2014-15
May 2015 Issue 9
Editor: Pamela Rineer
Table of Contents 2 Walk-a-Thon CLO Assembly Stay Connected
Otis Delivery Change New PTA Email
Teachers Appreciation 3 Book Bus BOGO Book Fair Kindergarten Field Trip Picture 100th Day of School Pics
From the PTA President May is all about appreciation! I appreciate the beauty of spring and the wonderful rebirth it represents. I appreciate my mom for being an example of strength and unconditional love. I appreciate hard working and caring parents that I have had the pleasure to serve alongside in the PTA.
Kids Can Learn A Lot Bloopers Video
I am especially appreciative of the AMAZING staff at Donaldson for the countless hours they Box Tops Contest Winners have spent teaching, supporting and loving my 5 Dine & Donate Flyer children. Words, gifts and luncheons can not Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza begin to convey my deep feelings of gratitude for 5-6 Walk-A-Thon Flyers those that have helped shaped my kids into the 7-8 Rewards Shopping awesome people they have become. The end of 9 PTA Committee List the school year is bittersweet as I try to balance 10 How to Print Newsletter the emotions of leaving behind one inspirational teacher and looking forward with hope to the r e b Remem next influential teacher. May Dates to
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How truly blessed I feel! If you have appreciation to show and would like to volunteer to help with any of the fun activities coming up, please contact me at kristigundy@gmail.com. Kristi Gunderson
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VOLUNTEER The 2015 Donaldson Walk-a-Thon MASCOT will be on May 22nd on the We are also in need of a Donaldson Campus. We’d like at volunteer who would be willing least one parent volunteer per to wear the Freddy the Fox class, please email Pamela at pNorth Fayette Mascot. Please let me know if you are rineer@hotmail.com if you’d like to interested!! volunteer!
The CLO assembly has been rescheduled for May 5th at 9am. 13 year old Gabriella is full of questions, but short on confidence as the quietest kid in the school’s astronomy club. That all changes when she takes an amazing journey back in time to meet the legendary astronomer, Galileo Galilei, and assist him as he races to finish his first telescope. While working with the “father of science” on his revolutionary discoveries, Gabriella learns valuable lessons about the importance of curiosity and courage in the face of adversity. Gabriella and Galileo take the audiences on an adventure that champions the joy of scientific discovery and the wonders of the imagination. www.pittsburghclo.org/pages/goh
Stay Connected Watch your email for event dates and signup info. Stay connected through Facebook by liking our page at Facebook.com/ DonaldsonPTA. Get notifications through Remind: text the code @cf21b to phone number 724-565-8456 or download the Remind app and enter class code cf21b.
NEW PTA EMAIL PTA officers can now be reached at donaldsonptalistens@gmail.com
The former address is no longer active.
Otis Delivery Change of Date! Please note that the Otis delivery is now Tuesday, May 19th from 5-6pm instead of May 20.
Teachers Appreciation Luncheons are Tuesday, May 5th and Thursday, May 7th. Teachers breakfast is Monday, May 4th. If anyone would like to make a donation of drinks or dessert, please email Sherry Romano at sromano6743@yahoo.com.
May 18-22
May 19-21
Book Bus: Used Book Collection Drive (more info will go home on the BOGO fair flyer).
Buy 1 Get 1 Free Book Fair during school hours. We will also have the fair open in the compass rose during Otis pickup.
Kindergarten field trip to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Did you see the video made by Donaldson
Now watch Behind the Scene Bloopers!
Elementary ‘Kids Can Learn A Lot!’?
https:// www.youtube.co m/watch? v=xBOzfksaSBU
100th Day of School Fun!!!
Giant Eagle’s Apples for the Students Program Thank you to all who have taken the time to register your Giant Eagle rewards card and select Donaldson Elementary as the organization to benefit from your purchases. The current year’s program has ended, and we were able to order dry erase markers and glue sticks for the school as a result of your support. If you have not already done so, please consider taking a moment to enroll your Giant Eagle rewards card in this program. The instructions are included in this newsletter (page 8). If you have already enrolled your card, there is no need to reenroll for next year as your enrollment continues into the next program year. Thank you again for your support!
Box Tops for Education Contest WINNERS The recent Box Tops for Education collection effort resulted in almost 9,000 Box Tops submitted again. Donaldson Elementary will again be receiving a check for almost $900 which is awesome! Congratulations to the top collecting classrooms: Mrs. Hensler – 1st place Mrs. Rukas – 2nd place Mrs. Brookman – 3rd place The PTA would also like to recognize the top three individuals who submitted Box Tops : Aubrey Kubiak Kiley Ryniawec Brody Smith These students had a combined collection of almost 1,200 Box Tops. Each of the winning classrooms and individuals will be given a treat, provided compliments of the Donaldson PTA. Way to go Donaldson students! Please continue to clip and keep those Box Tops as another submission contest will be held before the end of the year.
Join Us… Every Mondays in May to help raise money for Donaldson Elementary School!
20% of tracked dine-in and carry out sales will be donated. Tell your server you are dining to support Donaldson Elementary School!
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Do n Wa a lds o 201 l k-A n -Th 5 on Friday, May 22nd, 2015 – Donaldson Campus AM Kindergarten and 1st Grade: 9:30am-10:15am 2nd Grade 10:30am-11:15am PM Kindergarten & 3rd Grade: 12:45pm-1:30pm 4th & 5th Grade 1:45pm-2:30pm
Help promote physical fitness and support PTA programs! A healthy snack will be provided to all that participate. Please bring your own water bottle. PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS CAN WALK FOR A $5.00 DONATION
Donations accepted on day of Walk-A-Thon at Donaldson PTA registration table.
Donaldson Award: Awarded to the student collecting the most $ (1 winner) Donaldson Award: Awarded to one student from each grade collecting the most $ (6 winners) Breakfast Party: Awarded to the classroom collecting the most $ (1 classroom)
Your child may still participate in the walk even if your family chooses not to collect donations. Please notify your child’s teacher if you do not want them to participate in the walk.
Contact Chairperson Pamela Rineer for more information at p-rineer@hotmail.com
Donation Sheet Friday, May 22nd, 2015 Donaldson Campus Do n Wa a lds o 20 l k-A- n 15 Th o n
Dear Sponsors: Please help encourage physical health and fitness at Donaldson’s 5th annual Walk-A-Thon. Students can raise money for PTA funded programs by asking friends, family, neighbors, and other community members to sponsor them as they walk laps around our Donaldson Campus. Donaldson Elementary students must be accompanied by a parent (or with a person approved by the parents of the student) to walk around & collect flat donations in their neighborhoods. Donaldson students are not permitted to walk unaccompanied asking for donations. STUDENT’S NAME _______________________________________ Grade: _______ Teacher__________________________
Please support our student with a FLAT donation. Donor’s Name Will you walk? Donations 1. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 2. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 3. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 4. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 5. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 6. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 7. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 8. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 9. _______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ 10. ______________________ Y N $5___ $10___ $15___ $20___ Other___ Total # of Donations ____________ Attach additional sheets if needed.
Total Amount $______________
Return form & donations in the attached envelope by Wednesday, May 20th, 2015. Please make ONE check payable to Donaldson Elementary PTA – Thank you! Contact Chairperson Pamela Rineer for more information at p-rineer@hotmail.com
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
donaldsonptalistens@gmail.com 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 Pie SaleDay Market 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
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