Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Health & Safety Week
Just a reminder for all you parents, Health & Safety Week begins next week. There will be lots of fun activities for all to enjoy. Watch for the flyer with all the details to be sent home with your kids. Thanks to Amy Peterson for putting Health & Safety Week together. What would we do without these wonderful parents. Let us all participate and make this a great Health & Safety Week!
Rod Works Giveaway Winner
The winner of the Rod Works gift basket was Stephanie Anderson. Congratulations to Stephanie! We hope she enjoys all the fun things from Rod Works. Thank you to Rod Works for their generous donation. Also, thank you to everyone who signed up to join the PTA. We appreciate all you wonderful parents out there!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
PTA Membership Benefits Clarification
The discount at Rod Works for PTA members is only good for a one time use through the month of September. If you haven't signed up to be a PTA member, it is not to late to sign up. Hurry into Rod Works to receive your 10% discount on your purchase. Thanks to all those who have signed up to be a PTA member!
September Newsletter
School News
Back to School Night for Parents
Please plan to attend our annual Back to School Night for parents on Thursday, September 3, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. That night we will meet the teachers, discuss school/classroom policies, procedures, and expectations. You can also join and sign up for PTA, and buy school T-shirts ($8)/cups ($1). Kindergarten parents are encouraged to attend the General Session, however, kindergarten teachers will not be available for classroom sessions since kindergarten already had their orientation.
The evening schedule is as follows:
· 6:00 - 6:30 General Session in auditorium/gym
· 6:40 - 7:00 Individual classroom sessions
· 7:10 - 7:30 Individual classroom sessions
New Faces Grace the Halls at Art City
It’s a brand new year; a time for new classes, new books and new staff members. We want to extend a warm welcome to the following individuals who have accepted positions at Art City School this year:
Mrs. Daybell - Keyboarding Technician
Miss Berger - Psychologist
Mrs. Burton - TK Teacher
Mrs. Hardman - TK Technician
Miss Dutson - Special Ed. Teacher
Mrs. Davis - Speech Pathologist
Mr. Woodruff - Speech Technician
Mrs. Holiday - Music Technician
Mrs. Campbell - First Grade Teacher
Miss Murdock - First Grade Teacher
Miss Haslam - Fifth Grade Teacher
Mrs. Lindsey - Librarian
Changes to SEP Conferences
SEP’s provide an opportunity for the parent, student, and teacher to meet for the purpose of reviewing student progress and setting goals for the coming months. This year, we are changing the way we schedule our SEP Conferences. The following is an outline of the dates. Please put these dates on your calendars and plan to attend. We will be scheduling appointment times between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Please watch for more details to come.
· September 24 4th-6th Grades
· October 29 1st-3rd Grades
· December 3 4th-6th Grades
· January 14 K-3rd Grades
· February 11 4th-6th Grades
· March 18 K- 3rd Grades
Hearing Screening
Hearing Screening for all K, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students will be held at Art City on September 11th, 2009. If your child does not pass the first screening (many times due to cold or congestion), or is absent, we will do re-screenings two weeks later. If your child does not pass the second screening, we will contact you. If for any reason you do not want your child’s hearing screened, please contact Lorie Reese at
489-2820 or lorie.reese@nebo.edu.
Vision Screening
Vision Screening for all K, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade students will be held at Art City School on September 9, 2009.
Fridays
Fridays are the day to show your school spirit by wearing your school T-shirt or sweatshirt or wearing the school colors (blue and yellow).
PTA NEWS
A Quick Note from the PTA
Welcome to a new year of school! It’s just the beginning of the year and we already feel like saying thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who do so much for your kids and the school. It is all of you that make Art City Elementary such a great place to be. The PTA theme for this year is “Celebrate Children” which was chosen to help us all remember what our focus is in the PTA organization--our children! Let us all remember to look for the best in not only our own children, but all children. Have a great year!
PTA Meeting
Our first PTA meeting of the school year will be held September 1st at 10:00 a.m. in the teachers lounge. All members are invited to attend.
PTA Membership Benefits
Rod Works has offered to give 10% off your entire purchase to anyone who can show their new PTA membership card. It is not too late to sign up to be a PTA member. With the discount from Rod Works, the $5 membership fee just might pay for itself!
Room Mothers
We will be having a Room Mothers Tea sometime in September. If you have signed up to be a Room Mother, our commissioner, Megan Wilson will be contacting you with more information soon.
Thank You
A big thank you to Christy Brenchley and her committee for all the hard work they did on our school T-shirts. They are a big hit!
Reflections
It’s the new school year, and that means it’s time for Reflections! This is a great opportunity for our wonderful Art City students to showcase their creativity, and we look forward to seeing the fun things your children will do with this year’s theme. The Reflections theme this year is “Beauty is . . .” Each student may submit one entry per category in as many of these categories as he/she would like: Literature, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Dance, Film/Video, Theater, and/or Three-Dimensional Art. Each submission must reflect the theme and be the new, original work of one student, without assistance from others (parents, teachers, friends, etc.) except in special cases. Students can pick up entry forms and category rules in the front office, or you can find them on-line at www.artcitynews.blogspot.com or www.utahpta.org/individual.htm. Please be sure that all rules are followed and that the forms are filled out completely; failure to do so could result in the student’s entry being disqualified, and we would hate to see anyone’s hard work turned away because of an oversight. Entries are due to the front office by October 9. If you have any questions, call Stacey Hatch at 801-489-8474.
Green Ribbon Month
September is Green Ribbon Month. We will be having Health and Safety week September 14th - 18th. Some of the activities we will be having that week are a bike rodeo, walk to school day, and a safety poster contest just to name a few. Also, that week we will be collecting Emergency Kits from the children to keep in their
classroom. A flyer about the kits will be sent home the week before Health and Safety week so parents can get those ready to send to school.
Volunteers
Please make sure to record all of your volunteer hours. This is important information that the PTA reports to the State. This includes time spent in classrooms, helping outside the classroom (even babysitting for someone who volunteers in the classroom) and work spent as part of a PTA committee. The volunteer sheet is located in the office for you to report all of your volunteer time. We highly value volunteers and the time that they spend. Our programs wouldn’t be successful without our great volunteers!
Art City Blog
Please feel free to check out the Art City Blog at artcitynews.blogspot.com. Here you will find more information about upcoming events, happenings at the school, and pictures of different activities at Art City.
Calendar
September 2009
September is Green Ribbon Month
(Health & Safety)
Sept. 1 PTA Meeting 10 a.m.
Sept. 3 Back to School Night 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 4 3rd Grade to Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
Sept. 7 Labor Day (No School)
Sept. 14-18 Health & Safety Week; Emergency Kits Collected
Sept. 15 Election
Sept. 17 5th Grade to Shadow Mountain
Sept. 24 4th - 6th Grades SEP”s 3:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 DDD (No School)
Rod Works has offered to give 10% off your entire purchase to anyone who can show their new PTA membership card. It is not too late to sign up to be a PTA member. With the discount from Rod Works, the $5 membership fee just might pay for itself!
Room Mothers
We will be having a Room Mothers Tea sometime in September. If you have signed up to be a Room Mother, our commissioner, Megan Wilson will be contacting you with more information soon.
Thank You
A big thank you to Christy Brenchley and her committee for all the hard work they did on our school T-shirts. They are a big hit!
Reflections
It’s the new school year, and that means it’s time for Reflections! This is a great opportunity for our wonderful Art City students to showcase their creativity, and we look forward to seeing the fun things your children will do with this year’s theme. The Reflections theme this year is “Beauty is . . .” Each student may submit one entry per category in as many of these categories as he/she would like: Literature, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Dance, Film/Video, Theater, and/or Three-Dimensional Art. Each submission must reflect the theme and be the new, original work of one student, without assistance from others (parents, teachers, friends, etc.) except in special cases. Students can pick up entry forms and category rules in the front office, or you can find them on-line at www.artcitynews.blogspot.com or www.utahpta.org/individual.htm. Please be sure that all rules are followed and that the forms are filled out completely; failure to do so could result in the student’s entry being disqualified, and we would hate to see anyone’s hard work turned away because of an oversight. Entries are due to the front office by October 9. If you have any questions, call Stacey Hatch at 801-489-8474.
Green Ribbon Month
September is Green Ribbon Month. We will be having Health and Safety week September 14th - 18th. Some of the activities we will be having that week are a bike rodeo, walk to school day, and a safety poster contest just to name a few. Also, that week we will be collecting Emergency Kits from the children to keep in their
classroom. A flyer about the kits will be sent home the week before Health and Safety week so parents can get those ready to send to school.
Volunteers
Please make sure to record all of your volunteer hours. This is important information that the PTA reports to the State. This includes time spent in classrooms, helping outside the classroom (even babysitting for someone who volunteers in the classroom) and work spent as part of a PTA committee. The volunteer sheet is located in the office for you to report all of your volunteer time. We highly value volunteers and the time that they spend. Our programs wouldn’t be successful without our great volunteers!
Art City Blog
Please feel free to check out the Art City Blog at artcitynews.blogspot.com. Here you will find more information about upcoming events, happenings at the school, and pictures of different activities at Art City.
Calendar
September 2009
September is Green Ribbon Month
(Health & Safety)
Sept. 1 PTA Meeting 10 a.m.
Sept. 3 Back to School Night 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 4 3rd Grade to Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
Sept. 7 Labor Day (No School)
Sept. 14-18 Health & Safety Week; Emergency Kits Collected
Sept. 15 Election
Sept. 17 5th Grade to Shadow Mountain
Sept. 24 4th - 6th Grades SEP”s 3:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 DDD (No School)
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