A note from the Principal… Dear Parents, Cold weather seems to have arrived much sooner than I would have wanted,

however, the Thanksgiving holiday is right on schedule. Therefore, this year like every year, I stop to reflect on all the events and happenings from one Thanksgiving to the next. This year there is much to be thankful for; a school full of wonderful students, a staff which excels in excellence, a support staff who exceed our highest expectation, parents who encourage and go that extra mile, and a PTA which delivers only the best. As a community, we are all vested, to degrees great and small, in the futures of the young boys and girls who attend Princess Anne Elementary School. For that, I am thankful. As the leader of this very special community school, I have witnessed firsthand how teamwork, fellowship, comradery, and collaboration have brought us to new heights. This Thanksgiving season, my wish for you is to grow and prosper as a family and within your community. May your endeavors be blessed and reflect the desires of your heart. Happy Thanksgiving,

Mark your Calendars!

Nov 17-21 PTA Penny Challenge Nov 19 McDonald’s PTA Spirit Night Nov 20 Engineering For Kids 3:15-4:15 Nov 26 Adjusted Dismissal Nov 27-28 Thanksgiving Recess- no school Dec 1 Chess Club 3:15-4:15 Dec 3 Engineering For Kids*** Note Date Dec 4 Adjusted Dismissal Dec 6 Santa’s Breakfast Dec 8 Pungo Pizza PTA Spirit Night Dec 10 PTA Meeting 6:30pm library Dec 11 Last Engineering For Kids class Dec 17 Christmas Choral concert Dec 18 Teacher Cookie Exchange Dec 22-Jan 2 Winter Recess- No School

PTA President's Letter Hello Princess Anne Families, During this holiday time when we are constantly asked to give of our time and talents, it is often hard to make the effort to do so especially when we have so much to do for our own families. This past Sunday a memorable story of how one can find and share their unknown talents was relayed to me which I share with you now. ‘A fourth grade boy was before a judge facing consequences yet again for disciplinary problems within his school. The boy stood next to his Grandmother who had raised him for many years. As the hearing progressed, it was disclosed that one source of the child’s difficulties was the constant bullying he faced because his Grandmother was not actively involved within his school. When asked by the judge why that might be, the Grandmother replied, “I cannot read or write.”. Upon hearing this, several of the school representatives present asked the judge if he would call a brief recess. They escorted the Grandmother outside and spoke briefly to her. When she returned to the courtroom, the Grandmother’s excitement was obvious. The judge resumed the hearing at which time the grandmother proudly announced, “I am going to be a lunchroom monitor at my grandson’s school!”. Following this event and after many months, the fourth grade boy made no further appearances before the judge and he became a model student. And, yes, the Grandmother was taught to read!’ No matter how small or trivial you may judge your volunteer efforts, always know that they are monumental in a child’s eye. As the PTA President, I advocate for families to spend time in their child’s school, but that is only one way to help those in our community. Be sure to show your children what the true meanings of the upcoming seasons are about and show them how to offer all of their priceless time and talents as well. Enjoy your holidays! Christine Sullivan PTA President

THE SEAGULL GAZETTE Distributed by the Princess Anne Elementary PTA

2444 Seaboard Rd., VB, VA 23456

“Success comes when we all pull together”

www.princessannees.vbschools.com

ISSUE 5 Nov 19, 2014

PAES PTA brings you November’s Wednesday Hump Day

Dinner Plans…..

Come on out for

PTA Spirit Night at McDonald’s

Take a mid-week break and sponsor your PTA!

20% of your dine in receipt will be donated to your school during this time.

Mark the Date:

Date: Wednesday, November 19th Time: 4pm – 8pm Where: McDonald’s

2432 Princess Anne Road

Wear PA green and yellow to win a special prize! Look to see when your favorite teacher will be there to serve you from behind the counter!

Kindness and Compassion Club

Winter Drive In a joint effort with Chick-Fil-A, the Kindness and Compassion Club will be collecting hats, mittens and blankets to aid homeless members of our community. Please consider donating new or gently used items to the boxes located in the front hallway of the school. Chick-Fil-A will transport all donations to Blankets For Homeless for distribution. Please bring in your donation December1st-12th. See the flyer at the end of the newsletter for more information.

Anne Johnson Kindness and Compassion Coordinator

It's holiday time once again! Our yearly Breakfast with Santa event will be held Saturday, December 6 in the cafeteria beginning at 8:30. The whole

family is invited to enjoy this special occasion. Please turn in the form by Friday, November 21st (which is the week before Thanksgiving) so we may order your food. Additional forms are located in the newsletter. Dorothy Castillo Santa’s Breakfast Coordinator

The Penny War Has Begun! Monday began the great competition between the

classes in an effort to raise funds for the PTA Scholarship fund!! Each classroom was given a container to collect pennies during their lunch time. The race is now on and the leader changes daily! Be sure to check out the tally board in the cafeteria every day! For each penny collected, one vote will be given. Put as many pennies as you can into your class’ container to gain the most points. The catch? What if you have a silver coin or a dollar bill? Put these into different classes’ containers and use them to subtract points from their team’s totals. For example, a nickel will subtract 5 points from the class’ total. Strategy is key! Each day the class standings will be posted so that everyone can be certain what their next move should be. *Note: checks will be counted like pennies and result in the addition of points. The reward? The class with the top three highest amount of points will receive a thank you gift! 1st Place: Mad Science voucher for just your class to use this school year.

(Teachers-how nice to have an added assembly to go along with your current science lesson plan??)

2nd Place: Personal class concert performed by Mr. Slay

(Students-you all love listening to Mr. Slay play for you during music class. How about a special concert just for you?)

3rd Place: Popcorn Party when you should decide (Great for those brain breaks!) Parents, be sure to join in on the fun as well! Start bringing in your change now! You only have until Friday before the challenge is over. All proceeds from this event will benefit the PTA PAES Alumnae Scholarship Fund.

Good Luck and may the best penny collecting class win!

HELP WANTED! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Are you interested in a new volunteer opportunity? A wide variety of programs and

committees are being created and developed, some of which will be starting up now and others in the near future, but we need your help to get them off the ground! Interested in participating? Contact Amy Jones at baajones@cox.net. **NEW: Santa’s Breakfast Volunteers: Needed are

people willing to help set up and prepare for the

morning events. Servers of breakfast at the various

seatings are needed as well as those willing to man

craft tables and other areas of excitement. Please

contact Dorothy Castillo at 430-0875 or her new

email address dorothycastillo5@gmail.com.

***NEW: Winter Concert Decorations; Mr Slay is looking for volunteers to assist in making the stage a winter wonderland for the upcoming Winter concert. Please contact him or Amy Jones should you be interested. PTA Penny Challenge Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to help direct the students while participating in the Penny Challenge during the lunch hours. You will also be asked to sort change to be taken to the bank for counting and help create a tally board for each day. Sponsorship Drive Volunteers: People interested in promoting PAES to area business and can solicit their donations are needed! Please contact Ginny Pritchett if interested at gpritchett@cox.net.

Cold Stone pies are back! Getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday? How about the neighborhood gatherings? Our PAES Partner in Education, Cold Stone, is ready to be of help! At the end of the newsletter you will find an order form for the newest flavor of pie along with all of your favorites! $3 from each pie will be donated back to your school!

Hurry- deadline to order is November 20th!

Volunteers of PAES

A big thank you to those who donated snacks and were able to volunteer for the Red Carpet dance. A quick reminder, that when you come to the school to volunteer to use the main front doors for entering and exiting the school and make sure you sign in and out. Amy Jones VIE Coordinator

A message from the….

It is often difficult to know when to send a child to school and when to keep him/ her home. A good rule of thumb is to keep your child home if he/ she has: *A temperature of 100 degrees or higher. Temperature should be normal for a full 24 hours (without the use of fever reducing medication such as Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, etc.) before returning to school. *Any vomiting or diarrhea within the last 24 hours. *Has any colored mucous (indicates an infection). *Conjunctivitis (pink eye): students may not attend school if eye discharge is present. Must have received 24 hours’ worth of antibiotic eye drops before returning to school to reduce infecting others. *Varicella (chicken pox): excluded from school until all areas have scabbed over, including those covered by clothing. *Head lice: students may return to school after examination by the school nurse or clinic assistant verifies that they are louse free. *Streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat): students may return to school after they have been on an antibiotic for 24 hours and are without a fever. *Been too uncomfortable to sleep at night. Our goal is not to keep children home but to keep healthy students in school. Sally Berry,R.N. School Nurse

Attention all Reflections Competitors!!

Congratulations on a job very well done! Your efforts were great and the talents you displayed were amazing! Thank you for representing PAES so wonderfully!

You are invited to a Reflections Gala to celebrate all of your hard work!

Please join us on Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:00pm in the Princess Anne Elementary art gallery. Formal invitations to follow. Be sure to save the date! Christine Sullivan Reflections Chairman

Our next PTA meeting will be on Wednesday, December 10th at 6:30 pm in the library. Join us to hear more about the great plans we have for the school year and give your input!

“Holiday Lights at the Beach” Tickets are Available Now!

PAES PTA is able to offer admission to the

McDonald’s “Holiday Lights at the Beach” for

$8 per ticket!

That’s $7 off of the price if purchased at the event!

Tickets may be used anytime from November 21, 2014-Jan.3, 2015.

To receive your “Holiday Lights at the Beach” tickets, complete the order form below along with $8 per ticket to the school. Tickets will be sent home with your student. You may purchase tickets with cash or by check made payable to PAES PTA.

In addition to being a great FAMILY event, the PAES PTA will earn money we can use to fund programs that benefit our students! Purchase your “Holiday Lights at the Beach” tickets through Princess Anne Elementary and the PAES PTA will receive $3 for each ticket sold.

Thank you for your support of this wonderful program!

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Holiday Lights at the Bach Ticket Order Form To receive your “Holiday Lights at the Beach” tickets, send $8 per ticket to the school with your student. Tickets will be sent home with your student. You may purchase tickets with cash or by check. Checks should be made payable to PAES PTA. Student’s Name__________________________________________________________ Teacher Grade _____________ Number of tickets ordered __________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Cash_____ Check # _______ Delivery Date: ____

Cold Stone Ice Cream Pies

It is time once again for the annual pumpkin pie sale with Cold Stone Creamery. For the past few years, we offered not only our famous and delicious pumpkin ice cream pie, but also three new options. That has been such a success that we are going to do it again this holiday season. This year you can order: Pumpkin - fresh pumpkin ice cream made with real Libby's pumpkin pie filling in a graham cracker crust and topped with a bit of cinnamon buttercreme frosting and chocolate leaves for decoration. Caramel Turtle Treat – delicious sweet cream ice cream in a graham cracker crust topped with buttercreme rosettes and a cluster of pecans, drizzled in caramel and fudge. There’s Chocolate on My Peanut Butter – chocolate ice cream and a layer of peanut butter on an Oreo graham cracker pie crust, topped with Ganache, buttercreme rosettes and Reese’s peanut butter halves. Cookie Dough – delicious cake batter ice cream with a layer of Ganache in a graham cracker pie crust, topped with buttercreme rosettes and crumbled cookie dough, drizzled in Ganache. Pies sell for $13 and Cold Stone will donate to the school $3 for each pie purchased. Simply fill out the form below and return it to school with your child. Include $13 per pie in cash or a check made payable to Princess Anne Elementary School. You will receive a voucher to bring into the Cold Stone on Nimmo Parkway to claim your pie on any of the following days: Saturday, November 22 - Wednesday, November 26

Order forms are due by Thursday, November 20. ______________________________________________________________________ Enclosed is $13 per pie. I would like: _____Pumpkin ice cream pie(s) _____Caramel Turtle Treat ice cream pie(s) _____There’s Chocolate on My Peanut Butter ice cream pie(s) _____Cookie Dough ice cream pie(s) ___________________ __________________ Child’s Name Teacher

Breakfast with Santa

Saturday, December 6 , 2014

Breakfast and picture times for the first seating is 8:30-9:15 AM

Breakfast and picture times for the second seating is 9:30-10:15 AM

Choose either: Pancake Breakfast for $5.50 each (two pancakes, two sausage patties, apple slices or banana, muffin, apple or orange juice)

Cereal Breakfast for $5.00 each

(bowl of Trix brand cereal, yogurt, apple slices or banana, muffin, apple or orange juice)

Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts are available for pre-order purchase for $6.00. Complimentary coffee is available. Pictures with Santa may be purchased for $2.00 each. You may pre-order your Santa pictures with the food to avoid the lines, or you may purchase at the door. All food items must be paid for by Friday, November 21st so the food can be ordered. You will receive your breakfast tickets in your child's Tuesday folder on December 2cd. Seating is limited, so be sure to make your reservations by returning the form below. We are not having the Holiday Shoppe this year, but we will have other events for you to

enjoy. Face painting and crafts are available for $1.00 each at the door. If you would like to volunteer

for this event or have any questions, feel free to contact Dorothy Castillo at 430-0875 or at my new

email address dorothycastillo5@gmail.com.

Please detach the form below and send in before Friday, November 21st.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Student Name___________________________________________________ Teacher____________________________________

____________First Seating (8:30-9:15) (choose one seating) __________Second Seating (9:30-10:15)

_____________ Number of Pancake Breakfasts @ $5.50 each

_____________ Number of Cereal Breakfasts @ $5.00 each

_____________ Number of Dozen Doughnuts @ $6.00 each

_____________ Number of pictures with Santa @ $2.00 each

_____________________Total Enclosed (checks made payable to PAE PTA)

**Don't forget to turn in before Thanksgiving Break - by Friday, Nov. 21st. **

Parents' Volunteer Efforts Teach By Example

Of all the lessons you teach your children, none are as powerful as the example you set.

Use the power of your own example to teach your child the importance school and of

helping others.

Teachers can often use extra hands to run off papers, stuff mailboxes or design bulletin

boards. A patient volunteer can encourage an at-risk child to persevere when homework

is difficult.

Children need to have parents who are willing to take part in their world. They learn

lessons each time they watch you handle situations with classmates and teachers. They

learn when they see you demonstrate patience and helpfulness. And they learn when

they watch you stick with a job until it's completed—even if it's difficult.

Let your child see you demonstrate helpfulness and enthusiasm. It may be some of the

best teaching you ever do.

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is important for normal growth, healthy

skin and tissues, and proper bone development.

Vitamin A is also important for good vision, especially in dim

light or darkness. Since our bodies store Vitamin A,

including a good source of this vitamin at least every other

day will insure an adequate intake.

Important food sources of vitamin A:

Animal Products, Meats, Dark Green and Deep

and Cereal Yellow Vegetables

and Deep Yellow Fruits kidney apricots

liver asparagus

cheese broccoli

enriched corn grits cantaloupe

eggs carrots

fortified milk greens

vitamin A fortified cereal (beet, chard, dandelion

ice cream, kale, turnip, mustard)

nectarines

mangos

papayas

prunes

pumpkin

spinach

sweet potato

tomatoes, tomato juice

winter squash