Briarlake
Elementary School PTA
August
25, 2010
Third week of
school |
| Hello
Beavers |
|
It's a busy week...hold on to your
hats.
- Welcome to Mr. Elliott McDaniel, our new 4th grade
teacher! Details below.
- We inadvertently failed to give a huge
thank you to Kristen
Hungarland of PricewaterhouseCoopers in this month's Beaver
Bulletin for her very generous donation of bikes given to
our students with perfect attendance. Also
to Angela Hansberger for her efforts to secure the
bikes. THANK
YOU!
- Plan to attend Curriculum Night--this Thursday, 5-8
pm. PTA Welcome begins at 5:50. Committee
Volunteer opportunities and Spirit Wear will be
available from 5-5:45.
- The Science Club needs 2-liter soda bottles.
Please collect and place in the marked box in the front
lobby. Thanks!
- Thanks to Mrs. Laster's and Mrs. Bouda's classes for a
Terrific Thursday luncheon!
- 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.
- 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!
You can join tomorrow night at Curriculum Night, as well.
What's
new? Check out all the details below.
- Playground Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- This
Saturday.
- Curriculum Night is coming August 26-Tomorrow
Night.
- Our biggest fundraiser has started--Great American
- Reflections Deadline is October 6. Get
started today!
- School Picture Day- September 1. Class pictures
will be taken in the Spring
- Advertise in the Student Directory
- Campus Beautification work-day-NOT just picking up
sticks
- 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
26
1 pm-School Council
mtg
5-8 pm Curriculum
Night
Sat., August 28
Playground Ribbon Cutting-
9am
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
International Peace Day
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 |
"Life is a
great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on
it you can..."
Danny
Kaye |
| Great American
fundraiser |
 Great American is Making a
Splash!
Over 100 students have
turned in their participation forms. Way to go,
Briarlake! If your child has not received a rubber
duckie keychain there is still time. We will be
accepting participation forms through September 1st (the
day before the sale
ends).
- Please remember to make out one check (made
payable to Briarlake PTA) for your entire order.
- Please include your prize information and your
bonus item for those that have sold 10 items or
more.
- Additional catalogs and order forms can be found
in the school office.
- Orders are due September 2nd.
Thanks for selling Great
American!
Michele Lindner and Pat
Schaefer
Great American
Co-chairpersons
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
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| Welcome Mr.
McDaniel! |
We are
excited to announce that Mr. Elliott McDaniel will be
our new fourth grade teacher. Ms. McMillan will
resume her gifted responsibilities on Monday, August
30. Until that time, she will assist Mr. McDaniel
with his transition to Briarlake.
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| Playground
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony |
You're Invited! THIS
Saturday!
Briarlake Playground Ribbon
Cutting CelebrationSaturday, August
28th
9:00 am at
the new playground area
Refreshments & play time
provided
Campus
Beautification work-day to
follow. |
| Curriculum
Night--Tomorrow night |
Volunteer Rally: 5:00-5:50 pm-Spirit
Wear for sale
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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|
| 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! |
| School Pictures-
September 1 |
Picture Day is
Coming!
We will
be taking individual 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.
Class pictures will be taken in
the Spring--Not on September 1.
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! |
| Green Team
News |
Go Green
Team Tip of the Week
Reduce plastic waste. No
one looks at you funny anymore when you bring your own
reusable shopping bags. Keep them in your car so they're
always on hand
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.
We need to create a stepping stone path for
Ms. Fields' students to her trailor. It gets messy on rainly
days. Come out an lend a hand! Email Stephanie Byrne or Sarah Cook
with
questions.
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| 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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| Safe Routes to
School |
Now that the
weather is cooling down a bit, it's been great to see more
traffic on the sidewalks than on the rodes. Wonderful!!
Keep it
up! |
| 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. |
| 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
. |
| 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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