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Challenger PTA News – January 2018 - Page 1 of 3
Presidents’ Message
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an enjoyable break. My girls and I loved
seeing all the different snowmen. We have a very creative community. The PTA
is planning some wonderful upcoming events such as the Scripps Spelling Bee,
Festival of Cultures, STEM Fair, Book Swap, and Eager Reader. Thank you to all
the volunteers for making these events possible. If you are interested in
volunteering, please see our website. Challenger PTA.org
We are putting together a PTA nominating committee to nominate volunteers for
next year’s PTA board, as well as many committee and event chairs. The
nominating committee only meets a couple of times over the next few months, so
the time commitment is minimal. Please consider volunteering for this important
role or a position on the board next year. We have a lot of fun and provide lots of
smiles to our Challenger students and community.
Did you know????
There will be three renewal Levies for our Issaquah Schools on the February 13th, 2013 ballot. These are replacement levies - replacing previous voter-approved levies that are expiring in 2018. Like a subscription, local school levies must be renewed or the funding will be lost. Three levies to be renewed: 2 yr. Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) funds special ed programs, EAs, athletic and extra-curricular activities, nurses and mental health counselors; 1 yr. Bus Levy pays for new buses to replace aging vehicles and improve safety and efficiency; 4 yr. Educational Technology and Critical Repairs Levy (Capital Levy) pays for technology upgrades for each school, plus security and emergency system improvements. Please click here for more information and to review the ballot measures and tax impact: www.visvote.org
If you have questions there is a community info night Jan 11th, 7pm at Swedish Hospital Conference Rooms.
Warmly,
Libby Kell and Catherine Miano-Johnson
[email protected] and [email protected]
Challenger PTA News January 2018 – Challenger PTA Chapter 2.6.6 challengerpta.org
Your 2017-2018 Challenger PTA Officers are:
Presidents Vice Presidents Treasurers Secretaries
Libby Kell
Catherine Miano-Johnson
Alison Greer
Dawn Phillips
Shirley Rullan
Heather Matthews
Briana Segura
Anna Gibson
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER: 1/12
MLK Assembly 9:25 – 10:00 am (MPR)
Challenger movie night 6:30 - 8:30 pm (MPR)
1/16-1/26
Student Council, Kids Helping Kids
Supply Drive
1/20
Value Village Collection Drive 9am-3pm (Challenger parking lot)
1/26
Spirit Day – Opposite Day
Festival of Cultures 6:30 – 8:30 pm (MPR)
2/2
Karate West Parents Night Out
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
PTA Presidents’ Message
Festival of Cultures
5th Grade Fundraisers
Kids Helping Kids
Golden Acord Award
Popcorn Fridays
Amazon Smile
Box Tops for Education
After School Enrichment Programs
Like us on Facebook at Challenger Elementary PTA, and visit our website: www.challengerpta.org
Challenger PTA News – January 2018 - Page 2 of 3
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
January 12th The 5th Graders will be hosting a Movie Night at Challenger from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The movie will be Despicable Me 3 The 5th Graders will get 100% of the money raised at this event!
January 20th
The 5th Graders will be hosting a Value Village Collection Drive at Challenger. A flyer with more information has been sent home.
For every 350 bags that are collected, the 5th Graders will raise around $1,000 for camp!
January 23rd The 5th Graders will be hosting a Hop Jacks Fundraiser Night at their Klahanie location.
A flyer with all the information will be sent home. The 5th Graders will get 20% of your bill when you present the flyer to them at time of purchase.
February 2nd
Parent’s Night Out
Drop Your Kids off and Enjoy an Evening to Yourself! There are 5 upcoming “Parent Night Out” events coming up at Karate West in Issaquah.
2/2, 3/9, 4/6, 5/4 & 6/1 from 6pm to 9pm and dinner is included!!!! The Cost is $35 per kid and 100% of all proceeds from these events will be donated to
Challenger’s 5th graders! Karate West is located at 5828 221st PL SE, Issaquah, WA 98027
At the Festival of Cultures, Challenger Elementary “will go around the world” and learn more about the culture, food, music and traditions of the countries representing the rich diversity of our school. This free PTA event is run by Challenger families for the whole community to enjoy. We still need volunteers to make this wonderful event happen! There are many opportunities to help at the festival, so please sign up here. Please contact Emily Lee [email protected] or Shirley Rullan [email protected] with any questions! We look forward to seeing you there!
Challenger Student Council and Challenger PTA
Kids Helping Kids - Supply Drive
January 16 - 26th
This month Challenger will be supporting the Humanitarian Outreach project by collecting supplies for kids in South Africa.
Classes are collecting the gently used or new items below. When classes fill their classroom boxes they get a ticket in the
Challenger Ambassador Raffle. The winning class will get to represent Challenger by sending their class picture on a
bookmark with the school’s donations to Africa.
Here is a list of needed items:
Reading books – all types for any and all ages
School Supplies - #2 pencils, sharpeners, erasers, crayons, markers, folders, etc.
Sport balls – soccer balls, footballs, and basketballs, etc.
Challenger PTA News – January 2018 - Page 3 of 3
2018 Golden Acorn
Let’s Recognize Challenger’s Outstanding Volunteers and Educators!
The Golden Acorn Award: is awarded to PTA volunteers who go above and beyond in their service to a school community. The Outstanding Educator Award: is awarded to a teacher or staff member who makes significant contributions that enhance the education of students.
Nomination forms are available in the office or online at www.challengerPTA.org **Please note that previous recipients are not eligible for nomination, check the plaques in the atrium for names of prior recipients**
Please return the forms to the PTA lock box no later than Friday, February 16th.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHOP AMAZON SMILE AND RAISE MONEY FOR CHALLENGER STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shop Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of an item to Challenger PTA.
Visit smile.Amazon.com, locate Issaquah PTA Challenger 2 6 6, and help our school earn while you shop!
Interested in After School Programs? The after school programs at Challenger are not sponsored by the school or PTA. However, as a convenience, we do have a
listing of the available enrichment classes on our website. More information available at:
http://challengerpta.org/Page/Programs/Enrichment
Help your class win FREE TCBY coupons while earning money for Challenger
at the same time!
Our next Box Top turn in deadline is February 23rd so please continue to turn in box tops!
All you need to do is cut them off of the box they are on, stick them in a ziploc bag, write your child’s name and teacher on the bag and send them to school with your
child. Or you can have your child attach your Box Tops to the handy collection sheets with glue or double sided tape. For your convenience there is a
collection box in the office labeled Box Tops. Let’s see if we can fill it up!
The class that turns in the most Box Tops by February 23rd will also be awarded free TCBY Frozen yogurt coupons. So start saving and sending in
your Box Tops today!
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Hollander at [email protected].
2018 PTA Popcorn Friday schedule:
February 2nd March 2nd April 6th May 4th June 1st
Popcorn is free! If you have any questions about popcorn Fridays please
contact: Jennifer McCommon