Thursday, March 04, 2010

March 2010 Newsletter

Reminders of upcoming events:
March 13 – Family Fun Night 6-8 p.m.
March 16 – Pre-K Night
March 18 – Fundraiser Distribution LGA 1-7 p.m.
March 22-26 – Kindergarten Registration
March 29 – Gym Show Grades 1 & 4
April 2 – No School
April 5 – No School
April 6 – HART Meeting 6:30 p.m.
April 7 – Spring Picture Day
April 10 – Donuts with Dad 10-11 a.m.
April 26 – Family/Community Night (voting for new officers will take place)
May 5 – Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
May 10 – Muffins w/Mom 6-7 p.m.

Mrs. Gratti’s homeroom is in first place in the Box Tops/Campbell’s labels contest with 3103, Mrs. Hower’s class is in second place with 1774 and Mrs. Springer is in 3rd place with 1283.

There are 122 Sheetz coupons left for sale. Contact Regina Longenhagen if you are interested. They will be available to purchase at Family/Community Night.

Family Fun Night will be held on Saturday, March 13 from 6-8 p.m. There will be a DJ, bingo, and snacks for purchase. Optional monetary donations will be accepted for Camp Courage. Thank you to those parents that sent in snack donations.

The positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer will be open at the end of the year. All positions are for two years, except for Treasurer which will be one year. Regina Longenhagen, current Treasurer, will be stepping down at the end of this year. Voting will take place on April 26. Contact a HART officer if you are interested.

Please join us on April 6 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

March 2010 Meeting Minutes

President Laurie Morris brought the meeting to order at 6:37 p.m.

In attendance were: Officers: President-Laurie Morris, Secretary-Stephanie Mayernick, Treasurer-Regina Longenhagen, Advisor-Mr. Shirvinski, Teacher Rep.-Michele Petro and Parents: Diane Wolfgang, Diane Mack, Kim Levan, Linda Hoy, Michelle Conway, Dawn Knoebel, Sue Kuijpers, Gloria Seroskie, and Sherry Humphrey.

February’s minutes were approved by a motion from Michelle Conway and a second from Kim Levan.

Regina Longenhagen, H.A.R.T.’s treasurer, gave the treasurers report for February. The treasurer’s report was approved by a motion from Michelle Conway and a second from Kim Levan.
The class funds are as follows:
Kindergarten $90.02 1st grade $1,097.99 2nd grade $503.85
3rd grade $2,765.63 4th grade $614.54

The top three sellers for the spring fundraiser are:
Megan Straub - $885.00
Cordell Helwig - $858.50
Haley Knoebel - $688.00

The top seller for each grade are:
Kdgn – Gauge Wommer - $610.00
1st – Eva McClelland - $544.00
2nd – Ayzah Quinn - $600.50
3rd – Gabrielle Farr - $540.00
4th – Paige Sharrow - $556.50

We received 40% of the Uncle Jerry’s sales as profit and expect to receive 45% profit from Gertrude Hawk.

Wednesday, April 7 is spring picture day. Volunteers are needed to help from 8:00-12:15 p.m. Contact Laurie Morris if you’re interested.

Tuesday, March 16 is Pre-K night. Mr. Shirvinski will discuss ways to reinforce basic concepts, naming words, sounds, and environmental print. High school students will provide babysitting services. Volunteers are needed to supervise those students from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Contact Laurie Morris if you are interested.

The gym show will be held on March 29 for grades 1 & 4.

The March principal’s newsletter is being sent home with each student. You may submit recommendations for next year’s classroom assignments and are due by April 15. No emails or phone calls will be accepted. Movin On Up Day will be held in May and students will have a chance to meet their new teacher and class.

March 31 and April 1 will be make-up snow days. There will be no school on April 2 and 5. A letter will be sent home regarding changes to the school calendar.

Kindergarten registration will be held March 22-26. Pennies for Patients ended on March 2. Knoebels will be counting the money for the school. Movie night was held on February 19 and raised $481.51 to be donated to the American Red Cross for Haiti.

Read Across America was March 2. Students had a RIF assembly on March 1 which the students enjoyed and received a free RIF book on March 2. The assembly cost $625 for two sessions. Classes are also participating in a door decorating contest for prizes. Students received a cupcake with their lunch on Monday. Mr. Shirvinski is looking for any new ideas for future RIF days. He is looking into the Planetarium for next year.

A reminder that the Act 34 meeting will be held on March 3 at 7 p.m. Please call Tresa Britch if you would like to be put on the agenda to speak. The time limit for speaking is 5 minutes. Mrs. Dawn Knoebel toured the elementary building.

The Title 1 teachers will be hosting a first grade reading program meeting on March 16 at 9 a.m. They will be going over the expectations for first grade reading. Title 1 testing for kindergarten will be held in April. There will be three assessments given-developmental reading assessment, reading comprehension, and writing. Scoring two out of three at basic or below will qualify for Title 1.

Family Fun Night is March 13 from 6-8 p.m. There will be a DJ in the gym and bingo in the large group area. There will be paper and crayons available for children to color. Prepackaged snacks will be available for sale. Any leftover snacks may be sold at Community Night. Optional monetary donations to Camp Courage will be accepted.

Mrs. Rhodes presented HART with thank you cards from her class for the Hartman Harvest Festival and pumpkin contest. They were the first grade pumpkin contest winner.

Donuts with dad will be held on Saturday, April 10 from 10-11 a.m. Home Depot has not returned any of Laurie’s calls. Tom Levan will contact Lowes for craft kits. Family/Community Night will be held on Monday, April 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. Muffins with mom will be held on Monday, May 10 from 6-7 p.m. More details will be discussed at the next HART meeting. Teacher appreciation day will be held on May 5.
The positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer will be open at the end of the year. Voting will take place on April 26 at Family & Community Night. Contact a HART officer if you are interested.

The next HART meeting will be on April 6 at 6:30 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned 7:25 p.m. with a motion from Sherry Humphrey and a second from Diane Mack.