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Another school year is drawing to a close... If you intended to be active in the PTO but haven't found the time yet, you are running out of time! We would love to see you help out with any of the activities planned below. If not now, when?
UPCOMING PTO EVENTS:
FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER CELEBRATING THE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF ISRAEL - MAY 16TH, 2008!
We are all looking forward to the next (and this year's last) Family Shabbat Dinner, May 16th beginning at 5:30 p.m. at SSDS. We will enjoy a brief presentation by the 8th grade on their Israel Experience at 5:30 followed by Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and Kabbalat Shabbat. We will have a magician to entertain the children (and children-at-heart) after the dinner too! Contact Erica Smith-Rapaport at 231-1715 or esrlynn@usa.net for information needed. (Please use this link for the Family Shabbat Dinner Signup Form)
BOOKFAIR -MAY 12-16th All proceeds from this event benefit our SSDS Library. The Read-a-thon and Spelling Bee will also be held after school during this week. More details will follow.. (PTO Members - Robin Landau still needs volunteers to help with this event! Please contact her at 523-4440 or rjlandau@comcast.net.)
THE PTO HAS ORGANIZED HOT LUNCHES FOR WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. We will have Wacky Mac on Wednesdays and Chicken Nuggets on Thursdays from 5/14 through 6/12. Each lunch costs $4.50 or you can sign up for all 10 for $40.00. Signup forms have been sent home or you can access an abbreviated form Hot Lunch Signup. PLEASE SEND IN YOUR FORM TO THE OFFICE BY MONDAY 5/12! These lunches are being prepared and served by parent volunteers and we need all the help we can get! If you can help out, please call Leah Berson or email her at ohboyz@comcast.net.
ROCK CATS KOSHER DAY - SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK - 5/19 - 5/23/08 Wait til you see!....
AND COMING VERY SOON NOW! - THE ANNUAL END OF YEAR PICNIC! - JUNE 11 AT THE JCC SWIM AND TENNIS CLUB THE LATEST PTO NEWS: The PTO’s mishloach manot fundraiser was an enormous success this year. We all helped to celebrate Israel’s 60th birthday a little bit early this year with the festive mishloach manot baskets. Although the final tally is not yet in, our preliminary estimate for funds raised is $16, 000. Reciprocal bills will be coming out shortly. Please pay them promptly so that our estimated total becomes a reality.
A HUGE THANK YOU is due to the people who work so hard to make this ambitious fundraiser such a success: co-chairs Leah Berson and Lori Newman. Thanks Leah and Lori, and all the other people who volunteered to help in many different ways, too! (We need a picture of you too, Lori!)
MORE PTO NEWS: The PTO’s enrichment committee, led by Nancy van der Hulst, brought an exciting “spin” to Purim this year. Juggle Joy came to teach the SSDS students different tricks about balancing, throwing, catching, moving, and juggling. The students all had a great time as they attempted to keep feathers balanced on their noses and plates spinning on sticks. Another thank you goes to PTO’s chavurah chairperson, Dana Greenberg, for organizing food and drinks for the two days of conferences. We all appreciated getting a little snack on our way in and out of the conferences.
We erred on the side of caution this year and called off the Tower Hike because thunderstorms threatened...and then it cleared up. See you next year. : ) _________________________________________________________________
THE LAST (!) PTO Meeting for 2008 All Meetings start at 9am in Cafeteria. Monday June 2 Children are always welcome, and snacks and coffee are provided. Please join in!
Ongoing Fundraisers Wrapping Paper Box Tops Printer Cartridges Challah Book Fair __________________________________________________________________ PTO BOARD 2007 – 2008 Presidents: Audrey Sobel Erica Smith-Rapaport Treasurers: Lori Newman and Lee Ann Benadiva Corresponding Secretary: Beth Kranc
Web Secretary: Veronica Deere Chavurah: Dana Greenberg and Lisa Levy Family Education: Loren Gelber Mishpacah: Robin Landau and Nancy Gershman Mitzvah Corps: Stephanie Meadows and Leah Berson Holidays: Nola Zimmerman Calendar: Assaf Harrari Birthday Bulletin Board: Lori Yontef-Mathog Mishloach Manot: Leah Berson and Lori Newman Ink Jet Cartridges: Leah Berson and David Epstein Gift Wrap and Box Tops: Nancy Rosenkranz Holiday Cards: Robin Landau Birthday Book: Lisa Everett Book Fair: Robin Landau Enrichment: Nancy VanderHulst Challah: Michelle Patchen |
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