Jones Elementary PTA

[Michele]

Hello Everyone,

This Tuesday night is the PTA General Meeting.  Pizza will be for sale starting at 6:00, the meeting will begin at 6:30.  

Thank you to everyone who put in many hours and hard work into making our Fall Festival a HUGE success!!!  Special Thanks to Susan Hight, Paula Murphy, Cathy Gray, Sue Lucas, Rose Bate, Felicia Jones and Nancy Davis.


GREAT opportunity to have your teacher recognized and get the school free supplies!!!  Go to www.expoeducator.com nominate a teacher as an ‘extraordinary educator’ and your teacher could win $500 and the school a year’s worth of Expo supplies.  Make their day by letting them know you have nominated them and all the reasons why!

Thank you!
Michele Alvarino
2009-2010 Jones Elementary PTA President

[Michele]

         Hello Everyone,

         A few news worthy items!!

Bilingual Pajama Storytime ---  Friday October 02, 2009 7:00 PM
Barnes and Noble at Friendly Center, 3102 Northline Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408, 336-854-4200
Join B&N for a very special bilingual storytime. Tonight's storytime will feature favorite stories that will be read in English and in Spanish.

General Mills is doing a big sweepstakes for box tops. The winning school gets 500,000 box tops ($50,000).  Two runner up schools get 250,000 box tops.  It is easy (you have to give up the usual personal info) and you can enter once a day until the end of October.  Think what Jones could do with $50,000!  The website is www.thebigclip.com <http://www.thebigclip.com/>

GREAT opportunity to have your teacher recognized and get the school free supplies!!!  

Go to www.expoeducator.com nominate a teacher as an ‘extraordinary educator’ and your teacher could win $500 and the school a year’s worth of Expo supplies.  Make their day by letting them know you have nominated them and all the reasons why!

Thank you for your dedication to our school!!
Michele Alvarino
2009 – 2010 Jones Elementary PTA President

[Michele]

HELLO EVERYONE!
HERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL TO MAKE MONEY WHILE YOU FOOD SHOP THROUGH BOXTOPS!!!!
 
Bonus Boxtops Program at Area Food Lions
Purchase the required amounts of the required participating Boxtops Items and receive bonus boxtops from the coupon printer at the check out counter.  

October - Get 20 Bonus Boxtops (=$2) for purchasing 5 of the following items in one visit:  Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot, Fruit by the Foot Crazy Feet, Fruit by the Foot Mini Feet, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-ups, Fruit Roll-ups Crazy Pix, Fruit Roll-ups Fruit Stickerz, Fruit Roll-ups Mini Rolls,  Fruit Shapes, Sunkist Fruit Shapes, Chex Mix, Chex 100 Calories, Chex Mix Select, Simply Chex, Chex Mix Bars.

November - Get 170 Bouns Boxtops(=$17) for purchasing 20 of the following items in one visit:
Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Hanburger Helper Microwave Singles, Chicken Helper, Tuna Helper, Green Giant Boil-in-a-bag, Immunity Boost Vegetables, Niblets Corn-on-the- cob, SIMPLY STEAM Seasoned Vegetables, Vegetables in Special Sauces, Complete Skillet Meal, Valley Fresh Steamers.

Tips for getting your bonus Boxtops:
*Save up your coupons for the Bonus Boxtops Items. This is especially helpful when purchasing 20 items. Look for items on the list on sale and you have a coupon for.
* Tell the cashier what you are doing before you check out
* Ask if the coupon printer is working at this register
*Count and recount to make sure you have the correct number of items
*Make sure your items are on the list
*Avoid items with special prices written on the front of the box, they sometimes have special SKUs that are not included.  

• If you have done all these things and the boxtops coupon still does not print, ask to speak to the manager and they will help you.  I have found all the Food Lion Staff to be very helpful at my Food Lion.
  

[Michele]

Just a reminder that our first PTA sponsored Spirit Night is this Monday, October 26th. 
Come out to the Friendly Center Chick-Fil-A any time from 5pm-8pm and tell them you are with Jones Elementary. 
Our school will receive a portion of the proceeds from all receipts collected.  You can tell them either in the store or in the drive-thru line.
Wear GREEN to show your School Spirit.~
Thank you for your continued support!
-Carmen Liebkemann and Annetta Bartle

[Michele]

Hello Everyone!!

The Yearbook is already underway and we are in need of snapshots.  We are using a new vender, which means we need original digital photos through either by borrowing your zip drive with your best 3-4 photos or a disk with the photos.   We can not accept hard copies or emailed photos this year.  

Don’t forget to bring in silent auction items to complete your classroom baskets!!  Do you have any baskets you can give us to wrap a class donation?  Please send it in to be put in the donation box!  Items should be in by Nov 13th.   Also, for anyone that likes to sing we would love for you to show us your talents at the karaoke night that coincides with the silent auction on November 19th from 5:30-7:30.

Please send in a donation

Want to contribute without opening your wallet?????  There are 2 ways!
1- Donate BOXTOPS!
2- Use WWW.GOODSEARCH.COM with our school listed as your organization instead of Google.com or Yahoo.com as your search engine and we will get money for each search you do!!!  We have already earned $125.

The date for the Reflections contest has been extended to Nov 6th, please encourage your children to participate!

STARTING this February at Jones Elementary GIRLS ON THE RUN! Calling all 3rd-5th grade girls to join us after school. Girls are great! Learn to lead! The finish line is just the beginning... Contact is: Laura Oxner tpls...@aol.com

Thank you,
Michele Alvarino
PTA President Jones Elementary

[Michele]

Jones Parents,

There is still time to contribute a few dollars toward our Holiday Poinsettias for Teachers! Please send your money to school by Wednesday, November 4, in an envelope marked "PTA Poinsettias."  Thank you for brightening the classrooms this holiday season!

Candace Harrison
PTA Staff Appreciation

[Michele]

Hello Jones Families,
Please don’t forget that the Jones Elementary Silent Auction/Karaoke night is November 19 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.  We have attached the flyers that went home a couple of weeks ago.  If your child wants to sing, please fill out the karaoke form and send it in to his/her teacher as soon as possible. Children can sing alone, in duets or in groups.  Your family can sing together!  There are limited spaces and we are taking singers first come, first served.  The spots are almost full.  THERE WILL BE NO SLOTS AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT.  
If singing is not your thing, please come to cheer on the singers (including some favorite teachers and members of the administration) and check out the silent auction.  We already have a lot of exciting items, but we can always use more!  Please review the ideas on the silent auction flyer.  There is a labeled box in the office to receive your items.  Most importantly, be sure to bring the entire family and your friends to this fun, family night at Jones.  Dinner will be available for purchase and there will be a fabulous bake sale with items from local bakers.  Thank you for your help and your support of the PTA!  Jackie Connors (aus...@yahoo.com) and Michelle Felt (mlw_...@hotmail.com)

Science Boards will also be sold at the silent auction for $3.00.  We have several colors, it is while supplies last, first come, first serve.

We look forward to seeing you at the December 15th PTA meeting in the Jones Cafeteria. In addition to our annual December concert led by Ms. Gaffney of the 2nd graders, and pizza being offered, the PTA will sponsor a recipe exchange. We hope that you will share your best baked goods recipes and get to know others in our PTA community. Look for more information closer to the date!  Also, please bring in used books, CD’s and DVD’s to donate towards our Literacy and Entertainment Fair which will be in February.

Don’t forget to use www.goodsearch.com and www.goodshop.com for all your holiday present searches and holiday purchchases!!

Have a great end to your week!
Thank you,
Michele Alvarino
Jones Elementary PTA President

[Michele]

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for participating in our silent auction and karaoke night tonight!  It was a huge success and we could not have done it with out the participation of the whole school.  Big thanks to Jackie Connors and Michelle Felt and their committees for heading the up the events.  It was wonderful to see so many teachers and staff on stage singing karaoke and giving it their all!  Priceless moments!

Upcoming dates:
Nov 20th –AR Store, 3rd-5th graders
                    Square 1 Art orders due

Nov 22nd – Bring in your designated item for staff appreciation. If your name starts with:
    a-e hand sanitizer or hand soap
    f-j box of tissues
    k-o – pack of large, odor free dry erase markers
    p-s – chlorox/lysol wipes
    t-z pack of colored or white paper

Dec 3rd – Science and Literacy night, science boards will be for sale for $3 in 4 colors while supplies last

Dec 7th – Spirit Night(5-8) and Barnes and Nobles Night(6-8) – pass on that anyone who shops at B&N in the US on Dec 7th and gives the code 10055143 will be donating a portion of their purchase to our school.

Dec 15th – General Board Meeting – 2nd grade sings, recipe exchange, bring a book to donate for the used book sale get a bag of popcorn, and pizza sales

[Michele]

Hello Everyone,

In addition to www.goodshop.com Jones has joined another new program that helps our PTA.  All you have to do is go to furtal.com <http://furtal.com/> and search for our school and then shop at our site, we get cash back from everything you buy.  It's that easy.  It does not cost you a thing. (If this link does not work for you copy www.goodshop.com or www.furtal.com and  paste it into your browser.)

I know you are about to do your holiday shopping so please try to do it here.

Plus, forward this email to your friends and family and everything they buy through one of these websites, contributes money to our PTA!

Thanks,

[Michele]

Come to the official ribbon cutting for the first segment of the Downtown Greenway on Wednesday (March 24) at 4:00pm.  In fact, come at 3:30pm and watch the Arbor Day Tree Planting, also on the greenway--we're told the tree is a mighty oak of which we'll all be proud.  Expect flags, banners, tents, a drumline and dance team, fire department and police department bike teams and Segways, a unicyclist, pedicab rides (Sue Dragon You).  And that's just at the ribbon cutting!

At 5:00pm the group moves across Eugene Street to South Elm for a reception (great food, no charge) at the mill at 816 South Elm Street, formerly known as the North State Milling Company and recently refurbished by Eric Robert for office and residential spaces.  The mill is now quite stylish and not to be missed.

At 5:30pm there will be an update on Phase 2 of the Greenway, a discussion of the Greenway's economic development potential, and some perspective from Sig Hutchinson, a Raleigh resident responsible for the creation of hundreds of miles of greenways in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

Because seats are limited, please let us know that you plan to attend at www.downtowngreenway.org or 336-379-0821.  Thanks!

[Suzan Antin]

Part of the Greenway runs through the Warnersville community, which of course, is the neighborhood that surrounds Jones. --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Michele <malv...@triad.rr.com> wrote:

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[Michele]

Hi Everyone,

Ms. Currie wanted me to circulate this info.  Please try to attend if you can.  We have had Jones students participate in the past with great success.  It is a fun opportunity for the kids.

Email Currie if you have specific questions.  currieg@gcsnc.com

Thanks,

Carmen

Fastest Kid In Guilford County

Eligibility:

Elementary and Middle School students ONLY

Two ways to enter:

Each elementary and middle school in Guilford County may select as many students as they wish to represent their school.
Any elementary or middle school student in Guilford County may enter on their own.
Entry Fee:

There is NO Entry fee. Registration is FREE.

Preliminaries:

To take place on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro at 4:00pm.

Finals:

The eight (8) fastest boys and girls in the elementary schools and middle schools with qualify for the finals to take place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 5:15pm.

Registration:

Online registration only - Register

Special Note:

During registration you will be asked to select the student's graduation date. Please select either:

1st Grade -- select 2021
2nd Grade -- select 2020
3rd Grade -- select 2019
4th Grade -- select 2018
5th Grade -- select 2017
6th Grade -- select 2016
7th Grade -- select 2015
8th Grade -- select 2014
Souvenirs:

Each of the eight finalists will receive a meet souvenir.

Awards:

Medals to the top six (6) finishers and Trophy to the winner.

Admission:

Each finalist (as a result of the preliminaries on Thursday, June 17, 2010) will receive a participant's bib, which allows admission to the event for Friday, June 18, 2010. One adult accompanying the athlete will receive a one day pass (Friday, June 18, 2010).

More Information:

Email info@nationalscholastic.org.

 



Lillian M. Govus

Manager, Communications

Guilford County Schools

Department of District Relations

712 N. Eugene St.

Greensboro, NC  27401

336-370-8997 phone

336-669-8138 mobile

336-574-3863 fax

govusl@gcsnc.com

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