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LOVE IS…..

Thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting our event, it was an amazingly fun evening and we raised lots of funds to continue supporting our school. Today we will upload the event night data and have hard numbers on our income and then we will announce that info in the Auction Loop on Tuesday. We, the Auction Directors, want to express our gratitude to all our pre-event and event volunteers, the GH Teachers and Staff, and to the community of Gregory families, who always bring love and support to our school, we absolutely could not have done it without you!

Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

Dollar Book Store: Our next Gregory Heights Dollar Book Store Sale will be THIS Wednesday February 15th at lunch recess. All books cost one dollar!

Box Tops & Labels for Education: Due date is COLLECTION DUE DATE – THIS Wednesday February 15th.

Announcements:

Book Buddies! Did you know that the Burien Library has an after school reading mentor program? It is called Book Buddies has teen volunteers on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00 – 5:30 to help children in grades K – 4th practice reading. The person in charge is Karen DeBlauw, one of the new children’s librarians. Questions? Please contact Karen DeBlauw; Children’s Librarian-Burien Library, King County Library System 206.243.3490 or email her at kedeblauw@kcls.org.

Gregory Heights Literacy Night: Parents and K-6 Students Invited!
March 1, 2012; 6:00 – 7:30 pm Come and participate in reading activities , games, puppets, Dr. Seuss, poems, chants and more!….Pizza Included!

PTSA NEWS:

Congratulations! Christy Van Bodegom was January’s Membership PTSA winner. She has won a Gregory yearbook!

GHPTSA Board Recruitment Begins Now! Are you interested in joining the board, a standing committee, or taking on a chair position? All positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Accounts Receivable, Membership, Secretary & Volunteer Coordinator) are open for next year. Send an email to board secretary Kristina Anderson secretary@gregoryptsa.org.

Donations Needed for P.E.

Roller blades & Roller Skates: Parents please donate your used roller blades and /or roller skates to the PE Department @ Gregory Heights. Mr. S and Mrs. N will be teaching a roller skating/blading unit in March. We are especially looking for skates sizes 2 – 6 (for 2nd/3rd graders). We will also take any size skates 2 – 11.The skate unit is taught to grades 2 – 6. Thanks Mr. S and Mrs. N.

Club News:

Girls Softball is coming up and we are looking for a few good people to volunteer! Needed: Coach and Coach’s helper for 5th/6th grade team; and a Coach’s helper for our 3rd/4th Grade Team. Please contact volunteer@gregoryptsa.org if you are interested in helping.

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No School: Feb. 20-21

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Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

LOVE IS….. BENEFIT AUCTION: THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th! The fun festivities start at 5pm with a silent auction social, followed by a sit-down dinner and live auction. This fantastic fundraising event will be held at the Jerry Brockey Center on the campus of South Seattle Community College. Hope to see you there! You can buy tickets in front of the school today from 2:45-3:30 or purchase them online:
http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/Loveis2012 to purchase your tickets. Please Note: If you would like to sit with someone specific at the auction, please type that person’s name in “special accommodations” and we will do our best to seat you at the same table.

Dollar Book Store: Our next Gregory Heights Dollar Book Store Sale will be next Wednesday February 15th at lunch recess. All books cost one dollar!

Box Tops & Labels for Education: Due date is COLLECTION DUE DATE – Next Wednesday February 15th.

PTSA NEWS:

GHPTSA Board Recruitment Begins Now! Are you interested in joining the board, a standing committee, or taking on a chair position? All positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Accounts Receivable, Membership, Secretary & Volunteer Coordinator) are open for next year. Send an email to board secretary Kristina Anderson secretary@gregoryptsa.org.

Donations Needed for P.E.

Roller blades & Roller Skates: Parents please donate your used roller blades and /or roller skates to the PE Department @ Gregory Heights. Mr. S and Mrs. N will be teaching a roller skating/blading unit in March. We are especially looking for skates sizes 2 – 6 (for 2nd/3rd graders). We will also take any size skates 2 – 11.The skate unit is taught to grades 2 – 6. Thanks Mr. S and Mrs. N.

Year Books on Sale Tomorrow: Look for your Gregory Heights’ yearbook order form in tomorrow’s blue parent pack.

Looking Ahead…

No School: Feb. 20-21

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Gregory Activities This Week!

PIZZA NIGHT: Join our 6th Grade Teachers and Gregory families at Round Table Pizza, this Wednesday, Jan 25th from 4:30pm-7:30pm for Gregory Heights’ “Family Pizza Night.” Round Table will generously donate portion of the profits back to Gregory Heights. This is a great way to support our school and feast with friends. Location: 15730 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148, (206) 431-8600.

MAPFEST: TENTATIVELY EXTENDED ONE DAY: The plans to take down maps starting Thursday, 1/26 and Friday AM 1/27 are tentatively cancelled.

MULTI-CULTURAL NIGHT: We are hoping to reschedule Multi-Cultural Night for this Friday, 1/27…in which case the maps will come down at the end of the event. Stay tuned for a confirmation!

Auction Updates:

LOVE IS…..
We have less than 25 days until the Auction! So far we have sold 90 tickets!! We have seating available for 220 and are beginning to make seating assignments so if you haven’t yet bought your ticket, do so soon to secure your seating assignment.

Auction tickets are available for purchase online for $45.00 http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/loveis2012. Please Note: If you would like to sit with someone specific at the auction, please type that person’s name in “special accommodations” and we will do our best to seat you at the same table.

Auction Volunteers Needed!

Still need 8-10 volunteers to help on the night of the auction. For assignment specifics, please contact Laren Watson, larenrwatson@mac.com.

Fundraisers

It’s time again to collect your Labels for Education UPCs & Box Tops from your family, friends, neighbors, & coworkers. Help your child’s class win a party for collecting the most and help our school earn funds for supplies, fieldtrips, & more. COLLECTION DUE DATE – FEBRUARY 15, 2011. Please make sure to label your bag with the teacher’s name. Thanks for your support! Be sure to watch your local grocery stores for additional promotions to earn Bonus Box Tops and Bonus Labels for Education.

LABELS FOR EDUCATION

Sign-up online and every time you purchase a Labels for Education participating product using your Shopper Card from participating retailers, you automatically earn 1 point our school can redeem for FREE educational merchandise.

(Your school can still clip and redeem UPCs to earn the face value of

Labels for Education® points to earn even more for your school.)

It’s really that easy. Sign up today at

www.eLabelsForEducation.com

BOX TOPS
Bonus Box Tops are an easy way for 1 to make a big difference. Each month, you’ll find special promotions and sweepstakes where you can enter for a chance to win thousands of Bonus Box Tops. Check back often for the latest bonus opportunities and remember to spread the word! The more people who enter, the greater your school’s chance of winning.

http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/bonus/Default.aspx

JoAnn Wakefield, joannstampingfun@comcast.net

Lisa Courter, lisa.courter@comcast.net

Club News

Mile Club: Congratulations to Colin Fournier! He was the first student to reach 10 miles this school year! Colin received a special prize for this accomplishment!

Mile Club happens every Friday during lunch recess – weather permitting. Please join us! Come have fun and get rewarded for exercising! Signs will be posted on days that Mile Club will occur. Please check-in near the baseball field. Students participating in Mile Club are encouraged to wear their Mile Club necklaces and foot tags on Fridays to display their accomplishments. Also, students are encouraged to wear athletic/running shoes on Fridays.

This year we have added many extra rewards:

~Each Mile: Mile Club Foot Tag

~At 5 Miles: Necklace for Tags

~At 10 Miles: Mile Club “10” Tag

~At 20 Miles: Mile Club “20” Tag – JUST ADDED!

~First student/students to reach 5 miles will receive a special prize: COLIN FOURNIER

~First student/students to reach 10 miles will receive a special prize: COLIN FOURNIER

~First student/students to reach 15 miles will receive a special prize.

~First student/students to reach 20 miles will receive a special prize.

~All students who reach 20 miles will receive a special prize.

~Class with most miles accumulated at the end of the year will receive a special treat.

~Top 10 students with the most miles will receive an achievement certificate.

~Top 5 students with the most miles will receive an achievement certificate and an engraved necklace.

~Top student with the most miles will receive an achievement certificate, engraved necklace, and a $20.00 gift card!

Volunteers:
Thanks again to each of the 14 wonderful volunteers who have come out to help each week, even in the wet and cold! Your help is tremendously appreciated! Thanks to: Lisa Corner, Elaine Eads, Ryan Fajardo, Joy Fisher, Sandy Gamrath, Denise Hemingway, Morgan Hemingway, Heather Mathias, Kristin Murray, Christy Peterson, Chris Stone, JoAnn Wakefield, Jenny White, and Rebecca Winnier.

New volunteers are needed! Mile Club runs from 11:00am to 1:10pm each Friday and includes all 4 lunch recesses. If you are not able to volunteer the whole time, we can schedule you from 11:00am to 12:00pm or 12:10pm to 1:10pm. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Mile Club Chair: Travis A. Jackson at tajackson@hotmail.com.

Looking Ahead…

PTSA Family Night: LOTS MORE TICKETS LEFT! You are invited to attend the Gregory Heights PTSA Family Night out. Come and watch the Seattle Thunderbirds on February 19th at 5:00pm at the Showare Center in Kent. It’s Mascot night and hot dogs and ice cream are $1.00! Ticket Cost: $11.00 each for PTSA members; $13.00 each for Non-PTSA members. Please make checks payable to: GHPTSA and be sure to indicate how many tickets you are purchasing in the memo line. Questions? Contact Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers@comcast.net.

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Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

MULTI-CULTURAL NIGHT: THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20TH at 6:00…DON’T MISS OUT!! POTLUCK…BRING SOME ETHNIC FOOD TO SHARE!!
6:00 arts/crafts + games from around the world
6:45 Rhythm Ambassadors
7:30 ATA Taekwondo Demonstration

WANTED: MULTI-CULTURAL NIGHT VOLUNTEERS

Supervisors for Game Stations (3-6+ people): ideal positions for “big kids”…does anyone have or know some teens who would like to be put to work for 30-40 minutes? This is also an ideal for “pairs of people” to do together. We will have 3 Chinese jumprope stations going on up on stage, and a “Tic Tac Toe”-like game from Ghana at the game table and also a “Mancala”-like single player game from Indonesia. It would be idea to have a couple people at each game station to explain/direct/supervise children as needed.

Supervisors for Game Arts & Crafts Table (ideally 2 people): We plan to put out paper & crayons for kids to color molas from Panama and also draw pictures of things they are thankful for….”Gregory Flags of Thanks”. It would be ideal having some adults provide a little direction to kids and also explain to them that the flags are inspired by Tibetan Prayer Flags (per FYIs that will be posted on the wall). These people would also need to help shut down/clean up this area around 6:35-6:40 before the performance starts.

Welcome Person/Greeter: we need someone to greet people as they arrive and pass out passports/mapfest scanger hunt questions….again…only for 30-40 minutes tops.

Donation Box: help needed manning/monitoring the donation box

Set up/Clean up crews: needed as well.

If you can help, please reply to this email or contact Lynda Lykes at lykeslynda@gmail.com or Jennifer Lucero at jimandjen2000@comcast.net THANK
YOU!!

MAPFEST: Please take a moment this month to view “The Amazing Traveling Map” show brought to Gregory Heights courtesy of the Geography Enrichment Committee/Passport Club. The maps are on display in the multi-purpose room and hallway. There are even questions/answers this year to go with the maps! Please email Jennifer Lucero at jimandjen2000@comcast.net if you would like a set of Questions/Answers emailed to you. There are USA and World Map questions for both Primary & Intermediate Students.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We needs a crew of volunteers to help systematically take the maps down and organize them for their trip home to Olympia.

Possible timeframes: Thursday, January 26th any time between 2:15-4:15 and/or Friday, January 27th at 8:30 a.m.

Please email Jennifer Lucero at jimandjen2000@comcast.net or Lynda Lykes at lykeslynda@gmail.com if you are able to help out!!

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Procurement Ends THIS Friday-Jan. 20th: If you have been working on procuring items for the auction, please finalize the details and pick up auction donations before Friday so that the items & donors will be credited in the catalogue (going to press next week). Still looking for: timeshare points/fees to Hawaii or Mexico.

Auction tickets are available for purchase online for $45.00 http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/loveis2012. Please Note: If you would like to sit with someone specific at the auction, please type that person’s name in “special accommodations” and we will do our best to seat you at the same table.

Auction Volunteers Needed!

Still need 8-10 volunteers to help on the night of the auction. For assignment specifics, please contact Laren Watson, larenrwatson@mac.com.

Global Art Contest Stay tuned, as the winners of the Gregory Heights 2012 Global Art Contest will be announced THIS WEEK and posted in next week’s LOOP. We had nearly 70 entries, 40 of which are “Finalists” who will have their work of art displayed in the “Passport Club Books” section of the school library for the next year. There were several “Honorable Mentions” this year and 7 lucky winners (one from each grade level) will receive a small prize sometime this week. Our new international artwork display will debut this Friday at Multi-Cultural night.

SPECIAL THANKS TO JENNIFER FICHAMBA for helping with the certificates and LYNDA LYKES for helping with applications and collecting entries!!!

Looking Ahead…

Pizza Night: Jan. 25th 4:30-7:30 (6th grade teachers are hosting)

PTSA Family Night: Back by popular demand-Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Night! You are invited to attend the Gregory Heights PTSA Family Night out. Come and watch the Seattle Thunderbirds on February 19th at 5:00pm at the Showare Center in Kent. It’s Mascot night and hot dogs and ice cream are $1.00! Ticket Cost: $11.00 each for PTSA members; $13.00 each for Non-PTSA members. Please make checks payable to: GHPTSA and be sure to indicate how many tickets you are purchasing in the memo line. Questions? Contact Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers@comcast.net.

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PTSA ACTIVITIES

PTSA General Membership Meeting: TOMORROW-Tuesday Jan 9 at 6:00pm in the Library. Free childcare provided.

PTSA Family Night: Back by popular demand-Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Night! You are invited to attend the Gregory Heights PTSA Family Night out. Come and watch the Seattle Thunderbirds on February 19th at 5:00pm at the Showare Center in Kent. It’s Mascot night and hot dogs and ice cream are $1.00! Ticket Cost: $11.00 each for PTSA members; $13.00 each for Non-PTSA members. Please make checks payable to: GHPTSA and be sure to indicate how many tickets you are purchasing in the memo line. Questions? Contact Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers@comcast.net.

Spirit Day: This Friday is “Movie Day.”

MAPFEST: Please take a moment this month to view MAPFEST, “The Amazing Traveling Map Show,” which is on display now in the Multi-purpose room and hallway for the month of January. MAPFEST is an amazing collection of over 100 maps that the PTSA has access to via The Passport Club…brought to us via the PTSA Geography Enrichment Committee. The maps will need to come down after school on Thursday, Jan. 26th. We need to take them down systematically to keep them in order and would like a team of 4-6 people to accomplish this task quickly. If you can volunteer to help, please contact Jennifer Lucero, jimandjen2000@comcast.net.

KUDOS!

Volunteers! 171 people and 2,142 hours!! Wow!! Gregory Heights is lucky to have such an active PTSA. Since September-our 171 volunteers have logged 2,142 hours! In December alone, 69 volunteers registered 273 hours! Our volunteers are in the classrooms, organizing and implementing fundraisers and running clubs to name a few of the great things they do. THANK YOU!

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Ticket Sales: We are off to a great start on ticket sales! There is still time to reserve a seat by going online to purchase your ticket. Price is $45.00 for a night of great fun and helping our school continue to offer the enrichment programs and activities for our kids! Go to: http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/loveis2012.

Please Note: If you would like to sit with someone specific at the auction, please type that person’s name in “special accommodations” and we will do our best to seat you at the same table.

Volunteers Needed

Auction Volunteers Needed!

“Before Auction” Volunteer Needs:

Auction Catalogue: Help design it (Preferrably someone with experience with the “InDesign” software program).

Photographer: Photograph all of the live auction items for powerpoint.

Slide shows:

1). Create a slideshow to display/present all of the live auction items.

2). Create a short (one song lenth) slideshow for the “Fund-a-Need” item.

Writer: Write up catalogue descriptions to sell items.

If you are able to help in any of these areas, please contact Laren Watson, larenrwatson@mac.com and she will refer you to the appropriate Auction Committee Director.

Day of Event Volunteer Needs:

Data Entry: Enter auction items into a database

Bank: 8-10 volunteers to handle money transactions

Runners: 2-gather auction items for purchasers

Spotters 3- Help spot and point out bidders in the live auction.

Recorders: 2-3 record winning bids in the live auction.

If you are interested in helping with day of event, please email Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers@comcast.net and let her know where you would like to help and she will connect you to her fabulous team!!

Gregory Clubs News:

Friday After School PE Club: Gregory Heights PTSA presents our new Friday Club: “Friends, Fitness and FUN!” On Fridays after school, join Mr. S. and PTSA volunteers for some fun in the gym. Each week we will play different activities.

Time:1:45-3:00

Dates: January 13th 20th & 27th

Grades:1st-5th

Cost:15.00 for PTSA members and $20.00 for Non PTSA members.

Spaces is Limited so Register fast!! We will do a lottery to see who gets in and parents will be notified by January 12th. Questions: Contact Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers@comcast.net.

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Volunteers Needed

Science On Wheels: Science On Wheels Volunteers Needed: Reward: 2 Pacific Science Center tickets for 1/2 day help, 4 tickets for all day.
Duties: Help monitor classes in the hands-on exhibit area and help with set-up and clean-up of area at beginning and end of visit.
When & Where:
Tues
AM 8-11: Benson, Burtt, Will, Meyer
PM 12 -2: Saffold, Mays, Q

Wed
AM 9-11:30: Boyer, Janecke, Nelsen, Martin 6th, Shibly, Jones
PM 12:30-3:10: Johnston, Knutson, Griffee, Schumacher, Sparks, Olsen

Thurs
AM 8:45-11 Bolding, Denning, Carlisle, Griffee
PM 12:50-3 Durant, Martin 2nd

Please contact Betsy Akina, betsyakina@comcast.net, if you can help.

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Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

Pizza Night: Round Table Pizza night is THIS WEDNESDAY November 30th from 4:30-7:30pm. This time we will have a canned food drive to benefit the Highline Food Bank; and Round Table Pizza will donate a pizza party to the class that brings in the most non-perishable food items. No reservations are necessary, just show up! This is a great way to support our school and feast with friends. Location: 15730 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148, (206) 431-8600.

Announcements

December Dollar Book Store Sale Our next Dollar Book Store sale will be Wednesday December 14. This is an opportunity for our students to buy books for $1 each with all proceeds going back into the program to sustain the sales. The goal as always is to create student interest in book ownership and provide books for our kids at a cheap cost. We would like to thank all the families that have donated books already toward this sale. Special thanks to Betsy Akina and Jill Mudge who have really added to our collection. Special thanks also to Christy Van Bodegom and Margaret Ann Van Bodegom and who have donated credit at the local Page 2 Book Store in Burien. Page 2 Books also has donated a number of books toward this program. All these generous gifts will help put books in our students hands! So remember the Dollar Book Store sale on December 14 and happy holidays!

Winter Clothing Drive: Our annual winter clothing drive begins December 5th and will run until December 9th. Families are encouraged to send in new or gently worn clothing for adults, youth, children, and infants. The clothing should be clean and no stains or holes. Shoes, hats, and gloves are welcomed. Any Gregory Heights logo shirt/sweatshirts will be given to the PTSA. There will be drop off boxes by the main doors and Mrs. Knutson’s class will pick up items from classrooms as well each day. Any questions please contact Mrs. Knutson, linnea.knutson@highlineschools.org or visit room 171.

Annual Holiday Giving Tree: It’s that time of year again when we start preparing for the upcoming holidays. Our Gregory Heights community is sponsoring a Giving Tree for those families that could use a little extra help during the holiday season. If you would like to make this a happier holiday season for a Gregory Heights’ student, or their siblings, please pick an ornament off of the Giving Tree (located by the school office) and sign up on the clip board for that particular child’s wish. Questions? Please contact our school counselor, Chris Barnes, Christine.Barnes@highlineschools.org.

FUNDRAISERS

Box Tops & Labels for Education

Thank you to everyone who helped start off the school year by turning in your Box Tops and Labels for Education. It is so easy to earn extra money for the PTSA through the Box Tops program and points to purchase art, academic and athletic supplies through the Labels for Education program.

For our first contest, we earned $450 through the Box Top program and 3100 points through the Labels for Education program. We are well on our way to reaching our goals. Please remember to save during the holidays and don’t forget to ask friends, family and neighbors to save for upcoming contests!

Check out the following Labels for Education website: http://www.elabelsforeducation.com/Sites/Campbells_eLabels/Page/HomePage

Sign up and register your shoppers card (Fred Meyer, Albertsons, QFC, etc) and assign it to Gregory Heights. Each time you purchase a Labels for Education product, your shoppers card will automatically send a point to our Labels for Education account. You also get to cut and turn in the label as well. So, we will receive 2 points for every 1 just by signing up!

For all of you online shoppers, go to the following Box Tops website: http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/marketplace/Default.aspx When you join the Box Tops Marketplace, you will begin your online shopping here. It offers over 100 popular online shopping sites which will allow you to earn Box Tops just by doing your regular shopping!

Congratulations to Mr. Dennings’ class for winning the Box Tops contest and Ms. Jones’ class for winning the Labels for Education contest. Both classes will have earned a classroom party!

Feel free to contact JoAnn Wakefield at joannstampingfun@comcast.net or Lisa Courter at lisa.courter@comcat.net with any questions or comments.

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Our Gregory Heights Benefit Auction is just around the corner! We still have many more sponsorship and advertising opportunities. Please contact Brenda Sutherland-Field, sutherfield5@comcast.net for more information.

Looking Ahead…more info to come:

Next: Dollar Book Store Sale, Wednesday December 14 Lunch/Recess

Thanks for letting us “Keep you in the Loop!”

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KUDOS!

Spanish Club: MUCHAS GRACIAS TO SPANISH CLUB VOLUNTEERS!! We are off to a fabulous start this year thanks to the wonderful support of Spanish Club parents!

Thank you to JENNIFER FICHAMBA for helping with registration, cutting shapes for our first art project and also for donating a special surprise from Ecuador that will be given to the kids at our year end party.

Thank you also to LESLIE UNKE for copying student worksheets to put into the notebooks…our first official “notebook day” is tomorrow and the notebooks are all labeled and ready to go!!

Thanks to LINNEA KNUTSON and TAMMY JAGADICS for cutting shapes in preparation for our Guatemalan kite making project.

Special thanks also to SAMANTHA CEDERLUND for her many many hours of shape cutting in preparation for our kite project.

THANK YOU LYNDA LYKES for helping with art project clean up and also assembling passports!!

We have lots of shapes left over, which is fantastic because we will need them for projects later in the year (and years to come!)

PTSA Membership Winners: Congratulations to our October winner’s for the PTSA membership drawings were: Rebecca Winnier and Lisa Corner. They will each receive an apple pie as soon as the orders come in! As of 11/3/11 We are at 187 members. It is not too late to become a valuable member of our PTSA! To obtain a registration form, or have questions, please contact our Membership Co-Chairs, Rachelle Langhans, rachellelanghans@hot​mail.com or Crissy Pryor, CPryor@hawthorne-cpa.com.

Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

PTSA General Membership Meeting: Come find out what is happening in our school by attending our PTSA General Membership meeting, Tomorrow, November 8th, 6:00pm in the Library. Free childcare & refreshments offered.

Picture Re-Takes: Picture Retake day is scheduled for Tomorrow November 8th

Disney on Ice: Come join the fun this Wednesday at 7:30 for the Disney on Ice Show. It is a great show, fun for the entire family! You can purchase tickets for just $13.00. (They are usually 20.00 a ticket.) Contact Jill Mudge, ghvolunteers@comcast.net by tomorrow Nov. 8th if you want to buy tickets.

Student Leadership Meeting: Our next student leadership meeting will be held tomorrow, Nov 8th at 12:50 in room 245.

Health Screening Day: Need several volunteers to help with the health screening day, this Thursday November 10th. Contact Cheryl Smith, Cheryl.Smith@highlineschools.org, if you can help.

Veteran’s Day Assembly: This Thursday, Nov 10th at 1:30, our students, along with the Sylvester band, will be performing in an assembly to honor our veterans. Parents are welcome to attend. NO SCHOOL on Friday Nov 11th in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Announcements

Reflections Art Worshop: “Don’t forget! The Reflections Art Workshop is scheduled for November 18th 1:45-3:00. There are only a few spots left, and the registration deadline is November 11. Get your forms in this week if you are planning on attending!” Thanks! Questions? Please contact Deirdre Coleman, colemand1231@comcast.net, Reflections Art Chair.

Pie Sale Update: We will receive a net profit of approximately $4500 from our pie sale! Thank you to everyone who participated. Please remember your pie order will be ready to pick up on Wednesday 11/16 after 12pm. We will also have a few pies available for sale that day, supplies are limited though.

Student Lead Conferences: Scheduling has begun for student lead conferences to be held November 21-23. Your teacher should have already sent you a form to ask your meeting day/time preferences. Once you receive your appointment confirmation, we ask that you make every effort to show up at that time so that the flow of students/parents can run smoothly. There will be no school for your child except for when your child attends their conference with you.

Pizza Night: The next Round Table Pizza night is coming up on November 30 from 4:30-7:30pm. This time we will have a canned food drive to benefit the Highline Food Bank; and Round Table Pizza will donate a pizza party to the class that brings in the most non-perishable food items. More details to come in the upcoming LOOPS….

Next Student Leadership Meeting: Tuesday, November 8 at 12:50 in room 245.

PE & RECESS Donations: Gregory Heights PE/recess are always in need of soccer balls, footballs, basketballs, rubber balls that may be sitting around your house/ apartment and not being used anymore. Please feel free to donate them to Gregory to be used by our kids at recesses and PE classes. Please contact Mr. S Scott.Stubberfield@highlineschools.org or just drop them by his office.

LOVE IS….. The Sprint for Sponsorship runs throughout the month of November. Don’t forget to ask your favorite local doctor, dentist, doula….any business or even your boss to donate to our “Love Is…” auction by Sponsoring us or by placing an Ad in our auction booklet. To join the Sprint please email Brenda at sutherfield5@comcast.net and you’ll be given tips and ideas along with a packet of procurement forms and sponsorship letters.

Show your Gregory student or your child’s teacher or favorite staff person some love with a “Love Is…” note! The cost is $20 payable to GHPTSA. Your note will be printed in our auction booklet. Send you love note text to Brenda at sutherfield5@comcast.net and either donate the $20 online at http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/giveGHlove or send your check to school.

Sample One: “Sarah, Grandma and Grandpa are so proud of how hard you have worked this year in 2nd grade! We love you!”

Sample Two: “Thank you Ms. Olsen for inspiring a love of reading in your students. Love is a teacher who nurtures the spark of interest in each student!”

Looking Ahead…more info to come:

• Student Lead Conferences-Nov 21-23
• Thanksgiving holiday-Nov 24-25th
• Round Table Pizza Night-Nov 30th

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Carnival & Trunk-n-Treat Wrap Up

An amazingly fun Carnival was organized by Amy and Aaron Dowell this year. A fun time was had by all at the cake-walk and all the games. Cotton Candy and popcorn were big hits this year too. A huge thank you to everyone who brought the wonderful baked treats in for the cake-walk and to all our volunteers for showing up early and staying late.

A big huge Husky Howell-Out goes to Mrs. Saffold, her 6th grade class and her family for putting on the awesome Haunted Hall! Mrs. Saffold’s 6th graders stayed late on Friday and put up almost the entire thing. They arrived early Saturday and added finishing touches then they were super scary as actors in the haunted hall. Way to go! Mrs. Saffold was stunning as Cruella DeVille with her spotted puppy in tow!

Thank you as well to all my new and veteran Trunk-n-Treat decorators, we had a great range from super spooky to cute. Did you know we had over 800 people go through trunk-n-treat? That includes adults too. We did run out of candy but we managed to wrangle some prizes from inside and give those out.

Gregory Activities THIS WEEK!

Pie Sales: END TOMORROW-Oct 25! Please remember to return your envelope with order form and money by Tuesday so we can submit the order to Masterpiece. ALSO-We are looking for at least 15 Volunteers to help sort & distribute pies on November 16th. The truck will arrive at 10:00am so we need volunteers ready to go by 9:30. There is not freezer space for cold storage so all pie orders will need to be taken home on the 16th. If you can help, please contact Berta Keller, bertak09@msn.com or Brenda Sutherland-Field, sutherfield5@comcast.net.

Entertainment Book PRIZES: Prizes for Entertainment Book sale will come home with your children tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 25th

The Gregory Heights Dollar Book Store will open THIS WEDNESDAY-OCT. 26
When? Lunches/Recess
Where? In the hallway, near the cafeteria.
Cost? All books will cost $1. Money made will go back into the program to purchase more books and keep the store self sustaining.
Why? We want to encourage student interest and ownership of books and make them available at a low cost.
Questions? Contact our Librarian, Mr. Bento, at Michael.Bento@highlineschools.org

PTSA News

The next GHPTSA Board meeting is Thursday November 3rd and the General Membership Meeting is TUESDAY Novemer 8th in the Library. Both meetings start at 6pm.

PE & RECESS Donations:

Gregory Heights PE/recess are always in need of soccer balls, footballs, basketballs, rubber balls that may be sitting around your house/ apartment and not being used anymore. Please feel free to donate them to Gregory to be used by our kids at recesses and PE classes. Please contact Mr. S Scott.Stubberfield@highlineschools.org or just drop them by his office.

LOVE IS…..Did you know the auction website is up and ready for action? When the ticket prices get set you will be able to purchase them online but for now you can find information on volunteering opportunities and a way to donate. Please visit http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/LoveIs2012.

Class Projects

We are looking for creative people to join our Auction Class Projects team! If you are interested in helping make amazing creations for the Auction Class Projects. Please contact Jill Mudge at ghvolunteers.comcast.net. Every hour helps so feel free to volunteer as your schedule allows we have all sizes of jobs for people. The funds made from the auction will benefit our whole school!!

Find us on Facebook!

Did you know we have a Gregory Heights Facebook group? Find us on Facebook and explore another way to share and receive information.

Looking Ahead…more info to come:

• Dollar Book Store-Oct 26th
• Health Screening Day-Nov 10th

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Staff, District; & Community News

What do drums & Starbuck’s have in common? Ms. Bede’s Music Class! Read on…

DonorsChoose.org is a fantastic website where teachers can go online and request donations for classroom needs. Our own Ms. Bede has applied for a $275 grant to purchase 6 drums, like the djembes and tubanos, to replace the buckets our students have been using for years. You can help her reach her goal and bring new drums to GH by visiting Starbucks!

On Wednesday October 5, stop by any King County Starbucks and pick up a free $10 DonorsChoose gift card. These free gift cards are redeemable at www.donorschoose.org/kingcounty2011 . Find Ms. Bede’s project request: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=643066&verify=-1017848497 and apply your $10 gift card to her project!

The Dollar Book Store Is Back! We are happy to say the Gregory Heights Dollar Book Store will be back in business soon. This is an opportunity for our students to buy new or gently used books for $1 each with all proceeds going back into the program to sustain the sales. The goal is to create student interest in book ownership and provide books for our kids at a cheap cost.

With thanks to The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence which provided original grant money to start this program, we are back purchasing gently used books of interest to our students including non-fiction, children’s chapter books, and picture books, from local thrift and book discount stores. We are also accepting book donations.

Do you have any children’s books still in good shape that you might like to pass on? If so and you think they will work for this program, please consider donating them to our Gregory Heights Library Dollar Book Store. What a good way to recycle! Remember children’s books only.

We should be having our first Dollar Book Store sale sometime in October with more information on the date coming soon. Thank you.

Michael Bento
Teacher/Librarian
Gregory Heights Elementary

KUDOS!
Thank you to our GH volunteers! To date we have registered a total of 44 volunteers registering 220 volunteer hours for September! If you are a GH volunteer, please be sure to sign-in at the front office so we can give you credit for volunteering. This is important because we send a monthly volunteer report to our district AND look forward to giving out volunteer service awards through out the year.

Gregory Activities

Family Pizza Buffet Night: Round Table Pizza is hosting “Family Pizza Night” for Gregory Heights’ Families on Wednesday October 12 from 4:30-7:30pm. A portion of the profits from the buffet sales AND all raffle sale proceeds, will be donated back to Gregory Heights. Join us for this fun family social AND enter in a raffle where one lucky family will receive a large pizza each month for 1 year! (Enter as many times as you want-raffle tickets cost $1.00 and will be on sale at pizza night only- need not be present to win). This is a great way to support our school and feast with friends. Location: 15730 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148, (206) 431-8600. Questions? Please contact Lonnie Gibson, knlgibson@comcast.net.

2012 Auction News

Procurement Forms are Now Available in the office! Parents-it is time to start pounding the pavement to secure donations for our 2012 Benefit Auction! Some popular and top-selling items from our last auction were: “wax & wine party;” Private catered dinner from local chef, Steve Brendlinger; vacations, spa services and so much more! So be creative and “think outside the box” when procuring. Remember-it is a tax write-off for donors and businesses love the advertising!

Another great way to ask for support is to ask businesses, friends and family to make an online donation/contribution. Learn more by visiting http://ghptsa.ejoinme.org/giveGHlove.

Need help getting started? Contact Brenda Sutherland-Field, Marketing Director or Jana Lipscomb, Procurement Director at sutherfield5@comcast.net or janalips@gmail.com They will make it easy for you to sell Ad space, sponsorships and procure items for the event with ready-to-use informational packets and forms.

Coming Soon… Your Auction Directors are hard at work and are excited to include and inform you of the many ways you can participate in making the 2012 GH “Love is…” Benefit Auction the most successful auction to date! Your Auction Directors will be sending out a weekly “AUCTION e-NEWS” that will highlight auction-specific information such as “Sponsors Spotlight,” lists of procurement items & goals, incentive prizes & winners, volunteer opportunities, auction day activities, instructions for how friends & family can make online donations and much, much more.

Gregory Clubs News:

Spanish Club: There is still space left in Spanish Club for last minute registrations this week. If interested, you can pick up an application in the office and/or email Jennifer Lucero, jimandjen2000@comcast.net for more information.

Chess Club: Begins Tuesday October 11th and will meet thereafter every Tuesday & Thursday afternoon, from 3:15-4:00pm in the Multi-purpose room. Look for the sign up form in tomorrow’s blue folder. PARENT VOLUNTEERS WELCOME! Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to Chess Club and help children learn the game of Chess, help with set-up (boards/pieces), & monitor play. Snacks will be provided so donations are appreciated! Please remember, parents must complete the emergency contact card (will be sent out after registration is complete) and PROMPTLY pick students up at 4:00pm.

Mile Club: The first Mile Club of the school year was a success! Our students did a wonderful job of doing their laps with the limited amount of time that they have. We plan on having all the kinks worked out this coming week as we adjust to the new lunch recess times. Hopefully the weather will behave for this Friday.

Mile Club happens every Friday during lunch recess – weather permitting. Please join us! Come have fun and get rewarded for exercising! Signs will be posted on days that Mile Club will occur. Please check-in near the baseball field. Sometimes the field can be wet and muddy. Students participating in Mile Club are encouraged to wear athletic/running shoes on Fridays.

Mile Club Volunteers: If you would like to help record laps for our students, please contact the Mile Club Chair: Travis at tajackson@hotmail.com.

PTSA: Join up! Help us beat last year’s membership goal of 250! Membership forms are available in the office. Cost to join is $12 individual member; $20 family; and $10 staff. Questions? Please contact Crissy Pryor or Rachelle Langhans at Membership@GregoryPTSA.org.

Fundraisers

Entertainment Book Sales: GREAT JOB GH parents & students!! So far, we have registered a total of 464 books sold! (54 books online & 410 books by students). Our gross income is $11,625.00! If you still have orders to turn in, now is the time. GH is SO close to reaching our 500 book sales mark-only 35 books more to receive 50% of the proceeds, which would give us a net income to above $6000!

Box Tops for Education Contest: Keep Clipping! The class that collects the most Box Tops for Education by October 16th wins a class party! Questions? Contact JoAnn Wakefield, joannstampingfun@comcast.net or Lisa Courter, lisa.courter@comcast.net.

Volunteer Opportunities

Trunk-n-Treat: Trunk-n-Treators love those decorated cars, canopies and trunks! Volunteer to be a part of the fun, contact Don Field at sutherfield5@comcast.net for more information on this event.

Fall Carnival: is Saturday October 22nd…right around the corner! Thank you to the many people who have already committed to volunteer! We are still looking for additional helpers to run games, serve food, sell popcorn and glow accessories, run the cake-walk and entry tables. A successful carnival needs between 25-30 volunteers to work well and to make sure everyone only works one 30 minute shift so they have time to enjoy the event as well. Contact Brenda Sutherland-Field to volunteer at president@gregoryptsa.org

Geography Enrichment Club:
We have lots volunteer opportunities related to geography for those who would like to lend a helping hand:

1) Passport Club Volunteers
2) Help with Geography Bulletin board (e.g. changing the clocks monthly) + posting FYI’s
3) Help assembling bookmarks to pass out to students
4) Help posting the summer postcard display
5) Help cutting & organizing stamps for students

If any of these sound interesting, please contact Lynda Lykes at lykeslynda@gmail.com

Spanish Club:

There is lots of work to be done in order to get Spanish Club up & running by October. A “Co-Chair” would be very much appreciated & it really doesn’t entail a whole lot (the busiest time being enrollment in September-October and possibly a little help with “pre-enrollment” in May). Specifically, we need help with:

1) Photocopying registration forms & delivering to office
2) Receiving/organizing/reviewing registration forms + data entry to create student roster
3) Collecting checks & submitting them to treasurer
4) Would anyone like to officially “co-chair” by chance???
5) Possible photocopying for parent packs

Please contact Jennifer Lucero at jimandjen2000@comcast.net or 206-439-7057

Find us on Facebook!

Did you know we have a Gregory Heights Facebook group? Find us on Facebook and explore another way to share and receive information.

Looking Ahead…more info to come:

Pizza Night-Oct 12th
Box Tops Deadline-Oct 16th
Trunk-or-Treat/Fall Carnival-Oct. 22nd

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