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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. : )
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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
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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