First Grade Fun

Back in October, the first graders went to Rocky Creek Farm to pick pumpkins and mill cider.The fun began with a picnic on a gorgeous fall day!

YUM!

Then it was time for a hayride out to pick pumpkins!

Then we came back to mill apples into cider

Grinding up apples to press into cider

Meeting the animals

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Monday, November 22 was the First Grade Thanksgiving Program

Lining up

Ready to SING!

One Small Voice

...fun music and poetry followed by pumpkin pie!

Mrs. Aun, Mrs. Bartz and first graders:

We're thankful for YOU!

Thanks for all the fun experiences this year (so far)!

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Parents, if you have any messages or photos you'd like to post on the blog, please email them to me and I will post them! Thanks!

--Jamie Melin

(jamiemelin at msn dot com)

Ms. Reich's Class at Evergreen

Third Graders in Ms. Reich's class adopted Grandparents at a nearby rest & rehabilitation facility. Back in October they received their orientation and met their grandparents: Each Friday, the students walk from Winans a few blocks to the home.
Sometimes the weather is beautiful and it's fun to be outside...

...and sometimes it is cold and windy and hard to make the trek!

The students do many different activities with ther grandparents.
They've had a treasure hunt, a show-and-tell day, a Halloween Party, and a Christmas cookie-decorating party, just to name a few.

Some grandparents are very good at communicating, some are very quiet or disoriented. The students learn to communicate with their grandparents and help them.

The grandparents enjoy their time with the students.

Time to go back to Winans til next Friday!

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Thanks so much to Ms. Reich and the Evergreen staff for providing our students with this unique opportunity to serve and grow!

November PTO Meeting Minutes

Winans PTO Meeting Minutes—November 4, 2010

Attendance:
Christina Howell
Lora Brown
Donna Fairchild
Zanya Betley
Tammy Lewis
Jamie Melin
Carol Romans
Jim Huntzicker
[Teachers were in conferences]

I. T-Shirts
· We looked at 5 designs and chose design #3 submitted by Shannon Wilson with a few changes (make globe into line art, more spacing, simpler font). Zanya moved that we submit design #3 with designated changes as the design for the 2010-11 T-shirt, Jamie seconded, all voted in favor.
· T-Shirt colors will be violet and ultra marin blue with black and yellow ink
· Youth T-shirts will be priced between $8-9 , depending on # of pre-orders and our price break (need to pre-sell 65 shirts)
· Pre-Sell order forms will be made up in the next few weeks in hopes that T-shirts will be done before Christmas break.

II. Treasurer’s Report
1. Checkbook Balance - $7408.80 September 2, 2010
a. Credits
i. 11/03/10 - $195.00 Yearbooks = 28 yearbooks sold
ii. 11/03/10 - $8,343.06 Innisbrook
b. Debits
i. 9/03/10 - $271.65 – Printing for Less/Yearbooks
ii. 9/03/10 - $55.32 – Livingston Enterprise/Carnival Thank You Ad
iii. 11/03/10 - $64.18 – Food Services of America/Popcorn
Checkbook Balance - $15,555.71 November 3, 2010
2. Savings Account Balance - $4,853.30 September 2, 2010
a. Interest $6.73 September 30, 2010
Savings Account Balance - $4,860.03 November 3, 2010

II. Innisbrook Report
· We sold 1,056 Items and the kids won 396 Prizes for a total of $10,490 (40%= $4, 156)
· Kindergarten classes led the sales and won the pizza party
· Donna motioned PTO issue a check for Kindergarten Pizza Party, Zanya seconded the motion and all voted in favor.

OTHER NOTES: We are still interested in getting grants or donations toward the climbing wall (we have raised about 1/3 of the cost through fundraising). If anyone is aware of grants, awards, donations, etc., or if you have experience with writing grants or have other fundraising ideas, please contact the PTO President. Tammy Lewis.

It's time for our Innisbrook Fundraiser!!!
[click to learn more]

We will send the sales packets home with students Friday, September 17th and they are due back September 27th. Profits from this fundraiser are used for field trips, teacher stipends, and special programs (like Shakespeare in the Schools and Firehouse Five), so remind your customers how much they help our school when they buy from Innisbrook.

Don't forget to use the online ordering option if you have internet access. Each student can set up an onlie account for distant friends and relatives to participate, too.

It's an amazingly simple process--details are in the sales packets.

Happy Fundraising!

FREE FAMILY FUN on FRIDAY

If you're looking for something fun to do with your family tonight, we're holding a free family dance/ ice cream social at our church on Main & Summit Street (up the hill). You and your family are certainly welcome to come! [In the interest of full disclosure, I am the Activities Chairperson at church, but I gain nothing but new friends if you come --JamieM]

FIRST DAY of SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our new school year is in full swing! We've already had our first PTO Meeting and set up committees (see notes below), and we've got some fun pictures of the first day of school to share. Got some fun pictures you want to share? Do you have a note of congratulations, recognition, or appreciation to share? Good ideas? Send what you want to share on this blog to jamiemelin@msn.com and we'll get it posted.Mrs. Welch and students ready to start the day
Mrs. Thums teaching a new batch of kindergarteners about their new classroom.

Mrs. Schwartz orienting her new 5th graders

Mrs. Meador welcomes her new 2nd grade class

Mrs. Bartz's first graders stocking up on supplies & getting organized for a great new year!

First grade friends reunited after a long summer break!

Addie (Reich3) & Heidi (Bartz1) Melin in front of the school.

Athalia W. on her first day of kindergarten!

SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES

Winans PTO Meeting Septemebr 2, 2010
6:30pm Winans Library

I. Introductions
President Tammy Lewis
Secretary Jamie Melin
Treasurer Carol Romans
Teachers Pat Thums, Jane Welch
Principal Jim Huntziker
Parents: Shary Noble, Betsey Garten, Lessie Sites, Christina Howell, Lora Brown, Amanda Alkire, Teresa Grimsley, Jodi Day, Holly L. & Terry Cline, Zanya Betley

II. Committees
Fundraiser-Tammy & Holly
Popcorn- Teresa Grimley
Boxtops- Donna Fairchild
Yearbook-Zanya Betley
Carnival- Carole Ann, April
Read Week--Betsey Garten, March
Dr. Seuss Night-Melins, March
Teacher Appreciation- Teresa Grimley & Christina Howell
Room Parents-reminder to all parents to volunteer in classrooms when possible

CLICK HERE for a list of Committees, Chairpersons, and contact info so YOU can volunteer.

Innisbrook Fundraiser
· September 13-27 (two weeks long, Monday to Monday)
· Encourage to use online ordering

TREASURY REPORT

Teacher Stipends- Motion by Zanya, 2nd Lora--$200 per teacher, $100 per support staff, $3K-voting unanimous in the affirmative

Budget/ Treasury Report- Carol Ann (see image below—click to enlarge-coming soon)