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

Our wildly popular After School Enrichment Program serves approximately 160 children per session. The program, which is organized and run by the Clinton PTA, can use a few extra proctoring hands for the spring session (which runs on Thursdays, from 2:35 to
3:45 pm until May 26th).

If you are free to help for one, or two, or even three Thursdays please let us know. Proctors help kindergartners through the attendance process, keep order in the gym during attendance taking, make sure all the students get to where they need to be, check in on classes to see if any assistance is needed, and make sure that every child is safely picked up by parents/guardians.

Our students love Enrichment so watching it in action is also a fun and rewarding experience.

If you are able to devote some time to help proctor, please contact Jenny Tate jenniferlynnetate@yahoo.com

Your help is greatly appreciated.

The Clinton Food Pantry serves our families who may be in need of some
extra groceries and supplies and is stocked by parent and teacher
contributions. As you head out to do grocery shopping this weekend or next week, please keep us in mind and, if you can, grab a couple extra items. We can use pasta, beans, sauces, shelf milk (NOT condensed or powdered), cereal, breakfast bars, fruit cups, tuna, peanut butter and jelly, crackers, soups, rice, etc. Also,
toothbrushes, toothpaste, and toiletries are welcome as well.

Please bring items to the main office or leave in the box outside Ms.
Bodnar’s office. Thank you!

We still need help for the following time slots for tomorrow’s Honeybees assembly.

Please contact Jackie Lahey at jaclahey@aol.com if you can come during one of these times:

Thursday, March 31

9:45 – 10:30 2nd Grade Workshop

12:45 – 1:30 Kindergarten Workshop

Friday, April 1

9:45 – 10:30 5th Grade Workshop

10:35 – 11:20 4th Grade Workshop