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Grass Lake PTA Newsletter for our Members and Community
The Gator Gazette
Grass Lake Elementary PTA28700 191st Place SE | Kent, WA 98042
PTA Unit # 9.7.20March 27, 2017
Table of Contents:
Board’s Message Page 1
Volunteer Opportunities Page 2 Yearbook Page 3Keep In Touch
Spring Fundraiser Page 4Carnival Raffle Baskets
Legislation /Advocacy Page 5 Upcoming Events! Page 6Membership
Fundraising Page 7Carnival
Red Robin Page 8
Ram Takeover Page 9PTA Board Information
A Message from your PTA Board
Happy Spring!
This year has flown by! It is already the end of March and in a quick blink of our eyes it will be June. So many exciting things are on the horizon for Grass Lake students.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Your PTA is already looking ahead to next year with budget planning and filling important volunteer positions. On page 2 of this newsletter we have a list of our Chair and Board positions that need someone like you to take charge of. Please, consider taking an hour or two a month to help out. Be your kid’s biggest fan!
We have 2 very important positions that need to be filled by the end of the school year - Secretary and Treasurer. Our goal is to have people in place ASAP so the current Secretary and Treasurer can train their replacements and work side-by-side with them through the end of the year.
We have many exciting events planned over the next 8 weeks including the very popular Teacher Pancake Breakfast and Carnival. We also have important business to attend to before the year is over with our 3remaining Board Meetings and our General Membership Meeting where you can review the budget for next year and vote for incoming Board members. This is your chance to ask questions and get involved. We hope to see many of you on May 18th.
June will be here before we know it. Let’s enjoy these last few weeks of the 2016 - 2017 school year! Gators Rock!
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Have You Volunteered Lately?There are many ways to help out Grass Lake and the PTA.
Please consider one of the following:
Becoming a board Member or Chairperson
We are in desperate need of help for the 2017 - 2018 school year. If you have an hour or two a month to help out, either on a committee or as a board member, please consider joining
us! We have a number of volunteers who will be leaving us at the end of this school year and we would love to have people ready to take on the challenge of running our PTA. If you have questions or want to know more information about a certain position,
please reach out to the current PTA board. Thank you in advance for all of your help!
Open positions are:
BOARD POSITIONS: Secretary | Treasurer | Membership
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Carnival | Clothing Bank | Emergency Prep | Fitness Friday | PTA Newsletter | Spring Fundraiser | Teacher Pancake Breakfast | Yearbook
All training will be provided and most committee chair positions are one event only. You can hook up with your friends and share any committee chair position.
Working on the PTA Board is a great place to get involved. Working closely with other parents you help plan the PTA year, plan and execute the budget, keep parents, staff and commu-nity members up-to-date on events and important information. All open board positions take
a few hours a month of your time.
For more information on the Secretary or Treasurer position, please reach out to any current board member (listed on the last page of this newsletter) or attend our next PTA Board meet-
ing on April 3rd.
Volunteer Opportunities
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Like our facebook page, Grass Lake PTA
Visit our website atwww.grasslakepta.org
Keep in touch with us!
Yearbook needs you!
The Yearbook Committee has been working hard to produce the best yearbook, ever! But, they need some help from you.
If you have chaperoned a field trip and took pictures of the fun or have taken pictures in your child’s classroom, the yearbook needs your photos! If you have any great pictures that you are willing to share, please, load them onto a SD card or a flash drive and bring them to school. Place your SD card or flash drive in an envelope marked for “Amy Marko” and with your child’s name and teacher and she will make sure the drives get returned to you after Spring Break.
Deadline is April 7th.
Thank you from the Yearbook Committee!
Get your Yearbook orders in by March 31! Prices go up April 1.
$18 now through 3/31$20 after 4/1 with
limited availability!
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It’s that time again! Time to start collecting for the PTA Carnival Raffle Baskets! Each classroom has been assigned a theme and if each family could donate an item or two that would wonderful. The PTA will be collecting items starting on April 26th . Please send donated items with your student to their classrooms. This would not be successful without the wonderful donations from our families and local companies. Thank you!
Genge - Chocolate Lewis - Summer FunWittenauer - Baking Woods - Sports/Outdoor FunDempsey - Reading Fun Hendron - Coffee/TeaApril - Car Care Collinge - Family Game NightFraiman - Gardening Kirby - Arts and CraftsMatheny - Summer BBQ Morrow - SoundersSatter - Seahawks Stewart - ThunderbirdsLambert - Mariners/Rainiers Lawrence - Science FunBulger - Minion Stroming - BeautyMurphy - Pets Williams - Movie Night
Cookie Dough Sale is underway!The Grass Lake PTA’s Spring Fundraiser is in full swing. Thank you, in advance, for helping us raise money to fund all the activi-ties and important educational tools we provide to Grass Lake Elementary. We will use this money to fund new books for the library, our Art Docent program, all of the fun family events we put on like Carnival, Bingo Night, Holiday Event, and the Boo Bash Dance, just to name a few.
Don’t forget that our top sellers will win a party with Blitz, the of-ficial mascot our beloved Seattle Seahawks. He will be making a visit to Grass Lake and you will get a special VIP meet and greet, have your picture taken, and have lots of fun. To win this great prize:• Sell 15 or more items to win!• Families with 2 or more kids sell 20 items combined and all
siblings (at Grass Lake) will win!
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Austin at [email protected].
Carnival Raffle baskets!
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Legislation and AdvocacyLegislative Platform
The Washington State PTA legislative platform is a two-year platform to mirror the Washington State legislative cycle. On the even-numbered years, the new platform is voted on by members at the legislative assembly in the fall. The top five issues become our short-term platform and consist of our priority issues when advocating throughout the year. Other issues are placed on an “also supported” list. During the odd-numbered years, members vote to amend current issues or to add new, emerging issues to the also supported list.
Top 5 Legislative Priorities for 2017
Social Emotional Learning
Prioritize school climate through strong social and emotional learning supports to maximize learning opportunities that help Washington students succeed in school and life.
Amply Fund Basic Education
It is time to keep the promise made to the children of Washington State in the McCleary decision by fullfilling Washington State’s paramount duty to amply fund basic education.
Closing the Opportunity Gap
Provide teacher training and student support that includes effective solutions to close the education opportunity gap.
Standards for Para-Educators
Provide a quality education for all students receiving instruction from para-educators by establishing • Statewide standards, training, and career development for para-educators,• Minimum employment standards, certification and endorsements,• Training for teachers who have para-educators assisting in their classrooms, and their principals.
Breakfast After the Bell
Washington State currently ranks 45th for utilization of the federal school breakfast program and cur-rently, only 1/3 of eligible children have access to this program.
For more information, email the WSPTA Legislative Director at [email protected] or visit their website at https://www.wastatepta.org/focus-areas/advocacy/
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THANK YOU to all who have joined the PTA this year.
The Parent Teacher Association at Grass Lake Elementary is a strong community of parents, teachers and families who want to make a positive difference in their childrens education.
What does Grass Lake PTA do? Grass Lake PTA directly benefits our students, parents
and staff by organizing and/or funding events, activities and programs such as:
Art Docent • Art Auction • Book Fair • Box Tops • Accelerated Reader •Spiritwear • New Library Books • Assemblies • Playground Equipment •
Teacher Stipends • Clothing Bank Support • Fitness Fridays • Family Events • Assemblies • Bingo For Books • Popcorn Fridays • Carnival •
Staff Appreciation Week • Yearbook • and many more!
Forms are available in the main office or by emailing our Membership Chair, Shannon Beck. [email protected]
$12 individual membership $22 for two people
other upcoming Dates and events...
• April 3 PTA Board Meeting 1:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room• April 19 Popcorn Day• April 26 Ram Takeover Day• May 1 PTA Board Meeting 1:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room• May 1 - 5 Staff Appreciation Week• May 5 Pancake Breakfast in the Gym• May 18 PTA General Membership Meeting 6:30 pm in the library• June 2 Carnival• June 5 PTA Board Meeting 1:00 pm in the Multipurpose Room
Still time to join!
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Support Grass Lake PTA just by shopping at Fred Meyer with your Rewards Card. Whenever you use your Rewards Card when shopping at Freddy’s, you will be helping Grass Lake PTA earn a donation from Fred Meyer. If you do not have a Rewards Card, you can sign up for one at the Customer Service Desk
of any Fred Meyer store.
Go to fredmeyer.com and click on Community Rewards located at the bottom of the
page to link your card today!
Clipping Box Tops is aneasy way to earn money forour school. Just clip BoxTops from the items you buyand send them in with yourchild.
Another way you can support the Grass Lake Elementary PTA is to shop
Amazon.com through it’s Amazon Smile program. When you shop at
smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and
convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the
added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to
Grass Lake PTA!
Please paste this link into your browser to shop and earn our PTA money:
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1289466
Thank you for your support!
support our fundraising programs!
The Grass Lake Elementary School PTA Carnival is scheduled for Friday, June 2nd. Thirty or more parents are need to help in various phases, some are needed now to assist in planning and executing plans. Please volunteer with us to help in ticket presales, procurement of refreshments and Auction Basket goods, recruitment of manpower, carnival game repairs and/or creation, and setup on June 3rd, carnival prizes procurement, among others. Thank You!
Lisa Kimmet and Debbie Bevier - Carnival Co-chairs
carnival is coming....
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EXISTING MEMBER? Sign in to your Red Robin Royalty account and select your school!
NEW MEMBER? To sign up, just text†
JOIN and YOUR EMAIL to 98666 (Example: JOIN [email protected])
JOIN RED ROBIN ROYALTY® AND HELP OUR SCHOOL EARN SOME CHEDDAR!*
LEARN MORE AT REDROBIN.COM/BETTERSCHOOLS
PLUS, RED ROBIN ROYALTY MEMBERS GET:
FREE birthday burger!
Every 10th item FREE
$20 toward your 6th visit
Special military surprises
Exclusive surprises
* 1% of total sales less fees and excluding tax and gift card purchases will be donated to the school of your choice when you opt in, select an eligible school and use your Red Robin Royalty® account at participating Red Robin locations. See terms for additional details.
†Message and data rates may apply.
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If you have a question for any member of the board, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Grass Lake Elementary PTA Executive Board 2016 - 2017 Contact Information:
Co-Presidents:Andrea Clibborn-Anderson [email protected] Austin [email protected]
Vice-President:Aisha Allen [email protected]
Secretary:Naome Fouts [email protected]
Treasurer:Debbie Bevier [email protected]
If you are interested in becoming more involved, please consider helping out at a PTA event or with a program. Please contact any board member for more information.
Ram Restaurant takeover
Date: April 26th Time: 4:00-9:00 PMWhere: The Ram Restaurant at Kent StationWhat: This is a fun time to see other families, teachers and classmates! There is also a Bike Giveaway raffle. Don’t miss it!
And what a great night it’s going to be. They will have all of your favorites on the menu and some of your teachers and classmates will be there, too!
It doesn’t get much easier than this. A night at The Ram is a carefree way to help your school.
Don’t forget the Bike Giveaway. Each completed form will be entered into a drawing to win a bike. The winner will be announced at school later that week and the winner can pick up their prize at The Ram anytime.
See you there!