Principal's Newsletter 12/8/11

What an incredible success this evening's K-4 Concert was!

Yes, those are the kinders whose bar on the graph stretches around the corner and across the bathroom wall!

Tonight I was able to announce that the One for Books drive has already raised about $800 (whereas we usually raise somewhere on the order of $40). I neglected, though, to properly thank all of the gracious volunteers for their efforts, along with Mrs. Becker, and Ms. Evans' 2nd graders who have counted every donated coin!

The best part is...the Book Fair is still open until noon on Friday! Come get your holiday shop-on.

Counties Pennies in 2nd Grade

Scholastic Book Fair (One for Books)

The Scholastic Book Fair is next week, Monday-Friday, and each student will have the chance to earn books for the library with the One for Books fundraiser. Every dollar donated will go directly to the school library. In addition, Scholastic will match every dollar and donate that to a charity nationwide.

Starting on Monday, December 5th, each student can bring in the designated coins and earn books throughout the week. Each classroom or homeroom will participate in a class coin challenge, and coins will be collected and counted on a daily basis.

Each day a student can bring in:

1. pennies on Monday
2. nickels on Tuesday
3. dimes on Wednesday
4. quarters on Thursday
5. any coin on Friday

In addition, each class will be rewarded directly with a new book from the fair for every $10 in class donations.

Starting the morning of Monday, December 5th, each classroom or homeroom will be given a One for Books donation jar to deposit their change and watch their donations grow. The jars will be picked up daily by 9am and given to the 2nd grade class for a coin count. If possible, please ask for student donations first thing in the morning. The 2nd graders will graph the donations, and the totals will be displayed in the hallway. The jars will be returned at the end of the day, for the next day's collection.

Principal's Newsletter 11/14/11

Quotes from participants in the wildly successful UNICEF drive organized by Megan G. and our Leadership students:

"Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am."

"Being part of UNICEF makes me see how much a small public school can do for less fortunate kids."

They are following it up with a "Be Thankful" canned food drive benefitting the Oregon Food Bank. Please join me in supporting our Leadership students in their service work.

And, in a related topic, we will soon be donating some very lovely coats and sweaters (and shoes, and pants, etc.) currently decorating the hallway between the Commons and Gym. We will pull anything with a name this week, but please do encourage your child to claim a Lost & Found item prior to Friday afternoon.