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Strawbridge Elementary
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October 2015
We held our
volunteer/room
parent meetings.
We presented this
year’s budget and
passed our audit for
last year. We
instituted a family
PTA Folder that is
saving ½ a ream of
paper with every
flyer. We got our
first 100% class
membership.
Visit Us: www.Finnspta.org
Email Us: Finnspta@gmail.com
Finn’s PTA Meeting
Wed., Oct. 21st @ 3:30p
Parents & Teachers please
join us in the library!
School Store is Opening!! October 5th!
This is a great little place for the students to buy fun school supplies. We are
looking for volunteers to help us out in the school store on a weekly basis
8:20-8:40am.
Please contact finnspta@gmail.com if you’re interested.
Thanks for your help!!
Box Tops -
Contest ends October 16th!
Get those box tops in labeled zip top bags to ensure they are counted
in to the school NOW and keep sending them. We are hoping for 50
box tops from every student. Be the Box Top King or Queen!!
Spirit Wear Sale ends
October 16th!
OCTOBER’S
SPIRIT NIGHT
No extras will be ordered, there are size
samples in the main hallway.
Get yours while they are available!
Come to Pungo Pizza!
Thursday, October 15th
4:00pm – 9:00pm
Enjoy Pizza, Ice Cream &
Video Game fun!
Tell them Finn sent you!
OCTOBER’S Volunteer of the Month
Heather Lockhart
Heather is a stay at home mom of two, Alivia, who is in Ms. Helms’ third grade
class and Alexis, who is in 6th grade at Corporate Landing Middle School. She has
been married 19 years to her husband Richard and volunteers as a Sunday school
teacher. At Strawbridge, she has always helped extensively in the classroom,
assisted in the cafeteria, and currently also works on the PTA folders and anything
else on Wednesday Workdays. Thank you so much for all you do, Heather!
Finn’s Appreciation Corner
Finn has a new website!
www.finnspta.org
Each Month the PTA would like to show our appreciation
to our wonderful staff at our school.
Visit Us and Join our email list!
October is Cafeteria Appreciation
Follow Us on Facebook & Twitter!
Kick off a great year with
a PTA membership.
Help your students’ be the first
class in their grade level to get
100% Membership.
Only $5 per adult.
Congratulations to Mrs. Yarn on
our first touchdown of the season!!
Green PTA Folders
One folder per family! These weekly
folders will come home on Thursdays.
Please return by the following Tuesday
with any completed PTA forms.
Yankee Candle Fundraiser
coming for this
holiday season!
Give a Smile & Thank you to our wonderful
Cafeteria Staff for all their hard work!
FALL FESTIVAL-October 23rd
6-8pm
It’s that time of the year!! Voted by the kids as the
most fun! Haunted Stage, Haunted Halls, Games,
Treats, & or course Tricks! Don’t miss out on the best
SES PTA event. The event is only 2 hours, so don’t
waste time in line the night of the festival.
Wristbands will be sold in advance:
$10 admission for K-12 students
Adults & Toddlers are always FREE!
Participate in the Direct Donation Fundraiser at the
“Great White Shark” level and get your whole family
into the Fall Festival and Spring Carnival FOR FREE!!
Forms have come home in your green PTA Folders.
RED RIBBON WEEK
October 26th-30th
Red Ribbon Week is a time in which students are
encouraged to make good decisions regarding drug
use, including pledging to not use drugs, and being
a positive influence on their friends and peers.
There are various activities during the week in which
the kids can make the pledge to live a drug-free life
and show off their commitment to do so.
Keep an eye out for upcoming flyers!