Calabash PTO Newsletter

Calabash PTO Newsletter
October 2015 | www.calabashpto.org
Principal's Message
Dear Parents,
The Calabash community is supportive and encourages our students to do their best. Our parents
serve in many capacities at Calabash Charter Academy. They devote hours working with the PTO,
committees, and volunteer in our classrooms. Working parents also find ways to support our school
in their off hours. All parents want to be a part of their child’s education.
The Calabash staff and I certainly appreciate the many hours parents spend at school. We do need
to ask that confidentiality be maintained when working in classrooms. Parents will see and hear
things that should not be repeated in the neighborhood or on campus. No parent wants to hear
their child talked about in the community because they didn’t do well on an assignment or behaved
in a certain way in the classroom. I suppose our motto should be “what happens at Calabash stays
at Calabash.” Our teachers, students, and I thank you.
In addition, we ask that you do not reprimand children publicly or privately. Just think how you
might feel if someone did that to your own child. All concerns must be directed to the school staff
so please do not feel the need to take matters into your own hands.
Having said that…I love having parents volunteer after the morning bell. I ask that parents to be
good role models for our students. When we are saying the Pledge of Allegiance during our
Monday morning assembly, please pause your conversations and encourage your children to do
the same. I have a few additional reminders:
Please have your children wear closed toe and closed heel shoes to school. No shoes with high
heels or skate wheels.
Write your child’s name on the lunch boxes and clothing. Please visit the LOST and FOUND.
Unclaimed items will be donated to charity at the end of each month.
All volunteers must apply online and provide TB clearance. Please sign-in with the main office
before going to the classrooms or on the yard (morning PE). This is especially important in case of
an emergency and during our practice drills. During a true emergency, knowing that you have
signed-in at the office, we would be looking for you and need to know that you are safe and
accounted for. We take our emergency drills very seriously.
Please know that I appreciate all of you and all that you do to make Calabash Charter Academy an
amazing place. I just want to keep our kids safe.
Yours truly,
Esther Gillis
Principal
Calabash
Y. E. S.
Fund
Dear Calabash Families,
As this newsletter goes to print, the Y.E.S. Month campaign is not yet over. Still another day for
last minute donations to come through. By the time you read this, our class competition
winners will have been announced and the winning classrooms will be celebrating. But, really,
we all have reason to celebrate.
This was the second year of our rebranded Y.E.S. Fund campaign and we’re excited to share that it
was once again a tremendous success. Last year our Y.E.S. Fund grossed $52K (a huge increase
from previous years when we took in at most ~ $24K). As we approach the end of this year’s
Y.E.S. Month drive, we have already grossed over $51K!
Teachers were excited about the classroom wishes, parents were eager for their classes to win and
the kids loved those red bracelets! The results speak for themselves. It says something about the
pride and passion we have for our school that so many parents jumped in to show their financial
support. On behalf of all our faculty and students, we thank you!
The PTO will spend about $90K this year to support our Science Lab, Computer Lab, Library, YMCA
P.E. program, arts programs (K/1 theatre arts, 2nd grade ceramics, 3rd grade keyboarding, 4th/5th
grade ballroom dance, etc), field trips, garden and campus improvements. Our Y.E.S. Fund
donations will help sustain a large portion of this spend next year, but they don’t get us all the
way there. To bridge the gap, the PTO will continue its fundraising efforts via our Online Auction,
Fall Festival, Boutiques, Cookie Sales, etc but will scale back our fundraising in 2016 once we’ve
achieved our fundraising goal for the 2016/2017 year. Our family events will continue (those are
not fundraisers) as will our free Family Movie Nights.
On a personal note, it’s incredible to see the continued outpouring of support for our school. I am
so proud to be part of the Calabash community. Thank you to all our Y.E.S. donors!
Best Regards,
Claire Borsheim
PTO President
Y.E.S.: We Support Calabash!
A big thanks to our Calabash families who donated to the Y.E.S. Fund on behalf of:
Elijah & Kayla Abromson
Aaron Aghavian
Annika Albert
Altin Aletaha
Kamila Alvarado
Novin Ansar
Tristan Arabi
Jeremy & Jonathan Baden
Natalie Baghdanian
Dylan Barnes
Cash & Tripp Beery
Jax & Kyla Belschner
Lucas Bernstein
Anvith Bizzala
Josephine Bong
Julia Borruel-Oliver
Chloe Borsheim
Dylan Boyle
Madison-Paige Bringas
Aiden Bugtong
Gianna Buondelmonte
Nicholas Cabanting
Aditi Chandra
David & Emily Chau
Gianna Chavez
Avery & Kiwi Cohen
Jayzion Cook
Sophia Cooper
Cameron & Sydney Craven
Ethan Darvish
Kendall & Sophia Darvish
Niels Darvish
Zuma De Groot
Dhanishka De Silva
Chance & Hudson December
Vivienne Dixon
Jared Doi
Naya Dori-Roberts
Elyse Drake
Ehiose Egbase
Jack Eisenberg
Deetric Evans
Donovan Farmer
Ariel & Lev Feiman
Bailey & Tristan Feinberg
Irene Flessas
Margo Fraser
Gavin & Vincent Gale
Sophia Gallacci
Elijah Gaviola
AJ Gentile
Jonathan George
Lihi Giladi
Neryah Gluska
Willow Gould
Spencer Grim
Brendan & Spencer Han
Dylan & Jocelyn Hawley
Olivia Henderson
Lucy Henson
Jeremy Heywood
Cole Holden
Jeremiah & Samantha Hong
Kingston & Sovereign Hurley
Even Ireland
Declan Jenkins
Sean Johnson
Canon & William Jones
Samantha Kaldor
Beau Kaminsky
Atisha Karimi
Chloe & Ryan Keyvani
Sasha Khazin
Dilara Kurdakul
Lily & Maya LaQuerre
Lola Legg
Mason Leids
Natasha Lorber
Adam & Brendan Luna
Jessie Lund
Gemma & Rachel Malamud
Rose Malek
Frankie McGrath
Cleo McIntosh
Tyler Medvedev
Tiam Mehri
Michael Melcher
Simone Mendiola
Shawdi Moghadam
Colten Moon
Sydney Mundan
Carter & Joshua Nickerson
Samantha Ochoa
Trevor Olins
Shane Oswick
Grayson & Lucas Padua
Damian Pagoulatos
McKenzie Palafox
Sneha Pappu
Ella & Lauryn Paras
Lanza Peretti
Kelsey Phillip
Grace & Max Piersol
Isabella & Simona Pironti
Grace Popham
Ore Porat
Ava Pourasgari
Ashton Pulis
Ali Purple
Michael Reola
Charlie Reyman
Kaeden & Quinton Riepl
Aden & Nathan Robkin
Baran Rod
Abigail & Richard Rodriguez
Ryan Rosenthal
Jordana Ross
Kiana Safavi
Kaley Samiian
Madeleine & Riley Scupine
Faith Sears-Eubanks
Abby & Chance Severson
Elan & Liat Shademan
Parsa Shahamiri
Shayan Shaker
Nathan Shamash
Cooper & Katie Singer
Lauren Smith
Elizabeth Smyrnos
Colin & Hayden Song
Taylor Strohmaier
Joaquin & Niccolo Sucgang
Gabriel Swintek
Anthony & Emily Tatoosi
Sarah Thomas
Sophie Thorne
Samuel Thorne
Caelyn Torres
Lianna Tseselsky
Kelly & Lauren Uldall
Gavin & Grayson Ullett
Layla VanRoosendaal
Cora Venaas
Francesca & Victoria Waley
Sophia & Zander Wall
Liam Waser
Damithu Weerakkody
Natalia Weisbaum
Savithna Welihida
Natalie Williams
Henry Wittle
Oliver Yuval
Sophia Zahedi
Kyleigh Zvara
Campus Beautification Day
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Calabash PTO’s 6th Annual
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auction
www.biddingforgood.com/calabashpto
October 5th - October 19th
proceeds support: computer lab arts programs science lab
campus beautification field trips ymca pe 5th grade & more!
WHAT TO DO
JUST A FEW OF OUR ITEMS UP FOR BID:
(1) Log on to www.biddingforgood.com/calabashpto.
(2) Click “Register to Bid” at top of screen. Registration is
free. For privacy, we suggest you choose a USERNAME
that does not include your first and last name.
(3) Browse our catalog. If you wish to bid, you must enter
a valid credit card. Be sure to pay special attention to
the item notes for any rules/restrictions!
(4) Send the auction link to family & friends.
Anyone can bid!
... AND OUR POPULAR CALABASH EXCLUSIVES:
SEEKING DONATIONS!!
BOOKS, TV & FILM SWAG,
SERVICES, MEMORABILIA, FINE ART,
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS TIX & MORE!
NO DONATION TOO SMALL!
EMAIL: STEPH.MAKEUP@ICLOUD.COM
Principal for
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P.E. Coach for
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Teacher for
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Fall Festival
Want To Be A Fall Festival Sponsor?
Fall Festival planning is underway! We're looking for Calabash families
or businesses to help sponsor a Fall Festival game booth or inflatable.
Sponsorship fee is $100, for which we'll create a custom banner
featuring your family name or business to be showcased at our Fall
Festival. A great way to show your support!
Sponsorship forms will be sent home soon.
All proceeds benefit the PTO, a 501c3 organization &
will support next year's enrichment programs.
Save the Date!
Saturday, November 14th | 11AM-2PM
You Can Help Calabash Earn $250-$750
from the
We Love
Our Volunteers!
Westfield Topanga Mall!
A big thanks to Ronit Schwartz
and Way
Raul Cardona
volunteering
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Our after
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the new teacher’s desk for our
newly upgraded Computer Lab.
Just shop at the Wesfield Topanga between October 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015 and use one of
these opions:
We truly appreciate the time our
(1) Log your receipts online or via your smartphone.
Calabash community spends to
Go to www.shoppingpartnership.com/topanga/index.html
lend a helping hand where they
(2) Turn receipts into the box in the Calabash main office
(3) Email your e-receipts to calabashE4L@gmail.comcan!
Remember to save receipts from all Wesfield Topanga stores and restaurants (this includes Target and
Crate & Barrel). Any quesions, contact our parent coordinator, Stephanie Evans at
calabashE4L@gmail.com.
Character Counts Award – Trustworthiness
Cash Beery
Daniella Bojorquez
Noah Clifton-Goin
Kendall Darvish
Sophia Darvish
Zuma De Groot
Talia Dubrino
Ariel Feiman
Evan Ireland
Victoria Ioannou
Canon Jones
Parker King
Simone Mendiola
Samantha Ochoa
Lauryn Paras
Max Piersol
Cooper Singer
Caught Being Kind Awards
9/21/15
Olivia Henderson
Rosie Malek
Hannah Moshiri
Allison Pearson
Savannah King
9/28/15
Jaycob Beltran
Liam Waser
Cara Levine
Jaden Geoola
Lily Laquerre
Ayiana Brazile
Sarah Thomas
10/5 – Online Auction Opens @ 8AM
11/2 – PTO’s Cookie Dough Fundraiser Begins
10/7 – Governance Council Mtg @ 3PM
Restaurant Night @ Chuck E Cheese
11/4 – Governance Council Meeting @ 3PM
11/9 – Teacher for the Day (Online Auction
Winners)
10/13 – Family Literacy Night
10/15 – District Wide Earthquake Drill
10/19 – PTO Meeting @ 8AM
Online Auction Ends @ 9PM
10/30 – Halloween Parade @ 8:00AM
Minimum Day (12:33 Dismissal)
Trunk or Treat @ 6:00PM
11/10 – Picture Make Ups
11/11 – SCHOOL CLOSED (Veterans’ Day)
Restaurant Night @ Chipotle
11/14 – Fall Festival
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