MARCH 23, 2017 Cooper Mountain PTO Newsletter School Contact Information Office Phone 503-356-2070 School FAX 503-356-2075 School Attendance Hotline 503-356-2071 PTO Contact Information PTO Website: www.coopermountainpto.com PTO Facebook Page www.facebook.com and search for Cooper Mountain Elementary PTO NEXT PTO MEETING April 25, 2017 7pm, Library NEXT SCRIP ORDER April 10, 2017 Next Order NEXT DINING FOR DOLLARS April 17-18, 2017 Pastini VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Science Fair, Cougar Run, Silent Auction Events March 24 Report Cards go home March 27-31 Spring Break Notes From the Board April 3 at 8:45am Principal Chat It s hard to believe that the end of March is already upon us and it s almost time to create a budget for next year! If you haven t already, please review the 2016-2017 budget and send us your feedback and ideas by April 15th. The budget can be downloaded from the PTO website, located here: http://www.coopermountainpto.org/ 2016-2017-pto-budget/ In case you haven t heard, positions are still available for the PTO board for the 2017-2018 year. Check out the flyer included on page 3 of this newsletter or send us an email at coopermountainelementarypto@gmail.com to find out more. There are also multiple events looking for volunteers: science fair, Cooper Mountain Family Luau and Silent Auction and a chair for next year s Cougar Run, our biggest fundraiser for the year. Please log in to my volunteer page to sign up for a shift or two. Please take a moment to check out the exciting Book Fair and Chess Club News! Also look at Classroom Coordinator corner for the themes of this year s baskets! April 6 at 5:30pm Kindergarten Roundup April 10 Next Scrip Order Due April 12 Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon April 13 at 6pm Science Fair April 17-18 Dining for Dollars at Pastini April 25 at 2:30pm Third Grade Music Informance April 25 PTO Mtg 1
In This Edition Notes from the Board 1 Science Fair and Event Volunteer Coordinator Corner (Cougar Run) 2 Open PTO Board Positions 3 Scrip 4 Fundraising (Benefit, Red Robin, Box Tops, Labels for Education, Amazon Smile) 5 5th Grade News 6 Walk and Bike to School, Box Tops Drive, Chess Club News 8 Dining 4 $s and Classroom Coordinator Corner 9 Book Fair News 10 Cub Scouts Flyer 11 Flyers (5th grade, Luau, Scrip) 14 Science Fair The science fair is coming up quickly and we need your help to make it a success! Please go to the http://app.betterimpact.com/ Login website and sign up to help set up or review projects. Thank you! For questions or concerns please email coopermtsciencefair@gmail.com. Event Volunteer Corner 2017-2018 Cougar Run Cooper Mountain is in need of a chair to help plan/coordinate the 2017-2018 Cougar Run. This is the year's biggest fundraiser and we need a team of volunteers to get started. You would have all the support and help needed! This is a great opportunity for a group of friends to work together and raise funds for field trips, parties and more! 2
Cooper Mountain Elementary PTO We are building a great team for the Cooper Mountain Parent- Teacher Organization (PTO) board next year. Join the team whose mission it is to help our school! We ve filled many of our positions but still have the following opportunities available. Parents who take this opportunity to join the PTO board, will be voted in at the April 25th PTO meeting and will take over board responsibilities at the May 30th PTO meeting. Please email us at CooperMountainElementaryPTO@gmail.com for more info! Being a part of the PTO board, you will help the PTO provide the following for the school: Classroom Supplies; Staff Appreciation Events; Family Events - Gingerbread Night, Harvest Festival; Field Trips; Science Fair; Class Parties; Art Literacy; Ideas and Coordination for Fundraising; school and classroom enhancement funds and much more. 3
Scrip Next Scrip order will be on Monday, April 10th Thank you to everyone who submitted an order last week. The PTO earned $93.00 Spring has sprung and it is that time of year for gardening! The Scrip program offers gift cards to Home Depot, Lowe s and ACE Hardware to name a few. As always, you can use your Scrip cards for all your shopping, gifting and dining needs. Remember that the cards you purchase from Scrip never expire and are great to have on hand for all the places you frequently shop. Consider your normal stops like grocery stores such as Fred Meyer, Safeway, New Seasons, Whole Foods and Bales/Lambs Thriftway in addition to retail/ department stores. Need something for your family's pet(s)? Scrip offers Petsmart gift cards too! Expecting guests in the near future? Then treat them out to dinner at the Olive Garden or Old Spaghetti Factory. You can also catch a movie at Cinemark or Regal Cinemas. Now available is the Adidas $25 gift card which can be used at the retail store in downtown Portland, outlet stores in Tanasbourne & Woodburn, online at www.adidas.com and the Employee Store (if you have access). Another great deal being offered through this program is a $50 VISA prepaid card that has NO activation fee. Cooper Mountain PTO earns 1.5% on each card sold. This prepaid card comes with the ability to earn up to 5% bonus back on the card when used at 70 participating merchants (those bonus funds are added to the balance on the card within10 days of the purchase transaction). Visit MyPrepaidCenter.com/site/visa-scrip for a complete list of merchants and more information. All orders are accepted until 3pm on the day of the order! Place your order sheet, check made payable to "Cooper Mountain PTO" and a "Permission for Delivery" form into the box (located on the wall of the Volunteer Room). Thank you for supporting Cooper Mountain Elementary School by ordering SCRIP! Links to order forms (printed forms are available in the hallway at school): Scrip form: http://www.coopermountainpto.org/scrip/scrip-order-form/ Permission form: http://www.coopermountainpto.org/scrip/scrip-permission-form/ Raande Sharp and Marcela Oblad Your Scrip Team 4
Fundraising For Cooper Mountain Elementary RED ROBIN FUNDRAISING This convenient mobile app allows you to buy and use gift cards at the click of a button. You don't have to worry about losing the cards you purchase and they never expire. Download the Benefit app today from the app store, choose Cooper Mountain Elementary, link either a credit card or bank account, and shop at many of the participating retailers. Every retailer you purchase a card from will give a percent back to Cooper Mountain (the % is different for each vendor). Just remember the value of your card is still the same, which makes this the easiest fundraiser ever! BOX TOPS, LABELS FOR EDUCATION AMAZON SMILE FUNDRAISING Continue collecting your Box Tops and Labels for Education! Please contact Laurie at neirual@hotmail.com or check out www.boxtops4education.com/. Please remember that expired box tops or the ones without expirations dates cannot be accepted. You can tape the date back on if you ve accidentally cut it off. Look below for March collection drive information. #StartWithaSmile at smile.amazon.com/ch/ 93-1122701 for your purchases and Amazon donates to Cooper Mountain Elementary PTO. 5
5th Grade Updates Calling ALL Cooper Mountain Families! 5th-grade "Bouncing for Bucks" fundraiser at Sky High Sports!!! TONIGHT!! March 23rd from 4:00-8:00 PM Come join the fun and bring a friend or two! It's not just a 5th-grade event, EVERYONE is invited! Don't forget your "Bouncing for Bucks" slip that your child brought home. Here is a sheet of four slips if you need more. One "Bouncing for Bucks" slip per child is needed to get credit for the Cooper Mountain. (FYI-If you are sending your child/children with another adult please find Sky High online and sign a "Jumping Waiver" for your children prior to their jump time.) Thank you and we hope to see you there!! It s a 5th-Grade Fundraiser but EVERYONE can come jump! Contact Rhonda at hygieneqn@comcast.net with any questions or concerns. Another set of Bouncing for Bucks slips is below for easy printing. Reminder: 5th Grade Parents Reminder memory book Parent Ads due this Friday March 24th. 6
Bouncing for Bucks School Fundraising For every attendance slip collected during your event time, we will donate $4 per jumper to your school! Bouncing for Bucks School Fundraising For every attendance slip collected during your event time, we will donate $4 per jumper to your school! School name: Jump date: Every jumper must turn in this slip upon arrival. Everyone must have a signed waiver. Go to www.por.skyhighsports.com to fill out the online waiver. If you are over 18, please bring ID. If under 18, your parent must sign the waiver. School name: Jump date: Every jumper must turn in this slip upon arrival. Everyone must have a signed waiver. Go to www.por.skyhighsports.com to fill out the online waiver. If you are over 18, please bring ID. If under 18, your parent must sign the waiver. 11131 SW Greenburg Rd. Tigard Or. 97223 503.924.5867 11131 SW Greenburg Rd. Tigard Or. 97223 503.924.5867 Bouncing for Bucks School Fundraising For every attendance slip collected during your event time, we will donate $4 per jumper to your school! Bouncing for Bucks School Fundraising For every attendance slip collected during your event time, we will donate $4 per jumper to your school! School name: Jump date: Every jumper must turn in this slip upon arrival. Everyone must have a signed waiver. Go to www.por.skyhighsports.com to fill out the online waiver. If you are over 18, please bring ID. If under 18, your parent must sign the waiver. School name: Jump date: Every jumper must turn in this slip upon arrival. Everyone must have a signed waiver. Go to www.por.skyhighsports.com to fill out the online waiver. If you are over 18, please bring ID. If under 18, your parent must sign the waiver. 11131 SW Greenburg Rd. Tigard Or. 97223 503.924.5867 11131 SW Greenburg Rd. Tigard Or. 97223 503.924.5867 7
Walk And Bike To School We look forward to seeing you rain or shine during the next event on April 5th. March Box Tops Drive MARCH BOXTOPS DRIVE! SUBMIT YOUR BOXTOPS THIS MONTH! The contest has been extended to accommodate Spring Break! Submit your Box Tops For Education by April 15th to earn money for our school and prizes for the winning classroom! Thank you to those who have already submitted their box tops! Cooper Mountain has a new Box Tops Collection Box. Please look for it near the school's front entry. Please Remember: Submit your Boxtops in a zippered bag or sealed envelope with your teacher's name on it. Send in only whole Boxtops with the expiration date and any acronyms intact. If you accidentally rip one, you can tape it back together. Any questions? Please email Laurie Chakravorti at neirual@hotmail.com Chess Club News Congratulations to the Cooper Mountain Chess Club! The Cooper Mountain chess club was invited to compete in the Chess for Success state tournament on Friday, March 10. The annual tournament was held at the Portland Convention Center. Chess club sent 7 students: Ryan Lu, Ryan Shandy, Raghavan Narayanan, Evan O'Malley, Mason Lewis, Ashok Mann, and Isabel Shandy. The club placed 4th overall! Great job kids! Ryan Lu and Ryan Shandy also qualified to compete in the Individual Tournament the next day. Ryan Lu placed 2nd overall. What a great tournament! 8
Dining For Dollars Our next Dining 4$ is April 17 and 18th at Pastini. More information and a flyer will be shared closer to the date. Our fundraiser at Pizzicato last week raised a total of $624! Thank you for participating and supporting Cooper Mountain Elementary! Classroom Volunteer Coordinator Corner Our Spring Luau and raffle is sneaking up fast! As many of you know, part of our spring fundraising event, each classroom collects donations that are put into a themed basket that gets raffled off at the event. Below is the list of the themes per grade. Donation bags will be in your classrooms soon and you can begin bringing in your donations as early as next week. Thank You in advance for your support! The bags will be labeled "Basket Donations". 2017 SPRING LUAU THEMES ARE... Kindergarten Summer Movie Nights (movie theater gift cards, redbox rentals, DVDs, soda, popcorn, candy, pizza gift card) 1st Grade Arts and Crafts 2nd Grade Backyard Fun 3rd Grade Pot-O-Gold (Lottery Tickets) 4th Grade Gardening 5th Grade Family Game Night S.C.C. Spa *You may be receiving more information from your teacher and your classroom volunteer very coordinator soon. Thank you for your support, Rhonda Carnell PTO Classroom Volunteer Coordinator hygieneqn@comcast.net 9
Book Fair News The official numbers are finally in and our BOOK FAIR was a huge success!! Cooper Mountain families and friends brought in $11,062.35 at our BOOK FAIR which is AMAZING! After all the accounting was completed by Scholastic and all the bonuses added up, Ms. Paul gets to use $6,134.29 in Scholastic dollars! She can use it to buy hundreds of books, educational materials, furniture and so many other things for the library, all from Scholastic. We want to thank each and every one of you that helped make this happen! Thank you to the families and friends who came in to shop and those who shopped online! A special THANK YOU goes out to all the volunteers who came in and helped out! Thanks to Renae Nylander, Melissa Hallnor, Nick Wilson, Missy Wolfe, Sudha Nappinnai, Lauren Pearson, Erzsebet Podolyak, Suzanne Albrich, Krissa Ferguson, Megan Douglas, Sarah Fletcher, Jennifer Hoffman, Lisa Boyle, Diya Khothule, Amy Starkey, Sandra Raff, Raande Sharp, Brian Gee, Misa Nikonov and anyone else who helped and whose name is not written here! It was great working with you all! We cannot say Thank You enough! Sincerely, Rhonda Carnell and Angel Hankel Co-Chairs and Mrs. Paul, Librarian 10
COOPER MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY PTO NEWSLETTER MARCH 23, 2017 Come have fun with Pack 383! Whether it is tubing at Snow Bunny on Mt. Hood or community service, Cub Scouts Pack 383 knows how to have fun. Interested in joining us for our next service project? Just let us know! Saturday, April 8th, 2017. Join us to celebrate Arbor Day with the City of Tualatin and Clean Water Services at the Tualatin Community Park! This planting is part of the Tree For All campaign which has planted over three million native plants in the Tualatin River Watershed in the past decade! Clean Water Services, Friends of Trees, thousands of volunteers, other non-profits, city partners, and private landowners will be working together this season to continue the success of this program. 8:45 am to 1 pm. Please contact the Cubmaster, Brian Weselak, at cubmaster@pack383.info to RSVP for this event, or for general Cub Scout questions or information. 11
Parent Ads for 5 th Grade Memory Book! The Memory Book committee invites all 5 th grade parents to purchase a commemorative Ad to your child. The ads will be published in the 5 th grade Memory Book. The money earned through this fundraiser helps pay for the memory book and the end of the year party. Each ad includes a candid picture of your child (that you submit) and 2-3 sentences of congratulations. The message you write can be to your student and/or the entire 5 th grade. The picture needs to be from your child s elementary school years (no baby or preschool pictures). Pictures can be just of your child, of your child doing an activity outside of school (dance, sports, etc.), a family picture, or one with your child and his/her friends. Your choice! Ads cost $7.00. Checks payable to Cooper Mountain PTO. Any questions? Please email Jennifer Hoffman Krh0923@msn.com (member of the Memory Book Team). Please email your picture and message to Jennifer Hoffman krh0923@msn.com. Fill out the form below and submit with payment to the Cooper Mountain office no later than Friday, March 24 th. Cut here-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------cut here- Memory Book Parent Ad Student Name Teacher Parent (contact) name Email address Phone Number **Attach $7.00 payment to this form. Checks written to Cooper Mountain PTO Payment DUE to the school office no later than March 24th. Picture Emailed to krh0923@msn.com no later than March 24th. 12
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