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Parents and educators enriching the lives of
children at DeWitt Elementary PTA, P.O. Box 695,
DeWitt, Michigan 48820
Save the Date! The 2007 DeWitt PTA Carnival is Saturday, March 24, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Herbison Woods School. Come for the silent auction, games, prizes, raffle, cotton candy, etc.! The carnival is the PTA's largest annual fundraiser with hundreds of volunteers of all ages, raising thousands of dollars for the preschool through sixth grade children of DeWitt. Check out www.ptadewitt.org\carnival.htm to learn more about this exciting event! If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to dewittcarnival@yahoo.com (please use the word "carnival" in the subject line). Thanks! Danielle Bolda & Renee Ricks, 2007 Carnival Co-chairs Message from the President It is hard to believe that our school year is already half over. Spring Break will be here before we know it. Show your support these last 4 months of school by volunteering either in your child's classroom, at the Carnival (March 24th), during Mileage Club, for Staff Appreciation Week or Field Day. If you would like to get more involved in your School's PTA, we are looking to fill some positions for the 2007-2008 school year. Treasurer, Fast Friends, Vice-President, and Reps at Fuerstenau, Scott, and Herbison Woods will all be available. Talk to anyone on the current Board if you are interested. Scott School News Our next event will be gathering donations for the Carnival Silent Auction Baskets. We will be contacting volunteers who expressed an interest in coordinating these for your child's classroom. Some classrooms had more than one person sign up. We will just assign someone. The following classrooms still need a Basket Coordinator: McGiveron, Toth, Webb, Delp, Fizzell, Milner and Nowak. Mileage Club will be starting after Spring Break. Call Deb (668-0500) or Christine (669-6263) if you want to volunteer. Schavey School News We were busy at Schavey Road Elementary School in November and December! We would like to extend a special thanks to all the families who helped with the Conference Cuisine in November...including Jennifer Irish, Amy Ramos, Sue Ruegsegger, Melissa Wojcieckowski, Dana Hughes, Shari Willemin, Michelle Baulch, Laurie Phelps, Erin Baker, Carey Grey, Kathleen Gould, Camille Farris, Kim Breukink, Alicia Hostetler, Shelli Neumann, Dee Krause, Shannon Barr, Patty Maher, Tracy Piotrowicz, Jennifer Flower, Krista Fiero, Teresa Brown, Danielle Bolda, Holly Whetstone, Melissa Potter, and Tricia Briningstool. The Holiday Shop was also a big success in December. We would like to thank all the families for participating in and volunteering for this annual event...including Tricia Briningstool, Kristy Stehouwer, Mary Kovac-Iciek, Teresa Brown, Lisa Rollis, Sue Ruegsegger, Steph Van Koevering, Pat Hill, Michelle Phelps, Danielle Bolda, Shannon Colarossi, Denise Smith, Renee Ricks, Amy Veit, Gayle Hood, Sue Whiting, Alicia Hostetler, Tallat Mahmood, Carrie Counseller, Kathy Thelen, Joan Saub, Laura Awad, Larissa Clark, Teresa Vanis, Leanne Decker, Kurt Grost, Bena Toth, Rachel Helinski, Nancy Noyola, Amy Thomas, Denise Ozbun, Carey Ruiter, Yvonne Connelly, Angela Morris, Amy Chapko, Kristi Lewis, Jenny Wildes, Bitsy Bowes, and Tami Bohnet. Thanks for all your support!! Herbison Woods Happenings We hope this note finds everyone settling into the New Year and looking forward to spring! Speaking of spring, believe it or not, the PTA Carnival is just a couple of months away! We are looking for any volunteers who would like to help out, and specifically for Herbison Woods BASKET REPRESENTATIVES! Each classroom requires a parent volunteer to organize the silent auction basket. Please contact your child's teacher if you are interested, or one of us if you have any questions. Watch for notes in the newsletter regarding all of the volunteer positions available. The carnival is the #1 fundraiser for the PTA which provides so much to all of our students. Thank you for all of your help- we appreciate our parents! Donna Sowulewski and Cindy Brushaber Herbison Woods PTA Representatives Dewitt Family Skate Night Don’t forget to come to our very own Family Skating Party on Thursday, February 1st from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Edru Skate*A*Rama in Holt. (There was a misprint in the school calendar.) Admission is $5.00 and this includes your roller skate rental. (Roller Blades are $2.00 extra.) You can also bring your own skates or blades if you wish. Don’t forget about Laser Tag. The cost is $2.00 per game. We thought it would be fun to have a friendly competition between the schools. Let’s see who has the most in attendance from each of the schools. We’ll ask at the door which school your child goes to and at the end of the night, we’ll give prizes to the winning elementary school. As a reward from Edru for setting up 3 skate nights, they are giving us free passes for the Matinee Sessions during each of the school breaks. We will be passing these out at the skating party. Please make sure to get one. For any questions or suggestions, call Kristi Lewis at 669-8820 or email Kjdlewis@comcast.net. Please make a change to the next skate night printed incorrectly in the calendar; as well…it’s on Thursday, April 12th instead of April 11th. Sorry for the confusion. ~Happy Skating~ Holiday Gift Shop Update A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone involved in making the Holiday Gift Shops so successful again this year. The children had a great time filling their shopping bags with special gifts for family and friends. We very much appreciate our DeWitt families who continue to support out fundraisers. Thanks to you, we sold more than $16,130 of merchandise at our three elementary schools. Our profit of $3,204 will go toward the school allocation fund to be used on field trips, assemblies and other student enrichment programs. A special thanks goes out to the PTA building reps and parent volunteers who donated their time and energy to make the Gift Shops such a fun shopping experience for our students. School Allocation Payments Fuerstenau Early Child Development Center Open House BBQ $1,600 Document Cameras $688 Multi Media Projector $673 Schavey Road Elementary Book Builder Software – Literacy Prints $178.20 National Geographic – 4 class Sets $274.50 Time for Kids – classroom sets $1,509.06 50 Headphones for Computer Lab $449.5 StartWrite Software $39.04 Vision Screening $299 Scott School Panther Pride Prizes $331.10 Herbison Woods Hallway Banners and Hangars $902.84 DeWitt PTA presents our Parent Program Night Art Appreciation Night February 7th 6:00-8:30 Schavey Elementary Cafeteria Please bring your student and enjoy a night of art! Each student may choose to make one art project. Parents will then have the unique opportunity to turn their child's artwork into note cards, luggage tags, an apron, magnets, and/or many other exciting gifts. Please bring a checkbook if you plan on purchasing one of these items. The items range in price from $4-$27. Due to space confinements, we are asking you to sign up for a time slot either 6:05-6:55 or 7:15-8:05. Please call Deb Blake by FEB. 2nd to reserve your spot, 668-0500. Any questions can be directed to Alison Kahl at 669-5005. |
