If you haven’t heard from us yet it is likely that your child is in their first or second choice class. We have left messages or sent emails in the cases where both classes were full, and we’ve listed the other options.

However, there are still forms coming in so some of you may be hearing from us over the weekend or on Monday.

As of now there are a very limited number of spots available in these
classes:
Yoga for Kids
Trash Art
So You Wanna Be a Star
and
Stories & Crafts

Please check the registration materials for the age groups included in each of these classes.

Confirmation letters will be sent home next Friday, September 25th.

For those of you new to Clinton, please know that the PTA started After School Enrichment about 4 years ago and we are delighted to be able to offer such a program. It does, however, require an enormous amount of volunteer work hours, both administrative and on-site. The program currently runs in the fall for 8 weeks and in the spring for 8 weeks, and each session serves approximately 160 students. If your child does not get into her/his first choice class, we know it can be disappointing, but many of the most popular classes are offered in every session so there will be other opportunities.

We are looking forward to another great Enrichment session!

Dear Clinton Families,

Our Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled to run from September 21st through 25th, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there. This fall the book fair theme is Read Around the World.

We invite your entire family to participate by visiting us during Book Fair week. You and your child will be able to purchase bestsellers, Newberry and Caldecott Medal-winning books, chapter books, picture books, and hundreds of other items only available at the Scholastic Book Fair. For your convenience the Book Fair will also be open during both Back to School Nights on September 22nd and 24th.

We look forward to seeing you anytime during Book Fair hours and thank you in advance for supporting this important reading event. Most of all, thank you for believing in books and in the importance of reading.

Sincerely,

Karen Betheil
Clinton PTA President

Patty O’Neill
Clinton Principal

P.S. We invite you to support the “Classroom Wish List” program at the Book Fair. The teachers will identify books they would love to have for their classroom libraries. Students may purchase these books at the Fair and each book will include a gift donation bookplate from the giving student. Gift certificates will also be available at the Book Fair.

Did you know that most plastic bottle caps do not get recycled? Well, now Clinton School can help recycle many types of plastic bottle caps through Aveda’s cap recycling program. Aveda partners with schools to collect bottle caps, and then they send the caps to their recycler and use the recycled caps to make the bottles and caps for their products.

The program accepts rigid plastic bottle caps with threads for twisting on and off. The program does not accept non-rigid lids, including lids with threads that are bendable. IF YOU CAN BEND OR BREAK IT, IT CANNOT BE RECYCLED.

YES: caps for shampoo bottles, water, soda, milk, and other beverage bottles, flip-tops for ketchup and mayonnaise, lids for peanut butter, and laundry detergent.

NO: lids for prescription bottles, lids for yogurt cups, margarine tubs, some milk containers.

Containers for collecting these caps are in the front entranceway and in the cafeteria. Thanks to parent Nancy Friedman for bringing this program to Clinton and facilitating.

Thanks for keeping Clinton so green!

The FLES Program for students in grade 3-5 is now enrolling students.

The Fall 2009 Enrichment Program begins on Thursday, October 1st. Registration is first-come, first-served. The registration materials will be sent home in folders today, or you can download them from our PTA Flyers and Forms page.