Volume 21 Issue 16 Smoky Row Elementary April 20, 2012 900 West 136th Street, Carmel IN 46032 www1.ccs.k12.in.us/sre/home Mrs. Kim Barrett, Principal Office 571-4084 Editors: Gaya Boyers &Jennifer Goodspeed Mrs. Jill Smith, Asst. Principal Attendance 571-4086 Ann-Marie Adams, PTO President Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, Student Services Coord. FAX 571-4088 Visit the PTO Website http://myccs.ccs.k12.in.us/sre/pto April 25 April 30-May 4 May 4 May 8 May 9 May 17 May 18 May 24 May 25 UPCOMING EVENTS 5 th Grade Music Program ISTEP Testing Smoky Row Spirit Day Muffins with Mom - 7am Talent Show 6:30pm Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 9:00 am General PTO Meeting 9:30am 4 th Grade Music Program 6:30pm PTO Old Board/New Board Brunch Track and Field Day Last full day of School 5th Gr Recognition 8:30am 5 th Gr Celebration lunch 11 am Staff VS 5th Gr Volleyball 12:30 Report Cards- All Grades Teacher Workday Table of Contents Page 2.Box Tops Update, Your PTO Dollar s at work Page 3.Muffins with Mom Page 4.Rocket Rebates Page 5 Rocket Rebates order form Page 6.Smoky Row Talent Show Green Team Page 7.Emergency Texts Page 8.Supply Box Order Form Page 10...Thank you from the PTO, Follow up on Twitter Reminder from the office: Please be sure that all your phone numbers and email addresses are current via MYCCS account. Thank you! All forms and past Rocket Reviews can be found on the PTO website
ROCKET REVIEW 2 BOX TOP We hope everyone had a GREAT Spring Break!!! From now until May 24 (last day of school!) we want to really push our Smoky Row families to collect Box Tops! Every student should have brought home a Meijer Box Tops flyer for April. From April 19 May 2 you can earn 20 Bonus Box Tops when you purchase any 5 or more participating Totino s products, Old El Paso products or Pillsbury Refrigerated Dough products in a single transaction. What an easy way to help Smoky Row! You will also notice on the other side of the Meijer s flyer 20 spots for Box Tops! How great if everyone could fill those spaces with Box Tops and turn in the flyer!!! Our April 20 winner of the Dairy Queen gift card will be published in the next Rocket Review. In the meantime, collect and turn in your Box Tops! Our final drawing for this year will be on Friday, May 18. Let s go for broke! Check out the Box Tops website: www.boxtops4education.com. YOUR PTO $$$ AT WORK! Thanks to all of the generous support and donations received for the Shamrock Soiree, Smoky Row PTO is delighted to be able to announce that we are able to grant all items from our teachers wish-list! (This is on top of all the support already committed to this year!) Wish-list items include: Literacy books & Materials, Calculators, Math Materials, Science Equipment, Versa Tiles Language Art Centers, Language Materials, Supplemental Reading Materials, Indiana History & Famous Hoosier Reading Materials, New Computer SRE 5 This touches every classroom & grade from EC thru 5 th Grade now & directly benefits our children! When we all pull in the same direction, what great goals we can achieve! What a great school community we have THANK YOU!
ROCKET REVIEW 3 Muffins With Mom: The Annual Muffins with Mom event is scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2012 in the School Cafeteria. All moms are welcome to share in this special event with their children prior to the start of school (7 am to 8 am). Smoky Row Dads will be putting on the event in honor of all the great Smoky Row moms. A special call out to all Smoky Row dads to assist with set-up for the event. The set-up will be on Thursday evening, May 3rd, at 6:30 p.m. in the Smoky Row Cafeteria. This will take no longer than 45 minutes. Please e-mail Mike Roth or Michael Pallotta with any questions, mroth@eichhorn-law.com or Michael.J.Pallotta@rolls-royce.com Ordering 2012-2013 School Supply Kits Smoky Row 2012-2013 School Supply Kits - We've gone Green! We are pleased to announce that school supply kits will be ordered online and then shipped directly to your home. Please see the attached order form for pricing and ordering instructions!
ROCKET REVIEW 4 Place your ROCKET REBATE order today! Don t forget to stock up on Rocket Rebates for all your summer break needs! Planning on catching some great summer flicks? Pick up a Regal gift card today! Be prepared for those pesky mosquitos with a Target gift card. Complete your order with a Shutterfly card -- the perfect way to capture your summer vacation memories. When you purchase a ROCKET REBATE gift card, you re purchasing prepaid cards that are used just like cash. THERE IS NO MARKUP. A $25 ROCKET REBATE gift card is equivalent to $25 cash and Smoky Row PTO makes a percentage of each gift card sold. How to place an order: Simply fill out your selections on the enclosed order form Be sure to indicate delivery information if you give us permission to send your gift cards home with your child, fill out the enclosed waiver form Return your check made payable to Smoky Row PTO with order form and waiver to school in an envelope marked Rocket Rebates Rocket Rebate orders are due Wednesday, May 2nd. The orders will be filled and delivered by Friday, May 11th. Questions: Ann Smith ( HYPERLINK "mailto:carmelsmiths@yahoo.com" carmelsmiths@yahoo.com), Kerry Freiberg ( HYPERLINK "mailto:kerfre@att.net" kerfre@att.net) or Kim Hauser (khauser@indy.rr.com).
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ROCKET REVIEW 6 Summer Celebration Smoky Row Talent Show! Friday, May 4, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Smoky Row Auditorium It's that time of year again for all SRE students to show their talents! Everyone is invited to perform his unique talent individually or with a group. You may include a family member or friend in your routine if you wish! ALL ACTS, SOLO OR GROUP, CAN BE UP TO ONE MINUTE LONG. Practices for Kindergarten, second and fourth grades will be Monday, April 30th at 2:30 p.m. after school. Practices for First, third and fifth grades will be Tuesday, May 1st at 2:30 p.m. after school. There will be a Mandatory dress rehearsal Thursday, May 3rd at 4:30 p.m. This year's show will have a summer celebration theme, but you are not required to do a summer themed routine. Start spreading the news! Get your friends, family, neighbors & anyone you can think of to attend the best variety show ever at Smoky Row! Barnes and Noble Shopping Day - April 21 st Celebrating Earth Day! With a special performance by the Green Team Stay tuned to the Rocket Review for more details
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ROCKET REVIEW 9 Children's Museum Event -- THANK YOU A HUGE thank you to the PTO for sponsoring the Children s Museum National Geographic Treasures of the Earth event at Smoky Row. Close to 400 people were in attendance and there were some very interesting hands-on activities for our families! Also thanks to Mrs. Barrett, the Smoky Row Staff, and the many volunteers who helped make the night a success! We would not have been able to have the program without you! Follow us on Twitter @myccs and also @SmokyRow1 The Rocket Review The Rocket Review is the Smoky Row newsletter published by the school PTO. There will not be a Rocket Review the weeks when there is no school on Friday. The DEADLINE for the next Rocket Review is Wednesday April 25 at 5:00 p.m.(publication May 4th The entire schedule for the RR is online. Please submit articles via e-mail. The Rocket Review editor will e-mail confirmation insuring receipt of your article. If you are submitting a separate page to be attached to the Rocket Review, please remember to get it approved through Mrs. Barrett and make the copies yourself. Please include your name, phone number and the committee/group that is submitting the article. Email your article(s) to Editor: Gaya Boyers boyers3gaya@gmail.com CC Jennifer Goodspeed jbgoodspeed@yahoo.com & Ann-Marie Adams ann-marie.adams@sbcglobal.net