PTA Meeting Wednesday, October 5

Please join us in the cafeteria at 9:15am Wednesday, October 5 for the next PTA meeting! Hope to see you there!

Red Ribbon Week

Center Elementary will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness

Week) October 22nd-26th. We encourage teachers and parents to discuss this important topic. We will use slogans and different attire to call attention to “being bully and drug free.”  We are asking K-2nd graders to participate in a coloring contest and 3rd - 6th graders to write an essay on why it’s important to be bully and drug free.  The essay will be due on Thursday October 27th.  There will be a drawing for prizes.

Our schedule will be as follows:

Monday Oct. 24th – Wear red to support Red Ribbon Week and take the pledge to be Drug Free.

Tuesday Oct. 25th – Hats off to being a drug free and bully free school!  Wear a favorite or crazy hat!

Wednesday Oct. 26th – Follow your dreams not drugs- Not Drugs.  Wear pajamas (no slippers).

Thursday Oct. 27th – Come with me and be drug free.  Show an act of kindness. Receive a sticker for acts of kindness.  (Essay drawing will take place).                                                                                                                                                                                           

Friday Oct. 28th –Center is Drug and Bully Free!! Show your school spirit and wear purple and gold. (Door Decorating Winners Announced).

Looking forward to an exciting week celebrating a Bully & Drug Free School!

Early Bird Membership Deadline is Monday!

Just a reminder that the early bird deadline to join the PTA is Monday, October 3. Membership is $8.00 per person until October 3. After this date, membership is $10.00 per person. Anyone who wishes to help with holiday parties or other class events MUST be a PTA member, so join the PTA today!

Walk-A-Thon Wednesday!

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, September 28th is our annual Walk-a-thon! Please have your child wear appropriate shoes and show their school spirit by wearing any Mustang attire or purple and yellow! We are hoping to have decent weather to hold the event outside, but in case of rain, we will have it in the gym. Please remember to send in your child's donation, with one CHECK
made payable to Center PTA, no cash please. All money raised from this event will go towards assemblies, field trips, classroom parties, etc for the students and teachers. Thank you!

STEM Studio: Donations of Recyclable Materials Requested

This year in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Studio, students will work to research, problem solve, create and design in order to build their critical thinking skills. Students will work cooperatively with hands-on problem-based learning. A separate letter will be sent home explaining the types of projects students in each grade level will be working on. The STEM teachers are requesting that families donate any of the following items they may have at home for students to use in their projects:

-paper towel rolls

-toilet paper rolls

-empty tissue boxes

-cereal boxes

-straws

-newspaper

-mint Lifesavers (not fruit)

-boxes of toothpicks

-empty/cleaned plastic water bottles, quart jugs, and 2 liter bottles

-any craft items or old wooden blocks you may not be using or have left over

-shoe boxes with lids

-checkers

-clean cardboard

Donated items may be sent to school with students.

Thank you for your contributions! They are greatly appreciated!

REMINDER FOR SIXTH GRADE DC TRIP PARTICIPANTS:  
Please have your pink Permission Slip and Commitment Page filled out and turned in no later than Friday, September 23.  In order to secure reservations for tours and other activities, we need to provide a total attendance to our travel rep.  We appreciate your cooperation.  

Thanks, 
Your DC Trip Committee

Meeting Reminder: 6th Grade DC Trip

Attention 6th grade parents: There is a mandatory meeting at 6:30pm Tuesday, September 20 in the cafeteria for those interested in the DC trip!

Upcoming Events: Week of September 12

Tuesday, September 13: Picture Day! Order forms were sent home with students the first day of school. You can also order online at: www.inter-state.com/order  Use order code: 08747CA

Wednesday, September 14 and Friday, September 16: Scholastic Book Fair. Student shopping times were sent home last week.

Thursday, September 15: Open house, 6-8pm. Parents may also shop at the book fair during open house.

Online Scholastic Book Fair

Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child. Of all the skills kids learn, it is the one you can influence the most.

You are invited to shop our Scholastic Online Book Fair, where we know you'll find great books, at great prices, without leaving your home!

The ONLINE fair is available now through September 20th. So if you can't make it to the fair at school, we look forward to having you participate in our online fair. Remember, all online orders benefit our school and ship for FREE!

Please visit our homepage at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/centerelementaryschool20

**Please note: Students will have the opportunity to shop at school on September 14 and 16, and parents may shop at the school during open house September 15. Information on the fall book fair was sent home with students this week.

PTA Early Bird Membership Deadline and Volunteer Clearances

If you have not yet sent in your PTA membership form, please remember that the early bird deadline for PTA membership is October 3, 2016. PTA membership is $8.00 per person. Checks or money orders should be made out to "Center PTA"-- remember we can no longer accept cash! After October 3, the price of membership will increase to $10.00 per person, so join the PTA today!

All parents who wish to volunteer during holiday parties or other events at the school MUST be members of the PTA. Joining the PTA before October 3 gives you a better chance of being contacted to help with class parties for your child, as homeroom chairs will be selected and will be contacting their homeroom parents within the next few weeks.

Any parent who may wish to chaperone their child's field trip in the spring must also submit volunteer clearances to the main office by January 6, 2017. Clearances are good for three years, so those who obtained and submitted clearances last year do not need to do so again this year. Please note, submitting your clearances does not guarantee that you will be selected as a chaperone. The number of chaperones needed for field trips varies by grade level, and not all volunteers may be needed; but all field trip volunteers MUST have clearances on file.

Information on obtaining volunteer clearances can be found on the school district web site: http://www.pbsd.k12.pa.us//volunteerclearance.aspx

PTA Meeting Reminder!

Please join us in the cafeteria at 7pm on Wednesday, September 7 for the year's first PTA meeting! This is a great chance to get information on school events and become involved!