PTO Programs for 2010-2011 Art Masterpiece Program- Class presentations of famous Artists and their work.All materials and instruction are provided. No experience required.Volunteers are needed for every classroom. The program begins inJanuary and runs through April. A great way to be involved in your childs' class. The children love bringing home their own art masterpieces. New Family Welcome program-This program is designed to welcome new families to our littlecommunity. We try to call each new family in the beginning of theschool year to answer any questions they might have and to make themfeel welcome at our school. We also try to encourage the new familiesto become involved in the school. Friends of the Library Program-This program directly helps the library in obtaining new books for itscollection, as well as providing an opportunity for parents torecognize their special students. Parents, friends, or family membersmay purchase a book for the library in honor of their student. Eachbook contains the students name for whom it was purchased and thereason they received such an honor. The participating students then getto go to a book presentation breakfast with the librarian, Mrs.Ireland, and the principal, Ms. Donovan, at the end of the year. Eachchild receives a commemorative picture with their book. Creative Events Program-This program brings two assembly style programs to the school for theenjoyment and education of the students. There will be one in the falland one in the spring. Dates and events are yet to be determined. Weare actively seeking a chairperson to head up this program for the year. Hospitality Committee-This committee is responsible for providing meals for the teachersduring parent/teacher conference weeks. It is an excellent way to showyour appreciation for your teachers! Pizza Night Program-This program is designed as a fundraiser in coordination with a localpizza company. The pizza company designates certain nights as ourschool's night. All our families have to do is order their pizza and wereceive a percentage of the sales generated from Heights families. Box Tops Program-This program is a simple straight forward way to earn money for ourschool. The chairperson for this program is responsible for organizingclass contests for the students to bring in box tops cut from productssuch as Kleenex, Pillsbury, various cereals, etc.. They are responsible for sending in the box tops and acting as the contact between the company and the school. Library Helper - Fundraisers Thisyear we will be holding only one outside sales fundraisers. Outsidesales fundraisers are the biggest source of income for our PTO budget.We will hold butter braid sales later in the year. In the fall we willbe trying something new. We thought we would try to have our owncatalog sale. In place of the children selling items to friends andfamily, we thought we would ask the participants to donate that moneydirectly to the PTO. We are taking a big chance on this, the fallcatalog sales tend to be our largest fundraiser, but we only get aportion of the sales. Our thought is that most of the parents, friendsand family are only buying to support the school, so please show yoursupport. Ourlast fundraiser is a direct letter that will be sent home with studentsin February. This fundraiser goes directly into a school (not PTO)account which is used to help fund the teachers' aides. This fundraisermay be tax deductible and you will receive a receipt for any donationthat you give. Wetruly appreciate all the help and support that our Heights familiesprovide to the PTO that in turn enables us to provide support for ourstudents and faculty in providing a fantastic educational experience.Please consider participating in our school fundraisers and ourcommunity events. We look forward to another excelling year at MadisonHeights Elementary. Thank you so much,
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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