We need you for an hour (or more!) for the Clinton School fair this Saturday, May 18. Every year the Clinton fair provides hours of fun for children and their families and a few hardworking families carry most of the workload. Please consider joining us to help make this event better than ever.

We really need some new faces to help set up, sell tickets, serve food, collect tickets at games, staff the crafts table, do book fair hallway patrol, and of course, clean up!

Doing even an hour of work while your children enjoy the fair with their friends can go a long way toward helping out our entire Clinton school community.

If you’re only available (we know it’s a busy time of year!) early in the morning or in the later afternoon for set-up or clean-up, that’s okay. We can find you a job!

Please contact Leah Gomberg or Lindy Romaine.

As always, thank you from the Clinton PTA.

Memorial Day Float – Truck and Hitch?
Do you have a truck with a hitch, or know someone who does? We are looking for someone to pull the Clinton Elementary School float in this year’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27. This could be your big chance to help our school shine! For more information, please contact Jackie Lahey or at 973-313-9757.

Rehearsals for the Clinton Theatre production, “Night at the Library” are in full swing. After the last performance on Saturday, the cast and crew are invited to the cafeteria for a congratulatory party. If you can donate bottles of water or juice pouches for the kids cast party, please contact Amy Janay. There are 300 children participating in the school show, and they will be thirsty!

In addition to bouquets of flowers, signed copies of books from our recent author visit will be for sale at the front hall before the performances. Anyone who forgot to order or who decided after the fact can now get a signed book. Limited number of books are available.

1. BOOK FAIR PACK-UP HELP: On Wednesday, September 28th, we will be packing up our Fall Book Fair. We need volunteers to help us get the books off the shelves and back into boxes. If you can stop in the gym after morning drop-off, even for 30-60 minutes, that would be a tremendous help.

2. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT REMINDER:
Back to School Night is tonight, Monday, September 26, 2011.
Below is the schedule for the evening:

6:30 – 6:45  kindergarten, first, second grade, and multiage (Griffin), parents and K-5 teachers will meet in the auditorium.

6:45 – 7:30  kindergarten, first, second grade, and multiage (Griffin), parents and teachers will go to grade level presentations and/or classrooms for an overview of your child’s school year. We will let you know where to go that evening.

If you have time before or after meeting with your child’s teacher(s), please visit our amazing Book Fair which will be open from 5:30 – 9:00pm. There is an incredible selection of books, games, and activities for children and adults.

7:30 – 7:45  third, fourth, fifth grade, and multiage (Antunes), parents and K-5 teachers will meet in the auditorium.

7:45 – 8:30  third, fourth, fifth grade, and multiage (Antunes), parents and teachers will go to grade level presentations and/or classrooms for an overview of your child’s school year.

Unfortunately this year we do not have available space for children to attend so there will be no childcare. Please plan accordingly. Thank you.

At the end of the presentations we ask you to sign up for a November and March parent/teacher conference. We are including March conferences since we will not see everyone as a group again. Even though March is a few months off, we are hoping to get as many parents/guardians signed up as possible. We understand that things may change but the teachers will work with you should you need to change the date/time.

Two Messages Below From Clinton PTA:

TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCH
On Thursday, May 5 at 2:35pm, during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 2-6), the PTA will host our annual Teacher Appreciation Luncheon in the Clinton School Library. Would you be willing to help by preparing a dish, donating money for supplies, or sending in beverages? If you can bring a dish, please contact Patty O’Connell at poconnell8@gmail.com or Janet Trzaska at meyers1113@aol.com and let us know what you will be bringing. All kinds of dishes are welcome, from appetizers to desserts. Monetary donations can be sent to school in care of the PTA. Please mark “for teacher luncheon.”

When you reply, please be sure to give us your email address so we can contact you about delivery instructions for that day. Also, let us know if you are free to volunteer to help set up and clean up the lunch that day (from approximately 1:00 until 4:30). Thanks in advance for your help!

TRAILER NEEDED FOR MEMORIAL DAY FLOAT
We are looking for a utility trailer to pull our Memorial Day Float!
Do you have a trailer, or a close contact at a landscaping company who would be willing to lend us one? If so, please contact Jackie Lahey at jaclahey@aol.com or 973-313-9757. Thank you!

No spring break plans? No problem!

Clinton School and its grounds maven, Jeremy Moss, need you to help brighten up, rake out, and bring the landscape around Clinton into fine shape for spring!

CLINTON SCHOOL GARDEN CLEAN-UP DAY!!

Saturday, April 23, 11am-4 pm. Bring your garden gloves, rakes, and green thumb to Clinton to help out. If you can stop by for even an hour, we’d love the help! See you then!

Questions? Email Jeremy Moss at bumpywhale@hotmail.com