2014-15 Editor: Pamela Rineer
Table of Contents 2 Santa’s Workshop 3 Reflection Winners Market Day Final Sale Five Below Fundraiser
4 Five Below Flyer 5-6 Halloween Parade 7-8 Veteran’s Day 9-10 Variety Show Flyer 11 Sarris Candy
December 2014 Issue 4
From the PTA President As Thanksgiving approaches, I am constantly thinking of how grateful I am to be part of Donaldson Elementary. We have wonderful staff that love our children! We have awesome parents who give so much time, money and effort to make our school great! I feel truly blessed and honored to work beside such amazing people!
We always need volunteers! In the upcoming months we will be holding Santa Shop, the Variety Dine & Donate photo/info Show, and Donaldson Discovers. These are great Buy One, Give One Results opportunities to feel like a celebrity! Every kid is Zoom Party Discount Code overjoyed to see a new adult that they recognize What are Smart Boards? helping in their school! Only can commit to 1 hour 12-13 Box Tops & Labels for Ed. of fame? We have positions that fit into any 14-15 Rewards for Shopping 16 Polar Express Movie Night schedule. (Remember: clearances are required to help during the school day.) Watch your email for 17 PTA Committee List volunteer opportunities, or contact me at 18 PTA Membership kristigundy@gmail.com. 19 How to Print this Newsletter ates to December D Remember Shop 5-12th Santa Day Pickup 16th Market 5-6pm andy Pickup 16th Sarris C 5-6:30pm g Show Meetin 15th Variety 6:30-7:15pm adline ok Order De 19th Yearbo Show Signup 22nd Variety Deadline
We wish you a very safe and happy holiday season! See you all next year! Kristi Gunderson
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It’s that time already! Christmas is right around the corner and it is time for the annual Santa’s Workshop being held this year December 8-12.
student to use. Please list those for whom your child is to shop, any ideas, and price range for each person on the envelope. Please note that there is limited time for each student to shop. Make sure you Our gift shop allows place the student’s students to purchase name and room number presents for all of their on the envelope and family and friends. have them bring it on There are over 125 different items to choose their designated from, customized for all shopping day. ages. You will be receiving a classroom Prices will range from shopping schedule and $.25 to $10.00. We will an envelope for each also have a selection of
WA Spirit Wear this year around the same price range. If paying by check, please make payable to: Donaldson PTA. Volunteers will be needed both for set up on Friday, December 5 and if you have clearances on file to assist our young shoppers during the shopping days. If you have any questions, please send an email to Melissa Gnoth gnoth@pti.edu.
Reflection Winners This year’s theme was The World Would Be A Better Place If ... Intermediate Film Production - 1st Place - Emily Saggio, Grade 5, Mrs. Mangan, Title: The World
Intermediate Photography Winner - Sarah Rankin with photo’s below. The entries are on their way to the next round of judging – (Allegheny County)
PA PTA Region 3
Good Luck!
Title: At Myrtle Beach Intermediate Photography -1st Place Sarah Rankin - Grade 4, Mrs. King
Title: Never Enough Chocolate Sarah Rankin - Grade 4, Mrs. King Intermediate Photography - 2nd Place
Market Day Congratulations to the Market Day Pie Winners! Top Winner: Savannah Haley 2nd Place: Kaydence, Elgin & Elexis Melnik 3rd Place: Spencer & Tanner Freshwater We will no longer be using Market Day at Donaldson as a monthly fundraiser. December will be our FINAL Market Day sale. Pick up will be on December 16th from 5-6pm, during the Sarris Candy Sale pickup. Thank you for understanding.
Title: Daddy Sarah Rankin - Grade 4, Mrs. King Intermediate Photography - 3rd Place
Five Below Fundraiser Have a long list of Christmas gifts to buy? Get something for everyone at five below! Shop Friday Dec 12 through Sunday Dec 14 at the Robinson store. Show the flyer at checkout and Donaldson receives 10% back! See Five Below flyer on next page.
DONALDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Will Be Holding A FUNdRAISER Event At
sports. media. crafts. party. candy. room. style. now. THE BEST PLACE TO GET HOT STUFF AT COOL PRICES AND RAISE MONEY
FOR OUR ORGANIZATION! fiVe BELOW
carries stationery, school supplies, computer software, books, electronic accessories, sporting goods, games, t-shirts, jewelry, hobbies, collectibles, bath and body, candy, snacks and beverages, room décor, storage, seasonal items plus much more! And everything is priced at $5 or less!
sports. media. crafts. party. candy. room. style. now.
Our Event Will Be Held On: Date: December 12th-14th Time: See fivebelow.com for our holiday hours! Where: 1010 Settler’s Ridge Center Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15205. See fivebelow.com for directions!
And 10% of the total dollars spent by our organization will be donated BACK to Donaldson Elementary School!
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fiVe BEL W, Whatever You Got Will Buy A Lot! Visit us at www.fivebelow.com
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Donaldson Halloween Parade Led by West Allegheny High School Marching Band
The Veteran’s Day program was put on by our fifth graders. Many of these students got to interact with their own family members who are veterans. Mrs. Beth Schultz and Mrs. Leah Vestal coordinated the program, in conjunction with Mrs. Jaime Mahramas, one of our music teachers, and all of our fifth grade teachers: Mrs. Tiffany Mangan, Mrs. Elise Sunseri, Mrs. Lyndy Stout, and Mrs. Debbie Hamilton.
DRIBBLE HULA-HOOP TELL JOKES ACROBAT A PUPPET SHOW ACT
DANCE ROUTINE PLAY AN INSTRUMENT READ A POEM DO A SKIT MAGIC TRICKS PIANO
Donaldson Elementary
PTA VARIETY SHOW 2015 WHEN: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 AT 6:00 PM WHERE: WA HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WHO: ANY DONALDSON STUDENT Sponsored by: The Donaldson Elementary PTA If your child is interested in participating please fill out the attached permission slip and return to school By MONDAY, December 22, 2014 AND plan on attending the meeting on MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 22, 2014.
Scheduling Information: 1st Meeting - MANDATORY if a FIRST TIME PARTICIPANT – Monday, December 15 Donaldson Elementary Cafeteria 6:30 – 7:15 pm. – Confirm sign up for the show. If a FIRST TIME participant, the meeting is MANDATORY. If your child is a PAST participant, has the permission slip in, and MUSIC decided you do not need to attend.
January 7, 2015 2nd Meeting – Wednesday Tuesday, January 7, 2015 Donaldson Elementary LGI 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Each act attends to HAND IN MUSIC. 1st Practice – Thursday, January 15 at WAHS Auditorium 2nd Practice – Tuesday, January 20 at WAHS Auditorium 3rd Practice – Either Tuesday, January 27 or Wednesday, January 28. Which night depends on act #. DRESS REHEARSAL – Wednesday, February 4 at WAHS Auditorium Questions: Contact Tracy Pustover at tpustover@gmail.com
DONALDSON ELEMENTARY PTA VARIETY SHOW When: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 6:00 pm Where: West Allegheny High School Auditorium Who: Any Donaldson Student
Scheduling Information:
1st Meeting – MANDATORY* – Monday, December 15 6:30 – 7:15 pm Donaldson Elementary Cafeteria Confirm sign up for the show. If your child is in a group act, only one adult needed from the group to attend meeting. Students are allowed to be a part of multiple groups but only 1 solo act per student. *If a FIRST TIME participant the meeting is MANDATORY. If your child is a PAST participant, has the permission slip in, and MUSIC decided you do not need to attend. Permission slips into school no later than Monday, December 22 2nd Meeting –Wednesday Tuesday,January January7, 7,2015 2015 6:30 – 8:00 pm. HAND IN MUSIC for use in show. Donaldson Elementary LGI Room or Compass rose – Practice act, hand in music, and fill out chair card and questionnaire. 1st Practice – Thursday, January 15 at WAHS Auditorium 2nd Practice – Tuesday, January 20 at WAHS Auditorium rd 3 Practice – Either Tuesday, January 27 or Wednesday, January 28. Which night depends on act #. DRESS REHEARSAL – Wednesday, February 4 at WAHS Auditorium
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer please call or email Tracy Pustover at 724-695-3170 or tpustover@gmail.com IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure the music is kid appropriate. Disney or Kids Bop versions of songs are the safest. If you are unsure about a song please email me before starting the act. Attention all 5th Graders - Please provide a baby picture and current picture for use in the 5th grade slideshow. Digital photos ONLY! ____ Return the bottom portion to your teacher by Monday, December 22, 2014________________ Child’s Name: __________________________Grade:_______ Parent Phone #____________________ Parent Name and Email address: _______________________________________________________ Type of Act (Be creative!!): ____________________________________________________________ Please check: Solo: ___ Group: ____ Names in the group ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Song (Must be a PTA approved song and no longer than 2 minutes and 30 seconds.): __________________________________________________________________________________ Props that you are bringing or need: ____________________________________________________ I give my child __________________________ permission to be in the Variety Show. I also give permission for Donaldson PTA to take pictures and to film the show. __________________________________
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Printed Name
Signature of Parent/Guardian
Donaldson Elementary PTA
600 Donaldson Road
Oakdale, PA 15071
www.westasd.org/webpages/dpta/
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
Angelina’s fundraiser night benefiting Anya’s Army.
The next Dine & Donate fundraiser night will take place at Chipotle on January 27th from 5-9pm. Please look for the fundraiser flyer in January’s newsletter!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR BUY ONE, GIVE ONE RESULTS We were very excited with the outcome of the Scholastic Buy One, Give One book fair and thrilled with the generosity our Donaldson families showed. We sold over $3,200 dollars and received 104 books to donate to the Children's Hospital. We will be dropping off the books December 1st just in time for the holidays. Thank you for your support! What’s a SMART Board? A Smart Board is an interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection of computer applications and the ability to write over standard Windows applications. It’s connected to an LCD panel and computer, creating an interactive whiteboard. Still confused? This helpful video shows how real teachers are using Smart Boards and how it impacts children in the classroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U05WeXPGlk Help us raise the funds to reach our goal of FOUR Smart Boards in the classrooms by the end of this year!
Sarris Candy Sale Pick up Thanks to everyone for supporting the Sarris Fundraiser. The candy pickup is scheduled for December 16th 5pm - 6:30pm. Please mark your calendars for the date. If you have any questions email patty@newageenviro.com. Patty Giura
Support Donaldson and Save when using Zoom Party promo code DONALDSON20
BOX TOPS for Education
Over 9,000 Box Tops for Education were submitted in the recent collection effort, and as a result, Donaldson Elementary will be receiving a check for over $940! Congratulations to Mrs. Hamilton’s 5th grade class for winning the recent Box Tops contest! They were awarded a certificate and treat provided by the PTA. Mrs. Hamilton’s class collected over 1,000 Box Tops alone, while Mrs. Stone’s class collected over 800 and Mrs. King’s over 750. What an awesome job by everyone! Please continue to clip and keep those Box Tops as another collection effort will be happening in January. AT T
LABELS FOR EDUCATION The PTA recently took advantage of a ‘Double Points Month’ for Labels for Education. We submitted over 1,500 labels, and Donaldson Elementary will receive credit for over 2,500 as you could earn double points on up to 1,000 Labels! Way to go!
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COLLECT BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION™ FOR YOUR SCHOOL!
Start clipping Box Tops today to help your kid’s school. Every Box Tops clip is worth 10¢ and quickly adds up to money that can help your school buy what it needs. Simply look for pink Box Tops on products, clip them and give them to your school. For more information on the Box Tops for Education program, including a list of participating products and how much your school has earned to date, visit www.btfe.com. Thanks for your help!
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Grocery Shopping Supports Donaldson! Shop, Scan and Support Your School with Giant Eagle! For more than 25 years, Giant Eagle® has supported local schools through our Apples for the Students™ program. Through this partnership with our customers, Giant Eagle has donated over $31 million in educational equipment, including classroom technology, recreational and playground equipment, science materials, art supplies, music enrichment items, nutrition programming and more. This year, Giant Eagle will donate $1.1 million to area schools for purchases made with registered Giant Eagle Advantage Cards®. Shop and earn points October 1, 2014 through March 17, 2015. How the Program Works Make the most out of this one-of-a-kind educational award program! Simply register your Giant Eagle Advantage Card with Apples for the Students and use it each time you shop at Giant Eagle to earn points for your school. Earning points is simple! With every scan of your registered Giant Eagle Advantage Card at the cash register, points are automatically credited to your selected school. It’s Easy to Register! Sign in to gianteagle.com or create an account. Register your Giant Eagle Advantage Card® online.Visit the My School Programs page and enter the code 4071 for Donaldson Elementary. You’re done! Be sure to encourage your family and friends to register, too.
S.E.E.D. Program - Support Your School with SHOP’n SAVE! SHOP 'n SAVE has hosted the "Students Extra Educational Development (S.E.E.D.)" program for nearly 30 years, bringing assemblies from The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Carnegie Science Center and Carnegie Museum to children of all ages. Use Your SHOP 'n SAVE Perks Card to Support a Local School Now instead of collecting receipts, you can link your Perks Card with the school of your choice to help to bring an assembly to students. After you link your Perks Card to your local school, just swipe your Perks Card anytime you shop at SHOP 'n SAVE and your purchases will be automatically added to your school's total. A total of $250 spent is required for each student attending the assembly. Go to http://shopnsavefood.com/Perks/PerksCard/PerksCardRegistration.aspx to register your card. Donaldson's ID is 226.
Earn Donaldson Rewards When Shopping! Did you know that by taking a few seconds of your time, Donaldson PTA can earn extra money? Above you read how switching your Giant Eagle and SHOP’n SAVE card can support our school, but other locations do it as well!
GFS, Target & Amazon Smile At GFS it’s as simple as mentioning that you’d like a portion of your sales to be donated to Donaldson Elementary while you are checking out. Easy! If you have a REDCard,
Target will donate up to 1% of your REDcard purchases to
Donaldson Elementary. Just follow this link: 1. http://www.target.com/redcard/benefits-target-rewards 2.Click on the ENROLL button below the paragraph “Take Charge of Education” 3.There are three options next: sign up, updating your school, and searching for your school. Donaldson is listed under Donaldson Elementary in Oakdale PA, 15071. School ID: 119980
How does it add up? The most recent Target donation to this school (August 2014): $201.87 Total of all Target donations to this school through August 2014: $1586.69 Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation:* $64.21 Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 16 I know we can get more then 16 REDcard users to designate Donaldson!
Amazon Smile will also donate a portion of your sales to the Donaldson PTA.
Simply
go to www.amazonsmile.com and sign in under your existing Amazon email and password. Under “Your Account” click on “Change Your Charity”. It will then prompt you to type in your organization, “Donaldson PTA”. Select Donaldson PTA, Oakdale PA by clicking the yellow “Select” button on the right. It will then thank you for selecting Donaldson and 0.5% of your purchase price will go directly to Donaldson PTA! Still confused on how to sign up? I’ll walk you through it! Send an email to Pamela at p-rineer@hotmail.com
Donaldson PTA Committee List 2014-2015 Executive Board President
Kristi Gunderson
724-695-0456
donaldsonpta@hotmail.com kristigundy@gmail.com
Vice-President
Sherry Romano
724-695-8580
sromano6743@yahoo.com
Treasurer
Jen Wolfe
724-624-1813
jenwolfe10@comcast.net
Secretary
Dana Chandler
412-889-7791
ektchandler@yahoo.com
Committee Chairs Art Fair
Sue Wingert
Book Fair
Anne-Charrisa Halkias Kristi Gunderson Tracy Pustover * Sue Betta Leah Vestal Grade Lead Teachers Tracy Pustover * Patti Guira *
484-769-3672 724-695-0456 724-695-3170 724-695-5007 724-695-5201 ext 6163
ACagape@aol.com kristigundy@gmail.com tpustover@verizon.net susanbetta@gmail.com lvestal@westasd.org
724-695-3170 724-695-8348
tpustover@verizon.net patty@newageenviro.com
Kristi Gunderson Patti Guira * Lori Rankin Lori Rankin Beth McMullen Kim Morton Kristin Tisdale
724-695-0456 724-695-8348 412-417-3512 412-417-3512
kristigundy@gmail.com patty@newageenviro.com lori.rankin@fedex.com lori.rankin@fedex.com bethlincoln@hotmail.com Kmorton172@gmail.com closingpros@gmail.com
Sue Betta Sherry Romano Sue Betta Erin Clay Mindy Rose Lori Rankin Pamela Rineer Colleen Finkbeiner Lori Rankin Lori Rankin Melissa Gnoth Sherry Romano Melissa Gnoth Tracy Pustover *
724-695-5007 724-695-8580 724-695-5007
susanbetta@gmail.com sromano6743@yahoo.com susanbetta@gmail.com
724-695-9276 412-417-3512 717-203-1021 412-417-3512 412-417-3512 412-719-6969 724-695-8580 412-719-6969 724-695-3170
mjzrose@verizon.net lori.rankin@fedex.com p-rineer@hotmail.com butterfly5_79@yahoo.com lori.rankin@fedex.com lori.rankin@fedex.com Gnoth.Melissa@pti.edu sromano6743@yahoo.com Gnoth.Melissa@pti.edu tpustover@verizon.net
Walk a thon Webmaster
Sherry Romano Jessica Marshall Melissa Gnoth Pamela Rineer Leah Vestal
724-695-8580 724-695-2947 412-719-6969 717-203-1021 724-695-5201 ext 6163
sromano6743@yahoo.com jessicamarshall777@gmail.com Gnoth.Melissa@pti.edu p-rineer@hotmail.com lvestal@westasd.org
Welcome/New Family Liaison
Vicki Danzik
724-695-2315
vdanzik@gmail.com
Donaldson Discovers Fall Festival Field Trips Fifth Grade Picnic
thewingerts@comcast.net
Fundraising Mall Coupon Cards Sarris' Christmas Candy Sarris' Easter Candy Otis Spunkmeyer Cookies Grant Writer Health & Safety Junior Achievement Labels & Receipts Box Tops Shop N Save Seed Assembly Giant Eagle Apples for Students Campbells Labels Market Day Membership Newsletter Polar Pajama Party PTA directory Reflections Santa Shop Spirit Wear Variety Show
Teacher Appreciation
Yearbook
412-480-8009
Jessica Marshall 724-695-2947 Tiffany Mangan Note: * = 5th grade parent, will need new committee chair the following year.
jessicamarshall777@gmail.com tmangan@westasd.org
To achieve these goals, we need your voice. We need your ideas and we need your input. Wonʹt you please consider becoming involved in our PTA? Together, we CAN make a difference in our childrenʹs lives and potentially many future generations. We hope you will want to be an active part of Donaldson PTA this year. Donaldson PTA is an association of faculty, parents and our community supporting each other to improve the education of our children. The PTA is the largest, non-profit, volunteer, child-advocacy organization in the nation. There are two easy steps that you can take to help promote the welfare of our children. 1.
Volunteer for a commiWee or any of the many PTA sponsored activities.
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Give the PTA your suggestion, thoughts and ideas. Make your voice heard.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to working together. Please note that clearances are needed to volunteer for most PTA activities. However, if you have not moved and have your clearances on file at Donaldson, you do not need to redo them.
PTA Sponsored Events/Programs
Join Donaldson Elementary PTA ! #
Here at Donaldson we provide many wonderful programs at school to help enhance the learning environment that our school district provides. Some examples are parties, field trips, birthday books, teacher appreciation, yearbooks, recreational equipment, cultural programs in the arts, school assemblies and so much more! We’ll keep you updated on what our National PTA is working to achieve. Weʹll keep trying to come up with ways to meet the needs of our children, our teachers, our school and our community.
PTA MEMBERSHIP $6.00/person
Thanks to your support, Donaldson ElementaryPTA finances, provides volunteers and organizes the following events for our children:
__________________________________________ Art Fair Assemblies Book Fair Donaldson Discovers Family Fun Night Field Trips Fifth Grade Picnic Fundraising Health & Safety Hospitality Labels & Receipts Market Day Membership NewsleWer
Polar Pajama Party PTA Directory Reading Program Reflections Talent Show Santa’s Workshop School Apparel Sales Teacher Appreciation Welcome CommiWee Yearbook For more information on any of the PTA’s commiGees or programs, please visit us on the web at www.westasd.org/webpages/dpta/
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# of Memberships at $6.00/Person __________ TOTAL ENCLOSED
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Make checks payable to Donaldson PTA ! I would like to be listed in the 2014-15 PTA Directory (Membership not required) ! I would like to sign up to receive emails from the PTA about upcoming events/news
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20142014-15 PTA Officers Kristi Gunderson, President 724-695-0456
! Art Fair ! Assemblies ! Book Fair ! Donaldson Discovers ! Family Fun Night ! Field Trips ! Fifth Grade Picnic ! Fundraising ! Health & Safety
Donaldson Elementary PTA
kristigundy@gmail.com donaldsonpta@hotmail.com
20142014-2015 Membership
Sherry Romano, Vice President 724-695-8580 sromano6743@yahoo.com
Jen Wolfe, Treasurer
! Hospitality
724-624-1813
! Junior Achievement
jenwolfe10@comcast.net
! Labels & Receipts ! Market Day
Dana Chandler, Secretary
! Membership ! Newsle4er ! Polar Pajama Party ! PTA Directory ! Reading Program ! Reflections ! Talent Show
For questions about PTA Membership, contact:
! Santa’s Workshop
Lori Rankin
! Spirit Wear
412-417-3512
! Teacher Appreciation
lori.rankin@fedex.com
We Are Family Join Our PTA Family Today
! Welcome Commi4ee ! Yearbook
For more information on any of the PTA’s commiEees or programs, please visit us on the web at hEp://www.westasd.org/webpages/dpta/
www.westasd.org/webpages/ www.westasd.org/webpages/dpta/
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