Dear
Clairlea Families…
The school year is well underway and things are getting busy and we as
your school council are working hard to put forth a fun year! I’ve
outlined below some key dates coming up as well as where we could use your help
for the upcoming HALLOWEEN HOWL FUNDRAISER on Thursday October 30th!
Please have a look through and as always we want to hear your comments so
please contact us via clairleacouncil@gmail.com
Other places to look are; The School Council bulletin board located outside the
Main Office and the School Council Blog http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com to
keep up to date of what is going on!
REMINDER…
School Council meetings take place on the 3rd
Wednesday of each month. The next school council meeting is on Wednesday
November 19th from 7pm-8:30pm. Free child minding is available. All are
welcome and we hope to see you there!
The Agenda for School Council meeting usually follow
this format:
6:50 – 7:00pm Sell 50/50 tickets (optional)
7:00 – 7:10pm Introduction and voting in the past
minutes
(Irit)
7:10 – 7:35pm Administration Report (Mr. Mcgilvray and
Ms. Karsh)
7:35 – 7:45pm Treasurer’s Report (Tina)
7:45 – 8:00pm Fundraising Report (Joanne)
8:00 – 8:25pm Open Discussion (All)
8:25 – 8:30pm 50/50 draw
WHAT'S COMING UP.....
NORCARD AND STEEPED TEA CATALOG… (DUE
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22nd) There are a few days left for our
Norcard and Steeped Tea fundraiser. This shopping calendar came home in
the backpacks a few weeks ago and you are able to order calendars, greeting cards, stationary items, jewelry,
tea and much more just in time for the holiday season. Items will arrive
approximately the first week of December 2014 (perhaps sooner). All money (cash or cheque) and order forms (with
completed legible contact information and order details) must be returned to
your classroom teacher no later than WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22ND
2014. Cheques must be made payable to “Clairlea School
Council”. Late orders will not be accepted and will be returned back
to you.
PIZZA
LUNCH… (DUE FRIDAY OCTOBER 24th) The pizza lunch program is well under
way and we are coming up on our second pizza lunch installment which will take
place on Wednesday October 29th. Please note this is NOT when
the pizza lunch envelope orders are due. Due to the large volume of pizza
that needs to be ordered for the school we need to place the order a few days
prior to the actual pizza lunch date. That means if a child submits their
order late there is a risk that your child may not receive pizza because they
would not have been part of the original order. Please make an effort to
submit your orders on time as per the date on the envelope and not on the date
of the actual pizza lunch, as well please take a moment to carefully fill out
the form. From time to time we do receive orders with missing
information. If there is information lacking on your order we will
default to 2 cheese slices and water.
**This
month you would have received two pizza order envelopes. Please note
one of them is for the regular monthly pizza lunch and the other is if you want
to pre order a pizza dinner for the Halloween Howl fundraiser event on October
30th.
SPIRIT WEAR… (DUE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29th) You should have received a copy of the spirit wear order form. Extra copies are always in the office if you haven’t received
it. We have a quick turnaround time on the orders so that they can be
back in time for the holidays. All orders are due no later than
Wednesday October 29th. Late orders will not be accepted.
As in previous years we have sample sizes in the office that will be available
until October 29th, if you would like your child to try on a
specific item. Also you can email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com if you want us to fit your child. We recommend
that you have your child fitted. Please ensure you complete all the
necessary areas on the form clearly. (See order form here).
HALLOWEEN HOWL…
(THURSDAY OCTOBER 30TH FROM 5:30-8:30PM) The team is
working hard putting together the upcoming Clairlea Halloween Howl
Fundraiser. Please save the date and bring the children out for a
spooky fun time on Thursday October 30th from
5:30-8:30pm. We encourage the children to dress up in their favourite
costume so that they can participate in the contest at the end of the
evening! We are an ECO Platinum School so we ask you to hang on to the
flyer/map that was sent home with all the details of the night and bring it
with you to the Howl to help navigate. (See map and station legend). Also
please bring your own loot bag/recycle bag to the Howl to enable the kids to
collect all their goodies. Entry is only $5.00/per child and we are
offering the option of a pizza dinner during the event but we need to know in
advance if you are having the dinner so we ensure there is enough. Make
things easier on yourself and leave the dinner to us and you just need to enjoy
the event and pick up your dinner in the gym anytime between 6:00-8:00pm on the
night. Hand in your Halloween Howl Pizza Order by Friday October 24th.
Help our fundraiser be a success! All funds raised from the Halloween
Howl will go towards “Experiential Learning” in your child’s class. This
will either be in the form of a class trip or an event brought in to your
child’s class. We need your help and I have listed below ways you can
help make the Halloween Howl a great success!
Halloween Howl Pre-order Dinner:
Cheese slice $2.00/ea.
Pepperoni slice $2.00/ea.
Water Bottle $1.00/ea.
Apple Juice Box $0.50/ea.
PARENTS YOUR HELP IS NEEDED PLEASE TO MAKE
THE HOWL A SUCCESS.....
1. DECORATION
DROP OFF: We need Halloween decorations to get the school ready
for the Halloween Howl!! There is a large blue bin in front of the main office
of the school where you can drop off all items. Spend $5 dollars in the
dollar store and drop it off in the bin. We are looking for:
- Spider Webs – many of these
- Black plastic dollar store Table Cloths – many of these
- Spider Webs – many of these
- Black plastic dollar store Table Cloths – many of these
- Candy Lollipops for the Lollipop
Pull Room
- Lots of Candy (nut free) to hand out or in small jars or baggies
- Lots of Candy (nut free) to hand out or in small jars or baggies
2. PERSONAL
AND/OR CORPORATE DONTATIONS: We are
always looking for gift donations that we can use as prizes or raffles during
the Halloween Howl. If you or your company would like to
donate a prize or gift to be used as one of our prizes during the event please
contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.
3. HOME
MADE CANDY JARS/BAGS:
We need many candy jars to be used as prizes for the Lollipop Pull
room. You can help by filling any sized jar or little baggy with (nut
free) candy and bring it to the school office anytime between now and the
Halloween Howl. The more jars we have the longer this room will be able
to stay open and it is definitely one of the favourite rooms. In past
years we have needed approximately 400 jars/bags to have this room open for the
entire event. Feel free to decorate your jars as well.
4. HALLOWEEN
CANDY: We need peanut free Halloween candy to be used
as prizes in various rooms. Please pick up a bag of candy and drop it off
in the blue bin in front of the main office.
MOVIE NIGHT… (NOVEMBER 21ST)
We are pleased to announce that we have scheduled our first movie night of the
year and we will be featuring “How To Train Your Dragon 2”. The movie
will take place in the gym on Friday November 21st at 7:00pm
sharp. Entrance is $2 per person (child or adult) and the movie is
available to children grade six and under. Children must be accompanied
by a responsible adult. Popcorn and drinks will be available for sale
during the movie. We encourage children to come in pajamas and bring
blankets and pillows if they like and get comfortable in the gym for a fun
family night.
DID YOU KNOW…
1. The
most common item in the lost and found is a sweater or a lunch bag.
Having a label on your child’s belongings makes it much easier to find it in
the lost and found!
2. It is
illegal as well as a safety hazard to park on Rosalind Crescent at anytime –
even for just a few seconds to pick up your child!
HOW TO REACH US…
If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or
know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a
request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com. We would like to hear your
feedback and suggestions. If you are not able to come to the next meeting
and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the
council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the
meeting.
You
can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com,
or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.
Best Regards,
Irit
Clairlea School Council
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