Contact Information
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Briarlake Elementary
School
Office: 678-874-2502
Clinic:
678-874-2507
Send email to : Briarlake PTA
3590 LaVista
Road
Decatur, Georgia
30033
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PTA
Officers
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Co-Presidents:
Sarah Rigby & Laurie Hobbs
VP Programs:
Litsa Vastakis & Heidi Carpenter
VP
Fundraising: Irenea Seufert & Michelle Linder
Treasurer:
Micki Gulley
Secretary:
Jessica White |
| Dates to
Remember |
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Aug. 5--Sally
Foster sale begins. Our biggest fund raiser of the
year!
Monday, Aug. 10 First
Day of school. 8:00 a.m. sharp!
and PTA Welcome Coffee, 8:00 a.m. all
invited.
Thursday, Aug. 27
Curriculum/Volunteer Rally Night-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday,
Sept. 1 School Picture Day
Chick-Fil-A night
Friday, Sept.
4
Sally Foster orders due
Monday, Sept.7
No
school
Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept.
15
PTA meeting/ Ice Cream Social
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Greetings
Briarlake Families,
Welcome to a new school year!
School begins in 4 days...oh my!
We are very
excited to begin our year using this new email
program. If you do not wish to receive our emails,
please go to the bottom of this email to remove
yourself. Click on the SafeUnsubscribe
link.
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NEWS
Open House: If you were unable
to attend Open House, you will find the class lists
posted on the entry door windows Friday afternoon.
All school supplies, PTA membership,
and t-shirts will be available in the cafeteria
Monday morning for those who missed Open
House.
We hope all families, new and
returning, will join us for coffee and tissues as
our "babies" start the school year. Please help to
support each other at the Welcome Coffee--Monday morning
at 8:00.
DRESS
CODE and Uniforms
Please review the new Dress
Code before the first day of school. Main
changes for us...No spaghetti straps, no flip-flops, and
shorts must be finger tip length.
Last year Briarlake participated in a
school-wide uniform survey. The majority of
parents voted against adopting a uniform policy.
Therefore, Briarlake will not endorse a uniform
policy. However, parents that choose to
dress their child in a "uniform" and adhere to the
new county dress code, are welcome to do so.
CARPOOL
We ask for
your patience the first few weeks of school as everyone
gets adjusted to a new year. Remember the carpool
line always takes a few weeks to run smoothly. A
positive attitude cures most
things! |
Thank Yous
Our New Parent Orientation helped to
welcome many new parents and families to Briarlake.
Welcome to All new students and their families! Thank
you to Lisa Moore and Whitney Blackmore for organizing
this very useful event.
Open House was a
tremendous success Wednesday, and couldn't have run so
smoothly without our many dedicated volunteers. Thank
you to Christy Van Horn, Heather Leahy, Carolyn Hansen,
Vanessa Erens, Litsa Vastakis, Michelle Lindner, Irenea
Suefert, Stephanie Byrne, Will Rigby, Jay
Bozza, Geoff Boyer, Mary Margaret Neal and Susan
Gouinlock!!! You rock!
And especially to our wonderful
teachers and staff...THANK YOU for creating a warm and
inviting school for OPEN HOUSE that allowed each
student the opportunity to meet their new teacher/s and
get geared-up for this school year. It's
going to be a great year because of you!
To Sally Elliott...WOW! What a
computer wiz. This new email system would not be
in existence without you! You are amazing...and so
patient! |
Master
Gardeners
Update
Next time you are in the school, be
sure to visit the walkway to the 3rd grade
wing and check out the beginnings of the
beautiful new Janice Benator Memorial
Garden. The sunflowers are in bloom, the Starry
Night Mural is spectacular, and the birds are
enjoying the "bird-mansion". Stay tuned for more
additions in the fall.
Coming soon: a new hardscape retaining
wall and raised flower bed in the newly planned
courtyard area (adjacent to the cafeteria).
Thank you Mrs. Spencer, Mrs.
Moody, Mrs. Elliott, Ms. DeFrancis and Stephanie
Byrne! |
NEW DISMISSAL
INFORMATION:
For the safety of our students,
parents that pick-up their children after school are
being asked to wait outside the school on the
breezeway, and not inside in the lobby. There will
be hall monitors present to remind
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New Spirit
T-shirts:
Consider purchasing a
new brightly colored tie-dyed Briarlake Beaver
t-shirt! Youth and adult sizes
available. $12 each. Available in the
school
store.
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BOX
TOPS:
Continue saving Box Tops! You
can find them everywhere...even on toilet
paper:)
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| SALLY FOSTER
"Toad-ally
Awesome Sally Foster"
Important Information:
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Our Sally Foster fundraiser runs from August 5th to
September 4th. Sale going on NOW!
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Order forms due September 4th
(Please write ONE check
for your student's entire catalogue order, payable to
Briarlake PTA)
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Orders will be ready for pick up on October 13th(they
will go home with your student)
· Terrific Thank You
prizes:
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Fantastic prizes awarded by Sally Foster for students
selling at least 1 item
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Daily drawing for school store certificate (and other
cool surprises!) - for all students
participating
- Toad-ally awesome froggy
surprise - for students selling 8 or more
items
- A ride on the fabulous Fur Bus - for
every student selling $150 or more
- A class
party - for the class with the most students
participating (selling at least 1 item)
- A
Family Fun Night prize ($50 in gift cards, and more!) -
for top selling student
- $25 gift card for
second highest selling
student
Catalogue order forms are a new format this
year. If you need additional forms, please stop by
the school office.
Thank you Irenea and
Michelle!!
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 SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Last month was the International Rescue Committee's
largest intake of refugees in many years, many from
Burma/Myanmar. There are approximately 140 refugee
children who will be attending school in DeKalb for the
first time this year. Their parents are expected to be
employed within 3 months of arrival, but in this
economy, many are only able to get part-time or
low-paying jobs. Since they are new to the
community, and to American schools, they don't know
where to shop for bargains, or what their children need.
(For example, Ross has nice bookbags for $4.99, and
Crayola crayons are only $.30 at Target.)
This is
an appeal to you, asking you to buy a few school
supplies for these children. You don't have to buy a
whole setup, though it would be really nice if you could
outfit 1 refugee child while you are purchasing supplies
for your child(ren), but even purchasing some of the
simple items they need would be greatly appreciated.
There will be a box in the school lobby for
donations.
Information submitted by
Diana Berry, Teacher
Librarian
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| REFLECTIONS ARTS
CONTEST
This
year's theme is "Beauty is... "
Reflections is a cultural arts contest
sponsored by the National PTA and is open to all
Briarlake Elementary students.
Categories: Literature, Musical
Composition, Photography, Visual Arts, and Dance and
Film/Video Production!
The deadline for all entries is
October 17th. Drop off your entry in the front office.
**If your entry does not follow the
Reflections rules it will not be sent on to the County
Level.
For more details on Reflections, Official
Rules & Entry Forms visit the Georgia PTA
website.If you have
any additional questions, please email Lisa
Spivack
THANK YOU
LISA!!! |
EMORY LAVISTA PARENT
COUNCIL
Emory LaVista Parents
Council meets for the purpose of strengthening the Emory
LaVista school community by providing a forum for
communication, and promoting educational opportunities
for the children of our community. Please join us
on the third Wednesday of the month for a lively
discussion of school issues and topics. All
interested parents are invited and encouraged to attend.
Serving these Emory Area
Clusters:
Druid Hills High School, Shamrock
Middle School,
Briar Vista, Fernbank, Laurel Ridge,
McLendon, Medlock, Sagamore Hills ES
Lakeside High School, Henderson
Middle School,
Briarlake, Evansdale, Hawthorne,
Henderson Mill, Oak Grove, Pleasantdale, Sagamore Hills
ES.
We encourage all to attend.
Information is power!
ELPC MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2009 -
2010
Third
Wednesday of each month ~ Refreshments at 8:45AM ~
Meeting at 9:15AM
DATE / LOCATION /
SPEAKER, TOPIC
Sept. 16, 2009 /
BriarVista / Dr Lewis, State of the
System
Oct.
21, 2009 / McLendon / DCSS: How to Effect
Change
Nov.
18, 2009 /Henderson Middle / Your School: How to Effect
Change
Jan. 20, 2010 / Evansdale / TBD
Feb. 17,
2010 Pleasantdale /
TBD
March 17, 2010 / Fernbank / TBD
April 21, 2010
/ Coralwood School /
TBD
2009 -
2010 OFFICERS
Sally Harrell,
Co-President, Email
Marshall Orson,
Co-President, Email
Nancy Moore, Vice-President, Email
Donna Toulme,
Corresponding Sec, Email
TBA, Recording
Sec
Greg Studdard, Community Relations, Email
Educating Parents, Creating
Dialogue
and Enabling
Advocacy
Emory LaVista
Parent Council Website
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BRAVES TICKETS
If you purchased tickets to the Braves game
that was rained out in the spring you have only until
August
16th to exchange/replace these tickets. Please
contact Anthony McClendon at 404-614-1401 for more
information.
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E-mail
We have changed our e-mail program and will be
using Constant Contact to send out our news and
updates.
If you have not updated
your information, please do so at this
time. The link (Update Profile / Email
Address) is located at the bottom of this email. You are
welcome to remain "anonymous".
In our effort
to "Go
Green", we will be using the student
information which you include in your update to reduce
the paper copies sent home.
If you ever wish to
be removed from our email list, please use the SafeUnsubscribe link
also located at the bottom of this email.
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| COMING THIS FALL:
eSIS
Dekalb
County is transitioning to a new student information
system for parents, eSIS. Please review the
attached flyer for further details. Flyer |
| Directory Ads now
available
Prices:
Business card size $25
Half page $50
Whole page $100
Thank you,
Melissa!!! |
| BEAVER BULLETIN
DEADLINE:
Friday, August 14
Remember the Beaver Bulletin will be
available on-line except for those with no internet
access. Look for the link on this
email-blast.
Thank
you Melissa
Beaupierre!! | | |
