SACRA RST EAS Or OOM TMs ens AO Kcr ZT) ® PTO NEWSLETTER @ November 21, 2014 aT Te Okemo SOR Nery PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE! Dance. Pictures will be printed | very Happy Thanksgiving. Hello Beagle Families!! out and delivered to the office | — Enjoy your long weekendll The kids and staff have made | within the next week. Please Sherry Doty-Renton it through the first trimester of | look for them in your child's PTO President the school year. This week the | Friday folder. sdotyrenton@yahoo.com PTO put ona fall staff luncheon Our next PTO sponsored 517-626-1896 and everyone enjoyed every last | event is Staff Goodie Trays. We bit. We would like to thank ali | will be looking for donations of || FUN RUN. that donated items for this three dozen cookies or treats | Our final event of this fall's event to be successful. for these trays. The trays will | Fun Run is on Tuesday, November As areminder, you can still | be assembled on Tuesday, De- | 25. It'll be Beagle's Beach Day. order Spirit Wear through this | cember 16. Please Friday, November 21 ... think keep your eyes open | 2014-15 PTO Executive Board Christmas shopping! for more information | Sherry Doty-Renton, President The 5th Annual VIP Dance | in coming weeks. Kristy Welch, Vice-President went off with great success and Tam beginning to | Terri Hengesbach, Secretary more than 240 people attending. | prepare for our 5th Lise Mitchell, Treasurer Twould like to thank all volun- | Annual Family Fun Amy Hirschman, PR Coordinator teers who helped with the VIP | Night and Silent Suzanne Maurer, Activities Coordinator ‘Auction which will yee PTO FACEBOOK PAGE take place on Friday, | Upcoming FTO Meetings If youare interested in || February 20. Please | December 11, 2014 : : Tanuary 8, 2015 updates about what is happen- || let me know if you ing around Beagle, please join | have anything youd | February 12,2015 thet Uo naeepeok pane ter ee ty 16, BOIS Annual Meeting retbarcleti 3015 - Beagle Elementary PTO. Silent Auction, ty you | Apri 16201 THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR questions, | 9014-15 Calendar of PTO Events ATTENDING THE PTO MEETING lea ne | December 16 Staff Holiday Goody Trays THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13i! contact me ; Suzanne Maurer (Activities Coordinator), onytime, | Zonwary 25, Movie Day Kari Oberdank, Sherry Doty-Renton (Presi- | I would hs enta : my ips Nah ttl ‘Auction dent), Kristy Welch (Vice President), Lise _| like to wish ia oe pring ‘uncheon Mitchell (Treasurer), Amy Hirschman all of the | ppril-May inte on (Publicity), Jenny Kish (2nd Grade), Dawn | Beagle | ARITA sede Ce sion Week Kennaugh (Principal), Stephanie Morgan, Hl pee May 29 Field Day Ppreciation Weel Nicole Selleck, Amy Ellsworth, and staffa | Tine 4 Sixth Grade RecognitionNovembe 2014 Everyone is invited to dress in beach attire (shorts, t-shirts, Hawaiian shirts, flip flops, leis, etc.). Please keep in mind that the students will still have out- door recess, so they should bring congrats to Kaden Nowak, warm clothes to put on over their Caiden Morrison and Jayden Martinez ... each received a beach wear. Students are also invited to bring a beach towel to school to use during our Beach picnic lunch, There will be only one choice for lunch that day ... hot dog lunch! FIVE-BELOW FUNDRAISER eno home in this week's fa” five BECW « Five-Below flyer for an upcom- ing fundraiser. Shop at Five- Below Wednesday, December 3 through Tuesday, December 9 cand turn in the fiyer to the checkout counter. Beagle PTO will receive 10% of all purchases made during that week, BOX TOP CONGRATS Congratulations to Mrs. Beach's classroom for bringing in the most Box Tops during our first contest of the year, Mrs, Beach's class turned in more than 2,000 Box Tops. Also a big Page 2 BOX TOPS CONTESTII Send in your Box Tops. The classroom that collects the most will enjoy choco- late chip cookies and hot chocolate. This contest ends December 19 (but large purnpkin for bringing in more than 500 Box Tops don't stop collecting). each, Our next Box Tops contest is starting right away and the class that turns in the most Box Tops |by December 19 will win a Hot | Chocolate and Chocolate Chip Cookie treat. NEW BUSINESS The PTO is currently looking into a bench or two for the playground, The catch is that we'd like it to be made out of recycled milk cartons. We are contacting a company in Mulliken to see if this is something that they still do. Tf so, we'll share information on how and when and where to turn in your plastic milk earning tomorrow! Target's Take Charge of Education Schoo! Fundraising. Every time you use your Target Visa or Target Guest Card at a Target store or target.com, Target will donate an amount equal to 1% of Target Visa and Target Guest Card purchases made at Target and target.com, and 1/2% of Target Visa pur- chases made elsewhere, to Beagle when you designate your school of choice, Beagle's ID number is 61807. You can apply for a Target Visa RedCard online, by phone or in the store (1-800- 316-6142, www.target.com), WE NEED YOU! The PTO is looking for people to chair or co-chair a few programs throughout the year. We need chairs for the following events/activities - Movie Day (1/25), Family Fun Night (2/20), Silent Auction (2/20), Original Artworks and Field Day (5/29). Tf you can chair or co-chair any of these programms, please contact Suzanne Maurer (ZooZanneMarie@yahoo.com or 627-3128). Jugs. ON-GOING FUNDRAISING The Meijer Com- munity Rewards program is another easy fundraiser for our school. Go to www.neljer.com/ rewards to register. We are listed in Grand Ledge under Beagle School and ‘our number is 325986. Sign up today and start PRINCIPAL'S CORNER v Report cards went home last week and we have our conferences this week. Teachers will share NWEA Results in Reading and Math and also goals that have been set for ‘the next set of NWEA tests. NWEA tests have been conducted three times a year, v The MEAP will be in the spring this year. v Beagle is a Title I school-wide school this year, That doesn't mean more money for the school, but it does mean that more services can be provided for all students. v The student council painted the sidewalk out front and this week they are having a Food Drive. The food will be donated di- rectly to needy Beagle families,