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Pleasant Ridge PTA March Newsletter

Submitting Items for the PTA Newsletter

The PTA encourages the submission of articles from all Pleasant Ridge students and parents. Please submit materials by the second Monday of each month. Articles may be placed in the PTA newsletter box in the school office, or e-mailed to:

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With spring just around the corner (at least we can hope!), I want to thank everyone for their great response concerning student drop-off/pick-up, and parking at Pleasant Ridge. The school and PTA volunteers have been putting your ideas to work to assure that the process continues to provide the students with a safe means to and from school. As the weather continues to get warmer, more students will be riding bikes and walking to school, and we all need to be aware of their safety.

Not only is the month of March National Reading month, it is also Parenting Awareness month, which is a statewide campaign to promote awareness and educate families in all areas of parenting and to provide helpful resources to parents as well. It is also a time to emphasize the importance of effective parenting in order to help children achieve their goals, and to become caring citizens in the community. Our school counselor, Mary Gallagher, has a library of books and videos on a variety of parenting topics available for parents to check out.

Included in this newsletter is an invitation to attend a parent workshop led by Tom Jackson, a nationally recognized speaker, trainer and author. Please consider attending this workshop, which is entitled, "Activities that Teach Family Values". This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about family activities that really make a difference in the areas of caring, cooperation, honesty, responsibility, and more.

Thank you to all of you for your continuous support of the PTA, the school community, and your support of our children!

Sincerely, Lisa

Warmly,

Lisa Flynn

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Connecting School & Parents

Learn easy to-do family activities that really make a difference in the areas of caring, cooperation, honesty, perseverance, respect, responsibility, service to others and more!

Parent Speaker Trainer Author

... to all of the students and their families who have donated books for the Used Book Swap that is being held on March 20^th. Thank you also to Co-chairs Lisa Hunt and Dawn Murrell, for organizing this fun event for the students!

... to students Ashley and Brittany Siller. They have been lending a hand before and after school clipping Campbell’s soup labels!

... to Karen Viera for her help organizing volunteers for the Reading Festival. Thank you to the parents who have helped with the sign up and will be helping with the reading assembly! A big thank you also goes to the teachers and staff for providing our children with numerous fun activities to celebrate "March is Reading Month"!

... to Marie Candiotti for organizing the plastic bag recycling project!

... to Bev Weist and Danette Morrison for their help with the student drop-off/pick-up areas.

... to Laura Girbach and Kathy Stucky for their work getting the Publishing Center started, and thank you to the parents who have offered to help with this special activity!

... to Ann Dowling for organizing the Teacher Conference Desserts! Thank you also to the parents who provided the goodies!

Pleasant Ridge PTA has a record number of 251 members this year. As of March 1, there are 34 staff members and 217 parents registered as members of the PTA. Thanks to all of you for your membership.

It's not too late to sign up for the 2000-2001 school year. Your membership will be valid through next September. If you are new to Pleasant Ridge or just didn't get around to signing up at the beginning of the year, please call me at 944-5255 or email me at [email protected]. I'll send a membership envelope home with your child. All you need to do is complete the form on the envelope, enclose the $3.00 fee and you'll become a voting member of our great PTA.Thanks again for your participation and support.

Jody Roberts, Membership Chairman

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If you haven’t filled out the " Help Name the New Elementary Building, and Media Center" form, it’s not too late! Extra copies are available in the office...join in the fun!

DID YOU KNOW...?

STUDENT DROP-OFF/PICK-UP ALERT....PLEASE READ!

Based on feedback from parents and staff, much attention has been given to student drop-off and pick-up procedures. Below is a map which details where drop-off/pick-ups can occur, and where parking is allowed. PLEASE, for the safety and well-being of all of our students, follow these guidelines for student transportation. If we all work together, our children will be much safer!

The Houghton School PTO would like to extend an invitation to the students and families at Woodland Meadows and Pleasant Ridge to attend a family story night, featuring

Nancy Shaw, nationally known children's book author.

The details are as follows:

WHAT: Family "Story" Night

FEATURING: Nancy Shaw, author of "Sheep in a Jeep" and other fun books

WHERE: Union School Auditorium

WHEN: Wednesday, March 28th

TIME: 7:00 - 8:00 PM

This event is sponsored by the Houghton PTO. There will be no admission charge. We will be selling Nancy's books, which she will sign after the event.

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Are these dates on your calendar?

Just a reminder to everyone that Box Tops need to be sent to the school no later than March 23 in order to qualify for this year's fundraiser . I will still be collecting Box Tops for the remainder of the school year, so please do not stop clipping! :-) The Box Tops collected after March will be included in next year's fundraiser amount. A flyer will be coming home with your child with this information. Thanks to everyone for contributing!

The Carnival committee would like to extend a warm thank-you to all of those involved with "Carnival 2001". Pleasant Ridge was wonderfully represented by teachers, staff and parents. This event would not have transpired without the support of Pleasant Ridge and the community. The overwhelming contributions of assistance, attractive baked goods and attendance were key elements to the Carnival’s success. We all should be honored to be a part of the Pleasant Ridge family.

"Carnival 2001" was one of the first cooperative ventures between Pleasant Ridge, Houghton and Woodland Meadows to create a community wide event. It is hoped that we can continue such efforts that build stronger and closer relationships.

In the coming months a permanent storage for the carnival games and materials must be found. Currently the options are:

1. On-site (at Pleasant Ridge) storage shed built by volunteers

2. Relocate a donated shed

Both options would require assistance with concrete pad and assembly labor. If you, or anyone you know, can assist and/or donate the concrete and time to perform this job, please contact PTA presidents, Lisa Flynn/Pleasant Ridge (429-5795), Nancy Carter/Houghton, (663-5623) or Barb Schaeffe/Woodland Meadows (429-7251).

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