Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Open Officer Positions

The positions of President, Treasurer and Secretary will be open at the end of the school year. President and Secretary are two year positions. Regina Longenhagen, current treasurer, will be stepping down at the end of this year so the position will only be one year. Elections will take place in the spring. If you are interested in running for 0ne of these positions please contact a HART officer.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

December 2009 Newsletter

Reminders of upcoming events:
December 10 – Pajama Day
December 11 - RIF Book Distribution
December 15 – Scrip Sale Order Distribution
December 23 – Red and Green Day
December 24-January 3 – No School
January 5 – HART Meeting 6:30 p.m. Elementary Library
January 20 – Spring Fundraiser Kickoff

Students may purchase bottles of water at lunch for an extra $.50. The water does not take the place of milk.

HART donated four t-shirts to the district’s Angel Network.

The spring fundraiser kickoff will be January 20, 2010. We will be selling Gertrude Hawk candy and t-shirt and gift items from Uncle Jerry’s.

Please join us on January 5th at 6:30 p.m. for our next HART meeting.

H.A.R.T. officers for this year are:
President – Laurie Morris - 799-0272 or lon24@msn.com
Vice President – Karen Wojtowicz – 799-5720 or klwojtowicz@yahoo.com
Secretary – Stephanie Mayernick - 356-2411 or catz1117@yahoo.com
Treasurer – Regina Longenhagen - 356-2283 or mrmml@ptd.net

Stephanie Mayernick, HART Secretary

December 2009 Meeting Minutes

President Laurie Morris brought the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

In attendance were: Officers: President-Laurie Morris, Vice-President-Karen Wojtowicz, Secretary-Stephanie Mayernick and Treasurer-Regina Longenhagen, Advisor-Mr. Shirvinski, Teacher Rep.-Sue Stone and Erin Snyder and Parents: Diane Wolfgang, Eric Adams, Brenda Cook, Kim Levan, Sue Griscavage, Cheryl Roadarmel, Gloria Seroskie, Diane Mack, Salena Sabo, Sue Kuijpers, and Amy Billig.

November’s minutes were approved by a motion from Kim Levan and second by Diane Mack.

Regina Longenahgen, H.A.R.T.’s treasurer, gave the treasurers report for November. The treasurer’s report was approved by a motion from Sue Griscavage and a second by Salena Sabo. The class funds are as follows:
Kindergarten $100.00 1st grade $1,097.99 2nd grade $559.32
3rd grade $2,765.63 4th grade $614.54

December 10 – Pajama Day
December 11 – RIF Day
December 23 – Red and Green Day
December 24 – January 3 – No School
January 5 – HART meeting 6:30 p.m. elementary library

The speaker for the night was principal, Joe Shirvinski. He spoke about the school’s new spelling and phonics program.

The Book Fair made $6234.72 by taking all of our profit as Scholastic dollars plus another $1396.94 in sales volume bonus. Of the profit $4120.27 was used by offering the 25% discount and $180.86 was used by the library. The remaining balance of $3330.00 will be used to buy items for the school from the Scholastic catalog. The fall book fair supplies the library and guided reading room with books and the spring book fair supplies books to classroom libraries.

A parent warned of a Judy Bloom book that is not appropriate for elementary reading. Judy Bloom is a famous children’s book author.

The winter RIF Day is December 11 from 8 am – 2 pm. The spring RIF Day will have an assembly entitled Weird, Wild and Wonderful by the Box of Light Theatre about storytelling. The cost of the assembly is $650/day and will be for two assemblies. A check for 50% deposit was signed.

Pajama day is December 10. Parents signed up to be helpers. The schedule is 8:30-9 second grade, 9-9:30 first grade, 9:30-10 fourth grade, 10-10:30 kindergarten, and 10:30-11 third grade. High school students will be guest readers and all students will be treated to milk and cookies.

Mr. Shirvinski handed out flyers to anyone interested in a program sponsored by Geisinger regarding childhood obesity. Extra ROAR t-shirts are being sold for $7.00 each. Water is being sold in the cafeteria for an extra $.50. It does not take the place of milk. Mrs. Holleran will be presenting two new food samples at the next lunch bunch meeting.

Dana Lucas will be the guest speaker at the Jan 5, 2010 HART meeting. She will speak about grants.
HART donated four t-shirts to the Angel Network. Movie night is scheduled for Feb 19, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. We will be showing Up. Popcorn and water will be available. Admission to the movie will be a non-expired canned good.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m. by Diane Mack and Sue Griscavage.

Friday, November 20, 2009

REMINDER

HART is no longer collecting Nestle labels.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November 2009 Newsletter

We would like to thank everyone for making the Hartman Harvest Festival another great success. Approximately 200 lbs. of food was donated to the Elysburg and Catawissa food banks. The winning homerooms for the pumpkin decorating contest are:

Kindergarten – Mr. Hauer
1st grade – Mrs. Rhodes
2nd grade – Mrs. Springer
3rd grade – Mr. Venna
4th grade – Mrs. Harder
The winning homerooms will each receive a popcorn party. CONGRATULATIONS!

Reminders of upcoming events:
November 5 – 20 – Turkey Bowl
November 19 – Picture Retake Day
November 20 – Memory Book Sale ends
November 21 – HART Discount Day at Rohrbach’s Farm Market
November 23-24 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School
November 25 – 30 – No School – Thanksgiving Recess
December 1 – HART meeting 6:30 in the large group area
December 2 – Scrip Sale Orders Due
December 10 – Pajama Day/RIF Day
December 15 – Scrip Sale Order Distribution

HART is looking for someone to be a co-chairperson for the book fair for this year with the possibility of taking it over within the next 1-2 yrs. If you are interested please contact Kim Scopelliti at kscopelliti@aol.com.

Please join us on December 1st at 6:30 p.m. for our next HART meeting. Mr. Shirvinski will be speaking about the schools new phonics and spelling program.

H.A.R.T. officers for this year are:
President – Laurie Morris - 799-0272 or lon24@msn.com
Vice President – Karen Wojtowicz – 799-5720 or klwojtowicz@yahoo.com
Secretary – Stephanie Mayernick - 356-2411 or catz1117@yahoo.com
Treasurer – Regina Longenhagen - 356-2283 or mrmml@ptd.net

Stephanie Mayernick, HART Secretary

November 2009 Meeting Minutes

Vice-President Karen Wojtowicz brought the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m.

In attendance were: Officers: Vice-President-Karen Wojtowicz, Secretary-Stephanie Mayernick and Treasurer-Regina Longenhagen, Advisor-Mr. Shirvinski, Teacher Rep.-Maria Callahan and Parents: Diane Wolfgang, Judy Novak, Jan Bucanelli, Linda Hoy, Michelle Conway, Allison Clark, Bridget Carl, Dawna Knoebel, Sue Griscavage, Kim Levan, Mary Knoebel, Cheryl Roadarmel, Diane Mack, Brenda Brassington, Amy Billig, Sherry Humphrey, and Sue Kuijpers.

October’s minutes were approved by a motion from Michelle Conway and second by Sherry Humphrey.

Regina Longenahgen, H.A.R.T.’s treasurer, gave the treasurers report for October. The treasurer’s report was approved by a motion from Sue Griscavage and a second by Mary Knoebel. The class funds are as follows:
Kindergarten $100.00 1st grade $1,097.99 2nd grade $559.32
3rd grade $2,765.63 4th grade $614.54

November 5 – Turkey Bowl begins
November 9 – Report cards issued
November 10 – Ugly shirt and tie day
November 19 – Picture retake day
November 23 & 24 – No School – Parent/Teacher conferences
November 25-30 – No School – Thanksgiving Recess

The speaker for the night was school nurse, Jean Atherton. She spoke about the H1N1 virus.

Karen Wojtowicz thanked all volunteers who helped at this years Hartman Harvest Festival. Next year Mr. Shirvinski may use the school reach phone system to remind parents to send in canned goods for the harvest donation and to remind students of proper dress for outside activities. Approximately 200 lbs. of food was donated.

There was a change in the homeroom parent for Mrs. Rhodes’s homeroom. It was changed to Kim Levan.

Mr. Shirvinski will be paying for the refreshments for Grandparents Day. He also passed out coupons from Giant for their Giant A+ rewards program. The coupon is worth 10 extra points if you spend $15 or more. They are also sponsoring a Principal’s Challenge cook off. The deadline is November 7 and the winning school will receive 500 points. HART is also covered by the school district’s liability insurance for any school events it sponsors.

The winners of the Hartman Harvest Festival pumpkin decorating contest are:
Kindergarten – Mr. Hauer
1st grade – Mrs. Rhodes
2nd grade – Mrs. Springer
3rd grade – Mr. Venna
4th grade – Mrs. Harder
The winning homerooms will receive a popcorn party.

Reminder that Tiger Talk is going paperless. Parents may send in a note if they don’t have internet access. It should be online by the 2nd week of the month. A school reach message may also be done to remind parents that the newsletter is now paperless.

The Turkey Bowl runs November 5-20. Each day Mr. Shirvinski draws a homeroom and that turkey moves across the football field. The winning homeroom gets an extra recess in the spring.

Pajama Day will be held on Dec 10 in conjunction with RIF. Each student will receive a free book. High school students will read to the elementary students. Students will also receive cookies and milk. Volunteers will be needed to serve refreshments. RIF will also be held again in March. March 1 & 2 is Read Across America Day.

Career Day was held on October 16. Mr. Shirvinski and Ms. Bieber are very happy with the turnout. The elementary school had the most speakers. Next year they are considering a career fair style for third and fourth grade where the students can visit different tables for each career.

The next HART meeting is December 1 and will be held in the large group area. Mr. Shirvinski will be speaking about the new phonics and spelling program.

The ROAR t-shirts have been distributed. Some students have not received one yet. There was in mix-up between the youth small and the adult small. There will be a school wide day for students to wear their t-shirts. A suggestion was made to have a sample of each size available prior to ordering. Mr. Shirvinski hopes to distribute t-shirts to incoming kindergarten classes in the future.

School pictures should be in shortly. They usually take about a month to come in.

This is the first year the yearbooks will be done in color. Please order now if you want a copy. There are very few extras ordered.

School will be in session on November 11. A message will also be sent via the school reach phone system.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. by Donna Knoebel and Diane Mack.

Monday, August 24, 2009

2009-10 News & Reminders

November 19 - K-4 Picture Retake Day

November 23 & 24 - No School - Parent/teacher conferences

November 23-30 - No School - Thanksgiving Recess

HART is looking for someone who would like to be a co-chair for the book fair this year. If you are interested please contact Laurie Morris, HART president, at 799-0272 or at lon24@msn.com

HART will again be collecting Box Tops for Education, Campbell's labels and Tyson Project A+ labels. Please make sure your childs name is marked on the bags of labels that are turned in. The label contest begins on the first day of school. Good luck to everyone! We are no longer collecting Nestle labels.

We would also like to remind everyone to sign up for the Giant A+ rewards program and the Subway rewards program.

H.A.R.T. officers for this year are:
President – Laurie Morris - 799-0272 or lon24@msn.com
Vice President – Karen Wojtowicz – 799-5720 or klwojtowicz@yahoo.com
Secretary – Stephanie Mayernick - 356-2411 or catz1117@yahoo.com
Treasurer – Regina Longenhagen - 356-2283 or mrmml@ptd.net