Briarlake Elementary School PTA
February 4th, 2010
Fifth Week of School
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| Greetings Briarlake
Families |
DCSS Budget - Time to speak up...Please
forward any suggestions or ideas you may have regarding the
budget that may serve as workable solutions. Email your
suggestions or ideas to: budget-suggestions@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us. In
addition, you can learn more about the budget planning process
and view 4 proposed budgets for the 2010-2011 school year if
you click here.
Public meetings will be held April 21 and 28, 6PM at the
Bryant Center on Lawrenceville Hwy. |
| USED BOOK SALE
|
 USED BOOK SALE -
February 5 - 6th
WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SET UP ON THURSDAY, FEB 4TH RIGHT AFTER
SCHOOL. PLEASE CONSIDER DROPPING BY TO HELP - EVEN IF
FOR A SHORT TIME. THANK YOU!
Shopping
Hours: Friday, 3 - 6 pm and Saturday, 9 am - 1
pm. |
| Quote of the
Week |
"It's kind of fun to do the
impossible." - Walt
Disney |
| Nominating
Committee |
It is that time of year again!
The nominating committee was chosen at the last PTA
meeting and includes:
Dr. Culbreath, Loretta Salzano-Vanni, Diana Berry, Trish
McElfresh, Alexi Smith with Deb Wise and Sally Elliott as
alternates.
Board positions include
Co-Presidents (2), Vice Presidents for Programs (2), Vice
Presidents for Fundraising (2) , Treasurer and Secretary.
Officers normally serve for a 2 year term and the goal for
Co-Presidents and VP positions is to have a returning officer
serve with a "new" officer.
Several positions
will be open for the 2010 - 2011 year, so if you are
interested in serving on the PTA board, please contact Loretta for more information.
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| Fun
Run |
Get Ready, Get Set, GO!
The 2nd Annual Briarlake Healthy
Habits 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run registration is open online
at the
Briarlake PTA Website or you can sign up through active.com. Race Applications
that are printed out can be turned in at the front office
(checks must be included and made out to Briarlake PTA).
Thank you to all the sponsors, including The American
Boot Camp Company. Visit the front office to pick up your Boot
Camp special promo flyer. If you register online with
The American Boot Camp Company for a 3 weeks session and
type in the special offer code of BRELEM in the comments they
will donate $25.00 per person to the school. Get fit and
fund raise at the same
time. |
| Puppet
Show |
Circus Berzerkus - The greatest
little show on strings!
Peter Hart/Atlanta Puppet
Please plan to join us for this show on Tuesday, Feb 16th
at 6:30 following the PTA meeting.
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| PTA
Officers |
Co-Presidents: Sarah Rigby & Laurie Hobbs VP
Programs: Heidi Carpenter & Lisa Moore
VP Fundraising: Irenea Seufert & Michelle
Linder
Treasurer: Micki Gulley
Secretary: Jessica
White |
| Dates to
Remember |
February
Mon. 2/1-Thurs.
2/11
Souper Bowl of Caring
Thurs. 2/4
HMS rising 6th grade tour - 630pm
Thursday 2/4
Signing choir performs at the GA
Aquarium Fri. 2/ 5 - Sat. 2/
6
Used Book Sale
Thurs. 2/11
Beaver Bulletin deadline
Valentine's Day class parties
Fri. 2/12 & Mon. 2/15
School
holidays-President's Day
Tues.2/16
PTA meeting - 6pm
Puppet Show - 6:30
pm
Fri. 2/19
HMS rising 6th grade tour -
10am
Thurs. 2/25
Terrific Thursday
Spirit Night-Chick-fil-A -
5pm
Fri. 2/26
Kindergarten Round-up -
9am
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| Reminders |
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BOX
TOPS
Continue clipping Box Tops.
Look for Box Tops on many different products, not
just food.
School Store Hours
Open
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays before
school--7:35-8:00 a.m. Volunteers
needed! Contact Ellen Kersh to help.
School Tours
Available:
Mondays: Mar. 1, April 12th at
9 am
Tuesdays: Feb. 23, Mar. 30, April 27 at 1
pm
PTA Meeting
Dates
February 16 -6pm
March 16 - 6pm
April 20 - 6 pm
May 11- 6
pm | |
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| Beta
Club |
|
Please join us in congratulating the following
students who were inducted into the Beta Club last
week.
Julia
Ajello
Eleanor Iskander
Fabricio
Andrade
Filip Jovanovic
Lindsey
Blackmore
Devon Kaleita
Jeremy
Boise
Yiwen Lin
Matthew
Boyer
Leo Mancusi-Ungaro
Jay
Bozza
Isaac Marshall
Kelsey
Brown
Fahad Paryani
Krishan
Chib
Tye Patberg
Ana
Claros
Taylor Pilcher
Jeanie
Coffield
Sam Pittman
Nick
Conn
Polina Popova
Heidi
David
Olivia Pratt
James
Desadier
Alexis Quezada
Anil
Fazal
Will Rigby
Majesty
Ferguson
Dhilina Rupasinghe
Shania
Fernandes
Gordon Stearns
Tajah
Fraley
Olivia Stratigos
Shermel
Francis
Anna Paige Teachout
Jordan
Frazier
James
Traynelis
Sarah
Greene
Jonathan Tucker
Ansley
Guerino
Brittany Turner
Trevor
Gulley
Kassi Vastakis
Ben Hansberger
Patrick Wang
Amir Harris
Isabel Wargowsky
Katie
Horne
Hannah
White
Nolan Wilson
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| Duke TIP, Summer
Institute for the Gifted, and Science
Olympiad |
Duke Talent Identification
Program (Duke TIP) InformationDear 4th and 5th
grade parents, Information for the 2010 Duke Talent
Identification Program is now available and registration
is now open. The link to enroll is www.tip.duke.edu/45enroll. To be
eligible for this opportunity your child must be in 4th
or 5th grade and have ITBS scores within the last 2
years. A qualifying ITBS score is 95% or higher on
any subtest, reading, math, social studies, science or
the complete composite. Our school code is
250080-FG. The deadline for applications is March
22, 2010.
Summer Institute for the
GiftedInformation and applications for the
Summer Institute for the Gifted, SIG are now
available. Please visit this website to learn more
about the program and to apply. www.giftedstudy.orgScience OlympiadDear
3rd, 4th and 5th grade students and parents,
Science Olympiad information will go home in the
Friday folder this Friday, January 29th. Students,
if you are interested in participating, please return
the interest form to your homeroom teacher.
Parents, if you are interested in coaching an event,
please indicate so on the interest form. If you
have any questions, please contact Ms. McMillanMelissa
A. McMillan, Discovery Teacher
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| Prospective
Kindergarten Parents |
| Briarlake Elementary will
have an Informational Meeting to be held February 26th,
2010 at 9:00 a.m. in our art room for all prospective
Kindergarten parents. Please plan to attend this very
informative meeting. |
| Pre-K Lottery
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Date:
March 18, 2010
Registration
time: 8:30 am - 1:00
pm
Drawing:
1:15 pm
You MUST bring the
following:
Original Birth
Certificate
Current Proof
of Residency
*Parent Photo
ID
*Child's
Social Security Card
*new this
year | | |
| Red Cross
Fundraiser - This Saturday! |
Bring the
whole family out to Hoops for
Haiti at Oak Grove Elementary on Saturday, February 6th
anytime from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Hoops for Haiti is a
community-wide event to raise funds for Haitian earthquake
relief. All proceeds will be given to the American Red
Cross. At Hoops for
Haiti, there will be a free throw competition for
all age groups from Pre-K to Adults. The suggested
registration/donation for this event is $10.00. There
will also be a $2 Challenge Goal competition to see who can
shoot the greatest number of consecutive hoops?!!!
Finally, the Oak Grove 4th graders are sponsoring a friendship
bracelet/bake sale.
We look forward to seeing you at
Hoops for
Haiti!
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| Green
Team News |
Our team is so excited
about Arbor Day, which is celebrated on February 19th in
the state of Georgia. Since Briarlake wants to get
in on the action, we are going to have our PreK class
plant another tree on that day. We will also start a
compost bin, with worms!
Please visit our Tree of
Knowledge by the cafeteria doors. Everyone is invited to
help it grow, by writing a tree fact or quote on a leaf and
attaching it to a branch.
Happy Arbor
Day!
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| CSIP |
All DeKalb County Schools
have written a Consolidated School Improvement Plan (CSIP) to
guide instruction and school improvement efforts. Each
school's CSIP is available at the school and can be viewed
online at the CSIP
website. Feedback is needed from our parents to
facilitate the school improvement process for our schools.
Please provide your feedback by completing the survey
below. All responses are completely confidential. Your
assistance is sincerely appreciated. PARENTS: You may
complete the survey online by clicking on the link below:
School
Improvement Parent SurveySTUDENTS: You may access
the survey online by clicking on the link below: School
Improvement Student
Survey |
| Braves
Game Tickets |
The signing
choir will be performing at the Braves' game on Sunday, May
16th at 1 pm. Tickets will be $8.00 each and we will be
ordering tickets soon. Checks can be made to the Briarlake
PTA. Please look for an informational flyer coming home in
backpacks. If you have any questions once you get the
flyer please contact Kristi Steed at kristi.steed@comcast.net.
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| School
Council |
The
Briarlake School Council met January 28th and discussed many
opportunities to improve Briarlake. Safe Routes to School was
discussed and several projects are in the process of being
implemented to aid students in walking to school safely.
One possibility is to create a sidewalk off Briarlake Rd. that
will cut behind the fence connecting to the sidewalk out from
the cafeteria, to completely eliminate foot traffic in the
carpool and parking lot area. Thank you to the Safe
Routes team for keeping our kids safe!
The success of the Parent Portal
was also discussed and several parents commented on how they
utilize the Portal and find it very beneficial. Ms.
Jenks discussed Student Achievement and Standardized Test
results. Ms. McMillan discussed the 2009-2010 Consolidated
School Improvement Plan which is extensive and will benefit
all students. School Council elections for next year are coming up. Our
school council works to:
Maintain a school-wide perspective on issues;
Regularly participate in school council meetings;
Participate in information and training programs; Act
as a link between the school council and the community;
Encourage the participation of parents and others within
the school community; and Work to improve student
attendance, achievement and performance. School
Council meetings are open to the public. The remaining
meetings are as follows: Thursday, 3/25, School Council
Meeting @ 1:00pm Thursday, 5/6, School Council Meeting @
1:00pm
Look for the meeting minutes
on the Community News Bulletin board in the front
hallway.
Thank you to our School Council members for your
time, energy and effort to make Briarlake
GREAT!
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| Art
Classes |
Humblebee
After-School Art classes still have a few spaces open.
(Painting on Mondays, Drawing on Tuesdays, and a combination
class on Thursdays). Classes will be prorated.
Also there is a Saturday crochet/knitting class
available. Please email
Miss Heather for more information or to register.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday classes are held at
Briarlake. Heather Sotack, Humblebee Art
Company |
| Henderson Middle
Tours |
Rising
6th grade parent orientation tour dates:
Thursday, February 4th at 6:30
pm
Friday, February 19th at 10 am
Tours will
last approximately 45-60 minutes and parents will be
able to pose questions to current HMS parents and
administrators. |
| Souper Bowl - Feb 1 -
11, 2010 |
Going on Now...Souper
Bowl of Caring 2010
The Beta
Club is collecting food bags in support of the Children's
Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston Giving Project.
This project
provides bags of food to the families who have children at
Egleston and are in need of extended care. The Patient and
Family Support Services Department at CHOA assists by
providing food for these families. They rely on charitable
donations to make this food available to any family that needs
it.
Please
visit the Briarlake PTA website for details on "HOW YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY CAN
HELP".
Bags
will be collected each day during the weeks of February
1-February 11,
2010
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| Lakeside
Presents... |
The
classic musical, Oklahoma!, this weekend Thursday - Saturday.
Thursday, Feb. 4 - 6:30pm
Dessert; 7:30pm Show: Dessert Theatre,
$15; Limited Seating
Friday, Feb. 5 - 7:30pm
Saturday,
Feb. 6 - 1:30pm & 7:30pm
TICKETS: Adults
$10; Students $5
Box Office opens one hour before
showtime and the house opens for seating thirty minutes before
showtime.
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The Annual Lakeside Swing Dance!
The always popular Lakeside Swing
Dance will be back this year on Thursday, February 11th in the
LHS cafeteria from 7-10 p.m. THERE IS NO SCHOOL FRIDAY and the
dance will have a Valentine's Day theme for the first time
ever!
The
Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association will be on hand to give
some lessons and the Lakeside Jazz Band will provide live
jazz. If you haven't heard them perform, you are in for a
treat!
Snacks and beverages will be included in the ticket
price this year ($7 for students and $10 for adults.) Watch
the newsletter for opportunities to purchase tickets during
lunch periods!
This
event is fun for ALL ages! We invite all community
members who would like a night out on the dance floor to join
us! For more info, contact Barbara
Antley.
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Sarah Rigby and Laurie Hobbs, PTA
Co-Presidents
Briarlake Elementary
PTA | |
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