This Week: PTA Meeting… Day in the Life of a Claremont Student
Claremont students finished off the school week last week in Halloween celebrations. Many thanks to the parents and teachers who helped treat our students to food, candy and games. The fun continues tonight in your neighborhoods. Happy Halloween!
This weekend, a team of Claremont students braved the rain, wind and cold to run the MCM Fun Run at the Pentagon. Despite the miserable conditions, our Claremont students crossed the finish line with smiles on their faces. Go Claremont!
Parents are encouraged to stop by the P TA Meeting Tuesday night in the library at 7 p.m. Special guest Gunston Principal Margaret Gill will talk about Gunston and preparing our students for the middle school years. Translation and babysitting is available. Please come!
Thursday our students have a chance to play teacher at our “Day in the Life of a Claremont Student” event. Come to Claremont between 6 – 8 p.m. and your student can take you on a tour of his or her day. Students love the chance to show off their classrooms to their family. Teachers enjoy highlighting your child’s work! It’s a fun night. Please come!
Permission slips will go out this week for Odyssey of the Mind. If your child is a budding scientist or performer, this team may be a good fit. Teams will form soon. The contest will be held in late March.
Food Drive – Help Worldwide Helpers – Donate Food!
Claremont’s WorldWide Helpers are putting on a school-wide food drive from Oct. 31 to Nov. 22. The list of food items needed went home in the Tuesday folder on Oct. 26. There is a box to collect food items in your child’s classroom. Please help us collect food for those in need!
Thank you.
El club de “World Wide Helpers” estarán recaudando comida enlatada del 31 de octubre al 22 de noviembre. La lista de alimentos que se recaudarán la enviamos la semana pasada en el paquete de los martes. Habrá una caja en el salón de clases de su niño/a dónde podrá depositar los alimentos. Por favor ayudenos a juntar alimentos para familias necesitadas.
Odyssey of the Mind/Odisea de la Mente Meeting tonight at 6 p.m.
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Los equipos para Odisea de la Mente se están formando. Habrá una reunión para más información en la biblioteca el miercoles, 26 de octubre a las 6pm para padres e hijos interesados en el programa.
This Week: Reflections / Picture Day / Halloween Fun!
Wow! Claremont students head into a busy week this week. The deadline for Relections entries is today. Our fearless judges look forward to seeing some beautiful photos, films, drawings and paintings, music, literature and dance from our budding Picasos!
Say Queso! Picture Day is this Wednesday. Parent Coordinator Adriane Webb is still looking for volunteers to line up students, brush their hair, etc. If you have some time to help out, please give her a call at 703-820-5344.
Do you have a budding scientist or performer? If so, your student may be able to hone those skills on a Claremont Odyssey of the Mind team. An informational meeting will be held Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in the library.
On Friday, Claremont will be overrun with ghosts, goblins and ghouls! The fun starts at 9:30 a.m. when our students march with the Wakefield band in costume throughout the Claremont grounds. Parents are welcome… bring your cameras! The fun continues in the afternoon as our students dig into tricks and treats in their classroom parties from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Last but not least, on Saturday Claremont will send a team of 86 runners to the MCM fun run. The runners should arrive between 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. for a 10:30 a.m. start time. T-shirts will be handed out in class this week. Let’s cheer on our runners all the way to the finish line!
Fall Fun Fest Fun and Reflections deadline.
Fall Fun Fest 2011 was a success. Claremont students jammed to the dj, dove into the chili bar and got spooked in the haunted house. The festivities were also a boon to the fifth graders. They raised $310 in the cakewalk for their end of the year celebration. Way to go 5th grade!
Tonight, the PTA Homeroom Parents Committee is meeting in the library from 6pm – 7pm to discuss plans for the year. Babysitting and translation is provided.
Entries for the PTA Reflections contest are due this Friday. This year’s theme is “diversity means…” Students can express their ideas on the theme through visual art, writing, film, dance, music and photography. Turn in those entries!
This Week: Fundraiser totals and Fall Fun Fest!
Welcome back students from a long weekend!
Our Sally Foster / Entertainment Book totals are coming in… and we’re pleased to announce that Claremont students brought in more than $16,000 in sales! At a 50% profit, that means a profit of $8,000 for PTA activities. Great job students! Way to go!
Thank you to the 3rd and 4th grade classes for treating the teachers to a breakfast and lunch during the conferences on Thursday and Friday. The food was wonderful and our hard-working teachers really appreciated it.
Thank you to the parents and teachers who attended the Parent-Teacher Social last Thursday. Turnout was great and it gave Claremont adults a little chance to unwind. Thank you to Hard Times Cafe for helping to sponsor the event. Thank you also to the babysitters who helped Claremont students enjoy a Thursday night social of their own!
There’s more fun on the calendar this week, as the PTA hosts Claremont’s Fall Fun Fest on Friday. There will be music, games, a moonbounce, a spooktacular haunted house and the famous Cakewalk! The cost is $5 per child, parents are free. The fun starts at 6 p.m. Be there!
First PTA Meeting Minutes – September 2011
September 2011 PTA Meeting
PTA Executive Committee
President – Sarita Bhargava
Treasurer – Rich Kelly
Corresponding Secretary – Clair Sassin
Social VP – Courtney Holmes
Fundraising VP – Amber Dungan
Communications VP – Karen Hendren
Recording Secretary – Beth Connors
PTA Goal
The goal of the PTA is to foster community, create connections, advocate, fundraise and to have fun with your child during the school experience. The ultimate goal is to have your children love to learn and love coming to school.
Budget Review
Rich Kelly presented the budget income and expenses. The PTA approved the 2011 budget. The PTA reviewed the teacher grant process.
Social
The Fall FunFest is October 14th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The PTA needs lots of volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Courtney Holmes. Bring the whole family to this spooky and fun-filled event. It’s a great opportunity to meet or catch up with other Claremont Families.
After-School Enrichment Program
Information about the after-school enrichment program can be found on the PTA website. Sign-up is first come, first serve. The classes last for 8 weeks. The PTA needs volunteers to help during the first week of the enrichment program. Email Courtney Holmes if you can help during the first week or with any questions.
PALS and Math Buddies starts in the Fall. You will be contacted if your child is eligible.
Grounds Committee
Discussed the great work and progress that the Grounds Committee has made. The first garden day is Sunday, September 18 from 1-6 pm. If you are interested in participating in the Grounds committee, contact Steve Duall. Also, check out the Claremont PTA Grounds Committee Facebook page.
Fundraising
Thanks to Jeannine Raymond for the fabulous Edukit program. Thank you also to Christine Walyus for agreeing to chair the Claremont Book Fair. The PTA reviewed how the Entertainment books and Sally Foster are being sold this year. The Entertainment Books cost $30 and Claremont gets $15 from each book sold. The Sally Foster catalog is going out on Sept. 15th and will work the same as two years ago (very different from last year.) The Sally Foster fundraiser ends on September 30th. You can go on the Sally Foster website and buy Sally Foster products or get Entertainment books for other areas of the country.
Translations
Everything is translated into Spanish at Claremont. The PTA is looking for volunteers to help translate PTA documents. If you are interested in helping to translate, please contact Sarita Bhargava.
Reflections
Reflections is a national PTA contest dedicated to promoting the arts. The theme this year is “Diversity means…” There are six categories in which a child can enter the contest – photography, visual arts, literature, dance choreography, film and music competition. The deadline for entries is October 21, 2011. Ask Michael Swisher any questions.
List Serv
Please sign up for the Claremont list servs on the Claremont PTA website. The Claremont PTA website address is www.claremontpta.org. There are two list servs. Parrots prattle is not moderated. The PTA list serv is moderated, and is for pta/school business.
Ms. Johnson/Mrs. Burnett Update
There is a teaching assistant from Spain coming to Claremont. Ms. Johnson needs someone to host the teaching assistant for the year. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Johnson.
Back to School Night
Please do not bring your children to back to school night. If you do bring them, they will be in the library or in the gym, but there will not be a program for the children. Back to School night is September 21 at 7pm.
Superintendent’s New Strategic Plan is to instill love and learning and become good citizens
5 goals
Highly engage and challenge students
Recruit good teachers
Good learning environment (school)
Pay attention to whole child
Close gap
Questions
Parent wonders if we can stream PTA meeting via Youtube or something similar?
The next PTA meeting is Oct. 4th at 7pm.
This Week: Parent-Teacher Conferences and Social
A change in the calendar also brought a change in the weather this week. Brrrr!
But that won’t stop our Claremont students from having fun. Students involved in after-school enrichment activities got off to a good start last week. Actors are coming up with characters, cartoonists are developing comic books, the Spanish, English and math students are working on homework and building their skills and the chess masters are conjuring up new moves to reach checkmate!
Last month, we had nearly record-breaking attendance at the PTA meeting. The PTA meets again Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Come beat last month’s attendance record. Childcare and Spanish translation is available. Please come and make your voices heard!
This week will be a short week, with Parent-Teacher conferences on Thursday and Friday. Students will also be off on Monday for Columbus Day. The third grade and fourth grade classes will be honoring the teachers and staff during the conferences by supplying a breakfast and lunch. Thank you third and fourth grade in advance!
Finally, do you ever feel like your children are having all the fun in elementary school? Thursday night, October 6, is a chance to change all that. The PTA is sponsoring a Parent-Teacher Social at Hard Times Cafe in Clarendon. Parents, teachers and staff, come mix it up from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hard Times, located at 3100 Wilson Blvd. Childcare is available at Claremont.
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