Briarlake
Elementary School PTA
August
18, 2010
Second week of
school |
| Hello
Beavers |
A few reminders
:
- When attempting to open the front school doors, PLEASE
press the button on the LEFT only. The button on the
right does NOT work anymore. Mrs. Hale and Mrs.
Gavrielides would greatly appreciate this!
- Today is the last chance to complete the School
Improvement Survey. Don't miss this opportunity to
express your opinions.
- Please park on the LEFT side of the drive-through
(carpool) driveway if you arrive before 2:15 pm.
Traffic is still flowing. Details below.
- School Store needs more volunteers. Contact Ellen
Kersh, egk6@cdc.gov , for details.
- Check the Dekalb County Schools website for calendar
changes-It seems that the 4 day weekend previously
scheduled in October (October 8-11) is now
only a 3 day weekend-- Holiday is Friday, October 8,
only.
- If you have not joined the Briarlake PTA, please email
christyvanhorn@mindspring.com. We
kindly ask that each adult join. $5 a piece.
Briarlake has won annual awards for reaching 100% PTA
participation. Help us achieve 100% PTA
membership again this year!
What's
new? Check out all the details below.
- Playground Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- August 28th
- Curriculum Night is coming August 26-mark your calendars
- Our biggest fundraiser has started--Great American
- Reflections Deadline is October 6. Get started
today!
- School Picture Day- September 1
- Advertise in the Student Directory
- Campus Beautification work-day
- Community News and Enrichment Opportunities
Our first Beaver Bulletin of the year is
available here Thank you, Melissa
Beaupierre! | |
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| PTA
Officers |
Co-Presidents: Laurie Hobbs &
Vanessa Erens VP Programs: Heidi Carpenter
& Elesha Mavrommatis
VP Fundraising: Michele Lindner
& Pat Schaefer
Treasurer: Heather
Leahy
Secretary: Trish
McElfresh |
| Dates to
Remember |
|
Thurs., August 19
Terrific Thursday-Laster
& Bouda
Thurs., August 26
1 pm-School Council
mtg
5-8 pm Curriculum
Night
Sat., August 28
Campus Beautification
Day
September
Wednesday,
September 1
Fall
Pictures
Friday, 9/3 and Monday,
9/6
No School-Labor Day holiday
Friday, Sept. 10
Beaver Bulletin deadline
Tuesday, Sept. 14
PTA Ice Cream Social
Thursday, Sept. 16
Spirit Day and Night
Wear spiritwear, walk to school and eat together at
Chick-fil-A
Tuesday, Sept 21
Off-site PTA meeting
Rigby home
7 pm
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| Reminders |
BOX
TOPS
Continue clipping Box
Tops. Look for Box Tops on many different
products, not just food. Bring them to school in
August!
School Store Hours
Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Fridays before school--7:35-8:00 a.m.
Volunteers needed! Contact Ellen Kersh to
help.
Entry to School
After the summer's break-in,
the county installed a new front door entry system. This
new system is a bit tricky.
To obtain entry when the
front doors are locked, you must push the bell-button on
the LEFT of the double doors, await confirmation from
the office by speaker, listen for a click,& then
quickly open the LEFT door.
The office staff does not
have a remote-door- opener any more, so please be
patient. | |
|
| Quote of the
Week |
"The only
way to have a friend is to be a friend..."
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
This is
the time of the school year, when making friends is a
priority for our kids. Help them to remember this
simple
rule. |
| Great American
fundraiser |
 Make a Splash with Great
American! Our Briarlake students are making
a splash selling Great American. Mrs. Tonka's
Kindergarten class and Mrs. Spencer's First grade class
have already made it to the 20% participation tub -
check out the bulletin board near the front office.
Way to go students!
Remember to turn in your
participation sheets so that your student will receive a
fun rubber duckie keychain on
Friday!
Additional Thank You
Prizes:
Sell 10 items, select a bonus product
from either catalog for free Put item
number of your choice in the goal prize box on the order
form.
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)
Movie Tavern gift card for the two
top selling students
All orders are due on September
2nd.
Thanks
for selling Great
American!
Michele Lindner &
Pat Schaefer
Fundraising
Co-chairs
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| Reflections--"Together We
Can"... |
"Together We Can!" is
the Reflections Theme for this year!
Reflections
is a cultural arts contest that is sponsored by the
National PTA. It is open to all Briarlake students
who may enter in any of the five categories:
Literature, Visual Arts, Musical Composition,
Photography, and Dance & Film/Video Production.
There will be a box in the front office where students
can drop off their entries. The deadline is
OCTOBER 6, 2010. For more information, entry forms
and rules go
to:
http://www.georgiapta.org/leadership-reflections.html
Thanks
Holly Brass and Whitney
Blackmore! |
| Playground
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony |
You're Invited!
Briarlake Playground Ribbon
Cutting
Celebration
Saturday, August
28th
9:00 am at
the new playground area
Refreshments & play time
provided
Campus
Beautification work-day to
follow. |
| Safe Routes to
School |
It's been wonderful to see so many
families out walking. Keep it up!
In addition, if you arrive for drive-through
pick-up BEFORE 2:15, please park on the LEFT side of the
driveway only. Traffic is still flowing with
people picking up students early for appointments or
staff needing to leave early for a meeting. With
cars parked on both sides of the driveway, people can't
get out.
Thank you in
advance!
| | |
|
| School Improvement
Survey |
As part of our school improvement efforts we have created
a short survey on Survey Monkey that we would like all of our
families to complete. Each family can complete it once
regardless of how many children they have attending
Briarlake. We are asking that parents complete it
within 1 week. The results will be compiled and used as
we focus on ways we can improve. We will identify
the results in our 2010-2011 Consolidated School Improvement
Plan.
Thank you!
Dr. Culbreath
We will not be sending home a hard copy as this would
invalidate the data. Don't miss this opportunity to be
heard! Here is the link to
the survey.
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| Curriculum
Night--Thursday, August 26 |
Volunteer Rally: 5:00-5:50 pm
PTA Welcome: 5:50-6:00 pm
Welcome and Introductions--Dr.
Culbreath: 6:00-6:15 pm
Session I:
6:20-7:05
*All homeroom teachers will be available both
sessions
* Fifth grade will meet in the Media
Center
*Discovery teachers will meet in Ms. McMillan's classroom
(both sessions)
7:05-7:10-Five minute transition
time
Session II: 7:10-7:55
*All homeroom teachers will be
available
*Fifth grade will meet in the Media Center
*
Special Area teachers will be available during Session II in
the
cafeteria
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| School Pictures-
September 1 |
Picture Day is
Coming!
We will be taking individual and class
fall pictures on Wednesday, September 1st. We need to get
pictures of everyone: every student, every teacher and all
staff so please come prepared. These pictures will be used for
the yearbook so we would like to have everyone included.
Please note that the fall pictures are not themed so no props
or costumes, just regular, colorful outfits. You don't need to
fill out anything beforehand; each person will get their proof
packet with an order form by the end of
September.
We will need volunteers for this event
and volunteering comes with benefits!
It's easy and fun
and goes really quickly - we shoot from 8:00 am until around
lunch. You can email me directly to sign up to
volunteer.
Nicole Spiro - School
Pictures
thespiros@bellsouth.net
770-496-0723
Thank YOU,
Nicole! |
| Student Directory
Advertising Opportunities |
STUDENT
DIRECTORY
Advertising
Opportunity
Briarlake Elementary is
offering a wonderful opportunity to promote family and local
businesses within the Briarlake school community.
We invite all businesses, as well as Briarlake
family businesses, to advertise in our 2010-2011 Student
Directory to be published this fall. We have so much talent
and resources within our community, this is a great way to
make that known. Advertising in the Student Directory offers
just a one-time advertising cost with a yearlong period of
frequent and widespread exposure!
Ad sizes and
pricing are listed below.
Business Card Size/ 3 ½ x 2 ¼
inches
$25.00
4 in. wide x 5 in.
tall
$50.00
8 in. wide x 5 in.
tall
$100.00*
(*Depending on the number of Advertisers
and space available, the following ad size may/may not be
available.)
If you are interested in placing an
ad, please contact Melissa Forster-Green at 404-329-1497
or mforstergreen@comcast.net.
We look
forward to working with
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| Green Team
News |
Go Green
Team Tip of the Week
Reduce waste & stay
healthy - bring a reusable water bottle. You can bring your
water bottle to school for lunch and refill it throughout the
day. Also bring it to after-school and weekend
activities so you'll never have to go thirsty OR pay more to
drink from "disposable" plastic.
The Go
Green Team Needs More Members! If you care
about preserving our natural world and helping create a
sustainable future for our children, there's a place for you
on the Go Green Team. Whether you regularly have a few hours
to lend, just want to keep abreast of the team's efforts, or
fall somewhere in between, contact Susan Duderstadt at sudude@pol.net to be added to our
email list and learn about our needs, activities, and monthly
meetings.
Thank you Green
Team!
|
 Campus
Beautification |
1st Campus Work Day of the new
year
Saturday, August
28th, 2010
9:45-1:00 pm (following the
playground ribbon cutting)
Help make Briarlake a great place
to learn inside and out. We will be sprucing up the
grounds for the fall. No special skills are required and
kids are always welcome on campus work days. Just bring
gloves, rakes, shovels, and wheelbarrows, if you have
them. Come out an lend a hand! Email Stephanie Byrne or Sarah Cook
with
questions.
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| Enrichment
Opportunities |
|
HUMBELBEE Drawing Classes. Last
call for students to sign-up. Classes are almost
full. Learn step-by-step drawing after school (or
improve your confidence and skills!). You have Tuesdays
and Thursdays to choose from, 2:30-3:30. $120 for an
8-week session. All supplies included. Please
contact Miss Heather for details.
hsotack@yahoo.com/404-376-8014
Girls on the Run is a
nationwide program that recognizes that every girl is special,
that every girl is strong, and that every girl is a
winner! Using the joy of running, our curriculum teaches
girls about health, positive body image, self-esteem and
community service. Our running workouts and games teach
specific life skills such as how to make healthy decisions,
resolve conflict, set goals and get along in a group. No
running experience necessary! We work with girls from
3-5th grade at all athletic abilities. This program is
so much more than running!
The Briarcliff
Chapter will meet for 1.5 hours, two times a week for 10
weeks, on Tuesdays, 4-5:30 pm and Sundays, 2-3:30 pm starting
on September 14th, 2010.
Fall
Registration OPENS online on August 23, 2010 @ 9am at
www.girlsontherunatlanta.org.
FIRST COME, FIRST
SERVE
Program fee: $160 (Scholarships are
available.)
Registration closes September 7,
2009.
Programs close at a maximum of 16
participants.
Feel free to contact Janine
Kupersmith with any question you might have. Janine
Kupersmith @ 404-288-4907 or
thefourkupes@comcast.net
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| Volunteer
Opportunities |
Anyone
interested in joining a PTA committee? Anyone want to
have fun, make friends, be an active participant
in their child's school? If you do, please join
one or more of our PTA committees.
Committees
include:
Green Team, Fall
Festival, Field Day, Book Fair, Used Book Sale, Science Team,
Safe Routes to School, Hospitality, Teacher Appreciation,
Building and Grounds, Fish Tank, School pictures and MANY
more!
Sign-up sheets
will be available for the last time on Curriculum
night. Or email the PTA anytime at briarlakepta@gmail.com
. |
| Spirit
Wear |
Plan to purchase our
new "Beaver-Pride" t-shirts-short and long sleeve, and new
this year, embroidered polos!
Available in the school store.
Short sleeve
t-shirts-$10
Long
Sleeve t-shirts-$12
Embroidered
polos-$16
Plan to wear spirit
wear on Fridays and on Spirit Days. On the
evenings we have Spirit Nights at Chick-fil-A or Stevi Bs,
this year we will have whole Spirit Days. Wear
your Beaver Pride shirts to celebrate Beaver Spirit!
We are ordering additional t-shirts and hope to
have them available by Curriculum
Night. |
| Emory-LaVista Parent
Council comes to Briarlake |
|
Mark your calendars now for October 20 at 8:45
a.m. Briarlake will host the October ELPC meeting.
For anyone who has never attended an ELPC meeting, this is a
great opportunity to get involved! Let's all attend
and show our Beaver Pride! |
| DeKalb
County - Board of Education News |
The DeKalb
County School System has launched a new web site home
page. To view, click
here. It is a "work in progress" and it will take
time to get all of the pages changed over to the new
format. The DeKalb Board of Education (BOE) has
created an online tool for stakeholders
to provide feedback on policies and procedures that
they are considering for approval or revision.
To view pending policies, click
here. |
| Calendar |
 Please click here for
the calendar link for a preview of the year ahead.
Should we need to change events, dates, or times, we will
notify you via email and on the PTA website. The
calendar is a work in progress, so if you see an error, please
contact us so that we can make the correction. Thank
you. |
Your Local Dish
Network
|
| Your
Local Dish Network will donate $50 to Briarlake for every new
account opened. The donation will be made in
your name and benefit our playground fund! Just click here
for more details and make sure to tell them you are with
Briarlake! What a great way to see your favorite
programs and benefit Briarlake at the same
time. | |
Laurie Hobbs and Vanessa Erens, PTA
Co-Presidents
Briarlake Elementary
PTA | |
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