Jan 2010
e-Bulletin January 21, 2010
Jan. 21, 2010 Thursday
"Two significant aftershocks today - unnerving."~Troy Livesay in Haiti with Heartline. www.livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/
THINGS TO DO NOW
Get Ready for Twin Day!
January
22 Free Dress Day Twin Day!
Bochinche assembly 2:00 PM
22-20 Tacoma Goodwill Drive "Stuff a Bag!"
February
22-27 Missoula Children's Theatre
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Tacoma Goodwill Drive: Student Council has organized a useable clothing and shoe drive. Students will be bringing home a Goodwill Bag this Friday, January 22nd. We are asking those who would like to participate, to bring back the filled bag by Friday, January 29th. A truck will be here in the afternoon on Friday, January 29th to pick-up all the bags. What a great way for our children to give back to the community.
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Nike Reuse -A-Shoe: Our Student Council is collecting old rubber sole shoes to recycle. The recycled shoes will be used to create tracks, fields and playgrounds. Bring in your old rubber sole shoes and place in the box at Washington (on the stage) or at Hoyt (multipurpose room).
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Missoula Children's Theater is coming on February 22rd through February 27th! Auditions will be held immediately after school on Monday the 22rd from about 3:15-5:15 p.m.. Approximately 50 children will be chosen for our school production of "Pinocchio". Friday, February 26th at 2:00 p.m., there will be an all-school assembly presented by our touring directors. This is a fun, interactive assembly unrelated to the production. Saturday, February 27th, the cast and crew will give us two performances at 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.! Many volunteers will be needed. Please note that auditions will be closed again this year. Also, if you know your child has any conflicts during the week or is not feeling well please do not have them audition. The directors are not able to keep a list of alternates and we have lost spots for kids to participate due to drop-outs in the past (happily, none last year!). We look forward to an outstanding week of hard work and fun! If you have any questions please email or call Alison Hoseth at awigstromhoseth@hotmail.com or 761-9730.
Needed:
- Volunteers to walk the children from Hoyt to Washington on Monday after school.
- Volunteers to bake or bring items for the concessions stand AND workers for the stand.
Check out the online Art Gallery from the Fall Session. We hope to add new works each month to the web gallery. Session 1 covered The Impressionist Movement, introducing WHAM artists to Monet, Van Gogh, Klimt and Toulouse Lautrec Wow!
http://web.me.com/pcblanchard/WHAM/Gallery.html?
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We need your old holiday cards! Green Schools will reuse old holiday cards in art and craft projects. Please drop off old cards at the school office (collecting box on filing cabinet). ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BEFORE-SCHOOL SPANISH CLASS The enrollment deadline for the before-school Spanish class is Wed. Jan 20th. Classes begin Monday, Jan. 25th and will take place three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The fee for the 18 classes is $80. We need volunteers! We need at least one or two parent volunteers in each of the classes. You don't need to speak Spanish to help! The Spanish Registration and Information 2010 pdf includes more information as well as the enrollment form
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SKATE NIGHT!!! Mark your calendar! Our next family skate night is coming up on Thursday, February 4th from 6-8PM! Our Washington-Hoyt family gets Wheelz Skate Arena all to ourselves to roll away the winter doldrums!
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The clothes closet is low on smaller-sized pants, sizes 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10. We have more than enough in larger sizes, and more than enough shirts, but if you have clean gently used pants of the listed sizes, please consider donating them to the clothes closet.
We also need socks! New or gently used would be great! We need both girls and boys all sizes! Thank you!
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January 22nd Bo Chin Che - 2:00PM - Concert with Latin Dance Rhythms - http://bochinchemusic.com/
February 8th NOISE (Northwest Opera in Schools, Etcetera) at - 2PM - http://www.noiseforkids.org/
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CHESS CLUB It's not too late to join the Chess Club! Anyone interested in learning to play chess is welcome to join us in the gym on Thursday's after school from 3:40-4:40 PM. No experience needed, we teach the basis on up to advanced strategy ...come and learn to play the fun game of chess! Any questions, call the MacDonald house at (253) 761-0369
Chess club is looking for new coordinators for next year to keep the chess club going. This could be one or two parents who come to school once a week to help set up boards, make sure permission forms are filled out, and possibly help teach beginners by using the curriculum provided (no chess knowledge required). Let us know if you are interested.
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Scrip Order Dates for 2009-2010 School Year:
January 11, February 1, March 1, March 22, April 19, May 17, June 7.
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SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE COUGAR TALES NEWSLETTER IN YOUR EMAIL! We are currently still printing 285 copies of the newsletter each month and we'd love to get those printing costs down!! Thanks!
Email the Cougar Tales Editor Rosemary Ponnekanti and let her know today!
Visit www.wahoyt.org for this month's addition! Also, we are looking for news and submission from the kids for the newsletter.
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BOX TOPS FUNDRAISER!!
We have a great opportunity as a school to raise a lot of money for our school through the Box Tops program.
First off all, everyone should start looking at their food packaging for the Box Tops logo, clip it off and turn them into the cereal box in your classroom! Every Box Top that is turned in earns the school $0.10. I know that doesn't seem like a lot but we have the potential to earn thousands of dollars for our school during the year if we all get started today!
Secondly, the Box Tops "Power of 1" program started yesterday and continues until December 1, 2009. All you have to do is sign up for the "Power of 1" program and that will earn 5 Box Tops for our school!http://www.boxtops4education.com/one/default.aspx?ESRC=14471
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Remember that every Friday is free dress day!
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Deb Llewellyn
253-762-1494
pie.alamode@yahoo.com
washingtonhoytpta@hotmail.com
For more info, visit www.wahoyt.org