The T-Wolf Tribune

The T-Wolf Tribune
October 2013
A Publication of Mountain Meadow Elementary PTA
2013-2014 Board Members
President
Effie Dattilo
Co-Vice Presidents
Stacy Ingersoll, Cindy Clark
Secretary
Briana Halaas
Treasurer
Laurie Meyer
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PTA Calendar
October
11 Cherrydale Orders Due!
15 Walk at Track 8:45 - 9:45 am
15 Autumnfest Ticket Orders Due
16 Picture Day!
16 PTA General Membership
Meeting (Library) - 6:30 pm
18 Autumnfest Candy Due
22 Walk at Track 8:45 - 9:45 am
23 Read Naturally Training
9:30—10:30 am in the Library
24 JA Biztown (5th grade)
24 Fire Safe Assembly - 9:15 am
25 Autumnfest Costume & Dance
Party!!!!!!!!
26 White River Education
Foundation Auction
(High Cedars), 6 pm
29 Walk at Track 8:45 - 9:45 am
31 Change of Dismissal 11:55 am
November
5 Walk at Track 8:45 - 9:45 am
11-12 No School
13 PTA General Membership
Meeting (Library) - 3:45pm
19 Walk at Track 8:45 - 9:45 am
20 Picture Retakes
25 NO LATE START
22-27 Change of Dismissal
(Conferences) - 11:55 am
Book Fair in Library
28-29 NO SCHOOL
Newsletter Editor: Cindy Clark
Volume 2013-14 Issue 2
Happy Autumn
from Mountain Meadow Elementary PTA!
Mountain Meadow Community,
The year is off to a great start. We are so excited about the programs we have planned for the
year. Next up is Autumnfest which is a little different this year, we were asked for a more
affordable dance event. The revamping of Autumnfest is our answer to that call. We are
charging a small admission fee to offset the additional cost of the DJ, but this event is still one
that we invest our PTA dollars in to provide a memorable experience for our families. We
count on your donations of candy and cupcakes in order to keep our cost in check. We
encourage full family participation. Costume prizes will be awarded for best group theme, best
adult and by grade groups. Your children are learning dance steps in PE to share with you.
Entertainment includes a live performance of the classic “Thriller Dance” by our friends at
Dancemakers Northwest. PTA will provide treat bags for the children that will be numbered
for door prizes. You must pick these up at the check in area under the covered area, before
getting in line to trick or treat. Check in will begin at 6:00 pm, and doors open at 6:30 pm.
Tickets will be sold at the door, or pre ordered before Oct. 15th.
If you miss it, as with many of our events, you can see pictures on our facebook page.
Part of what we do as a PTA is advocate for our kids. In last year’s survey, students asked for
the opportunity to sit with their friends at lunch. There is now a program in place where with
good behavior students can earn this privilege on Fridays. Another item that came up from
students is a request for new playground equipment. With our coke rewards program, we can
earn sports balls and jump ropes. Please participate if you can. We will also be discussing
playground improvements as a possible fundraising goal at our October 16th meeting at
6:30PM in the library.
Last year we launched an extremely successful program called Dancing Classrooms for our fifth
grade students. Teachers noticed a raise in maturity level after this program which has a focus
on respect and social etiquette. If you would like to help ensure this program for our fifth
graders, please contact me as soon as possible, at emdattilo@aol.com. We hope to implement
it this December.
Our school is spectacular because of our supportive community of parents, faculty and friends
We appreciate all that you do to support us so we can support our children.
Sincerely,
Effie Dattilo , MME PTA President
Autumnfest is October 25th!
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Dance to tunes by our DJ
Trick-or-Treating!
Concessions for Sale
Photo Booth Fun
Costume Contest with Prizes
Door Prizes
Raffle Drawing for iPad!
Look for the flyer in your Friday Folder, or go online at mmepta.com to prepurchase tickets by October 15th. We’re also accepting candy and
cupcake donations! Tickets will also be sold at the door.
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Thank you for your
participation in our
Cherrydale Fundraiser!
Thank you for participating in our PTA fall
fundraiser, which ended on October 11! Incentive
prizes will be
delivered to your
child with this
order in early
November. Stay
tuned to see who
were our top
sellers!
Clothes & Shoes Needed!
Our PE Teacher, Mr. Bolton and Nurse
Wyland are collecting gently used active wear
and sneakers for children who may need
them during the school day. There is a bin
outside the MME PTA office. Any surplus
donations will be given to the Donald Loomis
clothing bank in Buckley. Thank you!
iPad Raffle
It’s your last chance to enter into the drawing for
a free iPad! Tickets are just $2 and can be
purchased using the enclosed form or online with
your Autumnfest tickets. The drawing will be held
on Oct. 25th at our Autumnfest event. You do not
need to be present to win.
October 18th
(during lunch)
Memory Book
Pictures
needed!
Bring your camera to school events and snap
some great shots for our
Memory Book.
Also, stay tuned on the PTA website for our
contest to design the Memory Book cover!
Please send your pictures from first day,
Autumnfest, field trips or any other school
event to Angie Penrose at
angiepenrose@gmail.com
Congratulations to our
Grandparents Day winner!
Merry Ballard
Ricky Brower’s Grandmother
From Mrs. Smith’s Class
...received a Starbucks gift
card for entering our drawing
during Grandparents Day last
month!
Picture Day is
October 16th!
Just a reminder that picture
day for all students is October
16th! School volunteers can
also have their photo taken
for their badge.
Summer Box Tops Blitz Winners!
Congratulations to our amazing box top clippers!!!
Please contact Jessica Hahto for more information
hahto0323@q.com
1st Place: Jaden Stapleton with 400 Box Tops!
2nd Place: Brooklyn & Cheyenne Fessler
375 Box Tops
3rd Place: Madi Tessem 302 Box Tops
Upcoming Event Reminders:
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Every Wednesday, Mr. Bolton invites our
MME children to get a bit of energy out in
the Gymnasium at 8 a.m., before school
begins for the day . Thank you Mr. Bolton!
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Read Naturally training is scheduled for
October 23rd from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the
Library. Please sign up in the office.
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Our canned Food Drive begins on October
21st. Please start setting aside those nonperishable food items!
We have collected over $550 for our school—great
work! Remember to keep clipping all year!
Your PTA needs volunteers!
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Recycle Chair
Family Fun Event Chairs
Bunco Event - Co chair
Box Top Chair
Awards Chair
Please contact Effie Dattilo
(emdattilo@aol.com ) for details!
Spirit Wear
Update!
Don't worry, you haven't missed it!! We are still working hard on fine
tuning Spirit Wear and we apologize for the delay. It will be worth the
wait and an announcement will be made when the items are available. Thank
you for your patience!
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WATCH D.O.G.S. are fathers, grandfathers,
stepfathers, uncles, and other father figures who
provide positive male role models for our students
by volunteering in a variety of school activites and
enhancing school security.
FATHER FIGURES, BE A HERO OF THE
HALLWAY AND JOIN WATCH D.O.G.S.
Look for sign up opportunities at Autumnfest,
on the Mountain Meadow school website or
contact Clarence Courtney at
cvcourtney@gmail.com.
Drive your students to school on
Tuesdays and join us for a little
adult conversation and exercise.
Strollers and leashed pets are
welcome. PTA will provide bottled
water from 8:45-9:45am at the
track we look forward to getting to
know you better!
My Coke Rewards for Schools
Easy as 1.2.3!
1. Purchase Coke Products
2. Go to mycokerewards.com to register
3. Enter codes & choose to “donate to your
school”
If you are unable to enter the codes yourself,
please turn in your coke product caps and
box codes to the PTA office.
Coke Rewards Chair: Catherine Sims,
(mountainmeadowpta@gmail.com)
comes to White River!
Come support the White River
Education Foundation:
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October 26th
6 PM
Dinner
Live & Silent Auction
Orting High Cedars Golf Club
Tickets available now. Please contact
253.255.2835 or visit
www.whiterivereducationfoundation.org for
more information. Hope to see you there!
Angie Penrose is our Memory Book
chair. Last year, she also served as our cosecretary on the PTA executive board. She
is the mother of 3 boys 8th—3rd grade and
runs her own busy photography business.
Angie has served on our board for several
years and is also an active member of her
church.
She is one super mom
extraordinaire!
Clarence and Stephanie Courtney. After
serving for 8 years in PTA organizations
including president and secretary at
Chinook Elementary in Auburn, Clarence
and Stephanie joined MME last year.
Clarence is leading our Watch D.O.G.S.
program. They also volunteer in their
daughter Catie's classroom and many other
MME PTA activities. The
Courtneys have four children at home; two at BLHS, one
at Glacier Middle School and one at Mountain Meadow.
Clarence works in Auburn as an Air Traffic Controller
and Stephanie is a Homemaker.
Thank you for all that you do!
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