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The Gopher Gazette Gopher Day...WOW! The day came together with the hard work of the Gopher Day committee and wasn't just a huge monetary success, but a huge community success as well. From our generous donors and committee members to our amazing families and community members who braved the rain and came out to make it a wonderful day. Everywhere we turned kids were laughing and having fun! Thank you Roy Gomm families for always supporting our school and bringing your amazing children out to share the day! Thank you to our food court donors: Eclipse Pizza, Buenos Grill, Flowing Tide, Egg Roll King, Men Wielding Fire, Port of Subs, Raley's, Costco, Home Depot, Coca Cola and Too Soul Tea. Thank you awesome Gopher Day Committee: Molly Blum, Barb Nachtsheim, Diane Smith, Alli Adams, Shannon Smith, Daniela Stege, Amy Quigley, Noel Macy, Jessica Campbell, Diana Hunt, Gina Stuchtman, Marissa Tolotti, Dina Hunsberger, Jen Hueftle, Kristie Kinder, Summer Spiares, Angie D'Antoni and Stacey Crawford. Thank you Kumon Learning (Mayberry Landing) for your generous donation of $500 to our school and to Learning Express for partnering with us again to make our raffle the best! Thank You for coming in on your day off Vicki, Jeff and Mrs. Hackbush! What an amazing day!! Sara Trimmer, Gopher Day Chair October/November 2014, Issue 2 Published by the Roy Gomm Parent Faculty Association Gopher Day Fun Gopher Day Recap 1 JogAThon 2 Student Directory/Membership 2 Denim & Spring 2 Yearbook & Mileage Club 3 IN THIS ISSUE Computer Lab 4 Meet the Masters 5 Holiday Philanthropy 5 Gomm Art Show/PE Teachers 6 Calendar of Events 7 Family Bingo Night 7

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TheGopherGazette

Gopher Day...WOW!  The day came to‐gether with the hard work of the Gopher Day committee and wasn't just a huge monetary success, but a huge community success as well.  From our generous donors and committee members to our amazing families and community members who braved the rain and came out to make it a wonderful day.  Everywhere we turned kids were laughing and having fun!  Thank you Roy Gomm families for always supporting our school and bringing your amazing children out to share the day! 

Thank you to our food court donors: Eclipse Pizza, Buenos Grill, Flowing Tide, Egg Roll King, Men Wielding Fire, Port of Subs, Raley's, Costco, Home Depot, Coca Cola and Too Soul Tea. 

Thank you awesome Gopher Day Commit‐tee:  Molly Blum, Barb Nachtsheim, Diane Smith, Alli Adams, Shannon Smith, Daniela 

Stege, Amy Quigley, Noel Macy, Jessica Campbell, Diana Hunt, Gina Stuchtman, Marissa Tolotti, Dina Hunsberger, Jen Hueftle, Kristie Kinder, Summer Spiares, Angie D'Antoni and Stacey Crawford.   

Thank you Kumon Learning (Mayberry Landing) for your generous donation of $500 to our school and to Learning Express for partnering with us again to make our raffle the best! 

Thank You for coming in on your day off Vicki, Jeff and Mrs. Hackbush!  What an amazing day!! 

Sara Trimmer, Gopher Day Chair 

October/November 2014, Issue 2  Published by the Roy Gomm Parent Faculty Association 

Gopher Day Fun 

Gopher Day Recap  1 

Jog‐A‐Thon  2 

Student Directory/Membership  2 

Denim & Spring  2 

Yearbook & Mileage Club  3 

IN THIS ISSUE

Computer Lab  4 

Meet the Masters  5 

Holiday Philanthropy  5 

Gomm Art Show/PE Teachers  6 

Calendar of Events  7 

Family Bingo Night  7 

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Volunteers are needed for this year’s Jog‐a‐Thon to be held 

Friday, Nov. 7th to help with set up at 12:45 and during the 

event from 1:15 to 3:30.  Packets have already been sent 

home with the students.  Please remind your child to only ask 

for pledges from family and friends and not to go to homes of 

people they don’t know.  We look forward to a fantastic day 

filled with lots of fun!! 

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Shana 

Fearnley at [email protected] or                                    

Nanda Reddy  at [email protected] 

Volunteers 

Needed! 

New  to  the  School?    Or  did you  find  your  directory  form still  in  your  child’s  back‐pack?  Do you still want to be included in the Student Direc‐tory?  The Roy Gomm Student Directory  will  be  updated  to reflect  new  additions.    All families  who  purchased  the directory  will  be  provided with  the  update  and  the  up‐date will be  included with all new directories sold.  You can find  the  Roy  Gomm  Student Directory  Information  form  in the  lobby of  the office.   They can be  returned  to  the office or  scanned  and  emailed to [email protected] 

 

If you haven’t purchased your copy  of  the  Roy  Gomm  Stu‐dent  Directory,  copies  are available in the office.  Copies are  included with  PFA mem‐bership  and  are  $10 without the membership. Please com‐plete  the  Roy  Gomm  PFA Membership  Information form  and  choose  the  option you would like. 

KEEP CALM AND PFA ON 

Roy Gomm  

Student 

Directory Update 

The first Denim & Spring meeting for our March fundraiser will be held Wednesday, November 5th at Buenos Grill, 6:00 p.m.  Volunteers who want to par‐ticipate in this spectacular event: send an email to the D&S chairperson: Nigar Kavli‐coglu [email protected]  It takes a village to put this event on so please sign up wherever you can help!  

Denim & Spring—2015 

Committee Kick‐Off! 

Did you know that 

our Denim & Spring 

fundraiser is about 

2/3 of the annual 

PFA Budget? 

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Mileage Club meets  for all  interested 1st‐6th grad‐

ers Monday & Thursday at  last  recess: 2:15 on  the 

upper  field.    Students may walk or  run.  They earn 

foot tokens for every 5 miles com‐

pleted.  If  they  complete 15 miles 

(75  laps),  they  will  be  invited  to 

the  ice‐cream social at the end of 

the  year  and  earn  an  All‐Star  T‐

shirt with their names on it! Addi‐

tional  tokens  and  treats  are  pro‐

vided on random days. 

Also,  consider  volunteering  to 

help with Mileage Club. You may volunteer for a 20 

minute  session  just once a month,  for a  total of 9 

times  this  school  year.  Contact Nanda Reddy at                

[email protected]  to  sign  up:  Monday  or 

Thursday, 1x a month!. 

Finally,  new  this  year,  there  is  a 

parent  run/walk  club  held  after 

every  mileage  club  for  interested 

volunteers.  We  run/walk  in  the 

neighborhoods  around  Gomm  af‐

ter  our  volunteer  sessions!  Please 

consider  joining  us  for  that.    Let’s 

proudly promote the health & well‐

ness values of our Gomm community! 

It's YEARBOOK time!

We need your pictures!

If you have great pictures you would like to

submit for yearbook please email them to our PFA Yearbook Chair, Marissa Tolotti. Please include the

grade and teachers name in the

subject line.

Email submissions to: [email protected]

 

Mileage Club 

Regular exercise has been 

shown to improve academic 

performance, build strong 

bones, and improve skills in all 

sports. Please help your children 

create a goal for this year and 

encourage them to join us at 

least once a week! 

Have you noticed 

something different 

about this Gopher   

Gazette? 

We have gone       electronic for the 

first time!  

Should you want a paper copy they are available in the      

office.  

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Your PFA donations at work…..                     

Message from Mr. Sutherland 

Our new computer lab is finally up and running! The new HP computers, with 21.5 inch touch screens, arrived Monday, October 13 and personnel from the WCSD IT department spent two days setting up the 35 computers. Our students started using the new lab on Wednesday, October 15th. One of the first groups to use the new computers were Mrs. Voorhees first grade students who, with help from their reading buddies in Mrs. Melton’s fifth/sixth grade class, created Power Point presentations.

Many thanks to the PFA and all the parents who donated money last school year to pay for the lab. Thanks also to Mrs. Pilling, Mrs. Hackbusch, Mrs. Isbell, and Mrs. Blanchard for their hard work and determination to make the new computer lab a re-ality. The effort will enhance the educational environment for all of the students!

ComputerLabisOpen

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HolidayPhilanthropy

Roy Gomm is proud to partner with local businesses to provide holiday cheer to children less fortunate.  On Monday, November 3rd, we will begin our annual Thanksgiving food drive.  We will be collecting food throughout the month up until the start of Thanksgiving Break.  Our goal is to provide a full Thanksgiving meal for 25 families at our "sister‐school," Alice Smith 

Elementary and any Roy Gomm families in need.    

In December, we will once again feature our Angel Tree.  Students and families will have the opportunity to select "Angels" from the tree and purchase the requested age/gender specific items.  Please help us make this season bright and joyous for these children and their families. 

  For more information please contact Shari Caselli at 233‐3123 or [email protected] 

Meet The Masters art program had a great start with 

an introduction to Andy Warhol! Our next artist is 

Michelangelo and we need parents to volunteer for 

assistance and presenting.  

Meet The Masters is a parent driven art program that 

consists of 5 in‐class presentations and art projects 

during the year. The volunteering consists of about 1 

hour long and nobody has to sign up for all 5, but 

nevertheless we need in each class a presenter and 2 

helpers during the art project. 

Before each new artist (every 2 month) we organize 

an info meeting where we receive a presentation 

about the artist and get to do the art project what the 

children will have to do during the lesson. This info 

meeting lasts one hour, from 2:30 pm till 3:30 pm and 

gives you a good understanding of what you will need 

to know and do. 

After each actual meeting the parents decide if they 

are more interested in presenting or assisting in their 

children classes. It is a great opportunity be present 

in the class and just with one hour make a big impact 

on children’s perception of art.  

 

I hope we will be able to see many of you at our next 

info meeting.  The dates for the info meetings are: 

January 20 

March 10 

May 5 

I so much look forward to getting lots of emails back 

from you for volunteering.  Thank you for your time. 

Piros Jowett 

PFA Meet The Masters Coordinator                             

[email protected] 

 

Meet the Masters 

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Our  Roy  Gomm  students 

have been  invited  to  exhibit 

their artwork in the beautiful 

gallery  space  at  the        

Northwest  Reno  Library.  

This  truly  is an honor  for all 

of us and is a result of all the 

hard  work  our  volunteers 

dedicate  to  Meet  the  Mas‐

ters,  our  talented  art 

teacher,  Joy  Brackney  &  of 

course our creative students!  

Susie  Brayman  &  Joy  will 

spearhead  the  prep work & 

coordination  of  the  artwork 

for  the  library’s  display Nov 

8th  thru  Dec  27th.    There 

will  also  be  a  reception  on 

Saturday,  November  15th 

from 1:30‐3:30 pm.  Refresh‐

ments will be served.    If you 

are  interested  in  helping 

with  the  artwork  set  up, 

please  contact  Susie  at     

[email protected] 

We are excited to announce two PE teachers have been hired to enhance our kids’ fitness at school!  Marilyn Kneuth & Leigha Fishell, both Gomm parents, are working with our children for a total of five days a week, rotating through all the classes.  Thank you to the PFA for sponsoring this posi‐tion and to Mr. Sutherland for his perseverance in finding 

our awesome fitness instructors! 

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Wednesday, November 12 

Doors open at 6pm and bingo games begin at 6:30‐8:00 

It’s a Pajama night for all kids AND parents! 

Homemade ice cream donated by Sakana restaurant as 

well as popcorn and drinks will be served. 

$10 for each person includes entry, treats, and 5 regular 

bingo games and additional $5 for each bonus game. 

 

 

More Information for this Family Fun Night: 

Grand prizes for the bonus games will be a brand new 

kids bike donated by Peloton Bicycles and a Kindle Fire 

donated by Pacific Elements LLC. 

Five prizes for the regular bingo games will be a $100 gift 

certificate for dinner at Sakana restaurant & movie tick‐

ets (dinner and a movie) donated by Sakana; Reno Big‐

horns tickets and swag donated by the Bighorns; a 

mother/daughter pedicure donated by the McSweeney 

family;  a $50 gift card to Scheels & a $50 gift card to 

Barnes and Noble. 

We are looking for six or seven volunteers to help that 

night with serving food, helping kids with bingo and col‐

lecting tickets at the door. If you want to help, please 

email Bingo Chair, Laurel Kerr: [email protected]

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November 2014 

Nevada Day 

School Closed 

Election Day 

School Closed 

Veteran’s Day 

School Closed 

Thanksgiving Break— School Closed 

Jog‐a‐Thon 

Popsicle Sales 

Free Dress 

Picture Make‐Ups 

Bingo Night     

Popsicle Sales 

PFA Mtg 7:00  

Northwest Library 

Reception for 

Gomm Art Show 

Kinder Fall Walk       

Snack Sales  

Gopher Store 

Free Dress 

3rd Grade Music 

Program—2:45 

Food Drive 

Begins  

Denim & Spring 

Kick‐Off Mtg. 

Buenos Grill, 6pm  

Halloween Par‐

ties, Free Dress