Owl Blast Newsletter - Binks Forest Elementary School PTA

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BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
561-904-9800
15101 BENT CREEK RD. WELLINGTON, FL 33414
May
2013
Owl Blast Newsletter
A Binks Forest Elementary School PTA Publication
Volume 1 Issue 9
www.BinksForestPTA.com
Inside this Issue
Administrative News
2
PTA Pages
3-4
Around School
5-7
Calendar
8
Advertisers
9-11
Binks Forest PTA
Executive Board
Tanya Siskind– President
president@binksforestpta.com
Chris Blinston– VP School Services
ChrisBlinston4@aol.com
Sherry Derrevere–VP Ways & Means
waysandmeans@binksforestpta.com
Thursa Sotak– VP Volunteers
volunteers@binksforestpta.com
Amy Robbert– Treasurer
treasurer@binksforestpta.com
Amy Rochman– Recording Secretary
rarochman@yahoo.com
Karen Anthony–Corresponding Secretary
newsletter@binksforestpta.com
Michella Levy– Principal
Michella.Levy@palmbeachschools.org
Editor: Karen Anthony
Tanya Siskind
PTA President
Welcome to the 80’s
Families, Teachers & Staff!
Binks
We invite you on a journey back to
the 80’s to a time when we were
addicted to love, girls just wanted to
have fun, and everyone was
footloose! Teacher Appreciation
Week is May 6th – 10th. Parents, Administration, and PTA have
been working overtime for another fun-filled week to celebrate our
amazing teachers and staff. Were you into Punk Rock or Prep? On
Friday, May 10th show your true colors by dressing in your favorite
(school appropriate) 80’s attire. Thank you to everyone who
makes this week possible and a special thanks to Tijuana Flats for
providing complimentary lunch for our teachers.
The final two Health & Wellness Workshops presented by
Wellington Wellness Institute are on Wednesday May 1st and 8th.
You can register by returning the registration form to school,
online at www.NutritionistFlorida.com/communityworkshops, or
by calling 561-333-3440. Walk-ins are welcome! An additional
workshop of a parent “field trip” to the Courtyard Shops Publix on
Greenview Shores has been scheduled on May 15th at 9:30 a.m.
Learn about reading nutrition labels and make healthier choices.
You don’t want to miss this!
Save the date! On Thursday May 16th at 9:30 a.m. in the Media
Center all Binks Volunteers are cordially invited to attend the
annual Volunteer Appreciation Brunch. Enjoy a delicious brunch
and an awards ceremony to celebrate YOU for all that you do!
Please rsvp to volunteers@binksforestpta.com.
The final PTA General Assembly meeting for this school year is
May 20th at 5:30 p.m. just prior to Math & Science Awards Night.
We will be installing the new PTA Executive Board Officers
(hopefully) for the 2013-2015 school years. Please join us for this
special night.
Binks Forest Elementary School PTA
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15101 Bent Creek Rd. Wellington, FL 33414
Mrs. Michella Levy– Principal
Tanya Siskind– PTA President
Binks Forest Elementary
PTA Executive Board Positions
Administration's Message
Dear Binks Forest Families,
We have had another amazing year here at Binks.
As we draw to the close of the 2012-2013 school
year, we want to thank our school community, our
School Advisory Council and our PTA board
members for all their hard work and efforts to
support our school.
I want to take a special moment to bid farewell to
our current 5th graders. I have loved every moment
that I have been able to spend with them. They are
wonderful students and I am going to miss seeing
them here at Binks but know that they are prepared
and ready for the next steps in their lives.
I also want to wish a bittersweet farewell to Ms. Joy
Riley, Mrs. Karen Haligas and Mrs. Penny Hudgins
on a well deserved retirement. They will be truly
missed by the students and their colleagues.
Thank you for all the support you have given me for
the past two years. I look forward to many years
together.
President:
Unit Organization,
Membership, Programs,
Meetings, Training, SAC
Rep, Publicity Rep, PTA
Media/PR
VP School Services:
Holiday Parade,
Reflections, Sister School,
Book Swap/Drive, Clothing
& Food Drives, Character
Counts Scholarships
VP Ways & Means:
Fall Fundraiser, Holiday
Hut, Carnival, Spirit Night,
Dollars for No Collars,
Corp. Revenue, Popcorn
VP Volunteers:
Room Parent & Volunteer
Coordinator, VIPS,
Teacher/Staff Requests,
FCAT/Election Coverage,
Staff Appreciation,
ivolunteer website
Membership, Budget
Reports (General
Assembly Mtg./Board
Mtg.), Audit Committee
Treasurer:
Best wishes for a safe and happy summer!!!
With Owl Pride,
Mrs. Levy
We will be offering summer camp here this summer
and registration is now open.
Karen Anthony– Newsletter Editor
Recording Secretary:
Meeting Minutes, Calendar
Corresponding Secretary: Web site, Newsletter,
Historian, Sunshine
*This is an election year for the Binks Forest PTA
Executive Board. If you are interested in learning
more about these positions or have any questions
please email: president@binksforestpta.com or
nominating@binksforestpta.com
A Special Thanks to
Tijuana
Flats
for
being so supportive
of our teachers and
staff during Teacher
a n d
S t a f f
Appreciation Week!
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PTA Pages
Sherry Derrevere
VP Ways and Means
It’s hard to believe that summer is almost here
and my term is coming to an end. I am so proud
and thankful to have been a part of the 20112013 PTA Executive Board. We have made
great strides toward enhancing the learning
and classroom environment for Binks’ students
and teachers. With the support, direction and
dedication of Mrs. Levy and Ms. Berard, our
talented teachers and staff, generous donors,
families and volunteers, this Board has made
significant progress in updating and
supplementing Binks’ technology and tutorial
programs. With the continued corroboration of
our community and the implementation of the
Common Core Standards and I am confident
that Binks’ students will continue to excel.
It has been an honor to serve as Vice President
of Ways and Means and I hope everyone has a
safe and fun summer.
Tickets are only $30.00 each
through the end of May!
(That's less than half of the regular price!)
LEGOLAND FLORIDA is honoring FLORIDA
PTA members with:
FLORIDA PTA DAYS the entire
month of May, 2013!!
Take advantage now because the PTA
Days will end on the 31st!
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
determination and resourcefulness of everyone
who sends in Box Tops. Thank you for all you
The Box Tops Team would like to thank our do to make this program such a success!
FINAL teacher of the month.... Mrs. Gormley.
Congratulations Mrs. Gormley and enjoy your This year's Box Tops money will go toward
special up front parking spot. We will be much needed playground equipment and
visiting your classroom soon with the Box Tops Common Core Science materials.
Traveling Trophy and special Box Tops Spirit
Sticks for your students!
As the year comes to a close, we would like to
thank all of the Binks Forest families for your
incredible dedication to the Box Tops program.
This year alone we were able to raise $7,000
through simply clipping and saving Box Tops!
In our local area, Binks Forest is ranked #1 of
260 schools in total Box Tops money raised. We
are 5th in the state of Florida out of 4,156
schools and #180 in the nation out of 88,937
participating schools. That is simply incredible
and it is all thanks to the dedication,
Box Tops for Education
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PTA Pages & Around School
I would like to express my sincerest
appreciation to all of the parents who
volunteered to help as hall monitors and
runners during our FCAT weeks. Your help
Calling all Volunteers!
ensured that our administration and teachers
had the support they needed to administer
There has been a
change to the calendar
the exam. Thank you so much for your
time
and
patience!
regarding the Volunteer Appreciation Brunch. i n v a l u a b l e
It will now take place one week earlier on
Thursday, May 16th at 9:45 a.m. instead of the Though we are rapidly coming to the end of the
22nd. We apologize for any confusion and school year, we still have quite a few volunteer
hope that you are all still able to attend. This opportunities including Teacher Appreciation
wonderful annual event gives the school Week, the final Sunshine Math Store, Trade a
administration and the PTA an opportunity to Book Tuesday and Mother's Day Cake
celebrate and honor the time, talent and Decorating. Please check your email or
dedication of our volunteers- in other words- https://binksforest.ivolunteer.com/ for further
YOU! Please check your child's folder information on these opportunities or feel free
or planner for an invitation and RSVP to email me at volunteers@binksforestpta.com.
information the first week of May. As always, thank you for all you do to make a
difference here at Binks Forest!
Thursa Sotak
VP Volunteer Services
Chris Blinston
VP School Services
Hello to all of our Binks Forest
families and friends. What a
great year we have had so far!
We have character counts 5th
grade scholarships coming up in a few weeks
where we recognize one of the exceptional
students in each fifth grade class and present
them with a scholarship award from Binks
Forest and the PTA.
Over the past few years I have enjoyed
working with the many families and friends at
Binks Forest Elementary in so many projects.
We have delivered thousands of articles of
clothing to Gove Elementary, Canal Point
Elementary, Collection Points, and many
families in need right here in our own
community!
We have collected school
supplies and delivered them to people in our
community that needed them. We helped fuel
the minds of our students during FCAT testing.
We have collected books and delivered to
both schools, two different hospitals, as well as
our own classrooms and families in need. We
have collected canned foods and other related
items and delivered them to other schools,
soup kitchens, and families right here in our
neighborhood. Over the past two years we've
insured that many families right here at Binks
that are in need had new shoes on their feet,
clothes, food in their pantry, books to read,
and special holiday meals by coming together
as a community here at Binks Forest. From the
warmest place in my heart I would like to say
thank you for all of your participation and
support in these great endeavors. I look
forward to many great things for all of you in
the future.
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Around School
Binks Forest Summer Camp 2013
Located at Binks Forest Elementary School
15101 Bent Creek Road Wellington, FL
Come one come all to Binks Forest Summer Camp!! Registration is now open. Please
contact the Afterschool office for more details at 561-904-9830.
Camp Hours: 7:00am-6:00pm
Cost per session: $160.00
Registration fee: $50.00 per child
Cost for session four: $128.00
Session one: 6/10-6/14
Session four: 7/1-7/5 (closed 7/4)
Session seven: 7/22- 7/26
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Session two: 6/17-6/21
Session three: 6/24- 6/28
Session five: 7/8-7/12
Session six: 7/15- 7/19
Session eight: 7/29- 8/2
Session nine: 8/5-8/9
Original registration form must be filled out by parent.
Must register by June 6, 2013.
Open to all children from private and public schools, Ages 5-12.
If private school or out of area must provide birth certificate, shots record and proof of residence.
No refunds, credits or exchange of sessions.
Field trips and activities are subject to change, if necessary.
Campers must be here by 8:30 am each day.
Three field trips each session.
Lunch and two snacks provided each day.
Science Fair
The Palm Beach
County Science
Fair will be held
at
the
Fair
Grounds May 7,
from 9:00 am to
8:00 pm. Please
come and see
all our winning
projects!
Big Dog Ranch Rescue
4th Grade Students
Sarah Haber
Kayla Brusie
We will be collecting the
following supplies for Big
Dog Ranch, a no kill non
for profit animal shelter.
Supplies can be dropped
off in front of Mrs.
Carney’s room. This is for
our 4th grade community
service project.
They are in need of the
following donations:
Laundry detergent
Leashes
Collars
Dog biscuits
Canned
food
Nyla
bones
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Around School
Binks Forest Business Partners
Student Council
Barnes and Noble (front of Wellington Green Mall)
Chick-fil-A
Derrevere, Hawkes, Black and Cozad
Dominos' Pizza
IMG Financial
Dusty Massey Gold Performance
Publix #394
Shullman Orthodontics
Village Voice
Palm Stables
Winn Dixie (Royal Palm Beach)
We are currently
sponsoring
a
collection
for
Grandma's Place
in Royal Palm
Beach as our last
service project of
the school year.
Each classroom
has a box for donations. A flyer was sent
out with specific items needed. The
collection runs through Friday, May 10th.
The mission of Grandma's Place is to
provide shelter and loving care to local
children who have experienced abuse
and/or neglect and have been removed
from their own homes by the FL
Department of Children and Families.
They service children from birth through
twelve years of age in a home-like setting.
Thanks in advance for your generosity!
Mrs. Molbogot
Binks Forest Bookkeeper
May 10th is the last day we will be
accepting personal checks for this
school year. All payments for cafeteria, field trips,
parties etc, must be in cash or money order.
5th Grade Moving
Ceremony Update
Up
Thank you to our business
partner, Winn Dixie store #212 located at 1135
Royal Palm Beach Blvd. at the Village Royale
Shopping Center. Winn Dixie will be donating all of
the food, beverages, and cake for the 5th grade
students during their moving up celebration. They
are also supplying us with donuts and coffee for all
of the parents attending this function.
It was an Incredible Literacy Night!
1st Grade Fairy Tale Ball
3rd Grade Poetry Recital
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Around School
Counselor’s Corner
Randi Schietz
904-9811
randi.schietz@palmbeachschools.org
Parent Workshop for parents of 5th graders:
(Wednesday, May 1st at 6:30 at Binks Forest)
West Area Guidance Committee presents
“Easing the Transition to Middle School: What
Every Parent Should Know”.
I will be
co-facilitating this workshop for 5th grade
parents (of any Wellington school) with Janell
Leatherman, school counselor of Emerald Cove
Elementary. Blake Bennett, principal of
Wellington Landings will also be there.
I WISH ALL OF THE FIFTH GRADERS A
SUCCESSFUL AND SMOOTH TRANSITION TO
MIDDLE SCHOOL! YOU WILL BE MISSED AT
BINKS FOREST.
Summer Resources – The Wellington
Guidance Advisory Council which includes
guidance counselors from Wellington Schools
has put together a 1-page document listing
some of the local family, mental health and
psychiatric services available in our local area.
Some of the providers on the list take insurance
and some do not but if you are looking for
some general names for family counselors or
child psychiatrists you can email me and I will
be happy to forward that list to you. Here are
some other resources that might be helpful to
have with you over the summer:
Parent Book Chat: (Monday, May 13th at
12:30) Our final book chat will center around 2
of our past book selections: The Good Enough
Mother and The Price of Privilege. It’s not too
late to join our book chat. Even if you don’t
have time to read the books come for a great
discussion with other parents. I think this is a
great book and a pretty fast read too. Please
email me if you would like to join.
211- This is a FREE general hotline for Palm
Beach.
They can help direct you to
appropriate
services for Domestic Violence
Holocaust Education – The fifth graders have
been learning about the Holocaust in issues, substance abuse, crisis intervention or
Guidance. They are also currently reading financial and legal aid issues.
novels about the Holocaust in their Language
Arts Class and 5th grade Patrols visited the
“Daniel’s Story” exhibit at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,
D.C. We are honored to welcome our guest
speaker and Holocaust Survivor, Zelda
Fuksman who will be speaking to the 5th
graders on May 6th. This is always a very
memorable and meaningful experience that
few students in Palm Beach County are able to
experience the way our students do at Binks
Forest and we are very fortunate.
Hospice
of
Palm
Beach (Horizons
Bereavement Center) – GRIEF COUNSELING –
561-227-5175
Boys Town National Hotline –FREE hotline
24/7 talk to experts about parenting issues and
they can also connect you with local resources.
Their websites are also a great FREE resource
or parenting information available to all
parents;
http://parenting.org
and
http://www.yourlifeyourvoice.org
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Calendar
May 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
1
2
Summer Sneak Peek
June
Fri
Sat
3
4
Popcorn
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
~~~Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week~~~
12
19
26
13
20
Math/Science
Awards
PTA General
Assembly
Meeting
27
No
School
14
21
15
22
16
17
Volunteer
Appreciation
Brunch
School
Wide Day
of Play
23
24
5:30 Summer Camp
Registration
28
29
30
31
All Pro
Dads
Owl Cart– Now Open Tuesday and
Wednesdays in the front of school
from 7:30-7:55am
Spirit Sticks- Introducing our New
“Healthy” Incentive for students, no
sweets involved! Spirit Sticks will
begin to be used to reward good
behavior and academic success!
Spirit Rings will be sold at the Owl
Cart for $5 each, and can hold the
new cool Spirit Sticks!
18
25
June 3 Pajama Day
June 4 Take your
children to
work day
June 5 Moving up
ceremony
June 6 Last Day of
School
* Don’t Forget to
Register for Summer
Camp!
Our Advertisers:
Business Partnerships
Parents: If you have a business and are
interested in becoming a Business Partner with
our school, please contact our Business
Partnership Coordinator, Sharon Wedgworth at
sharon.wedgworth@palmbeachschools.org
Our Advertisers:
$10 Off Any $50 Purchase for
Binks Forest Elementary Students
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