I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday. The school year is flying by.

I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered this year. You are very

much appreciated.

We will be selling Sno-Cones on Friday, December 17th from 10am-1pm.

Don’t forget to order your CANDYGRAM! Send a special message to your

student, teacher, lunchroom aide or principal! The order forms will be coming

home soon or you can pick one up in the office.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us through the website at www.collinspta.net.

The Collins PTA would like to wish everyone a safe and

happy holiday season.

Sincerely,

Debbie Wilson

PTA CPTA CORNERORNER BY DEBBIE WILSON, COLLINS ELEMENTARY PTA PRESIDENT

COLLINS ELEMENTARY

12424 Summerfield Blvd. Riverview, FL 33579

(813) 672-5400

Steve Sims Principal Teri Madill Asst. Principal Sue Chapin Guidance David Kincade Social Worker

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Debbie Wilson President Cheryl Wagner VP Programs Lisa Guillory VP Membership Kim DiCesare VP Marketing Christie Sazy VP Fundraising Terry Barbee Treasurer Karin McQueen Secretary

Website: www.collinspta.net Email: pta@collinspta.net

Newsletter Editor: Michele Jewell Helpful Information

•To report your child’s absence please call 813-672-5400 x 1

•No student can be signed out after 1:30pm

•Panther Post is published in 9 issues (Sept-May). It is a publication of Collins PTA.

•E-mail submissions and advertisements by the 3rd Friday of each month to marketing@collinspta.net.

PTA Executive Board

2010-2011 TTHANKHANK YYOUOU Thank you to all the

parents, students and

staff who participated

in our Science Night.

Join us December 14th at 7pm

for the Collins Elementary

2010 Holiday Program

featuring the Collins Chorus.

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DECEMBER 2010

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1 2 Terrific Kids Awards 8:30am WOTM Kids Awards 9:15

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12 13 14 Holiday Program 7pm

15 16 17 PTA Sno- Cones $1.00

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Who: 5th Grade Parents

What: Christmas gift wrapping to raise money for End of the Year Banquet and

Field Trip

When: Dec. 16th from 6pm to 8pm and Dec 17th from 1pm to 9pm

Where: Panther Trace Phase I Clubhouse

Please bring your gifts to get wrapped and leave a donation to help raise money for the kids. If you are available to help out as a volunteer please email Marlene

Stark at marlenesangel@hotmail.com. We are accepting donations of gift wrapping paper, tape, boxes, and bows.

2011 Early Dates

January 3rd—Students Return to School

January 6th— Terrific Kids/ WOTM Awards

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PRINCIPAL’S CORNER BY MR. STEVEN SIMS

Hello Panther Parents,

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! We only have a few short weeks until the

Holiday Break. Here are some important dates in December for you to put on your calendar.

December 8 Early Release Day

December 14 Holiday Concert

December 20 Holiday Break Begins

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in a wonderful “Science Night” at

Collins on November 17th. We had over 150 students, 20 teachers and Hillsborough County

Science supervisor, Shanna Tirado involved in a wonderful evening. Please check your calendar

for upcoming academic nights and join us for the experience!

Stop by and check out our Sunshade covering the primary playground in front of the school. Our

awesome PTA is responsible for this and continues to raise money for the other areas that need

covering. Please support the PTA in their fundraising to make this happen.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and Go Panthers!

Steven Sims

The Holiday shop will open on

Tuesday, December 7th - December 14th.

The hours are from 8:30 - 10:30.

We will be in room 613. (P.E. Room)

On Tuesday, December 14th we will be open

after school from 2:15 - 6:30.

Below is the schedule for each grade:

Tuesday, December 7th - 1st and 3rd grades

Wednesday, December 8th - Kindergarten and 5th grades

Thursday, December 9th- 2nd and 4th grades

December 10th-14th open to all students

Holiday Shop

November was another exciting month for our students at Collins. An array of speakers presented to our students about their specific career(s). Each grade had the opportunity to focus on at least four diverse occupations. Ask your child to share with you what they learned during Career Week/ Great American Teach-In. We are planting seeds for tomorrow’s world and you are such an important part of it! On behalf of our students, a very special thank you goes out to our own parents that participated! We truly had some of the very best parents in our state presenting.

The word for December is Caring! We are also including Fairness. At Collins, we want our students to care about others and treat all students fairly. Caring is such an important character trait! Encourage your child to care about others and practice being fair. Share with them examples of how you express these traits with others. Let them know that everyone’s feelings count! December is the perfect month for Caring/Fairness.

Great character is such an integral part of our school climate! The Mendez Foundation and Kids on the Block have been busy presenting programs that reinforce this. Please remember that bullying is absolutely not acceptable at Collins. If you become aware of any situations, please contact me, your child’s teacher, and/or administration. We are here for you and your child(ren). Our county also has an online bully reporting system available if you should ever need it. Although I have been in your child’s classroom, it is important to continue to review with your child that bullying is absolutely not acceptable and help them differentiate between what a conflict is and being bullied. Your support is so greatly appreciated!!!!

Watch your PTA calendar: Dec. 2– November Terrific Kids and Thankful students. Exciting events continue to happen at our school!

December also marks the upcoming announcement of our first peer mediators. Our new fourth grade mediators will begin training this month, which will include a day with our fifth grade mediators at Camp Cristina. Our new peer mediators will be joining Kayla Wilson, Lindsay Jackson, Carolyn Kelley, David Dozier, John Michael Kyker, and Nick Bremer who have been busy using their mediation skills.

We are truly glad that you are a part of Collins Elementary. Many of our career guests stated that we are the Best!!!

Sue Chapin, Counselor

F R O M T H E G U I D A N C E C O R N E R

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Max Bergman

Miranda Bernier

Armando Betty

Ashia Brown

Kaitlyn Brown

Mattison Burriss

Jalen Bussey

Lauren Cooke

Ashleigh Denny

Kristen Elliott

Chantel Evans

Rebecca Fernandes

Jenna Fulton

Conor Gollop

Max Gonzales

Grace Harrison

Danangely Hernandez

Emely Hernandez

Emily Hetherington

Jordan Johnston

Anthony Lopez

Nicole Mathias

Katie McColgan

Ella Miller

Langston Miller

Stefan Morgan

Brooklyn Muse

Katie Nelson

Kyler Nicholson

Logan Nye

Diamond-Pearl Ogletree

Bailey Palmer

Varun Pandey

McKenzie Patton

Nicholas Randall

Mason Reid

Braham Roso

Ariana Sawyer

Alexa Schilling

Alexa Semmelman

Shaylyn Sharp

Priya Singh-Collins

Alexis Smith

Jason Smith

Justin Tanis

Andrew Tashbar

Madison Tashbar

Ja’Meyra Wallace

Alicia Watson

Kaitlyn Wood

Sponsored by the S.C.C. Kiwanis Club, Casper’s McDonalds, Bob Evans, & SweetBay

October Kindergarten Citizens of the Month at

Collins Elementary Sponsored by the SCC Pizza Hut

Madison Alfredt

Madison Cunningham

Mikayla Gordon

Harrison Hensley

Vanessa Joseph

Sara Nagy

Abby Patton

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Greetings from Collins Café,

We hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holidays with their family and friends. We truly have so much to be thankful for.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast for our students on Wednesday November 17th. They really enjoyed the turkey and all the fixins especially the sweet potato cake!

Student Nutrition Services will continue to follow up this year’s theme for National School Lunch; What’s on your tray!

We encourage our students to try new items, for example, our Yogurt parfaits at Breakfast, and Chicken Penne Pasta, Turkey Pot Roast, okra, carrot soufflé, to name a few at Lunch!

We still are struggling to meet the goals the District has set for Collins Breakfast and Lunch Participation. Breakfast should be 40.7% we are 38 % and Lunch should be 61.1% we are 55 %.

We will continue to offer great choices as well as promotions to increase these percentages.

Free and reduced applications can be filled out any time during the school year. They are available in the main office as well as my office.

We would like to wish all our Collins families a safe and wonderful Holiday Season.

Till next time,

Susan Paszkowski

Student Nutrition Manager

Karla Aguilar

Haley Arifaj

Jack Barker

Brianna Beals

Jaheim Buchanon

Joseph Cabrera

Mei Cano

Kaitlyn Cody

Hannah Conger

Robert Cooper

Isabella Duran

Kimberly Elliott

Daniel Gonitski

Alex Grinion

Kailin Hensen

Marcus Hill

Anthony Honorvar

Kaitlyn Jorden

Ronnie King

Shimiyah Johnson

DeVyon Joyce

McKaily Lambert

Ethan Lyons

Brayden Madill

Brynn McQueen

Samantha Melendez

Luke Meler

Christopher Pere

Cameron Perez

Cameron Price

Justin Puentes

Treasure Mulkey

Jessmyn Nguyen

Alexa Rangel

Jordan Reed

Vincent Reggi

Bianca Rivera

Alec Rodriguez

Hailey Sazy

Ashlee Spaulding

Dylan Tripak

Kyndall Tucker

Marielle Ulan

Nina Watford

Aaliegha Wells

Abigail Wisberg

Isabel Wernham

Sarah Westcott

Lindsay Wilson

Hunter Works

October Honesty /Trustworthy Awards sponsored by MiMi’s Café, Casper’s McDonalds, and Ruby Tuesdays

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Thank You for making our career week

a huge success

Collins Elem. students were blessed with truly fabulous presentations the week of Nov. 15, 2010.

Each grade had the opportunity to learn about a myriad of careers that will plant seeds for tomorrow’s career path planning.

We would like to thank everyone that so graciously gave of their time and talent to come to our school that week!

Lee Spann

Judd Chapin

Carlos Martinez

Jomo Cousins

Frank Garcia

Don McQueen

Becky Johnson

Jake Peacock

Christine Manchesi

Charlie Paxton

Kelly Emerson

Terry Smith

Christ LaFay

Eric Vincent

Lou Spyrioakos

Anthony Fonseca

Jesse Mortillo

Micah King

Kyle Kemp

Frank Miller

Brian Stairs

John Caligiurre

Annie Rambelli

Marc Liever

Joe Travis

Carolyn McMillan

Alisa Fike

Alice and Bob Boose

Jeff Gibson

Brian Pulido

Craig Shrader

Maryann Griffin

Sabrina Baker

Rick Crosby

Sunshine Congers

Tony Cossett

Maggie Ayala

Julie Myers

Charlotte Clark

Jeff Bostick

Benny Vargas

Mrs. Smith

Ken Quatttrone

Jay Madill

Mr. Slay

Erik Dankerd

Darlene Labatsky

Lazaro Puentes

Nina Cooper

Josephine Omosa

Tommy O’Neal

Chris DeAman

Julio Rangel

Kenneth Quattrone

Pam Cooper

Tunisia Washington

Floyd Brown

Miguel Toledo

James Matias

Dennisse Nieves

Pam Cooper,

Susan Mapu

Jesse Birkey

Brian Smith

Angela Smith

Dustin Cooper

Stacey Semmelman

Mr. Scott

Mrs. Wilson

Mr. Wilson

Mrs. Herrera

Mrs. Patel

Marty King

Rick Brown

Dr. Guppy

Matthew Cole

Mrs. Gonzalez

Mr. Sanders

Did you lose your glasses?

If so, please check the front office to see if one of the many pair that have

collected there are yours.