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Calendar of Events
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To view the
2011-12 PTA Calendar of Events click HERE
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| Quick Links |
to register your credit cards & Safeway card
MUST BE RE-REGISTERED EVERY YEAR
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January
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2nd - NO SCHOOL
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4th - Papa's Pizza Fundraiser
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5th - H.E.A.R.T. Assembly - 10:35
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6th - Popcorn Day
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10th - Family Fun Night Planning Meeting - 6:00 Library
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12th - PTA Skate World Night - 6:00-8:00
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16TH - NO SCHOOL
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19th - Scrip Order Due
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20th - Popcorn Day
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27TH - NO SCHOOL
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February
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1st - H.E.A.R.T. Assembly - 1:50
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3rd - NO SCHOOL
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9th - PTA Valentine Craft Party 6:30-7:30
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10th - Popcorn Day
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14th - PTA Meeting - 6:30 Library
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20th - NO SCHOOL
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24th - Popcorn Day
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NO PTA MEETING - January
Family Fun Night Meeting
Tuesday, January December 10th
6:00 - Library
NO Childcare Provided
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 TES PTA on Facebook
Are you on Facebook? By simply clicking on the link to the left, you can become a fan of our page! This is a great way to stay updated and aware of what's going on at our school and with PTA. You'll get reminders about upcoming events and deadlines to help you stay ahead of the game! Plus, we'd love you to post your comments, questions, suggestions and feedback on our wall. And don't forget to share your pictures of school events with us!
Check out our website!
www.ThurstonPTA.com It's full of great information including current and upcoming events, our current newsletter, links to our school's site, plus information about our fundraisers, membership, sponsors and lots more! Our website will be updated monthly so check back often for updates!
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Papa's Night - January 4th
Our 2nd Papa's Pizza night is Wednesday January 4th. This is a very simple way to help your school earn money while having a fun easy dinner with your friends or family. Flyers will come home Tuesday January 3rd, and they will also be available on the TES PTA website.
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Who wants to be Charlie??
At each H.E.A.R.T. Assembly we like to have our favorite cheetah make an appearance and give high-fives to all the kids winning awards. To make sure we don't miss an assembly I would like to start a signup in advance. This way all our kids get a chance to meet Charlie! We do make sure to have the costume dry cleaned regularly. It would be about an hour commitment. Here are the dates we need to fill...
February 1st - 1:50
March 1st - 10:35
April 5th - 1:50
May 1st - 10:35
June 12th - 9:30 - End of the year assembly
This is actually a really fun activity to do. You get to act silly anonymously and the kids absolutely LOVE IT! Contact April atapriluffens@comcast.net ASAP to sign up PLEASE~
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 Family Fun Night Planning Meeting
Please join us Tuesday, January 10th @ 6:00 in the library for the first FFN planning meeting. I know it seems early to be planning, but this event is our biggest of the year and takes MANY volunteers and planning to be a success.
We will be answering any questions you might have as well as explaining the process for the event. We will be looking for the following volunteers:
- Classroom Raffle Basket Main Coordinator (1 volunteer)
- Individual Classroom Basket Coordinators (2 per class. Some classrooms like to team up with others which makes it much easier)
- Community Donations Coordinator(s) (1-5 volunteers)
- Food Coordinator(s) (1-3 volunteers)
- Vendor Coordinator (1 volunteer)
- Bingo Coordinator (1 volunteer)
There will be many volunteer opportunities the night of the event and the week leading up. The above positions are more hands on and urgent to fill. Each position already has a volunteer who has done it for years and is willing to be of any assistance in helping on every level. Rest assured you will not be in this alone.
Please consider coming even if you are not sure if you want to commit to anything. This meeting is not intended to pressure anyone...just info. Childcare WILL NOT provided.
Any questions can be directed to April Uffens at apriluffens@comcast.net
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 Skate World Night
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 Popcorn Friday January 6th & 20th
Don't Forget! Popcorn Friday January 6th & 20th
Popcorn is $.25 a bag, or any combination of 12 Box Tops, Campbell's labels, or NEW this year My Coke Rewards Points! Just send them to school with your kiddos in a plastic bag with the number written on the bag and they will trade them in for popcorn tickets that they can use to purchase bags of popcorn.
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Pouch Collection
In the cafeteria at TES we collect juice pouches like, Capri Sun, Koolaid Coolers, and Honest Kids to name a few, and then one of our parents (Kate Tiernan) boxes them up to ship to TerraCycle. At TerraCycle they get "upcycled" into new products like pencil pouches and bags. TerraCycle also pays the PTA as much as $.02 per pouch. We are reducing the waste and raising money for our school at the same time!
If anyone would like to purchase pencil pouches created from this collection they will soon be available for $5. Please contact Kate Tiernan at katemtiernan@gmail.com for more info.
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 Watch D.O.G.S. Program
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Dads, the new year brings a new chance to be a Watch D.O.G.S. Hero to your kids! This new program is a hit with students and with teachers! Contact Brenda Royce at brendaroyce@thurstonpta.com to set up your D.O.G.S. day or to find out more information.
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Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students.) This is a very imortant role. The goal is to have one dad (father figure) at the school one day each week. They will wear a special t-shirt and spend the day at bus duty, morning assembly, classroom, reading, lunch, recess etc. You will be interacting with students all day, not grading papers, copies etc. This program gives dads the chance to play a VERY IMPORTANT roll at school and interact with not only their own children, but be a mentor to others that might not have one. Your kids will think you are amazing...I promise you that! The weeks will go by quickly so please contact me soon to sign up and find out how to become a Watch D.O.G.S. at Thurston Elementary School.
Click HERE for more info on Watch D.O.G.S.
Brenda & Michael Royce
brendaroyce@thurstonpta.com
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 Hotel Toiletries Needed
We are collecting hotel toiletries all year to donate to the Brattain House for homeless families. There will be a bin on the table in front of the PTA Room. Please feel free to collect and encourage your children to collect when on vacation. Let them d/o and explain why. Its a great way to give your children the power to help the needy in our own community.
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 School Garden Project
The TES PTA is moving forward with plans to build a school garden in the courtyard area near the school commons. This location was chosen by Jared Prutch, from the School Garden Project, along with the 5th grade teachers, Mrs. Dewey and PTA member Malea Jagels. The School Garden Project will be providing information, training and guidance throughout this process as well as helping to present curriculum to 5th graders throughout the school year. We are very excited about this project and will encourage teachers and students in all grades to visit and use the garden at anytime.
We are in need of volunteers to join the Garden Project Committee. For details, contact Malea Jagels atimmkjagels@gmail.com
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Site Council Volunteers
The school is looking for a couple of parents to be on Site Council. Site Council only meets once a month (and sometimes not at all) on Tuesdays from 3:00 - 4:00. The dates are:
January 17
February 21
March 20
April 17
May 15
The primary 'job' of this team is to help build our school improvement vision and make some overall building decisions about direction. It is really important to have parent input. If interested or would like more info contact Shari Furtwangler at shari.furtwangler@springfield.k12.or.us |
| Free Money from Safeway!!
(We earned $1,132.11 the 2010-11 School Year!)
Our PTA would like to register your Safeway Club Card with escrip.com. This is an online shopping site that gives a percentage of your spending with registered stores to the school of your choice. Albertsons does not participate in this program any longer.
We are able to register your Safeway card and those of your neighbors, family and friends. Send your name, address and card number to Britta Wyatt at brittamwyatt@gmail.com. You can also go to escrip.com, enter our school name and register your Safeway, Market of Choice, Macy's, Nordstrom, VISA, MC, AMEX, Discover and more!
If you don't know your card number (different than your phone number), you can call 1-877-723-3929 to get it. They will only release that info to the card holder for privacy reasons.
Feel free to collect as many Safeway card numbers as you can from your friends and family too!
We are looking for more volunteers to help head up this awesome program. Earning over $1000 last year is great..but can you imagine how much we could earn with even more numbers signed up??!! Contact April atapriluffens@thurstonpta.com for more info.
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Funding Factory- UPDATE
(We earned $204.32 the 2010-11 School Year!)
NO TONER CARTRIDGES PLEASE! CANNOT BE RECYCLED
In October I sent off 9 boxes of cell phones and ink cartridges, we earned $54.82 for that shipment! Great Job! Keep the old cell phones and ink coming!
Remember they can be sent in with your kids, or you can drop them off yourself. This is such a easy and free way to give money to our school in this time of need.
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My Coke Rewards Program 
TES is now participating in the My Coke Rewards program that is an easy and FREE fundraiser. Throughout the year you can go to http://mycokerewards.com and register the codes found on participating coke products with our school, or NEW this year, use them to by popcorn on popcorn Fridays. 12 codes = 1 bag of popcorn. We will also have a collection bottle in front of the PTA communication board right next to the office. In return we will be able to redeem those points for such items as art supplies, sports gear and educational resources.
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Scrip Program
(We earned $746.50 the 2010-11 School Year!)
Scrip is an ongoing program for TES. The PTA buys gift cards at a discounted rate through glscrip.com and sells them at face value. To support this fundraiser please take into consideration gifts or everyday shopping that you will be doing throughout the month and buy gift cards through this program. Also, ask your friends and family if they need any gift cards to use for their shopping needs. Scrip order forms will be coming out every other month and usually takes 1 week to process once the order is placed. Thank you for supporting this program. Questions can be asked to Jobina @ 988-1110 or
Scrip Order Form/Payment DUE Dates:
January 19th
March 15th
May 17th
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 Popcorn Friday
COST:
25c or any combination of 12 box tops,Campbell's Labels, or My Coke Rewards Points
VOLUNTEERS:
If you would like information on volunteering to help pop and sell, please contact Toni Webb at ToniWebb@ThurstonPTA.com
DATES:
January 6th & 20th
February 10th & 24th
March 9th & 23rd
April 13th & 27th
May 4th
June 1st & 14th
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PTA/Community Room
The PTA/Community Room is located next to the office. We invite you to please come in and take advantage of the school information posted on the bulletin board as well as the PTA info on the board out front. This is also the room that the Campbell Soup Labels, Box Tops and Funding Factory collection boxes are located. For a description of these programs, click HERE. You will also find File Folder Games to play with your children at home for check out. |
File Folder Games 
Come visit our Community Center (next to the office) and see the new "File Folder Games" we have available for your family to check out. Currently we have math and reading games in grades K,1,2,3 and 4. What a great way to sit down and spend some time with your child doing something fun while learning! We are asking that only adults check out the games rather than students. For more information please call the TES office at 744-6411
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 A Family for Every Child and Heart Gallery
Please visit the following links to their online newsletter to view children that are looking for their Forever Family as well as the mentoring program and application.
Newsletter
Mentor Program
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 Parent Resource Shelf
Our PTA has purchased some Love and Logic materials that are available in our library for check-out.
DVD - Who Says Parenting Can't Be Fun
Love & Logic Solutions
How to Disipline Kids w/out Losing Their Love & Respect
CD - Allowing kids to Choose Success
Helicopters, Drill Sergents & Consultants (Parenting Styles)
Winning the Homework Battle
BOOKS - How to Disipline Kids w/out Losing Their Love & Respect
Meeting the Challenge (Attention and Behavior Skill)
When Kids Leave You Speechless
Parenting with Love and Logic
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 Monthly PTA Meeting MinutesIf you missed a meeting, no worries! Now you can view minutes from previous meetings right here or from our website. Its near the bottom of the home page.
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Meet your PTA Board Members
April Uffens - President
I am excited to be your president once again. I have been a member of TES PTA for approximately 9 years with this being my 4th as your president. I will continue to publish the online newsletter, run the Entertainment Book fundraiser and facilitate our monthly meetings. My main responsibility is to lead our PTA towards specific goals chosen by our members. My husband Eric and I have a son Carson (third grader) who loves playing TPWF and a daughter Elesha who will be a Junior at THS. My goal this year is to create even more committees to accomplish greater goals and encourage more parent evolvement. I am pleased to work with a motivated board yet another year. Allow me to introduce them to you.
Brenda Royce - Vice President
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My roots are firmly planted in Thurston! Along with my two children, 4th grader Calvin and 1st grader Evelyn, I also went to this school as did my dad and my grandfather! My deep connection to this community grows stronger as my children get older. I work full-time at a medical office in the RiverBend Comlex. This year my husband, Michael, and I will be working hard on the new Watch D.O.G.S. program. I will be in charge of the Safeway Rewards program. I am creating a 'contact book' for the students/parents so we can all stay connected! I will be implementing a Welcoming Group of parents from each grade to help new families feel better informed when they join our school later in the year. This committee will also help the new kinder parents get a grasp on all the fun events, meetings, and fundraisers our PTA offers throughout the year. Join us at our PTA meetings to hear more!
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Toni Webb - Vice President
Hello, name is Toni Webb, I have been involved in TES PTA for 6 years and this is my 3rd year as VP. This year I plan to work on and organize the Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough fundraiser in November, our three PTA Holiday Parties (Fall Harvest, Valentine's, Spring Party), Splash & Skate World Night's, Papa's Pizza Nights, Popcorn Fridays, and Family Fun Night. My son, Seth, will be in 5th grade this year and my son, Zane, will be in 2nd grade this year. I'm looking forward to another fun and exciting year with TES PTA!
Jade Neckels - Treasurer
My name is Jade Neckels and this will be my third year as Treasurer. My son, Devon, is in 3rd grade this year and my daughter, Skylar, is a Kinder. I am currently working towards my business degree while trying to start my own jewelry business, Birds of a Feather. In addition to my Treasurer duties, this year I will be managing the PTA website and organizing both the Holiday Bazaar and the See's Candy fundraiser. I'm excited to be once again a part of such a wonderful group of caring parents and educators!
Sherry Cantlen - Secretary
My name is Sherry Cantlen and this is my third year as PTA Secretary. Along with my secretarial duties I am also in charge of TES apparel. This year my son TJ is a Fourth Grader and my son Sean is in the First Grade. I enjoy being involved at TES a great deal and look forward to another wonderful and productive year at the school working with students and staff.
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| Quick School Definitions
Popcorn Day = .25c or any combination of 12 box tops,Campbell's Labels, or My Coke Rewards Points
Box Tops/Campbell Label Program = Clip UPC code or Box Top Logo. PTA is able to redeem for products/cash.
My Coke Rewards = Save and turn in My Coke Rewards Codes from ALL participating Coca Cola Products. PTA is able to redeem points by shopping in the school rewards catalog.
Thurston Thursday = Wear your TES Cheetah apparel to show school spirit every Thursday.
Escrip.com = Gift and shopping cards from your favorite stores and restaurants. TES receives a percentage of your purchase.
Scrip Sale = Gift and shopping cards that we sell from school and receive a percentage of the purchase price.
Safeway Rebate Program = Provide your Safeway Card number to donate a percentage of each purchase to TES
Entertainment Book Sale = Fall fundraiser starting September 23rd. PTA keeps 50% of purchase price.
Cookie Dough Sale = Fall fundraiser starting October 27th. PTA keeps 50% of purchase price.
Sees Candy Sale = Spring fundraiser the first two weeks of March.
Family Fun Night = May 18th all school carnival with games, bingo & basket raffle
Jog-a-Thon = June 4th spring fundraiser
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$50 ad ($5 monthly)
-business card size ad
-runs Sept-June in newsletter reaching all PTA members & staff
-runs year long on our new PTA website
$100 ad ($10 monthly)
-double business card size ad
-also runs in newsletter & website
-run monthly coupon of your choice that is only offered to PTA members
-table at Family Fun Night at NO COST
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Business Sponsors
To become a Business Sponsor of TES PTA,
please contact April Uffens
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