2014-15
January 2015 Issue 5
Editor: Pamela Rineer
Table of Contents 2 Dine and Donate Chipotle 3 PTA information 4 Pie Toss Pictures 5 Children’s Hospital Donation 6 Santa’s Workshop 7-8 Chalk it Up! 9 Gingerbread Houses Winter Concert Kindergarten Play
10 Mrs. Brookman’s Holiday Party 11-12 Rewards for Shopping
13 PTA Committee List 14 PTA Membership
From the PTA President Happy new year!!! It's out with the old and in with the new time to reflect on the past and set new goals for the future. Donaldson has accomplished some pretty great things this past year, especially earning the National Blue Ribbon Award! We have raised enough funds to purchase 5 new Smart Boards, which will be installed in 5 lucky classrooms soon! We have donated over 100 new books to the Children's Hospital! We have shown our true colors in supporting Anya's Army! So, are we done? Have we achieved all that we can? I believe the answer is NO - Donaldson can do so much more! What project should we tackle next? What will challenge
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Chipotle Dine and Donate Tuesday, January 27th 4-8pm You can show Chipotle the flyer (printed on white paper), verbally communicate to the cashier that you are supporting the Donaldson fundraiser or show Chipotle the flyer on your mobile device.
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George Donald the Elf was seen around the school in December! Market Day: Market Day can be referred to Wilson or The Middle School. Both schools support WA and have thriving accounts. Their account numbers are on-line. 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!
Please Contact Sue Wingert thewingerts@comcast.net if you’d like to Volunteer your time for the Art Fair on March 5th from 6-8pm. Support Donaldson and Save when using Zoom Party promo code DONALDSON20
Donaldson Pie Throwing!
Students touring and dropping off 104 donated books to the library at the Children’s Hospital!
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We were able to raise $1,779.75 from Santa’s Workshop and $526 from Spirit Wear Sales!
Chalk it Up! Mrs. King's Blue and Green Anya's Army Day raised $1656 for the LaMar Family! The family was overwhelmed by our school's unbelievable community spirit and love. We truly turned Donaldson into a family, not just a school. A very HUGE and heart-felt THANKS to all the mothers who volunteered. I could not have done this without your tireless work, and good nature.You truly made this an experience for the kids! Salons have nothing on us! Mrs. King and I will never be able to show how much we appreciate your support!! My special thanks to Mrs. Kings entire 4th grade class, for retrieving and directing all the classrooms and for keeping the school spirit alive all day. Academics were light, but your life-lesson was ....priceless. To the anonymous person who donated the huge check just for the Mrs. King fund........ Mrs. King will be wearing her blue and green hair until the last day of school. I know this is one year she wants to end on time! Finally, thanks to Mrs. King, who has gone above and beyond just being a teacher. You wear your blue and green hair proudly! - Mindy Rose
More Chalk it Up! Photos
Mrs. Sunseri’s class Gingerbread houses.
Donaldson Winter Concert
Kindergarten Winter Play Dress Rehearsal
Mrs. Brookman’s Photo Booth Holiday Party
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.
2.
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/
Mother’s Name (please print clearly)
__________________________________________ Father’s Name
__________________________________________ Address
__________________________________________ Zip
(_______)_________________________________ Phone
__________________________________________ Email
__________________________________________ Child’s Name/Teacher
__________________________________________ Child’s Name/Teacher
__________________________________________ Child’s Name/Teacher
*Please aGach an additional sheet of paper for any special circumstances.
# of Memberships at $6.00/Person __________ TOTAL ENCLOSED
$__________________
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
www.westasd.org/webpa
Donaldson PTA Commi/ees I would like to volunteer for the following commi4ees:
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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