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.

The Fall After School Enrichment Program begins on October 6th. This month’s Courier has an incorrect start date (the 13th). The 6th is the start date for the PTA Fall After School Enrichment Program.

Registration materials were sent home in backpacks. Remember to respond as soon as possible since classes fill up quickly.

The Clinton PTA

Get your appetites ready for our 10th Annual International Dinner…”A Taste of Clinton” on Thursday, April 14th!

Flyers will be coming home in backbacks this week with more details about making your reservation, donating a dish and volunteering. For your convenience, the flyer is also attached here.

For those who signed up to volunteer for this event at the PTA coffee on the first day of school, you will be contacted by one of the co-chairs, Deidra McLaughlin or Sharon Hargrove.

We are looking forward to another delicious and fun family event celebrating all of us in the Clinton community…sharing our strenghts, celebrating our differences!

The community is invited to attend the State of the District Address to be presented by Superintendent of Schools, Brian Osborne on January 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Click here for more information.

Join us tonight, Wednesday, Oct 27 from 7-9pm for Clinton School’s Related Arts Back to School Night! Get to know our talented related arts specialists and participate in a sample of your child’s Art, Music, Physical Education, World Language, Media + Technology and Enrichment. Enter to win one of two raffle baskets with great Related Arts prizes! Space is limited so this is an adult only night.

Please remember to come to the cafeteria after drop-off on Tuesday, September 7th for the PTA Coffee. Once your child’s teacher comes out to escort the class into their classroom, walk outside the building to the cafeteria entrance (near parking lot) to enter. Teachers want to give their full attention to students on that first morning, so we ask that you do not walk into your child’s classroom and try not to walk through the hallways of school so that teachers and students can start their day free of interruption.

Once in the cafeteria, you can meet other parents, join the PTA ($12 per person), sign up to be class parents, or purchase car magnets, rainbow posters from 2009-2010, or t-shirts. New Clinton t-shirts are in the works, but we are selling the remaining supply of existing t- shirts for $5 each. Students wear the t-shirts (or red, our school color) on School Pride Day which is the first Friday of every month.

We are also delighted to announce that work has started on the new addition to the playground that the PTA purchased during the summer.
It is not quite ready for use, as a few pieces of it need to be moved to another location, so you will see that part of it is taped off with caution tape. Our PTA is working with the school district and the playground company to complete the installation as quickly as possible.

We want to send out a special welcome to our new families. Clinton School is a warm and inviting school and we have no doubt that you will feel part of our family very quickly. Please feel free to contact any of the PTA Executive Board members if you have questions. You can find all contact information in the contact section of our website (www.clintonelementary.org).

Enjoy the last couple of days of summer! We’ll see you on Tuesday.