The Anacortes School District and Anacortes Public Library invite all district parents and community members to join us in our quest for the All-American City Grade-Level Reading Award. Community-Wide Action Planning Meeting Wednesday, January 18 7:00-8:30 pm Anacortes High School Brodniak Hall Please see attached flyer for additional information. Questions?
Please contact: MaryJo Christenson 360-293-9536 mchristenson@as103.org
Doug Woods 360-293-1910 ext. 27 dougw@cityofanacortes.org
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With the support of our PTA, 53 fifth graders, two teachers, and 12 parent chaperones spent three days and two nights of learning in the North Cascades Mountains. The group attended “Mountain School” from November 7 – 9. This nationally recognized environmental education program is part of the North Cascades Institute, a beautiful facility located on Diablo Lake. Our 5th graders studied ecosystems as a way to enhance and enrich their learning in Ms. Damarjian’s Science classes. The Mt. Erie group feasted on delicious wholesome food at each meal, stayed in beautiful dormitory-style lodges– plenty of heat and hot water–and learned from outstanding staff members who are completing their Master’s in Environmental Education. In addition to learning about ecosystems, students returned to Mt. Erie with a greater interest in our Western Washington environment, deeper friendships, and memories to last a lifetime.
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In BoxTops News, we have two new classroom winners: Mrs. Miller, with eleven students participating (550 Box- Tops) and Mrs. Catlin, with ten students participating (500 BoxTops). These two classrooms will receive a “healthy” sweet treat (cupcakes, brownies, or cookies, for example) before Winter Break. We also had five Individual winners who were randomly drawn from contributors. They are: Hannah Bustael (1st/ Morrison), Mollie Mayhew (2nd/Catlin), Eric Dotzauer (2nd/Barrett), Jackson Lusk (3rd/Boyes), and Cameron Hamilton (4th/Dunham/Walsh- Smith). These students will each receive a “giftee” bag before Winter Break. The Total BoxTops from all classes was 4600 Box- Tops ($460). Way to go! There will be one more Box- Top Collection sheet just before Winter Break which will be due back by Jan. 31st, 2012.
If you have any questions or need more information, contact Ellen Kline (ellenkline@comcast.net) or Sunni Ausland (ausland@comcast.net).
Mount Erie PTA has the following openings: Mustang Points Coordinator, Reflections Committee Members (to help organize a showing of the artwork kids have done), Missoula Children’s Theatre Committee, Legislative/Advocacy Chair (which is a board position), and we are also looking for an eScrip Coordinator. Interested? Contact PTA President Silja Shjarback shjaresa@fidalgo.net.
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Mount Erie PTA attained the Silver Level for membership (a 5% increase in enrollment by October 25th!). Way to go Emily & Leslie, our membership cochairs, and thank you to all the PTA members for your support.
Membership goal-225
Current membership-222
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We would like to let everyone know about our Wild West Literacy night on Thursday, December 8th from 6:30 to 7:30pm. This will be our first literacy event of the school year for students and families.
Attendees can participate in activities including story time, bingo, and creative writing. This event will be an opportunity for you to engage in fun reading-related activities with your child. In addition, the Mount Erie Library bookfair will be going on during that time.
Please stop by to see what’s new and purchase some great books for your kids. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, December 8th at 6:30pm and promise it will be a rewarding experience. If you have any questions, feel free to contact one of the AmeriCorps Reading Assistants, Liz Florkowski (eflorkowski@asd103.org) or Trang Bui (tbui@asd103.org). Thanks and see you there!
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| Governor’s Proposed Cuts Would Dim State’s Chance to Race to the Top! | |
| Recently the state of Washington put forth a STRONG proposal for early learning funding through the federal government’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge. This grant opportunity would provide $60 million of essential funding for early learning over the next 4 years. When the feds released this grant, they also articulated clear criteria they will be using to decide which states are funded. What was at the top of that criteria list? States’ commitment to current early learning investments. That is why the Governor’s release of cuts she is considering to balance the state’s budget deficit is so alarming. The early learning/child care cuts she has “preliminarily” chosen to be a part of her budget include:
The federal government will decide which states are awarded Race to the Top funds in December, at the same time the Governor has called for a special session to make state funding cuts. To the best of our knowledge, Washington is the only state that is taking these steps at this time. This obviously puts our state’s application for $60 million in significant risk. In the long term it is proven that our state will be better off if more children receive a high quality early learning experience. In the short term our state will be much better off staying in contention for this critical funding source. The amount of cuts to child care/early learning that the Governor has outlined does not even add up to the amount of funding we would be walking away from if these cuts go through. The WA St. Child Care Resource & Referral Network
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1. WINTER WONDERLAND DECORATING We have a fantastic opportunity for some creative people who love to show their festive spirit. The city of Anacortes has asked if we would like to participate in their “Winter Wonderland” at Washington Park. They are inviting the community to come walk through the campground and look at sparkling holiday lights as they drink hot chocolate and enjoy the festive spirit.
We are wondering if anyone would like to participate, either by helping, getting a group together, or heading up a group of interested parties to bring lights, garlands, or anything else to make a campsite festive. You can let your creative spirit flow!
Decorating is December 7-8 before 5 p.m.
Winter Wonderland is December 9-10 in the evening.
Please let me know if you would be interested in any way. We need to have paperwork in and a plan in place by December 5.
2. We need an additional person to help with nominating officers for NEXT year’s PTA. This position technically must be voted on by membership, nominating must be done by March 20. Let me know if you would be willing to do this, or have any questions.
Thank you everyone!
Susan Butler, PTA Volunteer Coordinator
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