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New Student Council Seeks Food for Hungry Families
The school needs the food items by Tuesday at Valley View Elementary School.
November 20, 2011
Your Parent-Teacher Association Newsletter from Gateway District 31 PTSA
In This Issue PTA News Fundraising Corner Spirit Wear Picture Day Take 2 After School Programs Five Questions CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTSQuick Links
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CALENDAR SPONSORS
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Dear Valley View Families,
We hope you will support the parent owned and community businesses who supported our school with your business.
Mona's Service Mobil #2
3240 Cahuenga West
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Thank you to all the above sponsors of the 2012 Calendar of the Arts!
Your donation has completely paid for the cost of our 2012 Calendar of the Arts printing so that ALL the money raised from sales go directly to the school. We are so grateful for your donation!
Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!
Items For Food Drive
The new Student Council is collecting food items for families in need during the Thanksgiving holiday. Please drop off non-perishable food items (i.e. canned fruit/vegetables, pasta, cereal, boxed stuffing, canned soup, dried fruits, crackers, juice boxes, etc.) outside of Room 12 by this Tuesday 11/22.
Special Meeting 11/30Please join us for our next PTA meeting on Wednesday 11/30. Shaunt Nigoghossian will be presenting several options of panther logos in first round picks towards choosing our new school logo. Come be a part of the decision!
***There will be no PTA Meeting this week.
FUNDRAISING CORNERThe Calendars Are Coming!The Calendars Are Coming! Check your kids backpacks, the 2012 Calendar of the Arts will be hitting homes in the coming days. This beautiful calendar was designed by our very own VVE parent Rosemary Junkermann and is a wonderful tribute to our students. Printing and associated costs were paid for by our generous sponsors so all the money we raise from sales goes directly to our school.
Each child is asked to sell at least FIVE calendars.
They earn prizes and do something great for their school.
So LET'S GO SELL THESE CALENDARS!
Also some acknowledgments! First to Rosemary, Bonnie, Marcia, and Rasheeda who helped with planning and decision making. Amber for help with prizes. To Annica, Kelly, Shelly, Cas, Anita, Lisa, Rosemary, Bonnie, Rasheeda, Marcia, and Ariane who came out to stuff and prep the packets. And to all the parents who sponsored of solicited sponsorship for the calendar. I truly appreciate all the support!
Lucie Murray, Fundraising Chair fundraising@valleyviewelementary.org Spirit Wear
Valley View T-Shirts Are On Sale Now!
Five designs to choose from, created by our Spirit Wear chairman, Tamar Preiss.
PTA will bring your favorite t-shirt design to you! On Wednesday mornings (and other days as possible), we will brave the elements to sell t-shirts right to your car at the Oakcrest drop-off.
Or come to our PTA room "store-front" on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday afternoons during snack sales, where you can purchase t-shirts or sign up for pre-order of our new Valley View hoodies.
T-shirts are $15. Hoodies will be $30, cash or check.
If you pre-ordered hoodies at Fall Festival, please email Tamar for follow-up as soon as possible. spiritwear@valleyviewelementary.org
Picture Day Take 2: Tuesday November 22ndWho Says There Are No 2nd Chances?
If you purchased picture packages of your child, you should have received your pictures by now. If you would like a retake, send the original portraits to school with your child on Tuesday 11/22 and tell the teacher that your child's photo needs a retake.
If your child was absent or you didn't purchase pictures, there is still time! Stop by the school office for an order form, or you can purchase pictures online at www.mylifetouch.com, Valley View ID code is TP941086Y1
After School Enrichment ProgramsBrain Builders!
There is still time to enroll in the new after school programs. Deadline is Monday, November 28th. To enroll, visit www.parker-anderson.org. Call (818) 249-5599 for more info. Registration starts November 7th! Deadline to enroll: Monday, November 28th. See flyer.
Science Explosion! Wednesdays immediately after school starting 11/30. Cost: $80 for 8 week session + $10 materials fee for this class. Hip Hop Dance Crew! Thursdays immediately after school starting 12/1. Cost: $80 for 8 week session. Chess Club! Tuesdays immediately after school starting 11/29. Cost: $80 for 8 week session.
FIVE QUESTIONS
Queen "B"
Bonnie Ostergard George
My husband, James, is a video director for live performances (think Jumbo-tron at a Metallica concert and you've got the idea), so about half the year I'm a single mom to our daughter Tara, who is in Rm10 1st grade class. I've been running Shapeshifter for about 6 years, which is a cool little post production facility. This year, I'm the PTA Co-President, as well as Room Parent Coordinator and Website administrator, so I'm tired most of the time.
Q1: What is your favorite childhood food?
BG: Baked mac & cheese with chicken, summer peaches still warm from the tree, and Abba Zabbas.
Q2: What is your favorite word? BG: I love onomatopoeic quality of "Quack". And it's an inside joke with a friend, so it makes me laugh every time I hear it. Q3: If you could have dinner with 5 historical figures, who would you choose? BG: Katharine Hepburn, Cleopatra, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Swynford, and Jane Austen. Q4: What is your motto? BG: You've got to bloom where you're planted. Q5: If you could trade places with a fictional character, who would it be and why?BG: Princess Leia! Smart, sexy, capable, leader of a rebel force...in the words of my daughter, "I want to be her!"
Upcoming important dates:
Tues Nov 22nd No Minimum Day
Tues Nov 22nd CHESS CLUB Tuesdays 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Tues Nov 22nd Make-up Picture Day
Tues Nov 22nd Food Drive Deadline
Wed Nov 23rd NO PTA MEETING
Thurs & Fri Nov 24th & 25th THANKSGIVING BREAK - School closed
Wed Nov 30th New Class SCIENCE EXPLOSION Wednesdays 2:30pm to 3:30pmThurs Dec 1st New Class HIP HOP DANCE CREW Thursdays 2:30pm to 3:30pmFri Dec 2nd New Parent Tour
Mon Dec 5th thru Fri Dec 9th Parent Conferences (Minimum Days)
From your friends at Valley View Elementary PTA -- HOME OF THE PANTHERS!
PTA will send a weekly printed copy of this newsletter home with your child if you have no access to email; please leave your info at the school office.
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