November Newsletter

School News

CHANGE IN PICTURE MAKE-UP DAY
Picture make-up day is now scheduled for November 5th. Please remember to send your child’s picture packet with them that day.

Help Keep Art City Students Healthy
Please help us to minimize the spread of germs at our school!
· DO NOT send students to school unless they have been fever free for 24 hours.
· DO NOT send students to school if they have an appointment the same day to be diagnosed for an illness.

Fitness Challenge
The fitness challenge for November is to be active for at least 30 minutes for most days of the week (4 days a week-18 days total). Two things to think about before this challenge:
· What is an activity or activities you can do most days of the week?
· What time can you do this activity most days of the week?
Some examples of activity may include brisk walking, swimming, riding a bike, jogging, hiking, playing basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, jump rope, or working in your yard. Get out and have some fun!

Excuse Your Children
Please remember to call the office in the morning if your child will be absent. Thank you for your help in this matter.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser
On November 5th we will begin our school fundraiser. Some items offered for sale are cookie dough, cheesecakes, pies and soft pretzels. The money earned through this fundraiser will be used for technology and books. The fundraiser will run through November 13th and the items purchased will be back on November 19th.

Pick-up and Drop-off
Please remember that the church parking lot adjacent to the school is available for the use of parents for picking up and dropping off. For the safety and ease of students and parents we strongly urge you to make use of this parking lot when you pick-up or drop-off your children. You can park in the parking lot and wait for your child or walk the short distance to the school. Thank you for helping us to keep all of our students safe.

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

Healthy Lifestyle Month
November is PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month. There are some great resources at PTA.org/goodchoices that give you simple ways to be healthier everyday. Remember when sending treats to school, the school district and PTA are really encouraging us to make sure they are healthy or non-food items. Also, when helping with holiday parties there are great ideas on familyfun.com for healthy and fun snacks and /or extra craft ideas if you want to do away with the party treat altogether. Have a great month!

PTA Meeting
The PTA meeting for this month is November 3 at 10:00 in the teachers lounge. Everyone is invited! Please note that we will not be having a PTA meeting in December.

Volunteer of the Month
Our volunteer of the month is Kiz Lister. She has spent many hours helping at Art City. Thank you for all your help!

Thank You!
We have a lot of people to thank for all the great activities we had last month. As we have said before, we could not do anything without our great volunteers!
Thank you to Mrs. Hadlock for organizing the Red Ribbon Week activities and also the members of our Health and Safety committee that helped her out. Custom Events, the company that provides us with our carnival each May, gave us a free day with 3 of their rides that we used in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week, so thank you to them as well.
Thanks to Sarah Sumsion and her committee for their help on picture day. All of the school t-shirts should be handed out (unless you have been informed otherwise) and we love them! We want to thank Christi Brenchley for all her work with that.
Thank you to Stacy Hatch and her committee for all of their work on the Reflections program. We had a great turn out, so they had their work cut out for them!
Thank you to Mrs. Lindsey, Jennifer Follette and their committee for a WONDERFUL Book Fair!

Christmas Tree Wish List
Believe it or not, next month is Christmas! If you are thinking of buying your child’s teacher a gift for Christmas, we wanted to remind you that in December we will be posting our Christmas trees by each teacher’s door. Each tree has ornaments on it that list some of the things teachers might need in their classroom. This is a great resource for teacher gift giving ideas. Please remember that giving a gift to a teacher is optional.

Reflections
We saw some great participation in Reflections this year! We had over 100 entries! We have some great talent in our school. To us on the Reflections Committee, beauty is seeing all your children who participated. Thank you to all the parents who supported your children by encouraging them and helping them to fill out entry forms and follow the rules for their category. And to the children who entered: We admire your hard work and your enthusiasm to participate. Great job!

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
November 2009
Nov. 3 Elections and PTA Meeting
Nov. 5 Picture Make-up Day
Cookie Dough Fundraiser Begins
Nov. 6. Reflections Assembly 9:30
6th Grade College Day
Nov. 13 Cookie Dough Fundraiser Ends
Nov. 18 SCC
Nov. 19 Cookie Dough Delivery Day 11:30-4:00
Kindergarten Indian Day
1st Grade Program for Parents 7:00
Nov. 20 Kindergarten Pilgrim Day
Nov. 24 4th Grade to Symphony
Nov. 25-27 No School----Thanksgiving Break


Happy Thanksgiving!