PTA Goals for 2008-2009

Art City Elementary PTA

Goals for 2008-2009

Based on the response of the Needs Assessment Survey we have determined the following 3 areas as our focus for the 2008-2009 school year:

Promote Respect for Authority and Good Behavior toward Others

Eagle Eye--We look forward to participating in a brand new program at Art City called Eagle Eye. This program will reward all students throughout the year for going the extra mile, being kind to others and showing gratitude. Our Student Council will be running the program.

The Nation's Largest Teacher Thank-You Card project. An effort to collect thousands of thank-you messages to teachers from individuals across the nation. Our message is simple: Thank a Teacher! This project was created in response to an NEA poll revealing that the gift nearly half of all teachers would most like to receive is a simple "thank you."

Still searching for a fun assembly with this focus.

Strengthen Parent/Family Involvement in School

Communicate more effectively-monthly emails along with flyers, announcements, newsletters to parents with reminders of upcoming events and activities.

Opportunities to be more involved in our children’s education. We are planning an upcoming Parent Volunteer Day. Possibly adopting the program Three 4 Me. See more at: http://www.three4me.com/about.htm

Monthly invitations to join and participate in our PTA board meetings. If not able to be there, meeting minutes will be available on the Art City Elementary PTA blog at http://artcitynews.blogspot.com/

Encourage and Promote Healthy Nutrition in the lives of our students

Participate with the Nebo School Districts Healthy Lifestyle Challenge

Sponsor a fun assembly, Mont Magic’s “Mission Nutrition”. This assembly teaches children the value of nutrition in a fun and exciting way. To learn more about this assembly and ways in which parents can become involved go to the following web sites: http://www.hypnomontmagic.com/MARS.html

http://www.nebo.edu/healthychallenge/Campaigns/Introduction_signup.pdf

Fun, yummy and healthy snack ideas and tips in the monthly PTA/School newsletter

T-shirt Updates

Just a reminder that this Thursday is Art City Elementary's SEPs from 3:00 to
8:30 PM. Our much anticipated t-shirts and sweatshirts will be available to pick
up that night. See you then!

Message from the President

We had a GREAT Green Ribbon Week last week with all kinds of fun, prizes,
celebrities and good information for every student at Art City Elementary.
I took a minute to quiz my kids about what they learned from the week and I
was pleasantly surprised to hear they knew almost all the bike and walking
safety rules and planned on practicing them.

A BIG THANKS to Cory Fisher, our Health and Safety Commissioner, along with
her fabulous committee. They put in many hours and we thank them for it and
hopefully our children remembered to thank them as well.

We look forward to Red Ribbon Month coming in October!

Good luck to all helping and participating this week with our Book Fair.

You're all amazing!

Thank you.

Kellie Chatfield

More Health and Safety Week Fun

Today is Funky Eyeglasses day and the children were surprised to find the mascot of UVU welcoming them to school. The Wolverine gave out many hugs and high-5s.

September PTA meeting minutes

Art City PTA Meeting
September 2, 2008 10:00 a.m.
Minutes

Attendance: Kellie Chatfield, Sarah Ferrin, Jeni Neel, Arryn Patten, Dave Rowe, Lori Borget,
Jennifer Follette, Kim Jepperson, Mandi Jeppson, Cory Fisher, Stephanie Petersen, Margi Fullmer,
and Niccole Webster.

Called to Order: 10:05

Kellie Chatfield: Discussed first day of school. Meetings will be on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Also, about the T-shirt designs that were printed wrong and the company is redoing them.

Reflections: Kim Jepperson talked doing a reflections assembly to get the word out about the WOW theme.

Needs Assessment: went over the most important ones that we needed to talk about, Respect and Self Esteem, School Violence and Bullying, and Nutrition. Nutrition will be the first time we will focus on the topic but we could focus on healthy food, beverages, screen time and have a score card idea. An idea was mentioned about having Mont Magic come and give a presentation (space theme) about healthy nutrition.

Mr. Rowe: Introduced Nischelle Morgan, the Teacher VP. Discussed the Eagle Eye Tickets-recognize kids who are doing good job and give them a slip. The school keeps the carbon copy and prizes will be drawn from the slips in the mornings. An idea about having names in plaques and student council will run it with Mr. Rowe. Discussed which Fundraiser Dessert we want to do by paper votes. Discussed the Ken Garff “Road to Success”, they provide prizes and have 2assemblies with big prizes.

Polo Shirts: Nischelle is getting response from teachers. Discussed parent volunteer day with concerns for too many parents helping, some left out who can’t come. Came up with idea of having moms and muffins/dads and donuts for coming in and reading to child.

Stephanie Petersen: categories for recommendation to update needs assessment for ease.

Secretary Duties: Niccole Webster discussed e-mailing minutes to PTA members. Idea for a blog for updated info from meeting, Kellie agreed for idea.

Treasurer: Lori Borget discussed T-shirt and member income so far. Discussed sales tax reimbursement and needs to find certificates to claim. Asked all the save receipts for reimbursement. Also, the counting of money needs to have 3 people present.

Newsletter: Mandi Jeppson discussed the deadline is 15^th-20^th for submissions and the new blogsite is a go. The address is Artcitynews.blogspot.com.

Membership: Sarah Ferrin discussed the membership of 210 this year and 10% were males. Volunteer hours need to be marked and accounted for. She will call monthly to submit hours to log for parents coming and helping and maybe have incentive for helping hours.

Legislative: Arryn Patten gets e-mail from PTA child adv., anything that affects children.

School Pictures: Sarah Sumsion discussed same pictures and plan for spring pictures.

Health and Safety: Cory Fisher discussed Green Ribbon Week for 15^th-19^th of September. Wednesday will be walk to school day. She talked to Springville Police Department to come on Tuesday afternoon for bike safety and some police will bring their Harleys for fun with bike run. She will make handouts.

Bookfair: Jennifer Follette discussed the Safari theme and had activities planned out.

Halloween: Laurie Edwards discussed the Article circle certificates for students and needs to get 730-750.

PTA goals: Kellie mentioned nutrition as main one she wants to work on. Discussed PTA meetings being opened up to all.

Adjourn 11:10

First Day of School

The PTA welcomed the students back to school with a pencil to start out the new year. Thanks to the kids who helped and to Mrs. Pearce for the pictures.

Bike Safety - Daily Herald Article

The Daily Herald did an article on the assembly yesterday. Click on this link for more information.



http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/280789/17/

Health and Safety Week Bike Safety Assembly

It's Health and Safety Week this week. Today we had a great assembly given by the Springville Police about bike safety.

Eagle Expressions September Newsletter

Eagle Expressions
September 2008

PTA News




Welcome back to school!

Our PTA is ready for action and hopes all our staff and students had a rejuvenating break and are excited for another great year.

Art City PTA needs you!

Join the largest volunteer organization in the state! We need you! Here are the top 5 reasons why you should join PTA.

1. A good part of your membership fee stays at Art City. The money is used to fund programs and events at our school. For example, last year we matched a grant for Mrs. Luther's music program.
2. Being involved in PTA is a great way to get to know the faculty and staff at our school.
3. Speaking of faculty and staff, being involved in PTA is a great way to support our hardworking teachers.
4. You can choose the level of involvement you want to have. You can sign up to volunteer or you can be satisfied knowing that you have financially supported the great events and programs at Art City.
5. Being involved in PTA is a great way to get to know the members of the community, especially other parents and neighbors.

Memberships are only $5.00 to join.

Thank You!

A big thank you goes out to Jami Welch for all her hard work as the School Shirt Commissioner. Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out on registration day, Open House and Back to School Night.



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 of 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!



PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:00 A.M. in the faculty room. This is for all Executive Board Members and Commissioners. It's important for all commissioners to be in attendance because committee information, including volunteer sign up sheets, will be handed out. We will also discuss upcoming events.





School News

Reflections

Every year in Utah nearly 60,000 students enter the Reflections program and students at Art City Elementary always excel. Last year one of our amazing students, Laurine Giraud-Carrier even won at the state level! The original categories of Music, Photography, Visual Arts, and Literature, have been expanded to also include 4 additional categories: Dance, Theater, 3D Film and Video. The Reflections theme this year is an awesome one:

“WOW!"

With such an exciting theme, there couldn't be a better year to enter. There will be prizes for everyone who participates. Entries will be due October 15th so don't wait and start creating your “WOW!" art today! More info to come. Rules and entry forms available in the office.



Green Ribbon Month

September is Green Ribbon Month. The Green Ribbon Month program focuses on the prevention of injuries from pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes. We have chosen the week of September 15th-19th to focus on child pedestrian safety and we will be having several activities this week. Mark your calendars for our bicycle safety activity on Tuesday, September 16th (hosted by the Springville Police Department) and our Walk to School Day on Wednesday, September 17th. Watch for more information.



Hearing Screening

Hearing screening for all K, 1, 3, and 6th grade students will be held at Art City on September 8, 2008. 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 or Ashley Carr at 489-2820 or lorie.reese@nebo.edu or ashley.carr@nebo.edu.



New Faces Grace the Halls of Art City School

It's a brand new school 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:

Jeanine Thurman - Keyboarding Technician
Brittany Warren - Pre-K Technician
Terry Tedrow - Star Tutor
Megan Camper - Fourth Grade Teacher
Daryl Fluckiger - Fifth Grade Teacher
Meredith Sabey - Fifth Grade Teacher
Natalie Perkins - Sixth Grade Teacher

Book Fair

Soma! Ota! Kua! Is your Swahili a little rusty? Allow us to translate: Read! Dream! Grow! Our fall theme, Book Fair Safari, will encourage everyone to do all three! Our book fair will be held a month earlier this year on September 22nd-25th and will coincide with SEP's. We have planned many things to help your child and families enjoy not only great books, but have a fun time at our Book Fair Safari as well. We hope to see you there!

-Monday: The Book Fair Safari is open to the public from 9am to 4pm. Not only can you shop early for the best selection, but you are welcome to join us at lunch time for our Tarzan Yelling Contest. Each grade will be represented by their best Tarzans and Janes in a contest that is sure to get our week off to a loud and fun beginning as we Sona!

-Tuesday: The Safari continues, and the fair will be open from 8am to 4pm. Students, be sure to join the fun and wear your hair like your favorite bird and you may win a prize. It is sure to be an Ota day when you join us after school from 2:50pm to 4pm on a safari. The watering hole will be free from crocodiles so all are welcome to gather round and have a snack. The animals will be hosting a variety of fun craft activities that you can make together.

-Wednesday: The Safari roads will be a bit bumpy today and rain is in the forecast, but we will be open from 8am to 4pm for all your reading needs. The classes will be showing off their writing talents and doing some Kua as they each write a short story or poem about their favorite jungle animal. You are welcome to join us at 10:15am for a reptile extravaganza hosted by the Bean Museum. This special 40 minute show will introduce you to some of the wildlife seen from our Safari Jeeps. The top readers from September will also be honored as we kick off our Ken Garff “Road to Success" reading adventure for the year. It is an event you won't want to miss. Be sure to fold up your sleeping bag early and join us on the trail.

-Thursday: The Safari will be heading back to Springville, but we will take our dreams and continue to grow. Due to the extended travel time needed to return home, the Book Fair Safari Shop will be open until 8pm. During the day we will listen for the jungle call and gather round to Soma to listen to the winning classes' poem or story. All student safari travelers should be sure to bring a favorite jungle animal to spend their Soma time with.

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).


Calendar

September 1 Labor Day (No School)

September 2 PTA Meeting 10:00 A.M.

September 15-19 Child Pedestrian Safety Week

September 18 5th Grade to Shadow Mountain

September 22-25 Book Fair

September 25 SEP #1 3:00-8:30

September 26 DDD (No School)