Briarlake Elementary School PTA
October
30, 2009
Twelfth Week of School
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PTA
Officers
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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 |
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October 26 - 30
Red Ribbon
Week
October 29, 1 pm
School Council Meeting
Sun., Nov. 1
Daylight Savings Time
Tues., Nov. 3, 7
pm
Celebrate Calm Workshop
Oak Grove ES
Thurs., Nov.
5
Chick-fil-A Spirit Night
Fri., Nov. 13
Beaver Bulletin
deadline
Nov.
15
America Recycles Day
Mon. 11/16 - Fri. 11/20
Food Drive benefiting
CHOA
Wed. 11/18 - Fri. 11/20
Book Fair
Thurs. and Fri. 11/19 &
20
Thanksgiving Lunches
Wed. 11/25 - Fri. 11/27
Thanksgiving Holidays
Tues., Dec.
1
Holiday Music Program
Pre-K-3rd
grade |
| Thank you
to: |
Lisa Spivack...you
help to make our reflections beautiful!
Isis Conty...you make
our bulletin boards bright!
Heather Halligen...our
fish are so happy and make our students and visitors
smile!
SpaceMax...super Fall
Festival Sponsor!
Workout
Anytime
Decatur
678.925.6621
One of our super sponsors for the
Fall Festival!
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| What's going
on... |
The 2nd grade classes will
be visiting the Elachee Nature Science Center
tomorrow in
Gainesville. |
| 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 Paige Fitts to help.
School Tours
Available:
Mondays
9 am
Tuesdays
1 pm
PTA Meeting Dates
November 17- 6pm
December--no meeting
January 19- 6pm
February16-6pm
March 16- 6pm
April 20- 6 pm
May 11- 6
pm | |
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| Greetings
Briarlake Beavers, |
Happy "Full Moon" Day, Saturday,
October 31! Everyone be careful as you celebrate
the beautiful Full Moon!
*Thank you everyone who has recycled
bottle caps for our art projects. We have enough
at this time, so please suspend cap-giving for
now.
*Remember to Label your children's
coats, jackets and other "loose" items.
*Please check the Lost and Found for
personal items. Our "closet" runneth
over!
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| Bus 1108
Retires |
Join us as we bid a fond farewell to
bus 1108. What a wonderful bus he has been...Bus
1108 is retiring after many years transporting our
children to and from school. Let's all wish him
well and a happy retirement!
Bus 1108 will now be Bus 1346--the
same children ride this new bus, the same route
still applies, just a new bus and number!
Happy "routes" Bus
1108!! |
| Reflections
Winners |
The entries
were outstanding this year! The judges really enjoyed
discussing the pieces. Thank you to all the students who
took the time to show their
creativity.
Below are the
winners. Check them out on the stage in the cafeteria.
They will be displayed for one more
day before the 1st & 2nd place winners move on
to the County level competition. Good
luck!
Lisa Spivack
Kindergarten-
Visual Arts:
1st-Jack
Erens
2nd-Harrison
Spivack
Kindergarten-Photography:
1st-Eli
Green
1st
Grade-Visual Arts:
1st-Annaleah
Seufert
2nd-Michael
White
3rd-Mackelvey
Blair
2nd
Grade-Visual Arts:
1st-Rose
Carbone
2nd
Grade-photography:
1st-Ally
Spivack
2nd-Rose
Carbone
2nd
Grade-Literature:
1st-Lauren
Wright
3rd
Grade-Visual Arts:
1st-Kendall
Kramer
2nd-Mattson
Blair
4th
Grade-Visual Arts:
1st-Sophia
Seufert
5th
Grade-Visual Arts:
1st-Hannah
White
5th
Grade-Literature:
1st-Eleanor
Iskander
Thank
you so much Lisa
Spivack!!! |
| PTA Meeting
Minutes |
For those of you who missed
the PTA meeting last week here are the minutes. We
want you to be "in the know"...October
Minutes |
| Teachers in
need |
Mrs.
Beth Rich, 4th grade teacher, needs our love and
support. Her husband was in a terrible car
accident several weeks ago and has been having a
tough time recovering.
Please keep the Rich family in
your hearts.
In
addition, several of our teachers and staff have
experienced losses in the past few weeks.
Let's keep Ms. DeFrancis and Mr. Nunn in our
thoughts and hearts as well.
When one
of our family members grieves we all
grieve. |
| Spirit
Night--Thursday, Nov. 5 |
Come out
and support Briarlake Elementary...
Thursday, Nov 5th
for Chick-fil-A Spirit Night.
A portion of the
proceeds will go to Briarlake. We raised $150 at our
last Spirit Night! There will be a prize wheel and a
dance contest with "The Cow"!
Treat yourself to
a night of no cooking and no dishwashing and support a
great cause!
Look for a special visitor
during morning carpool on this day
too...
Chick-fil-A at the corner
of Briarcliff and N. Druid
Hills. |
| Jr. Beta
Club |
Attention all fifth graders
new to Briarlake!
If you would like to be
considered for membership in the National Junior Beta
Club, please bring in a copy of your 4th grade final
report card to Ms. Jenks. Students who have at least a
3.5 grade point average for the 4th grade year will be
considered for membership. Please bring in the report
card by Friday, October
30. |
| School Picture
Update |
Tomorrow
will be the absolute LAST day picture order forms will
be accepted. This is past the "firm
deadline"...
This does NOT include
retakes. |
| Yearbook Cover Design
Choice |
You can
help choose this year's yearbook design. There is
a poster going up in the front hallway to choose the
cover design for this year's yearbook. It will
only be up for one week, so place your tally mark next
to your choice on the poster. Thanks!
Thank
you. :-))
~~Beth Rich
Yearbook
Chairwoman | | |
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| Book
Fair Coming soon--Get Ready to Read |
Briarlake, are you ready to Read Around
the World?
The
Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Briarlake beginning
Wednesday, November 18 and running through Friday, November
20.
The
Fair will be open before and after school and during the
Thanksgiving Lunches on Thursday and Friday. This is a
great opportunity to get some new books, get started on your
holiday shopping, and help out our teachers by purchasing
books from their "Wish Lists" - and a portion of the proceeds
stays at Briarlake!
A letter will be sent home soon outlining
details.
If
you'd like to help your child's school (it's a lot
of fun, you get a 10% discount and
you get to shop while you work!), contact Randy David-Faigin at
Come on, we need your
help!
Get
ready to
READ! |
| Safe
Routes to School Survey coming soon... |
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Next week you
will receive a special blast requesting your participation
with a Safe Routes to School survey to better assess problem
areas concerning safe routes to school. Once the
survey results are compiled, our PTA will work with Dekalb
county to address any infrastructure issues. This is an
important program to keep our kids safe and healthy! Be
on the look-out. |
| Community Outreach
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Thank you to Ms. Berry and Ms. Brooks-Alt
for reaching out to our community to collect warm clothing for
our refugee and homeless populations. The collections have
been a success thanks to our Beaver's giving spirit. The
collections will conclude tomorrow.
Thank you
Beavers!
Starting November 16, Briarlake will begin
collecting food bags for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Details coming soon. |
| 5th
Grade Discovery Social Studies Fair--- ALL Parents
Invited |
The 5th grade Discovery students
will be presenting their Social Studies Fair projects for
judging tomorrow, Friday, October 30th at 9:00am in the
library.
All Briarlake
Parents are invited to attend the Social Studies Fair on
October 30, at 9am in the library.
The top 5
projects will go on to compete in the county level Social
Studies Fair in November at Stone Mountain Middle School.
GOOD LUCK
students!
Information provided by Melissa A.
McMillan
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| Healthy Planet-Healthy
Me--National Red Ribbon Week- October
26-30 |
National Red Ribbon Week at
Briarlake - October 26-30
ONE MORE
DAY! The theme this
year is Healthy Planet,
Healthy Me.
All students will be getting an
activity sheet next week listing ways to take care of their
bodies and the planet. Parents are asked to initial each
day the activities that children complete. Sheets
will be turned in to Ms. Norris Brown on Monday, November
2nd.
Please encourage your children to
participate!
Friday - Sports Day
Wear your favorite team jersey to
celebrate being active in sports
Monday, November 2 - Turn in Tracking Sheets to Ms.
Norris-Brown
Thanks for your
support!
Information by Sarah
Cook
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| News
from our Representative |
The
DeKalb Legislative Delegation to the Georgia General Assembly
will host a town hall meeting on Thursday, November 12, at
7:00 p.m., at the Chamblee United Methodist Church (4147
Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Chamblee, GA 30341).
In
addition to the delegation meeting, Sen. Dan Weber, who
represents part of our House District 82 in the Georgia
Senate, is hosting a series of evening town hall meetings,
including one at Henderson Middle School Cafeteria (2830
Henderson Mill Road) on Thursday, November 19, which Kevin
Levitas plans to attend.
The topics to be
covered at Sen. Weber's meeting include:
2010 Legislative
Priorities
Education
Initiatives
Water
Issues
State
Finances |
| Green
Team News |
Briarlake will continue to collect
cell phones and their chargers, headsets, and
accessories, all year long. The collection box is
near the front doors. These phones will benefit gorillas
from the Democratic Republic congo area. What
an easy way to reach out and help another part of the
world.
Ms. Berry, our librarian, is
collecting batteries all year as
well.
We hope many of you are enjoying
the morning walks to school. Our safety patrols are
ready to punch a hole in your walking
cards each week. This week is
Week4. Remember to walk
or bike to school at least one day each week to get your card
punched for that week so that at the end of 10 weeks we
can enter your card into a raffle for a prize. Walk to
Win!
Thank you
Green
Team!
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Sarah Rigby and Laurie Hobbs, PTA
Co-Presidents
Briarlake Elementary PTA
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