Washington-Hoyt Elementary School PTA(253) 571-5700
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e-Bulletin February 17, 2009
Feb. 17, 2009 Tuesday
There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. - Katharine Butler Hathaway
Things To Do Now! *re-link your Albertson's Card (see info below) *Look at the Mascot Contest info! February 20 Jump Rope for Heart Pledges Due Missoula Permission Slips Due 23 Scrip Order Due 23-28 Missoula Children’s Theater 26 TPS Board Mtg 6PM Kindergarten Parent Information Night 6-7 PM (parents only) 27 Missoula School Assembly Cat Tracks Due! 28 Missoula Performance
March 2 Read Across America Day Kindergarten Registration Begins 5 Kindergarten Open House 5-7:30 at Hoyt 6 Coffee with the Principal 9AM 7 Chess Tournament 8 Daylight Savings Time 10 Waiver Day 12 Tears of Joy Assembly 10AM 11-13 12:15 Release-Conferences 16 Scrip Order Due 17 PTA meeting 7PM 28 Jr. Daffodil Parade 30-3 Spring Break
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Green Schools Mascot Contest Washington-Hoyt’s Green Schools Program is now in its second year. And we need a mascot!
Can you create a little creature who can be a mascot for our school’s program? The mascot will appear wherever Green Schools is mentioned—such as all Green Schools literature, in Cougar Tales and on the Green Schools bulletin board.
What are some of the characteristics that should belong to our mascot? Well, our little creature is definitely concerned about looking after our environment. He/She wants us to recycle, switch off lights when we’re not using them, and think twice before throwing things in the garbage. Our mascot is also inquisitive and wants to learn more about how we can help look after our earth.
The contest is open to all Washington-Hoyt students. Please send us a drawing of your mascot idea on an 8.5” x 11” piece of paper. Clearly print your name and the name of your teacher on the paper and turn it in to your teacher. The deadline is Friday, February 27th. We’re looking forward to seeing your ideas!
St. Patrick's Grade School has invited our parents to attend a discussion on "How To Raise Happy Children in the "Age of Entitlement" Tuesday, Feb. 24th in their school library. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FYI: the FEBRUARY AFTER SCHOOL ART Classes
will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays, from 3:45 - 6PM.
Classes are moving to a new location in the 3rd floor computer lab.
-Paul Blanchard
759-9669
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Kindergarten registration begins March 2, 2009. There will be a Parent Information Night (parents only) on Thursday, February 26 from 6 – 7 PM. There will be an Open House for children and families at Hoyt on March 5 from 5:30 – 7 PM. More information will be coming. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We have been earning much needed funding through the Albertson's Community Partner Program. Even if you have linked your Preferred Saving Card to our organization in the past, you need to re-link your card number in order for us to continue earning funds. Link (or re-link) your Albertson's card to our organization at www.albertsonscp.com . All you need is your card number and our organization ID. It will only take a minute! If you do not know your Preferred Savings Card number, please call 877-932-7948 Our organization ID# is 49000102020. You must relink your card at the webist above by February 28th 2009. Thank you!! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Washington State Math Olympiad
A Celebration of Mathematics for Grade 5 - 8 Students
Dear 5th grade parents,
The Washington State Math Olympiad is a state math competition that covers mathematical material consistent with the Washington State Essential Learning in Math and also with standards published by the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The competition is open to fifth through eighth graders in a team-format. Each team consists of 4 students. The next contest is on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.
Teams are recognized for having achieved at the levels superior, excellent, very good or good in each of six components: a long session problem, and five short session problems in the content areas of Number
Sense, Probability and Statistics, Measurement, Geometric Sense, and Algebraic Sense. The long session is one hour long. It challenges teams to work on an applied mathematics problem and document their
solution, modeling how mathematics is done in the world outside of a school environment. The short sessions are 20 minutes each. These sessions challenge teams to demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of
the content areas similar to short answer problems in the WASL. For detailed information, please visit http://www.sound-decisions.org/olympiad/default.htm.
I would like to volunteer as a Math Olympiad coach for our interested 5th graders at Washington-Hoyt (up to two teams). My goal is to create a fun team learning experience for our children and to help them gain
problem solving and teamwork skills. If your child is interested in participating in the training and the contest, or if you have questions, please contact me at zhuma@plu.edu. I would like to invite you to an informal
meeting regarding this opportunity on Tuesday February 10th at 6:30 pm. in Washington-Hoyt school cafeteria. I plan to work with the team members on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm from February 17th
through the beginning of May.
Sincerely,
Mei Zhu (Yina, Michael and Ann Finch’s Mom)
Mathematics Department, Chair
Pacific Lutheran University
zhuma@plu.edu
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Missoula Children's Theater is coming on February 23rd through February 28th! Auditions will be held after school on Monday the 23rd from 3:15-5:15. Approximately 50 children will be casted for our school production of "Robin Hood". Friday, February 27th, there will be an all-school assembly presented by our touring directors. Saturday, February 28th, the cast and crew will have a 3:00 and 7:00 performance! Many volunteers will be needed. Please note that auditions will be closed this year. We will have a gathering space (most likely in the library) for parents during the auditions. 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 do not keep an alternate list and we have lost spots for kids to participate due to drop-outs in the past. We look forward to an outstanding full week of hard work, participation, entertainment and fun! If you have any questions please email or call Alison Hoseth at awigstromhoseth@hotmail.com or 761-9730.
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After School Art
Parents can call Paul Blanchard 759-9669 for more information or visit www.WaHoyt.org to sign up for classes!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Message from the Green School Program! We need your old Christmas and holiday cards! The
Green Schools team is collecting cards to recycle
for art projects. If you have any to donate, please
drop them off at the school office (collecting box is
on top of the filing cabinet to the right). ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scrip information page http://www.wahoyt.org/newsletter/newsletter.html Januray 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Don't forget to sign up for electronic Cougar Tales __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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, 752-0835/wallefam5@comcast.net.