Make a Snowflake for the Children of Sandy Hook

Please help the Cherry Valley PTA support the students of Sandy Hook Elementary by joining National PTA in making snowflakes! The National PTA sent out an email this week offering options for people who want to help support the students returning to Sandy Hook in January. The following is copied from that email:

“When school resumes for Sandy Hook, it will be in a new building. Parent-volunteers are working to ensure that the students are welcomed back by a winter wonderland with the entire school decorated with as many unique snowflakes as possible. We encourage senders to be as creative as possible, remembering that no two snowflakes are alike. Please make and send snowflakes by January 12, 2013 to the Connecticut PTSA.”

This would be a very meaningful project to work on as a family over the winter break. There will be a drop box in the Cherry Valley front office on January 7th. Please bring in your snowflakes that day and the PTA will mail them, or you can mail them directly to:

Connecticut PTSA
60 Connolly Parkway
Building 12, Suite 103
Hamden, CT 06514

This is also the correct address to send monetary donations. Connecticut PTSA is accepting monetary donations to the “Sandy Hook Fund” to provide ongoing support to the community. To contact Sandy Hook PTA, please email sandyhook@ctpta.org.

In addition to the excellent resources sent out by Riverview School District last week, National PTA has information on how to talk to your children about school violence. http://pta.org/schoolviolence

PTA members, we need your help!

The PTA would love to have more members to support our kids and school activities. And if we increase our numbers from last year, we could even win money from the National PTA! We have a goal of 70% enrollment this school year, which means we currently need about 120 more PTA members.

As incentive, we'd like to throw a cookie party for the class with the most PTA memberships, and we need your help in spreading the word! Do you know any Cherry Valley parents who aren't PTA members? Encourage them to sign up! Did you know any family member or involved person in our community can join PTA? Can you think of someone who isn't a PTA member but should be?

For reasons to join the PTA, click Why Join the PTA? in the sidebar at right, --------->
and there is also a great list of reasons here on the national PTA website.

We appreciate your help in spreading the word about why its important for our children and our school to be a PTA member! 

Family Movie Night Time!

Cherry Valley PTA presents:
FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES!

Movie: How The Grinch Stole Christmas  (2000 version starring Jim Carrey, rated PG)
Date: Thursday, December 20
Time: 7pm
Place:  Galaxy Monroe 12, One Galaxy Way, Monroe 98272 (behind Fred Meyer)
Price: $3 per ticket, no matter what age

Tickets are being presold in order to keep better track of each prepaid ticket holder. Forms were sent home.

 

Please email Melissa McDowell at mcdows4@yahoo.com with any questions. This is a great way to kick off winter break! We hope to see you there!