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November 2017
The SwanWe started this year as a new PTA board with one overarching goal — to grow our Swansfield PTA community. We pledged that every one of our events would have conversation and community at its heart. And we committed to listening to and learning from each other as we work to make this a positive, engaged school community. We’re now at the end of the first quarter, and with your help, we have taken significant steps forward in growing our PTA community. Dozens of parents, grandparents, teachers, staff, administrators, and Swansfield alumni have volunteered to make our events — from the fall dance to the FitnessThon to the Fall Festival — successful, safe, and fun. At each of these events, we have made new friends, exchanged phone numbers, arranged playdates, talked about our kids, and, most importantly, talked about who we are as a Swansfield community. This is exactly what we set out to do.Let’s keep it up.
UPCOMING EVENTS
11/20 Pie Potluck and Turkey Bingo11/28 PTA CommUNITY Meeting12/05 Restaurant Night - Chipotle12/15 Winter CommUnity Dance01/18 Game Night01/24 PTA CommUNITY Meeting
From the President
Our Holiday Dance on Friday, December 15, will support Blessings in a Backpack. Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.Currently, Blessings in a Backpack is sending food home with 20 Swansfield children every week. Because our need is greater, though, we’d like to serve even more students. There are three ways to give. 1. You may bring a cash donation to the dance. The PTA will use your donation to purchase food for our Swansfield program.2 . Y o u m a y m a k e a n o n l i n e d o n a t i o n a t www.blessingsinabackpack.org and designate that your donation go to Swansfield ES in Columbia, MD.3. You may purchase a treat from the snack bar at the dance. All proceeds for the evening will benefit the Blessings in a Backpack program.
Fall Festival 2017Moon bounce, cake walk, DJ, dancing, kiddie corral, face painting, tattoos, pumpkin painting, games, prizes, popcorn, soccer, cotton candy, and trunk or treat: all the makings of the Swansfield PTA Fall Festival! Our community came together for an afternoon of family, friends, and fun. This great event would not have been possible without the hard work of our volunteers.Thank you to everyone who shared their time and talent to make the Fall Festival happen. This is how communities arebuilt! We look forward to seeing you at the next PTA event!
Want to see more pictures from the Fall Festival? https://www.facebook.com/pg/Swansfield-Elementary-School-PTA-1666056110276470/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1972239219658156
Blessings in a Backpack
December Restaurant Night
Come out to Chipotle at the Mall in Columbia on Tuesday, December 5th. Enjoy dinner with the family, meet other parents, and help us raise money for fun family events, cultural arts programs, and classroom grants. Be on the lookout for a flyer with more information in your child's Monday Folder!
50% of the proceedswill be donated to the PTA!
MESSAGE FROM OUR
SCHOOL NURSE
School can sometimes get messy! Sometimes students don’t make it to the restroom in time, and even older children c a n h a v e t h e occasional spill or nose bleed. Please make sure your child has a change of seasonal clothes. This will allow us to help them stay clean and comfortable during their time at school.
Shoparoo turns pictures of your shopping receipts into cash donations for your PTA! It's an easy and free way to raise money to help fund the Swansfield PTA mission. We earned nearly $200 last year this way.
All you have to do is download the app on your mobile phone (available for IOS and Android), sign up, and start snapping! They accept grocery, retail, drug store, restaurant, and even local business receipts!
Volunteer Corner
Help us make Swansfield a great place for our children. Volunteers needed!
Hospitality Committee Ben Carson Reading Room
Fitness FridayMighty Men
Contact a board member or your Grade Level Liaison for more information.
ALL volunteers must complete a volunteer training every year. You can do this from the comfort of your home.
Visithttp://ses.hcpss.org/support
Find us on Facebookwww.swansfieldpta.org
Yearbook Committee Chairperson Needed!
Contact Kelly if you're interested!
PTA Board MembersKelly Klinefelter Lee [email protected]
Renee Douglas VP [email protected]
Kimo Stewart [email protected]
Nate Perkins Recording [email protected]
Souraya Robbins Corresponding [email protected]
Elizabeth Wyant VP School [email protected]
October was a very busy month for our PTA. All of it was accomplished by our wonderful volunteers! Thank you to each and every one of you.
Did You Know...
WINTER COMMUNITY DANCE
DECEMBER 15
Stay tuned for more information!
What is our students' favorite province?
Visit us at www.swansfieldpta.org on December 1st for the answer!
Country in South Africa
Crew chief
"America's ________" (2 words)
Female reporter
Wintery mound
Dorothy's fallacious companion (2 words)
Daring type of adventure that's full of fights
Athletic trousers
Maker of Atlases and Beetles
FitnessThon was a hit! We raised $7000!!Thank you to all who participated, volunteered, and donated. If you haven't sent your sponsor envelope yet, it is not too late! We are still accepting donations!