Due to the snow day we had on the original date, the district’s Lice Information Night has been rescheduled:

Join the Parenting Center, doctors, and local lice professionals for an evening of information and demonstrations about Lice.

RESCHEDULED
Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Clinton School Cafeteria
27 Berkshire Road, Maplewood

The Parenting Center will be hosting another evening of support and outreach to our local Haitian community.

The event will be held, once again, at Clinton School, on Wednesday, February 24th, from 6-7:30 pm.

It was a very busy week for backpack flyers, so we thought we’d provide an end of week summary of the various items that were sent home and a few other messages.

1. It’s time for our 2010 Readathon. 100% of money raised goes directly to the purchase of new books for the Clinton School library.
All details, pledge sheet, and reading log can be found on the Flyers and Forms page.

2. Author Suzy Kline of Horrible Harry fame will be visiting Clinton during the school day on February 26th. To order autographed copies of Ms. Kline’s books, visit the Flyers and Forms page.

There is also a form for a chance for your 3rd-5th grade child to enter a contest to win the chance to have lunch with Ms. Kline during her visit.

3. Our student government’s annual candygram fundraiser is also underway. Pink flyers were sent home this week. This year all proceeds will be donated to the Haitian relief effort. February 10th is the last day to send in candygram orders.

4. Rehearsals for our all school musical revue are well underway and they’re going great! Volunteer parents and student performers are hard at work. Please remember to check the show website for all updated information, dates, and paperwork.

5. The Parenting Center has some great events coming up.
Author and psychologist Jeb Baker will give a talk entitled “No More Meltdowns” at Tuscan School on February 18th.

The Parenting Center is also hosting Lice Information night on February 11th at Clinton School. Please check out the details:
http://www.clintonelementary.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/FlyerLice.pdf

It’s also time for the Parenting Center’s winter workshops.

As always, there is a lot going on at Clinton and throughout the district. We hope you will be able to participate in or attend some of these programs/events.

Our wonderful Storytelling Night will take place in the Clinton School auditorium on Thursday, January 28th, at 6:30 pm. Kids can wear their PJs and bring their favorite stuffed animals.

If you have gently used children’s books that you’d like to donate, we’ll be collecting them that evening for the District’s Parenting Center, who will distribute them to families in our school community.

Also, if your child has lost gloves, scarves, hats, coats, or anything else this year, please walk by the hallway outside of the cafeteria when you visit the school that evening. Lost and Found items will be sorted and on display so they can be reclaimed. If you can’t make it that night, try to stop in at drop-off or pick-up. There are an enormous amount of lost items. Whatever is not claimed, will be donated to the Clinton School account at Other Mothers Consignment Shop.

Join the Parenting Center, doctors, and local lice professionals for an evening of information and demonstrations about Lice.

Thursday, February 11th
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Clinton School Cafeteria
27 Berkshire Road

Our Storytelling Night (which was to take place on January 21st) has been postponed one week. It is now scheduled for Thursday, January 28th at 6:30 pm.

We rescheduled the event to accommodate an outreach program that the school district’s social work program is having for Haitian families at our school next week. In light of the situation in Haiti and the large number of South Orange Maplewood students who are affected, the program has been designed to offer support to these families and bring them together with school district professionals who can help.

The PTA will be supporting this outreach program in whatever way we can, and we applaud the social work department for organizing the outreach evening, which will benefit many Clinton School families.

Please mark your calendar with the new date for Storytelling Night. We look forward to seeing you there.