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A Publication of the Settles Bridge Elementary School PTA

Principal’s Message February is always a busy month and this one will be no exception! Our students really shined at The Technology Fair that was held at Whitlow Elementary School on Saturday, January 26. I am proud to announce that we had the largest number of students presenting projects of all the elementary schools for the fourth year in a row! Special congratulations to the following students:

1st Place Faith Johnson and Hope Flower- Case Modification (Gr. 3-4)

Marie Loden and Camryn Murphy- Case Modification (Gr. 5-6) Courtney Taing and Seo Hyun Hwang- Digital Photography(Gr. 5-6)

Ryan McConnell- Robotics (Gr. 3-4) 2nd Place

Palini Sunkara- 3D Modeling (Gr. 3-4) Varoon Kodithala- Animated Graphic Design (Gr. 3-4)

Andrew Zhai- Animated Graphic Design (Gr. 5-6) Tyler Weatherford- Case Modification (Gr. 3-4)

Mahita Chada- Digital Video Production (Gr. 3-4) Varoon Pateel- Robotics (Gr. 3-4)

3rd Place Shrinidhi Vaideeswaran- Case Modification (Gr. 3-4)

Katriina Fiedler- Multimedia Applications (Gr. 3) Samarth Srivastav- Robotics (Gr. 3-4)

William Abney and Christian Kaufman- Robotics (Gr. 5-6) The County Spelling Bee was also the same weekend as the Technology Fair. Fifth grader Cole Donovan represented us well! He competed against the Spelling Bee winners from all the other elementary schools and middle schools in Forsyth County and placed 6th overall! Congratulations Cole!

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Principal’s Message Continued: Kindergarten Registration is quickly approaching! Parents may register future kindergarten Stars at Settles Bridge Wednesday, March 27 (1:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.) and Thursday, March 28 (7:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.). Certain documents are required for registration. Visit www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/registration for a complete list of registration requirements. Please help us spread the word to your friends and neighbors who have children that will be kindergarten age for the 2013-2014 school year. The January 25 Inclement Weather school closing will be made up by students and staff on Friday, March 29, 2013, which is listed as Inclement Weather Day #1 on the approved 2012-2013 student calendar. Students will not have school February 15 (Professional Development Day) and February 18 (Presidents’ Day). Have a Happy Valentine’s Day! Take time to give your loved ones an extra hug. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust

Donna Morris Principal

Dates to Remember February 9 – Father/Daughter Dance

February 11 – 14 – Teacher Appreciation Week February 12 – Chick-Fil-A Biscuit Sale

February 14 – Valentine Carnations Delivered February 15 – No School February 18 – No School

February 22 – Crazy Sock Day March 1 – Bingo Night & PTA General Meeting; Book Fair Opens

March 4-8 – Book Fair March 9 – Talent Show

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President’s Message It's February and it’s time for Staff Appreciation Week 2/11-2/14! You can show your love and appreciation for your child, favorite teacher, and favorite staff member by sending them a red carnation on Valentine's Day. The PTA is selling red carnations for Valentine's Day again this year. You can purchase them at $2 each and send a note to that someone special. All flowers will be delivered on February 14th. You will find a flyer in this E-news that you can print out or check our PTA website for more information. Our next general PTA meeting will be on March 1st. This meeting will start at 5:30 prior to Bingo Night at 6:00. The spring book fair will also begin that evening, so be sure to stop in and browse. The PTA budget will be amended. The new budget will reflect changes due to actual income and expenses year to date. If you would like a copy of the new budget prior to the meeting, please email sbeptaboard@gmail.com. We have selected a nominating committee that will be charged with nominating officers for next year’s PTA board. The nominating committee will be approved at the March meeting as well. Please let the committee know if you are interested in serving on the board next year by emailing sbeptaboard@gmail.com. The next couple of months will be busy with several upcoming events – be sure to mark your calendars with the dates below.

Jennifer Stephens 2012-2013 PTA President

PTA Information: Be in the know with what’s going on at Settles Bridge! Here are a couple of ways to get information you need and connect with other parents. View PTA calendar, get event information, download forms, and more on the SBE PTA webpage: http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/domain/1147 Follow the PTA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/152870291456129/

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Notes From The Banner

Save the Date: The Father Daughter Dance will be February 9th, 2013 from 6-8. The theme is Boot Scootin' Boogie. Western Attire Optional.

Bingo Night – A Family Night of Fun is March 1st at 6:00. Bingo is free. Fabulous Raffle Prizes - $1.00/ticket.

Spring Fling – We need a Volunteer to be in charge of Ticket Sales and a Volunteer to coordinate Volunteers. Please contact Diane Mortland dmortland@comcast.net. Please be on the lookout for a letter from your Room Moms regarding the Spring Fling Auction Baskets and Cake Walk. If you have any questions, please email Diana Harris at harrisdiana@comcast.net.

All Pro Dads - Please join us for the All Pro Dads meeting on Friday, March 8th at 6:50AM in the Art Room. The meeting will include a light breakfast. Please RSVP at www.allprodad.com/dd/2065. Bring the kids as we'll discuss family topics, create fun memories, and provide tips on strengthening our relationships with our kids. The kids love seeing their dads at school! For more information, please contact Darrin Zaleski at darrinz@yahoo.com.

The Settles Bridge Talent Show will be Saturday, March 9th at 2:00 pm for grades K-2 and 5:00 pm for grades 3-4. 5th grade will have separate Talent Show in May.

LABELS FOR EDUCATION program changes-Please send in all Labels for Education immediately. The rebate rules have changed and they will no longer be accepting the fronts of the soup labels for credit. They have provided a special code so we can still receive credit for a limited time. Therefore, please check your files and send in any soup label fronts immediately. Soup labels that are marked Labels for Education above the UPC label will continue to be accepted.

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Notes From The Banner Continued:

Congratulations to the Honoring our Heroes Essay contest winners! The grade level winners are: Tessa Goldstein - Kindergarten winner Charlie Goldstein - First grade winner Bhoomi Kotharkar - Second grade winner Varoon Kodithala - Third grade winner Mackenzie Stewart - Fourth grade winner Tara Velappan - Fifth grade winner Well done everyone! Also, a big thank you to all the students who participated!

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Biscuits for Breakfast… (A Fifth Grade Fundraiser)

Fifth Grade Stars will be selling biscuits from Chick-fil-A to raise money to fund their end-of-the-year

activities.

What: Hot, delicious biscuits for breakfast!

When: February 12, 7:10 – 7:30am

Where: Carpool line, bus drop off area

Cost: Chicken biscuits for $3.00

Biscuits available while supplies last! No pre-orders

We will be selling chicken biscuits before school in the carpool line and in the covered area at the bus drop-off for the convenience of our bus

riders.

**We’ve increased our biscuit supply due to high demand!**

Simply bring your $3.00 on February 12 and receive your hot, chicken biscuit for breakfast!!

We encourage exact change, to keep the carpool lines moving!! Checks made to SBE PTA.

We anticipate slightly longer carpool lines, so plan accordingly.

Thank you from the 5th Grade Stars!!!

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Settles Bridge Bingo Night Friday, March 1st

General PTA meeting begins at 5:45pm BINGO begins at 6:00pm

Don’t miss an exciting evening of fun for the whole family! Dinner, DJ, Raffle & best of all B-I-N-G-O!!

Raffle tickets for Fantastic prizes are only $1 each or 7 for $5 Daubers for cards will be available for $1

Pizza slices, drinks, and desserts all available for $1 Plan ahead for this BIG event

More details to follow See you there….

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Make Money for Our School,

THE TRUEBLUE WAY with Georgia Natural Gas®.

Our School is participating in the Georgia Natural Gas TrueBlue Schools Program. It’s an easy way for you to

help our school raise money just by paying your gas bill.

To date, Georgia Natural Gas (GNG) has donated $1.2 million to Georgia schools. Schools just like ours have

raised more than $5,000 in a matter of months! This can easily be our school too, but we need your help.

Similar to other buyer-rewards programs, the first step is becoming a GNG customer. Here’s how you can sign

up:

-866.ONLYGNG to sign up for Georgia Natural Gas. Use Promo Code:

TrueBlue

*Receive your new GNG account number by email within 24 hours.

* Visit TrueBlueSchools.com and select Our School to start earning.

* TrueBlue Schools’ participants are eligible to receive an up to $0.15 per therm discount off their monthly

gas bill by choosing Georgia Natural Gas.

If you’re already a loyal Georgia Natural Gas customer, visit TrueBlueSchools.com to designate Our School.

GNG will donate $5 each month you pay your gas bill. That’s $60 a year to our school.

With your support of this program we can reach our fundraising goals! Remember, the more customers who

participate in the TrueBlue Schools Program and select Our School, the greater our school’s donation!

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Please support Settles Bridge Elementary's Partners in Education!!

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Would you like to get involved? Please contact a committee chairperson below and let them know you’d like to help!

President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary

Jennifer Stephens Lisa Elliott Allison Morris Wendy Martin Tracy Wallace Laura Zaleski Dawn Snyder Lynn Dow

Jstephens13@yahoo.com lisa.elliott@hotmail.co.uk allisonmorris@me.com martinwm@rocketmail.com ctwall91@bellsouth.net lwzatlanta@yahoo.com dawnsnyder55@yahoo.com dow07@comcast.net

All Pro Dads Darrin Zaleski Jay Carroll

darrinz@yahoo.com jaywcarroll@gmail.com

770-888-5575 678-648-1469

Bingo Night Liza Klahr Nikki Norris

homesgeorgia@gmail.com hannahsmom05@gmail.com

678-755-1110 678-455-9523

Book Fair Mary Beth McKenna mckennas@bellsouth.net 770-844-9215

Breakfast with Santa Marianne Shaver mtshaver1@aol.com 404-388-6310

Community Outreach Stefanie Hartman shartman73@gmail.com 928-699-3049

Coupons and Rebates Susan Kwolek Tracy Kelley

susankwolek@comcast.net tagkelley123@bellsouth.net

770-844-6872 770-205-3156

E-News Karen Esz karenesz@bellsouth.net 770-573-3686

Father/Daughter Dance Kelly Crenshaw kel.crenshaw@yahoo.com 770-205-1149

Fifth Grade Stars Erika Shadoff Cara McShea

edshadoff@yahoo.com pellerite1@yahoo.com

678-909-4381 814-404-8299

Front Door Enhancement Stephanie Sanderson stephanie.sanderson@mckesson.com 770-844-1554

Fundraising/Member/Dir Lisa Galop lisagalop@yahoo.com 770-888-7991

Holiday Shop Janet Lyons janet@lyonshome.com 678-361-7012

Honoring Our Heroes Lori Goldstein lorianngold@gmail.com 770-292-9993

Hospitality Liz Taylor Kelle Russo

liz.coker.taylor@gmail.com russ0clan@bellsouth.net

864-430-8349 770-886-2390

Marquee Nikki Norris hannahsmom05@gmail.com 678-455-9523

Mother/Son Night Traci Sayer tracisayer@comcast.net 770-886-6264

Outdoor Classroom Chair needed Chair needed

Partners in Education Conni Springer connispringer@yahoo.com 770-781-4183

Recycling Club Michelle Sistla

Reflections Erika Johnson jemquest@hotmail.com 770-888-7552

Room Parent Lisa Galop lisagalop@yahoo.com 770-888-7991

Science Lab Teresa Horton Co-chair needed

tntsg@comcast.net Co-chair needed

770-889-3374

Spirit Nights Sharon Davis Conni Springer

thebusygang@aol.com connispringer@yahoo.com

678-807-8935 770-781-4183

Spirit Wear Dawn Snyder dawnsnyder55@yahoo.com 678-771-8101

Spring Fling Baskets & Cake Walk

Diana Harris Lauren Reese

harrisdiana@comcast.net lreese@gmail.com

770-888-6195 770-504-5736

Spring Fling Coordinator Diane Mortland Liza Klahr

dmortland@comcast.net homesgeorgia@gmail.com

678-908-8216 678-755-1110

Staff Appreciation Juli Retinaud ejratinaud@yahoo.com

Sunshine Cara McShea pellerite1@yahoo.com 814-404-8299

Talent Show Carol Warren Jennifer Carroll

carolandcharles@yahoo.com jennifer_l_carroll@yahoo.com

678-234-1026 678-648-1469

Valentine Carnation Sale Karen Esz Erika Johnson

karenesz@bellsouth.net jemquest@hotmail.com

770-573-3686 770-888-7552

Volunteer Coordinator Erica Shadoff edshadoff@yahoo.com 678-909-4381

Website/Bulletin Board Lynn Dow dow07@comcast.net 770-886-8847

Yearbook Valerie Anders vanders@comcast.net 770-886-1631