There will be two more Scrip orders before the winter break.  The first is due Monday, December 1st and will be delivered Monday, December 8th (the slight delay is due to the short week).   The second is due Monday, December 15th and will be delivered Friday, December 19th.   We have a new retailer to add to Scrip – Hallmark.  Hallmark gift cards are available in $25 increments with a 4% return to our school.  Unfortunately, Hallmark came to us too late to be included in our order forms – so please just write it in if you’d like to order.  Also, don’t forget to check out www.glscrip.com/index.aspx for a more complete listing of retailers available.  There are literally hundreds of retailers available – and gift cards do make outstanding holiday gifts.  Questions?  Contact Liz Walle at 752-0835 or wallefam5@comcast.net.

 
Things to do now!
Turn in your scrip order
Turn in Cat Tracks!!!  
 
December
 
1          Scrip Order Due
3          No School-Waiver Day
4          12:15 Early Release-Conferences
5          No school-Conferences
10        Peter and The Wolf String Quartet 2PM
11         Make-a-Card Workshop
12        Coffee w/ the Principal
15        Scrip Order Due
No       PTA Meeting
19        Holiday Sing-a-long
19        12:15 Release-Holiday
20-2    No School-Winter Break
 
January
5          Back to School
9          Coffee w/the Principal
12        Scrip Order Due
13        PTA Meeting
16        MLK Assembly
19        No School-Martin Luther King
 
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Make-A-Card!

 
Would you like to make your own holiday cards, gift tags or bookmarks?  Then please join the Green Schools team for a free card-making workshop.  You’ll find out how to make something old into something new!
 
We’ll provide all the materials.  And we’ll have some refreshments too.
 
The workshop will be on Thursday, December 11th, from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. in the Washington cafeteria.
 
Space is limited, so please RSVP by Monday, December 8th, if you’d like to join us.  To sign up, or for more information contact Felicity Devlin at:
761-8066 or felicitydevlin@yahoo.com
 
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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This link goes to a website that is in support of school libraries and what you can do to help support them. There is an online petition that you can go to and sign.
Every member of the family can register (except pets) and show their support of our school libraries.
The link has four copies of the information.

http://www.fundourfuturewashington.org/
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Scrip information page
 http://www.wahoyt.org/newsletter/newsletter.html
November Cougar Tales is on the website!
  http://www.wahoyt.org/newsletter/newsletter.html
The Veteran's Day Assembly slide show can be seen here:
http://www.wahoyt.org/movies/movies.html
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A Shameless plug for Beautiful Angle/Fundraiser for Layla House...the ophanage the girls came from!
Please attend if you are interested!
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=YRQOEMEZZYCESLUFAYBD&unknownUser=true
What is Beautiful Angle?
www.beautifulangle.com
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Don't forget to sign up for electronic Cougar Tales
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For those who missed their copy of the Cougar Tales, you can now view it on our website 
 http://www.wahoyt.org/newsletter/newsletter.html

 
Also, on the front page of the website you will find a "Volunteers Needed" section. If you'd like to get involved or are looking for a way to meet a few more folks at the school contact the Committee Chair listed, they can always use a few more helping hands. Go to www.wahoyt.org
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The order dates for Scrip for the entire year are:   November 3rd and 17th, December 1st and 15th, January 12th, February 2nd and 23rd, March 16th, April 13th, May 4th and 18th, and June 8th.    Liz Walle, 752-0853
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 Info about the special speaker we are having for the MLK assembly January 16th
 

A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era:  (Hardcover)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
David Greenberg is an ordinary twelve-year-old trying to fit in. He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that—with Jack Greenberg’s help—will open Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

About the Author
David T. Greenberg is the author of Slugs and many other books for children. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Deb Llewellyn
253-762-1494
washingtonhoytpta@hotmail.com
For more info, visit www.wahoyt.org