Spring Class Photo Order Envelopes- Due April 13th
Spring Class Photo order envelopes went home this week in your child’s backpack. These photos are taken as an entire class and will be taken outside (weather permitting) on the morning of Wednesday, April 13th. Order envelopes and payment are due no later than the morning of April 13th. No late orders will be accepted at the school. Late orders will need to be mailed directly to Color Portraits. Also, please use a separate order envelope for each child. Unfortunately, combining orders in one envelope causes issues with distribution. Pre-K Story Time April 14th at 9:30am Incoming Kindergarten students and parents/caregivers are invited to come to the Commons on April 14th from 9:30-10am for a story and craft. Story time is a great opportunity to meet other incoming students and their families and for the students to become more familiar with Patton. Siblings are welcome to attend. Just Move it! Challenge Needs Volunteers and Offers Something for the Whole Family! Spring is coming and the Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and ABC/25 Foundation invite runners and walkers of ALL ages and abilities to participate in a 5k and 1 mile Run/Walk on Saturday, April 16th that combines fitness and fun for the entire family! We NEED Volunteers! Over 75 volunteers are needed to make race day successful. Street marshal volunteers are needed for both the 5K and 1 Mile races; this is a great way to cheer on family and friends while they run or walk! Go to http://jmichallenge.org/ to register to run/walk or volunteer. ALL Levels of walkers and runners are invited to Runner’s High ‘n Tri for FREE training sessions. Come to one or as many sessions as you’d like. Participants that attend 4 out of the 5 sessions will earn a chance to win great prizes. Click here for more information. Contact your school representative Mary Goumas [email protected] or Pam Sloss [email protected] with questions or suggestions. PTA meeting Tuesday, April 12th in the LMC- Join Us To Stuff Some Packets Tuesday, April 12th at 6:30 please join us in the Commons prior to the PTA meeting for conversation and packet stuffing. We’ll be putting together the Just Move It Challenge race packets, and we need your hands. Make an evening of it - stuff packets, attend the PTA meeting to vote for our Executive Committee positions, and head out to Jimmy D’s for a night cap. What better way can you think of spending your Tuesday evening? It’ll be a blast! 2016 Mini-Courses Were a Success! Patton PTA’s Mini-Course Program was a great success again this year! For six weeks this winter, Patton students had the opportunity to experience a variety of courses, 19 in total, taught by 10 different providers. We hope to build on this program in the future so that our students continue to engage in fun, educational opportunities throughout the winter months. The Mini-Course Committee would like to thank all parents who signed up to volunteer for each of the courses, as well as Patton Staff and Administration for their help in making this program such a huge success! Patton PTA Procedure Guide - Updates Needed We are in the process of updating the Patton PTA Procedure Guide and need your help. All standing committee chairs should have received an email with a link to a Google Doc that contained all current committee descriptions. If you did not receive this email please contact Krin Hupp at [email protected] so that she may forward the document to you for your review. Please take time over the next few weeks to make any corrections/updates so that we may finalize the PTA Procedure Guide before the end of April. Thanks so much! Questions or Ideas? Do you have a question or a great idea you want to share with PTA? A topic you would like to see on a PTA Meeting Agenda? Please email your ideas to Patton PTA at [email protected]. We are always looking for help for upcoming events and committees and would love to hear from you! Thank you! TONIGHT!! PTA Dine & Share at Garibaldi’s- March 17th
Ditch the dishes and take the family out on the town tonight, Thursday, March 17th from 5-8pm at Garibaldi’s! A whopping 20% of all proceeds goes to the Patton PTA to help us fund our programs for your students. What a great way to start your spring break! Social Service BAKE SALE The Social Service Club is planning to put a FREE LITTLE LIBRARY in the Patton School neighborhood and we need to raise funds to buy a kit!! In order to raise money the Social Service club along with Mrs Melamed are going to be hosting a Bake Sale at Patton during Parent/Teacher Conferences! Please stop by and buy baked goods from the social service club on Thursday or Friday. If you would like to learn what a Free Little Library is please see link http://littlefreelibrary.org Afternoon Traffic and Inclement Weather With spring and early summer approaching, we expect occasional severe weather conditions. Should this occur around Patton School at or near dismissal time, there is a possibility that the school will delay dismissal until conditions are deemed safe. In that case, the school will do its best to get a message to waiting parents. However, in the event of a power loss, the messaging system will be disabled. Parents should remain with their vehicles and wait for students to be dismissed when it is safe. Congratulations PTA Executive Committee Nominees Tuesday morning the PTA Nominating Committee announced their nominees for the 2016-17 PTA Executive Committee. The names are:
The 5th grade graduation photos were distributed to those who ordered a picture unless you submitted your order form late. The late orders will be ready and distributed after Spring Break. If you have questions, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Our Next PTA Meeting is Tuesday, April 12th in the LMC We’ll be electing our executives, forming our Audit and Excess Funds Committees, and heading out afterward for some informal non-PTA talk! Just Move it! Challenge Pre-Registration Deadline Thursday, March 31st! The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and ABC/25 Foundation invite runners and walkers of ALL ages and abilities to participate in a 5k and 1 mile Run/Walk on April 16th that combines fitness and fun for the entire family! Entry fees increase after Thursday March 31st and only participants who register by this date will be guaranteed a race t-shirt in their school color and size. Please click here for more information. Don’t want to run or walk? Volunteer! We need over 75 volunteers to make race day successful. You can help and still be a part of the fun! ALL Levels of walkers and runners are invited to Runner’s High ‘n Tri for FREE training sessions. Come to one or as many sessions as you’d like. Participants that attend 4 out of the 5 sessions will earn a chance to win great prizes. Click here for more information. Contact your school representative Mary Goumas [email protected] or Pam Sloss [email protected] with questions or suggestions. Questions or Ideas? Do you have a question or a great idea you want to share with PTA? A topic you would like to see on a PTA Meeting Agenda? Please email your ideas to Patton PTA at [email protected]. We are always looking for help for upcoming events and committees and would love to hear from you! Thank you! PTA Dine & Share at Garibaldi’s- March 17th
Come out and join your friends Thursday, March 17th from 5-8pm at Garibaldi’s! 25% of all dining goes to the Patton PTA to help us fund our programs. Head to dinner after Parent Teacher Conferences and leave the dishes to someone else for once! 5th Grade Graduation Gifts- Orders due March 15th Thinking about what to purchase for your fifth grader for graduation? Look no further! Simply visit www.headsupapparel.com for new Thomas Timberwolves spiritwear featuring the new timberwolf logo! Orders are due Tuesday, March 15! No late orders will be accepted! Please contact Brett Hackmann ([email protected]) if you’d like to keep your gift a secret otherwise all orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom at Patton. Yearbook Picture Needs! As we are nearing the time to submit the final yearbook, we are in need of pictures from certain grades. We could use a few photos for 4th grade but we are in desperate need of pictures for 2nd grade. As of now, there is only one full page of second grade pictures. All pictures are welcome, but in particular, please send pictures for these grades to [email protected] by March 23. Thank you! Yearbook Flyers Yearbook flyers were distributed this week that served as a reminder to order your yearbook and outlined how to do so. Please note the deadline to order a yearbook is April 27 and the school code to enter when ordering through www.treering.com is 1014110707661184. This reminder is somewhat early as once again you have the option to create two free custom pages for your children, but this also has to be completed by April 27. The custom pages are user-friendly to put together, but an e-mail with simple instructions will be sent by Treering in the coming weeks. Our Next PTA Meeting is Tuesday, April 12th in the LMC Voting for our Executive Committee, so we need a quorum. We'll also be forming our Audit and Excess Funds Committees. Come on out, get involved, make Patton an even better place through PTA! Just Move it! Challenge Pre-Registration Deadline Thursday, March 31st! The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and ABC/25 Foundation invite runners and walkers of ALL ages and abilities to participate in a 5k and 1 mile Run/Walk on April 16th that combines fitness and fun for the entire family! Entry fees increase after Thursday March 31st and only participants who register by this date will be guaranteed a race t-shirt in their school color and size. Please click here for more information. Don’t want to run or walk? Volunteer! We need over 75 volunteers to make race day successful. You can help and still be a part of the fun! ALL Levels of walkers and runners are invited to Runner’s High ‘n Tri for FREE training sessions. Come to one or as many sessions as you’d like. Participants that attend all FIVE sessions will earn a chance to win great prizes. Click here for more information. Contact your school representative Mary Goumas [email protected] or Pam Sloss [email protected] with questions or suggestions. Questions or Ideas? Do you have a question or a great idea you want to share with PTA? A topic you would like to see on a PTA Meeting Agenda? Please email your ideas to Patton PTA at [email protected]. We are always looking for help for upcoming events and committees and would love to hear from you! Thank you! TEACHnology Fair is coming - March 9th 7-9pm at Thomas
Come out and learn about new technologies from your peers and other community members! Students from all nine schools of District 25 are participating is this exciting and informative night. Topics include Scratch programing, Makey Makey technology, Stop-Motion Video, 3D Modeling, and much more. Please see the attached flyer for details. Get Further Involved! The Volunteer Form is Always Available Whether you are a newer family at Patton or part of the old guard, you can always become more involved with the Patton PTA. Access the Volunteer Form by clicking this link and browse our programs to find your interests. After you submit the form, you’ll be contacted around the time of the events you’ve chosen to see if you are still interested in helping. Get your name on the list, and get in the game with the PTA! PTA Dine & Share at Garibaldi’s Come out and join your friends on Thursday, March 17th from 5-8 pm. 25% of all purchases will go to the Patton PTA. Come in for dinner after your Patton Teacher Conferences, and save money by not running your dish washer! An informational flyer will come home via backpack mail soon. Attention 5th Graders… Get your Thomas Middle School Timberwolves Gear! The Thomas Middle School spring spiritwear sale starts on March 1st! Orders will be delivered to Patton School. Please see flyer for more details. If you have any questions, please contact Brett Hackmann ([email protected]). Volunteer Opportunity - TEACHnology We are in need of parent and student volunteers in order for the TEACHnology program to run smoothly. Assistance will be needed for greeting and directing visitors, assisting presenters with technology, and other miscellaneous assistance. Students can earn service hours for volunteering at this event. Please click HERE to sign up. Yearbook Picture Needs! As we are nearing the time to submit the final yearbook, we are in need of pictures from certain grades. We could use a few photos for 4th grade but we are in desperate need of pictures for 2nd grade. As of now, there is only one full page of second grade pictures. All pictures are welcome, but in particular, please send pictures for these grades to [email protected] by March 23. Thank you! Class Composite Keepsake If you ordered a class composite keepsake with your class pictures in October, it came home this week with your child. The keepsake includes your child’s picture, their entire class and all the teachers at Patton in one booklet. Please direct any questions to [email protected]. PTA Post Highlight - What’s in the Footer? Have you ever looked at the bottom of the Patton PTA Post? You may be interested to know about the five useful links to be found there. These include links to support Patton PTA when you shop at Amazon, a link to the Volunteer Form and PTA Membership purchase page, as well as links to Post archives and the Patton Elementary Parents Facebook page. Check them out - especially the first two links. Help fund our cause, and get involved!
Online Student Directory App As a PTA member, you have access to the online Patton Student Directory via the Directory Spot app, available for both IOS and Android devices. If you have yet to download the app, search “Directory Spot” in the Apple or Google Play store. Open the app, enter your email address, and click Reset Password. Follow the prompts, and you’ll be ready to go. You may also access the app on your computer at www.directoryspot.net. Please contact [email protected] if you have difficulty accessing the directory. Our Next PTA Meeting is Tuesday, March 8th at 9:15 AM in the Art Room We will hear the nominations for our 2016-17 Executive Committee and cover other important issues. Just Move it! Challenge Pre-Registration Deadline Thursday, March 31st! The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and ABC/25 Foundation invite runners and walkers of ALL ages and abilities to participate in a 5k and 1 mile Run/Walk on April 16th that combines fitness and fun for the entire family! Entry fees increase after Thursday March 31st and only participants who register by this date will be guaranteed a race t-shirt in their school color and size. Contact your school representative Mary Goumas [email protected] or Pam Sloss [email protected] with questions or suggestions. Questions or Ideas? Do you have a question or a great idea you want to share with PTA? A topic you would like to see on a PTA Meeting Agenda? Please email your ideas to Patton PTA at [email protected]. We are always looking for help for upcoming events and committees and would love to hear from you! Thank you! |
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