Important Dates Tuesday, November 6 ~Spirit Night Wednesday, November 7 ~SDMC Meeting @ 3:30 Thursday, November 8 Preview Friday, November 9 Preview ~4th Grade: U of H Speaker Monday, November 12 Kickoff ~PTO meeting ~Hot Dog Night Tuesday, November 13 ~FAC Meeting @ 3:30 ~Grandparents Day: Pre-K, K, & 4th Grade ~Progress Reports go home Wednesday, November 14 ~Early Dismissal @ 12:30 pm Thursday, November 15 ~Grandparents Day: 1st & 3rd Grade Friday, November 16 ~Grandparents Day: 2nd & 5th Grade Saturday, November 17 ~Kolter Cantina Sunday, November 18 ~Chinese Dancers perform @GRB Wednesday, November 21 ~Thanksgiving break begins Thursday, November 29 ~Principal s Coffee with 5th Grade parents Friday, November 30 ~4th Grade hosts Teacher Appreciation KOLTER ELEMENTARY Kolter UIL Competition Results Kolter students represented the school well in last Saturday s UIL Competition held here at Kolter. The Kolter Team took 2nd place in Sweepstakes and won the team award in Listening and Number Sense. Congratulations to the following students who make us Kolter Cougar proud! Creative Writing 3rd place-julianne Cruz Impromptu Speaking Finalists-Cameron Chin, Sarika Kotha 3rd place-michael Lewinbuk 2nd place-noura Jabir Listening 2nd place-ella Wisdom 1st place-liam Stripling Maps, Charts & Graphs Finalists-Cameron Sutton, Rex Zhao 3rd place-adam He Music Memory 3rd & 4th 3rd place-michelle He 1st place-sofia McGreger Number Sense Finalist-Cameron Sutton 3rd place-matthew Alter 2nd place-adam He 1st place-matthew Kalmans Oral Reading Finalist-Jolee Levitin 2nd place-olivia Howard Public Speaking K-2nd 1st place-benjamin Joseph Public Speaking 3rd-5th Finalists-Miles Goldstein, Michael Lewinbuk Ready Writing 5th Finalist-Matthew Alter 3rd place-audrey Germany Social Studies Finalists-Adam He, Cameron Sutton Solo Acting 3rd-5th Finalists-Jolee Levitin, Avian Harris 2nd place-matthew Alter 1st place- Adam Remels Spelling 3rd & 4th Finalist-Joseph Georges 2nd place-leah Mei Guttentag & Alex Xu Spelling 5TH 3rd place-ella Wisdom November 6, 2012 Ms Thomas thanks the 33 parents who helped at the UIL Competition by directing competitors to event locations, grading papers, being callers and judges, and just helping with overall crowd control. Kolter volunteers are the best! Thank you for your amazing show of support for Spirit Night! Our next Spirit Night is this evening at Los Tios, 4840 Beechnut, 4:00pm - 9:00pm; they are ready for us! So please join us once again. Everyone is invited; be sure to wear your Kolter T-shirt! Look for your Spirit Night flyer in your child's communication folder; 20% of net sales will be donated to the Kolter PTO if you present the flyer while paying for your meal. We look forward to seeing you there; can't stay to eat? Get it to go and thank you for supporting your Kolter PTO! Only 11 days until we FIESTA Get your ticket before the event and save $5 per ticket! Not able to join us? You can still support Kolter and join in the fun by purchasing IPAD raffle tickets. You do not have to be present to win. Buy 5 IPAD raffle tickets and receive a 6 th ticket FREE! Kolter Cantina November 17 th - 7:00pm the Meridian in Bellaire Purchase event, drink, and raffle tickets online at www.kolterpto.com or after school on Wednesdays. If you have any questions contact Aimee Taylor at aalley_00@yahoo.com.
Hot Diggity Dog! Book Fair Kick Off! Join us for hot dogs on Monday November 12 th from 5:30 until 7:00p.m to kick off Kolter s annual Book Fair. We hope to see you there! We need volunteers! Please e-mail Karmi Irvine if you are able to volunteer or have any questions: kirvine1@sbc global.net. Congratulations to Audrey Freedman a 1st grader in Ms Gornall s class. She competed last Saturday at the Level 4 South State Gymnastics Meet where she medaled on bars with a 9.375 taking 5th place. Way to go Audrey; you make us Kolter Cougar proud! Box Top$ Competition Results Are In! The PTO sends a big thank you to all the wonderful students, parents, and teachers who contributed to this contest! In just 2 ½ weeks we ve collected over 13,000 Box Top labels! The winners of the Popsicle Contest are 2 nd Grade- Ms. CHARPIOT S Homeroom 3 rd Grade- Ms. GRIMM S Homeroom Congratulations to both classes! Please be sure to keep collecting your Box Top labels throughout the Fall for the next contest to be held in the Spring. Remember each Box Top is worth 10 cents and every cent counts. It adds up quickly when we work together. Thank you and keep the box top labels coming! Cynthia Chavez & Belva Punch Smith Box Top$ Coordinators Week of November 5 Kinder Carpool Duty Ms Silverman s parents Main Carpool Duty Ms Zatzkin s parents You Can Help Make It A Happy Grand Parents Day! Grand Parents Day is next week. We need parent volunteers to meet and greet our kids' Grand Parents and/or Special Friends and guide them to the Library Fair during lunch times. Please sign up for any duty time from 10:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on the following three days. Tuesday, November 13: Pre-K, K, and 4th grade Thursday, November 15: 1st & 3rd grade Friday, November 16: 2nd & 5th grade Please RSVP by email to lanpvyu@gmail.com or call Lan Yu at 932-229-0250. The PTO thanks you for your support! Week of November 12 Kinder Carpool Duty Ms Yeager s parents Main Carpool Duty Ms Minifee s parents Go For the Gold Membership Update The PTO membership drive is winding down and we thank everyone for their support! If you haven t already, it is not too late to join; email membership@kolterpto.com with any questions. The PTO extends special thanks to the families who have chosen to support PTO at the Silver ($100) level and above: Omer Ofleh Wade and Michele Howard Kenneth Hanson and Christina Kontos James and Brandy Andreatos Kirk and Crissie Wisdom Debra Islam Brad and Iris Sherman Congratulations to our most recent raffle winners: Joyce Brown Stewart and Ann and Greg Tuckwood! Please know, at any time, you can contribute to the many ways in which your PTO enhances the student and teacher experience at Kolter by making a donation at www.kolterpto.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.