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CCMS PTA Newsletter 1September 2009, Issue 1

Central College Magnet SchoolPTA Newsletter

As the PTA President for the 2009-2010 school year, I would like to welcome you to Central College Magnet School. As aMom to a third grader I know how important it is to be involved in your child’s education. By becoming a member of the PTAyou can do this. The PTA offers a wide range of enriching programs from Math Night to Reflections. There are so manyopportunities to be involved throughout the school year. Please feel free to contact myself or Marilyn Rogers, our VolunteerCoordinator and Vice-President, if you have any questions.

I would like to extend a big “Thank You” to all of the parents who have made the start of the year a success with the SummerReading Program, Back to School Days, Boo Hoo Breakfast, Back to School Picnic and Curriculum Night. Looks like we are off to a great start!

Amy DeRose

Name A Star…..We CAN!

A great Gator THANK YOU goes out to PTA members who have already worked 6 hours or more for CentralCollege Magnet School. Our volunteers play a “starring” role in ensuring our PTA does great things for our kids:

Patty Blanchong Beth Dellasanta Amy DeRose Sue DoudAngie Fotis Chandra Leggett Elizabeth Kirk Amy RaubenoltLaura Rhoades Marilyn Rogers Makayla Sampson Susan WatsonCristin Wilson Youngra Hardwick

Check out the wall by the PTA bulletin board as more volunteer “stars” are added throughout the year.

WELCOME BACK!!!

"The Mission of our PTA is to enrich our students’ education and connect our school community"


This past summer, I was in the Westerville July 4th parade with my friend Mya Rasar. Mya won the Rotary contestto name the theme of the parade and one prize she got was to have a float in the parade on the 4th of July and sheasked me if I could ride on it with her. The float was the 11th in the parade and was really big. It had swings, abench and a tree on it. Mya, her cousin Brian Kray, and me were the only three people on the float. I had neverbeen in a parade before and thought it was really fun. We got to swing on the swings, wave at people and throw alittle bit of candy. When our float was done with the parade, we got to go watch the rest of the parade. We had agreat time at the Westerville 4th of July parade!

On...Maren Dorne

If you have a sutdent that you’d like to see in the spotlight, please contact Chandra Kocica-Leggett at [email protected] or call 865-3657. W e’d love to make your student shine!


Mark The Calendar

Monday, Sept.21 Fall Walk-a-ThonMarket Day Pickup 5:15 -6:30

Wednesday, Sept.23 PTA Meeting 6:30-8:00 in Library

Tuesday, Sept. 29 4th Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, Sept. 30 PTA Membership Drive Deadline

Sunday, Oct. 4 Help Landscape CCMS(3rd - 5th Graders CommunityService Opportunity)

Tuesday, Oct. 6 OAT Test 3rd Grade

Wednesday, Oct. 7 Kemba Kids Deposit Days20th Year Celebration5:30 - 7:30

Thursday, Oct. 15 Early Release

Friday, Oct. 16 No School

Monday, Oct. 19 Market Day Pickup 5:15 -6:30

Monday, Oct. 26 Fall Festival Day (Bats)

Tuesday, Oct. 27 PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00 in Library

Take PTA 101 and OurSchool Will Pass With Flying

Colors

All new PTA members andnew/returning committee chairs areinvited to an informal roundtable onSeptember 23rd at 6:30, just prior tothe first PTA meeting of the year.

Learn more about our PTA, itsmission, and what is planned forour students in this upcoming year. We’d love to answer your questionsin person and hear yoursuggestions on new ideas to makeour PTA better.

For committee chairs, we’ll reviewitems like what to include in flyerssent home with the students, howto find out what’s budgeted for anevent, and how to get reimbursedfor expenses.

Meet some new parents and get inthe mix for the 2009-2010 schoolyear!


Get to know your PTA...

Remember to send inBoxtops and Campbell'sUPC's labelled with yourchild's name/grade! We will have our firstdrawing on Sept. 30th, andthe class contest deadline is10/23.

(contact - Elizabeth Kirk,[email protected])

The goal of our PTA is simple. We want to strengthen our school community andenrich the student’s education. The first PTA meeting will offer an opportunity forMarilyn Rogers (our Volunteer Coordinator & Vice President) to inform you on the insand outs of volunteering, from how to log your hours to where we keep the copy paper. The PTA meeting schedule will be as follows:

Wednesday, September 23 Volunteer/Event Chair instructional meeting @ 6:30pm in LibraryGuest speaker—School Levy Representative @ 7:00pm

Tuesday, October 27 @ 7:00pm

Wednesday, January 27 @7:00pm

Tuesday, February 23 @ 7:00pm

Wednesday, March 24 @ 7:00pm

Tuesday, April 27 @ 7:00pm

Wednesday, May 26 @ 7:00pm

**All meetings are held in the school library. Free babysitting is provided for school agechildren**

Help CentralCollege savepop tabs forthe RonaldMcDonaldHouse!

PTA Budget Items

Our top expenses for the summer were:

$687.45 Summer Reading program T shirts$239.60 Flash Drives for New Students$120.00 PTA Conference$45.62 Chair Cover Fabric for 2nd Grade


Mark The Calendar

Monday, Sept.21 Fall Walk-a-ThonMarket Day Pickup 5:15 -6:30

Wednesday, Sept.23 PTA Meeting 6:30-8:00 in Library

Tuesday, Sept. 29 4th Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, Sept. 30 PTA Membership Drive Deadline

Sunday, Oct. 4 Help Landscape CCMS(3rd - 5th Graders CommunityService Opportunity)

Tuesday, Oct. 6 OAT Test 3rd Grade

Wednesday, Oct. 7 Kemba Kids Deposit Days20th Year Celebration5:30 - 7:30

Thursday, Oct. 15 Early Release

Friday, Oct. 16 No School

Monday, Oct. 19 Market Day Pickup 5:15 -6:30

Monday, Oct. 26 Fall Festival Day (Bats)

Tuesday, Oct. 27 PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00 in Library

Take PTA 101 and OurSchool Will Pass With Flying

Colors

All new PTA members andnew/returning committee chairs areinvited to an informal roundtable onSeptember 23rd at 6:30, just prior tothe first PTA meeting of the year.

Learn more about our PTA, itsmission, and what is planned forour students in this upcoming year. We’d love to answer your questionsin person and hear yoursuggestions on new ideas to makeour PTA better.

For committee chairs, we’ll reviewitems like what to include in flyerssent home with the students, howto find out what’s budgeted for anevent, and how to get reimbursedfor expenses.

Meet some new parents and get inthe mix for the 2009-2010 schoolyear!


Thanks to those of you who have already joined the PTA! There is still time to join and be a part of a greatorganization that strives to strengthen our school community and enrich our students’ education. Deadlinefor PTA membership is September 30, 2009 – Membership is $6.00 for single or $10.00 for 2memberships.

Here’s some of the great things the Central College Magnet PTA has done for our school community andchildren:

Hosted Author visit/workshops for all gradesSponsored school wide Let’s Get Buggy programPaid for more than $2400 in field trips for the 08-09 school yearCreated and paid for monthly enrichment & school community events including: BTS picnic, Fall Fun/Kickball, Build It! Night, Hollywood Read-In, Swim Party, Skate Party & More

Your level of involvement is totally up to you! Joining the PTA doesn’t mean that you have to chair anevent or even come to our monthly meetings, (you can if you want to – we’d love to have you), but it doesmean that you are choosing to help enrich your child’s education and school community.

Remember, the class with the most PTA memberships will win a PIZZA lunch. Here’s the class standingsas of Sept. 11th:

1st Grade = 17 2nd Grade = 31 3rd Grade = 23 4th Grade = 31 5th Grade = 17

Also, for each PTA membership purchased, the CCM student’s name* will be entered into a drawing to wina $50.00 US Savings Bond. (* For families with more than 1 student at CCM, the name submitted willmatch the grade designated on the PTA membership enrollment form). Drawing to be held October 2,2009.

If you have any questions regarding PTA Membership, please contact Patty Blanchong,[email protected] or 614.895.1402.

Which Grade is set to win a PIZZA Lunch?


Keep On Counting!The PTA tracks the number of hours worked by volunteers each year. Theoverall numbers are submitted to the Ohio PTA and the school district andare used to show how much work volunteers do for our school. Ourvolunteer hours help to demonstrate our “value” added to the school. Thisinformation is also important as we apply for grants to help fund our Eco-Lab.

Please remember to sign in and out each time you work at school in anycapacity. The Volunteer Sign-In Sheet is located on a clipboard on the filingcabinet outside the office. You can log hours worked outside the school inthe Volunteer Notebook. Each volunteer keeps a separate page in thenotebook. Take a blank sheet, write your name at the top, and fill in theinformation.

If you don’t have time to get to school to log your hours, or forget to do sowhile you’re there, please submit the information to the VolunteerCoordinator, Marilyn Rogers, at [email protected] or 471-4776.

Grab Your Walking Shoes!

Our Walk-A-Thon is this Monday, September21st. You (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.)are welcome to walk with your child during theevent. It’s a great way to spend some time withyour child, enjoy the fresh fall air at Inniswood,and show your support for this great fitness-focused fundraiser (try saying that threetimes!). Check with your child’s teacher to findout the time your child’s class will be walking.Hope to see you there!

MarketDayPick-up date and time: Monday, September 21, 5:15-6:30

Sale dates for the year (all pick-ups areon Mondays, and all are from 5:15-6:30):

order deadline pickup date 10/14 10/19 11/11 11/16

12/9 12/14 1/20 1/25 2/17 2/22 3/17 3/22 4/21 4/26 5/19 5/24 6/16 6/21

Join us on W ed October 7th from 5:30pm-7:30pm as the PTAcelebrates CCM's 20th year as a Magnet School. Over 2600students have passed through our doors and it's time to celebrateour success. Lots of special events are planned including a timecapsule, class cheer-off, school trivia hunt and more. TheColumbus Blue Jackets Street Hockey will be here for pick-upgames and a tournament. Plus lots of fall fun with pumpkin paintingand stuffing our own Gator Family of Scarecrows. Mark yourcalendar and more details will follow! If you want to volunteer forthis fun family event, please email Sue Doud [email protected] or Lee Lander [email protected]

20 YearCelebrationApproaches...


Look Into the Library at CCM

The primary goal in buying books for the library is to support thecurriculum. These are titles that tie into what is being taught in theclassroom. A secondary goal is to buy titles that kids want to read,i.e. the “popular” books like Diary of A Wimpy Kid. The 20th

Celebration Library Donation program, chaired by Angie Fotis, isworking on obtaining library bound book titles that the kids want toread. If you would like to find out what titles the library is looking forOR would like to give a monetary contribution, please email Angieat [email protected]

The average cost of a library bound childrens book is $18.00. Manyof the non-fiction science books cost are $20.00 each. Ourremaining budget allows for the purchase of about 100 new books.Compare that to the 132 titles in our collection that were publishedin 1985 or earlier and need to be “weeded” from the shelves.Science and technology titles should be replaced ideally every 5years but no later than every 10 years. A collection analysis wasdone and 37% of the science books and 9% of the technologybooks need to be weeded. Scholastic book fair profits have gone down each year and we maynot even have the option to take cash next year. We are lookingforward to the Barnes & Noble book fair the 1st week of Decemberto see how that may positively impact our library’s collection.

Last year, the PTA budget gave the library $500.00 – it wasused to fund library books, updated DVDs, and new metalbookends. Additional money was donated from Book Fairand Bake Sale profits for a total spent of $1661.16. Thelibrary would not have been able to afford any of theseitems through the district budget. This year we received$523.00 from Book Fair profits and we bought 40 books. We have been given a "wish list" from our library. DuringBack To School Days we had several parents offer topurchase some of the books on the list and others thatmade donations. So far, we have collected $145 andparents have signed up for 16 books!!! Each book runsabout $15-$18 so that we are able to get library boundbooks to hold up to the wear and tear!

If you would like to help us meet the goal of purchasing all43 books please contact Angie Fotis at 314-5464 [email protected].

We also have a list of the remaining books if you and yourchild would like to pick a specific title.

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CCMS Library Fast FactsBudget is $2500. per year. $500 for Spectrum, our library circulation system$100 for magazines for teachers and students $1900 for library books10,596 books in the collection


TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:

Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com

Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with the PTA after you signup. If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.

Click on Sign In/Register. If you are a new online customers, click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘NewCustomer?’ box.

Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering youremail address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions .

You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.

Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.

Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.

Update or confirm your information.

Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.

To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of yourinformation page.

REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after you register your card(s).!

Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number.

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