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KZV Open House

KZV Open House willtake place on Thursday,March 26th. If you knowof any potential parents

please contact AnnieBavoukian to follow up

ith an invitation.Parents will be invited tospend the day on campusto learn about our school,talk to our teachers, and

have lunch with ourstudents. Caption describing

picture or graphic.

Book Exchange

Our monthly bookexchange took place

Tuesday, February 3rdafter school in ourcourtyard. It is a delightto our parents andadministration to seethe enthusiasm of ourstudents as they browsefor their books.

We ask that yourchildren bring booksthey have already readand are willing to swapand place them in any ofthe bins located in frontof the classrooms.Please remember thatthis is a FREE event andis open to all studentsregardless whether ornot he or she has

brought in a book forexchange. If you wouldlike to sponsor thehealthy snack for thatday, please contact us [email protected]. Markyour calendars for thenext Book Exchanges:

March 10th, April 1st,May 12th, June 9th

February 2009Volume 1, Issue 1

PTA News and Upcoming Events

KZV Armenian School

ImportantDates:

KZV Open House:

Thursday, March 26th

Book Exchange:

March 10th, April 1st,

May 12th, June 9th

Grandparents Day

at KZV:May 13th

Hye Em Yes

Camp:

uly 6th -10th

8th Grade Pizza:

March 27th, April 17th,

May 22nd, June 12th

Playground Improvements

An example of your PTA dues at work, note that the damaged playground slideas well as the foam on the Pre-K playground was just replaced. In addition, a bigthank-you to Zaven Daigian for donating time and materials towards the paintingof the playground.


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KZV Calendar - Parents who have not receivedthe 2009 KZV calendar are welcome to pick up acopy from the school office. The calendar issent to the St. Gregory Armenian Church mailing

list, so if you would like to receive it in the mailfor next year, please contact us at [email protected] have your address added.

Birthday Bulletins After a short hiatus, thePTA Birthday Bulletin Board will be back inMarch. Thank you to Mrs. Rene Avanessian forher wonderfully creative efforts acknowledgingthe monthly birthdays of our students. It is reallya treat for our students!

Sister School Luncheon Fundraiser - Thankyou to all the KZV moms and communitymembers who attended the KZV sister schoolluncheon fundraiser on January 24th . Ourcommunity was able to raise more than $2,500 forour sister school in Oshagan, Armenia. Thismoney will go toward the project just completedto get running water to the school. In addition in2009, the funds will purchase some classroomsupplies for the school such as white boards andmaps. Many, many thanks again for yourcontinued support as well as to the committee

members whose efforts make this possible:Hasmig Samurkashian, Caroline Aristakessian,and Vera Balushian.

Grandparents Day at KZVwill be held onWednesday, May 13th. Please mark your calendars

and invite the grandparents to join us foractivities in their honor.The PTA will providea special luncheon for that day.

Hye Em Yes Camp will take placeJuly 6th -10th under the continuing direction of AnnieBavoukian. The camp is a great way to keep

up with your friends over the summer andhave fun meeting new people. Please markyour calendars.

Dues and Fees Reminder Together withyour $30 per family PTA fee, the second halfof the Hot Lunch payment is already due. Atyour earliest convenience please drop off yourpayment in the PTA box located in the schooloffice. Statements will be sent out shortly.

Hot Lunch The February Hot Lunch menuhas been posted on the PTA bulletin boardand is also available on-line atwww.KZV.org.Please note that the menu will rotate the Top

Ten favorite meals of our students a few ofour new dishes which we tried out earlier inthe year did not fare very well, and were thusremoved. We apologize for a somewhatroutine menu, however our goal is toaccommodate the tastes of as many of ourstudents as possible.

8th Grade Pizza The 8th Grade pizza lunchFridays are as follows: March 27th, April 17th,May 22nd, June 12th. Look out for the e-mailreminders from the 8th grade parents.

More Events

Card. We will receive a

percentage of the amount of each

purchase in the form of a cash

donation from Target through

the TakeCharge of Education

program. It's easy. Just visit

target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-

316-6142 to designate our school.

So if you're going to Target

anyway, please consider using

your Target Visa or Target

Card. Big thanks to those who arealready doing their part to make a

great school even better.

Target donation to KZV to date:

$589.80 with only 9 people signed up

so far! Please join the Take Charge of

Education program and register KZV

to receive a percentage of your purchases

- KZV ID: 20941

PTA Fundraising

Target REDcard

.We've discovered a terrific way

to raise funds for our school. It's

super-easy, and all you have to do is

use your Target Visa or Target

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eScriphas created a system that rewardscustomer loyalty by contributing apercentage of purchases made byparticipating families to school or youthbased groups.

Parents, teachers, friends and familiesare encouraged to register their groceryclub cards, and existing credit/debitcards as supporters. A percentage of allpurchases made at eScrip merchants willbe given back to the designated schoolor group.

January November 2008 Contribution to

KZV: $675.19 - KZV ID: 136556116

Sign up at www.escrip.com or stop by the school

office to pick up a registration form

Box Tops 4Education-EachBox Top coupon isworth 10 for ourschool. You can clip Box Tops couponsfrom hundreds of your favoriteproducts.

Clip these coupons from the top ofhundreds of household products alreadyin your home. Look for the collectionbox in your classroom or in the schooloffice.

Total collected this school year: $150

Lucky Shares Card - LuckySupermarkets will donate 3% of yourpurchases to our school. Soon yourchildren will receive two Lucky Sharescards, one to keep and another for you

to give away to someone who you thinkwill use it. Simply swipe the card everytime you make a purchase at LuckySupermarkets. After an unanticipateddelay, these cards have been scheduledto arrive shortly.

Artwork for Education Under the direction of SevannaPanossian along with the coordinationof our art instruction, Mrs. NanorEkmejjian, our school took part in theArtwork for Education project. Most ofyou have already received the orders foryour childs artwork, however pleaseremember that this is a continuingfundraiser. New orders can be placedfrom their website:www.ArtworkforEducation.com.

Sees Chocolates Spring

Fundraiser - Our Easter chocolatesale will soon be under way. The PTAfundraising coordinator, Mrs. JoyceNazarethian will be distributing theflyers and order forms for this program.If you are interested in participating andpurchasing Sees Easter Chocolates foryour family and friends, please takeadvantage of this opportunity to helpour school. Order forms will also beavailable in the school office.

PTA Fundraisingcontinued

PTA Financial Report

The PTA finances are open to all parents and teachers for inspection. If at any time you areinterested in viewing our finances or have any questions please contact us at [email protected] drop by any of our scheduled meetings.

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