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1 The George Washington October 2011 A MEMBER OF GW Community Newsletter George Washington Elementary School White Plains, NY CONTENTS Principal Mungin's Message Principal s Comments PAGE 1 President's Letter From Our GWPTA Leader PAGE 1 Habla Español? Artículos Traducido PAGE 2 GW News & Events PAGE 2 & 3 Dad's Day Photos PAGE 4 & 5 Noteworthy and Interesting Page.. PAGE 6 OCTOBER EVENTS 10/6 Deadline for Fall Fundraiser Orders 10/10 Columbus Day, Schools and offices closed 10/12 WP PTA Council Committee for Special Needs Meeting, 7:00 pm WPHS Media Center 10/15 GW Playground Fund Fall Tag Sale, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 10/17 Board of Education Meeting, 7:30 pm Ed House 10/18 GWPTA Meeting, 7:00 pm 10/20 PTA Council Meeting 7:30 pm Ed House 10/21 Anti-bullying assembly, grades K-5 10/24-10/29 GWPTA Fall Book Fair 10/25 GW Family Reading Night, 6:30-8:00 pm (Book Fair open) 10/29 Halloween Bash 1:00-3:00, (Book Fair open 12:00-3:00 pm) Principal Mungin's Message Summer has officially ended and we are beginning to feel the crisp signs of Autumn. The beginning of the year at GW has been a busy one! The PTA organized our Fall pictures and for the first time in several years were able to take photos outside. Our first PTA meeting was very well attended and many initiatives were outlined for the year. We are looking forward to offering parent workshops that will focus on instructional practice and at home supports to encourage academic success. Our Dad s Bring your Child to School breakfast, co-sponsored by the Youth Bureau and PTA was attended by over 200 families and was featured in the White Plains Patch. Thank you to all who played a role in making it such a huge success. I continue to be impressed with the commitment and support of the GW family. We certainly have the makings of a strong partnership. I am looking forward to our journey towards excellence. From the President's Desk The cooler weather is creeping up on us and so are two of our fantastic Fall events - the Fall Book Fair and Halloween Bash! Our Fall Book Fair kicks off on Monday, October 24th and is open for shopping during the school day as well as during Family Reading Night on the 25th and Halloween Bash on the 29th. Come stop in and shop with your children! Our Halloween Bash on the 29th will be a great family fun event with crafts, a magician, and "Trunk or Treating"! Be sure to watch backpack mail for information about both these October events. I hope you can join us! Sincerely, Deidre Kimble STUDENT DIRECTORY FORMS ARE OVERDUE!! If you would like to be included in the Student Directory, which provides names, classes, and phone numbers for all your GW friends, you must return the Student Directory form ASAP! Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, NFPA Page 1

2 El Mensaje de Mungin Principal El Verano ha terminado oficialmente y estamos comenzando a sentir el friecito del Otoño. El inicio del año en GW ha sido uno muy ocupado! El PTA organizó nuestras fotografías de Otoño y por primera vez en varios años pudimos tomar las fotos afuera. Nuestra primera reunión del PTA estuvo muy bien atendida y se delinearon muchas iniciativas para el año. Estamos buscando ofrecer talleres para padres que se enfocarán en prácticas instruccionales y apoyo en casa para exhortar el éxito académico. Nuestro desayuno de Papás Llevan su Niño a la Escuela/Dad s Bring your Child to School, co-patrocinado por el Youth Bureau y el PTA fué atendido por más de 200 familias y fué presentado en el White Plains Patch. Del Escritorio del Presidente del GWPTA El clima frío lento pero seguro que nos llega y también dos de nuestros eventos fantásticos de otoño - La Feria de Libros de Otoño y La Rumba de Halloween! Nuestra Feria de Libros comienza durante el día escolar el lunes, 24 de octubre. Estará abierta para ir de compras durante la Noche de Lectura Familiar el 25 de octubre y la Rumba de Halloween el día 29 de octubre. Venga de compras con sus hijos! Nuestra Rumba de Halloween el día 29 será un evento familiar muy divertido con manualidades, un mago, y "Trunk or Treating"(las familias pueden decorar los baúles de sus carros y repartir confites y Gracias a todos quienes jugaron un papel importante en hacer de este un gran éxito. Yo continúo estando impresionada con el compromiso y apoyo de la familia de GW. Nosotros ciertamente hemos formado un gran compañerismo. Esperamos continuar nuestro viaje hacia la excelencia. dulces en el estacionamiento trasero de la esquela) Estén pendiente del correo de mochila para obtener mas información sobre estos dos eventos en octubre. Espero que puedan acompañarnos! Cordialmente, Deidre Kimble The Fall Book Fair is Here! To the Book Fair and Beyond! Reading is Out of This World! is the theme of GW s Fall 2011 Scholastic Book Fair, to be held during the week of October 24th through October 29th. Get ready to blast off for a great week of out-ofthis-world books and giveaways as well as some great new surprises! No matter what planet you re from, we ve got your books!! Everything from the Milky Way and planets, to patriotic texts, the Bad Kitty series, pro wrestling, the 39 Clues series, Judy Moody and Fancy Nancy!! Waiting for the new Wimpy Kid book to arrive? Jeff Kinney s latest title, Cabin Fever, will be released on November 15 and Book Fair shoppers can get an exclusive opportunity to pre-order the book for delivery in November. Of course, we ll be taking prepaid orders for all books as usual, so no worries about our running out of your favorite titles before you get to shop. There will be a wide variety of space themed books, seasonal books, as well as other fiction and nonfiction titles for all reading levels! Go to to search for available titles before you hit the Fair!! There are endless shopping opportunities available this year. The fair will be open to teachers only on Monday, October 24th for Teacher Preview Day. Every teacher who attends the Preview on Monday, between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, to complete their wish list, will get a $10 gift certificate, as well as entry into a raffle for $50 worth of books or other materials. The Fair hours for Tuesday October 25th through Friday October 28th will be 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. In addition to our regular scheduled class visits during the week, the Fair will be open during Family Reading Night on Tuesday, October 25th, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Make sure to attend this fabulous event as our guest readers will feature books from the Fair. The Fair will also be open for business during the Halloween Bash on Saturday, October 29th, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, so come and shop in costume! Completed teacher wish lists will be available during all of these events so please consider buying books for your child s classroom or specials teachers libraries. We will be holding the Fair on the stage in the auditorium again this year, which made for smooth traffic last year, as shoppers enter through one backstage door and exit through the other, via the adjacent hallways. Those of you who shopped with us last year experienced Scholastic s new electronic scanning cash register that really helped to speed up sales and provided printed receipts for Page 2 all purchasers, regardless of method of payment. The One for Books program will continue this year. Please keep an eye out for flyers and pledge slips coming home in backpacks the week before the fair. Your generous donations to this program allow the PTA to provide vouchers for books to children who may not otherwise be able to make a purchase and ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to bring home a new book that they love. Volunteers are needed to help make this event a success. Please make sure to fill out and return the flyers that are sent home, or check out the GWPTA website for a copy. Come be an intergalactic star and help make reading blast off for all of our shining GW stars! Better School Bonanza Starting September 19, vote for GW every day at Once registered you can go to the website and vote every day through October 28th! All schools that get 500 votes automatically win $500!!! The grand prize for the most votes is $10,000!!!!! If every family at GW votes, we already win $500!!! Please vote as often as you can, Thank you!

3 Let s Do the Monster Mash! Calling all ghosts, goblins, witches and superheroes! Please join us for a spooktacular time at the 13th Annual GW Halloween Bash Saturday, October 29, :00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Grades K-5 Come in your favorite costume and we ll have a howling good time being entertained by Mario the Magician, playing games, crafting, & trunk or treating. Specific details to come by Backpack Mail. Volunteers are urgently needed. Please contact Kristine Holden at or kristine_holden@hotmail.com A GWPTA Family Event! Please No Drop Offs. GWPTA ANNUAL ELECTION DAY BAKE SALE Date: Tuesday, November 8 Place: GW Elementary School Lobby Time: 7a.m. 4p.m. COME TAKE A STROLL THROUGH OUR 11TH ANNUAL COOKIE WALK! Please consider donating baked goods, soups, raffle items, and/or your time to man tables during the sale. Look for details in the upcoming flyer. Please, any and all help will be greatly appreciated. To volunteer, please contact: Kristine Holden at or kristine_holden@hotmail.com Page 3 GW Family Reading Night Tuesday, October 25th 6:30-8:00pm Calling all readers!!! Come one; come all to the fabulous reading wonderland. You will hear some of the best stories read by some of the best readers in Westchester County. Don t miss the return of this wonderful event. Noche de Lectura Familiar en GW Martes 25 de octubre 6:30-8:00pm Llamando a todos los lectores!!! Venga uno, vengan todos al fabuloso paraíso de la lectura. Usted escuchará algunas de las mejores historias leídas por algunos de los mejores lectores en el Condado de Westchester. No se pierda el retorno de este hermoso evento. The GW Playground Fund is gearing up for it's first Annual Fall Tag Sale on October 15th from 9am to 3pm! We need all your unwanted household items, toys, games, books, clothing (in good condition), etc. We also need your baked goods to sell at the sale. Contact Gina Norfleet at or gwplayground@gmail.com for more information about donating and about helping out at the Tag Sale. All money earned goes to the GW Playground Fund - help our kids get a playground to inspire their minds and their bodies!

4 DAD'S TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL DAY On September 20th, GW was happy to welcome our dads, granddads, and other relatives and friends to Dad s Take Your Kids to School Day, which was organized by the White Plains Youth Bureau. GW had a great turnout for the event, with more than 200 students and their dads attending. Mrs. Mungin read What Daddies Do Best, by Laura Numeroff and asked the children to draw and write about what their own dads do best. Frank Williams, Executive Director of the White Plains Youth Bureau spoke to the attendees, as did Mayor Tom Roach and Dr. Chris Clouet, Superintendent of White Plains Schools. The message of the day was that dads and other male role models can help kids realize the importance of education by getting involved in their children s school. Page 4

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6 Noteworthy & Interesting STOP & SHOP A+ BONUS BUCKS PROGRAM The GWPTA will have the opportunity to earn cash through the Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Bucks Program. All you have to do is log on to to register online OR call to register your card over the phone. After you register your card, each shopping trip at Stop & Shop using your Stop & Shop Card earns CASH for our school! Please be sure to register your card to benefit George Washington Elementary School using ID # Thank you for supporting our school. GWPTA Membership Please remember to return your membership forms and join the GWPTA. Questions? Contact Silvia Andrade at or Wrapping Up the Fall Fundraiser Fall Fundraiser orders must be submitted by October 6. Please contact Gina Norfleet at if you have any questions. Just A Gentle Reminder Please fill out parent info forms and the free/reduced lunch application and return to school ASAP. It is extremely important that the school have the latest, most up-to-date info in their files. GWPTA meeting October 18, 7:00 pm Free Babysitting Door Prizes Refreshments Translation Speaker: Principal Laura Mungin Topic: Looking at NYS Tests, Intervention-Block (I-Block), and Great Books Box Tops = Cash For Us! Remember to turn in those Box Tops you've been saving all summer! Place them in an envelope clearly marked with your child s name and teacher, and have your child drop them in the PTA box in the GW office by October 14. Visit boxtops4education.com for coupons, recipes, special offers and information about this great program from General Mills. White Plains PTA Council s Committee on Special Needs October 12, 2011, 7 pm WPHS Media Center March 7, 2012, 7 pm WPHS Media Center May 30, 2012, 7 pm WPHS Media Center Take advantage of these opportunities to meet other parents and key people involved in Special Education in the district. In addition, find out more about how you can get involved. ************************ George Washington Elementary School Parent Liaisons to PTA Council Special Needs Committee: Michael & Stephanie Bellantoni (914) Looking Forward 11/8 GWPTA Election Day Bake Sale, 7:00 am-4:00 pm Schools closed for students 11/11 Veteran's Day, Schools & Offices closed 11/14 Board of Education Meeting, Ed House 7:30 pm 11/24-11/25 Thanksgiving vacation, Schools & Offices closed 11/29 GWPTA Meeting, 7:00pm Please visit for a complete list of GWPTA events, meeting dates, and contact information. All Hail Caesar (Salad, That Is!) Wednesday Salad Bar Needs Volunteers!!! Help us serve your children healthy lunches. Come in one Wednesday a month, every week, or just one time. To set up a time, please call Amera Shampnois, GW School food manager, at THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON THIS PAGE ARE PAID SPONSORSHIP ADS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ADVERTISING, CONTACT SUZI BRYDEN AT S_BRYD@YAHOO.COM Page 6 GWPTA Executive Board President... Deidre Kimble ; deidre_kimble@yahoo.com 1st VP Membership... Silvia Andrade ; sviciedo@hotmail.com 2nd VP Faculty Rep... Marybeth Stefano ; mstefano@wpcsd.k12.ny.us 3rd VP Class Parents...Kristine Holden ; kristine_holden@hotmail.com 4th VP Communications...Hope Scully ; hopescully@verizon.net 5th VP Programs... Cynthia Predmore ; scpredmore@optonline.net Recording Secretary...Joy Overzat ; joyoverzat@optonline.net Treasurer... Nancy Petrucci ; nancyp1185@gmail.com Bilingual Liason...Laura Reidy ; lauramreidy@gmail.com PTA Council Rep...Stephanie Bellantoni ; cervoni246@msn.com PTA Council Rep...Myrna Kara ; mbmskara@msn.com General The George Washington News The General News is published monthly during the school year and is made possible with funding from the GWPTA. Thank you for your contributions! Deadline for submissions for the November 2011 issue is October 21. Editor: Suzi Bryden Designer: Andrea Caridi Ideas, Comments, Suggestions? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Contact Suzi Bryden (914) or s_bryd@yahoo.com