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 PRESIDENT'S NOTES:
**Thank you (in advance) to Maggie Krupkowski and Barby Kodys for arranging this year's Field Day events and for all the parents who volunteered to supervise activities. Hopefully the weather held out, and everyone had a great day! **Thank you to Yvette Bonin who was responsible for putting together the Monday Minutes this year and to Suzanne White who copied and distributed them every week, as well as doing all of the rest of the copying for the PTO! **Thank you to Jen Houlihan and all the parents who worked so hard (and quickly) to circulate our school's library books to the classrooms. **Thank you to Cindy Custer for her dedication to "clipping labels" and for heading up fundraising this year. Our many activities could not have been supported without her hard work. **Thank you to Mrs. Klein, Mrs. Farrow, and the dedicated staff of the Sargent School for working so hard to make this year a positive learning experience for our children. **Thank you to every parent and family who contributed to the PTO and helped us make this a successful year for the children and staff. Your contributions helped us to accomplish the following: - Throw a Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
- Provide monetary support to all teachers and specialists at the start of the school year
- Fund all Enrichment Council programs for the school for the year
- Provide mini-grants through the school council
- Purchase four interactive white boards for the school
- Fund the yearbook
- Fund the Sargent Destination Imagination Teams
- Contribute towards Town-wide PTO projects
- Fund school beautification costs and to set aside monies for playground upgrades
- Fund the Teacher Appreciation week gifts and luncheon
- Fund the New England Aquarium Whale Day for the 4th and 5th grades
- Donate books to the teachers and specialists though the Scholastic Book Fair
- Defray busing costs for field trips
- Paid for popsicles for all Field Day participants
The PTO cannot exist without parental support, thank you again to all who contributed their time and energy to support our children and staff. Have a wonderful summer! ****The school's computer keyboards are in need of cleaning before they are put away for the summer. Anyone able and willing to help may contact Martha LeGrow at legrowm@northandover.k12.ma.us. ****It would be appreciated if all outgoing committee chairs could contact either Snowy Satterwhite at jimsnowy@yahoo.com or Mary Wirtz at mewirtz@comcast.net with the contact information for your replacements. INTERESTED IN BEING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL? The PTO needs to fill a very important function for the up-coming school year. We need 2 - 3 energetic, creative people to co-chair fundraising. We are only able to fund such activities as enrichment field trips, the arts, and purchase mimeo boards through fundraising. We are open to new ideas and venues for raising money. If you are interested in this very important position, please contact Mary Wirtz at mewirtz@comcast.net. We are also looking for a newsletter editor for the Monday Minutes. This job can be done from home and takes minimal computer skills. If interested please contact Yvette Bonin at ylbonin@comcast.net 5TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE AND “ROCK ON “ PERFORMANCE
When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Where: 5th Grade Classrooms and Cafeteria
Time: 7:00-7:25 Open House 7:30-8:00 "Rock On" Performance
The Open House tour of the 5th Grade classrooms begins at 7:00PM--take a peek at writing, math, science and social studies!All 5th graders wearing costumes for the "Rock On" performance need to report to the Art Room at 7:20.
5th Grade Teachers will be lining the classes up in the homerooms to go to the cafeteria at 7:25, at which time parents and families can proceed to the cafeteria to enjoy the show! This is a musical revue which will showcase the history of rock music from the 1950's to the 1980's. Fifth Grade Families
Please read today’s 5th Grade Flash for important student and parent volunteer information on the 5th Grade Picnic outing to Brooks. (This Wednesday, June 18th; Rain Date Thursday, June 19th) ** Be sure to review the Brooks School Pool Rules on the reverse side. **PTO FUNDRAISING Final Golden Scissors Award of the School Year Goes To...
Mrs. Gaffny’s class in K1! These busy clippers have sent in over 210 Box Tops since February!
The traveling trophy will proudly be displayed in K1 for the rest of the school year! Congratulations!
Clipping Captains, remember to keep on clipping throughout the Summer. Collection baggies will be coming home this week.
Help us break our old record for next Fall! You can do it captains! This year we only fell short of $2000 by only $200. There are hundreds of participating Box Tops products and new products being added each year! You may be surprised what has Box Tops now. Visit: www.boxtops4education.com
See Green with Red Own a Target card? Already registered as a supporter for our school? Thank You! This school year you helped us raise almost $800 in free money! Not registered? Visit: www.target.com/tcoe and learn how you can become a supporter through the Take Charge of Education program.
North Andover Youth Hockey Learn to Skate and Learn to Play Hockey programs are accepting registration for the 2008/2009 season. If your child is interested in participating in either program, please visit our web site at www.knighthockey.org or e-mail Lou Capobianco at lkcap@aol.com for information. North Andover Soccer "Don't forget to register for North Andover Soccer's Summer Camp,
August 4-8 at the High School. Visit www.nasoccer.com and click on "Summer Camp 2008 Registration HAVE A WONDERFUL, SAFE AND FUN SUMMER To submit announcements please e-mail Yvette Bonin at ylbonin@comcast.net or call 978-725-0120. Deadline Friday at 5:00pm. Priority will be given to announcements submitted before this time. After deadline, priority will be given to Sargent items as space allows. I will send a reply/receipt when I receive your message, if you do not receive a reply please check back. |
