00am - 9:30am; 11:00am - 1:00pm; 1:00pm - 3:30pm; 3:30pm - 6:00pm Break-Down: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Please let me know if you can help - even one hour would be helpful! Stacie Vodra - co-chair Fall 2011 Book fair (smbv@yahoo.com, ) Back by Popular demand, it s Sally Foster gifts & giftwrap Fundraiser! Part 2 of our PTA fundraiser: Sally Foster catalogs are coming home. This year, orders are delivered directly to the homes of the purchasers and you can sell online to family and friends! Orders due by November 4. Thank you! Page 3

4 Thank you PTA Members! The LES PTA would like to thank the following people for joining the PTA for the school year: LES Staff: Mary Arellano, Juan Aznar, Maggie Barnhart, Frank Beddick, Bernie Bidwick, Anne Bryant, Amy Buras, Jim Buras, Tami Carpel, Jennifer Casey, Kristin Chaffman, Sarah Cooper,Tania Dynda, Rosa Fanney, Pam Greaney, Karen Greene, Diane Griesser, Shelly Hedquist, Diane Hudson, Katie Hylla, Kelly Johnson, Sue Kelly, Sue LaRocca, Kathy Lippincott, Lubna Malik, Kimberly Murphy, Stacey Newby, Amy O'Leary, Haleigh Powell, Katie Raspa, Janet Ray, Marianne Reiff, Kim Rogers, Donna Sagona, Jeanette Simmons, Patty Skidmore, Denise Taltavull, Kathi VanHoesen, Janet Woolwine, Christine Young LES Parents: Faried and Teri Abrahams, Edward and Regine Abrams, Rob and Rosie Allan, Allen and Carrie Bohrer, Sean and Heather Boyle, Gary and Kim Braun, Steve and Lisa Broadman, Steve and Chris Brown, Joe and Cindy Cacace, Jorge and Kelley Cedillo, Andrew and Emily Currie, Greg and Jane Czarnopys, Don and Corey Derrenbacher, Brian and Karena Doto, Steve and Karen D'Ovidio, Jeff and Kelly Durr, Jason and Kathy Erb, Phillip and Diane Fitzgerald, Steve and Tracy Fogle, Mark and Effie Frankowski, Jared and Holly Friend, Chris and Teresa Ghion, Brian and Christie Green, Tony and Elizabeth Habib, Nathan and Jessica Hager, Jon and Laura Henning, Ivan and Robin Hicks, Nicole Hill and Charlemagne Orisme, Thomas and Elizabeth Hill, Mark and Shannon Hockey, David and Sally Inada, Karl and Kory Johnson, Ingrid Jaillier and Alejandro Jaramillo, Karl and Sandra Johnson, Kory and Lisa Johnson, Carolyn and Andy Katz, Bruce and Sara Kaufmann, Scott and Kim Kelly, Craig and Amy King, Bruce and Julie Knolmayer, Ron and Debbie Kubera, Lisa Latendresse, Joseph and Esther Lee, Harell and Dawn Little, Ronald and Kimberly Little, Jim and Tina Lutz, Kevin and Jennifer McAleer, Bob and Liz McClure, Charlie and Bette Mercer, Mike and Meg Mikula, Richard and Heidi Miller, Franco and Sharon Milza, Tim and Margee Mossman, Paul and Terri Mueller, Hank and Linda Nardone, Tom and Jackie Oneto, Ed and Louvenna Pallas, Mitch and Jenny Patterson, Bob and Belinda Platt, Michael and Jennifer Popek, Dan Prats, Jon and Bonnie Proch, Sadiq and Filza Qureshi, Ramesh and Srilekha Reddy, Nicholas and Mary Ellen Ritchie, Lucian and Jennie Romano, Jason and Elizabeth Rosenberg, Randy and Marina Sabett, David and Vicky Schneider, Earl and Brandi Smith, Gary and Hana Smith, Brett and Jessica Snyder, Dan and Linda Solomich, Joe Songer and Kathleen Lane, Gregory and Nancy Springer, Ray and Francine St. Denis, Ryan and Dawn Torres, Fred and Beth Turner, Andrew and Patti Twemlow, Will and Stacie Vodra, Travis and Dianna Wissink, Ravi and Nanci Yelisetty, Azeb Adere, Tammy Barney, Bill Blake, Kelly Brown, Kellie Burrelt, Lilach Chazoom, Donna Chee, Vanitha Chockalingam, Hazel Christensen, Taryana Cline- Thomas, Dana Diehl, Charlene Dillingham, Tuong Doan, Kay Docouto, Sofia Duque, Tracey Dyer, Kim Ehrenfried, Kate Ellison, Dongfang Feng, Casey Fernandes, Jenny Flanary, Angela Griffiths, Lisa Gruber, Ruchy Gupta, Diane Hayes, Ericka Hebron, Stephani Johnson, Annie Karp, Doreen Kaufmann, Susan Keeley, Pat Kees, Susan Kuhns, Margarita Kyrylova, Chris Lock, Carol Malinowski, Maira Mantzouranis, Michelle Marchessault, Cathleen Marose, Pam Martinez, Charlene Matthews, Moni Mazhari, Nora McGhee, Anita Modjarrad, Heidi Moore, Amy Morantes, Amir Nassaj, Laila Navarro, Jen Neukam, Sonia Orellana, Shelly Palacios, Linda Patch, Lonnie Pera, Jennifer Phillips, Kari Primozic, Bushia Queraishi, Bridget Ramazon, Laurie Rocha, Jean Rodberg, Paul Rodberg, Kristen Roe, Dias Roshani, Maritza Ross, Megan Russell, Angela Sammarco, Giannina Sanguinetti, Caroline Scace, Sue Shank, Anoushah Shokouhi, Beth Smith, Hana Smith, Michelle Stevens, Kimberly Straub, Samantha Veneruso, Jayalal Vinitha, Gayani Ware, Janice Ware, Wendy Wells, Dana Wershiner, Dena Wychulis, Robin Yoder, Steve Zullo Page 4

5 Food, Fun & Prizes Join us for Bingo Night on November 9, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in the Cafeteria. Watch your teachers call out Bingo numbers!!! Pizza and snacks are available for purchase Tickets are available at the door, 9 games for $3 and free dessert. PTA Members Directories are here! The Laytonsville School Directories are now available!!! Special thanks to Shannon Hockey and Margee Mossman who spent many hours of their time creating the wonderful LES Directory that we all rely on during the school year. If you have already joined the PTA for the current school year, then you will be receiving the LES Directory and PTA Membership cards in your child s backpack during the upcoming week. If you do not receive your directory or membership card by Friday, October 21 st, please contact Linda Solomich at or Lsolomich@ComNeticsInc.com. If you have not yet joined the PTA, it is not too late. You can use the membership form attached to this bulletin or print your own from the Laytonsville ES website, under Announcements, Join the PTA. Simply attach your payment to the form and send it into school in your child s backpack. We welcome your support! LES Target Rebate Program Thank you to all of the families who are participating in the TAR- GET School Fundraising Program. The most recent TARGET donation is $ It's not too late to participate! Simply sign on to target.com or call and register your Target Visa or Target Guest Card. Designate Laytonsville Elementary School (School ID #58152) and we'll receive 1% of your purchases made at any Target store or target.com and ½% of your purchases made elsewhere! Show your kids just how much you care - Take Charge of their Education! PTA Directory Contest Winner We want to thank all the 5 th graders who participated in the art work contest for the front cover of the LES Directory. The following 5 th graders participated: Elizabeth Blake, Brixton Perez, Kate Darakhshan, Annalise Litteria, Britney Le, Hailey Bohrer, Brooke Boyland, and Mary Hill. A big congratulation goes to Elizabeth Blake, from Mr. Beddick s class, who won the contest. Her winning drawing now appears on the front cover of the PTA Directory. We would also like to say thank you to Brixton Perez whose Bulldog drawing was so good that we have included his picture into the directory. The drawings were all so well done that it was very hard to judge them. We could tell a lot of hard work had been put into each drawing, and we would like to thank all the participants very much. Page 5

6 Join the Laytonsville Elementary PTA Join the PTA and become a part of the Laytonsville ES community feel involved, support your school, and remain informed on school activities and events. By joining the PTA, you help support many wonderful programs at LES including assemblies, festivals, cultural and science events, family fun nights, after school activities, as well technology puchases and classroom supplies. Also, as a PTA member, you will receive discounts at select vendors and receive a free school directory! Yes, I would like to support Laytonsville Elementary and join the PTA. No, I do not wish to join the PTA at this time, but please send me the school directory. Name(s): Phone: address: (Your address will only be used to notify you of PTA and school info and will not be shared with anyone.) Enclosed is $10 for one membership $18 for two memberships* (each parent is encouraged to join) $8 for the directory only (non-members) Please make checks payable to LES PTA. The school directory will be sent home with the specified child as soon as it is available: Child Teacher *Note for double membership: If you purchase two PTA memberships, you will receive 2 school directories. If you prefer to only receive one school directory, please check the box: Send me only 1 school directory. Also, be sure to register for Cyber News to receive weekly bulletins via as well as late breaking news and updates when available. Be in the know! Yes, sign me up for the LES PTA Cyber News. I m already signed up for Cyber News. No, I am not interested in receiving Cyber News at this time. Membership application and dues are required by January for the current school year. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

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Saturday 5:00 p.m. Eucharistic Minister Schedule September-November ministers plus Lead EM NAME NOTES Please remember that it is your responsibility to find a substitute if you are unable to serve when scheduled. Phone numbers are listed here, or you may Reply All to your e-mail list to reach your