Livingston Avenue School
PTA
Livingston Avenue School
PTA Newsletter
September/October 2008
Dear Parents/Guardians,
It is my pleasure to welcome all of the new and returning families to Livingston Avenue School. I certainly hope you had a wonderful summer filled with excitement and relaxation. I also hope your children are prepared for an interesting, challenging and enjoyable school experience. I know the first day of school may be a struggle but once the students walk through the doors and see their new teachers and classrooms they will be delighted.
The staff has been hard at work preparing for the first day of school and that is evident once the students step foot in the classroom. New books and supplies have been ordered, instructional materials have been prepared and the bulletin board displays are eye-catching. The administration has also been busy setting goals and objectives for our students’ academic and social growth and planning school wide events. All we need now are our students.
There have been some changes and new additions to our staff. Nancy Damm will assume the role of school nurse and is eager to meet the student body. Jeanine Allen, choral/music teacher; AJ Falisi, band teacher; and Dr. Jeannine Mongeon, strings teacher will comprise our music department. With this talented group of teachers, I am already looking forward to the winter concert. Merryl Kramer will join our staff as a part-time special education teacher shared with Walnut Avenue School. We welcome back Kathryn Ferguson from maternity leave as a fifth grade teacher. And last but not least, Meghan Curti and Lindsay Kornmeyer will work on the fourth grade team this year. Please extend a warm Livingston Avenue welcome to these staff members when you meet them.
The PTA is already hard at work and graciously spent their time assembling this first day packet. The teachers and I appreciate all their assistance with this task because it makes the process much easier. I encourage all parents and guardians to get involved with the PTA and share in the community spirit that represents Livingston Avenue School. The support and contributions of the PTA allow the teachers to plan and implement activities, programs, and trips in their classrooms; as well as offer after-school and nightly events. Please support the PTA in any manner possible.
As the school year gets under way, please take a few minutes and stop by my office to say “hello”. I am eager to meet all of the new students and parents and welcome back our returning families. My door is always open for questions, comments, or concerns. I hope to see you soon.
Sincerely,
Ms. Danielle Bache
Acting Principal
Note from the PTA Presidents
Welcome Back LAS Families!
We hope you all had a great summer. It’s hard to believe it’s already over,
but we are anticipating a great year ahead at LAS. We are very excited to
be your PTA Co-Presidents this year and we welcome your input and ideas.
Please feel free to contact any one of us on the PTA Executive Board for
anything you may need. We’ve planned many fun and educational events,
assemblies, and fundraisers for our children and our families to participate
in throughout the school year. As always, our success this year will depend
on the dedication and enthusiasm of every one of us. We want to thank those
of you who have already indicated your desire to chair or co-chair an
activity this year.
However, we still have the following events that still need a Chairperson:
Open House (9/17), Fall & Spring Book Fairs, 4th Grade Bike
Rodeo, Election Day Bake Sale, Family Volleyball Night, Night of The Stars,
Spring Roller skating Party, Art Night, LAS/WAS Pool Party and Yearbook.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you are able to run any of these
events.
Please review the dates of the upcoming events at LAS. School Pictures
will be Monday, September 15th. If you have any
questions, again, please feel free to contact us or any one of the Executive
Board below.
Thank you,
Theresa Kiamie and Doreen Murphy, Co-Presidents
276-5744 653-9048
Lisa Wielgus, Co -1st Vice President, 497-0883
Christine Alger, Co – 1st Vice President, 407-0111
Lisa Johnson, 2nd Vice President, Membership, 709-0137
Susan Fichiera, Treasurer, 931-1628
Barbara Hurley, Recording Secretary, 276-5396
Nancy Savarese, Corresponding Secretary, 931-1655
PTA Reflections
The PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program. Students in pre-school through grade 12 participate in the areas of literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts. The PTA Reflections Program provides a venue for students to create and be recognized for original works of art based on a pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness on the importance of the arts in education. The Reflections theme for the 2008/2009 school year is “WOW”. Have your child think about what it means to them and then let their talent shine by creating an original piece of artwork. Official entry forms will be available soon. Entries will be due in November. More information will follow.
The students should have fun creating pieces with that theme.
Stay tuned for more information.
Chris Hoffman
PTA Reflections Chair
Important Information
Treasurer News:
Please submit reimbursements to the “Treasurer-In” folder in the LAS PTA area in the Main Office. Reimbursement checks will be placed in the “Treasurer-Out” folder. Thank You.
Newsletter Information:
Please submit information for publication for the October 2008 Newsletter in a marked envelope and leave in the PTA Box located in the Main Office. Thank You.
LAS DATES
(Subject to change.
Please check our website for updates)
September 2008
9/2 Fall Planting 10am
9/4 First day of school
Welcome Parents Coffee – 8:45am
9/15 Picture day
9/17 Back to School Night – 7pm
PTA Meeting
Book Fair Preview
9/18 Book Fair
Class Parents Tea – 2:45pm
9/30 Rosh Hashanah - School Closed
October 2008
10/1 Rosh Hashanah - School Closed
10/3 Kid’s Night Out – 7pm 10/10-raindate
10/7 Bike Rodeo – 4th grade
10/8 Walk Your Child to School Day
10/9 Yom Kippur - School Closed
10/13 Columbus Day - School Closed
10/14-10/24 Week of Kindness
10/24 Pumpkin Painting – 3pm
10/27 Single Session Day for students
10/31 Halloween parade – 1pm
LAS Contacts and Information
Main Office: 908-709-6248
Fax & Absence Line: 908-709-6748
PTA email: PTA_LAS@cranfordschools.org
Principal’s email: bache@cranfordschools.org
· LAS students should be signed in and out at the Main Office when arriving late or leaving early.
· LAS PTA box is located in the Main Office
·
Box Tops for Education,
Campbell’s Soup Labels, Used Cell Phones and Cartridges can be
dropped in
the mailboxes hanging outside of the main office.
THE FUNDING FACTORY FREE FUNDRAISER
We are again participating in the Funding Factory Recycling Program. This fundraiser is FREE and simple because there is nothing to sell, no paperwork to fill out and no deadline. Just donate your empty printer cartridges and cell phones to LAS and we will take it from there! We will recycle the cartridges and cell phones through the Funding Factory to earn new technology equipment. Cell phones and cartridges can be dropped off in the mailbox in front of the main office.
Funding Factory also sponsors a business support program, where your employer can help out our school without spending a cent. Prepaid shipping boxes can be sent, free of charge, directly to any business, organization or other facility within the continental U.S. Business supporters simply need to lead the boxes and leave them for the next UPS pickup. If you work for a company that may be interested in supporting us, please call Funding Factory toll-free at 888-883-8237. Give the customer service representative our school identification number 7361 and they will set you up to support our school.
If you have any questions about this great opportunity to help our school, please feel free to call me at 908-709-6248 or email me at LAS_PTA@cranfordschools.org. Thank you for your support!
Superintendent’s"OpenAgenda”Meeting Dr. Gayle Carrick, Superintendent of Cranford Schools will be holding monthly Superintendent’s “Open Agenda” Meetings, September 2008 through May 2009. All members of the community who would like to converse about any school-related issues with Dr. Carrick are encouraged to attend. These meetings will be held every month from 7:30-9:00pm.
DATE LOCATION DATE LOCATION 9/25 Hillside Avenue School 2/19 Walnut Avenue School
10/16 Orange Avenue School 3/12 Livingston Avenue School
11/13 Cranford High School 4/22 Brookside Place School
1/15 Bloomingdale Avenue School 5/14 Orange Avenue School
“Box Tops” for Education
Please remember to clip the “Box Tops” from your favorite products and send them to school in a labeled envelope marked “LAS Box Tops.” General Mills/Betty Crocker will continue to contribute 10 cents to LAS for each “Box Top” that is collected. There are over 330 products that have qualifying “Box Tops for Education” labels on them. We continue to collect “Box Tops’ throughout the year. Through your continued support of this program, you can help our school earn money. Please place any General Mills/Betty Crocker “box tops” in a marked envelope and place it in the “LAS PTA” box located inside the Main Office. This is an ongoing fundraiser.
Yearbook Picture Collection Starts Now
Our Yearbook Chairs have an envelope in the main office where you can submit color pictures of your child beginning the first day of school. Candid as well as posed photos are accepted. Please include the photo owner’s name as well as the names of the students in the photo. We will make every effort to return the photo in May.